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Blumhouse

movie review May 13, 2022

The Lifeless New Firestarter Will Leave You ColdThey took a Stephen King novel and turned it into a hostage video starring Zac Efron.

By Bilge Ebiri
this bites Apr. 19, 2022

Karyn Kusama’s Dracula Movie Has Been Killed OffMina Harker was reportedly supposed to start production in May.

By Jordan Crucchiola
movie review Oct. 15, 2021

Halloween Kills Is Afraid of ItselfIt wants to be a gonzo send-up and a social-message movie at the same time. It winds up being neither.

By Bilge Ebiri
trailer mix Oct. 13, 2021

The Black Phone Trailer Is a Stranger-Danger PSAEthan Hawke stars as a kidnapper masquerading as a magician.

By Justin Curto
welcome to the blumhouse Oct. 30, 2020

Jason Blum Won’t Let a Pandemic Stop His Low-Budget-Horror MachineHis new Amazon film series, Welcome to the Blumhouse, is plowing ahead for a second season in 2021.

By Chris Lee
casting Oct. 6, 2020

Elisabeth Moss to Lead Katie Hill Biopic; Hill’s Staff Is, Uh, PissedThe former congresswoman’s Twitter account was hacked after the news.

By Charu Sinha
trailer mix Sept. 10, 2020

Freaky Trailer: Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton Face Off and Face/OffFrom the maker of Happy Death Day.

By Rebecca Alter
remakes Aug. 24, 2020

John Carpenter Might Be Going Round Two With The Thing for Blumhouse AdaptationThe director had alluded to his involvement in Blumhouse’s reboot “down the road.”

By Halle Kiefer
the horror July 10, 2020

Blumhouse, Ryan Murphy (Scream) Team Up for Stephen King’s Mr. Harrigan’s Phone If this combo can’t scare you, no evil thing will.

By Halle Kiefer
movie review June 18, 2020

I Should Have Skipped You Should Have LeftIt might have worked as drama. But as horror, it’s a disaster.

By Bilge Ebiri
trailer mix June 8, 2020

You Should Have Left Trailer: Kevin Bacon Stays in the World’s Worst AirbnbFirst of all, someone is using the bathtub…forever.

By Halle Kiefer
streaming Mar. 19, 2020

Blumhouse Is Adapting New York Magazine’s Sarah Lawrence Cult StoryReed Morano will direct the series for Amazon.

By Rebecca Alter
deep dives Mar. 17, 2020

Untangling the Politics of The Hunt With Damon Lindelof and Nick CuseA talk about wokeness, bubbles, and conspiracy theories.

By Jordan Crucchiola
chat room Mar. 12, 2020

The Hunt Director Craig Zobel Found His Movie’s Cancellation to Be ‘Very Meta’“I hesitate to say the word amusing … It was just a unique experience to be like, Wow, no one actually knows what this movie is.”

By Jordan Crucchiola
timeline Mar. 9, 2020

How The Hunt Came Back From CancellationAfter being pulled from Universal’s release calendar, the hyperviolent Blumhouse movie gets a second chance to use controversy to its advantage.

By Jordan Crucchiola
movie review Feb. 14, 2020

There’s No Need to Watch More Than the Trailer for Fantasy IslandThe horror adaptation of a cheeseball Aaron Spelling affair from the late ’70s is wretchedly unenjoyable.

By Alison Willmore
not a remake Jan. 28, 2020

Blumhouse Producing a New Adaptation of The Thing With Frozen Hell Bonus ContentIt will incorporate previously unpublished chapters from the source material.

By Jordan Crucchiola
horror Dec. 16, 2019

Stephen King’s Firestarter Will Be The Next Reboot From BlumhouseExecutive produced by the original firestarter herself, Drew Barrymore.

By Jordan Crucchiola
trailer mix Nov. 7, 2019

The Invisible Man Trailer: Elisabeth Moss Tortured by Her Abusive, Invisible ExFrom director Leigh Whannell.

By Jordan Crucchiola
casting Sept. 19, 2019

The Craft Remake’s New Coven Includes Gideon Adlon and Lovie SimoneDirected by Zoe Lister-Jones.

By Jordan Crucchiola
universal monsters Sept. 12, 2019

Paul Feig Is Writing and Directing a New Universal Monster MovieThe Dark Universe is dead, long live the Dark Army.

By Bethy Squires
casting Aug. 29, 2019

Kathryn Newton Will Switch Bodies With Vince Vaughn in New Horror ComedyFrom Happy Death Day director Chris Landon.

By Jordan Crucchiola
movie review Aug. 29, 2019

Don’t Let Go Reveals the Limits of Color-blind Casting and WritingIt is as if Hollywood believes that blackness can be shrugged off, exorcised from the lives of characters.

By Angelica Jade Bastién
casting Aug. 26, 2019

Tommy Doyle Lives and Will Be Played by Anthony Michael Hall in Halloween KillsThe character was last seen in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.

By Jordan Crucchiola
horror Aug. 21, 2019

Into the Dark Renewed at Hulu, So Get Ready for Another Year of Holiday ScaresThe horror anthology series will remain in production through September 2020.

By Jordan Crucchiola and Josef Adalian
q&a Aug. 16, 2019

Jason Blum Still Wants to Release The HuntThe Blumhouse Productions founder talks color-blind casting, Hollywood’s future, and why he’d make The Hunt again.

By Angelica Jade Bastién
casting Aug. 4, 2019

Daveed Diggs to Play Frederick Douglass in Ethan Hawke Miniseries Good Lord BirdHawke will also star as abolitionist John Brown.

By Rebecca Alter
monster mash July 12, 2019

The Haunting of Hill House Star to Appear as The Invisible ManOh God, hasn’t poor, sweet Luke been through enough?

By Halle Kiefer
horror July 5, 2019

Into the Dark’s Immigration Horror Story Is a Sci-Fi Nightmare“I really am heartbroken,” says Mexican-Canadian director Gigi Saul Guerrero. “I wanted to showcase every inch of what I’m feeling.”

By Jordan Crucchiola
ho ho horror June 13, 2019

Blumhouse Goes Classic and Reboots Black Christmas With Sophia Takal DirectingThe call is coming from inside the house.

By Jordan Crucchiola
it is decidedly so June 3, 2019

Blumhouse Is Making a Magic 8-Ball Horror Movie, So You Better Throw Yours OutFrom the studio that made Truth or Dare.

By Jordan Crucchiola
adaptations May 3, 2019

Mark Wahlberg, Blumhouse to Adapt ‘The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence’Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh’s New York article investigates the father of a Sarah Lawrence student who began manipulating a group of her peers.

By Halle Kiefer
trailer mix Feb. 13, 2019

Ma Trailer: Octavia Spencer Terrorizes TeensDon’t accept an invitation to a stranger’s basement!

By Jordan Crucchiola
dark universe Jan. 28, 2019

It’s Alive, It’s Aliiiiiiive! Universal’s Dark Universe Is Resurrected, Sort OfUniversal’s monster movies are back in business!

By Hunter Harris
israel film festival Nov. 7, 2018

Jason Blum Pulled Offstage Amid Boos After Anti-Trump Speech at Israel Film Fest“Well, this night went kinda haywire.”

By Hunter Harris
horror Oct. 17, 2018

Jason Blum: There Aren’t Enough Women Interested in Directing Horror to Hire One“There are not a lot of female directors period.”

By Jackson McHenry
trailer mix Sept. 5, 2018

Michael Myers Carves a Bloody Path Through Haddonfield in New Halloween TrailerSee it in theaters October 19.

By Hunter Harris
trailer mix July 10, 2018

Netflix’s Hindi Horror Series Ghoul Gets a Disturbingly Good First TrailerWhat’s your secret?

By Jordan Crucchiola
casting couch July 9, 2018

Jeremy Renner Joins Todd McFarlane’s Spawn Movie Alongside Jamie FoxxThe comics creator has long said he wants his directorial debut from Blumhouse to be more akin to a horror movie than a superhero flick.

By Halle Kiefer
trailer mix June 14, 2018

The Unfriended: Dark Web Trailer Takes You To The Really Bad InternetThe real treasure is the friends you watch die along the way.

By Jordan Crucchiola
June 7, 2018

Kevin Bacon Will Lead Blumhouse’s Sci-Fi Thriller You Should Have LeftAmanda Seyfried will star opposite.

By Jordan Crucchiola
coming soon May 2, 2018

Blumhouse’s Horror TV Show Will Scare You This OctoberEach episode will be feature-length, and arrive on Fridays.

By Jordan Crucchiola
cinemacon 2018 Apr. 25, 2018

Jason Blum on BlacKkKlansman: ‘They Are Awful But They Are Stupid!’This movie sounds like a hoot.

By Chris Lee
the industry Apr. 18, 2018

New York Magazine Story ‘Worst Roommate Ever’ Becoming a Movie and a SeriesBlumhouse is developing it simultaneously for both big and small screens.

By Jordan Crucchiola
comic-book movies Apr. 17, 2018

Blumhouse Is Adapting John Ridley’s Black Superhero Comic The American WayRidley will be writing and directing the adaptation of his comic mini-series.

By Jordan Crucchiola
Jan. 9, 2018

Hulu and the Studio Behind Get Out to Haunt You With New Horror Anthology SeriesBoo!

By Jordan Crucchiola
money money money Jan. 5, 2018

Insidious: The Last Key Might Just Take Second Place in Weekend Box OfficeJumanji is expected to win the weekend.

By Hunter Harris
catching up Jan. 4, 2018

An Insidious Primer to Prepare You for The Last KeyInto the Further we go!

By Jordan Crucchiola
san diego comic con 2017 July 21, 2017

Todd McFarlane Is Partnering With Blumhouse to Develop His Spawn RemakeThe comic book was previously adapted for a 1997 movie and an animated HBO series.

By Halle Kiefer
the industry Apr. 4, 2017

Horror Studio Blumhouse Launches TV Arm, Announces Roger Ailes Showtime SeriesThe studio’s first major project for the small screen is a Showtime series about former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes.

By Hunter Harris