With a new year comes a new format for No-Budget Nightmares. I’ve never been entirely comfortable with the rating system I put together when I first started writing for Daily Grindhouse. While I thought it would be fun and silly, the reversed rating (meaning, the lower the better) ended up just being confusing for infrequent readers who would skip right to the bottom. Similarly, no-budget directors – who are generally reliant on word of mouth – couldn’t really cite a “two skulls out of five” as something positive. I’ve also never been entirely comfortable with an out-of-five rating system in general.
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