This is a very good analysis Alise. To your point about distributing smaller films, I do wonder if theaters are more apt to book an indie horror movie lately than a non-horror indie because it's perceived that horror still has a built in theatrical audience. We've had some great horror movies this year, but they seem to be crowding out non-horror indies. I'm still stunned that SING SING never played here, and JANET PLANET got like one show a day for one week at my local theater.
I could see that. I am ALSO amazed that our theater hasn't had a showing of SING SING because my theater is pretty good about getting non-horror indies. But it's true that there is a demand for horror that doesn't necessarily exist for something like TUESDAY or JANET PLANET. But that's tomorrow's post.
This is a very good analysis Alise. To your point about distributing smaller films, I do wonder if theaters are more apt to book an indie horror movie lately than a non-horror indie because it's perceived that horror still has a built in theatrical audience. We've had some great horror movies this year, but they seem to be crowding out non-horror indies. I'm still stunned that SING SING never played here, and JANET PLANET got like one show a day for one week at my local theater.
I could see that. I am ALSO amazed that our theater hasn't had a showing of SING SING because my theater is pretty good about getting non-horror indies. But it's true that there is a demand for horror that doesn't necessarily exist for something like TUESDAY or JANET PLANET. But that's tomorrow's post.