From their first movie to their latest projects, here are 10 interesting facts about the horror movie giant Blumhouse that every fan should know.
Big budgets don't always mean big blockbuster hits. For horror, it can be quite the opposite, with a lessened reliance on visual effects and banking on man's most primal fears. This simplicity is seen in some of horror's biggest franchises, witha found footagefilm like Paranormal Activity by Blumhouse Productions raking in$200 million.In the era of Marvel, $200 million may not sound like much. But the movieis known to have been shot with a meager $15,000 budget - it costabout the same price asThe Official Batman Equipment Setdoes in mint condition.
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Blumhouse has utilizedmicro-budget models to mold iconic horror franchises like The Purge, Paranormal Activity, and Insidious. And yet, the Blumhouse formula is still not an easy--if not random--one to crack, leaving room for some trivia that horror fans may not know about.
Blumhouse Productions has seen well-earned success in the horror industry and, while most horror fans may know that the company indulges inits share of other genres like comedy, it's known to even fewer that Blumhouse Productions' origins werefar from spine-chilling. The first film under Blumhouse's production belt was a romance entry in 2006 called Griffin & Phoenix.
The film released in 2006 and starred Dermot Mulroney (Henry Griffin) and Amanda Peet (Sarah Phoenix) in a remake of the 1976 film with the same name, and had a budget of $500,000.
If you're a fan in America, you may have been very well acquainted with the Blumhouse of Horrors in Los Angeles. Younger and foreign fans can onlynow dream of having conquered the Halloween haunted house, which was apparently in a building that was previously a haunted theatre,at the time opened to the public for the first time since a tragic accident forced it to close.
Yelp reviews suggest that the haunted house was littered with intricate creepy detailing that left plenty to look at and be scared by. Seasoned haunted house visitors have lauded it for its intimate group divisions, realistic props, theatric set, and tastefully talented scare actors. Fans can keep a lookout for the company's other seasonal haunted houses, like The Horrors of Blumhouse at Halloween Horror Nights in Universal Studios Hollywood.
Blumhouse Pictures produced the fantasy-comedymovieTooth Fairyin 2010. And Dwayne Johnson was far from the dainty character imagery that comes to mind - his character was called "Tooth Fairy" for knocking the teeth out of opposing hockey player's mouths. Until...he grows wings and actually becomes a tooth fairy.
There's not much to love more than seeing The Rock in one of his classic character types: hot bufflord who's tough but also a big softy when you need him to be. The movie is silly, nutty, and doesn't take itself too seriously.
If the very real scares of a horror film isnt enough, finding out the inflated budget of most movies should scare the socks off anyone. Interestingly, Paranormal Activity found its niche as a supposedly low-budget horror film, promising substance and genuine creepiness in lieu of expensive graphics. Nevertheless, the films $15,000 budget wasnt all there was to it.
Prior to release, Paramount brought in master-director Steven Spielberg to spruce it up only for them to realize, themovie was pretty great the way it was, and just needed a more resonant ending.
Its no secret that COVID-19 threw the entire film and entertainment industries into gory shambles. But as masters of horror, Blumhouse blazed a bloody trailthrough the test of a global pandemic, clinching two of three new releases that played in April 2020, when just 14 cinemas remained open in America.
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The Hunt and The Invisible Man,playedalongside Pixar's Onward, inadvertently being some of the last films many would be experiencing on the big screens for quite a while.The two films continue Blumhouse's winning streak, following the monumental success of genre-reinventing movies like Jordan Peele's Get Out and Spike Lee'sBlacKkKlansman.
Miramax's reputation in the public eye is quite low due to its association with disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein andit seems like Blum'stime under the now-infamous personality atthe company may have inspired hisdirectiontowards staying below the high-budget experience.
Blum has reflected on his own past involvement stating I question [] why I remained as long as I did. Clearly it was because I was ambitious, because I wanted to be at the No. 1 placethat was very important to me. It makes me question my compass at the time.
In these seemingly film-barren times, its all we can do to hold out hope that one of the many streaming services will come to our rescue. Thankfully, the powerful union of Blumhouse and Amazon Studios just may grant us that wish.
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With four films slated for this October alone, Amazons Prime Video Service will play host to a new slate of Blumhouse projects bringing the post-pandemic theatrical experience to the audience in the safety of their own home.And it doesnt end in OctoberBlumhouse is expected to release another 4 films on Prime, bringing the total to at least eight films to round out 2020.
As if the entertainment industry wasnt already plagued with a lack of female talents, genre films have found themselves to be an oasis of exclusion. Often unwelcoming, intentionally or otherwise, of female leads, the entry of female directors and writers in horror, sci-fi, and fantasy flicks has been disturbingly recent.
And while Blumhouse has been as slow on the uptake as many bigger studios, the production house has finally put out its first female-helmedmovie with 2019s Black Christmas, a remake of the 1974 film, directed by Sophia Takal with a script by herself and April Wolfe.
If horror films have proven anything its that the smaller something is, the scarier it tends to be. After all, small boy ghosts are creepier than mad axemen and dont even get us started on little girl spirits.
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In that vein, Blumhouse is now targeting the smaller screen: television. Beginning in 2012, Blumhouse has seen some success on television, with content varying in both genre and language. The studio has even brought some of its big-screen weight with television remakes of films like The Purge, and even anthologies like Into the Dark.
Blumhouse has hardly shied away from challenging the horror genre that they themselves so loveafter all, despite its diverse portfolio, their passion clearly lies in horror. And there are not many great horror masterpieces that challenge the idea of horror the way Dracula has.
Hot off the success of what would have been another one of Universals Dark Universe effort, The Invisible Man, Blumhouse has its sights on Barm Stokers own prince of darkness, with Jennifers Body and The Invitation director Karyn Kusama set to helm the project.
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