Scubasteve716 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 15 hours ago, Krissykins said: January and February have plenty of good horror films. They’re actually two of the most popular months for horror. Scream & Scream 2 released in December. Scream 3 in February and Scream (2022) in January. In the last 10 years there’s basically been 5 movies to come out in January or February that have both been good and made a good amount of money. Scream 2022, Get Out, Invisible Man, Mama, and Split. They are definitely not two of the most popular months for horror. Maybe the most popular months to dump shitty horror movies. 3 of your 4 examples came out over 2 decades ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegendaryBen Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 In all honesty, Salem's Lot would've done better in October 2023. I know more than a year from now, but certainly better than its current new release date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Looks as if the studio does not have much confidence in this movie. I don't buy the " they need more time to work on it" angle. Unless the studio is planning huge reshoots, which I doubt, they are stuck with what they have got. ANd the new release date smells of dump. Clear that "It" was a fluke, and did not start any new trends. 'Pet Seminary and Firestarter both failed, and even in TV "The Stand" miniseries flopped. Granted, with "The Stand" it had the worst timing I have ever seen: A movie abut a virus that kills 99.9% of humanity in the first couple of hours aired at the height of the Cornoa Virus. Luck does not get worse then that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Scubasteve716 said: In the last 10 years there’s basically been 5 movies to come out in January or February that have both been good and made a good amount of money. Scream 2022, Get Out, Invisible Man, Mama, and Split. They are definitely not two of the most popular months for horror. Maybe the most popular months to dump shitty horror movies. 3 of your 4 examples came out over 2 decades ago. I said two of the most popular months for horror films to be released, nothing about quality. I thought both Mama and Split were average at best, so I could find alternatives. Only provided the Scream franchise examples because someone incorrectly claimed that no big horrors were released in those months. Edited July 13, 2022 by Krissykins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubasteve716 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, Krissykins said: I said two of the most popular months for horror films to be released, nothing about quality. I thought both Mama and Split were average at best, so I could find alternatives. Only provided the Scream franchise examples because someone incorrectly claimed that no big horrors were released in those months. What are you talking about? I said Horror movies releasing in January or February usually suck or are being dumped because the studio doesn’t think it’ll perform. You literally responded with “January and February have plenty of good horror movies” and then went on to say they are two of the most popular months. How is that “nothing about quality”? Sounds like you’re just trying to argue. Edited July 14, 2022 by Scubasteve716 Missed a word 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p a p i Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Crazy how well Bad Boys 4 Life performed in January or February. Can't really remember. But I think January. No wonder Sony is still betting on that date now with Kraven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 10 hours ago, Scubasteve716 said: What are you talking about? I said Horror movies releasing in January or February usually suck or are being dumped because the studio doesn’t think it’ll perform. You literally responded with “January and February have plenty of good horror movies” and then went on to say they are two of the most popular months. How is that “nothing about quality”? Sounds like you’re just trying to argue. I’m not ring to argue, you’re just misunderstanding. You’re confusing quality with quantity. The fact is: January and February are popular months for studios to release horror films. Because they usually deliver decent numbers in those months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Duncan Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 https://deadline.com/2022/08/aquaman-2-shazam-fury-of-the-gods-hbo-max-house-party-evil-dead-rise-1235099521/ Now off the schedule. This movie's boned lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, Eric the Genie said: https://deadline.com/2022/08/aquaman-2-shazam-fury-of-the-gods-hbo-max-house-party-evil-dead-rise-1235099521/ Now off the schedule. This movie's boned lol God, we are back in the 80's with people making jokes about a long line of not very good Stephan King Adaptions. Clear Warners has zero faith in this. Would not be surprised if it ended up with a streaming release. Man, WB just cannot catch a break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 To be honest, I’m more excited for Evil Dead Rise than I am Salem’s Lot, but hopefully it’ll find a release date soon. Few red flags now though. I bet at one point they thought this could be a new IT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Krissykins said: To be honest, I’m more excited for Evil Dead Rise than I am Salem’s Lot, but hopefully it’ll find a release date soon. Few red flags now though. I bet at one point they thought this could be a new IT. A lot of studios though that, and brought out remakes of classic Stephan King novels. All failed. Sorry, but if ever a film had 'turkey" written on it it's this version of "Salem"S Lot". The studio has clearly no faith in it. I love good horror movies, but long ago found out that if any genre of film follows Sturgeon's law it's horror movies 90% of them are crap. I think it's because horror, on the surface, seems to be an easy genre to do, but in reality, it's hard to do a good one. Edited August 24, 2022 by dudalb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadOlCatSylvester Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, Eric the Genie said: https://deadline.com/2022/08/aquaman-2-shazam-fury-of-the-gods-hbo-max-house-party-evil-dead-rise-1235099521/ Now off the schedule. This movie's boned lol It's TBD 2023 to be exact. Reminds me of when Amazing Spider-Man 3 was booted off to a similarly vague 2018 date after part 2 underperformed. I find it interesting that Deadline's noting that it's in post, as I was sure they would Josstice it up after the first delay. Still no word on what's going on with Coyote vs ACME though. Wouldn't be terribly surprising to learn it got tax-flushed like Batgirl before Zaslav's option expired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Main take away is that Warners might be in even worse shape then we though it was in. They seem intent on cutting costs for the rest of the fiscal year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flopped Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 So Evil Dead Rise went from streaming to theatrical and was given Salem's date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Another tax write off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadOlCatSylvester Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 26 minutes ago, John Marston said: Another tax write off? I don't think so, as Deadline confirmed that it is still set for release next year. Just not April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Wouldn't be much of a shock if this is really bad with all the delays it's endured at this point tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosswind Ghost Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 5 hours ago, filmlover said: Wouldn't be much of a shock if this is really bad with all the delays it's endured at this point tbh. I saw an advanced screening a few months ago, it's not bad at all. From what i can tell, this surveyed pretty well. I can see this being a crowd pleaser in the way The Black phone was this year (I still liked TBP more) but from what i saw this is not something they're going to dump. I think This would've done well in september but there was no way it was going to be finished in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 6 hours ago, John Marston said: Another tax write off? More like delaying the costs of release and marketing for a year or so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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