Warner Bros/The Asylum
Last week Twitter went crazy over a SyFy Channel made-for-TV movie called "Sharknado."
The film was made by a small studio known as The Asylum.
Known for making extremely campy science-fiction and horror films involving monsters and aliens, the studio also makes knock-offs of blockbuster films, or "mockbusters," for companies like Redbox and Netflix.
Due to the way
These movies aren't just inspired by similar films. They often have titles that border on copyright infringement and are marketed with posters close enough to the original big-budget films that those who don't follow movie releases closely can be tricked into renting or downloading them.