With most other genres, you need movie stars. With horror, you just need a story. — 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
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
The only way I think about kids in production is practically, the younger the kids are the harder it is to shot… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
We were producing 'La La Land'... and then we weren't. So it was a very painful topic, but I'm happy the movie… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I think the location is almost as important as casting the leads of the movie. The location on 'The Purge' was crucial… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
It's really hard to make an original movie of any kind that succeeds in the theatrical market place, in the wide release… — 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
Ethan Hawke is not a horror movie fan, but he's a really good friend of mine, and I finally cajoled him into… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I think the mistake people make with horror movies and what makes them successful is a lot of horror movies get made… — 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
When I was working for Miramax, before Sundance, a videotape of 'The Blair Witch Project' - of the full, completed movie -… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Sundance is such an acquisition-frenzied, industry-centric experience, and at SXSW, many of the movies have distribution. And the focus is more on… — 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
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
There are so many factors that go into having a successful movie.. too many that you can't control. — 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
I try to work with people who you're not used to seeing in scary movies. I think it makes for a more… — 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
I'm a believer in screening movies early, and using the movie itself to help sell the movie. If you can't do that,… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
The one thing I try and do, when people say, 'What kind of movies do you guys look for,' the one thing… — 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
You shoot yourself in the foot when you think, 'We have to get a good scary movie director to do a script… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Most people who've had a big hit movie like 'Paranormal Activity,' the next thing they say is, 'I want to make a… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
When DVD disappeared but before digital distribution came on strong, there were a few years where a movie that didn't get theatrical… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
The one thing I am very strict about is that I don't like spending a lot of money on movies because the… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
We don't decide how a movie will be distributed until it's finished. It might be on iTunes, it might be on 3,000… — 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
I'm proud of 'Sinister' because Scott and Cargill did a great job on the movie, and I set up a framework for… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
The thing I'm most proud of about - not all of our movies, but a lot of our movies - is that… — 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
An effective found footage movie is much harder to make than an effective traditionally shot movie. A crappy one is much easier… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to have made a tonne of mistakes and be kind of frustrated. I was working in the movies… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I think the most honest responses to the movies you get to watch are in houses and people's most private spaces, like… — 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
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
