Out of the shadows: Hollywood embraces the horror film
A string of top-grossing children's animations, including Inside Out 2, Moana 2 and Despicable Me 4, dominated the box office last year, and this trend continued in spring with the blockbuster success of A Minecraft Movie.
However, data released this week suggested that a less family-friendly genre was also on the rise, as the number of horror releases from major studios is expected to climb by a quarter.
The Hollywood research firm Luminate found that 30 major studio horror titles would be released this year, up from 24 over the previous 12 months.
The growth has been attributed to the release of a number of commercially successful and critically -acclaimed titles that launched last year, including Hugh Grant's Heretic and Demi Moore's
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