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Foundation date 1 january 1997
The Asylum is an American independent film production company and distributor which focuses on producing low-budget, direct-to-video films. The company has produced titles that capitalize on productions by major studios, usually resorting to film titles and scripts very similar to those of current blockbusters in order to lure customers. These titles have been dubbed "mockbusters" by the press. Its titles are distributed by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, GT Media, and as of 2015, Cinedigm.
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Dracula's Curse (2006)
, 1h30Directed by Leigh Slawner
Origin USA
Genres Action, Horror
Themes Dracula films, Serial killer films, Vampires in film
Actors Eliza Swenson, Rebekah Kochan, Leigh Slawner, Tom Nagel, Griff Furst, Elissa Dowling
The film takes place in an unidentified city (presumably New York City) in the modern day, and follows the characters of Rufus King (Thomas Downey) and Jacob Van Helsing (Rhett Giles), both of whom have been observing recent attacks made upon young teenagers in the city at night. Van Helsing correctly identifies that the attacks are being made by a group of vampires residing in the city. The vampires are led by a foreign seductress named Countess Bathorly (Christina Rosenberg), who hopes to use the humans to feed her growing vampire clan and to eventually seize control of the city, while at the same time using her growing power to gain the powers of "the Master". Discovering Bathorly's plan, Van Helsing and King begin to hunt down and destroy the vampires one by one, until they finally face the Countess herself and try to kill her once and for all, before her evil consumes the city and allows Dracula's curse to consume the human race.
The Da Vinci Treasure (2006)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors C. Thomas Howell, Lance Henriksen
The film centres on Michael Archer (C. Thomas Howell), a forensic anthropologist who inadvertently discovers a set of subtle clues within the works of Leonardo da Vinci, that, when interpreted correctly, will lead the finder to "enlightenment".
, 1h31Directed by Leigh Slawner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Films about religion
Actors Erica Roby, Griff Furst, Rebekah Kochan
The film takes place in an undisclosed part of Florida, in which a priest, Father Thomas Bates (Thomas Downey), is called upon to help exorcise Gail Bowers (Erica Roby), who has come to be possessed by malevolent forces. Father Bates is first alerted to the matter by a local couple, Clark and Anne Pederson (Griff Furst and Noel Thurman). Clark, a worker for Blackthorn Industries, tells of the problems that the neighborhood faces as the result of Gail's possessions, and that medical science has failed to make amends.
Halloween Night (2006)
, 1h50Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Serial killer films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Rebekah Kochan, Erica Roby, Jared Michael Cohn
The film follows Chris Vale (Scot Nery), who was admitted into an insane asylum at the age of 12 after witnessing how his mother was raped and killed by two thugs hired by his father(who subsequently committed suicide) and nearly killed by them with a headshot. Now a 22-year-old gross disfigured young man he escapes from the asylum at Halloween after killing two orderlies who mock him wearing masks that are the same as the thugs were wearing.
Hillside Cannibals (2006)
, 1h30Directed by Leigh Slawner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Tom Nagel, Erica Roby, Leigh Slawner
In the year 1606, Sawney Bean (Leigh Scott), a ruthless psychopath, earned a notoriety as the world's most brutal serial killer, predating Jack the Ripper and Bloody Bill by several hundred years. In life, Sawney was a cannibal, who captured his victims and literally butchered them, feasting on their corpses afterwards.
Pirates of Treasure Island (2006)
, 1h20Directed by Leigh Slawner
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Films about disabilities
Actors Lance Henriksen, Tom Nagel, Leigh Slawner, Rebekah Kochan, Andrea Lui
The story opens on Skeleton Island, an uncharted island somewhere in the Falkland Islands chain, where Long John Silver (Lance Henriksen) and Billy Bones (Justin Jones) have staged a successful mutiny against Captain Flint (Chriss Anglin). The group is attacked by gigantic insects, and retreats back to the ship. In the chaos, Long John has one of his legs torn off by a giant beetle.
Snakes on a Train (2006)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Transport films, Rail transport films, Natural horror films, Films about snakes, Reptile
Actors Lola Forsberg
Although taking the same basic idea from Snakes on a Plane (lots of deadly snakes loose on a claustrophobic, high speed means of transport), the background story of how the snakes end up on the train is completely different.
Dragon (2006)
, 1h25Directed by Leigh Slawner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about dragons
Actors Eliza Swenson
The film takes place in the forest of Sidhe, following Princess Alora on her journey to Bagnor Brim to seek the aid of Lord Blackthorne against the dark elves waging war on humanity throughout the realm. Attacked by dark elves, the Princess is saved by the warriors Lord Artemir and Cador Bain. The two warriors insist that they accompany Princess Alora on her quest to act as her guardians and warn her of the dragon which dwells within the forest.
Night of the Dead: Leben Tod (2006)
, 1h29Directed by Eric Forsberg
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Lola Forsberg
Dr. Gabriel Schreklich loses his wife and daughter. Distraught, he founds The Institute for Life Extension, where tries to find a way to resurrect the dead. Schreklich's nephew Peter helps him, not knowing that his pregnant wife Anais is in danger. Schreklich's experiments are a success, and his family is brought back to a semblance of life, but they are now ghouls, in pain and hungry for the flesh of the living. When they escape their confinement, the whole institute is put at risk.
Alien Abduction (2005)
, 1h30Directed by Eric Forsberg
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Griff Furst, Lola Forsberg, Edwin Craig, Jilon VanOver, Jared Michael Cohn, Eric Forsberg
The film begins with a group of carefree teenagers on a camping trip. As they spend the night drinking and hanging out, a light appears overhead.
Dead Men Walking (2005)
, 1h22Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Griff Furst, Leigh Slawner
Travis Dee is slaying many zombies, but blood splashes on Travis' face, infecting him. Travis tries to convince the press and police that they were infected with an experimental bio-toxin, and now he is sick from it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) don't know if he is right or wrong, so he is sentenced to Haywood Maximum Security Prison.
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Martiens, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors C. Thomas Howell, Andrew Lauer, Peter Greene, Jake Busey, Leigh Slawner, Dashiell "Dash" Howell
On the surface of Mars, the Mars Rover is destroyed by an unknown source from the planet itself. Astronomer George Herbert (Howell) and his wife Felicity (Van Wyk Loots) are packing for a trip to Washington D.C. to celebrate their 10-year wedding anniversary. George's son Alex tries to spot Mars through his telescope, but actually discovers a meteorite entering Earth's atmosphere. George is called to work about the incident, and his wife and son leave early for Washington without him. As he drives to work, a crashing meteorite disrupts all technology in the area. An alien "walker" emerges from the meteorite and massacres the witnesses with a Heat-Ray, George barely escaping with his life. George decides to meet with his younger brother Matt in Hopewell before moving on to D.C., leaving as the aliens destroy his hometown.
Shapeshifter (2005)
, 1h21Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Leigh Slawner
Inmates and guards alike become trapped in a maximum security prison when they fall prey to a demonic beast that feeds on human flesh. As the creature's power multiplies with every kill, their only chance for survival is to uncover the ancient mystery that holds the power of the shapeshifter..
Evil Eyes (2004)
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about writers, Serial killer films
Actors Adam Baldwin, Udo Kier, Mark Sheppard, Summer Glau, Mirjam Novak
The film centres on Jeff Stenn (Adam Baldwin), a successful writer who is happily married to his wife, Tree (Jennifer Gates). Jeff, due to a shortage of money, accepts a job to write a screenplay about a real-life homicide that happened 35 years earlier. A seemingly psychotic director (Udo Kier) who believed that creativity had unleashed dark forces, killed his pregnant wife and in-laws for no apparent reason before committing suicide.
, 1h25Origin Canada
Genres Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Vampires in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Brinke Stevens, Erica Carroll
Nightmare The movie begins with a scene showing a sleeping girl being menaced by a female vampire in her bedroom. The dream is abandoned when the sleeping girl wakes up screaming in the front seat of her father's forest green Jeep Cherokee. She then tells her father that she has had "the same dream again".