Institutional Research

Institutional Research

In order for us to get a good idea about what we must do when creating our film we must first look at horror movie production studios and see what they do when creating a movie and try to follow what they do.

Lionsgate Films

This company was first created in 1962 as Cinépix Film Properties but in 1998 it was purchased by Lionsgate Entertainment and renamed to Lionsgate Films. They are famous for making films like The Expendables, The Hunger Games and The Crank Duology, despite being action films but they are also known for some horror films like Saw, Hostel and The Haunting in Connecticut. We used this company as an inspiration because they can do a wide variety and range of movies and not just horror movies.

Twisted Pictures

This company was created in 2004 and it has become a well know company just because it was the company that created the movie franchise Saw. As the name says ‘Twisted Pictures’ is quite accurate because the movies they make are gruesome and gory, by this I mean that they are full of blood and scenes that people find hard to watch and people call the images and scenarios. However they were a good film company for our group to look at because they are focused mainly on horror films that differ from the conventional horror stereotypes.

Hammer Films

This company was founded in November 1934 and it is one of the most influential horror movie studios. This is because they have created some of the most iconic movie characters that have appeared in multiple sequels and most forms of media, including films, novels, video games, music and comics. Some of these characters include Dracula, Frankenstein and The Mummy. We used this films production film as an inspiration because it is one of the movie studios that helped to form the horror movie genre.