Top 9 Blumhouse Productions Films
As the buzz around Sinister 2 continues, we’ve decided to bring you yet another “top” list to celebrate the film, and more specifically the production company behind it. Here are our Top 9 Blumhouse Productions Films.
Helmed by Jason Blum, Blumhouse Productions exploded into the mainstream horror scene in 2009 with Paranormal Activity and never looked back. The prolific production company has been behind nearly all of the major horror franchises that are currently active today as well as a couple other gems as well. Blumhouse has an incredible knack for taking low/micro-budget films and turning them into money-making machines.
A few notable films in addition to those on the Top 9 list below are The Bay, Oculus, The Town that Dreaded Sundown remake, and (here’s a curveball for you) Tooth Fairy. Anyone who could get Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to dress up as any kind of magical fairy deserves big credit in our book!
And now, the Top 9 Blumhouse Productions Films.
Paranormal Activity (2009)
The movie that rocketed Blumhouse Productions onto the scene, Paranormal Activity was an insane financial success. Made for $15,000, Paranormal Activity ended up grossing nearly $200 million at the box office and spun off a slew of sequels that are still being released (Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension drops later this year). The simplicity of the original Paranormal Activity was one of the great strengths of the movie. Audiences were legitimately scared in theaters, and that’s something that doesn’t happen very often. Paramount/Dreamworks acquired the U.S. rights for $350,000, and it would go on to be the most profitable movie of all time based on return on investment (which is probably why Universal Pictures currently has a 10-year first look deal with Blumhouse). And the best part of it… it’s really scary! A great way to burst on the scene!
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Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
What better way to follow up the insane success of Paranormal Activity than with a quality sequel or prequel or whatever it was. In actuality, the timeline of Paranormal Activity 2 was one of the coolest things about the movie. Starting as a prequel to the hit original film, Paranormal Activity 2 built its own frightening ghost story as we watched the lives of Katie and Micah unfold in the background. It wasn’t until the culmination of the movie that PA2 actually overtook the original on the timeline and then began to move the entire story forward with an entirely new twist on the tale. Although PA2 did feel similar to Paranormal Activity, the film certainly did a great job in not only fleshing out the original tale but also advancing it. And it had its own share of pretty scary scenes as well.
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Insidious (2011)
Once the world of Paranormal Activity was established, Blumhouse moved on to a new series entitled Insidious and teamed up with neo-horror legend, director James Wan. They paired up to create Insidious. Wan and his oft-time partner, Leigh Whannell, joined their efforts to create this new, modern vision of horror. Featuring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, and Barbara Hershey, Insidious killed it at the box office, earning nearly $100 million on a budget of $1.5 mil. Supported by an incredible marketing campaign and a fantastic story that would continue to develop throughout the sequels, Insidious hit the audiences in all the right places. Sufficiently creepy, with some insane jump scares backed by an unforgettable back story, Insidious simply scared the pants off of all of us.
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