There are a lot of terrible horror movies out there. Possibly more than any other genre, horror seems to appeal to wannabe filmmakers who figure it’s easy and cheap to pull off a scary movie – and thanks to the success of many low budget horror movies, distributors seem to be putting out an awful lot of them. So I’d understand if you didn’t want to trawl through an endless sea of crap to find the few real gems amongst the cinematic slurry.
Horror films are a dime a dozen, so few of them have the potential to become classics of the genre. Among the thousands of entries, only a handful of titles ever resonate with audiences beyond the loyal base. Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, and The Exorcist are household names, even those too afraid to watch horror films are keenly aware of these titles and the legends they’ve spawned. But outside of horror fans, who has ever heard of Carnivore (The Final Terror) starring a young Daryl Hannah, the sadly underappreciated Just Before Dawn, or the Do-It-Yourself gore fest Cannibal Campout?
