Blumhouse Productions, the company that produces high-grossing, low-budget horror films, announces the opening of a video game division to freak gamers out.
When it comes to horror movies and other thrillers, the company is Blumhouse productions is a reference. After their huge success in Hollywood, the company will try to break into video games using the same methods.
Experts in low budget films
Since entering the market in 2004, Blumhouse Productions’ trademark has been the production of low-budget horror and thriller films. Her first major success, which propelled her into the horror scene and into Hollywood, was the feature film Paranormal Activity by Oren Peli. With a paltry investment of $15,000, this work brought in a staggering $193 million.
After that box that turned Paranormal Activity into a franchise, Blumhouse maintained its economic model and chained the projects together at breakneck speed. american nightmare, Splits, insidiousthe restart ofHalloween or Exit by Jordan Peele, they are. Lately they’ve been breaking into the house again M3GANa very unconvincing female-female Chucky that grossed over $56 million on a $12 million budget.
Blumhouse Productions will develop horror games
Blumhouse Productions senses a good move and announces the formation of Blumhouse Games, their video game division. As with their films, the company will be turning to independent developers to bring horror titles with budgets under $10 million to life.
There is a unique opportunity for horror and the genre in the indie games space, and I look forward to working with Blumhouse to leverage the company’s brand, reputation and creative flair.
Zack Wood, President of Blumhouse Games, via The edge.
Zack Wood, who runs Blumhouse Games, has been in the gaming industry for 25 years. During these long years he worked on a number of PlayStation, cross-platform and Xbox games such as Sound Shapes, Hohokum, The Unfinished Swan, Bound, Prey: Mooncrash or even Redfall.
