Mockbusters: Riding Hollywood’s Cash Train With A Forged Ticket
Warner Bros. fought (and won) a case recently when one opportunistic mockbuster-maker – Asylum – attempted to release Age of the Hobbits at the same time as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey readied for its debut. They pushed it too far. Another company got into similar strife over their version of Disney’s Frozen. The company – Phase 4 – produced a film called The Legend Of Sarila which didn’t do very well in the box office, but when Disey’s Frozen was released they decided it might be a good time to re-brand and call it Frozen Land. And to be quite honest they took the mickey. Here are the two covers, original and rebrand:
And here’s the logos of the Disney film and the Phase 4 film… hmmm… yeah, I don’t think they’ll win this battle somehow…
Here’s a random selection of other uninvited attempts to sip from Hollywood’s ample gravy train…
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OLD HORROR FILM TRAILERS PART 1
OLD HORROR FILM TRAILERS PART 2
I reckon this is my favourite:
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HAND DRAWN INDIAN HORROR FILM POSTERS
RETRO BOLLYWOOD HORROR FILM POSTERS
