Horror films

Who produces and distributes them?

Lionsgate films are a film company which produce/distribute horror
films. It is thought to be a leading global entertainment company who
have a strong presence in distribution and production. Not to mention,
family entertainment, TV programming and sales.
http://www.lionsgatefilms.co.uk/uk/index.php?option=com_content&vie
w=article&id=4&Itemid=116
Some of their films include:
The last exorcism
The cabin in the woods
A vampires tale
Abandoned
Alive or dead
My first case study was The Last Exorcism (2010) which is an
American supernatural horror movie which was directed by Daniel
Stamm, a German independent filmmaker, and was shot with the
use of a handheld camera to add
realism. The film trails a minister who
has performed exorcisms for year yet
decides to be part of a documentary
showing his last exorcism, whilst
exposing his fraud as a practising
minister. He receives a letter from a
farmer which asks him to help drive the devil out of this mans
daughter.
The Last Exorcism made $67,738,090 at Box office and stars of the
hit included Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell and Iris Bahr amongst
many more.
It was produced by Eric Newman, Eli Roth, Marc Abraham and
Thomas A Bliss and the production companies were Strike
Entertainment, Studio Canal and Arcade Pictures. The distributors
were Lionsgate who bought the rights for the US distribution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Exorcism#Production

Dimension films is a main American film production and distribution

studio which was owned by Walt Disney studios but is now owned by
The Weinstein Company. From 1992, the company become renowned for
its contribution to the horror film genre but also produces comedy and
action films.

Some of their horror movies

include:
(the later) Halloween films
Scream
Scary Movie
Children of the corn
Another case study which I have researched is about the movie
Scream (1996) which is from the sub-genre of slasher. Written
by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven, Scream made
$173,046,663 at box office. The flick stars David Arquette, Neve
Campbell, Courtney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet
Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy and Drew Barrymore.
The movie follows the story of a character called Sidney Prescott, a
student in the fictional town Woodsboro, becomes the victim of a
secretive murderer known as Ghostface.
The production company which
produced this film was Woods
Entertainment but it was distributed
by Dimension films. The
producers were Cathy Konrad and
Cary Woods. This blockbuster hits
unique selling point was that the movie featured characters who
were aware of real world horror films and who discussed clichs
which Scream tried to subvert. The film was inspired by Kevin
Williamsons passion for horror movies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_(1996_film)