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
When there's a great horror movie, people are like, 'Horror's back!' And when there's a series of not so good ones, 'Horror's… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Our company, it's, uh, really un-sexy. And I think most people get into Hollywood to be showy. We first of all make… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
The real scares on CNN, etc. and the scares in a movie, like 'The Purge,' are totally different. One of the ways… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
But, it's much easier to do that than produce the movies from scratch. It excites the same thing in me, whether we… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
I tell directors, 'I can't promise you a hit, but I can promise you the movie is going to be yours.' When… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
'Paranormal Activity' was the first of our independently made/studio-released films. It was also the ultimate low-budget high-concept movie, which is what we… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
If you are still thinking about a script after five or ten years, that's a sign that it's good - not that… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Directors typically have three choices - you do a studio movie and get a paycheck up front, you do an independent movie,… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
One of my favorite things about making horror movies is, the first time you screen them in front of an audience, it's… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
What I love about low-budget movies is my interests and the director's interests and the actors' interests are aligned. No one makes… — 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
