John Carpenter had a lot to do with putting social messages into genre movies. — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
We make movies for the cineplex. They're designed for wide release. They're designed to be seen by a lot of people and… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I read an interview where someone said, 'It's a shame that anyone can make a movie now,' and I feel the exact… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Not all our movies have a social message, but I love the ones that do, and I'd love to do more of… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
We have creative freedom because of budgets. Ever since I have been doing low budget movies, we've really had creative freedom. — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
There are so many factors that go into having a successful movie.. too many that you can't control. — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I really am passionate about making low-budget movies. You can try new stuff and unusual stuff, and you can break the rules. — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I love to go see big movies, I just don't make them. It's just a different business. — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Hollywood looks backwards and tries to repeat. And we really try not to do that. We don't always succeed, but I really… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
There are movies that we have done that haven't come out very well. That doesn't feel very good. But 'Jem' is in… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
There are a lot of parallels between doing a sequel and doing low budget movies, which is they give creative parameters. As… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in creating parameters for creativity. I think parameters make people more creative. So that starts with my budgets.… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
All of our movies are lower budget, and that makes them more interesting, too: we have to come up with solutions other… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
You've got to think of fun stories, and if the fun story happened to have a lesson, that's a great thing. If… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
In big movies, interests are not aligned between those above the line and the financier, because above the line gets paid whether… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Occasionally I'll be a producer for hire on a larger budget movie, but with Blumhouse Pictures, we mainly focus on micro-budget, under-$5-million-dollar… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
In every art form, nothing exists in a bubble. It exists because of what came before it. A lot of bricks were… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I have a real kind of fundamental philosophical belief that movies are better if everyone gets paid when they work, and if… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
But one of the rules I don't like to break is we still do - 95% of our movies are low budget.… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Currently there's no other way to get a movie into 3,000 theaters except with a studio. We have a first-look deal with… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
When you raise the budget, you make creative compromises. The higher the budget goes, the more cuts in your movie happen. When… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I wish that more people were willing to turn down upfront money in exchange for doing things that are more original. Turning… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
The model we established was to give creative people complete creative freedom in exchange for betting on themselves, so they work for… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
We're offered bigger, larger budget movies to produce a lot, and we don't do them. That's not to say there aren't exceptions:… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Rotten Tomatoes is the best thing that happened to the movie business because it means you have to make good movies. — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Not all of our movies work, but we take shots, and we're able to do that because we really stick to low… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
You can't be a creative person and not fall in love with everything. Every movie I've made there's a complicated, twisted love… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
It's hard to make a movie that's very expensive and not be thinking of the results all the time. — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
When people come to me with an idea and they say, 'We can do it found footage or traditional,' I always say… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
A lot of the reasons why people are annoyed at found footage movies is because people look at it like it's easy… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I wouldn't be creatively satisfied if all we did were sequels, but in the same breath, I'll say that I wouldn't be… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
One of the benefits of doing low-budget movies is you don't have to release them wide to recoup. You can release it… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Anyone who has any kind of success in Hollywood wants to make more expensive movies and spend more money, be bigger. I… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to make movies that are better than the ones that we've made before. We don't always succeed at doing… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
There's S-VOD, which is 3 1/2 months after the theatrical release. The windows are going to get closer and closer, and the… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I think movies are overdeveloped in Hollywood. There's a big benefit to not overdeveloping and not being so precious about what you're… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
The way we structure our backend, we key the payments to the box office - so that cuts the negotiating way down,… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
It's easy to get a theatrical release that shows in one theater for a week. But there's no advertising, and no one… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I have a real kind of fundamental philosophical belief that movies are better if everyone gets paid when they work, and if they don't… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I'm attracted to things that make a point or have a certain point of view, but it's not a conscious thing that I decide… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I don't believe in ghosts or paranormal activity, but one time I think I saw - I might have seen - no, I think… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I really like to work with theater actors. Theater actors tend to do lots of independent movies, and those are the actors that I… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I wasn't a fanboy of horror. I didn't grow up on horror movies. I grew up loving all movies. I still love all movies,… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I think being snobby about the kind of storytelling people do, it just irks me. It irks me. And in fact, it's one of… — Jason Blum Copy Share
'Paranormal Activity' had fifty versions because it was $250 to reshoot. We'd screen it, see one thing wrong, shoot for an hour, fix it,… — Jason Blum Copy Share
There are a lot of parallels between doing a sequel and doing low budget movies, which is they give creative parameters. As a creative… — Jason Blum Copy Share
If you go to business school, and you put a product out there in the world, and it's working, the logic is to keep… — Jason Blum Copy Share
It's easy to get a theatrical release that shows in one theater for a week. But there's no advertising, and no one sees the… — Jason Blum Copy Share
I love to go see big movies, I just don't make them. It's just a different business. — Jason Blum Copy Share
I found that a lot of people ridiculed contemporary art. I decided I wanted to be involved in art everybody could understand. — Jason Blum Copy Share
The model we established was to give creative people complete creative freedom in exchange for betting on themselves, so they work for the minimums… — Jason Blum Copy Share
