The Truth Behind An Urban Legend We Know And Love Is Being Brought To The Big Screen

NEW YORK - Sept. 18, 2014 - PRLog -- What captures the imagination more than an urban legend? And what is more intriguing than the origin of that urban legend?

The buzz around the Hollywood is that one of the most popular urban legends that we all know is being shopped around Tinseltown for its chance to be brought to life on the silver screen. The origins of this popular story and song as told in this horror thriller will have you shocked and scared to hum a note of this sing along ever again. Initial focus group data suggest that the anticipation for the completion of this film will be high.

The scriptwriter, who happens to be a former senior level music executive and Grammy award winning music publisher, is of the belief that the biggest way to capitalize on an audience is through familiarity. The more familiar a person is with the topic, the more apt they will be to go see it, which in turn means large profits for the studios. A perfect example of this is the popular chant from the horror film “A Nightmare on Elm Street”. Known as Freddy’s theme song, the chant of “1... 2... Freddy’s coming for you”, is actually a play on the children song “1… 2… Buckle my shoe”. The familiarity of this helped the audience connect to the story and contribute to its success. “A Nightmare on Elm Street” – Made for estimated budget of just over $1million, a sum the film earned back during its first week, went on to gross over $25.5 million domestically.“A Nightmare on Elm Street” is to this day is one of the best horror films ever made and is known worldwide because of its use of the “1… 2… Freddy’s coming for you” song. The script is being held under lock and key until financing has been secured to complete the motion picture.

The genre of horror films is one of the most popular and profitable. Minimal investment has been proven over and over again to result in huge returns. While horror as a category may not be the highest grossing genre in the movie business, many movie studios have enjoyed huge successes while also building brands and franchising the films. The most notable horror film success stories have been those concerning micro-budgeted movies that made huge profits. These films often cost a fraction of what competing movies in the comedy genre cost, which makes the genre ideal for small risks with huge rewards. For example, Paranormal Activity – made for $15,000 / made $195 million Paranormal Activity is the most profitable movie ever made regardless of genre and has already spawned three sequels with Paranormal Activity 4. "Paranormal Activity 4" cost $5 million to produce. It grossed $54 million domestically as well as another $86 million overseas. That's a $135 million in gross profit.

This shows that when studios take gambles on great films which focus on familiarity with originality and not on catering to the lowest MPAA rating or the latest camera technology, they can and will make money.

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