Jason Blum on Redefining Horror Films, Making Box Office Hits, and Storytelling Tricks (Ep. 271)

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

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4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2017

⏱️ 90 minutes

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HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by CEO of Blumhouse Productions Jason Blum to discuss the desire to make original movies (6:00), securing the rights to the 'Halloween' franchise (14:00), the origin story behind 'The Purge' (21:00), working with tech companies in Hollywood (30:00), buying the Amityville Horror house (35:00), the iconic 'Friday the 13th' franchise (41:00), 'The Gift' (45:00), the revival of M. Night Shyamalan (1:00:00), 'It' breaking box-office records (1:06:00), Jordan Peele's plea to protect 'Get Out' from spoilers (1:11:00), the problems with CGI (1:18:00), and the slew of upcoming projects at Blumhouse (1:24:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:54.8	This is a conversation we taped with a producer named Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions.
1:01.9	Me, Sean Fantasy and Jason, we talked on Friday for almost an hour and a half about horror
1:07.4	movies and the business and everything.
1:09.9	If you're a movie junkie, you're going to love this.
1:13.1	It's really good.
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