At this point, you should be aware of
who The Asylum is. They are a film studio that specialize in
“mockbusters”, low budget imitations of big budget Hollywood
films that usually end up being better than the films they're inspired by. They've given us films such as the Da Vinci Treasure,
Pirates of Treasure Island, Transmorphers, AVH: Alien Vs. Hunter,
Paranormal Entity and my personal favourite 11/11/11.
That was the equivalent of Darren Lynn Bousman's horror film 11-11-11, their clever change of
the title's punctuation has always amused me. Of late, they've
gained mainstream recognition thanks to a little franchise called
Sharknado, which is ONE HUNDRED PERCENT FUN. Those movies are
perfect in what they set out to do, and the upcoming third movie is
easily my most anticipated movie of 2015. Yes, even over the new
Star Wars film.
In the meantime though, they have bills
to pay, hence today's film Bound. This is a mockbuster
version of 50 Shades Of Grey, the fictional abortion that has
been enjoying an unfathomable amount of popularity since 2012. The
story behind its creation is so sad and depressing I could dedicate
an entire article to it, but author E.L. James originally conceived
the story as Twilight fan fiction between Bella and Edward,
originally called Master Of The Universe. For added lulz,
James posted it under the nickname Snowqueen's Icedragon, which I
believe was the original working name for Evangeline Lilly's
character in the Hobbit sequels.
James eventually rewrote her story to be about two “original” characters, and the rest is history. Horrible, horrible history that we'll get to when the movie eventually comes out on blu-ray later this year. Getting back on topic, we've got the Asylum's take on a genre that is outside their usual comfort zone of CGIfests and, uh, CGIfests. So break out your nipple clamps and your whips because it's time for A Ghoul Versus The Asylum's Bound!
James eventually rewrote her story to be about two “original” characters, and the rest is history. Horrible, horrible history that we'll get to when the movie eventually comes out on blu-ray later this year. Getting back on topic, we've got the Asylum's take on a genre that is outside their usual comfort zone of CGIfests and, uh, CGIfests. So break out your nipple clamps and your whips because it's time for A Ghoul Versus The Asylum's Bound!
