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July 25, 2014 5:14 PM   Subscribe

Jason Blum—producer of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Sinister, The Purge, The Bay, and Oculus—participated in an interesting interview at SXSW Film 2014 about his model of producing high-quality low-budget horror films for wide release. The video is almost an hour long, but worth watching if you're interested in contemporary mainstream horror.
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This is really good. Thanks for posting!
posted by bstreep at 6:59 PM on July 25, 2014




It's interesting that reports on his films say that they grossed so many millions on a "$3 million" budget, since in the talk, he says that it then takes $30 million to advertise each film. It's a fascinating approach, the "micro-budget" movie, but it does seem to only work for horror or known auteurs like Wes Anderson.
posted by xingcat at 5:08 AM on July 26, 2014 [1 favorite]


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