Mockbusters

By Johnny Cat in Film on Jan 22, 2010 at 4:01 pm

In the DVD rental realm, there thrives a species of movies known as mockbusters. Their genetic makeup is comprised of similar themes, elements and stories from the far superior blockbusters that dominate the industry. Production companies like The Asylum create these clones, possibly in the hopes of tricking the consumer, but most likely just to cash in on the success of mainstream money machines.

Oddee has compiled a list of the Ten Lamest Mockbusters (three of which feature C. Thomas Howell), such as The Da Vinci Treasure, above. See the whole list, but please don’t feed the mockbusters.

Link (Image credits: Left: The Asylum Right: Sony Pictures)

Tags: movies, ripoff

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atomicsecrets
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 4:28 pm
I dunno, I think I might like the Sherlock Holmes with dinosaurs and giant octopuses better.
seekshelter
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 5:24 pm
why wouldnt i want to see a tyrannosaur and an octopus trashing london bridge?
seekshelter
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 5:26 pm
c. thomas howells gotta eat!!!
seekshelter
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 5:27 pm
they totally skipped over those disney knockoffs at the grocery store registers…
jazz on your face (female)
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 5:56 pm
How are they allowed to make these?
seekshelter
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 7:21 pm
because DaVinci will put his name on anything… davincis gotta eat…
MovieKid
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 8:00 pm
This guy does side-by-side reviews of Mockbuster next to the original film. Kinda fun.
http://www.spacemonkeyx.com/?cat=39
Jake D.
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 8:08 pm
This is excellent! I work at Blockbuster and have since early ’05. There are so many of these movies…it’s hilarious. I’m constantly explaining to customers that “Transmorphers” has nothing to do with Transformers (and other situations like that)
JS
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 8:40 pm
LOL, I worked on 3 of these films. Trust me no one had any allusions to what we were making, but we all had a great time! (though I’m pretty sure we spent half the budget on beer)
LisaL
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 8:45 pm
UGH, I hate these movies. Never actually saw one thank goodness, but having to sift through all of them on netflix is annoying as hell.
ted
Jan 22nd, 2010 at 10:42 pm
JS, you may have had no allusions, but did you have any illusions?
MadMolecule
Jan 23rd, 2010 at 1:32 am
Ted, seems to me these movies are nothing BUT allusions…
marss
Jan 23rd, 2010 at 2:27 am
“Transformers” hahahaha

Seriously though, didn’t know there were so many “mockbusters” out there..
Max Power
Jan 23rd, 2010 at 5:52 pm
JS, sure you did… *rolls his eyes*
Johnny Cat
Jan 24th, 2010 at 12:46 am
I’d actually like to give The Day the Earth Stopped a chance due to Judd Nelson being in it.
SpaceMonkeyX
Jan 24th, 2010 at 2:50 am
Johnny Cat: Judd’s in it for about 2 minutes – it’s essentially a cameo appearance. That being said, the movie is about on par with the one starring Keanu. In fact, some of it makes more sense than Keanu’s. But the original beats them both.

By the way, thanks for the link, MovieKid!
Necronomic Recovery
Jan 26th, 2010 at 10:12 am
“I’m constantly explaining to customers that “Transmorphers” has nothing to do with Transformers (and other situations like that)”

Seriously? You must get a lot of stupid customers.
Shen
Jan 28th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Oh! i saw many like these at wal-mart!
umm.. what were they called? Mummies Tomb or curse? *the mummie* and Merlin’s aprentice? *harry potter. there were many others.

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