These days, Star Wars films are enormous investments. Their production costs are massive. But long before becoming its own cinematic universe, the very first Star Wars film was made on a relatively ...

Action movies are synonymous with over-the-top sequences and elaborate special effects that typically require a large budget, but there have been several low-budget films in the genre that are just as ...

The film’s low budget is deployed as an artistic choice, using period costume, set design, and cinematography to craft a patient, suffocating atmosphere of dread that pays off in a sudden, jarring ...