Podcast Episode 187: Horror Movie Studio Homework

It has become a Summer tradition: The Scariest Things joins forces with our Podcasting sisters from the East Coast, The Jersey Ghouls, to do some summer school homework. This year’s assignment from Liz was to spin the Wheel of Misfortune and receive a Horror Movie Studio. We then were to report back on their history and legacy, along with some recommendations. It was an education for us, and we’re passing it along to you!

Earlier this year, I created a Studio Dead List ranking all the horror movie film studios and distributors. This inspired Liz to plunge into a random research assignment: spin the wheel, get a studio, and report back some recommendations on movies that the studio has made. It was luck, or misfortune, of the draw! You can check out the drama of the assignments from our Spooky Time Episode 27, where we gathered to SPIN THAT WHEEL!

Sadly, Mike and Robert weren’t able to make the episode, but that gave the rest of us plenty of time to talk about our assignments:

The Reports:

Marissa Pona drew Lionsgate, the mini-major horror movie studio with a proud history of popcorn-ready crowd-pleasing, and sometimes genre-defining horror films.

Liz Williams landed on Hammer, the venerable British horror movie studio of Gothic traditional horror with a touch of exploitation. Have some sympathy for Liz… ’50s and ’60s horror is well outside her comfort zone. (Sorry Liz! But, this WAS your idea!)

Jacki Georgiani got Magnet Releasing, a distributor of some of the finest independent modern horror films. Jacki, though not an art-house horror fan found lots to like in the Magnet catalog.

Eric Li received Blumhouse, perhaps the most active producer of horror films in the world right now. Blumhouse is exclusively a horror movie production studio. Blumhouse is associated with both bigger studios (Universal) and independent filmmakers. Lots to pick from for Eric!