Halloween at The Drive In

October 31, 2025

In 1978, John Carpenter’s Halloween was released on October 25th. It was groundbreaking in several ways. The first is its famously modest budget. Low-budget horror films can notoriously be campy, but low-budget filmmaking can also push the crew to be clever, to create something really special. For example, The Blair Witch Project from 1999 was made for a mere $60,000. While Halloween was made for $325,000, it’s still considered a shoestring budget for a major motion picture. For example, Jaws and The Exorcist, both from the same decade, each had a budget of $12 million… read more >

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