A successful low budget of high budgeted film is one that makes significantly more money than it cost to produce. The film will do this by having an entertaining and intriguing plot narrative accompanied with great special effects, sound and acting from both A list celebrities and those who are not that well known.
Here are a few examples of Low budget, successful horror films:
The Strangers (2008)
Produced on a budget of: $9,000,000
Made more than: $82,000,000
The Descent (2005)
Produced on a budget of: $7,000,000
Made more than: $57,000,000
Oculus (2014) - most recent
Produced on a budget of: $5,000,000
Made more than: $44,000,000
Here are a few examples of high budget, unsuccessful horror films:
Instinct (1999)
Produced on a budget of: $80,000,000
Made around: $34,105,207
It made a loss of: $45,894,793
Sphere (1998)
Produced on a budget of: $80,000,000
Made around: $37,020,277
It made a loss of: $42,979,723
Cursed (2005)
Produced on a budget of: $38,000,000
Made around: $29,621,722
It made a loss of: $8,378,278
The research I have done around the budgeting of horror films has reaffirmed my belief that a horror film does not need to have a high budget in order for it to be successful, and it is more to do with how efficiently and effectively you use the resources at your disposal to create the wanted affect of fear and terror within the audience.
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