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Only 1 and a half million budget?!


Credit where credit is due, that is very impressive. I'm amazed how they can pull off all those effects, making it all look so slick, professional and expensive while still having 2 reasonably well known stars when the average rom-com costs about 20 times that much. It's still an awful film, but I am genuinely curious how they pulled it off so cheaply.

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I could film a woman walking around a dark attic easily for just a half million. lol.

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And I'm sure it would be a lot more fun. But Insidious is very glossy, isn't it? And I haven't seen it in a long time, but I remember there being a lot of visual effects in it, especially in the second half. It looks more like a Hollywood blockbuster horror rather than a cheap, raw indie. And they tend to soak up cash.

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