List of The Asylum films
The Asylum is an American independent film company and distributor that focuses on producing low-budget, direct-to-video films. The company has produced titles that capitalize on productions by major studios, often using 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.
Films[edit]
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1990–2000s[edit]
2010s[edit]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | Mockbuster of / Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 Guns | Jonah Hex | ||
| Titanic II | Shane Van Dyke | — | ||
| #1 Cheerleader Camp | Mark Quod | — | ||
| The 7 Adventures of Sinbad | Adam Silver Ben Hayflick |
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | ||
| 8213: Gacy House | Anthony Fankhauser | Also known as Paranormal Entity 2: Gacy House. | Paranormal Activity 2 | |
| Mega Piranha | Eric Forsberg | Piranha 3D | ||
| Airline Disaster | John 'Jay' Willis III | — | ||
| Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes | Rachel Lee Goldenberg | Featuring characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle. | Sherlock Holmes | |
| MILF | Scott Wheeler | — | ||
| Moby Dick | Trey Stokes | Also known as 2010: Moby Dick or Moby Dick: 2010; setting update of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick. | ||
| Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus | Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray | Sequel to Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus. Followed by Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark in 2014 and Mega Shark vs. Kolossus in 2015. | ||
| 2011 | Almighty Thor | Thor | ||
| Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes | Jude Gerard Prest | Also known as Paranormal Entity 3: The Exorcist Tapes. | Paranormal Activity 3 | |
| Battle of Los Angeles | Mark Atkins | Battle: Los Angeles | ||
| 3 Musketeers | Cole McKay | Setting update of The Three Musketeers. | The Three Musketeers | |
| 200 mph | Fast Five | |||
| 11/11/11 | Keith Allen | 11-11-11 | ||
| 2012: Ice Age | Travis Fort | Sequel to 2012: Doomsday and 2012: Supernova; part of the 2012 film series. | — | |
| Barely Legal | Jose Montesinos | — | ||
| The Amityville Haunting | George Meed | — | ||
| Zombie Apocalypse | Nick Lyon | — | ||
| Mega Python vs. Gatoroid | Mary Lambert | |||
| Princess and the Pony | Rachel Lee Goldenberg | The Asylum's first family film not marketed under Faith Films. | ||
| 2012 | Grimm's Snow White | Snow White and the Huntsman | ||
| 2-Headed Shark Attack | Christopher Ray | Followed by 3-Headed Shark Attack in 2015, 5-Headed Shark Attack in 2017 and 6-Headed Shark Attack in 2018. | — | |
| Bikini Spring Break | Jared Cohn | Spring Breakers | ||
| Hold Your Breath | — | |||
| Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies | Richard Schenkman | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | ||
| Alien Origin | Mark Atkins | Prometheus | ||
| 100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck | Martin Anderson | Also known as Paranormal Entity 4: The Awakening. | Paranormal Activity 4 | |
| American Battleship | Thunder Levin | Also known as American Warships. | Battleship | |
| Age of the Hobbits | Joseph Lawson | Also known as Lord of the Elves. | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | |
| Nazis at the Center of the Earth | Retitled Bloodstorm in the UK. | Iron Sky | ||
| Rise of the Zombies | Nick Lyon | — | ||
| The Haunting of Whaley House | Jose Prendes | |||
| 12/12/12 | Jared Cohn | Sequel to 11/11/11. Followed by 13/13/13. | ||
| Golden Winter | Tom Seidman | |||
| 2013 | Barrio Brawler | Jose Montesinos | Also known as "American Brawler" | |
| 100 Degrees Below Zero | R. D. Braunstein | Followed by Apocalypse Pompeii. | ||
| Celebrity Sex Tape | Scott Wheeler | |||
| 13/13/13 | James C. Bressack | |||
| A Snow Globe Christmas | Jodi Binstock | |||
| 500 Mph Storm | Daniel Lusko | |||
| AE: Apocalypse Earth | Thunder Levin | After Earth Oblivion | ||
| Alone for Christmas | Joe Lawson | Also known as Bone Alone. Plot has similarities to Home Alone, done with anthropomorphic animals. | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | |
| Attila | Emmanuel Itier | — | ||
| Atlantic Rim[2] | Jared Cohn | Also known as Attack From Beneath[3] Followed by Atlantic Rim: Resurrection in 2018. | Pacific Rim | |
| Hansel & Gretel | Anthony C. Ferrante | Followed by 2015 film Hansel vs. Gretel. | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | |
| Sharknado | The first installment in the Sharknado film series. | — | ||
| Jack the Giant Killer | Mark Atkins | Jack the Giant Slayer | ||
| Social Nightmare | Mark Quod | — | ||
| Age of Dinosaurs | Joseph Lawson | |||
| 2014 | Age of Tomorrow | James Kondelik | Edge of Tomorrow | |
| Airplane vs. Volcano | — | |||
| Alpha House | Jacob Cooney | Neighbors | ||
| Android Cop | Mark Atkins | RoboCop | ||
| Apocalypse Pompeii | Ben Demaree | Sequel to 100 Degrees Below Zero. | Pompeii | |
| Asian School Girls | Lawrence Silverstein | — | ||
| Asteroid vs. Earth | Christopher Ray | |||
| Mercenaries | The Expendables 3 | |||
| Bermuda Tentacles | Nick Lyon | Also known as American Warships 2. | — | |
| Hercules Reborn | Hercules The Legend of Hercules | |||
| Jailbait | Jared Cohn | Orange Is the New Black | ||
| Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark | Emile Edwin Smith | Sequel to Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus. Followed by Mega Shark vs. Kolossus in 2015. | — | |
| Sharknado 2: The Second One | Anthony C. Ferrante | Sequel to Sharknado. Followed by Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! in 2015. | ||
| Sleeping Beauty | Casper Van Dien | Maleficent | ||
| Blood Lake | James Cullen Bressack | — | ||
| Ardennes Fury | Joseph J. Lawson | Fury | ||
| Z Nation | Craig Engler and Karl Schaefer | The Asylum's first television series on Syfy. | — | |
| Santa Claws | Glen R. Miller | — | ||
| 2015 | Avengers Grimm[4] | Jeremy M. Inman | Avengers: Age of Ultron | |
| Bound | Jared Cohn | Fifty Shades of Grey | ||
| Mega Shark vs. Kolossus | Christopher Ray | Sequel to Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark. | — | |
| Hansel vs. Gretel | Ben Demaree | Sequel to The Asylum's Hansel & Gretel. | ||
| Road Wars | Mark Atkins | Mad Max: Fury Road | ||
| San Andreas Quake | John Baumgartner | San Andreas | ||
| Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! | Anthony C. Ferrante | Sequel to Sharknado 2: The Second One. Followed by Sharknado: The 4th Awakens in 2016. | — | |
| Flight World War II | Emile Edwin Smith | |||
| 3-Headed Shark Attack | Christopher Ray | Sequel to 2-Headed Shark Attack. Followed by 5-Headed Shark Attack in 2017 and 6-Headed Shark Attack in 2018. | ||
| Martian Land | Scott Wheeler | The Martian | ||
| 2016 | Sinbad and the War of the Furies | Scott Wheeler | — | |
| Zoombies | Glenn Miller | Followed by Zoombies 2 in 2019 and Aquarium of the Dead in 2021. | — | |
| Sharknado: The 4th Awakens | Anthony C. Ferrante | Sequel to Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!. Followed by Sharknado 5: Global Swarming in 2017. | — | |
| Izzie's Way Home[5] | Sasha Burrow | The Asylum's first animated film. | Finding Dory | |
| In the Name of Ben-Hur | Nick Lyon | Ben-Hur | ||
| Independents' Day | Laura Beth Love | Independence Day: Resurgence | ||
| Little Dead Rotting Hood | Jared Cohn | — | ||
| Sinister Squad | Jeremy M. Inman | Set in the same universe as Avengers Grimm. | Suicide Squad | |
| Ghosthunters | Pearry Reginald Teo | Ghostbusters | ||
| Dead 7 | Danny Roew | The Magnificent Seven | ||
| Trolland | Ron Thorton | The Asylum's second animated film. | Trolls | |
| Planet of the Sharks | Mark Atkins | War for the Planet of the Apes | ||
| 2017 | Jurassic School | — | ||
| Ice Sharks | Emile Edwin Smith | |||
| Blood Brothers | Jose Montesinos | Also known as Psycho Brother-in-Law. | ||
| Forgotten Evil | Anthony C. Ferrante | |||
| Locked Up | Jared Cohn | |||
| Sinister Minister | Jose Montesinos | |||
| King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table | Jared Cohn | Setting update of the Arthurian cycle. | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | |
| Sharknado 5: Global Swarming | Anthony C. Ferrante | Sequel to Sharknado: The 4th Awakens. Followed by The Last Sharknado: It's About Time in 2018. | — | |
| Oceans Rising | Adam Lipsius | |||
| The Fast and the Fierce | Ron Thornton | Followed by Fast and Fierce: Death Race in 2020. | The Fate of the Furious | |
| Evil Nanny | Jared Cohn | — | ||
| Nightmare Wedding | Jose Montesinos | |||
| Geo-Disaster | Thunder Levin | Geostorm | ||
| CarGo | James Cullen Bressack | The Asylum's third animated film. | Cars | |
| 5-Headed Shark Attack | Christopher Ray | Sequel to 3-Headed Shark Attack. Followed by 6-Headed Shark Attack in 2018. | — | |
| Empire of the Sharks | Mark Atkins | Sequel to Planet of the Sharks. | ||
| Alien Convergence | Rob Pallatina | Alien: Covenant | ||
| Operation Dunkirk | Nick Lyon | Dunkirk | ||
| Troy The Odyssey | Tekin Girgin | — | ||
| 2018 | Alien Siege | Rob Pallatina | ||
| End of the World | Maximilian Elfeldt | |||
| Flight 666 | Rob Pallatina | |||
| Megalodon | James Thomas | The Meg | ||
| Atlantic Rim: Resurrection | Jared Cohn | Sequel to Atlantic Rim. | Pacific Rim Uprising | |
| Tomb Invader | James Thomas | Also known as Tomb Hunter and The Tomb - Heart of the Dragon. | Tomb Raider | |
| Avengers Grimm: Time Wars | Maximilian Elfeldt | Sequel to Avengers Grimm. | Avengers: Infinity War | |
| 6-Headed Shark Attack | Mark Atkins | Sequel to 5-Headed Shark Attack. | — | |
| Triassic World | Dylan Vox | Followed by Triassic Hunt in 2021. | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | |
| The Last Sharknado: It's About Time | Anthony C. Ferrante | Sequel to Sharknado 5: Global Swarming. | — | |
| Alien Predator | Jared Cohn | The Predator | ||
| Nazi Overlord | Rob Pallatina | Overlord | ||
| Hornet | James Kondelik, Jon Kondelik | Bumblebee | ||
| 2019 | San Andreas Mega Quake | H.M. Coakley | Sequel to San Andreas Quake. | — |
| Arctic Apocalypse | Eric Paul Erickson | — | ||
| Mommy Would Never Hurt You | Daniel Lusko | Sharp Objects | ||
| Black Summer | John Hyams | Prequel series to Z Nation. | — | |
| Zoombies 2 | Glenn Miller | Prequel to Zoombies and Aquarium of the Dead in 2021. | — | |
| Monster Island | Mark Atkins | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | ||
| Adventures of Aladdin | Glenn Campbell | Aladdin | ||
| Clown | Eric Forsberg | It Chapter Two | ||
| D-Day | Nick Lyon | Midway | ||
| American Psychos | Jared Cohn | Also known as Psycho BFF. | — | |
| The Doctor Will Kill You Now | Rob Pallatina | Also known as Doctor Death. | ||
| The Final Level: Escaping Rancala | Canyon Prince | Jumanji: The Next Level | ||
| Christmas Belles | Terri J. Vaughn[6] | — | ||
| A Beauty & The Beast Christmas | Dylan Vox |
2020s[edit]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | Mockbuster of / Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Battle Star Wars | James Thomas | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | |
| Homeward | Michael Johnson | The Asylum's fourth animated film. | Onward[7] | |
| My Nightmare Landlord | Dylan Vox | — | ||
| Collision Earth | Matthew Boda | |||
| Fast and Fierce: Death Race[8] | Jared Cohn | Sequel to The Fast and the Fierce. | Fast & Furious 9, Death Race | |
| Top Gunner | Daniel Lusko | Was released to cash in on a previous release date that was changed. Also known as "Wingmen: Under Siege". | Top Gun: Maverick | |
| Shark Season | Jared Cohn | Re-released in LMN as Deep Blue Nightmare in 2021. | — | |
| Monster Hunters | Brendan Petrizzo | Monster Hunter[9] | ||
| Apocalypse of Ice | Maximilian Elfeldt | — | ||
| Asteroid-a-geddon | Geoff Meed | — | ||
| Airliner Sky Battle | Rob Pallatina | Also known as Skyjacked. | ||
| Christmas in Vienna | Maclain Nelson | |||
| Beaus of Holly | Anthony C. Ferrante | |||
| Meteor Moon | Brian Nowak | Moonfall[10] | ||
| 2021 | Triassic Hunt | Gerald Rascionato | Sequel to Triassic World. Was released to cash in on a previous release date that was changed. | — |
| Alien Conquest | Mario N. Bonassin | — | ||
| Ape vs. Monster | Daniel Lusko | Godzilla vs. Kong[11] | ||
| Aquarium of the Dead | Glen Miller | Sequel to Zoombies and Zoombies 2. | — | |
| The Rebels of PT-218 | Nick Lyon | — | ||
| Jungle Run | Noah Luke | Jungle Cruise[12] | ||
| Planet Dune | Glenn Campbell & Tammy Klein | Stars Sean Young, who also starred in the 1984 Dune film.[13] | Dune | |
| Insect | Riccardo Paoletti | — | ||
| Devil's Triangle[14] | Brendan Petrizzo | |||
| MegaBoa | Mario N. Bonassin | — | ||
| Swim | Jared Cohn | Made in collaboration with Tubi as their first original film[15] | — | |
| Megalodon Rising | Brian Nowak | Sequel to Megalodon. | — | |
| Robotapocalypse | David Michael Latt[16] | — | ||
| 2022 | Moon Crash | Noah Luke | Moonfall | |
| Dracula: The Original Living Vampire | Maximilian Elfeldt | Morbius | ||
| Titanic 666 | Nick Lyon | Sequel to Titanic II. | Studio 666 | |
| 4 Horsemen: Apocalypse | Geoff Meed | — | ||
| Top Gunner: Danger Zone | Glenn Miller[17] | Sequel to Top Gunner. It is the first film by The Asylum to get a theatrical release.[18] | Top Gun: Maverick | |
| Jurassic Domination | Brian Nowak[19] | Jurassic World: Dominion | ||
| Thor: God of Thunder | Noah Luke | The Asylum's second Thor movie. | Thor: Love and Thunder[20] | |
| Shark Side of the Moon | Glenn Campbell & Tammy Klein | — | ||
| Super Volcano | Jared Cohn | — | ||
| Bullet Train Down | Brian Nowak | Bullet Train | ||
| Shark Waters | Jadon Cal | — | ||
| Headless Horseman | José Prendes | |||
| Battle for Pandora | Noah Luke | Avatar: The Way of Water[21] | ||
| 2025 Armageddon | Michael Su | A crossover film featuring all of The Asylum's monsters. Released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of The Asylum.[22] | — | |
| Attack on Titan | Noah Luke | Not based on any film, but named after Attack on Titan.[23] | ||
| 2023 | Ape vs. Mecha Ape | Marc Gottlieb | Sequel to Ape vs. Monster.[24] | — |
| Methgator | Christopher Ray | Cocaine Bear[25] | ||
| Doomsday Meteor | Noah Luke[26] | — | ||
| The Little Mermaid | Michael Johnson[27] | The Asylum's fifth animated film. | The Little Mermaid | |
| Transmorphers: Mech Beasts | Michael Su | Sequel to Transmorphers: Fall of Man. | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts[28] | |
| End Times | Jim Towns[29] | The Last of Us[30] | ||
| Sharknado: 10th Anniversary Edition | Anthony C. Ferrante | Sharknado with new special effects and deleted scenes released for the film's tenth anniversary.[31][32] | — | |
| Megalodon: The Frenzy | Brendan Petrizzo[33] | Sequel to Megalodon Rising. | Meg 2: The Trench[33] | |
| The Exorcists | Jose Prendes[34] | The Exorcist: Believer | ||
| Alien Apocalypse | Adrian Avila[35] | |||
| Top Gunner: America vs. Russia | Christopher Ray | Sequel to Top Gunner: Danger Zone | ||
| 2024 | Monster Mash | Jose Prendes | ||
| Ape x Mecha Ape: New World Order | Marc Gottlieb[36] | Sequel to Ape vs. Mecha Ape | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire |
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