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The folks over at The Asylum are back at it again with brand new action-horror movie Planetquake, and much like Sharktopus, well, the title for this one kind of speaks for itself.

Watch the official trailer for director Monroe Robertson’s Planetquake below.

In the low-budget disaster movie, “A tectonic shift deep below the Mariana Trench causes a series of ever escalating earthquakes. If a team of leading seismologists fails to stop the disaster, the events will break apart the Earth, resulting in billions of casualties.”

Michael Paré, Erica Duke, and Anthony Jensen star.

Planetquake will be playing in select theaters from January 26 – February 1, with locations including Laemmle Monica (LA), Hickory Ridge Cinemas, Trylon Cinema, O Cinema South Beach, and Aurora Complex.

The film also comes home to Digital platforms on January 26.

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Those mockbuster makers at The Asylum are at it again. When the first live-action Transformers movie was released back in 2007, The Asylum got in on the giant robot action by releasing a movie called Transmorphers. The Transformers sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen followed in 2009 – so The Asylum responded with the Transmorphers prequel Transmorphers: Fall of Man. Since then, the Transformers franchise has continued to grow. There was Transformers: Dark of the Moon in 2011, Transformers: Age of Extinction in 2014, Transformers: The Last Knight in 2017, and the spin-off prequel Bumblebee in 2018. Another prequel, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, is in theatres right now. And while The Asylum has let several Transformers movies come and go without meeting them with a Transmorphers mockbuster, this year they’re finally reviving the franchise with Transmorphers: Mech Beasts! You can watch the film’s trailer in the embed above.

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The Asylum’s answer to Transformers, the Transmorphers franchise is back this summer with Transmorphers: Mech Beasts, a mockbuster take on Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.

In the film, “20 years after the events of Transmorphers, a newer, more advanced species of alien robot descends on a rebuilt Earth, threatening once again to destroy the planet.”

Michael Su directed Transmorphers: Mech Beasts, written by Joe Roche and Lauren Pritchard. It’s coming to select theaters beginning June 30, playing through July 6.

You’ll find the film at the following theaters…

Laemmle Monica Film Center – Santa Monica, CA Hickory Ridge Cinemas – Brunswick, Oh Trylon Cinema – Minneapolis, Mn O Cinema South Beach – Miami Beach, Fl Aurora Cineplex – Roswell, Ga

Tom Arnold, Anthony Jensen, Jolene Andersen, Tania Fox, Andrew Rogers, Mica Javier, Chad Ridgely, Mark Justice, Charlotte Bjornbak, Jessica DeBonville, Matthew Gademske, Dezaré Foster, Chris Carney, Todd Karner, Geena Alexandra, and Angel Mendoza star.

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2022 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the independent film production and distribution company The Asylum, the company known for bringing us some of the craziest giant monster and mockbuster movies out there. And they’ve decided to celebrate their anniversary by putting together what is basically the Avengers: Endgame of Asylum movies. A film that sees the human race having to deal with multiple Asylum movie monsters at once – and it even acknowledges that these monsters have been pulled into our reality straight out of Asylum movies! This Asylum multiverse mash-up is called 2025 Armageddon, and you can see for the trailer for it in the embed above.

Directed by Michael Su (Death Count) from a screenplay written by Marc Gottlieb (Aquarium of the Dead), 2025 Armageddon has the following synopsis: A militant alien race launches an attack on Earth using gigantic creatures and geological disasters all based on those found on The...

Stars: Madison Ekstrand, Evan Adams, Sasha Anne, Clint Carmichael, Joe Estevez, Anthony Jensen, Julia Kelly | Written by Sandy Lo, Tricia Aurand, Suzanne DeLaurentiis | Directed by Dale Fabrigar

Reed’s Point reunites several of the people behind 2018’s D-Railed, including director Dale Fabrigar (They Crawl Beneath), and co-writer Suzanne DeLaurentiis (Area 401) who wrote the script along with Sandy Lo and Tricia Aurand (Middleton Christmas). I found it to be a fun mash-up of monsters, ghosts, and a heist gone wrong. So a film from them about The Jersey Devil seemed like it had a chance to be the first film about the creature to actually be good.

It starts with Kelsey (Madison Ekstrand) her boyfriend Alex (Evan Adams; The Wrong Valentine) and cousin Sarah (Sasha Anne) joining Kelsey’s father Greg on a business Rv trip. However, on the way to pick up the client, the driver swerves to avoid a deer and crashes.

Reed's Point: "Reed's Point is psychological-thriller/creature-feature that tells of Sarah and Alex, two survivors of an Rv crash near the New Jersey Pine Barrens. On the anniversary of the accident, Sarah and Alex drive to Reed’s Point to investigate the crash site. Things go downhill quickly as they find themselves stuck in the woods unsure of who they can trust and questioning if monsters really do exist.

Written by Tricia Aurand, Suzanne DeLaurentiis and Sandy Lo, and directed by Dale Fabrigar (D-Railed), Reed’s Point stars Sasha Anne, Julia Kelly, Evan Adams, Madison Ekstrand, Anthony Jensen, Joseph Almani, Lanett Tachel, and veteran actor Joe Estevez"

On Digital And DVD April 12

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Watch the Short Film Ad Lib: "Ad Lib is a fantasy thriller in the world of karaoke. A story of appearances. Starring Thomas Alden, Pauline Helly, Nouritza Emmanuelian and Cynthia Curto. Written and directed by Joseph Catté.

Stars: Lance Henriksen, Frank Lammers, Tonya Kay, Jack Betts, Everette Wallin, Shae Smolik, Daniel O’Reilly, Gregg Christie, Leticia Labelle, Giovannie Espiritu, Val McAdoo, Carter Scott, Marvin Ryan, Brie Mattson, Anthony Jensen | Written by Everette Wallin, Suzanne DeLaurentiis, Dale Fabrigar | Directed by Dale Fabrigar

Written by Everette Wallin, Suzanne DeLaurentiis and Dale Fabrigar and directed by Fabrigar, D-Railed is a mystery set on a train that crashes into a river. The sinking train isn’t the only thing for the survivors to worry about though, because there’s a monster in the murky depths who wants some dinner, too. It’s a murder mystery on a train… but with a difference and some added horror to pump up the tension a bit.

This one intrigued me because the whole plot sounded so crazy to me, like a bunch of ideas all tossed into one movie. The problem with throwing so many things at the wall though,...

Stars: Vivica A. Fox, Eva Ceja, D.C. Douglas, Erica Duke, Anthony Jensen, Madeleine Falk, Robert Contrado, Jeffery Thomas Johnson, Brandon Lee W., Anna Telfer, Kim Nielsen, Ash Dadvand, Rishi Arya, Torrey B. Lawrence | Written by Marc Gottlieb, Michael Varrati | Directed by Glenn Miller

It had to happen didn’t it. First we had Zombeavers, then Zoombies and its sequel and now the zombie plague hits sea life with Aquarium of the Dead – the latest undead horror from The Asylum. Of course, given this an Asylum release, the timing couldn’t be more perfect – after all once you’ve seen an Army of the Dead you’re going to want to see an aquarium full of them too right?!

Glenn Miller, director of the aforementioned Zoombies films is back behind the camera for this fishy tale, which comes from a story by Michael Varrati (who also co-wrote the excellent Tales of Poe...

"Something is up with the animals." The Asylum has just released an official trailer for one of their latest ridiculous B-movie horrors called Aquarium of the Dead, which is arriving direct-to-dvd (because that's the right release for this) in May this year. This is actually a sort-of-sequel to director Glenn Miller's other Asylum zombie animal movies Zoombies and Zoombies 2. Surprise – there is not much of a plot here: a scientific accident causes creatures to become zombies. But I'd rather enjoy this as a revenge tale for all the sea animals captured and thrown into aquariums finally getting back at the asshole humans who put them there. The cast includes Vivica A. Fox, D.C. Douglas, Erica Duke, Eva Ceja, Anthony Jensen, Anna Telfer, Jeffery Thomas Johnson, and Rishi Arya. This has zombie sharks, octopus, crabs, fish, and oh yes, a zombie walrus (finally vengeance for Tusk!) and starfish, too. Whatever you do,...

Grief-stricken and looking for a new start in life, a young man (Logan Miller) signs up to be secluded on an island for three days as part of a "Lost and Found" project, but he didn't anticipate finding a shipwreck and a new arrival to the island in Prey, a new horror movie from Hyde Park Entertainment, ImageNation, and Blumhouse Productions. Ahead of its theatrical and VOD release, we've been provided with an exclusive clip from Prey as a special treat for Daily Dead readers!

Discover an eerie shipwreck and a mysterious survivor in our exclusive clip below, and keep an eye out for Prey in theaters and on VOD beginning this Friday, September 27th.

Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – Cinedigm Corp (Nasdaq: Cidm) has officially announced that it will release Prey, directed by Franck Khalfoun (Amityville: The Awakening), theatrically and on VOD September 27, 2019. From Hyde Park Entertainment, ImageNation and Blumhouse Productions,...

Los Angeles, CA – [August 28, 2019] – Cinedigm Corp (Nasdaq: Cidm) has officially announced that it will release Prey, directed by Franck Khalfoun (Amityville: The Awakening), theatrically and on VOD September 27, 2019. From Hyde Park Entertainment, ImageNation and Blumhouse Productions, the terrifying thriller stars Logan Miller and Kristine Froseth (Apostle) as two young strangers forced to run and fight for their lives against a mysterious and deadly force lurking deep in the jungle of a secluded island retreat.

Other members of the Prey ensemble include Jolene Anderson (Harrow), Jerrica Lai (Crazy Rich Asians), Phodisdo Dintwe (The Cul De Sac), Anthony Jensen and Jody Mortara (Blood Relatives). Prey is written by David Coggeshall and Franck Khalfoun, and produced by Ashok Amritraj, Jason Blum, Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff. Executive Producers include Couper Samuelson, Jeanette Volturno, Alix Taylor, and Priya Amritraj.

For Blumhouse Productions, Prey marks the latest in a lengthy run of chilling films tailor-made...

Stars: Lance Henriksen, Frank Lammers, Tonya Kay, Jack Betts, Everette Wallin, Shae Smolik, Daniel O’Reilly, Gregg Christie, Leticia Labelle, Giovannie Espiritu, Val McAdoo, Carter Scott, Marvin Ryan, Brie Mattson, Anthony Jensen | Written by Everette Wallin, Suzanne DeLaurentiis, Dale Fabrigar | Directed by Dale Fabrigar

Written by Everette Wallin, Suzanne DeLaurentiis and Dale Fabrigar and directed by Fabrigar, D-Railed is a mystery set on a train that crashes into a river. The sinking train isn’t the only thing for the survivors to worry about though, because there’s a monster in the murky depths who wants some dinner, too. It’s a murder mystery on a train… but with a difference and some added horror to pump up the tension a bit.

This one intrigued me because the whole plot sounded so crazy to me, like a bunch of ideas all tossed into one movie. The problem with throwing so...