3. Pale Imitations
I want to believe that only the most idiotic filmgoer would enter into a Mockbuster willingly, but I unfortunately know thats not the case. After all, for them to have been released at all must indicate at least some modicum of demand for them, however slight. Mockbusters are an awful, cynical concept that serves only to win a few bites from tiny, unthinking audiences before theyre lost in the annals of movie obscurity. But usually, thats enough for the Studio to have made its money back and more, meaning therell be more of these things stinking up our second-hand DVD stores before you can say rip off. Basically, any time a big movie comes out, youll get a Mockbuster version coming out around the same time to hopefully catch some of the overspill audience figures. Transformers? Transmorphers! Paranormal Activity? Paranormal Entity! Schindlers List? Shandlers Lisp! (Ok, maybe not that last one). Just check out the trailer for 2009s straight to video Paranormal Entity, written, directed by and starring Shane Van Dyke (whos also guilty of Transmorphers by the way): http://youtu.be/MGL-rr6nouM If you thought this was in some way connected to Paranormal Activity, then youve only got yourself to blame for wasting your money. And I guess Shane Van Dyke has you to thank for buying him a condo.