For Hollywood studios, horror movies are a sound investment. Because buckets of fake blood are more central to the genre than A-list stars, production is fast, dirty and, best of all, cheap. Films like The Blair Witch Project and Saw earned 100 times their cost.

We've heard small business is the economic engine of America. On a Halloween that finds bosses and employees more frightened by their economic prospects than anything    else  -- and in light of their notorious efficiency -- Minyanville asks: How can we run our small businesses more like horror movies?