Blumhouse horror films: from ‘Paranormal Activity’ to ‘Night Swim’

By Paranormal activity Unpleasant Night swimming, Jason Blum‘s production company Blumhouse Productions has been involved in some of the most iconic horror films.

Blumhouse Productions was founded in 2000 with a focus on producing high-quality films on a micro budget. After a handful of releases, Blumhouse Productions found its first major blockbuster in 2007 with Paranormal activity. The film used a found-footage concept to follow a fictional couple haunted in their home by a supernatural presence.

Paranormal Activity was made for $15,000, but grossed almost $200 million worldwide after a theatrical release.

“The best production is acquisition, you know? We did Paranormal activity [which was] rounded. And then I saw that it was ready, bought it and dressed it up a little. You know, that’s the best. That’s the easiest,” Blum told Film Speak in 2020. “We did that Unfriended at. But we did that too The visitors. Those three films – we actually acquired them rather than produced them.

Blum noted that his priority was investing in people he believed in, adding, “The last thing I think we’re doing is we’re really helping to leverage the Blumhouse brand to amplify shows and films that would normally be about be overlooked. And that is a very, very large part of what we do as a company now.”

Blumhouse Productions has since produced nearly 200 films. The company has also expanded to include TV shows, short films, documentaries, books, comics and podcasts.

Keep scrolling for just some of Blumhouse Productions’ biggest hits over the years: