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Post by H.G. Hansen on Jun 9, 2018 3:00:51 GMT -7
Hey, I saw there isn't alot of horror, mystery, suspense-thrillerovies. And since small budget horror films are all the rage. Wondering of anyone had any ideas. I mean it isn't hard. If blumhouse can do it we can!
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Post by Mo Buck Writers Association on Jun 9, 2018 4:07:42 GMT -7
We've tried to explore this venture in the past and we've come to the conclusion that it would be incredibly hard, if not impossible to achieve good and healthy profits on a small budget film, like recent horror movies (Get Out and A Quiet Place come to mind. All the previous studio efforts but two with a small budget and stapled with the horror genre made a profit and it was minimal in both cases. You can try to do it still, but what our box office analysis has been telling us since the beginning of this adventure, small budget + horror, suspense or thriller is extremly hard to pull off.
With that being said, another reason that we chose not to explore this venture more is because we didn't have any ideas that fell fresh and original. So, sadly we cant give you any interesting ideas.
Really looking forward to see what you come up with.
James Morgan
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Post by Admin on Jun 9, 2018 4:16:23 GMT -7
James makes some good points there. The highest grossing horror film with a budget under $30 million is Sisters with $83,208,042 for a profit of only $14,658,552.
It's definitely worth a shot HG though, even if pretty much all of our horror success to date are on bigger-budgeted horror-hybrid films (Action/Horror, Sci-Fi/Horror, Adventure/Horror, Fantasy/Horror).
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Post by H.G. Hansen on Jun 9, 2018 18:38:25 GMT -7
So what type of genres are you really looking for? I just wanna k ow cause I got stories for almost all of them.
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Post by Admin on Jun 9, 2018 18:41:39 GMT -7
We accept every genre. I think James and myself were just stating that so far the lower budget horror films have not been Blumhouse style successes. I'm not against you trying out some horror at all.
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Post by H.G. Hansen on Jun 9, 2018 18:46:20 GMT -7
Oh okay. I get you. Coolio. That helps me out.
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Post by Mo Buck Writers Association on Jun 9, 2018 19:47:13 GMT -7
In the end, I think it's best for you to write the movies you like and not what people want you to write. Trust me, you'll have more fun that way.
Just write and have fun. As long you enjoy it, you win even if you don't succeed at the box office or with the critics.
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Post by H.G. Hansen on Jun 9, 2018 19:49:27 GMT -7
Yea! That's good advice. I've been hesitant to write out my original ideas on the thought what if I don't do a good job at them. What if it's too short or too long? Casting doesn't concern me but the story does. I hope I get to do a lot more stories that may shock or impress you guys.
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Post by Mo Buck Writers Association on Jun 9, 2018 20:01:55 GMT -7
The best example I can give you is about myself (still James Morgan by the way). The guys at MBWA originally wanted me to write a movie based on the idea of the movie that became The Price of Fame by Ann Morrow. I wasn't *that* interested in the story and felt I wouldn't do it justice so I declined. Ann eventually picked it up and the rest of history (she wanted to stop before, but she decided to stop with this movie instead)
You should focus on moviea that you want to write not the movies people want you to write. If you do so, you just risk crumbling under the pressure of living up to the expectations. If I submit a movie, it's because I'm satisfied with what I've come up with, I don't really ask myself if people are gonna like it or not. We live with one simple rule at MBWA : I like it, I do it. This may be why we've adapted obscure material, like Mo with his trilogy starring Brie Larson and his Divine Comedy films, or like Harry Wright with the Lucky Luke comics and the life of Charles Upham, or Dominic with the life of Romeo Dallaire. As long as you like you like what you're doing, it's alright.
I hope it helped you.
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Post by jackryder2 on Jun 10, 2018 17:10:01 GMT -7
As you can see Camille is a hit.
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Post by H.G. Hansen on Jun 10, 2018 17:11:32 GMT -7
Yea and not to knock the film but it is directed by Steven Soderbergh
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Post by jackryder2 on Jun 10, 2018 17:13:46 GMT -7
So with the right talent anything can work.
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Post by H.G. Hansen on Jun 10, 2018 17:16:41 GMT -7
True. You aren't wrong there. I was into it but then the vamps got in and it kinda took alot of it for me. Still a good story.
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