Empire of the Apes (2013)
Jun 26, 2025Planet of Talking Apes
When 20th Century Fox began their Planet of the Apes reboot series, director Mark Polonia quickly jumped in with his own Z-budget mockbuster take. Several sequels followed
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Bigfoot vs Zombies (2016)
Dec 6, 2017Bigfoot Tackles a Zombie Outbreak
Mark Polonia has been producing ultra-cheap horror films since the 1980s and developed a reputation as the worst directors currently working. This does not disappoint on what you expect
Sharkenstein (2016)
Jan 11, 2022Gonzo Killer Shark Film
Z-budget director Mark Polonia makes a cheap and ridiculous variant on the gonzo killer shark film about a Nazi mad scientist creating a Franken-shark that comes with Hitler’s brain placed into it
Amityville Exorcism (2017)
Jan 11, 2021Possession and Haunted Lumber
Prolific Z-budget director Mark Polonia makes something like the 18th film with Amityville in its title. This one concerns possessed lumber (!) from the Amityville house
BattleBots (2018)
Oct 11, 2023Battle Robots
Prolific bad movie director Mark Polonia offers his own no-budget take on the Transformers films where the Transformers are two men in bulky costume who wrestle one another
Noah’s Shark (2021)
Jul 22, 2022Gonzo Killer Shark Film
An entry in the gonzo killer shark film fad from Mark Polonia, this has some undeniable amusement to its title mash-up as a team go in search of Noah's Ark, which somehow has killer sharks involved
Sharkula (2022)
May 8, 2024Vampire Shark
Z-budget filmmaker Mark Polonia makes another of his entries into the gonzo killer shark film. This is a companion piece to his Sharkenstein – yes, a work about a vampire shark!
Cocaine Werewolf (2024)
Apr 10, 2025Werewolf Film
Cocaine Bear seems to have given birth to a mini-genre of films about drug-addicted animals amok. Here regular Z-budget Mark Polonia gives us a cocaine-snorting werewolf
Mummy Shark (2024)
Jul 30, 2026Mummy Shark Resurrected
In a seeming competition for the most ridiculous killer shark of all time, Z budget director Mark Polonia gives us a film about a mummy shark revived from an Egyptian pyramid