Netflix, Inc. is an American over-the-top content platform and production company headquartered in Los Gatos, California. Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California. The company's primary business is a subscription-based streaming service offering online streaming from a library of films and television series, including those produced in-house. As of October 2020, Netflix had over 195 million paid subscriptions worldwide, including 73 million in the United States. It is available worldwide except in the following: mainland China (due to local restrictions), Syria, North Korea, and Crimea (due to US sanctions). It was reported in 2020 that Netflix's operating income is $1.2 billion. The company has offices in France, the United Kingdom, Brazil, the Netherlands, India, Japan, and South Korea. Netflix is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), producing and distributing content from countries all over the globe. Netflix's initial business model included DVD sales and rental by mail, but Hastings abandoned the sales about a year after the company's founding to focus on the initial DVD rental business. Netflix expanded its business in 2007 with the introduction of streaming media while retaining the DVD and Blu-ray rental business. The company expanded internationally in 2010 with streaming available in Canada, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean. Netflix entered the content-production industry in 2013, debuting its first series House of Cards. Since 2012, Netflix has taken more of an active role as producer and distributor for both film and television series, and to that end, offers a variety of "Netflix Original" content through its online library. By January 2016, Netflix services operated in more than 190 countries. Netflix released an estimated 126 original series and films in 2016, more than any other network or cable channel. Their efforts to produce new content, secure the rights for additional content, and diversify through 190 countries have resulted in the company racking up billions in debt: $21.9 billion as of September 2017, up from $16.8 billion from the previous year. $6.5 billion of this is long-term debt, with the remainder in long-term obligations. In October 2018, Netflix announced it would raise another $2 billion in debt to help fund new content. On July 10, 2020, Netflix became the largest entertainment/media company by market capitalization.
In a forgotten corner of the rural South, where whispers of ancient evils still cling to the humid air, a group of urban explorers, documenting local folklore for a viral web series, stumble upon the dilapidated remains of the Harley farm. They dismiss the local legend of Pumpkinhead, a grotesque avenger summoned by the grief-stricken, as mere superstition. However, when a tragic accident claims the life of one of their own, the victim's estranged, grief-stricken father, a descendant of Ed Harley, is driven to the brink. He unearths the forbidden ritual, inadvertently unleashing Pumpkinhead, a primal entity of vengeance, not merely a monster, but a manifestation of collective sorrow and rage, feeding on the despair of those who seek retribution. The creature, initially a shadowy presence, begins to systematically hunt down those responsible for the death, its appearances growing more terrifying and tangible with each kill. The explorers, trapped and hunted, realize the legend is horrifyingly real, and their only hope lies in understanding the creature's true nature and the tragic lineage that binds it to this land. The film would explore the psychological toll of vengeance, the cyclical nature of grief, and the terrifying consequences of meddling with forces beyond human comprehension, leaving a chilling ambiguity about whether Pumpkinhead is truly defeated or merely dormant, awaiting its next summoner.
