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Tracing 'Sharknado''s roots back to a Burbank-based Asylum
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Jul 15, 2013
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Tracing 'Sharknado''s roots back to a Burbank-based Asylum
There has been plenty more said about "Sharknado" all over the internet the past few days. If you've been under a rock — Or perhaps in a storm shelter — and you haven't heard of it, this campy creature feature about a tornado full of sharks premiered on the SyFy channel last Thursday.
Image from the poster for "Sharknado."
Image from the poster for "Sharknado."
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There has been plenty more said about "Sharknado" all over the internet the past few days. If you've been under a rock — Or perhaps in a storm shelter — and you haven't heard of it, this campy creature feature about a tornado full of sharks premiered on the SyFy channel last Thursday.

There has been plenty more said about "Sharknado" all over the internet the past few days. If you've been under a rock — Or perhaps in a storm shelter — and you haven't heard of it, this campy creature feature about a tornado full of sharks premiered on the SyFy channel last Thursday.
 

It is just the latest in a series of schlocky B-movies churned out by a Burbank-based production company called The Asylum. Writer Amanda Hess joins the show to tell us about the studio, which she profiled for Pacific Standard magazine.