Just a few years after the first filmmakers emerged in the mid-1890s, Mellies created Le Manoir du Diable,  sometimes known in English as The Haunted Castle  or  The House of the Devil,  in 1896, and it is widely believed to be the first horror movie.

Blumhouse was originally known as Blum Israel Productions, with Amy Israel with a first-look deal at Miramax when the company was founded. In 2002, Blum and Israel parted ways, and the company became Blumhouse Productions.