Some of the hallmarks and trends we see in horror cinema to this day are tropes because of necessity. Evil Dead, Friday the 13th, Sleepaway Camp, and Battle Beyond the Stars all work because their teams were forced to employ inexpensive and revolutionary methods to make their visions work. Horror seems to thrive on this innovation and this panel explores this concept, where its true, places where it may not be as true, and what this means for the indie scene then and now.
