Entertainment
HBO’s Lovecraft Country part of a golden age of horror – Sydney Morning Herald
Horror has moved from the low-budget margins to the big-budget mainstream, and some people think politics is behind the shift.
A decade ago, horror films accounted for just under 4 per cent of the North American box office. In 2017, they took more than $US1 billion (about 9.5 per cent of the total) for the first time.
The numbers bounce around last year, horror was worth $US901 million (7.5 per cent) but there’s little doubt this is a golden age for the genre.
Film producer Chris Brown, who recently launched a new mini-studio specialising in horror.
“Like everything else in the film industry, it’s subject to the cycl…
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