When Asylum and Tubi started teaming up in 2021 to create content, it didn't bode well, at least not for Tubi. Tubi, a promising streaming service, was probably looking for cheap movies, and Asylum is the Grand Pumbah of mockbusters and all-round bad movies of varying quality and low budgets. It's amazing that these films … Continue reading Tubi and Asylum, Together Again
We Can’t Control the Titanic
Here we go... As it's turned out, I've reviewed a lot of Titanic movies. It's gotten to be kind of a So Bad It's Good tradition. This year I happened upon 2022's Titanic 666 while browsing through Tubi, and a movie with a title like that can't be anything but so-bad-it's-good, right? Heh. Heh. Heh. The … Continue reading We Can’t Control the Titanic
Another Day, Another Asylum Mockbuster
Asylum films seem to hit very similar notes. No matter what the subject matter is or who directs it, certain bits will always be there, and 2012's Super Cyclone is no different. It's kinda like Sharknado with the wind going whirly-twirly, only there aren't any sharks. Or Tara Reid. Or Ian Ziering. More on that in a bit. I … Continue reading Another Day, Another Asylum Mockbuster
Don’t Go Upstairs
Back in the Hammer-Amicus universe... I'm still a relative newbie to the Hammer-Amicus universe, but anthology movies seem to be a staple of that universe, and in 1972 audiences were treated to the simply-titled Asylum, four tales within a tale that likes its twists and turns. The movie opens with young Dr. Martin (Robert Powell) approaching … Continue reading Don’t Go Upstairs
Page To Screen: The Three Musketeers
It's been a long time since we've looked at a literary leviathan, adapted countless times for the large and small screen, part of our cultural lexicon, and something we can't imagine life without. The 1844 Alexandre Dumas classic is an absolute titan in that regard, right up there with Robin Hood, King Arthur and Romeo and … Continue reading Page To Screen: The Three Musketeers
Resistance Is Futile
Ah yes, the infamous folks at Asylum just can't be kept down, and everything is mockbuster fodder. Not even Michael Bay's Transformers is safe. Asylum went there...kinda...in their 2007 flick, Transmorphers. Yeah. Morphers. Sigh. All the excitement of invading alien robots without excitement (or fun), and without explosions every five minutes. Come to think of it, … Continue reading Resistance Is Futile
Taking Up Room 