Mar 2017 *
I'm reviving this thread from the horror board. I suppose the main ingredients are the isolated setting (usually a cabin), and surviving the horde of undead or possessed people.
Night of the Demons (1988) https://trashepics.com/forum/724/
Things (1989) https://trashepics.com/forum/17/
Demon Wind (1990) https://trashepics.com/forum/2225/
Dead Snow (2009) https://trashepics.com/forum/1414/
Wither (2012) https://trashepics.com/forum/1322/
Less Blatant rip-offs, though heavily inspired by it:
Cabin Fever (2003) https://trashepics.com/forum/966/
Evil Dead Inbred Rednecks (2012) https://trashepics.com/forum/519/
Zombeavers (2014) https://trashepics.com/forum/1490/
Deathgasm (2015) https://trashepics.com/forum/1611/
While I've never seen it, I hear that evil dead itself was a rip-off of Equinox (1970) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067055/ , featuring a forest, monsters, and the necronomicon.
Night of the Demons (1988) https://trashepics.com/forum/724/
Things (1989) https://trashepics.com/forum/17/
Demon Wind (1990) https://trashepics.com/forum/2225/
Dead Snow (2009) https://trashepics.com/forum/1414/
Wither (2012) https://trashepics.com/forum/1322/
Less Blatant rip-offs, though heavily inspired by it:
Cabin Fever (2003) https://trashepics.com/forum/966/
Evil Dead Inbred Rednecks (2012) https://trashepics.com/forum/519/
Zombeavers (2014) https://trashepics.com/forum/1490/
Deathgasm (2015) https://trashepics.com/forum/1611/
While I've never seen it, I hear that evil dead itself was a rip-off of Equinox (1970) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067055/ , featuring a forest, monsters, and the necronomicon.
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I always thought it was pretty obvious it was a variant of Night Of The Living Dead, and all of these in turn are basically horror versions of siege-based Westerns. Never seen or heard of Equinox though.
I think Tremors (1990) has some elements of these too.