The rise of 'smart' low-budget horror
By Frankie Taggart in Los Angeles | China Daily | Updated: 2016-09-10 07:17
Creepy movies made on a shoestring take the suspense route
A new wave of low-budget "smart" horror movies is challenging the studio behemoths with a recipe that swaps gratuitous gore and elaborate special effects for good old-fashioned suspense.
Don't Breathe, which was released at the end of last month on the back of widespread acclaim, is hoping to emulate the success of The Babadook, It Follows and a series of other creepy hits made on a shoestring.
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