Definitions
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- noun informal A relatively low-budget
film given a similar theme and title to a popularblockbuster in an attempt topiggyback on its success.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Cold Souls is the The Asylm "mockbuster" version of Charlie Kaufman's films.
Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009
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To be fair, 2012 : Supernova came out way before 2012 did and was'nt release near the same time as to be a 'mockbuster'
LOL: Princess of Mars Teaser Trailer, From The Asylum | /Film 2009
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Asylum films released the trailer for its new "mockbuster" this week: "Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus."
Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review -- Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus (2009) 2009
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What happens when you release a straight-to-video movie with the same premise as a giant blockbuster, releasing your "mockbuster" the same day as the film you imitate?
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I have to admit, when the folks out at The Asylum sent me a copy of their Sherlock Holmes mockbuster ...
Meteor Apocalypse Movie Review–The Black Repaint of Movies 2009
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I laughed my ass off, still not quite sure if it was intended to be funny, and now I am a mockbuster convert.
[REVIEW] Asylum’s Sherlock Holmes « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2010
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More bare-faced and bold by far is The Asylum, the Cormanesque micro-studio whose stock in trade is the "mockbuster".
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Remember how, when I wrote about The Haunting of Winchester House, how GREAT I thought it was that The Asylum was finally getting out of the mockbuster trend and no longer Asylumizing movies?
Meteor Apocalypse Movie Review–The Black Repaint of Movies 2009
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Gamma Squad: From mockbuster studio The Asylum and the writer of Snakes on a Train yeah, a train, comes SyFy original movie Mega Piranha.
Archive 2010-03-28 Bill Crider 2010
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I have to admit, when the folks out at The Asylum sent me a copy of their Sherlock Holmes mockbuster...
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The movies McHaddo helped to create are “mockbusters” – films that ride on the coat-tails of blockbusters.
Forget Ratatouille, here's Ratatoing! The rise and rise of the 'mockbuster' Amelia Tait 2021
blafferty commented on the word mockbuster
A low-budget (but not necessarily bad) movie made after a blockbuster using a similar plot and often exploiting on its publicity campaign. (Urban Dictionary)
May 14, 2011
vendingmachine commented on the word mockbuster
As called knockbuster or drafting opportunity.
June 25, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word mockbuster
Frequently, successful films will spawn pornographic knock-offs with punned titles. Examples include: Gilligan's Bi-Land (Gilligan's Island), Edward Penishands (Edward Scissorhands), "Kinky Kong" (King Kong), Forrest Hump (Forrest Gump), Raiders of the Lost Arse (Raiders of the Lost Ark), and Flesh Gordon (Flash Gordon).
June 25, 2015