For nearly three decades, The Asylum has operated like Hollywood’s chaotic mirror universe, a place where logic fears to tread, deadlines are optional, and sharks routinely defy gravity. This is the studio that taught us an important cinematic truth: If you cannot beat Hollywood, knock it off.

Now, in a twist no one saw coming (except maybe during a caffeine crash at 3 a.m.), The Asylum has launched the trailer for one of its most ambitious projects yet. This time, the camera is turned inward. Yes, The Asylum is making a full-blown documentary.

The trailer for Mockbuster, released on January 30, 2026, feels like an adrenaline rush with a confession taped to it. Naturally, excitement was followed by a practical question fans know all too well: where can this be watched?

Not yet, and certainly not quietly. Mockbuster is not available to stream anywhere at the moment, including Netflix. So far, there has only been a trailer release, unveiled via YouTube, marking the official beginning of the film’s public journey rather than its streaming debut. What is confirmed is a US release path through film festivals.

After premiering at the 2025 Adelaide Film Festival, the documentary is scheduled to screen at the 2026 Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 5, giving American audiences their first chance to see it. Until a distributor or streaming platform steps in, festival screenings remain the only way to catch Mockbuster, a fittingly unconventional rollout for a studio that has never played by standard rules.

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But once the logistics fade, a bigger question takes over: what exactly unfolds inside this documentary?

This is not a mockumentary, parody, or ironic victory lap. This is the home of Sharknado. Mockbuster is a real, behind-the-scenes documentary following Australian filmmaker Anthony Frith as he takes one last shot at creative redemption inside The Asylum machine. And he is tasked with directing a lost-world dinosaur film in suburban Adelaide, in under a week. Frith documents not just the production, but the controlled chaos surrounding it.

With rubber dinosaurs, last-minute rewrites, baffled actors, and caffeine-fueled panic, the film captures the collision between art and survival filmmaking. Frith’s perspective is deeply personal. He previously directed The Land That Time Forgot for The Asylum, shot in a famously brutal six-day schedule, giving him rare insider access. Along the way, he orbits Asylum producer Brendan Petrizzo and founders David Rimawi, David Latt, and Paul Bales, figures who embody the studio’s fearless, deadline-defying ethos.

In the end, Mockbuster becomes more than a celebration of trash cinema. It is a surprisingly sincere portrait of creativity under pressure, and a reminder that sometimes the wildest stories aren’t on screen, but behind it.

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After watching the trailer, what are you expecting from Mockbuster? Share your thoughts.