Genre Research - Institutional Context

Top rated slasher feature films (IMDb)

-Se7en (Drama, Mystery, Thriller) [1995] - 8.7/10

-The Silence of Lambs (Crime, Drama, Thriller) [1991] - 8.6/10

-Psycho (Horror, Mystery, Thriller) [1991] - 8.6/10

-The Shining (Horror) [1980] - 8.5/10

-Halloween (Horror) [1978] - 7.9/10

-Deep Red (Horror, Mystery, Thriller) [1975] - 7.7/10

-Grindhouse (Action, Horror, Thriller) [2007] - 7.7/10

-Santa Sangre (Drama, Horror) [1989] - 7.7/10

-Man Bites Dog (Comedy, Crime, Drama) [1992] - 7.6/10

-American Psycho (Crime, Drama) [2000] - 7.6/10

Top-Grossing slasher feature films (IMDb)

Hannibal (Crime, Drama, Thriller) [2001] - $165,091,464

Scary Movie (Comedy) [2000] - $157,019,771

The Silence of the Lambs (Crime, Drama, Thriller) [1991] - $130,742,922

Scream (Crime, Horror, Mystery) [1996] - $103,001,286

Scream 2 (Crime, Horror, Mystery) [1997] - $101,334,374

Se7en (Drama, Mystery, Thriller) [1995] - $100,125,643

Red Dragon (Crime, Thriller) [2002] - $92,930,005

Scream 3 (Horror, Mystery) [2000] - $89,138,076

Freddy vs. Jason (Horror) [2003] - $82,163,317

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Horror) [2003] - $80,148,261

Film Productions and Distributions for some 'Slasher' and 'Dystopian Future' feature films

The Purge (Dystopian Future)

Film Production Companies

- Blumhouse Productions

- Platinum Dunes

- Media Rights Capital

Distributed by:

- Universal


The Silence of Lambs (Slasher)

Distributed by:

- Orion Pictures


Divergent (Dystopian Future)

Film Production Companies

- Red Wagon Entertainment

- Summit Entertainment

Distributed by:

- Lionsgrate


Scream [series] (Slasher)

Film Production Company

- Woods Entertainment

Distributed by:

- Dimension Films

- Konrad Pictures

- Outerbanks Entertainment


Hannibal (Slasher)

Film Production Company

- Scott Free Productions

Distributed by:

- Universal Pictures

From the research of some of the films listed, it has come down to a conclusion that Universal Pictures seem to be one of the top distributors for slasher-feature films as well as dystopian future feature-films. It's one of the main and most known film manufacturing companies in the film and media industry. Universal Pictures works with the parent company known as NBC Universal and is also known as one of Hollywood's "Big Six" film studios. The company offers range of production services such as set lighting, grip to proper and special effects. For post-production media services, it also has on offer a variety of services such as sound editorial & design to picture editorial. Universal Pictures is mainly known for its creating and distributing of theatrical and non-theatrical entertainment on film. The Purge: Anarchy has achieved a total gross of $71,562,550 and is ranked number 108 overall the movies produced by Universal Pictures. The company is also in a partnership with Blumhouse Productions, Focus Features, Illumination Entertainment, Laika, Legendary and Working Title.

Blumhouse Productions is an company in partner with Universal Pictures. It's an multi-media American Film Production Company that's founded and run by Jason Blum. The film production company produces low-budget genre films such as Paranormal Activity and Inisidious. The majority of the films Bluehouse Productions produces seem to mainly be horror, thriller and slasher films such as The Purge and The Purge: Anarchy. The film production company is known for it's debut movie 'Paranormal Activity' where the budget is estimated to be about $15,000 and grossed at $107,918,810 in 2010. The film production has more of a known-title within the horror-genre films since for Halloween 2012, they did an event called 'Blumhouse of Horror' which is an innovative haunted house experience located in Downtown Los Angeles; an escape game experience as a sort of marketing for the next upcoming film 'The Purge: Breakout'.