Shame on The Asylum
Roger Corman, AIP & even Troma could take a small budget film and with enough artistry & talent could create a classic or a cult classic or even a camp classic. The Asylum creates crap each and every time. They call their films 'mockbusters' because cheap rip offs is overused. Their highest profile pic is Sharknado. It's not a classic, cult classic or even a camp classic. It's a clickbait classic. That's the best The Asylum can do.
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- DirectorJoseph J. LawsonStarsDominique SwainJake BuseyJoshua Michael AllenResearchers in Antarctica are abducted and dragged underground by a team of Nazi survivors planning the revival of the Third Reich.Nazis at the Center of the Earth is the best film to crawl out of the Asylum Studio to date and it's still crap. MAYBE if the special effects weren't so abysmal...MAYBE if the acting wasn't so poor...MAYBE if the script wasn't so ridiculous this could have been an ok movie. The director tries but he's defeated at every turn as are viewers. Some movies are so bad they are good. Nazis is so bad it stays bad. It's still The best The Asylum has to offer. Mecha-Hitler emerges from his hollow earth hide away in the Antarctic flying a UFO filled with zombie Nazis determined to launch a new holocaust with missiles containing flesh-eating disease.
- DirectorShane Van DykeStarsShane Van DykeMarie WestbrookBruce DavisonA century after the fateful voyage of the original, modern luxury liner Titanic II sets sail. Will this ship suffer the same fate as her namesake?The Titanic II is set to recreate the historic voyage of it's namesake on the hundredth anniversary of the disaster with equally tragic results. And tragic is a word which describes this shameless attempt by The Asylum to milk and bilk the fans of James Camerons pop culture classic Titanic. Imagine the disappoint of every film lover who was conned into buying Titanic II. The Asylum really should be ashamed.
- DirectorJared CohnStarsGraham GreeneAnthony 'Treach' CrissDavid ChokachiWhen giant monsters crawl out of the Atlantic Ocean and attack the Eastern Seaboard the US Government is forced to trust a trio of mischievous soldiers, specialized in piloting gigantic robots, to defend America.Hoping to cash in on the white hot publicity for Pacific Rim, The Asylum rushed this poverty row 'mockbuster' onto video shelves in the hopes of tricking as many people as possible into falling for their scam. David Chokachi (former star of Baywatch) plays a soldier trained to fight from inside giant robots designed by the military. When sea monsters from the ocean floor attack those robots come in handy. Following a threatened lawsuit from the producers of Pacific Rim The Ayslum agreed to alternate the title from country to country but they were back to their same old tricks when the sequel Atlantic Rim: Ressurrection was released.
- DirectorJustin JonesStarsErica KesslerJessica BorkSarah LievingAfter a woman's closest friends and co-workers undergo extreme personality changes, she begins to suspect that they have been replaced with malevolent alien invaders.Designed to piggy back on the big screen adaption of Jack Finny's Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake; The Invasion, Invasion of the Pod People was cheaply rushed into distribution. Here, the aliens target young women & make them lean towards lesbian sex and murder. The Asylum has stolen a concept so perfect it never fails and managed to spike it into the muck.
- DirectorChristopher RayStarsCody DealRichard GriecoPatricia VelasquezWhen a demon god steals the Hammer of Invincibility, Thor strikes a mighty blow to get it back.Banished to earth by Odin, Thor must battle his sinister brother Loki for the sake of Asgard his newly adopted home. This embarrassingly bad rip off of the Marvel Thor films features astonishingly cheap CG and actors who have nowhere left to go but up from here. Marvel should have sued but why give this dire shit the attention it doesn't deserve?
- DirectorAnthony C. FerranteStarsIan ZieringTara ReidJohn HeardWhen a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, nature's deadliest killer rules sea, land, and air as thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace.This is probably the most popular Asylum film and what I'd call a clickbait classic. The premise is so outlandish average folks feel compelled to give it a look...even if it's a look of distain. One-time Beverly Hills 90210 star Ian Ziering experienced a career resurgence thanks to the social media pop provided by this ridiculous trash. Sharknado was inexplicably followed by 5 sequels to date.
- DirectorAnthony C. FerranteStarsIan ZieringTara ReidVivica A. FoxFin and April are on their way to New York City, until a category seven hurricane spawns heavy rain, storm surges, and deadly Sharknadoes.Ian Ziering and a cattle call of has-been celebs signed up for this sequel to Sharknado about a 2nd attack on the city of new York. Another artless, unappealing cash grab from the disreputable folks at The Asylum.
- DirectorAnthony C. FerranteStarsIan ZieringTara ReidCassandra ScerboA monstrous tornado unleashes ravenous sharks from Washington, D.C., all the way down to Orlando, Florida.Everyone from Bo Derek to Lou Ferrigno to Harvey Levin cameos in The Asylums 3rd Sharknado tv movie adventure starring Ian Ziering and a host of sub-par special effects. The premise is being played for laughs so you wish there were some to be had. Mostly it's a dismal slop bucket of bargain basement production values.
- DirectorAnthony C. FerranteStarsIan ZieringTara ReidMasiela LushaFin, his family and the cosmos have been blissfully sharknado-free in the five years since the most recent attack, but now sharks and tornadoes are being whipped up in unexpected ways and places.Wayne Newton, Susan Anton and the Chippendale dancers cameo in this dreadful 4rth tv movie about the fictional sharknado disasters which have gone global. The syfy network is still drawing clickbait ratings so The Asylum is still cranking them out once a year.
- DirectorMark AtkinsStarsPhilip CocEric DarinsDaniela FlynnA movie created from "found footage" of a lost military expedition that exposes the origins of life on earth.A group of explorers find an alien skull in a cave before being killed found-footage style in this BORING rip off of Ridley Scotts' Prometheus. This tedious Asylum 'mockbuster' will leave you snoozing on the couch 20 minutes in.
- DirectorJack PerezStarsAdam VincentBooboo StewartSarah LievingAfter a plane crash were a boy is the only survivor, a childless couple adopts him and soon discovers he is something very powerful, something very dark. This small boy is the Beast and with him he carries the Beginning of the End.The lone survivor of a deadly plane crash is a satanic child who quickly brings death to the family who adopted him in this 10nth rate knock off of The Omen. It's not scary. There's no imagination or artistry put towards the murderous set pieces and the story is a worn out cliche in the hand of the hacks at the Asylum. Followed by an equally worthless sequel.
- DirectorNick EverhartStarsChad MathewsMakinna RidgwayAlma S. GreyDonald Lawson, the devil child from "666: The Child", is now an adult and is determined to fulfill his destiny as the Antichrist.The son of the Devil is now a grown up wheeling and dealing in the worlds of politics and business as he steers the world towards Armageddon in this inept sequel to 666: The Child which also serves as a mockbuster to The Devil's Advocate. horror film utterly and completely without scares as only the Asylum could make it.
- DirectorGriff FurstStarsMark DacascosGeoff MeedJennifer Lee WigginsIn post apocalyptic LA being rampaged by zombie like cannibals humans that have some kind of genetic infection local man renchard is forced to live a daily struggle as he trys to locate radio signals and find a cure.The Asylum didn't credit Richard Matheson's fine novel I Am Legend for it's inspiration or the pop culture classic Charlton Heston film The Omega Man for it's part in it's design. Maybe they were too busy trying to rush this sound-alike flick onto shelves ahead of Will Smith's I Am Legend to bother. As The Asylum films go, I am Omega steals enough inspiration to make it barely watchable. Easily one of the studios better films.
- DirectorDavid Michael LattStarsC. Thomas HowellRhett GilesAndy LauerA determined astrophysicist must embark on a nationwide journey to find his son during a massive alien invasion that's goal is to exterminate the human race.It's hard to muck up a truly great work of literature no matter how slap-dash and uncaring the studio. H.G. Wells classic novel of Martian invasion gets the sub-par Asylum treatment and still manages to be tolerable. The story focuses on the character played by C Thomas Howell which helps somewhat because he's not a bad actor. One of The Asylums better films Followed by a sequel.
- DirectorC. Thomas HowellStarsC. Thomas HowellChristopher ReidKim LittleThe aliens return to complete their plan of human domination, launching a second wave of attacks that threaten to destroy what is left of humanity.H.G. Wells War of the Worlds (timed to shamelessly rip off Steven Spielberg's smash hit) was The Asylum's most successful film up until that time so a sequel was inevitable. C. Thomas Howell returns as star and director in this from poverty follow up which manages occasionally to engage despite the sloppy cg. One of the studios better films.
- DirectorEmmanuel ItierStarsTim YoungTodd RexTiffany ShepisWhen high school loner Lester is betrayed then viciously murdered, the bodies start stacking up as the scarecrow seeks vengeance from beyond the grave.An ugly little slasher pic from The Asylum about a bullied teen who gets strangled in a cornfield only to be resurrected as a murderous scythe wielding scarecrow. 10th rate even by slasher standards. 10th rate even by the subterranean stands of The Asylum. Inexplicably followed by 2 sequels.
- DirectorDavid Michael LattStarsTony ToddNicole KingstonDavid CastroA college freshman is killed during a fraternity prank and is resurrected as a demonic scarecrowWhat is Tony Todd doing in this garbage? Todd stars as a farmer who secured The Scarecrow years before after it killed his father but a group of young people release the killer from the cornfield. Sloppy, unscary crap from The Asylum. Followed by Scarecrow Gone Wild.
- DirectorBrian KatkinStarsKen ShamrockMatthew LinhardtSamantha AislingCollege mischief spins out of control unleashing a horrifying scarecrow who terrorizes a resort town during Spring Break.Scarecrow Gone Wild is the 3rd film in a series which began with The Asylum's Scarecrow and Scarecrow Slayer. I's not actually an Asylum production but it's so bad you'd never know just to look at it.
- DirectorStuart GillardLeigh ScottStarsBruce BoxleitnerJeff DentonRhett GilesSir Arthur Conan Doyle's action-adventure classic, four plane crash survivors encounter danger in a world that time forgot.A marginally watchable adaption of Sir Conan Doyle's classic novel The Lost World hastily written to include a giant ape ala Peter Jackson's King Kong. Steve Railsback is noticeably slumming in the cast of this Asylum produced turd which is ironically one of their better films.
- DirectorPeter MervisStarsA.J. CastroJulia RuizGiovanni BejaranoA Zombie curse is placed upon a woman, which causes her to have living snakes inside her. Brujo, who is looking after her, attempts to take her to Los Angeles on the train. After several confrontations on the train, Brujo's collection of snakes manage to separate themselves from their owner and go on the hunt. Whilst all this is happening, normal, everyday passengers are relaxing, what is unknown to them is that something deadly is heading their way, and that there is no way out.Hot on the heels of Samuel Jackson's Snakes on a Plane comes this ridiculous Asylum horror rip off called Snakes on a Train. A cursed woman begins spawning poisonous snakes which attack the passengers of a train. She herself is slowly transforming into a snake large enough to swallow the train whole. Utter nonsense.
- DirectorChristopher RayStarsCarmen ElectraCharlie O'ConnellBrooke HoganSurvivors escape to a deserted atoll, after their boat during a Semester at Sea ship is sunk by a mutated two-headed shark. But when the atoll starts flooding, no one is safe from the double jaws of the monster.
- DirectorChristopher RayStarsKarrueche TranJaason SimmonsRob Van DamAs a mutated, three-headed, great white shark eats its way from one end of the ship to the next, the passengers have to fight the deadly predator using anything they can find.
- DirectorNico De LeonStarsChris BrunoNikki HowardLindsay SawyerShaped like a demented starfish, a monster 5-headed shark terrorizes the open ocean before invading the beaches of Puerto Rico, endangering the once peaceful island paradise.
- DirectorGeoff MeedStarsJason WilliamsAmy Van HorneDevin ClarkIn disregard of the shocking DeFeo murders, an unsuspecting family moves into the infamous house on 112 Ocean Avenue. Now, ghostly apparitions start to appear in their video surveillance system. Can they survive the Amityville haunting?
- DirectorTravis FortStarsPatrick LabyorteauxJulie McCulloughKatie WilsonA volcanic eruption in Iceland sends a glacier towards North America, causing everything in it's path to freeze. A family man struggles to escape the onslaught of the coming ice age.