Films that were put into production with a small budget of less than a million dollars, these movies far surpassed expectations in the Box office and even went on to inspire franchises such as Mad Max and Paranormal Activity. WatchMojo presents the Top 10 Movies to be made on a shoestring budget, but what will top the list of micro-budget films? Will it be horror movies like Halloween, or The Blair Witch Project, or the action wonder film El Mariachi! Watch to find out!

The smaller the budget, the bigger the scares! For this list, we’ll be looking at our spooky favorites that stretched shoestring budgets into legitimate scares.