Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- irreverent
- witty
- tense
- halloween movie night
- late night horror marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film an amusing but uneven horror comedy whose self-aware premise and cast keep a familiar slasher setup lively.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Sam consults Chuck, a horror-film enthusiast, while the mystery invokes masked killers, camp counselors, and genre expectations.
Sam is surrounded by murder victims while suffering blackouts and must consider whether he committed the killings.
The isolated summer-camp environment supplies the counselor cast, serial-killer threat, and slasher atmosphere.
Sam turns to Chuck for advice because of her horror-movie expertise, making genre analysis part of the survival problem.
Films like You Might Be the Killer, and why
The Final Girls
comedic slasher mystery built around genre self-awareness and a threatened group of young people
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
meta horror comedy that plays with slasher conventions, masked killers, and audience expectations
Sleepaway Camp
camp-set slasher comedy combining mystery, black humor, and escalating murder mayhem
Movie Details
- Director
- Brett Simmons
- Release Date
- 2019-05-21
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (193)
Cast
- Fran Kranz
- Alyson Hannigan
- Brittany S. Hall
- Jenna Harvey
- Bryan Price
- Patrick Walker
- Jack Murillo
- Sara Catherine Bellamy
- Savannah DesOrmeaux
- Carol Jean Wells
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is You Might Be the Killer about?
- A blackout-stricken camp counselor seeks answers from his horror-savvy friend while a masked-killer mystery closes in around him.
- What is You Might Be the Killer like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of You Might Be the Killer as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is You Might Be the Killer violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in You Might Be the Killer as graphic.
- What did critics think of You Might Be the Killer?
- Critics generally found the film an amusing but uneven horror comedy whose self-aware premise and cast keep a familiar slasher setup lively.
- Which films are like You Might Be the Killer?
- Films with a similar feel include The Final Girls, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, and Sleepaway Camp.
- How long is You Might Be the Killer?
- You Might Be the Killer runs 92 minutes.
- Where can I watch You Might Be the Killer?
- In United States, You Might Be the Killer is available to rent or buy from Apple TV Store.
