You don’t need a big budget to make great art—you just have to get a little thrifty.
Some of the best and undeniable classic films were made with a budget of $150,000 or less. While that tight budget seems to limit the artistic vision, these micro-budget filmmakers seem to understand what is necessary to make their film work and how to make their visions as realized as possible.
This couldn’t be more true than with the cult arthouse horror classic, Carnival of Souls. Made with a budget of $33,000 (roughly $319,400 today with inflation), the film follows Mary Henry (Candance Hilligoss) as a mysterious man haunts her after she ends up being the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. The film would eventually become one of the main inspirations for horror and surrealist filmmakers like George A. Romero, David Lynch, Ingmar Bergman, and M. Night Shyamalan.
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
