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Anyone have any thoughts as to why the DTV horror market dried up? It must have done well before; the market was flooded with them

Posted by: HarryWarden on May 08, 11:17 in response to Moviesnob's post action is really the only genre we can get away with...

Even Lionsgate has pretty much stopped its DTV horror films, with the exception of the After Dark and Ghost House Underground stuff. How big of a role do you think piracy has played in changing the landscape of the DTV market?

BOM: [TBDRG] made $689k / 259 theaters , [BEAVR] $104k / 22, [LSNIT] $32k /10, Passion Play 2k / 2 theaters OlegMaxYTD May 08, 09:46

[PSNPL] That sucks for Passion Play... but the movie sucks. We'll see if either that or LSNIT report box office. {nm} secretstalker May 08, 10:01

both are digital plays. "sucks" is not an applicable description {nm} Moviesnob May 08, 10:42

It's better than An Invisible Sign... Have you seen that? secretstalker May 08, 10:45

Oh no you didn't! ;) {nm} HarryWarden May 08, 10:47

::Exit light... enter night... take my hand... off to Never-neverland:: {nm} secretstalker May 08, 10:52

believe it or not, we passed {nm} Moviesnob May 08, 11:11

action is really the only genre we can get away with DTV....sequels/prequels to theatricals still do well at DTV, not much else does {nm} Moviesnob May 08, 11:12

this is a response to HarryWarden {nm} Moviesnob May 08, 11:13

Anyone have any thoughts as to why the DTV horror market dried up? It must have done well before; the market was flooded with them HarryWarden May 08, 11:17

its not a huge mystery - its a function of the dvd market collapsing. less shelf space, so less room for DTV. Moviesnob May 08, 12:27

So Ghost House Underground is history? What happened to Dimension Extreme? {nm} HarryWarden May 08, 15:18

I hope you weren't nice about it when you passed :) {nm} secretstalker May 08, 12:44

MS, what's the best-selling DTV genre? Action films? Does horror or comedy sell well in that format? HarryWarden May 08, 11:01





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