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AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE ASYLUM!

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It seems that every generation has a movie studio that’s low on budget and high on imagination. In the 50s it was American International Films, then New World, Cannon Films and now it’s The Asylum.

It might surprise you to learn that The Asylum has been around since the early 90s. They didn’t receive public attention until 2007, when they invented the genre affectionately known as the Mockbuster. Mockbusters are low budget versions of big Hollywood films that have similar titles, and are released direct-to-DVD a few days before their counterparts theatrical release.

They stumbled upon this […]

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