Bloody Giblets: The Legend of Lady VandalayĪll told, there are 54 Low-Budget Pictures Titles, created in a span from 1993 to 2011, when Seaver closed the doors on LBP and started up again as Warlock Home Video which continued on until 2015. the Nazi Monster Apocalypse (Part of a series of Teen-Ape Movies) Most Heat (and its sequels Wet Heat, and Moist Fury). He knew that in order to get attention, crazy titles for his films were his way to get people to buy his DVD’s. The productions got larger and more organized, but essentially these films were the effort of this man, his friends, and whomever was willing to outrageous things in the name of bad taste and good fun. Seaver was dedicated to making things his own way, and he had an abiding love for trashy B-Movies. In truth, it never got a whole lot more complicated than that. They were the creative kids in a small western New York community, and they were able to turn their town into a video playground. At its roots, it is not an unfamiliar story: As a child, Seaver got hold of a VHS camera, after seeing a Nightmare on Elm Street, and committing himself to creating films like that on his own… with the videocamera and his high school buddies. Low-Budget Pictures (LBP) was the concoction of Rochester filmmaker Chris Seaver, a true DIY movie making maverick. Never heard of them? Neither had I, until I watched this documentary. And few production outfits scream INDEPENDENT FILM like Low-Budget Pictures. The festival is an offshoot of the somewhat larger Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, the San Francisco parent event that has a rebellious independent streak itself. 
The Warped Dimension Film Festival is a celebration of independent films. Given the tawdry source material, this is a thought-provoking and sentimental documentary worth watching, particularly for those with an interest in the film making process. Zero Budget Heroes: The Legend of Chris Seaver and Low-Budget Pictures is a loving retrospective of making DIY fun sleazy and cheap films.
Have you ever heard of Low-Budget Pictures? No? Well, they may be the most productive, if not the most recognizable film companies peddling schlock. What comes to mind when you think of raunchy lowest-common-denominator B-Movies? Full Moon? Not even close. The Low-Budget Pictures Crew ★★★★ out of ★★★★★
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