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Horror hits record level in the UK
Some 8.55 million horror movies have been sold on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK between January and October 2008 compared to sales of 1.7 million on DVD and VHS 10 years ago in 1998.
These new figures from the British Video Association reveal that the UK’s taste for horror is stronger than ever with sales of horror films for 2008 already exceeding the total for the entire year in 1998.
So far this year, the top seller is Cloverfield (Paramount Home Entertainment) with Saw 4 (Elevation Sales) and 30 Days of Night (Icon Home Ent) close behind while back in 1998 Scream, From Dusk Till Dawn and The Frighteners occupied the top spots.
The top-selling horror film over the entire 10 year period since the launch of the DVD is Blade which on its own has sales of almost 2 million over the decade closely followed by Van Helsing in second place and Blade 2 in third.
Hannah Conduct, Marketing Manager of the BVA, said: “October 2008 will surely go down as one of the scariest months in the history of home entertainment with a host of classic horror films being released in all their terrifying detail on Blu-ray.”
Story filed 03.11.08
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