2. This production company was founded by Jason Blum that specialises in the
production of high quality, low budget, horror films.
Blumhouse holds a ‘first look’ deal with Universal Pictures, allowing the other
company to invest in Blumhouse Productions before all else and giving both
companies an edge.
This company holds claim to productions such as: The Purge, Insidious,
Paranormal Activity, Sinister and Dark Skies.
Using budgets of no more than $5 million, this company is capable of producing
huge success stories of the horror genre like Paranormal Activity; however, the
success of some of Blumhouse’s productions are a combination of skill and luck,
making the company a slightly risky investment due to the uncertainty of their
success, with Blumhouse productions like ‘The Boy Next Door’ having critical
receptions.

3. Established in 2007, CBS is an American studio that handles
almost all aspects of media within a film, from the production to
the financing to the marketing. Aiming to release between and 6
film production a year spanning a diverse range of genres, CBS
has already created titles such as: Seven Psychopaths, The
Woman in Black and Beastly.
CBS works to have its productions distributed internationally
through partnerships and synergies with other distribution
companies, ensuring a wide audience.

4. In synergy with Warner Bros. Studios, New Line Cinema is know internationally
for its worldwide success stories such as Final Destination, A Nightmare on
Elm Street and Lord of the Rings – which generated an incredible $3 billion in
the box office.
Typically aiming to manufacture films that appeal to the broadest audience
internationally, New Line Cinema selects possible productions carefully, without
staying within the confines of a single genre.
Since joining Warner Bros. in 2008, the budgets for New Line Cinema
productions have rapidly grown and its films have become more successful
with the expanse of resources (e.g. The Hobbit Trilogy).

5. Founded in 1934, Hammer Films has produced successful horror films for a
little over 80 years.
Its first real success stories were classics: Dracula, The Curse of Frankenstein
and The Mummy, which all contributed to Hammer Films, now strong,
reputation as a respectable and highly profitable horror film production
company (though only 1/3 of Hammer Film productions are horror).
Their more recent horror film successes are titles like: The Woman in Black,
Wake Wood, and The Quiet Ones.
While Hammer Films also produces sci-fi, thriller, actions etc. Its main genre
remains horror, and its already shown success in that area makes it a very
viable option.

6. Founded in 2002, Vertigo Films is a UK based production company that
focuses on the production of unique films, using new, up-coming talent,
claiming the advancement of actors like Tom Hardy, Scoot McNairy, Rupert
Wyatt, and Gareth Edwards.
Vertigo Films has produced box office sensation ‘Street Dance’, with a £3.5
million budget and grossing £11 million, and also created award winning
‘Monsters’. The innovative company works to create success stories using
new talent and low budgets, and is diverse in its selection of genres, though
created horrors such as: Outpost and the Facility.