Over the past decade, the horror genre began to make more profitably, and while Blumhouse Studio creates magic for modest $ 5 million for the film, television channels spend ten times more to attract the audience. Here are ten horror serials, one episode of which is more than $ 1 million.
"Scary fairy tales" (Penny Dreadful)
The showtime channel was able to collect an impressive acting ensemble in the face of Eve Green, Timothy Dalton, Josh Hartnetta, Billy Piper and other heroes, who perfectly fit in the scenery of Victorian England, suffering from vampires, iswolves, witches and devil cereals. For a stunning atmosphere and talent, the channel had to spend $ 1.3 million per series.
"Returned" (The Returned)
Canal + decided to look at the topic of Zombies otherwise, presenting the audience the series "Returned". The plot tells about a small town in which the dead people return to life for an unknown reason. The creators of the series did focus on the drama with horror elements, which is probably the show failed to become a hit. However, it is worth familiar with the project, because 1.7 million dollars per series are capable of providing high quality.
Supernatural "Supernatural
The history of the Winchesters brothers includes 15 seasons and more than 300 episodes. Although this is not exactly a horror series, he attracted a wide variety of spectators, thanks to which he collected one of the biggest fanbaz on television. Now, after many years of success at fans, the budget episodes ranges from 2 to 2.2 million dollars. Let it be not 10 million on the series, like the "Game of Thrones", but recall: in one season "Supernatural" more than 20 episodes.
"True Blood" (True Blood)
Based on the series of novels "Vampire Secrets" The series "Real Blood" with Anna Pakuin and Alexander Skarsgard lasted on the air of 7 seasons and won the AMMI and Golden Globe Prize. This show was one of the most popular HBO on the channel, thanks to which the leadership was ready to spend from 3 to $ 5 million to the episode.
"Walking Dead" (The Walking Dead)
Ten years ago, the series, based on the same name of the comic book of Robert Kirkman, broke into television and attracted an extensive fanbaza. Despite the declined ratings, "Walking" remain one of the most popular and downloaded series, which justifies the decision of the creators to invest approximately $ 3.1 million in the episode.
"Hemlock Grove" (Hemlock Grove)
Netflix's rather unusual project told about a small town in Pennsylvania, which had a brutal mysterious murder. For his disclosure, the werewolf and the ghoul in the performance of Landon Libouarnon and Bill Scarcard took. The first season with 13 episodes cost a stream service of $ 50 million (approximately $ 4 million per series). However, ultimately, the game did not cost the candle, and three years later the series was closed.
"American Horror History" (American Horror Story: 1984)
"1984" became the ninth season of Hit FX. Inspired by classic slashes, the season returned to Emma Roberts, Cody Fern and Billy Lourdes. Nine episodes cost the creators of $ 44 million (more than $ 4 million on a series), and although they attracted much less spectators than previous ones, the final results allowed us to extend the "American horror story" for the 10th season.
"True Detective" (true detective)
The first season with Matthew McConaja and Woody Harrelson became the real hit of the HBO channel. For 8 episodes, the criminal drama kept viewers in voltage no worse than any horror movie. "This Detective" collected many nominations and awards of prestigious premiums and the love of millions of television viewers, which justified nested 4-4.5 million dollars in each series.
"ALENIST" (The Alienist)
Along with the series of other genres "Alynaist" - one of the most expensive television projects. The cast in the face of Dakota Fanning, Luca Evans and Daniel Brunel and New York of the 19th century cost the creators of $ 7.5 million for the episode.
"Very weird business" (Stranger Things)
The most popular Netflix project has three seasons, each of which became more expensive than the previous one. In the first season, each episode was a stream service of 6 million dollars, in the second - $ 8 million. Probably the next series was even more expensive, since Monsters of Hawkins evolved and became more terrible.