help keep the lights on<\/a>. \u00a0The gambit worked long enough for Epic Pictures to buy the site in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\tEven though Be Afraid bought the site and will run it independently, the company will be working with Epic for some time to come. As part of the transaction, Be Afraid acquired DreadTV, a leading FAST horror channel, and entered into a multi-year streaming distribution agreement with Epic. Additionally, Epic CEO and owner Patrick Ewald will sit on Be Afraid Media\u2019s Board of Directors.<\/p>\n
\n\tDread Releasing, which is the film production and distribution arm, and DreadXP, the video game publishing division, will continue to operate as Epic businesses, separate from the Dread Central transaction.<\/p>\n
\n\tBe Afraid is now touting that collectively, the company\u2019s portfolio will reach an audience of more than 16 million fans across digital, social, streaming and commerce platforms.<\/p>\n
\n\tMiska co-founded Bloody Disgusting in 2001. The entertainment management firm The Collective bought a minority stake in the company in 2007, after which the Bloody Disgusting branched out into movie distribution, and allowed Miska to rack up producing credits by creating the horror anthology movie series V\/H\/S. He was also a producer on the 2022 sci-fi horror movie Kids vs Aliens. He will be putting all those skills toward the new venture.<\/p>\n
\n\tHe said the company\u2019s immediate focus is on revitalizing its FAST channel and building a robust podcast network. It will also actively expand across the full horror ecosystem including live events, merchandise, production, and distribution.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cOur goal is simple,\u201d he said, \u201cto be the most beloved and trusted brand in horror. And we are expanding our footprint by acquiring key genre assets and developing new original IP internally.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tOne Dread Central co-founder applauded the new owners.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThere is no team better suited to take the helm of Dread Central,\u201d said Jon Condit. \u201cThey understand the genre, they respect the audience, and they have the experience to guide Dread into its next era. I\u2019m excited to see what the future holds under their leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2021, Brad Miska sold Bloody Disgusting, the leading horror website he co-founded. He stayed on for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206,138403],"class_list":{"0":"post-391733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-terrifier-3"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}