shoestring

Corman, affectionately known as the “Pope of Pop Cinema,” was a god of low-budget horror, a maestro who could turn a shoestring budget into something glittering, gothic, and gloriously unhinged.

On the grandest stage, they simply couldn’t overcome their richer, name-brand foes, always in need of one or two more good players that they couldn’t afford on their shoestring budget.

A subscription to the Proloquo speech app alone would cost $300 a year out-of-pocket — more than she can afford on her shoestring budget.

The cutesy performance shtick around a shoestring variety show — imagine Pee-wee’s Playhouse without the bewitching oddity — grows wearying.

"It was all done on a shoestring budget," he said.