ATX Fest Recap: Indie Film Studio Blumhouse Is Taking Over TV on Its Own Terms

The House That Horror Built – Inside Blumhouse Television

"...It seems like Jason Blum and his Blumhouse production company are ubiquitous, and even when he couldn't..."

June 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Things That Go Bump in the Blumhouse

As "Oculus" opens, producer Jason Blum on suburbs and franchises

"...If there's one constant in Blumhouse films like Paranormal Activity and Sinister, it's this: Never..."

April 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest and Fangoria Welcome You to the Blumhouse

Win exclusive Mondo prints for two weekends of watch parties

"...spooky movies with other people, then Fantastic Fest and Blumhouse have just what you need, with four watch parties..."

Oct. 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blumhouse's Truth or Dare

Truth or dare? We say pass on this demonic schlock.

"...far more mysterious than anything that happens onscreen in Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare. Well-paced and featuring a game cast,..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantasy Island

Our advice? Get back on the plane

"...When it was announced that Blumhouse – commonly and incorrectly seen as a horror studio..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Night Swim

There's something sinister lurking in the pool in the latest Blumhouse horror …

"...with one of 2023’s best horror films – fellow Blumhouse feature M3GAN –dropping mere days after the new year...."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Happy Death Day 2U

Comedy-horror sequel is less Halloween, more Groundhog Day

"...by the promotional material for the follow-up to 2017 Blumhouse horror/comedy Happy Death Day. The sequel owes more to..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Unfriended: Dark Web

Back to the laptop in this surprisingly scary sequel to the surprise hit

"...horror tropes and new media. Now, four years later, Blumhouse Productions has released an anthology sequel that follows in..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Split

Another twisted (and twisty) offering from M. Night Shyamalan

"...Happening). With Split, his second pairing with horror revitalizers Blumhouse Productions, Shyamalan seems to have recovered some of his..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: A Bad Case of the Sequels

Retreads, remakes, and do-overs rule the home releases

"...film that wasn't a remake, a sequel, or a Blumhouse production?" Sometimes, it feels like he may as well..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mercy Black Menaces Netflix

Owen Egerton’s latest for Blumhouse gets special local screenings

"...film, Mercy Black, under cover of night, but distributor Blumhouse (yes, the genre powerhouse behind Us, The Purge franchise,..."

April 1, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Unfriended: Dark Web

More screengrab mayhem in Blumhouse's budding anthology series

"...In 2014, Blumhouse released Unfriended, a horror deconstruction that added an element..."

March 10, 2018 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

Big Money, But Who Pays? The Cost of Emerging TV Studios

TV budgets get bigger, but so do network and streamer demands

"...showed, not everyone is in that market. According to Blumhouse television co-president Marci Wiseman, those big deals "are very..."

June 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mark Duplass Is a Creep

Found footage gets arty on Netflix

"...name entered the picture. Jason Blum, founder of the Blumhouse horror empire, the distributor behind box office leviathan franchises..."

July 14, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Dark Skies

Keri Russell is a modern suburban scream queen

"...Dark Skies is the latest suburban horror release from Blumhouse: That's the mid-low budget stable of producer Jason Blum,..."

June 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Podcast the Myth: B.J. Novak Goes to Texas in Vengeance

The Office star explores the stories that Texas tells itself

"...it with the title. Basically, "B.J. Novak, Vengeance," to Blumhouse, and I think just that alone conveys that it's..."

July 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pandemic Production, One Year Later: Brandy and Ryan Fons, Publicists, Fons PR

"We are just so happy we're still around."

"...this,'" Brandy said. She's referring to Welcome to the Blumhouse, Prime Video's partnership with Blumhouse Productions. Fons PR planned..."

July 9, 2021 Screens Feature by Selome Hailu

Owen Egerton Gets Physical for Mercy Black

Childhood trauma lingers in this Netflix horror

"...direct a script he wrote for indie film titans Blumhouse Productions – psychological horror Mercy Black...."

April 5, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

C. Robert Cargill’s Journey From Writing About Film to Making Blockbusters

Something sinister, something strange from Dr. Strange scribe

"...longtime friend and collaborator, director Scott Derrickson, he scripted Blumhouse's found footage inversion Sinister, and then added mysticism to..."

June 15, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Leigh Whannell Gets an Upgrade

Insidious creator gets techno, and talks the Blumhouse model

"...and eat it. Make a relatively indie film with Blumhouse, and talk about this guy who's walking again, and..."

May 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...The Witch or Get Out. Similarly, the untitled Untitled Blumhouse-Bazelevs Film may be under a shroud of mystery, but..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

It Lives Inside

Familiar horror tropes make scary use of Hindu mythology

"...The Blumhouse-ification of horror movies has slithered its way into the..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Soft & Quiet

Insidious racism becomes a rabid nightmare

"...are captured, literally in real time. The fact that Blumhouse put their horror imprimatur on it speaks volumes...."

Nov. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Rod Machen

Halloween Ends

Jamie Lee Curtis stars in her umpteenth face-off with a retirement-age Michael Myers

"...Each of the Blumhouse-era Halloween films has reflected its respective original counterpart in..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Fantastic Fest: When a Bingo Hall Becomes Bingo Hell

Granny get yer gun

"...loves a small-town horror romp. Her previous film for Blumhouse, Culture Shock (a part of Hulu's holiday-themed anthology series..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Profile

Undercover screenlife political thriller isn't fooling anyone

"...this genre – such as Aneesh Chaganty’s Searching or Blumhouse’s two Unfriended features – understand the experimental nature of..."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Freaky

Vince Vaughn is screamingly funny in this Freaky Friday horror remix

"...the year’s most bloody and hilarious flicks. Fortunately for Blumhouse, they asked Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Documentary The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story Tunes in to the Channel That Changed TV

Shorts, Dudes, and Good Burgers

"...the programming did the same for kids' TV as Blumhouse has done for independent horror: "They allow their creators..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Shock the Vote Invites You to a Shocking Halloween Party

Drive-in double-bill of Halloween treats

"...Vote have teamed up with Independence Brewing Company and Blumhouse Productions for a special drive-in double bill of the..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Sinister

Robert Cargill's creepy collaboration with Ethan Hawke hits Netflix

"...the first filmmakers to have their script greenlit by Blumhouse after the tiny indie label had a global smash..."

May 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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