From “A Nightmare on Elm Street” to “Friday the 13th,” “Hellraiser” to “Child’s Play (aka Chucky),” ’80s horror fans love a long-running franchise.
While the 21st century doesn’t have as many lengthy horror franchises per capita as the 1980s does, it still has a decent amount — and most of those are thanks to the efforts of one Jason Blum, Mr.
Blumhouse himself.Over the course of his career, Blum has sought to keep the traditions of vintage horror cinema alive not necessarily in the films themselves, but in broader ways.
To wit, he’s often found a lot of his films easily making their budgets back (and then some) at the box office; this year alone has seen “M3GAN” and “Insidious: The Red Door” hit the jackpot at cinemas, successes that are not only clear indicators of horror’s continual popularity as a genre, but also Blum’s savvy in keeping budgets low.
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