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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Kane parsons - The Untold Story

Ditch the lightsabers and spandex. These are 2026’s new box office champions

A fresh crop of filmmakers are changing the metrics upon which success is measured

The Independent UK

YouTubers are taking over Hollywood, but can they really save cinema?

From Backrooms to Obsession, young creators are reviving the box office with low-budget gems... for now.

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New A24 film set to nab studio record from Timothée Chalamet’s Marty Supreme

The psychological horror has been playing in US theaters for only nine days

The Independent UK

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Steven Spielberg Has Some Thoughts About Obsession And Backrooms As His Own Tentpole Release Heads To Theaters

Be right back, I'm going to get tickets.

Cinemablend

Horror’s Hollywood takeover is an exciting moment – but won’t someone think of the squeamish?

The unprecedented success of Backrooms and Obsession has made stars of their creators. For the good of cinema, however, they’d do well to look beyond the genre going forward

The Guardian - UK

Why Backrooms' Big Box Office Win Feels ‘Cathartic’ In Some Hollywood Circles

It can't be understated just how huge this is.

Cinemablend

These are the 5 games you need to check out after watching A24's Backrooms film

Backrooms is a state of mind.

PC Gamer

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Is Shawn Levy Really Trying to Do a Mash-Up Movie with Star Wars and a New Horror Fave?

If Levy has his way, we might just see these two worlds collide sooner than we think.

The Mary Sue

Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Backrooms' - Liminal space horror you'll want to get lost in

Released last week in the US and UK, this year’s breakout horror hit finally heads to European cinemas. It was worth the wait.

Euronews

Backrooms director Kane Parsons is seemingly considering a Portal movie “with a lot of caution and a lot of curiosity”

The Backrooms director is thinking with portals

Total Film

Backrooms director says Valve is an inspiration: "Don't make it if there's not a meaningful reason motivating it"

"They take it to such an extreme"

Total Film

R-AI-ging Bull: Backlash against Martin Scorsese after director endorses 'creatively freeing' AI

Martin Scorsese is at the heart of the ever-growing debate regarding the rise of AI in Hollywood. The director of 'Taxi Driver' and 'Wolf of Wall Street' has endorsed an AI tool which he has described as "creatively freeing" in the pre-production process.

Euronews

Director of one of 2026's biggest surprise horror hits slams GenAI: "If I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear forever, I probably would"

Kane Parsons is not a fan of generative AI

Total Film

The original Backrooms films on YouTube are even creepier than the blockbuster movie

The low-budget shorts made using Blender still pack a punch.

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The Mary Sue

‘Backrooms,’ ‘Obsession’: Independent Horror Reigns at the Box Office

For the first time in…ever, really, the box office is currently being dominated by two independent horror films made by YouTubers in their twenties. Backrooms, directed by Kane Parsons, and Obsession, directed by Curry Barker, have stayed in the public discussion for weeks after their respective releases. Both films are…

Inverse

What Is Async? Backrooms' Mysterious Research Institute, Explained

One of the most interesting and esoteric aspects of 'Backrooms' is the mysterious Async Institute, and Kane Parsons' YouTube works provide a few answers.

International Business Times UK

20-Year-Old YouTuber's Indie Horror Film Grossed $118 Million — And Beat 'Star Wars' on Opening Weekend

20-year-old Kane Parsons' horror film 'Backrooms' became A24's biggest opener, grossing $118M on a $10M budget, and rivalled a $165M 'Star Wars' release. Explore the rise of internet-born cinema.

PC Gamer

Backrooms movie is just a start toward the 'true root of the narrative,' says director: 'I am definitely not done'

Kane Parsons says Backrooms "has always been planned to be more of a series that goes outside the confines of this film."

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Cinemablend

Blumhouse Had One Word For Horror Fans As Backrooms And Obsession Went 1 & 2 In Ticket Sales

Blumhouse’s one-two punch gave horror fans one hell of a box office weekend.

PC Gamer

The Backrooms film left me with more questions than answers and that's why it's the perfect adaptation

Open that window, break through the pane.

The Guardian - US

To YouTube and beyond: how online gen Z directors stormed Hollywood

Record-breaking box office for Backrooms and Obsession has opened the door for twentysomething YouTube creators as the industry rethinks what audiences want

The Guardian - UK

Kane Parsons becomes youngest film-maker to open at No 1 in the US with Backrooms

Backrooms stunned industry observers by taking $81m in its first weekend, a record for studio A24

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James Wan says horror films 'keep saving our industry' after Obsession and Backrooms success

Horror movie legend James Wan insists the genre "keeps saving" the film industry.

Pedestrian.tv

How A Creepy 4chan Post Inspired Backrooms, The Hottest Horror Movie Right Now

"If you're not careful and you noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in the Backrooms."

Bangkok Post

'Backrooms', based on YouTube horror series, breaks box office records

LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - A24's "Backrooms," the big screen adaptation of a viral YouTube horror series, smashed several box office records with an $81.5 million North American debut, US media reported Sunday.

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