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Jul 10, 2026

Mockbuster

Well liked
Reactions
73
Score confidence
high
Score trend
Box office
Not reported yet
Age rating
PG-13
70
Score
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The film

A struggling filmmaker’s opportunity collides with chaos and compromise when Sharknado’s notorious studio, The Asylum, invites him to direct a "mockbuster."

The Cast
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The Real Review

This behind-the-scenes doc on The Asylum, the infamous studio behind Sharknado, gets a lot of love for its humor and surprisingly solid story. The chaos of a filmmaker trying to direct a "mockbuster" for them is genuinely entertaining and feels original. The big split is over the people involved, though. While the concept works, reactions to director and star Anthony Frith and The Asylum itself as an entity are mostly mixed to negative, and nobody had much positive to say about the other cast members playing themselves.

Synthesized from 73 real reactionshigh confidence
PraisedHumor · Story · Originality
FaultedVisuals

Sentiment split

53% positive
34% mixed
13% negative

By aspect

humor92
story82
originality80
visuals33

How opinion moved

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Buzz

Aug 1813 reactions over two weeksAug 31

How much people are talking about this film: reactions counted per day they were posted.

Names & topics that came up

Anthony Frithperson20× · 35%+The Asylumperson18× · 33%+The Asylumplot_element4× · 25%+Brendan Petrizzoperson3× · 0%+David Michael Lattperson3× · 0%+Michelle Bauerperson3× · 0%+Bix Kriegerperson3× · 0%+Paul Balesperson3× · 0%+David Rimawiperson3× · 0%+David Margettsperson3× · 0%+Mockbusterperson3× · 33%+

Where the signal came from

Social Media
73

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