10 Most Underrated Comedy Films Of The 90s

When So I Married An Axe Murderer was released in 1993, the Mike Myers hype train hadn't quite left the station. With only one major comedy success under his belt, he Myers hadn't yet proven himself a viable comedic mind on the big screen.

Sure, Wayne's World was great, but it was also ripped directly from Lorne Michaels' padded house of already-popular characters. The question posed almost immediately after Wayne and Garth's big screen success was "Could he do it again?"

The answer, of course, is a resounding yes. But it wasn't until a few years later, with the release of Austin Powers, that mainstream audiences were willing to buy into it. The years between Wayne Campbell and Austin Powers, however, yielded one of Myers' best kept secrets.

So I Married An Axe Murderer proved that Myers had a knack for grounded, situational comedy and didn't have to rely on wigs and funny accents (at least not entirely) to make a thoroughly entertaining, endlessly quotable movie. It was a little craggy and rugged in spots - especially for what is ostensibly supposed to be a romantic comedy - but it's endearingly hilarious throughout.

You definitely won't tire of hearing Myers, as his own father, yelling in an exasperated Scottish accent at his family, chastising his song for having "a gigantic cranium."

Plus, Phil Hartman absolutely kills it in his cameo as the very serious tour guide/security guard at Alcatraz, as does Alan Arkin as a too good-natured police chief.