low-budget
idiom
: involving a small amount of money : involving a relatively small cost
a low-budget movie
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At that time, the independents just did tiny little low-budget pictures.
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Pat Saperstein, Variety, 13 May 2024
Roger Corman, the director, producer, and distributor of numerous low-budget horror, science fiction, and crime movies, whose career in Hollywood spanned eight decades, has died at the age of 98.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 May 2024
Over the course of his half-century long career, Roger Corman filled America's drive-ins with hundreds of low-budget movies.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 12 May 2024
His low-budget projects helped give a start to future legends of the film industry such as Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard and Francis Ford Coppola.
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—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2024
Roger Corman, who for decades dominated the world of B movies as the producer or director of countless proudly low-budget horror, science fiction and crime films, died on Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif.
—Aljean Harmetz, New York Times, 12 May 2024
The horror hit launched over a dozen sequels and inspired countless other low-budget slashers.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
Introducing a bizarre Batman reference, Musk said the thespians entertaining the locals of Small Town, U.S.A., with their own low-budget rendition of the caped crusader, simply could not compete with Christopher Nolan’s Batman.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 May 2024
One source in the industry, who spoke with Rolling Stone on the condition of anonymity due to fear of career reprisal, attributes the format’s success to both its low-budget production values and the timing of the app rollouts, which coincided with the writers’ and actors’ strikes.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2024
Pat Saperstein, Variety, 13 May 2024
Roger Corman, the director, producer, and distributor of numerous low-budget horror, science fiction, and crime movies, whose career in Hollywood spanned eight decades, has died at the age of 98.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 May 2024
Over the course of his half-century long career, Roger Corman filled America's drive-ins with hundreds of low-budget movies.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 12 May 2024
His low-budget projects helped give a start to future legends of the film industry such as Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard and Francis Ford Coppola.
Need a break?
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2024
Roger Corman, who for decades dominated the world of B movies as the producer or director of countless proudly low-budget horror, science fiction and crime films, died on Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif.
—Aljean Harmetz, New York Times, 12 May 2024
The horror hit launched over a dozen sequels and inspired countless other low-budget slashers.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
Introducing a bizarre Batman reference, Musk said the thespians entertaining the locals of Small Town, U.S.A., with their own low-budget rendition of the caped crusader, simply could not compete with Christopher Nolan’s Batman.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 May 2024
One source in the industry, who spoke with Rolling Stone on the condition of anonymity due to fear of career reprisal, attributes the format’s success to both its low-budget production values and the timing of the app rollouts, which coincided with the writers’ and actors’ strikes.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2024
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