Count Yorga, Vampire (1970)
Count Yorga dropped an old-world vampire into 1970 Los Angeles and got there before the rest of the genre. The film also bears the marks of its origins.
Tag: Low Budget Horror
Low budgets force horror to be inventive: implication over spectacle, dread over effects. This tag collects reviews of low-budget horror that turned constraint into craft, and what its economy teaches storytellers.
1960sNight of the Living Dead (1968)
George Romero's 1968 zombie template. The genre's foundational document.
1970sThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Tobe Hooper's 1974 verite slasher. Leatherface, sledgehammer dinner, fifteen-thousand-dollar budget.
1970sHalloween (1978)
John Carpenter's 1978 slasher template. Michael Myers in mask, Jamie Lee Curtis debut.
2000sSaw (2004)
Two men wake chained in a filthy bathroom and discover they are pawns in a sadistic puzzle designed by the Jigsaw killer. Saw is James Wan's 2004 American horror film depicting two men who wake chained in a filthy bathroom…
1990sThe Blair Witch Project (1999)
Three student filmmakers documenting a Maryland witch legend get lost in the woods, in the found-footage horror pioneer. The Blair Witch Project is Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez's 1999 American found-footage horror film depicting three student filmmakers who disappear in…
1980sSilent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
A traumatized young man dons a Santa suit and goes on a killing spree, in the controversial slasher that protested over its release. Sellier Jr.'s 1984 American slasher film depicting a young man traumatized by witnessing his parents' murder by…
1980sFriday the 13th (1980)
Counselors at a summer camp reopening after a drowning tragedy are stalked and killed by an unseen attacker. Cunningham's 1980 American slasher film depicting counselors at a summer camp reopening after a child's drowning tragedy who are stalked and killed…
1980sEvil Dead II (1987)
Sam Raimi's part-remake, part-sequel where Ash returns to the cabin and battles increasingly absurd demonic forces. Evil Dead II is Sam Raimi's 1987 American horror-comedy film operating as part remake and part sequel to his 1981 The Evil Dead, depicting…
1980sRe-Animator (1985)
Lovecraft's 'Herbert West, Re-Animator' serial about a Miskatonic University medical student who develops a serum that revives the recently deceased with violent and unpredictable results. Re-Animator is one of the most successful Lovecraft adaptations ever produced and one of the…
2000sBrick (2005)
Rian Johnson's 2005 high school neo-noir debut. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Dashiell Hammett character among teenagers.
1980sCheerleader Camp (1988)
John Quinn's 1988 American slasher film about a high school cheerleading squad attending a competitive summer camp where members are murdered one by one. Cheerleader Camp is John Quinn's 1988 American slasher film depicting a high school cheerleading squad attending…