For those who came in late, there is an old jungle saying about a movie company/studio which is famous (perhaps infamous) for releasing some blatant ripoffs of some famous hollywood movies.
Their movies are basically the same as the original, but you can call them low budgeted b-grade movies that have the same story, similar posters as the original, not-so-famous actors, weird animation and are widely distributed throughout the market!
In many cases they even lift the title of the original, and just add a few words to make it look original.
These movies are often called as 'Mockbusters'.
There have been many incidences of lawsuits and legal stuff, but the studio continues to work and release some similar movies.The main source and target for these movies is the sector of audiences who are not aware of the originals.
Since the shutting down of Netflix from 2014, I doubt as to what will be the outcome of these movies!
Check out their Website HERE
Some similar posters of such movies by side-by-side comparison.
You can read more at the sites mentioned below:
Yuppiepunk
Forbes
Grantland
Cracked
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