Next time you see a trailer for the next big blockbuster movie, be aware that The Asylum are probably already planning their own low-budget knock-off.

Remember when “Snakes On A Plane” and “The Da Vinci Code” came out? The Asylum released “Snakes On A Train” and “The Da Vinci Treasure”. A year later when “Transformers” and “Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem” hit theatres, The Asylum responded with “Transmorphers” and “Alien vs. Hunter”.

It’s not just the big blockbusters, The Asylum has also tried to cash-in on the success of any film they think might possibly be a success. As a result, “High School Musical 3” got ‘Asylumised’ with “Sunday School Musical” and “Spring Breakers” had to compete with “Bikini Spring Break”.

The Asylum’s sins do not stop there as they have released several original films. The most famous (or infamous) of these is probably “Sharknado”. Actually, they have done a lot of shark films such as “Ice Sharks” and “Planet of the Sharks”.

The Asylum rush to release cheap rip-offs of big-budget films, most likely in the hopes that they will con unsuspecting consumers into thinking they are getting the real deal. How many grandparents have accidentally bought a film from The Asylum instead of the new hit movie that their grandchildren would not shut up about?

It seems there is no stopping The Asylum as they continue to rip-off your new favourite films with “Tomb Invader”, “Avengers Grimm: Time Wars” and “Triassic World”. That’s a gold star if you worked out which films those were copying (stealing) from.