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Damn this movie cost $2.7 million to make!

posted 8 years ago by KentCatFan
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That's a lot of loot for 1986. I figured it was low budget.

Adjusted for inflation that comes in at under 6 million in current market. Still very cheap for a non-documentary film.

Real cheap for the period.
you gotta wonder why a film now costs $200m to make!
whats changed?
Apart from computers do a lot of the work , which you'd think would cut costs in half

[–] keith81 8 years ago

And it was filmed in less than a month.
Didn't look too cheap to me with all those explosions and burning debris.

[–] VincentPriceIzRight 8 years ago

This must have sent em back a few bucks!

[–] robocop-37224 7 years ago

I'd like to know where all of that money went cause it definitely didn't go for the acting, or overhead, or acting.

[–] [deleted] 9 months ago

It was a little more expensive than your average mid eighties horror movie, but then there it was pretty effects heavy. Still fairly low budget, though.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71359) 9 months ago

And for what it’s worth it’s gained a bit of a cult status. It still holds up as a thriller and has lots of fun 80s nostalgia.

[–] [deleted] 9 months ago

Yes, I just rewatched it for the first time in over thirty years.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71359) 9 months ago

Man, I’m not disrespecting other decades but I really loved the 80s stuff, gun to head I’d pick the 80s movies✌️

[–] [deleted] 9 months ago

The 70s and the 80s were the best when it came to horror. Some have tried, but you just can't duplicate what those movies had.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71359) 9 months ago

Good call, 70s ‘slayed’ horror too💯

[–] moviechatterer (13129) 6 months ago

Still fairly low budget, though.
an understatement i'd say
Its cheap AF! surely ?
I mean " mid eighties horror movies" were minimal budget things too .

Surely the average movie in the 80s was like 10x what this one cost