# $15,000 Monster film
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-monster-film/551503
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 26, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-monster-film/551503 "2010-08-26T05:25:02Z")
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-monster-film/551503/1 "2010-08-26T05:25:02Z")
[_Monsters_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470827/)
[Trailer](http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2697070105/)
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> The plot: NASA accidentally solves border security with lightbright octopi from space. In the first 3 minutes of this film we learn that a probe carrying samples of alien life has broken up in reentry showering larges swaths of Mexico with debris that eventually manifests in giant octopus monsters…
And so forth.
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> Facts from the Director Q&A: -Filmed on a Sony EX3 with a Nikon 50 MM Lens -Used almost exclusively natural light except for a couple tiny LED lights for when it was pitch black -Effects were done in Adobe CS4, editing in Premiere -The majority of filming was shot with just a sound guy the director and the 2 main characters
I love a low/no-budget film, especially if it turns out well. I think I’ll see this one to see if it did.
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-monster-film/551503/2 "2010-08-26T05:51:14Z")
I put it on my list. Thanks.
I mean, _Primer_ remains one of the best movies I’ve ever seen (and I own thousands).