10 Great Modern Horror Movies That Were Made For Next To Nothing

5. Easter Casket (2013)

There's no better way to give a little horror movie a boost than by setting it on a holiday. And really, how many Easter horror movies can anyone think of? Make it about an Anti-Christ Easter bunny out to take over the world, with no one to stop him but a super-soldier priest and a busty Catholic schoolgirl, and you've got the makings of some irresistible B-movie fun.

Easter Casket is one of six films made by US writer-director Dustin Wayde Mills in 2013 alone (he's since made eight more, with a further three currently in the works); and at a reported budget of $3,000, it's one of his largest scale productions. It's loaded with the things Mills seems to love best: satirical bad taste humour, copious nudity, creepy puppets and practical make-up creations - although the budget also allowed enough room for some fairly decent CGI.

However, beneath the trashy excess and self-conscious sacrilege, there's some surprisingly intelligent storytelling at play - and Mills has since gone on to explore more cerebral territory in a number of more experimental films, including Her Name Was Torment and Applecart.