R13 - Case study of film companies that produce psychological horror films

The Safran Company

SSN Insight: Another on this list that is part talent management, part producer, Peter Safran’s company had a pretty monster hit with The Conjuring. The company’s development rolls run the gamut — comedies, dramas, a couple of spoofs — but with The Atticus Institute wrapped and awaiting a release date, its certainly got horror in the blood and will probably end up doing more of it.

 

Blumhouse Productions

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

In development: Curve, Ouija, Sprawl, Paranormal Activity 5, The Purge 2, Horror Camp

 Insight: Pretty much the current heavyweight champion of the genre, company topper Jason Blum has his formula down to a science. Find an interesting take on an idea, put together a solid cast, never spend more than $5 million on a budget, and make hundreds of millions of dollars. It’s a sort of poetry, really, though to be fair, no one could have predicted just how enormous Paranormal Activity was going to be, or that it would spawn four sequels and a pair of spin-offs. Even so, sometimes success is a combination of being good and being lucky, and Blumhouse clearly is both.

Source: http://www.ssninsider.com/the-top-10-horror-production-companies-capitalizing-on-fear/