Creator / Blumhouse Productions

Blumhouse Productions is a production company founded by the titular Jason Blum in 2000, but really became a powerhouse in The New '10s as it released low-to-No Budget horror films such as Paranormal Activity and Insidious that almost always make a profit due to their small budgets (rarely costing more than $10 million, even for sequel/franchise films).

Blumhouse mainly produces horror films, dramas (Whiplash, The Normal Heart) and thrillers (The Gift) though they occasionally produce films in other genres. (The Tooth Fairy. Seriously.) They're also notable for defying Executive Meddling, as not only do they take an auteurist stance regarding what their filmmakers are allowed to do (in no small part due to Jason Blum's experience working for the Weinsteins), but the films are so low-budget that any meddling would be considered meaningless. Blumhouse's policy is to keep their budgets to no more than around $5-10 million, except for a small handful of films (usually sequels and films by proven directors) that they know will be hits, as that is about how much money they can normally expect to make from home video and streaming if the film doesn't get a wide release. Understandably, a number of filmmakers, from upstart indie directors to those looking to have more control of their projects, have flocked to Blumhouse.

For all its success, the studio is very polarizing among horror fans. Their detractors cite their worst films as cliché storms with unlikeable characters, no atmosphere, and an over-reliance on jump scares that teenagers eat up. Their defenders, meanwhile, feel that they allow for more freedom in the Hollywood system, citing their best films as ones where filmmakers were free to take risks within the boundaries of the budget without having to worry about interference from producers. Blumhouse's filmography ranges from universally-acclaimed gems (e.g. Get Out, widely considered to be one of the best horror films of The New '10s, won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay) to some of the worst B-Movie schlock one can imagine to everything in between, and of course, their box office success is undeniable.

Since The New '10s, Blumhouse has also branched off to producing series for the small screen, including those aired on HBO, as well as anthology series of movies, such as Hulu's Into the Dark and Prime Video's Welcome To The Blumhouse.

In 2022, Blumhouse announced a merger with James Wan’s production company, Atomic Monster which was completed two years later.

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Blumhouse Productions projects with TV Tropes page:

Films

• 13 Sins (2014)
• The Accidental Husband (2008)
• Amityville: The Awakening (2017)
• The Bay (2012)
• The Belko Experiment (2016)
• Benji (2018)
• Best Night Ever (2013)
• Birth of the Dragon (2016)
• Black Christmas (2019) ^note remake of the 1974 film of the same name.
• BlacKkKlansman (2018) ^note Won the Grand Prix award at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 91st Oscars.
• The Black Phone (2022)
• The Boy Next Door (2015)
• Cam (2018)
• The Craft: Legacy (2020) ^note A stand-alone sequel to The Craft.
• The Creep series (2014, 2017)
• Dark Skies (2013)
• The Darwin Awards (2006)
• The Deep House (2021) ^note originally produced by Apollo Films, and acquired for distribution by Blumhouse.
• Delirium (2018)
• The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
• Fantasy Island (2020)
• Firestarter (2022)
• Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
• Freaky (2020)
• The Gallows series (2015, 2019)
• Get Out (2017) ^note Won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 90th Oscars.
• The Gift (2015)
• Graduation (2007)
• The Green Inferno (2013) ^note Sat on the shelf for two years due to money problems with the production company.
• Halloween (2018) ^note co-produced with Miramax Films.
  • Halloween Kills (2021)
  • Halloween Ends (2022)
• Happy Death Day (2017)
  • Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
• The Hunt (2020) ^note previously was set to be released in Fall 2019, but when criticism regarding the film happened, including it coming off the heels of recent mass shootings, it was postponed to March 13th, 2020.
• Hush (2016)
• Imaginary (2024)
• The Insidious series (2010, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2023)
• In a Valley of Violence (2016)
• The Invisible Man (2020) ^note Universal Horror remake.
• Jem and the Holograms (2015)
• The Keeping Hours (2017)
• The Lazarus Effect (2015)
• The Lords of Salem (2012)
• Lowriders (2016)
• M3GAN (2023)
• Martyrs (2015) ^note American remake of the 2008 French film.
• Ma (2019)
• Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022)
• Night Swim (2024)
• Not Safe for Work (2014)
• Oculus (2013)
• Ouija (2014)
  • Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
• The Paranormal Activity series (2007, 2010-12, 2014-15, 2021)
• The Passenger (2023) ^note  produced through Blumhouse Television, though a film
• The Purge Universe series
  • The Purge (2013)
  • The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
  • The Purge: Election Year (2016)
  • The First Purge (2018)
  • The Forever Purge (2021) ^note Was initially set to be released in July 2020, but later taken off schedule because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 8, 2020, it returned on the schedule for a July 2021 release.
• Run Sweetheart Run (2022)
• Seven in Heaven (2018)
• Sick (2023)
• The Sinister series (2012, 2015)
• Sleight (2016)
• Soft & Quiet (2022)
• Speak No Evil remake (2024)
• Split (2017)
  • Glass (2019)
• Stephanie (2017)
• Sweetheart (2019)
• They/Them (2022)
• Thriller (2018)
• The Tooth Fairy (2010)
• Totally Killer (2023)
• The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014) ^note Meta sequel of the 1976 film of the same name.
• Truth or Dare (2018)
• Unfriended (2014)
  • Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)
• Unhuman (2022)
• Upgrade (2018)
• Vengeance (2022)
• Viral (2016)
• The Visit (2015)
• Whiplash (2014) ^note Won three Academy Awards for Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Supporting Actor for J. K. Simmons at the 87th Oscars.
• You Should Have Left (2020) ^note Released on VOD during COVID-19 pandemic.

Television

• Ascension (2014)
• Betaal (2020)
• Eye Candy (2015)
• Ghoul (2018)
• The Good Lord Bird (2020)
• Hellevator (2015-16)
• Into the Dark (2018-21)
• The Jinx (2015)
• The Purge (2018-19) ^note Part of The Purge franchise.
• The River (2012)
• Sharp Objects (2018)
• The Thing About Pam (2022)
• Welcome To The Blumhouse
  • The Lie (2018)
  • Black Box (2020)

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Tropes applying to their works:

• Auteur License: Blumhouse is known for giving these provided you stay on time and on budget.
• B-Movie: Blumhouse's output of horror, thrillers and genre films can be compared to Hammer Studios and The Cannon Group; with Blum's production style also drawing comparisons to Roger Corman.
• Creator's Oddball: Surprisingly, even Blumhouse want to have a bigger focus on horror thriller film/television, they still have to produce different genre such as Drama, Comedy, Family, Documentary, and even they have to partner with Disney to create the choir documentary Choir.
• Downer Ending: Rare is the Blumhouse movie with a Happy Ending, or even a Bittersweet Ending.
• Every Episode Ending: One last Jump Scare straight at the camera is a specifically common ending for their movies. As Brad Jones puts it in his review of The Gallows:
  Brad: "'Cause it's a Blumhouse movie. Of fucking course it ends with a jump scare."
• Jump Scare: Their movies are well known for their liberal use of jump scares, sometimes to the point of excess.
• No Budget: The films made by Blumhouse usually cap off at $5 million. ^note Most Blumhouse productions have an accounted budget under $5.5 million, not coincidentally because this is the cutoff to qualify for special union rules (and lower pay scales) applying to low-budget productions. The large franchise films though are usually above this number, in particular the Purge series are produced for between $10-20 million.

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