There are low budget movies, there are next-to-nothing budgeted movies, and then there is 1978’s Laserblast which looked as if it’s budget consisted mostly of whatever loose change producer Charles Band managed to find under the seat cushions in a Tijuana brothel.
Tag: low budget
Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983) – Review
The 80s saw a big boom in sword and sorcery flicks, with Schwarzenegger’s Conan the Barbarian being the real kicking off point for the genre, but unlike Conan most of those films were shot with incredibly low budgets and even lower ranked stars. Such was the case with Yor, the Hunter from the Future a…
The Magic Sword (1962) – Review
When it comes to low budget science fiction films the name Bert I. Gordon is easily one of the most forefront as the list of “on the cheap” films he produced includes such “classics” as The Amazing Colossal Man, Village of the Giants and The Food of the Gods, but not only did he produce…
Atlantis, The Lost Continent (1961) – Review
Legendary filmmaker George Pal is known for being the man behind such classics as The Time Machine, War of the Worlds and When Worlds Collide, but he also had a few stinkers on his resume such as Conquest of Space, Doc Savage, as well as today’s entry, Atlantis, The Lost Continent.
Murder Party (2007) – Review
There are no shortages of Halloween themed horror movies but Murder Party by writer director Jeremy Saulnier stands out from the crowd not only for its incredibly low budget (almost non-existent budget to be frank) but for its bizarre off-the-wall characters and nonsensical plot.