Musings in the Dark: October 2023

10/30/2023

Horror 202: Best Years In Horror: 2023

Nope

Director: Jordan Peele

Budget: $68M

Box Office: $172.3M 

Date of Release: July 22


Barbarian

Director: Zach Cregger

Budget: $4.5M

Box Office: $45.4M 

Date of Release: September 9


Smile

Director: Parker Finn

Budget: $17M

Box Office: $217.4M 

Date of Release: September 30


Bodies Bodies Bodies

Director: Halina Reijn

Budget: $

Box Office: $14M 

Date of Release: August 5


And thus ends my Spooky Season Celebration, Dilettantes! Until next year!


10/29/2023

Horror 202: Best Years In Horror: 2002

 

28 Days Later

Director: Danny Boyle

Budget: $8M

Box Office: $84.6M 

Date of Release: November 1


The Ring

Director: Gore Verbinski

Budget: $48M

Box Office: $249M

Date of Release: October 18


Resident Evil

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Budget: $40M

Box Office: $1B 

Date of Release: March 15


Dog Soldiers

Director: Neil Marshall

Budget: $2.3M

Box Office: $5M 

Date of Release: March 22


10/24/2023

Horror 202: Best Years in Horror: 1999

 


The Blair Witch Project

Director: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez

Budget: $200-700K

Box Office: $248.6M 

Date of Release: July 14


Stir of Echoes

Director: David Koepp

Budget: $12M

Box Office: $21.1M 

Date of Release: September 10


Sleepy Hollow

Director: Tim Burton

Budget: $70-100M

Box Office: $207.1M 

Date of Release: November 19


Audition

Director: Takashi Miike

Budget: $$$

Box Office: $119K 

Date of Release: March 3*


*in Japan

10/22/2023

Horror 202: Best Years in Horror: 1996



Scream

Director: Wes Craven

Budget: $14-15M

Box Office: $173M 

Date of Release: December 20


From Dusk Til Dawn

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Budget: $19M

Box Office: $59.3M 

Date of Release: January 19


The Frighteners

Director: Peter Jackson

Budget: $26M

Box Office: $29M 

Date of Release: July 19


10/18/2023

Horror 202: Best Years in Horror: 1984

 


A Nightmare on Elm Street

Director: Wes Craven

Budget: $1.1M

Box Office: $57M 

Date of Release: November 9


The Terminator

Director: James Cameron

Budget: $6.4M

Box Office: $78.3M 

Date of Release: October 26


Children of the Corn

Director: Fritz Kiersch

Budget: $$$

Box Office: $14.6M 

Date of Release: March 9



10/15/2023

Horror 202: Best Years in Horror: 1982

 

Poltergeist

Director: Tobe Hooper

Budget: $10.7M

Box Office: $121.7M 

Date of Release: June 4


Creepshow

Director: George A. Romero

Budget: $8M

Box Office: $21M 

Date of Release: November 10


Basket Case

Director: Frank Henenlotter

Budget: $35K

Box Office: $_____ 

Date of Release: April 7

The Thing

Director: John Carpenter

Budget: $15M

Box Office: $19.6M 

Date of Release: June 25


10/13/2023

Horror 202: Best Years in Horror: 1980

 


Friday the 13th

Director: Sean S. Cunningham

Budget: $550K

Box Office: $59.8M 

Date of Release: May 9


The Fog

Director: John Carpenter

Budget: $1.1M

Box Office: $21.3M 

Date of Release: February 1


The Shining

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Budget: $19M

Box Office: $47.3M 

Date of Release: May 23


Dressed to Kill

Director: Brian De Palma

Budget: $6.5M

Box Office: $15M or $31M 

Date of Release: July 25


10/09/2023

Horror 202: Best Years in Horror: 1978

 


Halloween

Director: John Carpenter

Budget: $325K

Box Office: $70M 

Date of Release: October 25


Dawn of the Dead

Director: George A. Romero

Budget: $640K

Box Office: $66M 

Date of Release: September 1*


Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Director: Philip Kaufman

Budget: $$$

Box Office: $24.9M 

Date of Release: December 22


*Italian release date. U.S. release date was in April of 1979

10/07/2023

Horror 202: Best Years in Horror: 1973



Black Christmas

Director: Bob Clark

Budget: $686K

Box Office: $1.3M 

Date of Release: October 11


The Exorcist

Director: William Friedkin

Budget: $12M

Box Office: $428M 

Date of Release: December 26


The Wicker Man

Director: Robin Hardy

Budget: $593K

Box Office: $373K

Date of Release: December 6


10/04/2023

Horror 202: Best Years in Horror: 1960

Psycho

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Budget: $807K

Box Office: $50M 

Date of Release: June 16


Peeping Tom

Director: Michael Powell

Budget: $166K 

Box Office: $$$ 

Date of Release: April 7


Village of the Damned

Director: Wolf Rilla

Budget: $320K 

Box Office: $2.175M 

Date of Release: December 7


Black Sunday

Director: Mario Bava

Budget: $$$

Box Office: $149M* 

Date of Release: August 11


*in Italian lira