The Asylum is perhaps the most hated movie studio in Hollywood, churning out extremely cheap movies which are usually based on an existing and more popular film. They are the undisputed masters of the mockbuster and their films are typically derided as parasitic cash ins. We’re going to find out if all that hate is deserved by watching as many Asylum movies as I can stand. We start with one of their early films from 2002, the simple tale of a bullied weirdo who turns into a murderous scarecrow for reasons that are deeply unclear.
Episode 1 - I Was A Communist For the FBI
Join Hieronymous J Doom as he takes you on a tour of media produced before the turn of the millennium. In this inaugural episode we’re looking at I Was A Communist For the FBI, a classic piece of red scare paranoia from the 1950s.