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Today in class our goal was to research both of our groups ideas: the horror movie and the druggie movie. But this had be postponed to later tonight since we had to work on something else that period unrelated to our project. So here I am giving you all this amazing research!

So here goes nothing!
My strongest support I have is that how independent horror movies are sometimes better than wide released ones. For example have you heard of the movie "It Follows"? Neither have I, until I looked up top horror movies of 2015., where it ranked number one http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/lists/10-best-horror-movies-of-2015-20151223/goodnight-mommy-20151223
The movie was first entered into a film festival in Michigan, and was bought out to be distributed via wide release by The Weinstein Company. The film was LOVED by critics
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/it-follows-2015 here is just one of the many great examples. On the website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 97% rate. Which says a lot being that Rotten Tomatoes is widely acclaimed to be the highest rated site for reviewing films.
This goes to show that a independent film can go onto huge things. Oh and did I mention that it made a profit of $18 million? It does not seem like a ton in the film industry but for a growing company $18 will definitely help.

Im excited to see what my other group members will find for research. Hopefully they will find good research so next class we can all put our heads together and share ideas!

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