Sam Raimi (the director of Spider-Man) and many of his college friends made this movie on a low budget of $375,000. This movie to me is considered a masterpiece in horror. Is it better than Halloween? No, but it is a close second. This was really one of the 1st movies I think that took a stab at gore but the gore is not even close to as much as there is in the newer terrible horror movies. This movie might've been made on a low budget but most of the money had been spent on the props and set, which you will be able to see easily on your first view. I'm a person that doesn't get scared easily. Only 2 movies have scared me terribly in my life. Halloween and The Evil Dead. Also I know great horror movies so take my advice and get this movie, especially if you like older horror movies (when they were actually good) with eerie directing and great atmosphere. This is a hard movie to find in stores for this price so if your looking to buy it, this is probably the place.