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79 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 26, 2026 · last updated Oct 26, 2026 · How this works
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Mockbuster is a 2026 documentary film, directed by Anthony Frith, starring Anthony Frith, Michelle Bauer and Bix Krieger.
- 58 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy
- posts span Jun 21, 2023 to Oct 26, 2026
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Critics, per Wikipedia
Mockbuster won the Feature Documentary Audience Award at the Adelaide Film Festival. Phil Hoad of The Guardian gave the documentary four stars out of five.
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60 of 79 · most liked firstMOCKBUSTER is charming and funny and reeeeeal polished - it looks like it had 10-20x the budget of the Asylum movie it’s chronicling the making of. Lots of laughs! @chattfilmfest.org
positive · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched A documentary on the chaos of making a film for The Asylum, followed by the awful Mockbuster movie they were making, then the new Kathryn Newton shark movie and my favorite MCU Spider-Man film so far.
neutral · AI labelView post →Mockbuster (2025) is a heartbreaking yet fun documentary about an aspiring filmmaker who asks The Asylum if they'd let him direct one of their movies... and they said yes. The movie chronicles his experience in the chaotic grind that is an Asylum production. I dug this a lot. 👍
positive · AI labelView post →Time for 1202 Atlantic Rim in the MST3K Turkey Day Marathon, a so-called Mockbuster by Asylum Films, starring Treach from Naughty By Nature. More like OPM for Other People's Movie, right?
neutral · AI labelView post →Ep 125 from @fangoria.bsky.social We discuss new films THE END OF OAK STREET, ICE CREAM MAN, BIG BABY, HELLCAT, BURY THE DEVIL, NIGHT NURSE, NIGHT BORN & MOCKBUSTER. We are then joined by Director Casper Kelly to discuss his wild new film BUDDY. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/col…
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching Mockbuster (2025)! 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →The first trailer for ‘MOCKBUSTER’ has dropped. The documentary dives into the wild world of The Asylum - the studio famous for B-movie knockoffs like ‘SHARKNADO’. #Mockbuster #TheAsylum
neutral · AI labelView post →If you like documentaries like American Movie, Lost in La Mancha, or Lost Soul then you will absolutely enjoy Mockbuster (2025).
positive · AI labelView post →My ★★★★ review of Mockbuster on Letterboxd: boxd.it/ggYAFL #265MovieReview #movies #Kanopy #filmsky 📽️
positive · AI labelView post →Week 6 #zombiesteve52 is definitely going to test your patience 🤪 time to watch a Mockbuster! A "mockbuster" is a film made with the intention of piggybacking of a major film with a similar title or theme and is often made with a low budget.
neutral · AI labelView post →'Mockbuster' Anthony Frith's hilariously eye-opening feature doc goes behind the scenes of genre filmmaking The Asylum way - as the wannabe director chases his dream – on digital 27 July - Click on the link below for more details mybloodyreviews.com/mockbuster-a...
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm always amused by Mockbuster movies (a film created to exploit the publicity of another major motion picture with a similar title or subject, made dirt cheap and designed to confuse audiences). I present the poster for "Master of the Universe"
neutral · AI labelView post →"I guess sometimes the deep end is better." Anthony Firth talks to our @addinosaur.bsky.social. #SFF2026 #SydFilmFest #Mockbuster
neutral · AI labelView post →Spent Monday recording a character voice for a new animated feature film from The Asylum! #asylumfilms #voiceactor #actinglife #mockbuster
neutral · AI labelView post →Mockbuster (2025, dir Anthony Frith). Local filmmaker Anthony Frith lands a gig with The Asylum, the studio behind Sharknado. Tasked with directing a schlock film, The Land That Time Forgot, in Adelaide on a shoestring budget, he turns the camera on himself, filming a behind-the-scenes documentary. Both productions will push their director to the brink. https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1497325-mockbuster
neutral · AI labelView post →'Mockbuster' Anthony Frith's hilariously eye-opening feature doc goes behind the scenes of genre filmmaking The Asylum way - as the wannabe director chases his dream – on digital 27 July. Click on the link below to read our review. mybloodyreviews.com/mockbuster-2...
neutral · AI labelView post →My Sydney Film Festival schedule is locked in! Hoping All of a Sudden and Mockbuster get some additional screenings. #SydneyFilmFestival
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm so proud of everyone on the #Mockbuster team! They did an amazing job. Tonight was the US premiere at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. #SBFF comiccrusaders.com/tv-movies/gi...
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched this. I tune out at times with movies like this, too much action. I like David Ehrlich's reviews, I trust him the most of any living movie reviewer, besides Jerome Weiselberry. 'The Electric State' Review: Another Lifeless Netflix Mockbuster www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
neutral · AI labelView post →Week 6 for #zombiesteve52 is a Mockbuster movie. Picked the When a Stranger Calls knock off called When a Killer Calls via Tubi @mda4life.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Mockbuster Review: A B-Movie Documentary That Celebrates Independent Filmmaking bit.ly/4xpX4jq
neutral · AI labelView post →“We make shitty movies for people with bad taste. And alcoholics.” The excellent MOCKBUSTER, about making a movie for low rent outfit The Asylum, is out on Digital next Monday @aimpublicity.bsky.social : johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/07/mock...
neutral · AI labelView post →This looks fun: Mockbuster - a documentary about directing a movie for The Asylum share.google/xH2a61EnVrP3...
neutral · AI labelView post →Mockbuster is quite fun. Saw it as part of @chattfilmfest.org & enjoyed the behind-the-scenes look at The Asylum & what making a movie for them entails.
positive · AI labelView post →Have a very HAPPY and SAFE July 4th! Come see our "We Love the 90's" film INDEPENDENCE DAY at 1:45pm & 7pm! Then at 4:50pm you won't want to miss the hilarious documentary MOCKBUSTER which pulls back the curtain on ultra low-budget filmmaking! www.kigginstheatre.com/now-playing
neutral · AI labelView post →Have you seen Mockbuster? A documentary about making an Asylum film
neutral · AI labelView post →A wonderful review of #MOCKBUSTER by our new best friends in the whole world at #FilmThreat. filmthreat.com/reviews/mock...
neutral · AI labelView post →Mockbuster - A humorous documentary all about the making of the films from the studio that gave us Sharknado, among other cheap genre movie knock-offs. Review via We Live Entertainment - tinyurl.com/2n25ywyd #SBIFF
neutral · AI labelView post →#Mockbuster has its US Premiere at the #SantaBarbaraFilmFestival #SBFFl!!! Dates are 2/5 & 2/6. I won't be there, but Paul Bales and the Director will be for a Q&A. Heckling is encouraged. Here is a trailer: www.firstshowing.net/2026/teaser-...
neutral · AI labelView post →What Are Your Least Favorite Animated Moments/Movies? Mine: Foodfight (2012), GoAnimate: The Movie, Mockbuster Animated Movies, Sausage Party (2016), The Emoji Movie, Animated Movies With Negative Feedbacks, Some Animated S*x Scenes, Ice Age Baby, Ren & Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon, Breadwinners
neutral · AI labelView post →I'd rather watch The Asylum's version of The Odyssey. #trailer #fantasy #mockbuster
neutral · AI labelView post →"Felo-de-se Force" #Mockbuster #HashTagGames #ImitationMovies
neutral · AI labelView post →"Operation Our Father" #Mockbuster #HashTagGames #ImitationMovies
neutral · AI labelView post →‘I felt that I could actually make something quite special… There was overconfidence – Otherwise you wouldn’t even try’ #Mockbuster director #AnthonyFrith tells @theguardian.com what it was like making a film with #TheAsylum On UK digital now #MiracleMediaUK buff.ly/4KOVnnc
neutral · AI labelView post →#DTVDigest 320: Reviews of DEEP WATER (Signature Entertainment), MOCKBUSTER (Miracle Media), THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT (Acorn), TINSMAN ROAD (Blue Finch Film Releasing) and more. The #DTVthrowback is INTO THE BLUE 2: THE REEF (2009) and the #ShortShot is DUPED! Listen at bit.ly/DTVDigest320 #DTV
neutral · AI labelView post →#Mockbuster ‘This touching and often hilarious documentary is all about the passion of filmmaking – and how it isn’t like it looks in the movies... #AnthonyFrith makes a film he’s proud of – and a great documentary’ ★★★★ @thesun.co.uk On digital now #MiracleMediaUK buff.ly/bkdAtOU
neutral · AI labelView post →‘A humorous & heartfelt insight into low-budget filmmaking #Mockbuster is a fascinating documentary about chasing your dream…stay through the credits as it is lovely to see the audience's varying reactions to #AnthonyFrith’s film’ #TheReviewingRodders On digital now #MiracleMediaUK buff.ly/Kbnqzhd
neutral · AI labelView post →Mockbuster is a wonderful doc about an aspiring filmmaker who takes the opportunity to make a low budget film for The Asylum. It's worth a watch, and then I followed up it by watching the film he made for them which I appreciated in a new light. boxd.it/fjbgeB
positive · AI labelView post →More - Kaiju flick GODZILLA VS HEDORAH, Sebastián Silva's ROTTIING IN THE SUN and another shot at MOCKBUSTER at Revue, last chance for TIME AND WATER and first show for STEAL THIS STORY PLEASE at Hot Docs, THE MUPPET MOVIE outdoors in Christie Pits, ICFF continues in the Distillery District. #toRep
neutral · AI labelView post →Mockbuster ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 "Maybe these movies are trash, but my respect for the people who directly made them grew just a little. After all, "A bad movie is better than no movie.""
positive · AI labelView post →On Deck at Revue 1/2 - Horror SON OF SARA + guests, JCVD in TIMECOP via Drunken Cinema, NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE and THE HANGOVER via The Perfect Date, Asylum's MOCKBUSTER, kaiju flick GODZILLA VS HEDORAH, Sebastián Silva's ROTTING IN THE SUN. #toRep
neutral · AI labelView post →Mockbuster comes out on Friday on digital, VOD & select theaters. Such a fun movie! 🍿🔥 www.friendsofcc.com/2026/02/05/f...
neutral · AI labelView post →Aspiring filmmaker? Or just love schlocky films? Don't miss the acclaimed documentary MOCKBUSTER tonight at 6:30pm exclusively at the Kiggins! www.kigginstheatre.com/movie/mockbu...
neutral · AI labelView post →Explore the ups and downs of indie filmmaking in the hilarious and nerve-wracking documentary MOCKBUSTER showing today at 5:20pm! www.kigginstheatre.com/movie/mockbu...
neutral · AI labelView post →Mockbuster movie review: a testament to the pluckiness of the Australian and indie filmmaker spirit. One part delight, one part horrifying. You’ll laugh and put your head in your hands. #mockbuster #film #filmmaking #screenwriting #phoenixblack youtube.com/shorts/4P68J...
positive · AI labelView post →Ever dreamed of being a filmmaker but don't know how to break into "the industry"? Don't miss the upcoming documentary MOCKBUSTER in which a filmmaker gets his 1st chance at "the big time" helming a feature for Asylum Studios It opens 7/3 only at the Kiggins! www.kigginstheatre.com/movie/mockbu...
neutral · AI labelView post →This movie looks like a Mockbuster of Ice Age
neutral · AI labelView post →"We’re barely above porn.” Documentary ‘MOCKBUSTER’ on The Asylum, a prolific B-movie studio renowned for its low-budget films mimicking big studio releases.
neutral · AI labelView post →MOCKBUSTER q&a at Adelaide film festival! Proud to have been an exec producer on this batshit fun feature documentary.
positive · AI labelView post →I hate how the CGI Tabaluga film was marketed as Frozen Mockbuster because no one in the US knows about this German Children's Rock Opera Franchise about a baby dragon fighting an evil snowman.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm familiar with Asylum's work. Admittedly I have thought about trying to write a Mockbuster that's better than the film it's imitating, before I lost my ability to write creatively.
neutral · AI labelView post →There was another Nosferatu movie in 2023 starring Doug Jones, maybe that was a Mockbuster
neutral · AI labelView post →… The only asylum movie Ive seen was Attack of the Meth Gator, a (best of my knowledge) Mockbuster of good ol’ Cocaine Bear. I don’t….think AI was used on the big boy in the title but I could bd wrong, it just looked like cheap bad CGI TBH.
negative · AI labelView post →Struggling Adelaide filmmaker Anthony Frith documents landing his first feature directing job with The Asylum, tasked with making a dinosaur epic in just six days on a shoestring budget. filmq.com.au/movie/mockbu... #Mockbuster #Documentary #AnthonyFrith #UmbrellaEntertainment
neutral · AI labelView post →NZIFF encore Mockbuster - Australian documentary made by a novice filmmaker about his experience directing a film for the infamous studio The Asylum. Pleasant enough look at an irregular film shoot but very much both Anthony and The Asylum selling themselves with a very clear kayfabe. 3/5
neutral · AI labelView post →Ironic hipster Anthony Frith on making Mockbuster. Mockbuster is in cinemas this Thursday
neutral · AI labelView post →Ever wondered what making a movie for The Asylum was like? The #Sharknado guys? No? Well, #Mockbuster answers that question anyway, and it turns out it's not exactly a cakewalk. crypticrock.com/mockbuster-m...
neutral · AI labelView post →Possibly the most surprising part of #Mockbuster is how “The Asylum” have absolutely no qualms talking about how their business is making films. Not good films. Just films.
neutral · AI labelView post →Mockbuster documentary: director Anthony Frith talks film, fame & fake blockbusters...... www.youtube.com/watch?v=GULW...
neutral · AI labelView post →A humorous and heartfelt insight into low-budget filmmaking, MOCKBUSTER is a fascinating documentary about chasing your dream. Available now in U.S. Cinemas, and in the UK on digital from 27th July www.thereviewingrodders.co.uk/2026/07/mock...
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