3 Production Companies

DreamWorks SKG

Dreamworks began in 1994 with a join leadership of Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. There opening film was in 1997 and was titled ‘the Peacemaker’ which was an action/thriller film. Although they make a wide variety of films, they also have made quite a few horror films, such as ‘the Ring’ series and ‘The Haunting’. It would work well for our film as it is a well known company which makes a wide variety of films, and it’s horror movies have a good reputation so would attract fans to our film.   

Paramount

Paramount is an American production company which are one of the longest running companies still going. It started in 1912 with a film named ‘Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth’ which was a French silent Romance. Due to being around for such a long time they have gained a huge name for themselves which an extremely wide range of films, including horrors franchises such as Paranormal activity & films such as ‘Friday the 13th’ and classics like ‘Psycho’. As it is such a well name it would attract a wide range and has also been known to produce experimental films which could go either way.

Hammer Films

Hammer Films is a United Kingdom based production company which has been around for a long time; founded in 1934. Hammer films is much less of an all rounded film company and is more well known for there gothic horror films. They made such famous film adaptation of books such as Dracula, The Mummy and Frankenstein. They were made in the period of 1950-1970. More recent horrors they have made are Woman in Black & The Resident. This company would work well for our film as it is a well known company which is known for producing successful horror films and is more suited to our genre than other companies.