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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Raimi said he never saw Equinox before making Evil Dead I think, and I tend to believe him. An old, micro budget movie like that would have been hard to find back in the late 70s.