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HomeNews‘We’re barely above porn’: why would a film-maker choose to make a deliberately bad ‘mockbuster’?

‘We’re barely above porn’: why would a film-maker choose to make a deliberately bad ‘mockbuster’?

The Guardian CultureAug 21, 2026, 3:00 PM

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<p>With a tiny budget and six days, Anthony Frith directed a film for the studio behind Sharknado – and then made Mockbuster, a documentary about the experience</p><p>Directors don’t tend to appreciate having their films eviscerated by critics. And us critics, well practised in…

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