Index > Horror movies I watched for Halloween, ranked > Related: Have there been American movies in other genres with tiny budgets that were big hits the way that some of the famous horror movies were?

The Evil Dead

Posted by Mod Lang (@modlang) on Nov. 2, 2026, 8:23 a.m.

Started as just a student film, right?

Clerks is the obvious answer here. Kevin Smith funded it with his grandmother’s credit card.