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* Asylum Asylum may refer to: Types of asylum * Asylum (antiquity), places of refuge in ancient Greece and Rome * Benevolent asylum, a 19th-century Australian institution for housing the destitute * Cities of Refuge, places of refuge in ancient Judea * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Asylum
The Asylum is an American independent film production and distribution company based in Burbank, California, known for producing low-budget, direct-to-video films, in particular mockbusters, which capitalize on the popularity of major studio films with similar titles and premises. The Asylum's business model revolves around producing as many low-budget films as quickly as possible, which earn around $150,000 to $250,000 in profit. Since the company produces dozens of films every year, this model generates millions of dollars, and the company claims never to have lost money on a film. The Asylum spends around 4-6 months making a film, and since the company is not affiliated with any industry guilds other than SAG-AFTRA, this means their employees will sometimes work up to 22 hours a day. Initially founded as a distribution company for low-budget drama films, The Asylum switched to in-house productions in the mid-2000s due to competition from larger studios like Lionsgate Films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Forsberg
Eric Forsberg (born December 16, 1959) is an American writer. He wrote and directed the feature film ''Mega Piranha'', as well as the writer of the feature film ''Snakes on a Train'', one of the first mockbusters produced and released by The Asylum. He also wrote the screenplays for ''30,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' and ''War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave'', also for The Asylum. He directed the film ''Alien Abduction (2005 film), Alien Abduction'' which aired on Sci Fi Channel, as well as Night of the Dead (film), Night of the Dead which aired on Chiller TV. Other writer and director credits include the political thriller ''Torture Room'', and the stoner comedy ''Sex Pot'' as well as ''Monster'', ''Almighty Thor'', ''Arachnoquake'', and ''Clash of the Empires, Age of the Hobbits''. He also worked as a Film producer, Co-Producer and assistant director on numerous films for Christopher Coppola and Alain Silver, including ''White Nights'', ''Bel Air'', and ''Palmer's Pickup''. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snakes On A Train
''Snakes on a Train'' is a 2006 direct-to-video action thriller horror film released by The Asylum as a mockbuster on August 15, 2006. Aspects of the film are inspired by the film '' Snakes on a Plane'', which was scheduled for theatrical release three days later on August 18, 2006. Plot Although taking the same basic idea from '' Snakes on a Plane'' (many deadly snakes loose on a claustrophobic, high-speed means of transport), the background story of how the snakes end up on the train differs. In the film, a woman called Alma has been put under a Mayan curse which causes snake eggs to hatch inside her belly and eat their way out. The curse was laid on her by her family, in revenge for marrying Brujo, who now accompanies her. In order to recover the "lost pieces" of herself (the snakes), she must travel to Los Angeles where a powerful Mayan shaman can lift the curse. She takes the snakes along with her in small jars. While on the train, bandits attack her, allowing the snakes t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Men Walking (2005 Film)
''Dead Men Walking'' is an independent 2005 zombie film directed by Peter Mervis and written by Mike Watt. It features a zombie outbreak at a maximum security prison. The film has also been shown on Syfy in the United States. Plot Travis Dee is slaying many zombies, but blood splashes on Travis' face, infecting him. Travis tries to convince the press and police that they were infected with an experimental bio-toxin, and now he is sick from it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) don't know if he is right or wrong, so he is sentenced to Haywood Maximum Security Prison. A BBC worker, Samantha Beckett, is sent to the prison to give more information on Travis. Travis and the new inmates arrive at the facility and are put in a line where they are evaluated by corrections officer, Lieutenant Sweeney, telling them that he is "top of the food chain" in the prison. After noticing Travis coughing heavily and pale, he is sent to the infirmary. Another new arrival, Johnn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacre At Cutter's Cove
A massacre is an event of killing people who are not engaged in hostilities or are defenseless. It is generally used to describe a targeted killing of civilians en masse by an armed group or person. The word is a loan of a French term for "butchery" or "carnage". Other terms with overlapping scope include war crime, pogrom, mass killing, mass murder, and extrajudicial killing. Etymology ''Massacre'' derives from late 16th century Middle French word ''macacre'' meaning "slaughterhouse" or "butchery". Further origins are dubious, though the word may be related to Latin ''macellum'' "provisions store, butcher shop". The Middle French word ''macecr'' "butchery, carnage" is first recorded in the late 11th century. Its primary use remained the context of animal slaughter (in hunting terminology referring to the head of a stag) well into the 18th century. The use of ''macecre'' "butchery" of the mass killing of people dates to the 12th century, implying people being "slaughtered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land Of The Dead
''Land of the Dead'' (also known as ''George A. Romero's Land of the Dead'') is a 2005 post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by George A. Romero; the fourth of Romero's six '' Living Dead'' movies, it is preceded by ''Night of the Living Dead'', '' Dawn of the Dead'' and ''Day of the Dead'', and succeeded by '' Diary of the Dead'' and '' Survival of the Dead''. It was released in 2005, with a budget of $15–19 million, the highest in Romero's ''Dead'' series, and grossed $46 million. The story of ''Land of the Dead'' deals with a zombie assault on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where a feudal-like government exists. The survivors in the film have fled to the Golden Triangle area of downtown Pittsburgh, protected on two sides by rivers and on the third by an electric barricade termed "the Throat". Released in North America on June 24, 2005, ''Land of the Dead'' received mostly positive reviews from film critics. Plot Years after the zombie apocalypse, the sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mummy Returns
''The Mummy Returns'' is a 2001 American fantasy action-adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers. It is the sequel to the 1999 film ''The Mummy'', and the second in ''The Mummy'' film series. Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, and Patricia Velásquez reprise their roles from the previous film, with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson joining the cast in his film acting debut. The film was released on May 4, 2001 by Universal Pictures. Like its predecessor, ''The Mummy Returns'' was a commercial success, grossing $435 million worldwide, becoming the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2001 and the highest-grossing film of the series. The film received mixed reviews from critics. It was followed by a 2002 prequel film, '' The Scorpion King'' and a 2008 sequel, '' The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor''. Plot In 3067 B.C., a warrior known as the Scorpion King leads an army to conquer the world. However, they are eventually defeated, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mummy (1999 Film)
''The Mummy'' is a 1999 American action-adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, and Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name and part of the larger Universal Monsters franchise. The film follows adventurer and treasure hunter Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with librarian Evelyn Carnahan and her older brother Jonathan, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest with supernatural powers. Development took years, with multiple screenplays and directors attached. In 1997, Sommers successfully pitched his version of a more adventurous and romantic take on the source material. Filming took place in Morocco and the United Kingdom; the crew endured dehydration, sandstorms, and snakes shooting on location in the Sahara Desert. Industrial Light & Magic provided many of the visual effects, blending l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bales
Paul S. Bales is an American filmmaker, who has been the chief operating officer at The Asylum since 2006. Career Working in thelow-budget film
A low-budget film or low-budget movie is a film, motion picture shot with little to no funding from a major film studios, major film studio or private investor.
Many independent films are made on low budgets, but films made on the mainstream ci ... industry, Bales is most known for being a production executive and producer for [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion Of The Dead (film)
''Legion of the Dead'' is a 2005 American horror film produced by The Asylum. It stars Courtney Clonch and Bruce Boxleitner. The film is a B movie based on Mummy legends, and was released in between two similar, more-successful films: ''The Mummy'' (1999) and ''The Mummy Returns'' (2001). Plot Two young men speed through the California desert on dirt bikes when one of them crashes through a hole in the ground. They discover the entrance to an Egyptian tomb and are both killed in boobytraps when they break the tomb's seal. Some time later, the site is being uncovered by archeology students led by Dr. Ari Ben-David. Molly Kirnan, a grad student, arrives on the scene and meets Ben-David who's working with her professor Dr. Bryan Swatek among others as they start their excavation of the site. Inside the tomb they discover the sarcophagus of Aneh-Tet, a mythical priestess who worshiped Set and was banished “across the great water” for claiming to be a living god. In her burial cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost (2004 TV Series)
''Lost'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction Adventure fiction, adventure Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Jeffrey Lieber, J. J. Abrams, and Damon Lindelof that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from September 22, 2004, to May 23, 2010, with a total of List of Lost episodes, 121 episodes over six seasons. It contains elements of supernatural fiction and follows the survivors of a commercial jet airliner flying between Sydney and Los Angeles after the plane crashes on a mysterious Mythology of Lost#The Island, island somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean. Episodes typically feature a primary storyline set on the island, augmented by flashback (narrative), flashback or flashforward sequences which provide additional insight into the involved characters. Lindelof and Carlton Cuse served as showrunners and were executive producers along with Abrams and Bryan Burk. Inspired by the 2000 film ''Cast Away'', the show is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
