Top Ten Horror Film Production Companies

We decided to do some research on the top ten horror film companies to see whether they had any links with the films that they support.

We found these:

Benderspink-

Previous films: The Ring (2002), The Butterfly Effect (2004), Insanitrarium (2008), Kill Theory (2008)

Upcoming films: The Last Voyage of Demter (2013), Indelible (2012) Info about the company: BenderSpink is a film production and management company created by partners Chris Bender and J.C. Spink in 1998.

Blumhouse Productions-

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

Upcoming films: Ouija, Paranormal Activity 5, The Purge 2, Horror Camp

Info about the company: Blumhouse Productions is an American movie production company, founded and run by Jason Blum. Blumhouse produces micro and low-budget genre movies like the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister franchises.

Circle of Confusion-

Previous films: S&Man, Senseless, Vanishing on Seventh Street

Projects in development: The Kitchen Sink, The Gatekeeper, Driving While Dead, Blood of the Innocent

Dark Castle Entertainment- 

Previous films: Thirteen Ghosts, Gothika, House of Wax, The Reaping, Orphan, The Apparition

Projects in development: Demonologist, Wxyz, The Summoner, I Saw What You Did, Bad Ronald

Ghost House Pictures-

Previous films: The Grudge, The Boogeyman, The Messengers, 30 Days of Night, Drag Me to Hell, The Posession, Evil Dead

Projects in development: Poltergeist, The Sitter, This Man, Burst 3D, The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein

Platinum Dunes-

Previous films: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror, The Hitcher, The Unborn, Friday the 13^th, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Purge 

Projects in development: Ouija, The Monster Squad, The Birds, The Butcherhouse Chronicle

Rogue Pictures-

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

Projects in development: Half to Death, The Strangers 2,White, Sacrilege, Faces of Death

Twisted Pictures-

Previous films: Saw, Saw II-VI, Saw 3D, Dead Silence, The Tortured, Mother’s Day

Projects in development: Scanners, Wichita, The Plantation, The Body Snatcher

Vertigo Entertainment-

Previous films: The Grudge, Ring 2, Dark Water, Shutter, Quarantine, The Uninvited, The Incident
Projects in development: Hidden, The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, It (Parts 1 and 2), In a Dark Place

Worth Mentioning:

Arcade Films:

Previous films: The Last Exorcism Part 2

Projects in development: Psycho Killer, The Sacrament

Sunny Field Entertainment:

Previous films: None
Projects in development: Tape 4, Patrol, Dead Island, Blackout

The Safran Company:

Previous films: The Conjuring, ATM
Projects in development: The Atticus Institute  


Having looked at these companies, we watched some trailers on YouTube for the films but found that they were too high budget ideas for our coursework ideas.

Beth