Insidious Patterns: An Integrative Analysis of Blumhouse’s Most Important Franchise

Todd K. Platts; V McCollum; Mathias Clasen

Insidious Patterns: An Integrative Analysis of Blumhouse’s Most Important Franchise

Todd K. Platts
, V McCollum
, Mathias Clasen

Aarhus University

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Abstract

This chapter chapter synthesises research connecting broadly felt social trauma to horror cinema content, shifts in the popularity of certain subtypes of horror to changes in the business of filmmaking and the continual appeal of stock horror antagonists to humans’ evolved psychology, arguing that their integrated framework can comprehensively account for the popularity of the franchise while historicising its significance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Blumhouse Productions
Subtitle of host publication	The New House of Horror
Place of Publication	Cardiff
Publisher	University of Wales
Chapter	7
Pages	131-150
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	178683863X
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 15 May 2022

Publication series

Name	Horror Studies

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Horror Filmmaking
Insidious
Film Franchise
Film Industry
Film Business
Film Studio

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Insidious Patterns: An Integrative Analysis of Blumhouse’s Most Important Franchise

Abstract

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UN SDGs

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