Low budget? Try NO budget...
594052
One of the worst movies I have ever seen. A whole lot of talk and very little action. I love cheesy horor films, but this absolutely sucked.

Joshua Nelson is hot, but there are no scenes with him so much as shirtless, so there is no point whatsoever to seeing this film. And what kind of name is Velocity Chyaldd? Jeez...
231401
I like Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.  The movie was entertaining and worth the rental (I like the genre), but clearly shot on a budget.  The costumes were always too new and clean-looking.
2645121
Great gift for someone moving to their first place?  Sure, if you hate them.

We bought these because we are lazy & cheap and this seemed like a good way to get everything we needed for just over $1 per thing with just one mouse click.  When you adjust the price to account for the number of these that are unusable, this is just an overpriced box of plastic bits.  About the only thing I would recommend these be used for is as a low-budget movie prop to give the illusion of a well-stocked kitchen scene, but without the need for any of these items to be functional.  If you disregard this review and choose to buy this set anyway, then you should also consider buying a pair of earmuffs for your kid(s) to protect them from the inevitable tapestry of swear words that will spew forth from your mouth as you realize I was right all along.  You're welcome.
2724030
I was interested in seeing this movie but not enough to spend my money. I got the chance with a trial of Prime & watched it on my Kindle Fire. The movie was fine but but seems to be suited for a B-movie night. Don't get me wrong, it is fun & there is enough nudity & sex to get an R rating but nobody will ever see it as a masterpiece of cinema.
1588889
I'm thinking that a better title to this film would have been "Absence of Talent" or "Absence of a cohesive Plot" or "Absence of something worthwhile to waste 80 minutes on"...all would have been more appropriate.  I love low budget films but there's a fine line between low budget and cheap.  Halloween was low budget...this film is cheap.  And it's really a shame because you will recognize a number of cast members in the film including FX guru Tom Savini, Michael Berryman, 70's hottie Caroline Munro, and Tony Todd.  But don't be fooled...none of these are the main stars.  In fact, Todd appears for only a few brief minutes, and Munro and Berryman not much longer.  And their roles are basically restricted to sitting around on a couch or behind a table talking.  Berryman looked like he was ready to fall asleep during his scenes.

The two "stars" are Richard Conant and Eric Thornsberry who play government operatives named Puritan and Sultan.  Sounds like a couple of nicknames from the old G.I. Joe cartoon.  These guys have all the charisma of a bag of rocks.  Louie Anderson would make a more believable government agent.  Anyway, this government agency, led by Savini who is called the "Higher Power" cleans up the kinds of messes that no one else can.  In this case, they are trying to get a Senator Criswell re-elected to office while hiding his sexual trysts from the public eye.  Meanwhile there is a terrorist organization trying to bring Criswell down and to also steal the secrets of a secret experiment in which some very badly computer animated life forms are brought to life to be the new super soldiers...or something like that...

The "special effects" are just brutal...in one scene a car blows up carrying Sultan's fianc and the fire is just superimposed over the car.  I mean couldn't they have bought a cheap wreck to actually blow up?  These are the kind of effects you used to see on Saturday morning live action kids shows in the 70's.  There's another hilarious scene where the two agents are tracking a suspect using a hi-tech scanner that scans for a person's DNA.  The little screen flashes "The suspect is near!"  Man...that's gold!

Berryman probably has more speaking lines in this film than he has in all of his other films combined and that's really not such a good thing.  He seemed completely bored, even during the film's introduction which is one of the DVD's special features.  It's funny but of these four name stars, Todd is easily the best actor and only gets about five minutes of screen time.  Ironically, right after I got done watching this film I was flipping around the channels and came upon Todd doing an episode of Stargate SG1.  The guy can obviously get some decent acting gigs so I can only assume he was friends with the filmmakers.  None of the stars have much to do in this movie.  In fact, most of the film is nothing but the actors sitting around talking.

There really is nothing redeeming about the film but thankfully it is very short at just 77 minutes.
896997
Make no mistake, this is purely a low budget horror flick. I first got acquainted with is a midnight movie on the local independent TV station. It's cheesie goodness, and kinda scary too in places.

This film follows the story of a group of teenagers in a small mid-western town whose lives are interrupted by a series of brutal and inexplicable murders. Meanwhile, a local pharmaceutical company is conducting secretive experiments. But all of this is lost on the son of the local Sheriff who has started dating the night receptionist at the pharmaceutical company where his late mother worked.  Confused yet? Don't worry it all comes together in the film.

The characters are likable, the music is catchy... Top 40 actually.  But this isn't a low budget horror film in the tradition of Plan 9 from Outer Space or Ankle Biters, this is a quality film. The plot may have holes here and there, but the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts.

In it's own way, Strange Behavior, (Originally titled "Dead Kids") is an artifact of the 80's... or maybe the 70's... it came out in '81. This is part of the appeal. In an era of slasher films, and Strange Behavior had its share of slashing, this film offered an element of mystery and depth that it's contemporaries lacked.

This is not Shakespeare, it's not Edgar Allen Poe, but it's an enjoyable romp through the post grindhouse low budget film landscape.  Absolutely worth the few bucks you'll spend on it instead of schlepping your way to the local movie house to watch another overpriced re-make.
2773641
You either like this movie or just don't get it at all.  There's not much middle ground.  For a guy who grew up in the 70's/80's in the middle mass of students, not popular or unpopular, it connects on a level that's not easy to describe.  It's low budget, but I liked it in an inexplicable way.
4894266
This is not a bad movie for very low budget. Was a nice introduction for Mel Gibson as Mad Max.
3340863
Be warned, nothing in the movie resembles the "cover art" which is, I suppose, a "conceptual" piece done to promote the movie.  Having said that, this is a decently made B-movie (no big-name stars, small budget, limited effects).  Everyone does a decent job with the limited budget.  Special effects are adequate (practical effects and CGI).  It's actually rather tame compared to some movies that are circulating today.  If you're looking for extreme gore, you won't find it in this film.  I enjoyed it, although like most low-budget horror films, it contains echoes of other movies you've seen before (most notably "The Hidden" and "They Came From Within".)
4013481
as a "student" of the development of movies  - some very low budget attempts at relating views and attemps at saying something
3122945
Just because a movie wins an award at a festival doesn't mean it's any good, or even watchable.  Still, I'm a sucker for festival award winners, so I rented "Primer," which won the Grand Jury Award at Sundance.  In addition, I heard this was made for $7000, on par with the classic "El Mariachi," so that caught my interest.

I was surprised to find that "Primer" looked so much like a movie - something very difficult to do for so little money, especially when shooting on film.  The composition, the camera motion, and the lighting were on par with much more expensive movies.  Lighting can be one of the toughest things for a new filmmaker to master, but in virtually every shot the lighting works.  The camera work was excellent, and by and large the actors were surprisingly good.

The biggest problem with "Primer" is the fact that it has a lot of story to cram into a short running time, and that story is pretty confusing at best.  It's difficult to tell a time-travel story where multiple incarnations of the same person are in that story; there needs to be some way to tell them apart.  Some visual shorthand, some dialogue cues, something.  Yet, toward the end of this film, some events happen that are tremendously confusing, and we get no help from the movie or the commentary in figuring them out.  As a result, the ending loses some of the impact I think it was meant to have.  To me, this was the greatest failing of "Primer," and why it gets 4 and not 5 stars.  Adding to the confusion factor is the fact that the actors intentionally talk over each other a lot in the first part of the movie, so that the audience doesn't get some pieces of what's happening.

Still, this movie is quite an accomplishment, especially for the money.  And while it can be confusing, it never fails to engage your interest.  "Primer" is at least worth a rent.
2081185
The 3d is native or real here.  And that's the best part of this VERY low budget film.  The cast does what they can on their small budget and it's sort of like a cheap penthouse movie.  I got this for the 3d which I collect and of course we do get a very hot lead actress and that helps.  But without the 3d this would be one that many people might dismiss due to it's budget.  3d fans should grab this one for it's native 3d which is excellent though!
2164805
This movie quite easily had the budget of the sweet kung fu short i shot in high school for my video and photo class.

the long and short of it: college kids are sent out to the middle of the desert (which doubles as a haunted, indian burial ground) to search for artifacts. a native spirit picks the terrible actors off one by one. there's a twist. sorta. kinda? eh.

the idea, while not entirely pc, is decent but it's execution is very hit or miss.

i will say that the scalping scene was cool. one of the coolest low budget gore scenes i've seen, actually.

the transfer ranges from ok to terrible. you're warned about this prior to the movie beginning. i won't fault this flick for that.

2.5 / 5
528662
This was clearly super low budget, probably no budget, but a good performance from the lead actor, an ex-con vigilante, as well as his love interest. The dealers in the hood were believable enough, but the acting from the two dirty cops, downright laughable. For the most part I enjoyed the film.
4491442
It is a low budget movie so I did not expect much.  Over all it is better than many I started to watch.
3900337
This movie suffers from a low budget but it has a great concept, decent script, and true enough to life that it make you wonder about the state of affairs at large churches and TV evangelist. I loved this movie and watched it couple of times. I thought it was thought provoking. Bigger budget and main stream movie stars this movie could be blockbuster.
1301940
I liked this movie.  Keep in mind it's a low budget movie.  I was in the mood to watch something on my computer and it kept me entertained.  I thought the acting was OK.  You can just tell it is low budget.  If you took the same movie and put in a lot of stars and different cameras etc. it could have been a better film.  It did keep me thinking and that's what a good story does.