Apparently the Insane Don't Have to Abide by Copyright Laws

We live in a society based on money and power. As a result, things that are successful often are imitated in an attempt to cash in on that success. In the realm of movies this leads to the mountains of knock off DTVs that line the discount "3 for 1" buckets at Wal Mart. This is a double edge sword in my mind, because for all of the artistic bankruptcy in the conception of these films there is still real work being done by young and determined people who are only trying to make the best of what they have. So I do consider my self an ally to these productions, even if I would never claim to have liked a single one.

These knock offs come in all types. You have your poster design thieves, who basically recreate a poster design and put it on their DVD covers to entice a sell. The title abductors, who recreate titles and fonts with only the slightest of differences. The plot takers, who jump on the bandwagon of a film and use elements of the popular plots. Then once in a blue moon you come across the mother load. Asylum films has become synonymous rip offs and they have the massive balls to not even care. Take a look at some of their titles.

18 Year Old Virgin
Snakes on a Train
Transmorphers
30,000 Leagues Under the Sea
AVH: Alen vs Hunter
Bram Stoker's Dracula's Curse
Street Racer
Sunday School Musical
Death Racers
Allan Quartermine and the Temple of Skulls
Da Vinci Treasure
Pirates of Treasure Island
Halloween Night
100 Million BC
Hillside Cannibals
Universal Soldiers
I Am Omega
and
The Day the Earth Stopped

Yeah, these are my new favorite guys in the world. I should bring them my idea's for Kill Bob and IronClad Man. Seriously, these guys made a movie called Trasmorphers, how do they not become the coolest guys that walk into any room. This is our future people because with balls this big, these guys are going to have liters of children. Massive props also go these guy's way because doing these types of films is all the work C. Thomas Howell can get these days. He is honestly in 25% of Asylum's films.

The good times might be fated to end, however, as Fox has come in and filed suit against The Day the Earth Stopped. Presumably because Asylum stole the trifecta of plot elements, title and poster design with out blinking an eye. Clearly this is a knock of The Day the Earth Stood, but I can't help but side with the Asylum guys. Judge for yourself.