The Asylum

The Asylum is an American independent film company/studio that is well known for making the Sharknado series. This company is mainly known for its infamous cheap direct-to-DVD mockbusters.

List of "movies" they've made

 * 1) Bellyfruit
 * 2) Fourplay
 * 3) Scarecrow
 * 4) Scarecrow Slayer
 * 5) Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill
 * 6) Vampires vs. Zombies (Carmilla, the Lesbian Vampire)
 * 7) The Beast of Bray Road
 * 8) Alien Abduction
 * 9) H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (mockbuster of War of the Worlds)
 * 10) King of the Lost World (mockbuster of The Lost World, but bears resemblance to the 2005 remake of King Kong)
 * 11) Dead Men Walking
 * 12) Snakes on a Train (mockbuster of Snakes on a Plane)
 * 13) The Da Vinci Treasure (mockbuster of The Da Vinci Code)
 * 14) Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers (mockbuster of The Exorcism of Emily Rose)
 * 15) When a Killer Calls (mockbuster of When a Stranger Calls)
 * 16) Pirates of Treasure Island (mockbuster of Pirates of the Caribbean)
 * 17) Transmorphers (mockbuster of Transformers)
 * 18) AVH: Alien vs. Hunter (mockbuster of Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem)
 * 19) I Am Omega (mockbuster of I Am Legend)
 * 20) 100 Million BC (mockbuster of 10,000 BC)
 * 21) Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (mockbuster of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
 * 22) The Day the Earth Stopped (mockbuster of The Day the Earth Stood Still)
 * 23) Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus
 * 24) The Terminators (mockbuster of Terminator Salvation)
 * 25) Transmorphers: Fall of Man (mockbuster of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and sequel to Transmorphers)
 * 26) Paranormal Entity (mockbuster of Paranormal Activity)
 * 27) Titanic II (mockbuster of mh:greatestmovies:Titanic)
 * 28) Titanic 666 (Tubi original movie, sequel to Titanic II)
 * 29) 8213: Gacy House (mockbuster of Paranormal Activity 2 and sequel to Paranormal Entity)
 * 30) Mega Piranha (mockbuster of Piranha 3DD)
 * 31) Almighty Thor (mockbuster of Thor)
 * 32) Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes (mockbuster of Paranormal Activity 3 and sequel to 8213: Gacy House)
 * 33) Princess and the Pony
 * 34) Alien Origin (mockbuster of Prometheus)
 * 35) 100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck (mockbuster of Paranormal Activity 4 and sequel to Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes)
 * 36) American Warships (mockbuster of Battleship)
 * 37) Clash of the Empires (mockbuster of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
 * 38) AE: Apocalypse Earth (mockbuster of After Earth and Oblivion)
 * 39) Atlantic Rim (mockbuster of Pacific Rim)
 * 40) Sharknado
 * 41) Jack the Giant Killer (mockbuster of Jack the Giant Slayer)
 * 42) Asian School Girls
 * 43) Sharknado 2: The Second One
 * 44) Avengers Grimm (mockbuster of The Avengers)
 * 45) Bound (mockbuster of Fifty Shades of Grey)
 * 46) Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
 * 47) Sharknado: The 4th Awakens
 * 48) Izzie's Way Home (mockbuster of Finding Dory)
 * 49) Sinister Squad (mockbuster of Suicide Squad and sequel to Avengers Grimm)
 * 50) Ghosthunters (mockbuster of Ghostbusters)
 * 51) Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
 * 52) Atlantic Rim 2 (mockbuster of Pacific Rim: Uprising)
 * 53) CarGo (mockbuster of mh:greatestmovies:Cars 3)
 * 54) Trolland (mockbuster of mh:greatestmovies:Trolls)
 * 55)  5-Headed Shark Attack
 * 56) Megalodon (mockbuster of The Meg)
 * 57) Atlantic Rim: Resurrection (mockbuster of Pacific Rim: Uprising)
 * 58) Avengers Grimm: Time Wars (mockbuster of Avengers: Infinity War)
 * 59) 6-Headed Shark Attack
 * 60) Triassic World (mockbuster of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom)
 * 61) The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
 * 62) Adventures of Aladdin (mockbuster of Disney's live action Aladdin)
 * 63) Hornet (mockbuster of mh:greatestmovies:Bumblebee)
 * 64) Monster Island (mockbuster of Godzilla: King of the Monsters)
 * 65) Martian Land (mockbuster of The Martian)
 * 66) Little Dead Rotting Hood (mockbuster of Red Riding Hood)
 * 67) In the name of Ben-Hur (mockbuster of Ben-Hur)
 * 68) Alien Convergence (mockbuster of Alien: Covenant)
 * 69) Operation Dunkirk (mockbuster of Dunkirk)
 * 70) Tomb Invader (mockbuster of Tomb Raider)
 * 71) Nazi Overlord (mockbuster of Overlord)
 * 72) Zoombies
 * 73) Zoombies 2
 * 74) Alien Predator (mockbuster of The Predator)
 * 75) San Andreas: Mega Quake (mockbuster of San Andreas and sequel to San Andreas Quake)
 * 76) King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (mockbuster of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword)
 * 77) The Fast and the Fierce (mockbuster of The Fast and the Furious)
 * 78) The Final Level: Escaping Rancala (mockbuster of Jumanji: The Next Level)
 * 79) San Andreas Quake (mockbuster of San Andreas)
 * 80) Celebrity Sex Tape (mockbuster of Sex Tape)
 * 81) Planet of the Sharks (mockbuster of mh:greatestmovies:Jaws, Planet of the Apes and Waterworld)
 * 82) Empire of the Sharks (mockbuster of mh:greatestmovies:Jaws, Planet of the Apes and Waterworld and sequel to Planet of the Sharks)
 * 83) The Young Cannibals
 * 84) Clown (mockbuster of IT: Chapter 2)
 * 85) Troy: The Odyssey
 * 86) Geo-Disaster (mockbuster of Geostorm)
 * 87) Independents' Day (mockbuster of Independence Day: Resurgence)
 * 88) Age of Ice
 * 89) Hansel & Gretel (mockbuster of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters)
 * 90) Hansel vs. Gretel (mockbuster of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters and sequel to Hansel & Gretel)
 * 91) Bermuda Tentacles
 * 92) Hercules Reborn (mockbuster of Hercules (2014))
 * 93) Homeward (mockbuster of mh:greatestmovies:Onward)
 * 94) Battle Star Wars (mockbuster of mh:greatestmovies:Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica)
 * 95) Christmas Belles
 * 96) Jungle Run (mockbuster of Jungle Cruise)
 * 97) Ape vs. Monster (mockbuster of Godzilla vs. Kong)
 * 98) Insect
 * 99) Meteor Moon
 * 100) Airliner Sky Battle
 * 101) Triassic Hunt
 * 102) Aquarium of the Dead (sequel spinoff to the Zoombies series)
 * 103) Alien Conquest
 * 104) The Nightmare House
 * 105) Asteroid-A-Geddon
 * 106) Apocalypse of Ice
 * 107) Top Gunner (mockbuster of Top Gun)
 * 108) Jurassic Domination (mockbuster of Jurassic World Dominion)

Why Their Movies Should Be Sent To The Asylum

 * 1) Their main priority is a making rip-offs/mockbusters of well-known films, for example, The Da Vinci Treasure is mockbuster of The Da Vinci Code.
 * 2) Really bad acting in most of their movies.
 * 3) Their mockbusters aren't well researched. As a result, they get several things wrong about the source material.
 * 4) On top of that, the titles aren't even consistent with what it's actually ripping off. Transmorphers is actually a Terminator knockoff, and The Terminators has a lot more in common with Battlestar Galactica than any of the Terminator movies.
 * 5) Terrible CGI effects and green screen.
 * 6) Lackluster sets.
 * 7) Incredibly low-budgets.
 * 8) Awful and downright insulting writing.
 * 9) Even worse, THEY'RE JUST GETTING AWAY WITH IT TO AVOID LAWSUITS!

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Some of their works are hilarious due to their poor quality and leeching such as Sharknado while others are passable such as their SyFy television series Z Nation, and their Netflix original show Black Summer.
 * 2) They do make original films as well, especially their early ones some of which are good such as its first film Bellyfruit.

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