Production Companies

Blumhouse Productions

Previous films: Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Sinister, The Purge, Dark Skies

Blumhouse Productions is an American horror movie production company, founded by Jason Blum. Blumhouse produces micro- and low-budget horror movies, such as the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge, and Sinister franchises. In 2014, Blumhouse produced the Academy Award–nominated drama film Whiplash, for which Blum was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.The company currently has a 10-year first-look deal with the studio Universal Pictures. Being associated with Universal Pictures as a Subsidiary allows for easier distribution and promotion of media products, as Universal is one of the largest film producers and media distributors in the world, alongside Warner Bros. and Disney, for example, which is good for low-budget horror films, such as our film opening

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Rogue Pictures

Previous films: Seed of Chucky, Cry Wolf, The Return, The Strangers, The Unborn, My Soul to Take

Rogue Pictures is devoted to producing and distributing high-quality suspense, action, thriller, and urban entertainment with mainstream appeal and franchise potential. Its parent company, at present, is Relativity Media

Rogue Pictures was originally formed by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment in 1997 as its low-profile or low-budget film production division, but it became defunct in 2000 after PolyGram was purchased by Universal Studios. Later in 2004, the company was revived by the Universal Studios-owned Focus Features to produce and distribute films in the specific genres of horror, thriller, African-American, high suspense and action. In 2009, Relativity Media acquired Rogue Pictures from Universal Studios with over 25 films in its library. However, the studio later had films progressively having less and less box-office grosses. In early 2014, the company was quietly retired due to the disastrous critical failure of Movie 43 (despite the film being a moderate box office success).

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Benderspink Productions

Previous films: The Ring, The Butterfly Effect, Insanitrarium, Kill Theory

Benderspink Producer Chris Bender and producer/manager J.C. Spink have turned Benderspink into one of the more successful hybrids in town, thanks to their solid judgment about what audiences enjoy.They produce horror films but by no means exclusive to the horror genre (summer hit We’re The Millers is one of theirs, as was Monster-In-Law, which some might consider a different kind of horror movie altogether), the company has done well by finding solid remake fare (The Ring), low budget franchise possibilities (there were two straight-to-video Butterfly Effect sequels), and high concept fare (Demeter follows the tale of the 19thcentury ship that brought Dracula to England).

Dark Castle Entertainment

Previous films: Thirteen Ghosts, Gothika, House of Wax, The Reaping, Orphan, The Apparition
Dark Castle Entertainment is an American film production company, which is a division under Silver pictures, which was affiliated with Warner Bros., now affiliated with Universal Studios. The name pays homage to a film maker named William Castle, who made horror films in the 1950s and 1960s. When formed in 1999, the company remade Castle's films as well as branching into other genres of movies. Some of its filmography include House on the Haunted Hill, Ghost ship and Thirteen Ghosts.
In 2015, Jason Blum of Blumhouse productions spoke twice to Joel Silver about doing a co-production for their parent company, Universal, to distribute, but haven't found the right project to do so. We felt that this was a good production company, however it focused more on the sub-genre of ghosts, rather than our intended psychological/slasher horror sub genre.

Here is a clip of their production company opening:

I then conducted a survey to find out which would be the most suitable production company for our film opening. I did this by showing 15 seconds of the (unfinished) film opening, and then asked which of the four production companies they thought was best.

The survey showed that 9/19 people, or 47% said that Blumhouse productions was most suitable for our film opening, which has additional benefits of promotion and distribution from its parent company Universal, if it were to premiere.

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