Bloody Disgusting is an American multi-media company, which began as a horror genre-focused

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specializing in information services that covered various horror medias, including:

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television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

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comics a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate ...

, and

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

. The company expanded into other media including advertising, podcast networking, film, television, streaming media, and management. The film production studio developed and produced the ''V/H/S'' franchise, a collection of six found footage films, two

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films, and one

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History

Bloody Disgusting was founded in 2001 by

Brad Miska Brad Miska is an American film producer and founder of Bloody Disgusting, a horror genre website known for covering horror films, video games, comics, and music. His films include the ''V/H/S'' trilogy of anthology horror films, '' Under The Be ...

(under the pseudonym "Mr. Disgusting") and Tom Owen, who run the site along with current managing editor John Squires. By 2007, the site had 1.5 million

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and 20 million page views each month. In September 2007 a minority stake was purchased by The Collective, a

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–based management company. In 2011 Bloody Disgusting began distributing and producing films that have gone on to win awards and spawned the successful ''V/H/S'' franchise. In 2011, Bloody Disgusting partnered with The Collective and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. to create a distribution company named Bloody Disgusting Selects. The new subsidiary specialized in providing a wider release for independent filmmakers. The company purchased distribution rights from movies that were initially released at film festivals, with locations at

AMC Theatres AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a AMC Theatres, originally an abbreviation for American Multi-Cinema; often referred to simply as AMC and known in some countries as AMC Cinemas or AMC Multi-Cinemas) is an American movie theater chain fou ...

handling exclusive theatrical release. After this, the movies were distributed by the conglomerate through The Collective's partnership with Vivendi Universal and on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD platforms. Bloody Disgusting has notably worked on projects with genre writers, directors, and actors including, but not limited to:

Adam Wingard Adam Wingard ( ; born December 3, 1982) is an American filmmaker. He has served as a director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, actor, and composer on numerous projects. Following an early career as a member of the mumblecore ...

, Simon Barrett,

David Bruckner David Bruckner (born c. 1977) is an American film director. With Jacob Gentry and Dan Bush, he co-wrote and co-directed the 2007 horror film '' The Signal''. Bruckner also co-wrote and directed the "Amateur Night" segment of the 2012 horror anth ...

Roxanne Benjamin Roxanne Benjamin is an American film director, writer, and producer. She is best known for directing the horror films '' Body at Brighton Rock'' and '' There's Something Wrong with the Children'' and producing the horror anthology films ''V/H/S'' ...

Joe Swanberg Joseph Swanberg (born August 31, 1981) is an American independent film director, producer, writer, and actor. Known for micro-budget films which make extensive use of improvisation, Swanberg is considered a major figure in the mumblecore film mo ...

AJ Bowen Alfred Charles "A. J." Bowen Jr. (born December 21, 1977) is an American actor and producer. He starred in '' The Signal'' (2007) and '' A Horrible Way To Die'' (2010). Early life Bowen was born in Marietta, Georgia, and attended the Universi ...

Amy Seimetz Amy Lynne Seimetz is an American actress and filmmaker. She has appeared in several productions, including AMC's '' The Killing'', HBO's ''Family Tree'', and films like '' Upstream Color'', '' Alien: Covenant'', ''Pet Sematary'', and ''No Sudden ...

TI West Timon C. West (born October 5, 1980) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, and occasional actor, best known for his work in horror films. He directed the horror films ''The Roost'' (2005), '' The House of ...

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Glenn McQuaid Glenn McQuaid (born 1972/1973) is an Irish film director. He is known for his feature film debut ''I Sell The Dead'' and his involvement in the audio play anthology series '' Tales From Beyond the Pale'', both of which were produced by frequent ...

, Steven C Miller,

Jonny Weston Jonny Weston (born June 16, 1988) is an American actor. He starred as real-life surfer Jay Moriarity in the 2012 film ''Chasing Mavericks'' and as brainy high school student David Raskin in the 2015 time-travel adventure '' Project Almanac''. He ...

, Jason Eisner, Eduardo Sanchez, Greg Hale, Gareth Evans, Timo Tjahjanto,

Marcel Sarmiento Marcel Sarmiento is a film director and writer who has created both comedy and horror films and commercials. He wrote and directed the 2007 comedy '' Heavy Petting'', co-produced and directed the 2008 horror film ''Deadgirl'', and directed a seg ...

Nacho Vigalondo Ignacio Vigalondo Palacios (born 6 April 1977), better known as Nacho Vigalondo, is a Spanish filmmaker. Career Vigalondo's first film was the 2003 Spanish-language short film '' 7:35 in the Morning'', about a suicide bomber who terrorizes a ca ...

, Patrick Horvath,

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, and

Trent Haaga Trent Haaga (born 1971) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. He is best known for his work on independent horror films, such as ''Deadgirl'' (2008), '' Cheap Thrills'' (2013), and '' 68 Kill'' (2017). Career Haaga came t ...

. In October 2021,

Cinedigm Cinedigm Corp. is an American entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Cinedigm's businesses encompass digital cinema, streaming channels, content marketing, and distribution. History Early years Cinedigm Corp was founde ...

purchased Bloody Disgusting from co-oweners/co-founders Brad Miska and Tom Owen, business parters Peter Lutrell and Heather Lutrell, and part-owner Michael Green who's company The Collective had previously owned a large stake in the company. Cinedigm intends to expand Bloody Disgusting on a large scale. In October 2021, Cinedigm assigned management of their subsidiary streaming service Screambox, to the Bloody Disgusting team. The collaboration will reinvent the streaming service, with intent to expand its content and original releases. In November 2022, the relaunch of the new "Bloody Disgusting approved" Screambox was announced. The streaming service included a redesign, change in cost, increase in variety of content, and accessibility changes. Upon its launch, the streamer included over 700 available titles. Bloody Disgusting's original streaming service, Bloody Disgusting TV, was moved into Screambox navigation.

Film production

As Bloody Disgusting grew, it evolved into a film production company, releasing horror genre favorites and award-winning films. * ''

V/H/S ''V/H/S'' is a 2012 American found footage horror anthology film and the first installment in the ''V/H/S'' franchise created by Brad Miska and Bloody Disgusting and produced by Miska and Roxanne Benjamin. It features a series of found foota ...

'' – premiered at the 2012

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,6 ...

* '' V/H/S/2'' – premiered at the 2013

* '' V/H/S: Viral'' – premiered at the 2014

Fantastic Fest Fantastic Fest is an annual film festival in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 2005 by Tim League of Alamo Drafthouse, Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News, Paul Alvarado-Dykstra, and Tim McCanlies, writer of ''The Iron Giant'' and ''Secondhand ...

film festival * '' V/H/S/94'' – premiered at the 2021

film festival * '' V/H/S/99'' – premiered at the 2022

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* '' Under the Bed'' – premiered at the 2012

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* ''

A Horrible Way to Die ''A Horrible Way to Die'' is a 2010 American horror film directed and edited by Adam Wingard, written by co-producer Simon Barrett, and starring A. J. Bowen, Amy Seimetz, Joe Swanberg, Brandon Carroll, and Lane Hughes. The story follows an escap ...

'' – premiered at the 2010

. It also played at Fantastic Fest where it received three major awards: Best Screenplay for Simon Barrett, Best Actor for

and Best Actress for

. * '' Southbound'' – premiered at the 2015

* '' Honeydew'' – premiered at the 2020 Nightstream Film Festival

Bloody Disgusting Selects

* ''Alyce Kills'' * '' Atrocious'' * ''Blood Runs Cold'' * ''Chop'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''Delivery'' * ''Exit Humanity'' * '' Faust: Love of the Damned'' * ''

Fever Night aka Band of Satanic Outsiders ''Fever Night aka Static Age Band of Satanic Outsiders'' is a 2009 American Independent film, independent horror film written and directed by Jordan Harris and Andrew Schrader. The film was released on DVD and video-on-demand (VOD) through Bloody ...

'' * ''

The Haunting of Helena ''The Haunting of Helena'' (also known as ''Fairytale'' in other countries) is a 2012 Italian supernatural horror film, written and directed by Christian Bisceglia and filmed in Italy. The film stars Harriet MacMasters-Green and Sabrina Jolie Pere ...

'' * ''Hellacious Acres'' * '' Macabre'' * '' Outcast'' * '' The Pack'' * '' Phase 7'' * ''

Rammbock ''Rammbock'' (also ''Rammbock: Berlin Undead'' and ''Siege of the Dead'') is a 2010 German horror film directed by Marvin Kren, written by Benjamin Hessler, and starring Michael Fuith, Theo Trebs, Anka Graczyk, and Emily Cox as survivors of a rag ...

'' * ''

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'' * '' The Woman'' * '' YellowBrickRoad''

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/ Online mass media companies of the United States American film websites Horror fiction websites Internet properties established in 2001 2001 establishments in the United States

History

Film production

Bloody Disgusting Selects

See also

References

External links