Production Companies

Hammer films - This film company was established in 1934 and is best known for a series of gothic horror movies (known as 'hammer horror') in the mid 20thcentury such as 'Dracula' and 'The mummy'. People tend to associate Hammer films with classic slasher movies but they have recently started to branch out again- 'The woman in Black' is a recent psychological horror film produced by the company (it is based on the award winning play). This film company would be good for our film because it has produced an award winning psychological horror film and we would benefit the most from this company.

• Solar Films - Solar Films is a company based in Finland which specialises in films from the drama and horror genres. The company is relatively well know for making the horror films 'The Restless' and 'Dark floors' and the drama 'run sister run'. This may be good for our film because the film production company specialises in horror films.

• Warner Bros - Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. (though the name was occasionally given in full form as Warner Brothers during the company's early years), is an American producer of film and television entertainment. They make many films in all genres such as the comedy 'hang over' and many others. They are also well know for making horror films- most famously 'The Shining' but more recently 'Contagion'.

• Rogue pictures- This company was formed in 1997 with a goal of "high-quality suspense, action, thriller and urban features with mainstream appeal and franchise potential". They are most know for the horror film 'Chucky' and more recently the horror films 'Last house on the left' and 'The Unborn'.
• 20th century Fox is one of the biggest film productions and produce a number of different genres from horror to family films. This includes the films Black Swan, The Omen, Ice Age and Alvin and the chipmunks. This may not be the best film production company to use because of the variety of films they produce. Our film is very specific and would be better with a production company which works solely with horror movies
• Cross creek productions is an independent film production company set in the heart of California. They produce a range of genres with the company being most famous for producing the psychological thriller Black Swan.
• First look studio is a small film production company which specialises in home movies. Films include Immortal and Priceless. This production wouldn't be good for us as it specialises in home movies and our film is not a home movie. (A home movie is a term for where films are either sold or rented for home cinema entertainment.)
• Icon productions is an independent production company of which the famous actor Mel Gibson founded in 1989. Famous films include Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto. Icon produces a number of different genres from thriller horror to "rom-coms". This may be quite a good film production company for us because it tends to produce more horror films compared to comedy and romantic films, yet, in comparision to the other film production companies, there are better ones for our film.

Twisted Picture Productions is an independent film company who are known to specialise in horror films, especially known for the production of six sequels of Saw. This would be quite good for our film because the genre of our film opening is horror. Though Saw is a slasher movie and the other films the production company have made are thriller moves. This may not be ideal as it does not fit our film because the sub genre of our film is psycological and not the sub genres that have been previously produced above.