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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.
Filmography of The Asylum (161 films)
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King of the Lost World (2005)
, 1h30Directed by Leigh Slawner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bruce Boxleitner, Steve Railsback, Leigh Slawner, Eliza Swenson, Andrew Lauer
A plane crashes in a remote jungle. Many survive, but the front end of the plane and the cockpit are nowhere to be found. The only way to seek help is to find the cockpit and radio a message.
, 1h20Directed by Gary Jones
Origin USA
Genres Action, Horror, Slasher
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Tom Nagel, Griff Furst, Leigh Slawner
Jolly Roger comes back from the dead and kills descendants of his crew who mutinied against him 300 years earlier.
, 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.
Frankenstein Reborn (2005)
, 1h24Directed by Leigh Slawner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films
Actors Leigh Slawner, Eliza Swenson
King of the Ants (2004)
, 1h41Directed by Stuart Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime, Romance
Actors Chris McKenna, Ron Livingston, Kari Wuhrer, George Wendt, Vernon Wells, Lionel Mark Smith
The film follows the story of Sean Crawley (Chris McKenna), a struggling young man trying to make ends meet by painting houses in suburban Los Angeles. One day, Sean meets "Duke" Wayne (George Wendt), who introduces Sean to his boss, a shady developer named Ray Matthews (Daniel Baldwin). Ray hires Sean as a spy, and orders him to follow Eric Gatley (Ron Livingston), an accountant who has been investigating Ray's company. Problems start when Ray, while drunk, offers Sean $13,000 to kill Eric. Sean accepts his offer and, although ambivalent, ends up killing Gatley by breaking into his house and beating him to death. When Sean goes to collect his pay, however, he is double-crossed and when he insists that they pay him, he is kidnapped and taken to Ray's secluded farm. It emerges that Matthews never had any intention of paying Sean for the killing, for he only wanted to use and eliminate him. But Sean survives from having a bullet put in his head then reveals that he had taken Gatley's work file of evidence and hidden it along with his documentation of events leading to the murder.
Scarecrow (2002)
, 1h24Directed by Emmanuel Itier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Slasher
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Serial killer films, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about school violence
Actors Tiffany Shepis, Roxanna Bina, Richard Elfman, Belinda Gavin, Anthony C. Ferrante, Emmanuel Itier
Lester Dwervick (Tim Young) has always been sort of different. The sickly teen is too shy to make friends, and lives in a trailer park. Because of these reasons, his classmates and teacher view him as a "white trash outcast". To make matters worse, Lester's mother is an alcoholic tramp who often brings home drunken men from the local bars. Lester has nobody to confide in, and often draws and sculpts birds and other animals to keep him hopeful of the future. One day, he is being savagely tormented by a local bully when Sheriff Patterson's (Richard Elfman) daughter Judie (Tiffany Shepis) sticks up for him. Thinking he has finally found a friend, Lester begins to feel happy for the first time in years and begins to draw pictures for her. One night, Lester goes to find Judie to ask her if she wants to be his girlfriend. Before he even has a chance to ask her, he sees his worst bully drunkenly kiss her. Judie sees Lester, who is running away in grief. Knowing there's nothing left for him anymore, the pressure of it all finally mounts and Lester swirls into a jealous rage and screams at his mother's latest boyfriend. He chases Lester into the cornfields outside his home and viciously strangles him to death then hangs him, making it look like a suicide, leaving his corpse near a scarecrow.
, 4h30Directed by Anthony C. Ferrante
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about sharks, Comedy science fiction films, Natural horror films, Mise en scène d'un poisson, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Ryan Newman, Cody Linley, David Hasselhoff, Cassie Scerbo
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Flight World War II (2015)
, 1h25Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, War, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Faran Tahir, Robbie Kay, Aqueela Zoll
Flight 42 was on its way, when it comes across an unidentifiable storm. Realizing they must go through, find themselves in France, 1940, World war II. A young soldier (Robbie Kay) tells them they are in the middle of a war zone. Dodging bullets and bombs the flight will attempt to make it back to modern day, without changing history too much.
Martian Land (2015)
, 1h29Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Horror
Actors Jennifer Dorogi, Chloe Farnworth, Caroline Williams
The distant future, mankind lives on Mars, in cities that resemble those once found on Earth, protected from the alien atmosphere by dome-like force-fields. When a massive sandstorm breaks through the dome and destroys Mars New York, those in Mars Los Angeles must figure out how to stop the storm before it wipes them out next.
3-Headed Shark Attack (2015)
, 1h29Directed by Christopher Ray
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror
Actors Karrueche Tran, Jaason Simmons, Danny Trejo
The greatest killing machine is three times as deadly when a mutated shark originating from the Great Pacific garbage patch eats its way through an island research facility. As the survivors escape, the shark finds a party boat, forcing the passengers to fight the deadly predator using anything they can find. As the shark chomps its way from one end of the boat to the other, the survivors from the research facility arrive and attempt to help the passengers escape. But they quickly discover three heads are much more difficult to kill than just one.
Mercenaries (2014)
, 1h30Directed by Christopher Ray
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Kristanna Loken, Brigitte Nielsen, Vivica A. Fox, Zoë Bell, Cynthia Rothrock, Nicole Bilderback
During a visit to Kazakhstan the daughter of the U.S. President (Panhilason) is captured by a female warlord (Nielsen) and held for ransom. The CIA creates a team to rescue her from Ulrika's base; a former Soviet prison nicknamed "The Citadel". The team Kendall (Rothrock) puts together (Bilderback, Loken, Bell, and Fox) were all serving time in U.S. prisons but are offered full pardons for taking part in the operation.
Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark (2014)
, 1h25Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror comedy, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Films about sharks, Natural horror films, Mise en scène d'un poisson, Giant monster films, Comedy horror films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Christopher Judge, Elisabeth Röhm, Debbie Gibson, Beejan Land
A tugboat pulling a huge iceberg arrives at a port in Alexandria, Egypt, when suddenly, the iceberg shatters and releases a megalodon from suspended animation. The Mega Shark begins its reign of terror by flipping the tugboat to the air until it crashes and decapitates the Sphinx hundreds of miles away in Giza. Following the incident, several countries around the world place their ports on lockdown and impose a ban on fishing, adversely affecting the world's economy as the megalodon terrorizes the seas. Meanwhile, rumors surface of the United Nations' proposal to develop a weapon to combat the shark.
Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
, 1h35Directed by Anthony C. Ferrante
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about sharks, Natural horror films, Mise en scène d'un poisson, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, Vivica A. Fox, Kelly Osbourne, Kari Wuhrer, Judah Friedlander
Fin Shepard and his ex-wife April Wexler are flying to New York City to promote How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters, a book April has written about the Los Angeles sharknado. As the plane comes in for a landing through a storm, it is battered by airborne sharks, losing an engine. Sharks enter the plane, killing passengers and crew, including both pilots. While Fin successfully lands the plane, April's hand is bitten off by a shark while she attempts to shoot it with an air marshal's handgun.
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror
Actors Shannen Doherty, Jason Brooks, Christopher Lloyd, Ciara Hanna, Fred Stoller, Rachel True
Before the chomping through the fish population, thousands of starved lampreys begin attacking the citizens of a sleepy lake town, and the community scrambles to stay alive.
Legion of the Dead (2013)
, 1h25Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Bruce Boxleitner, Zach Galligan, Chad Michael Collins, Andrew Lauer, Laura Vandervoort, Chase Hoyt
In Ancient Egypt, there once reigned the malevolent Queen Aneh-Tet (Claudia Lynx), who ruled Egypt with an iron fist, terrorising the populace and slaughtering her enemies. Upon her death, her body was cursed, and buried in a secret location.