A very 21st century exploitation film phenomenon

A couple of examples of that very 21st century exploitation film phenomenon, the ‘mock’ film poster designed to encourage you to click on monetised-to-death Youtube videos, whose content bears little resemblance to what is being advertised. To give an example and to save you the trouble of finding out for yourself, ‘PredatoR reborn’ aka ‘PredatoR’ aka ‘PredatoR 2:0’ is actually 1992’s Split Second, and begins about halfway into the movie.

Forget Alien Vs. Predator, here is a ‘mock’ poster for a Youtube video promising that long awaited cinematic battle between xenomorphs and the founder of analytical psychology.



Predators, Xenomorphs and Pierce Brosnan (aka ‘Pris’ Brosnan) are the superstars of this genre, which surely contains the most blatant violation of copyright laws seen since the heyday of Turkish exploitation cinema.




You can actually put your knowledge of the horror genre to the test by trying to work out which films have had imagery swiped from them in order to make up these posters.



I’m sure once we’ve exhausted the supply of Ghanaian movie posters that are out there, these Youtube posters will become the next big source of amusement in cult film circles. Here is Freddy Krueger battling Giant Robots in that A Nightmare on Elm Street/Pacific Rim mash-up that sadly only exists in the mind of a crooked Youtuber.



Running terms like ‘New Hollywood movie 2018 in Hindi’ or ‘Full new action movie’ through Youtube’s search engine is likely to bring you to these and many more examples of such lunacy. The majority of these uploads seem to originate from India and leave you questioning just what they are smoking over there. Although it goes without saying that the entertainment value to such things begins and ends with the posters themselves. The accompanying videos containing little but poor quality, incomplete and ad-ridden movies, the type of viewing experience you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy. The irony is that some of these posters display a real talent and flair for eye catching imagery, suggesting their designers should be working in H’Wood rather than fattening the pockets of Youtube scammers.