Mockbusters

Interesting. The Asylum is a low-budget movie studio that makes cheap ripoffs of Hollywood blockbusters, called jokingly as "mock-busters". These movies take about 3 months to film, and under a million dollars make, and usually arrive in video rental stores a week or two before the blockbuster themselves come out. Such classics as The Da Vinci Treasure and Snakes on a Train are examples. I wonder if this maybe helps, even, the Hollywood films? It's just more exposure for their films, and seriously, who really is going to go see I Am Omega instead of I Am Legend? I bet they're more complements than substitutes. (hat tip to barlow).