Best low budget horror fiilm

Cynortas · 08-10-2010 4:50pm #1

i was recently watching dogs soldiers and was amazed how good it was even though it was very low budget and it got me thinking what other good low budget horror films are out there such as 28 days later so whats your fave low budget horror movie?

niallon · 08-10-2010 7:23pm

Halloween

Cost $320,000, made over $60,000,000. The best of the low budget horror films although the beauty part is that given how Carpenter shot it, to look at it it looks like it cost millions.

So the best low budget that's clearly low budget to look at?

The Evil Dead

Didn't cost much more than Halloween but unlike Carpenter, Raimi puts the budget right out there on his sleeve. One of the greatest examples of low budget filmmaking.

Cynortas · 08-10-2010 9:22pm

i m must say evil dead does have a charm about it and its quite scary

chin_grin · 08-10-2010 9:26pm

Hmm. I gonna go out on a limb and say The Blair Witch. I mean it is/was scary! I remember being completely freaked out by the ongoing spookyness they were experiencing. So.....well.....it's psychological horror.....what was the question again?

niallon · 08-10-2010 9:27pm

If you want to get in to The Evil Dead more I suggest you pick up If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell, give great insight into how the film and its sequels were made and just how LOW, and I mean low, budget it really was. Also the commentaries on the DVDs for all films are highly entertaining

Cynortas · 08-10-2010 9:31pm

nice one lads i must say when i first seen blair witch it did scare me expecailly the ending and it does show how u can make a good move with basically no money

CiniO · 08-10-2010 9:34pm

What about "Dead Meat"

Cynortas · 08-10-2010 9:43pm

CiniO wrote: »

What about "Dead Meat"

never seen or heard of it cino is it good?

CiniO · 09-10-2010 1:00am

tnynll wrote: »

never seen or heard of it cino is it good?

Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wgvLai1I6E

I'm not a fan of Horrors. I came to that forum accidently. Horrors always made me more laugh then scary.

But anyway - that's an Irish horror, made almost by amateurs.
As I like Irish movies, I was happy with that one.
Very good as for amateur film.

Magic Eight Ball · 09-10-2010 9:59am

Night Of The Living Dead.
[REC]
Them (Ils)

Otis Driftwood · 09-10-2010 10:49am

For me its stuff like the August Underground Trilogy,The Gateway Meat,Fetus,Bone Sickness.All ultra low budget.However,im the grand scheme of things its impossible to overlook Halloween as the ultimate low budget horror.

ikeano29 · 10-10-2010 11:02am

well, for all the people who mentioned the blair witch project you surely have to give cannibal holocaust a mention. its practically where blair witch go every idea from.

trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQYqgKTJmBQ&feature=related

spooky donkey · 12-10-2010 8:08am

Yes im in the evil dead camp as well...... Its amazing what you can do with a camera taped to a plank of wood.

daveyboy_1ie · 12-10-2010 8:25am

Switchblade romance (High Tension) was very graphic (not for the light hearted) but I really liked it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6VN4D7Yq6g

sundaybrunch · 18-10-2010 3:47pm

Paranormal Activity was absolutely terrifying and done by a bunch of student film-makers. They must have made a fair mint when they sold in to Universal, good on them...looking forward to the sequel

BeanFlicker · 18-10-2010 3:57pm

have to mention "the stuff", great for a laugh *i mean scary*

according to wiki shot on a budget of approx $1,700,000

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090094/

spooky donkey · 19-10-2010 12:07pm

Also worth a mention is peter jaskcons low buget flick brain dead I think it was called, I never laughed so much. Havent seen it in a while but would love to watch it again.

Otis Driftwood · 19-10-2010 2:02pm

Defo,in the same breath Jacksons Bad Taste also needs to be mentioned.

"what are you dirty whooers doin on my planet"

Pure gold.

bryaner · 19-10-2010 2:06pm

28 Days later?

spooky donkey · 25-10-2010 1:43pm

nedtheshed wrote: »

Defo,in the same breath Jacksons Bad Taste also needs to be mentioned.

"what are you dirty whooers doin on my planet"

Pure gold.

My memory is a little fuzzy on all these down under horrors, is this the one where the woman has the 4 way shot gun contraption, and the granny gets killed by a rock from space, or am I thinking of another mad auzzie movie?

Otis Driftwood · 25-10-2010 4:35pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtPYTfS8Kuw

Trailer makes it look kinda crappy but it is goretastic!

25-10-2010 7:51pm

spooky donkey wrote: »

My memory is a little fuzzy on all these down under horrors, is this the one where the woman has the 4 way shot gun contraption, and the granny gets killed by a rock from space, or am I thinking of another mad auzzie movie?

That's Undead from the Spielig brothers who delivered this years Daybreakers.

SteoL · 24-02-2011 4:28pm

Cannibal Holocaust for me. Black Devil Doll from Hell is soo low budget and hilariously bad.....it's deadly

JupiterKid · 20-03-2011 2:46am

Yep - I third Cannibal Holocaust for how much sick gore you can extract from a shoestring budget.

Halloween is a horror for the masses - a good horror flim and indeed a modern classic - but nonetheless sanitised.

Cannibal Holocaust is a horror only for those with an iron stomach and a strong emotional balance. It's simply shocking.

Linky:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm7xNi6oYxQ&feature=related

omen80 · 20-03-2011 2:50am

Blair Witch - I was terrified watching that. A lot of people dont get it though, its purely up to your imagination how scarey it is. That bit where they hear the baby crying is a brilliant example of psychological horror!

astonaidan · 20-03-2011 3:58am

tnynll wrote: »

i was recently watching dogs soldiers and was amazed how good it was even though it was very low budget and it got me thinking what other good low budget horror films are out there such as 28 days later so whats your fave low budget horror movie?

I looked at this post to say Dog Soldiers, Sorry I cant be of any help its just You picked my go to movie

LPHeadstrong · 23-03-2011 1:27pm

I don't know the actual budget other than it is low, Castle Freak! Watched it when I was 8 or 9 and left the room till it was finished! Watched it again last year (not as bad) but still freaked me!

mbv · 25-03-2011 11:36pm

I always think of the old cheap shockers like Texas Chainsaw massacre, Last house on the left, Last house on dead end street, Cannibal holocaust, Nekromantik. Movies made for feck all but still pack a punch.

SteoL · 28-03-2011 12:27pm

mbv wrote: »

I always think of the old cheap shockers like Texas Chainsaw massacre, Last house on the left, Last house on dead end street, Cannibal holocaust, Nekromantik. Movies made for feck all but still pack a punch.

TBH I found Nekromantik to be more of a black comedy than horror.

The bit where she puts the condom onto the rod thingy had me in stitches

OldeCinemaSoz · 10-02-2012 3:07pm

THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT

Nothing much happens, nothing is really seen
but it's all very, very effective and made a
mint for it's makers.

:cool:

tricky D · 10-02-2012 3:13pm

spooky donkey wrote: »

Also worth a mention is peter jaskcons low buget flick brain dead I think it was called, I never laughed so much. Havent seen it in a while but would love to watch it again.

Otis Driftwood wrote: »

Defo,in the same breath Jacksons Bad Taste also needs to be mentioned.

"what are you dirty whooers doin on my planet"

Pure gold.

Also he did Braindead which is of similar qualiteeeeeeee!

Best low budget horror fiilm

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