by Freddy J. Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango LLC and Marketing Demonologist
It was brilliant. Not the film, but the marketing campaign that turned a $15,000 amateur horror flick into a $100 million box office smash. The problem? Serious anticipointment…
Entries Tagged as 'horror'
Things That Go Bump in the Market: “Paranormal Activity” and the Perils of Anticipointment
November 17th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Case Studies, Media Review
Tags:anticipointment·buzz·college market·Eventful.com·Hollywood·horror·marketing·movies·Paramount Pictures·Paranormal Activity·Wired
"True Blood": Only Skin Deep
July 9th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Media Review
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC
I finally got around to watching the first season of “True Blood” on DVD — yeah, I know, I’m a total TV slacker — but I survived only four episodes.
“True Blood” begins with an intriguing level of satire that quickly devolves into soap operatics and [...]
Tags:Alan Ball·HBO·horror·Southern culture·television·The South·True Blood·TV·vampires
Better Off Undead? The Mysterious Popularity of Zombie Movies
January 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Media Review, Random Observations
To prep for a video I’m producing, I watched Undead or Alive, the 2007 comedy-horror flick about zombies in the old west. It’s moderately entertaining, with Chris Kattan as a cowboy wannabe and Navi Rawat as the intellectual kung-fu fighting Native-American babe. The hitch in this giddyap? The zombies themselves. Although they have more dialogue [...]
Tags:Ann Coulter·Annalee Newitz·Hollywood·horror·Jed Rowen·movies·new zombie movies·Night of the Living Dead·Republicans·The Outbreak·The Worldwide Scoop·Undead or Alive·Zombie walk·zombies
“The Outbreak”: New Zombie Flick Brings Interactive Films Back From The Dead
September 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Atomic Tango News, Media Review
by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC
Ever watch a horror film and yell at the characters, “What the hell are you doing?!” Well, smarty, now you can put yourself in the characters’ bloody shoes with the online zombie flick The Outbreak…
Tags:film·horror·horror movies·interactive movies·movie·viral video·zombie movies·zombies


