Epic Pictures
Founded in 2007, Epic Pictures is an independent content studio with the mission of delivering the best-in-class genre entertainment “for fans, by fans.” Epic Pictures produces, finances, and distributes approximately twenty-thirty independent genre films a year. In 2013, the company established Epic Pictures Releasing which is its US focused distribution division. In 2017, Epic Pictures acquired the world’s most popular horror website, Dread Central, and launched its unique horror label, Dread, followed by its AVOD channel, DreadTV. In 2019, Epic Pictures started the horror gaming site, DreadXP, with a focus on editorial, reviews, podcasts, and original streaming content. In 2020, DreadXP began a video game production and publishing division in collaboration with some of the most innovative developers in the independent gaming space.www.epic-pictures.com
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Oct 11, 2026
AC WilsonHOST
Yeah.
AC WilsonHOST
So we have Jason Blum of Blumhouse and Epic Pictures CEO Patrick Ewald producing, and the project is being spearheaded by Matthew Patrick, MatPat.
speaker_3HOST
If we connect this to the bigger picture, Blumhouse's involvement here is incredibly revealing about their whole corporate strategy.
AC WilsonHOST
How so?
Movie GuruHOST
Announced... announcing an Amanda the Adventure adaptation.
Movie GuruHOST
On Friday, Jason Blum announced Blumfest moderator Matthew Matpat-Patrick is developing a feature adaptation of the 2023 indie puzzle game from DreadXP, whose parent company, Epic Pictures CEO Patrick Ewald, will serve as producer.
Movie GuruHOST
In games, Riley Park unravels a sinister mystery around the fictional children's television show Amanda the Adventurer after discovering a mysterious videotape in their late-on-kids' attic.
Movie GuruHOST
Founder and former host of the Theory channels on YouTube, Patrick also produced the YouTube Premium series Game Lab and Creatures in Fashion.
Steve BartonGUEST
So...
Steve BartonGUEST
We ended up getting Epic Pictures Group as a parent company.
Steve BartonGUEST
And they promised us a lot of stuff and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Steve BartonGUEST
But one of the main reasons for the deal was they wanted to spin Dread Central off to their Blu-ray and DVD horror label, you know? And that sounded to me like a pretty much natural evolution of the brand, right? So...
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Steve BartonGUEST
There wasn't even ads for it on Dread Central.
Steve BartonGUEST
Can you imagine that? It's the first Dread Central release and they just completely dumped it.
Steve BartonGUEST
And then it's so ridiculous because Terrifier went on to be not only Epic Pictures' biggest horror title, it went on to be their biggest title, period.
Steve BartonGUEST
And not a thank you, no nothing.