Comments on: Boiling Point: Hollywood Horror Releasing Still Wrong

By: timmoody

timmoody — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:31:37 +0000

thanks guys..

By: rhett2

rhett2 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:55:07 +0000

Robert, I feel your pain, although I would submit that the reason studios have avoided releasing horror movies near Halloween over the last few years is precisely because they're afraid of taking on Saw. That franchise is a juggernaut when it comes to box office. Each of the Saws has pulled in over 100M worldwide without blinking, and Saw III actually grossed 164M!

Zombieland comes out Oct. 2. I feel like that's close enough to Halloween (Zombieland will still be in theaters on Oct. 31) to take advantage of it (particularly when all the various haunted houses and mazes around the country are open for the balance of October as well).

By: RobertFure

RobertFure — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:14:03 +0000

Very limited theatrical run. Mostly its being dumped to DVD/Blu-ray.

By: RobertFure

RobertFure — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:13:09 +0000

The horror movies that come out in February and stuff are already on DVD now. Halloween 2 and Final Destination won't be out in time for Halloween. Drag Me to Hell probably will. But yeah, I see that side of things, though I'm not certain they think that far ahead sometimes. ;)

By: Cole_Abaius

Cole_Abaius — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:50:43 +0000

Your sense of hyperbole is my favorite thing about you.

By: Erick Francisco

Erick Francisco — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:58:17 +0000

is Trick r Treat only getting a direct to video release and not a theatrical run?

By: tylerdurden1681

tylerdurden1681 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:30:37 +0000

I believe they have some horror movies come out in the spring and early summer so they can launch them on DVD and blu-ray in October and make a lot of money that way. Cause people rent DVDs more often then they go to movies so its safe to say you'll make some profit that way.
I do agree that the big dogs of the horror genre should come out in October cause that is when most of us get hyped up to see some decent horror movies. About the only thing that i might go see this year in October is Zombieland cause it has a decent class and looks fun to watch.
On top of that picking up Trick r Treat on Blu-ray in October will be pretty sweet too.

By: rhett2

rhett2 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:55:07 +0000

By: RobertFure

RobertFure — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:14:03 +0000

Very limited theatrical run. Mostly its being dumped to DVD/Blu-ray.

By: RobertFure

RobertFure — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:13:09 +0000

By: Cole_Abaius

Cole_Abaius — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:50:43 +0000

Your sense of hyperbole is my favorite thing about you.

By: Erick Francisco

Erick Francisco — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:58:17 +0000

is Trick r Treat only getting a direct to video release and not a theatrical run?

By: tylerdurden1681

tylerdurden1681 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:30:37 +0000

By: RobertFure

RobertFure — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:52:52 +0000

I get that. I don't want horror movies only in October. And its nice for the studios to be able to reliably make some money in slower months. But, from a money standpoint, you release a movie like “Trick r Treat” that has been getting great reviews and has a great title, you release that within 10 days of Halloween and you don't get a $15million opening you get a $35million opening. Same with the Halloween relaunches. In August, who knows. On Halloween, bingo bango.

By: hatorigonzo

hatorigonzo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:48:48 +0000

Horror makes great counter-programing and has a built in fan-base that will come out no mattter the time of year, so it makes sense that Yes, it would be fun to have better movies to see closer to Halloween, but other than that, would it really be better if the market was over-saturated in October?

By: ryblwalker

ryblwalker — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:22:24 +0000

“Oooohhh dats a bingo!”

By: silent_jay

silent_jay — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:40:09 +0000

Robert Fure you have hot the nail 100% on the head!!!