Get ready for another rant...
As I scroll through the thousands of television channels, I find a seemingly infinite variety of channel themes. Encore has mystery, western, action, love and drama themed channels. Showtime has a sci-fi themed channel, so does Cinemax, and there's even a Sci-Fi Channel. There's an HBO Comedy channel, an HBO Family channel, and an HBO Latino channel. There's classic movie channels like Flix, TCM and AMC. There's a plethora of women's channels (i.e. Lifetime) and a couple independent film channels (IFC and Sundance). There's even a friggin Thriller channel.
Notice something missing? There is literally every single theme or genre imaginable except horror. Where's the damn horror channel? I don't get it.
You mean to tell me that there's a bigger market for an all western channel than an all horror channel? And don't tell me that Showtime Beyond, TMC, Flix and OuterMax show a lot of horror movies. That's not good enough. I want to know why there's a 24-hour action movie channel channel and not a 24-hour horror movie channel.
As I scroll through the thousands of television channels, I find a seemingly infinite variety of channel themes. Encore has mystery, western, action, love and drama themed channels. Showtime has a sci-fi themed channel, so does Cinemax, and there's even a Sci-Fi Channel. There's an HBO Comedy channel, an HBO Family channel, and an HBO Latino channel. There's classic movie channels like Flix, TCM and AMC. There's a plethora of women's channels (i.e. Lifetime) and a couple independent film channels (IFC and Sundance). There's even a friggin Thriller channel.
Notice something missing? There is literally every single theme or genre imaginable except horror. Where's the damn horror channel? I don't get it.
You mean to tell me that there's a bigger market for an all western channel than an all horror channel? And don't tell me that Showtime Beyond, TMC, Flix and OuterMax show a lot of horror movies. That's not good enough. I want to know why there's a 24-hour action movie channel channel and not a 24-hour horror movie channel.You don't need to be a financial wiz to know that the horror genre is big business. Look no further than the Stephen King empire and the box office to see evidence of it. CNN.com said here that "Horror is one of those genres that have a seemingly inexhaustible supply of audience." But we don't need CNN to tell us that scary movies are big business.
More from another article: "Thanks to horror hits 'Saw' and 'Hostel,' Lionsgate has been one of the hottest media stocks." Of course, this isn't the first time a studio was bolstered by the reliably profitable horror genre. New Line is often called "The House That Freddy Built" because A Nightmare on Elm Street brought it from near bankruptcy to being a highly profitable company.
So, I believe we can safely say that a horror channel has the potential to be a very profitable network. I would even venture to say that a few horror channels wouldn't be a bad idea - maybe a classic horror network and one showing more current films. If I had my way, there'd by ten horror channels: a euro-horror channel, a grindhouse channel, a supernatural channel, etc... but I digress.
I understand that the UK has a horror channel called Zone Horror. I wonder how well that performs. I also understand that there's The Horror Channel and FearNet which you can watch on the computer, but that just doesn't cut it.
If anyone has heard of an upcoming U.S. horror channel please let me know. Otherwise, I'll just continue to bitch and moan till that day arrives.
More from another article: "Thanks to horror hits 'Saw' and 'Hostel,' Lionsgate has been one of the hottest media stocks." Of course, this isn't the first time a studio was bolstered by the reliably profitable horror genre. New Line is often called "The House That Freddy Built" because A Nightmare on Elm Street brought it from near bankruptcy to being a highly profitable company.
So, I believe we can safely say that a horror channel has the potential to be a very profitable network. I would even venture to say that a few horror channels wouldn't be a bad idea - maybe a classic horror network and one showing more current films. If I had my way, there'd by ten horror channels: a euro-horror channel, a grindhouse channel, a supernatural channel, etc... but I digress.I understand that the UK has a horror channel called Zone Horror. I wonder how well that performs. I also understand that there's The Horror Channel and FearNet which you can watch on the computer, but that just doesn't cut it.
If anyone has heard of an upcoming U.S. horror channel please let me know. Otherwise, I'll just continue to bitch and moan till that day arrives.
