Every Horror Movie Franchise Created By Blumhouse (So Far) – Screen Rant

For about a decade now, Blumhouse Productions has been a major player in the horror movie scene, creating multiple franchises along the way.

For about a decade now, Blumhouse Productions has been a major player in the horror movie scene, creating multiple franchises along the way. History has played host to many studios who've made their mark in the horror genre. Universal Pictures did it first, via their classic monster movies that reigned supreme from the 1930s through the 1950s. New Line Cinema was originally known as "The House That Freddy Built," thanks to the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise serving as its initial success story.

Dimension Films, founded by the now disgraced brothers Harvey and Bob Weintein, staked their claim to a piece of the horror market with the Scream franchise, as well as continuing installments in the Hellraiser, Children of the Corn, and formerly the Halloween franchises. In recent times, indie distributor A24 has become a major player in Hollywood horror, releasing intelligent, creepy, slow-burns like The Witch, Hereditary, Midsommar, and The Lighthouse. Then of course, there's Blumhouse.

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Blumhouse boasts the best profit margin among any studio's horror output, routinely budgeting films at less than $20 million - or sometimes even less than $10 million - and regularly seeing box office returns in the hundreds of millions. They also have a nice sideline selling their non-theatrical products to the three main streaming services, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu. While there will surely be more to come, here's every Blumhouse horror movie franchise so far.

It's not often that a movie made for what most Hollywood producers might find in their couch cushions becomes a massive success, but that was the case for director Oren Peli's Paranormal Activity, Blumhouse's first big horror hit. The original tale of a young couple haunted by a malevolent demon has since been followed by five sequels, with a seventh film in the works that's set for release in March 2022. Jason Blum has hinted Katie Featherston might return, after not appearing in the sixth film.

Blumhouse's next franchise to emerge was Insidious, which released wide in 2011, and was one of the early hits that established James Wan as a director to watch. The Lambert Family, led by stars Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne, was the focus of the first two films, with psychic Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye), taking over as lead for parts three and four. A fifth film is said to be in the works, but it's been quite a long time since any updates were given on the project.

2012's Sinister, directed by future Doctor Strange helmer Scott Derrickson, was a bit of a surprise hit, winning over both critics and audiences. Ethan Hawke starred as a true crime writer who discovers horrifying snuff films after moving into a house where murders had occurred. Sinister introduced the world to creepy villain Bughuul, but unfortunately, Sinister 2 flopped, and there's been no movement on a third film. Even Blumhouse can't win them all. A possible "Insinister" crossover between those two franchises has also been teased.

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