Things across Hollywood might be dire, but there’s at least one small but growing piece of the pie that’s got it figured out. Director: Victor Salva Stars: Stan Shaw, Gabrielle Haugh, Brandon Smith, Meg Foster. ‘Cult of Chucky’ is a blood bath from the beginning till it reaches the finale stacking up corpses like there is no tomorrow. Sheriff Dan Tashtego and a team of creeper hunters enlist the help of officer Davis Tubbs to help stop the monster's eating spree. The production company made 2017's two most profitable low budget movies-Get Out and Split-and it also delivered one of the most purely-fun horror films in. The eye-popping return-on-investments of films like Get Out and Split are what allow studios like Universal to waste inordinate amounts of money on big franchise films that inevitably flop at the box office.Īnnabelle: Creation, ($102 million US box office) and Happy Death Day ($26 million opening weekend) also contributed to horror’s 2017 total-and it’s not even Halloween yet. Cult of Chucky This is 2017’s splendid attempt at satisfying the ‘gore loving’ fans. Universal, meanwhile, the studio responsible for the box office bomb The Mummy, was propped up early this year by the huge successes of horror films Get Out ($175 million US box office) and Split ($138 million), produced on the tiny budgets of $4.5 million and $9 million, respectively. Yorgos Lanthimos A24) Director Yorgos Lanthimos ( The Lobster) reunites with Colin Farrell ( In Bruges) in this frightening thriller about the sacrifices one. rebound from the disastrous King Arthur and the disappointing Blade Runner 2049-to say nothing of this month’s box office catastrophe, Geostorm. Following a solid first half of 2017 with Dunkirk and Wonder Woman, It helped Warner Bros. Today, it has made a very fitting $666.6 million (seriously) worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. For films listed by the year in which they were released, see Chronological List of Horror Films.Arguably the only saving grace was It, the adaptation of the novel of the same name by Stephen King that became the highest-grossing horror film of all time in September (not adjusted for inflation). The following is a list of every horror film ever made.