Jason Blum could have found a director a long time ago

Hollywood is full of people eager to talk, but walking turns out a little harder. On Wednesday, Jason Blum – the head of Blumhouse Productions, a film and television studio that has forged a name in horror – spoke to Polygon about his blazing run recently, leading the charge into a new Hollywood's golden age the horror will soon be crowned by the release of Halloween. It's their feat, the new school that inherits from the old school – and the movie looks pretty good!

But as noted by journalist Matt Patches, Blumhouse has a blind spot in its record – in 18 years of films (and 11 since its inception really turn heads with Paranormal activity) The studio has never produced a horror film released in theaters and directed by a woman. It's something for which Blum expresses his dismay and surprise, but eventually the cops became aware of it after finding that he was constantly standing Babadook director Jennifer Kent and Honeymoon director Leigh Janiak.

"We have always tried," says Blum, adding that "there are not many women directors, let alone people who are prone to horror."

Respectfully: They are bullshit.

It's bullshit for two big reasons. The first is that Blumhouse whole model is to "throw on the wall projects with very low budget and see what sticks". Blumhouse movies, even the biggest ones, usually cost less than $ 5 million. same Halloween, the studio's most prestigious project to date, only had a budget of $ 10 million. Even though it's a lot for Blumhouse, there are still peanuts in Tinseltown. Blumhouse has built a brand, and this brand is based on narrative, that is, they will give any talented director a chance, and if that does not work, no harm will be done.

Which brings us to point # 2: That Blumhouse does not find any woman prone to horror. In response to the recent focus on both pay gaps and gender disparity in filmmaking, a number of resources have been made available to those with the power to make films. hire. (Namely this list of 100 female directors, that Blum, allegedly, received.)

But it's more than that. Hire any under-represented demographic job. More work than anyone is used to. It's daunting, no one likes working more and finding a reliable talent while filtering obstacles is a mammoth and exhausting task. So nobody really does it. They hire people they know, with whom they have worked before, those people know, and everything stays the same because that's how it's always been done. To hire more women, you have to break this habit and not rely on your progressive friends like Jordan Peele to do all the work for you. You must reach out to yourself or hire someone who will take the time to do it on your behalf. Of course, it takes a bit of time, but Blumhouse is proud to have irrevocably changed the world of horror cinema. They can surely do it again.