What are the weird, low budget movies you’ve been enjoying lately?
Oh man here I come to plug my favorite low budget or indy-ish sci-fi movies!
First, Coherence (2013). This movie was quite low budget but doesn’t feel like it because the story is so engaging. The hours I spent reading about this movie, reviewing timelines, etc after I watched it… It’s a great film and the discussions and theories about it are exactly the type of rabbit hole I love.
Resolution (2012) has a unique and interesting concept, but I mention it mostly because it is low budget and related to The Endless (2018) which is pushing the definition of low budget but is phenomenal. The story lines overlap and Resolution came out first, but I watched The Endless before I’d ever heard of Resolution and I think I prefer that watch order, honestly. Both are great films though and worth the watch if you’re interested in cosmic horror/sci-fi type stories.
Clicked through intending to suggest Coherence, thrilled to see you beat me to it!
Ahh nice another obscure sci-fi fan. I tell everyone who will listen how great that movie is.
Not super low budget but there is something about Run Lola Run that makes it feel low budget and there are some weird parts to it as well.
Primer (2004) if you like time travel and being confused
I finally got around to watching Brian and Charles last night, and can’t get over how good it was.
But despite coming out almost a year ago, I only know of one other person who’s seen it, and he’s the one that recommended it to me.
Super 8 (2011) and Brazil (1985)
…Brazil low budget?
I cant edit comments in my app yet so… Edit: I missed the weird part. So not Super 8 but definitely Brazil lol.
Neither of those films are anywhere near low budget. Super 8 was a CGI blockbuster film. Brazil cost $15MM in 1985. Back to the future came out that same year and had a budget of $19MM, ET had a LOWER budget than Brazil. Both are great films, neither are low budget.
