02-05-2022, 02:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-05-2022, 02:42 AM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
some low rent director
Horror, camp, and low low budget monster films are in a unique category. If made cheap enough they almost always turn a profit. They dependably get your heart pumping and adrenaline surging, without a great script or great acting, or great sets. They give audiences a cheap thrill, a buzz, and for teenagers on a date a girl may grab her significant he/she/they when the monster, alien, or creepy dude jumps up out of nowhere.
These flicks are generally made by low rent directors as Rob noted, but some famous movie makers got their start on shoestring budgets, for instance:
John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape From...): His first film Dark Star was made for $60,000. The monster was a modified beach ball. For a slight Hawaii angle there's a space surfing scene too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwISbJfRNz0
Peter Bogdanovich (Last Picture Show): He directed Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Woman by splicing together clips from an old Russian sci-fi flick with new footage of prehistoric woman on Venus. Half interplanetary travel, half cheesecake. The budget is only listed as "extremely low."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yUHTkhMhjg
Horror, camp, and low low budget monster films are in a unique category. If made cheap enough they almost always turn a profit. They dependably get your heart pumping and adrenaline surging, without a great script or great acting, or great sets. They give audiences a cheap thrill, a buzz, and for teenagers on a date a girl may grab her significant he/she/they when the monster, alien, or creepy dude jumps up out of nowhere.
These flicks are generally made by low rent directors as Rob noted, but some famous movie makers got their start on shoestring budgets, for instance:
John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape From...): His first film Dark Star was made for $60,000. The monster was a modified beach ball. For a slight Hawaii angle there's a space surfing scene too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwISbJfRNz0
Peter Bogdanovich (Last Picture Show): He directed Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Woman by splicing together clips from an old Russian sci-fi flick with new footage of prehistoric woman on Venus. Half interplanetary travel, half cheesecake. The budget is only listed as "extremely low."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yUHTkhMhjg