(Mark Powell, 1960)
Budget: £135k
US Box Office: $84k
PSYCHO
(Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
Budget: $806k
US Box Office: $32m
...
"Alfred Hitchcock had made his name as the "master of suspense" with brilliant, glossy thrillers like Rear Window and North by Northwest, but Psycho was altogether different - the like of which most cinema-goers had never seen.
With its shocking bursts of violence and provocative sexual explicitness, Psycho tested the strict censorship boundaries of the day as well as audiences' mettle - and it gave Hitchcock the biggest hit of his career.
Awakened to the box office potential of violence and sex, mainstream filmmakers followed suit".
- BBC News
...
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
(Wes Craven, 1972)
Budget: $90k
US/Worldwide Box Office: $3.1m, $10m
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
(Tobe Hooper, 1974)
Budget: $300k
US Box Office: $31m
Budget: £135k
US Box Office: $84k
PSYCHO
(Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
Budget: $806k
US Box Office: $32m
...
"Alfred Hitchcock had made his name as the "master of suspense" with brilliant, glossy thrillers like Rear Window and North by Northwest, but Psycho was altogether different - the like of which most cinema-goers had never seen.With its shocking bursts of violence and provocative sexual explicitness, Psycho tested the strict censorship boundaries of the day as well as audiences' mettle - and it gave Hitchcock the biggest hit of his career.
Awakened to the box office potential of violence and sex, mainstream filmmakers followed suit".
- BBC News
...
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
(Wes Craven, 1972)
Budget: $90k
US/Worldwide Box Office: $3.1m, $10m
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
(Tobe Hooper, 1974)
Budget: $300k
US Box Office: $31m
THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE SLASHER GENRE
A quote I found from the book:
'The Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies'
By Peter Normanton
"Way Back then, you could scream all you wanted, but it was never going to make them stop, as for an entire decade the doors to the madhouse were thrown open to a plethora of hack and slash killers who were free to slip into school dormitories, college campuses, the woods, shopping malls or for the very unlucky their local neighbourhood. Each was armed with a sharp knife, with blood murder in mind. There never was a decade quite like the eighties".
HALLOWEEN
(John Carpenter, 1978)
Budget: $300k
US/Worldwide Box Office: $47m, $70m
FRIDAY THE 13TH
(Sean S. Cunningham, 1980)
Budget: $550k
US/Worldwide Box Office: $40m, $60m
PROM NIGHT
(Paul Lynch, 1980)
Budget: $1.5m
US Box Office: $15m
DRESSED TO KILL
(Brian De Palma, 1980)
Budget: $6.5m
US Box Office: $32m
GRADUATION DAY
(Herb Freed, 1981)
Budget: $250k
US Box Office: $2m
THE PROWLER
(Joseph Zito, 1981)
Budget: $1m
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
(Wes Craven, 1984)
Budget: $1.8m
US Box Office: $26.5m
THE DECLINE
There was a decline in the slasher genre between 1985-1995. It's popularity declined substantially but didn't die out completely. There were still many films released within these dates:
1985
The Mutilator, Blood Cult, The Ripper
1986
Killer Party, Mountaintop Motel Massacre, Truth Or Dare?, April Fool's Day,
1987
Blood Rage
The mid-1980s also had a wave of sequels.
THE REVIVAL OF THE SLASHER GENRE
NEW NIGHTMARE
(Wes Craven, 1994)
Budget: $8m
US/Worldwide Box Office: $18m, $20m
SCREAM
(Wes Craven, 1996)
Budget: $14m
US/Worldwide Box Office: $103m, $173m
SCREAM 2
(Wes Craven, 1997)
Budget: $24m
US/Worldwide Box Office: $101m, $172m
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER
(Jim Gillespie, 1997)
Budget: $17m
US Box Office: $72.5m, $125.5m
BRIDE OF CHUCKY
(Ronny Yu, 1998)
Budget: $25m
US/Worldwide Box Office: $32m, $50.6m
URBAN LEGEND
(Jamie Blanks, 1997)
Budget: $14m
US/Worldwide Box Office: $38m, $72.5m
SCREAM 3
(Wes Craven, 2000)
Budget: $40m
US/Worldwide Box Office: $89m, $162m
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