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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs  Generally speaking, I find the low-budget films from the 1970s and '80s more imaginative and less cynical than the ones made now. They tend to have more original ideas and are less reliant to be rehashing an idea from a film with a bigger budget or part of a cycle of films, such as possession found footage.
In general, they are more likely to be interesting. |
And even when film makers were given the task of re-hashing something popular of the day the outcome is mostly way more imaginative than you get now, The Night Child (inspired by Exorcist) and Zombi 2 (riding the Dawn of Dead wave) for example.
These days you end up with the likes of the uninspiring 'Mama' which throws scene after scenes of lifted material from other better movies but brings nothing new to the table bar some shoddy CGI that could have easily been done more convincingly physically and saved some cash.