Blumhouse Productions

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Blumhouse Productions, LLC
Blumhouse
FormerlyBlum Israel Productions (2000–2002)
Company type Private
Industry Motion picture
Founded2000;24 years ago (2000)
Founder
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Jason Blum
  • Couper Samuelson
  • Beatriz Sequeira
  • Ryan Turek
  • Jennifer Scudder Trent
  • Karen Barragan
  • Abhijay Prakash
Services
Parent Blumhouse Holdings, LLC
Divisions
  • Haunted Movies (formerly known as Possessed Pictures)
  • BH Tilt (with Neon)
  • Blumhouse International
  • BlumHansonAllen Films
  • Blumhouse Television
  • Blumhouse Books
  • Blumhouse Games
Subsidiaries Atomic Monster (2024–present)
Website blumhouse.com
Footnotes /references
[1] [2]

Blumhouse Productions, LLC, [3] doing business as Blumhouse ( /ˈblʌmhaʊs/ ; [4] also known as BH Productions or simply BH), is an American independent film and television production company founded in 2000 by Jason Blum and Amy Israel. [5]

Contents

Blumhouse is known mainly for producing horror films, such as the Paranormal Activity franchise, the Insidious franchise, Sinister , The Purge franchise, Split , Get Out , Happy Death Day as well as its sequel Happy Death Day 2U , the Halloween franchise (2018–2022), Freaky, The Invisible Man (2020), The Black Phone , M3GAN , Five Nights at Freddy's and Speak No Evil . [6] [7] It has also produced drama films, such as Whiplash and BlacKkKlansman , which both earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Get Out and BlacKkKlansman won Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay. [8] [9]

It has worked with directors such as Leigh Whannell, Jordan Peele, Scott Derrickson, Christopher Landon, James Wan, Mike Flanagan, James DeMonaco, Jeff Wadlow, Damien Chazelle and M. Night Shyamalan.

Most of Blumhouse's theatrically released films since 2014 are owned and distributed by Universal Pictures as part of a ten-year first-look deal. [10]

Overview

Film

Blumhouse's company model is to produce films on a small budget, give directors creative freedom, and release films widely through the studio system. [11] Blumhouse was originally known as Blum Israel Productions, as Amy Israel had a first-look deal at Miramax when the company was founded. [12] In 2002, Blum and Israel parted ways, and the company became Blumhouse Productions. [13] In 2015, Crypt TV was created by Jack Davis and Eli Roth which is backed by Blum and the company. [14]

Blumhouse's low-budget model began in 2007 with Paranormal Activity , which was made for $15,000 and grossed over $193 million worldwide. [15] It produced Insidious , which grossed over $100 million worldwide on a budget of $1.5 million; [16] and Sinister , which grossed over $87 million worldwide from a budget of $3 million. [6]

In 2018, Blumhouse announced a partnership with DreamWorks Animation to co-produce Spooky Jack [17] [18] but the film was removed from DreamWorks Animation's slate in 2019. [19]

On November 16, 2022, it was announced that James Wan's Atomic Monster was in talks to merge with Blumhouse, with Atomic Monster having a shared first-look deal with Universal. Both companies would continue to operate as separate labels, with each maintaining its own creative autonomy and brand identity. [20] [21] [22] The merger was finalized on January 2, 2024. [23]

Television, video games, books, podcasts and haunted houses

In 2012, Blumhouse opened the Blumhouse of Horrors, an interactive haunted house experience in Downtown Los Angeles. [24]

In November 2014, it launched Blumhouse Books, to publish original horror and thriller novels. [25]

In February 2023, it launched Blumhouse Games to produce and publish original horror-themed video games for console, PC and mobile devices as part longer-term effort to branch out into interactive media. The division would join up with independent developers and focus on games with budgets of under $10 million. It would offer financing and help with creative input. The company appointed Zach Wood as President and Don Sechler as CFO of the new venture. No specific projects were discussed at the time of the announcement. [26] [27]

BH Tilt

BH Tilt, LLC
Company type Subsidiary
FoundedSeptember 9, 2014;10 years ago (2014-09-09)
FounderJason Blum
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Parent Blumhouse Productions, LLC (with Neon)

Blumhouse Tilt, LLC, [28] doing business as BH Tilt, was established on September 9, 2014, a new label dedicated to generating movies from Blumhouse and other filmmakers for multi-platform release. [29]

On September 7, 2017, Blumhouse partnered with Neon, a distribution company, to manage BH Tilt with the aim of achieving long-term sustainable success. [30]

BH Tilt's releases are: The Green Inferno , [31] The Darkness , [32] Incarnate , [33] The Resurrection of Gavin Stone , [34] The Belko Experiment , [35] Sleight , [36] Lowriders , [37] Birth of the Dragon , [38] Upgrade , [39] Unfriended: Dark Web [40] and Don't Let Go . [41]

Blumhouse Games

Blumhouse Games, LLC
Company typeLimited Liability Company
IndustryVideo Games
FoundedFebruary 2023
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, United States
Parent Blumhouse Productions

Blumhouse Games is a division of Blumhouse Productions that produces original horror video games.

The gaming division focuses on indie budget projects with production costs below $10 million. [42]

In November 2023, Blumhouse Games hired Jo Lammert as the production lead and Clint Brewer as the technical director. [43]

Blumhouse Books

Blumhouse Books, LLC
IndustryBooks
Founded2014
FounderJason Blum
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, United States
Parent Blumhouse Productions

Blumhouse Books is a publishing company that specializes in horror novels. It was founded in 2014 as a subsidiary of Blumhouse Productions. [44]

Novels published by Blumhouse Books

  1. Final Cuts
  2. Bad Man
  3. Happy Death Day & Happy Death Day 2U
  4. Hark! The Herald Angels Scream
  5. Meddling Kids
  6. Haunted Nights
  7. Feral
  8. The Apartment
  9. The Blumhouse Book of Nightmares

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