This is where the term “independent movies” gets confused. There’s a small packet of resistance here in Hollywood that the Asylum guys actually fit that description. Big actors who star in small movies who get a distribution deal are IMHO, sell outs. Asylum dudes don’t rely on distribution as they know they won’t get it LOL.
BTW, I met Sam Raimi when he asked us to do post production for Spartacus but we couldn’t meet on the budget and referred him to one of our friends who eventually did, and is regarded as one of “us”.
Nice.
Asylum is mostly direct to DVD with quite a bit of it ending up on SyFy, isn’t it? I know here in the Czech Republic, Asylum films can always be found at newsstands and bookstores. They have something of a cult following here.