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Other little known, low-budget horror gems?

posted 17 years ago by captainapache
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The Town that Dreaded Sundown
The Car
Prison
Satan's Triangle
Scarecrows
Don't Go to Sleep

Any other recommendations folks?

[–] FrameXFrame 16 years ago

Don't forget "Carnival of Souls," shot in Kansas for under $20K in the early '60s. Still disturbing after all these years.

[–] misbegotten 16 years ago

American Nightmare (2002).

[–] dedoc1967 16 years ago

Off the top of my head:

-Tourist Trap
-Dead Birds
-Cookers (not really a "horror" movie but a suspenseful treatment on drug-induced paranoia with some jump-moments)
-Phantasm
-Cemetary Man
-Dark Hours
-Alone in the Dark (1982)

[–] crselvz 16 years ago

If you're of a mind to have a 'Nautical Nazi Nite' double-header, see this one paired with "Shock Waves" starring the beauteous Brooke "The Dead Zone" Adams, Luke "Flipper" Halpin and those always-welcome old stalwarts of the genre, John Carradine and Peter Cushing. Brilliance on a budget - and SCA-A-A-A-A-RY-Y-Y-Y!!!

[–] ConnerysToupee 15 years ago

Rituals
Hunter's Blood
Humoungus

[–] LovecraftLass 15 years ago

Deathwatch
Spliced
Ghost Watcher

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=24109349

[–] vprice94 13 years ago

* Killdozer

* Death Bed: The bed that eats!

--"It's not what you're sayin', it's what you're not sayin'. Insinuendos!"--

[–] HombreOfAnotherEra 13 years ago

There is a couple of funny rip offs such as:

Blood Beach
The Last Shark.
Bride Of The Monster.
City Of The Dead.
Horror Hotel.
Nothing But The Night.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20441) 3 years ago

Hunters Blood is one of my favotite Hicksploitation films. Great cast and a really fun movie.

[–] dedoc1967 11 years ago

I agree, I liked Shock Waves (creepy and unsettling) although it wasn't terribly scary to me. So much of this is really subjective...

Just going with low budget (70s-80s):

1. The Beyond (1981)
2. Deranged (1974)
3. Don't Go in the House (1979)
4. Eaten Alive (1977)
5. The House by the Cemetery (1981)
6. I Drink Your Blood (1970)
7. I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
8. Just Before Dawn (1981)
9. Maniac (1980)
10. Phantasm (1979)
11. Pieces (1982)
12. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
13. Zombie (1980)

Unpleasant dreams...

[–] Doc110894 10 years ago

Good lists.

[–] hatr 9 years ago

Deranged
Hills Have Eyes
Frogs
Town that Dreaded Sundown
Pieces
Squirm
Carnival of Souls
Scarecrows

[–] greenbudgie (2355) 3 years ago

I need to watch 'Frogs' and 'Carnival of Souls' again. The 1962 version of 'Carnival of Souls' of course.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20441) 3 years ago

That’s one of the best horror list ever. 👍

[–] Cognoscente (2463) 3 years ago

Bloody Birthday.