War of the Worlds (2005)

War of the Worlds (2005)
Rating: ★★½
Sep 9, 2012Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation
Where the legend of The Asylum and their low-budget mockbusters began, this was a cheap modernised version of the H.G. Wells novel that was released a day before the Spielberg film. Despite cheap effects, this adheres closer to Wells than Spielberg did and is better written than most Asylum product

War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008)

War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008)
Rating: ★★
Jan 17, 2018Alien Invasion
Sequel not to the Spielberg film but The Asylum mockbuster version. Sequelising H.G. Wells is a daunting prospect and not too surprisingly this throws much of Wells out and creates its own film, which comes with massive ambition that ends up undercut by a typical Asylum low budget

Rise of the Zombies (2012)

Rise of the Zombies (2012)
Rating: ★★
Jan 29, 2020Zombie Film
The Asylum have not delved into the zombie film as much as they have the gonzo killer shark, which they practically invented. This is one occasion on which they did and is unexpectedly a serious film with a reasonable name cast (including Danny Trejo as a zombie)