In the 20th century, this was a reasonably consistent figure, staying between 37 and 41 on a decade-long basis. However, in ...

We are truly in a golden era for horror filmmaking. The number of horror films being made is at an all-time high, and more ...

The report is over 400 pages of facts, stats, graphs and charts looking at all aspects of horror movies, including: ...

If you were on my previous mailing list, you have been moved over to the Substack replacement and will continue to get my ...

The average film industry Substack post is 814 words long and receives 6.9 likes and 2.1 comments. Some newsletters are ...

At the core of any movie-watching experience are the emotions you feel. The marketers will have used all their skills to create certain emotional expectations, the movie itself will take you on a ...

Yesterday a strike among crew members of US TV and film productions was called off, barely a day before it was meant to start. IATSE (or to give it its full name The International Alliance of ...

The profitability of independent films is a complicated topic for a whole variety of reasons. I can’t think of any other industry which requires so much money to be spent while offering so little ...

This is the fourth of four articles I co-authored with Bruce Nash on behalf of the American Film Market. Specifically, horror movies budgeted between $500,000 and $5 million which were released ...

Last week, horror super-producer Jason Blum got himself in hot water after a comment he made during an interview with Polygon. Blum said “There are not a lot of female directors period and even less ...

Today’s topic was suggested by my wife (hello, honey!). For the longer story as to how this topic came up, see the epilogue at the end of the article. For now, I’ll focus on what she suggested I ...