Found this photo on Flickr. I wonder how many stupid people rent this direct-to-dvd rip-off thinking it’s part of the AVP (Alien vs. Predator) series? The film has an estimated budget of $500,000, and is currently getting a 1.4 out of 10 user rating on the Internet Movie Database. Produced by The Asylum, a company known for it’s cheap rip-off DVD movies, which also includes: Transmorphers, Snakes on a Train, I Am Omega, Da Vinci Treasure, HG Wells’ War of the Worlds, and Pirates of Treasure Island.
I found the movie trailer, watch in horror (not because it’s scary in any traditional sense…) below.
January 9th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Ah, The Asylum - the people who brought you I Am Omega, Snakes on a Train, The Da Vinci Treasure, Pirates of Treasure Island and the soon-to-be-released 100,000,000 BC.
There was a nice feature on them in Empire a month or two back. Basically, Blockbuster will turn to them and say “We need another Western” and they’ll put one into production. Their more recent movies are all… “inspired,” shall we say, by the latest blockbusters, and tend to make it to DVD before their originals.
Despite their reputation, I am generally intrigued in Snakes on a Train: it cannot possibly be any worse than Snakes on a Plane.
January 9th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
For anyone interested, here’s a link to an informative article on the Asylum and the straight-to-DVD trend in the NY Times Magazine:
http://tinyurl.com/3cdez7
January 9th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
best. trailer. ever.
January 9th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Probably not a good idea to promote them then…
January 9th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
it is bad beyond belief but it made me laugh you can see the editor found the time remap function in FCP .its one of those film that the dvd box cover has the highest production values a great find. However think on this dodgy camera,unknown actors looking scared,random gun fire, monsters you just cant make out…….may be if you put this trailer in the theaters with out a title and no info on imdb
this just might work
January 9th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
The Da Vinci treasure - so great.
January 9th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Really cool article from Hunter Stephenson’s post… Actually makes me want to watch one of the movies. These guys seem like a couple of jokers that genuinely love making movies, and this is the only way they can do it.
January 9th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Mcguffin: Unknown actors? Dude, William Katt isn’t unknown … he’s the Greatest American Hero!
Seriously, how bad could this be? Probably not much worse than AVP was. I got hold of “Pirates of Treasure Island” and managed to sit through the entire thing. Almost.
January 9th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Yup the GAH himself William Katt. Dude, House was cool I’ll give him that one.
January 9th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Whooo could it be, believe it or not it’s just meeee….
January 9th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
lol this looks so bad I’d consider renting it
January 9th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Sounds like something I would love to see over on my horror movie blog! I review them.
But this is just plain bad
January 9th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
That was AWESOME. The people over at The Asylum are geniuses.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
HAHAHA oh my god this is the best movie ever. Next to those FrogTown movies!
January 9th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
I hate it when they can only film somewhere in Topanga CA, looks like the same location as all the B si-fi channel movies. There always filiming in the CA woods.
January 9th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Motherf*ckin snakes on a train!
January 9th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
ALso tis pretty bad when your credits start of with the name “Dedee Pfeifer”
January 9th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Ha, beautiful. Didn’t this just air on the Sci-Fi Channel? Hmm, maybe I was just dreaming it.
Someone up top mentioned that it was filmed in Topanga, CA. He’s probably right, but it looks like they filmed the entire film in about 300 square feet and just had the characters run back and forth for 90 minutes. That and the fact that all the exterior shots in the trailer take place during the day. Way to show off your cheapjack alien costume there, guys.
AND yes, I might have to give this one a whirl, though, truth be told, I tried watching I Am Omega and cut out about 10 minutes in.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:25 am
Hey check this out: http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id=139 it’s their newest a mock-buster of “Cloverfield” named “Monster” and it doesn’t look half bad.
January 10th, 2008 at 1:04 am
I remember seeing Dedee in a tiny role in ‘Falling Down’, and thinking she was good, probably going to see more of Michelle’s little sister. Years later, she’s in this! Big sis sure didn’t pull any strings eh?
January 10th, 2008 at 4:51 am
Avery you have just made my day with the “Monster” link forget about 1-18-08
its all about 1-15-08 when monster comes out these guys are great i just spotted 30,000 leagues under the sea on there site as well and cracked up
i fall on my sword for the william katt (unknown actors) remark i checked imdb indeed he is a screen titan he is in cyborg 3 something i,ll pickup after i view the ayslum back catalogue maybe
January 10th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Yeah this hit torrent sites a while back. Looks…..interesting.
January 10th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Horrible in every imaginative way. The trailer was noting but people loogin scared and dudes waving/panning guns around.
January 11th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Can’t be as bad as Transmorphers, I about fell down laughing when I saw that at blockbuster. Then was even more funny watching the trailer for it.
January 26th, 2008 at 11:57 am
totly crap