Rhett Giles

War of the Worlds (2005)

War of the Worlds (2005)
Rating: ★★½
Sep 9, 2012Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation
Where the legend of The Asylum and their low-budget mockbusters began, this was a cheap modernised version of the H.G. Wells novel that was released a day before the Spielberg film. Despite cheap effects, this adheres closer to Wells than Spielberg did and is better written than most Asylum product
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Wraiths of Roanoke (2007)

Wraiths of Roanoke (2007)
Rating: ★★
Apr 25, 2013Unsolved Mystery/ Malevolent Phantoms
B-budget Syfy Channel outing that attempts to answer the true-life Unsolved Mystery of the lost colony at Roanoke. Unfortunately, the film's answers are no more interesting than a bunch of Viking spirits, while the film generates little atmosphere or anything beyond rudimentary historical conviction
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The Apocalypse (2007)

The Apocalypse (2007)
Rating: ★★
Feb 13, 2025Oncoming Asteroid/Biblical Disaster Movie
One of the bizarre early oddities from The Asylum, a disaster movie about an oncoming asteroid. This also try to jump aboard the mid-2000s fad for Biblical movies where faith elements are combined with the scenario in ways that are bizarre
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