Evil Spawn or Good Business? New Line Cinema, Critters, and Film Franchising at the Margins
Evil Spawn or Good Business? New Line Cinema, Critters, and Film Franchising at the Margins
Daniel Herbert presents a historical examination of New Line Cinema’s Critters (1986-Present) franchise. The essay looks at the role that home video early on played in the development of media franchises and also explains the centrality of Critters and other franchises to the development of New Line itself. The essay provides an example of franchise management from the industry’s margins.
Keywords: Critters, Media franchise, Home video, Management, New Line Cinema
Edinburgh Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs, and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us.