Asylum Pictures
 

I have a question. Why is it that Asylum rips off all other films? I mean, come on....:

Hillside Cannibals = The Hills Have Eyes
666 The Child = The Omen
When A Killer Calls = When A Stranger Calls

And my personal favorite named knock-off:

Snakes On A Train = Snakes On A Plane

it's a pretty simple business model. They make films for less than $2 million and pre-sell the foreign distribution rights for nearly $1million.

The foreign market is hot for horror (always has been) and the blatant rip-off thing is purposefully employed to trick the audience (who speaks another language) into thinking this is the real deal instead of a blatant rip-off.

They then sell DVD distribution and tv rights here in the states and make decent cash doing this, so they continue.

got to admit, Snakes on a Train sounds pretty funny

True. I just find it a bit annoying when everytime I go to the rental store, I see yet another knock-off movie.

I know the director of the Hillside
Cannibals, and him and the asylum
just do those films for sales or fun. its
really no big deal, but I see were you
are coming from though. But the films
are quite different, like snakes on a
plane and Snakes on a Train, their
story plots are totally different.
The Hillside Cannibals is based on the
True story of the Sawney Bean family,
the story that inspired The Hills Have
Eyes. 666: The Child and the Omen
are, well yeah, they are a little of the
same, but When a Killer Calls, well
lets face it, that's based on an urban
legend. there have been many movies
about that story.

So their not really knock-offs

does anyone know this company's website?

Was this a poem?

no its not a poem, and the website is

www.theasylum.cc

That is just the response I was looking for. :)

OMG!!:eek:
I have'nt seen any movie of them.....but sounds inertesting!!:D

Re: Asylum Pictures
 

they all sucked anyway
but the hills have eyes was alrite

Not the point

These films have marketing plans before there is a script. Then it's up to an unlucky bastard of a screenwriter or director to try to flesh out something original giving the confines of writing a film within a pre-existing (rip-off) marketing plan.

or in their case ... lucky - to have work.


everyone seems to get their start in either music videos or horror movies.

all i took from this was this:

i am quote din vamp's sig. I am now a whole man :)


oh, and i dont care if they are hving fun, blatantly derivitive work for profit isplagarism in my book , and i cant repect it, no matter how "silly" their motives are. Writing is hard work, and it sucks when someone steals your idea.

I was wondering if you'd ever notice that. I laughed my ass off when you posted that. I just had to use it as a quote in my signature. :cool:

Dummy Corp Setting up fake

I have actually started collecting these movies...So far they're pretty good (a little too much nudity for me, but still not bad)...I think they are going to become what Full Moon video used to be...And, yes they DO remake some already popular movies, but that's okay, more movies for me, and if I like a movie I don't mind having more of it...


I really wish I could find their version of War Of The Worlds...It actually looks very good...

So far, all that I have is:

King Of The Ants
Beast Of Bray Road
Dracula's Curse
Death Valley:Revenge Of Bloody Bill
Frankenstein Reborn
Lethal Eviction
Detour
Scarecrow
Scarecrow Slayer
Legion of the Dead (That one's pretty bad though...Mummies, not zombies)

I have a few more, but I don't remember them all right at the moment...I'll add them as I remember them (or see them around the house)

I'm considering getting Hide And Creep, too

Asylum did alot better with When a Killer Calls.it's better than When a Stranger Calls.
Hillside Cannibals is ok.

I love these low budget flicks.


But scarecrow slayer si THE WORST in my opinion.


and this is coming from a fan of crappy Temp/full moon flicks.


Hell Asylum was actually pretty good. I dont remember who tossed that one out.