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There are already companies like Asylum films. Pay attention to the right hand column of this table: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Asylum_films ht
by fhdkweig 4mo ago
There are already companies like Asylum films. Pay attention to the right hand column of this table:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Asylum_films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Asylum_films
- Jtarii 4mo agoParody films do not compete with the actual films they are parodying. It's not a good comparison.
- fhdkweig 4mo agoI don't think they are meant to be parodies. Parodies poke comedic fun at the originals. These are meant to confuse someone into buying the wrong version of a popular film. That's why they make sure the names and even the covers look as identical as they can without getting sued.
- lambdaone 4mo agoThe term for these is "mockbusters", and the term has its very own Wikipedia article, linked in the first paragraph of the page you cited: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockbuster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockbuster