In the 20th century, this was a reasonably consistent figure, staying between 37 and 41 on a decade-long basis. However, in ...

We are truly in a golden era for horror filmmaking. The number of horror films being made is at an all-time high, and more ...

The average film industry Substack post is 814 words long and receives 6.9 likes and 2.1 comments. Some newsletters are ...

If you were on my previous mailing list, you have been moved over to the Substack replacement and will continue to get my ...

The report is over 400 pages of facts, stats, graphs and charts looking at all aspects of horror movies, including: ...

Today’s article was inspired by a question from Pliny, founder of movie titling software Endcrawl. We got chatting on Twitter and the topic of end credits came up. He mentioned that a couple of years ...

This is the fourth of four articles I co-authored with Bruce Nash on behalf of the American Film Market. Specifically, horror movies budgeted between $500,000 and $5 million which were released ...

One of the common gripes from cinema-goers is the increasing cost. So this week I’m taking a look at the average cinema ticket price in the UK. Next week it’ll be the price of cinema popcorn and the ...

I am currently working on a long-term project about horror movies, which should be ready early next year. In the meantime, the occasion of Halloween affords me a good excuse to start to talk about the ...

At the core of any movie-watching experience are the emotions you feel. The marketers will have used all their skills to create certain emotional expectations, the movie itself will take you on a ...

A few months ago I noted a steep drop in UK feature film production (mostly in the lowest budget range). Since then, the topic of feature film production has come up often in conversations I have with ...