6 Movies That Were Improved by Budget Constraints
You might expect budget limitations to result in mediocre films—and that certainly happens. Christopher Reeve regretted making the low-budget Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), describing the movie as a “catastrophe from start to finish” that dealt “a huge blow to my career.”
“a catastrophe from start to finish”
But budget constraints aren’t always bad news for a film. Sometimes, filmmakers find creative solutions to financial limitations that make the movie better than it would have been with unlimited cash.
George Romero made Night of the Living Dead independently on a tiny budget of $114,000, which meant nearly all of his directorial choices were based on cost.
Author’s summary: Low budget can improve movie quality.