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Theme: Mockbusters


The mockbuster is a term that was coined circa 2006 to describe the films produced by the low-budget company The Asylum. The mockbuster is almost always a low-budget film designed to imitate a big-budget film and is released around the same time or soon after to capitalise on the publicity of the more high-profile film.

In the case of The Asylum, the films are made with soundalike titles designed to resemble those of their big-budget counterpart in the hopes that people scanning a list of available titles will not look too closely. The Asylum also have a popular line in conducting low-budget versions of public domain works whenever a new big-budget adaptation is announced.

While The Asylum has made this into a business model, the idea of doing so predates the coining of the term mockbuster and can be seen to be going back decades before.


100 Million BC (2008)

21 September 202121 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Time Portal to Prehistory/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Griff Furst
Actors: Michael Gross, Christopher Atkins, Greg Evigan, Phil Burke, …
Category: Science Fiction

1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)

5 September 200222 August 2019

Rating: ★

Future Gang Warfare

Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Actors: Vic Morrow, Fred Williamson, Mark Gregory, Stefania Girolami, …
Category: Science Fiction

A.P.E. (1976)

6 September 19996 September 2019

Rating: 0­

Giant Ape

Director: Paul Leder
Actors: Rod Arrants, Alex Nicol, Joanna De Verona, Francis Lee, …
Category: Science Fiction

Abby (1974)

11 April 202311 April 2023

Rating: ★★

Blaxploitation Exorcism Film

Director: William Girdler
Actors: William Marshall, Carol Speed, Terry Carter, Austin Stoker, …
Category: Horror

Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)

11 March 201414 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Secret History/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Richard Schenkman
Actors: Bill Oberst Jr., Baby Norman, Jason Vail, Don McGraw, …
Category: Horror

AE: Apocalypse Earth (2013)

19 January 201410 December 2020

Rating: ★

The Asylum Mockbuster/Planetary Adventure

Director: Thunder Levin
Actors: Adrian Paul, Richard Grieco, Bali Rodriguez, Gary Hawks, …
Category: Science Fiction

Age of the Hobbits (2012)

8 February 201325 June 2021

Rating: ★★

The Asylum Mockbuster/Epic Fantasy

Director: Joseph J. Lawson
Actors: Christopher Judge, Bai Ling
Category: Fantasy

Age of Tomorrow (2014)

29 October 201524 March 2023

Rating: ★½

The Asylum Mockbuster/Alien Invasion

Director: James Kondelik
Actors: Kelly Hu, Robert Picardo, Anthony Marks, Lane Townsend, …
Category: Science Fiction

Alien Contamination (1980)

28 August 201025 May 2023

Rating: ★

Deadly Alien Eggs

Director: Luigi Cozzi
Actors: Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Siegfried Rauch
Category: Science Fiction

Alien Origin (2012)

3 July 20146 July 2019

Rating: ★

Found Footage/Alien Encounter

Director: Mark Atkins
Actors: Chelsea Vincent, Trey McCurley, Philip Coc, Dennis Johnson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Almighty Thor (2011)

22 September 201123 March 2023

Rating: ★

Asylum Mockbuster/Norse God Comes to Earth

Director: Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray
Actors: Cody Deal, Richard Grieco, Patricia Velasquez, Kevin Nash, …
Category: Fantasy

The Amityville Asylum (2013)

13 June 201411 May 2023

Rating: ★½

Haunted Asylum/Occult Sacrifices

Director: Andrew Jones
Actors: Sophia Del Pizzo, Lee Bane, Paul Kelleher, Eileen Daly, …
Category: Horror

Android Cop (2014)

18 May 201412 August 2019

Rating: ★★½

Cop and Android Partner/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Mark Atkins
Actors: Michael Jai White, Randy Wayne, Larissa Vereza, Kadeem Hardison, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Antichrist (1974)

20 August 201426 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Possession and Exorcism Film

Director: Alberto de Martino
Actors: Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, Alida Valli, …
Category: Horror

Ape vs. Monster (2021)

8 September 20228 September 2022

Rating: ★★

The Asylum Mockbuster/Giant Animals

Director: Daniel T. Lusko
Actors: Eric Roberts, Arianna Scott, Katie Sereika, Shayne Hartigan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Atlantic Rim (2013)

5 August 201513 May 2023

Rating: ★★½

Asylum Mockbuster/Giant Robots vs Giant Monsters

Director: Jared Cohn
Actors: David Chokachi, Graham Greene, Treach, Jackie Moore, …
Category: Science Fiction

Avengers Grimm (2015)

24 January 201625 May 2023

Rating: ½

Team-Up Between Fairytale Princesses

Director: Jeremy M. Inman
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Lauren Parkinson, Marah Fairclough, Rileah Vanderbilt, …
Category: Fantasy

Avengers Grimm: Time Wars (2018)

29 April 201912 August 2022

Rating: ★

Team-Up Between Fairytale Princesses

Director: Maximilian Elfeldt
Actors: Lauren Parkinson, Christina Licciardi, Elizabeth Eileen, Marah Fairclough, …
Category: Fantasy

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

15 January 20114 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Space Opera

Director: Jimmy T. Murakami
Actors: Richard Thomas, George Peppard, Sybil Danning, John Saxon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Battle of Los Angeles (2011)

5 November 201125 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Alien Invasion/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Mark Atkins
Actors: Nia Peeples, Dylan Vox, Kel Mitchell, Gerald Webb, …
Category: Science Fiction

BattleBots (2018)

11 October 202312 October 2023

Rating: 0­

Battle Robots

Director: Mark Polonia
Actors: Daniella Donahue, Jeff Kirkendall, Marie DeLornzo, Tim Hatch, …
Category: Science Fiction

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

26 June 199914 October 2022

Rating: ★★

Space Opera

Director: Richard A. Colla
Actors: Lorne Green, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Jane Seymour, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Bees (1978)

5 July 20028 November 2019

Rating: 0­

Killer Bees Amok

Director: Alfredo Zacharias
Actors: John Saxon, John Carradine, Angel Tompkins, Claudio Brook, …
Category: Science Fiction

Beyond the Door (1974)

25 March 201211 April 2023

Rating: ½

Demonic Possession

Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis
Actors: Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, Gabriele Lavia, David Colin Jr
Category: Horror

The Black Cat (1990)

6 June 200026 May 2023

Rating: ★½

Witch’s Ghost/Italian Horror

Director: Luigi Cozzi
Actors: Florence Guerin, Urbano Barberini, Caroline Munro
Category: Horror

Blood Run (1994)

9 June 200310 February 2020

Rating: ½

Psycho-Sexual Thriller

Director: Boaz Davidson
Actors: David Bradley, Anna Thomson, Ashley Laurence, Jamie Renee Smith, …
Category: Horror

Brain of Blood (1971)

14 July 202017 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Brain Transplant Horrors

Director: Al Adamson
Actors: Grant Williams, Kent Taylor, Vicki Volante, Angelo Rossitto, …
Category: Horror

The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980)

19 July 20178 February 2020

Rating: ★

Clones of Martial Arts Star

Director: Joseph Velasco
Actors: Dragon Lee, Bruce Le, Bruce Lai, Bruce Thai
Category: Science Fiction

Clown (2019)

31 March 20202 September 2021

Rating: ★

Killer Clown

Director: Eric Forsberg
Category: Horror

Curse of the Nun (2019)

23 June 202215 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Ghostly Nun

Director: Aaron Mirtes
Actors: Lacy Hartselle, Brad Belemjian, Jonathan Everett, Cale Adcock, …
Category: Horror

The Day the Earth Stopped (2008)

17 September 201424 November 2020

Rating: ★

The Asylum Mockbuster/Alien Visitors

Director: C. Thomas Howell
Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Bug Hall, Judd Nelson
Category: Science Fiction

Death Kiss (2018)

8 June 202011 February 2022

Rating: ★★

Vigilante Film

Director: Rene Perez
Actors: Robert Kovacs, Daniel Baldwin, Richard Tyson, Eva Hamilton, …
Category: Horror

Dr Terror’s Gallery of Horrors (1967)

25 July 20171 September 2021

Rating: ★

Horror Anthology

Director: David L. Hewitt
Actors: John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr, Roger Gentry, Vic McGee, …
Category: Horror

Erotic Ghost Story – Perfect Match (1997)

14 December 200819 June 2023

Rating: ★

Hong Kong Erotica/Heavenly Bunny Women

Director: Lam Yee Hung
Actors: Elvis Tsui
Category: Fantasy

Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers (2006)

17 May 201815 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

The Asylum Mockbuster/Possession Film

Director: Leigh Scott
Actors: Erica Roby, Griff Furst, Noel Thurman
Category: Horror

Geo-Disaster (2017)

4 May 202115 December 2022

Rating: ★★

Disaster Movie

Director: Thunder Levin
Actors: Matthew Pohlkamp, Natalie Pelletier, Erich Riegelmann, Maggie Rose Hudson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ghosthouse (1988)

31 March 202231 March 2022

Rating: ★★

Haunted House/Italian Horror

Director: Umberto Lenzi
Actors: Greg Scott, Lara Wendel, Mary Sellers, Donald O'Brien
Category: Horror

Grimm’s Snow White (2012)

10 August 20127 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Fairytale Adaptation

Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Actors: Jane March, Eliza Bennett, Jamie Thomas King, Sebastian Wimmer, …
Category: Fantasy

Hercules Reborn (2014)

6 December 201617 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Greek Mythological Hero/Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Nick Lyon
Actors: John Hennigan, Dylan Vox
Category: Fantasy

Hillside Cannibals (2006)

17 June 202117 June 2021

Rating: ½

Backroads Brutality/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Leigh Scott
Actors: Tom Nagel, Erica Roby, Chriss Anglin, Louis Graham, …
Category: Horror

I Am Omega (2007)

3 April 201021 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Last Man on Earth vs Zombies

Director: Griff Furst
Actors: Mark Dacascos, Geoff Meed
Category: Science Fiction

Independents’ Day (2016)

6 March 201828 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Asylum Mockbuster/Alien Invasion

Director: Laura Beth Love
Actors: Fay Gauthier, Jes Selane, Salvatore Garriola, Jonathan Ortiz, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jack the Giant Killer (2013)

12 September 20137 June 2021

Rating: ★

Fantasy Adventure

Director: Mark Atkins
Actors: Jane March, Ben Cross, Harry Dyer, Jamie Atkins, …
Category: Fantasy

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

16 December 20133 August 2023

Rating: ★

Underground Adventures/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Davey Jones, Scott Wheeler
Actors: Greg Evigan, Dedee Pfeiffer, Vanessa Evigan
Category: Science Fiction

Jungle Run (2021)

15 August 202213 May 2023

Rating: ★★½

The Asylum Mockbuster/Adventure Film

Director: Noah Luke
Actors: Alyson Gorske, Wade Williams, Jack Pearson, Jamie Petitto, …
Category: Fantasy

Jurassic School (2017)

14 August 20198 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Children’s Dinosaur Film

Director: Mark Atkins
Actors: Gabriel Bennett, Amber Patino, Ashton Pulis, John Briddell, …
Category: Science Fiction

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (2017)

17 July 201724 November 2020

Rating: ½

Modernised Arthurian Legends/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Jared Cohn
Actors: Sara Malakul Lane, Eoin O'Brien, Alex Winters, Russell Geoffrey Banks, …
Category: Fantasy

Martian Land (2015)

8 January 201612 June 2020

Rating: ★★

The Asylum Mockbuster/Disaster on Mars

Director: Scott D. Wheeler
Actors: Lane Townsend, Jennifer Dorogi, Alan Pietruszewski, Arianna Afsar, …
Category: Science Fiction

Megalodon (2018)

16 December 201929 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Giant Prehistoric Shark

Director: James Thomas
Actors: Dominic Pace, Caroline Harris, Michael Madsen
Category: Science Fiction

Meteor Moon (2020)

15 May 20228 July 2023

Rating: ★★★

The Moon on a Collision Course with the Earth/Disaster Movie

Director: Brian Nowak
Actors: Michael Broderick, Chris Boudreaux, Dominique Swain, Jeff Prater, …
Category: Science Fiction

Monster Island (2019)

7 June 20214 August 2023

Rating: ★★½

Monster Movie/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Mark Atkins
Actors: Eric Roberts, Adrian Bouchet, Natalie Robbie, Donna Cormack Thomson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Moon Crash (2022)

30 January 202314 September 2023

Rating: ★★★

Disaster Movie

Director: Noah Luke
Actors: Jeremy London, Tyler Christopher, Pauline Egan, Jamison Jones, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Mummy Rebirth (2019)

3 May 20218 August 2023

Rating: ★

Revived Mummy

Director: Khu, Justin Price
Actors: Brittany Goodwin, Carter, David E. Cazares, Deanna Grace Congo, …
Category: Horror

Nazi Overlord (2018)

25 July 201931 May 2022

Rating: ★★

Nazi Mad Science Experiments/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Rob Pallatina
Actors: Andrew Liberty, Dominique Swain, Greg Furman, Damian Quinn, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ouija: Summoning (2015)

6 July 201724 September 2020

Rating: ½

Haunting

Director: Marwan Mokbel
Actors: Tara Shayne, Kristen Hagen, Marty Dew, Thomas Garner, …
Category: Horror

Paranormal Entity (2009)

3 September 20155 March 2021

Rating: ½

Haunting Found Footage Film

Director: Shane Van Dyke
Actors: Erin Marie Hogan, Shane Van Dyke
Category: Horror

Patrick Still Lives (1980)

20 February 202020 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Psychic Coma Patient

Director: Mario Landi
Actors: Sacha Pitoeff, Maria Angela Giordano
Category: Horror

Princess of Mars (2009)

17 January 201014 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Planetary Adventure

Director: Mark Atkins
Actors: Antonio Sabato Jr, Traci Lords, Matt Lasky, Chacko Vadaketh, …
Category: Science Fiction

Prometheus Trap (2012)

1 July 202021 October 2023

Rating: ★★

Space Expedition/Timeloop

Director: Andrew Bellware
Actors: Michael Shattner, Rebecca Kush, Sarah-Doe Osborne, langton
Category: Science Fiction

Queen Kong (1976)

20 March 201523 April 2020

Rating: 0­

Sex-Reversed King Kong Parody

Director: Frank Agrama
Actors: Robin Askwith, Rula Lenska, Valerie Leon
Category: Science Fiction

Road Wars (2015)

30 May 20177 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Post-Holocaust Action

Director: Mark Atkins
Actors: Cole Parker, Chloe Farnworth, John Freeman, Phillip Andre Botello, …
Category: Science Fiction

San Andreas Quake (2015)

3 January 20184 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Disaster Movie/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: John Baumgartner
Actors: Jhey Castles, Jason Woods, Grace Van Dien, Lane Townsend, …
Category: Science Fiction

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

26 November 201224 November 2020

Rating: ★★½

Sherlock Holmes Steampunk Adventure

Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Actors: Ben Syder, Dominic Keating, Gareth David-Lloyd
Category: Science Fiction

Sleeping Beauty (2014)

19 August 20167 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Fairytale Adventure/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Casper Van Dien
Actors: Finn Jones, Grace Van Dien, Olivia D'Abo, Edward French, …
Category: Fantasy

Snakes on a Train (2006)

25 August 200925 June 2021

Rating: ★

Snake Vomiting Curse/Snakes Amok

Director: The Mallachi Brothers, Peter Mervis
Category: Horror

Supersonic Man (1979)

10 August 202310 August 2023

Rating: ★

Superhero Film

Director: Juan Piquer Simon
Actors: Cameron Mitchell, Michael Coby, Diana Polakow, Frank Brana
Category: Science Fiction

Thirteen Erotic Ghosts (2002)

23 September 201414 November 2019

Rating: ½

Erotica/Haunted House

Director: Nicholas Medina, Fred Olen Ray
Actors: Julie Strain, Jay Richardson, Richard Gabai, Fred Olen Ray
Category: Horror

Thor: God of Thunder (2022)

9 August 20239 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Norse Superhero/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Noah Luke
Actors: Myrom Kingery, Vernon Wells, Vaune Suitt, Daniel O'Reilly, …
Category: Fantasy

Tomb Invader (2018)

6 May 20196 May 2019

Rating: ★★

Tomb Raiding Adventures/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: James H. Thomas
Actors: Gina Vitori, Andrew J. Katers, Samantha Bowling, Evan Weinstein, …
Category: Fantasy

Transmorphers (2007)

9 December 201520 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

Asylum Mockbuster/Alien Robot Invasion

Director: Leigh Scott
Actors: Griff Furst, Eliza Swenson, Elissa Dowling
Category: Science Fiction

Transmorphers: Fall of Man (2009)

19 August 202020 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Asylum Mockbuster/Alien Robot Invasion

Director: Scott Wheeler
Actors: Bruce Boxleitner, Jennifer Rubin, Shane Van Dyke, Amy Van Horne
Category: Science Fiction

Troll 2 (1990)

13 March 20069 November 2023

Rating: 0­

Evil Goblins/Classic Bad Movie

Director: Claudio Fragasso
Actors: Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Connie McFarland, Margo Prey, …
Category: Horror

The Turkish Star Wars (1982)

27 February 20156 May 2020

Rating: 0­

Planetary Adventure/Bad Movie Classic

Director: Cetin Inanc
Category: Science Fiction

War of the Worlds (2005)

9 September 201211 December 2019

Rating: ★★½

Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: David Michael Latt
Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Rhett Giles, Jake Busey
Category: Science Fiction

Warnings (2003)

21 May 20152 July 2019

Rating: ★½

Crop Circles and Alien Invasion

Director: Christian McIntire
Actors: Billy Zane, Stephen Baldwin, A.J. Buckley, Callie De Fabry, …
Category: Science Fiction

Zombie – Flesh Eaters (1979)

11 January 200312 December 2022

Rating: ★★½

Italian Zombie Splatter

Director: Lucio Fulci
Actors: Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson, Al Cliver
Category: Horror

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