Horror and wrestling have long gone hand in hand, but when WWE formed WWE Studios - their own film studio - in 2002, they officially cemented their relationship with the movie industry. WWE views their studio as a natural extension of the entertainment they already release during their weekly Raw and Smackdown episodes and regular pay-per-view specials, and have been using WWE Studios to take full advantage of their talent, developing and releasing movies since 2005.
The first three movie projects WWE Studios announced were the action movie The Condemned, starring Steve Austin, an action-comedy, The Marine, starring John Cena, and a horror movie starring Kane that was originally titled "Goodnight", but would later come to be known as See No Evil.