103/100 Horror Movies in 92 Days 2025While doom scrolling recently, I fell down a rabbit hole of filmmaking advice given by filmmakers. I’ve never made a film, nor do I plan to, but I was nevertheless drawn in by the words of wisdom when it comes to making a movie, given by those who’ve actually done it. I came across one from Robert Rodriguez, whose advice for indie filmmakers was simply to ‘make a film with what you’ve got’. ‘Use what you have access to’. It got me thinking about what I would make a movie about with what I have access to (not a great deal), and what would be great jobs to have if you wanted to truly exploit the things you have access to. If you worked in a scare maze, or a haunted attraction, that would be perfect, wouldn’t it?
There are plenty of indie filmmakers who seem to think so.
Haunt Season is the latest in the sub-sub-genre that sees haunted attractions exchange the safety of fake scares for the terrifying reality of being sliced and diced, all while onlookers think the victims are a particularly authentic part of the show. What I really liked about
Haunt Season, however, is the surprisingly warm cast of characters (surprising in the ‘low budget indie slasher film’ kinda way. While you always hope for it, you’re never really expecting it, y’know?), and the genuine affection I had for them. It felt that little bit more real, partly due to the
'Mumblegore'influences and the loose, improv nature of the script.
I’ve not watched some of the more popular movies that this is following in the footsteps of – movies like
Haunt or
Hell Fest but I loved what they did with this one. A nice surprise.
