Ep 126
Ep 126 The Raven
Once upon a Sunday dreary, 3 podcasters tired and beery, Considered which film would hopefully bore none - They gibbered ‘neath the heaving shelves, of DVDs and asked themselves, “What’s got a…
The scrappy stuff
Independent Horror
10 films, made outside the system · 10 with a known budget
These are the films the show has covered that were genuinely made independently: no major studio, no streamer, and not one of the established genre houses that had their own real infrastructure and wide theatrical distribution, like Hammer or the modern likes of A24 and Blumhouse. Some of these were shot for almost nothing by one or two people with a camera. Some are decades-old cult objects nobody expected to last. What they share is that somebody made them happen without a studio behind them.
What counts as "independent" here is a judgement call, not a fact the data gives us outright. It's set out, and can be argued with, in the site's own code.
1960s
$3.8M in today's money$350K at the time · source: $350,000
1970s
$6.0M in today's money$1.1M at the time · source: CAD$1.1 million
The Uncanny
The gang’s all here! Lady Jennifer, Chris, Lee and Adam sit down for Adam’s birthday choice and listener suggestion, which is the feline-themed anthology “The Uncanny”. A film in which Donald…
1980s
$4.4M in today's money$1.1M at the time · source: $1.1 million
Ep 168
Ep 168 The Fog
We return, once more to the work of the one and only Mr John Carpenter (the only J.C. we worship round here). It’s time for 1980’s “The Fog”, a film which proves that 2 generations of scream…
$15M in today's money$5.0M at the time · source: $5 million
Near Dark
It’s vampire time again on Welcome to Horror, and this time it’s Kathryn Bigelow’s vision of dusty drifter/murderers “Near Dark”. A film in which the guy who goes on to stub his cigar out on…
1990s
$22M in today's money$9.0M at the time · source: $9 million
Ep 230
Ep 230 Popcorn
Get yourself a costume and slap on your face - we’re off to the cinema for 1991’s “Popcorn”. A film in which we learn that reggae bands cannot be stopped by a power cut; your favourite Martian now…
2000s
$5.4M in today's money$2.9M at the time · source: £2.3 million
Dog Soldiers
More classic monsters for the team this week, as we turn our attention to 2002’s British Army Vs Werewolves flick “Dog Soldiers”. A film in which Ser Davos Seaworth regrows his fingers and drops…
$6.9M in today's money$4.5M at the time · source: {{Plainlist| * 29 million kr * ($4.5 million) }}
Ep 86
086 Let The Right One In
It’s Jennifer’s Birthday Request, and she has chosen the magnificent “Let The Right One In”. A film in which a nonce tries an extreme chemical-peel; we learn PE teachers are the same all over the…
$3.1M in today's money$2.0M at the time · source: $2 million
Ep 249
Ep 249 Dead Snow
Just in time for some of the hottest weather the UK has ever seen, we’re covering Nazi Zombies on Ice in 2009’s “Dead Snow”. An informative film that details basic avalanche orienteering…
$4.6M in today's money$3.0M at the time · source: $3,000,000
Ep 138
Ep 138 Blood Night
It’s full on slasher territory this time, as we discuss 2009’s “Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet”. A film in which we witness the dangers of using a pickaxe for amateur colonic irrigation…
2010s
$5.3M in today's money$3.5M at the time · source: NOK 19 million<br />{{small|($3.5 million)}}
Ep 253
Ep 253 Troll Hunter
It’s episode 253 and once again we’ve decided to commemorate the UK’s unprecedented heatwave by returning to the snowy mountains of Norway, for 2010’s “Troll Hunter”. A shocking exposé of Norway’s…
