Top 9 Blumhouse Productions Films
Scott Hallam
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Sinister (2012)
With Sinister, Blumhouse Productions was able to put a name on one of its antagonists. Bughuul, the demon that terrorized the inhabitants of Sinister, was a fantastically vicious specter that had loads of fun toying with silly mortals. With Sinister Blumhouse Productions teamed with The Exorcism of Emily Rose co-writer and director Scott Derrickson. He co-wrote and directed Sinister, and the results were fantastic. Audiences were drawn to the movie, and the results were obvious with Sinister earning $88 million on just a $3 million budget. See the pattern here? See how Blumhouse has been so successful? Great horror movie concept plus great marketing campaign usually equals great take at the box office. Great job done by all!
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The Purge (2013)
As with many of the Blumhouse Productions films, The Purge was first introduced to audiences via an effective large-scale marketing campaign. And again, as with many of the Blumhouse Productions films, it was a smash hit at the box office, bringing in nearly $90 million on a paltry $3 million budget, and also spawned a sequel (we’ll talk about that in a bit) and a prequel that will released next year and explain the origin of The Purge. The story was unique and interesting as well as a cool conversation starter. “What would you do if all the rules were put on hold for one night?” The Purge was as much an action-packed thriller as it was a horror film, and the performances by Ethan Hawke and the incomparable Lena Headey made it that much better. With hordes of zombie films dominating the landscape at the time, The Purge was a nice, original change of pace.
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Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
Talk about knocking it out of the park… James Wan and Leigh Whannell returned to the world of Insidious and penned the second installment of the story. Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, and Lin Shaye all reprised their roles from the first movie; and the result was a goldmine. Produced for just $1.5 million, Insidious: Chapter 2 would go on to earn nearly $100 million at the box office by the time it had finished its run. The fact that it was continuing a story audiences were getting behind and contained really intriguing characters helped make the film a success. But perhaps nothing was more responsible for the success of the flick than those images of the black bride we saw in the trailers and commercials for the movie. That character simply looked so scary and so evil, we just had to see the movie to find out more. An excellent addition to the Insidious series.
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