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A 20-year-old YouTuber's horror film just broke A24's box office record

"Backrooms," a horror film by Kane Parsons, who directed it at 20, opened to $81 million this weekend — the strongest opening A24 has ever had and the largest ever for an original horror movie.

Parsons, who built the film from his creepypasta web series about endless empty rooms, is by far the youngest director to land the number-one movie in the country. — Read the rest

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Backrooms is a blockbuster

A wild $35m Friday night haul put Kane Parsons' _Backrooms_ on track for a $75m weekend (including Thursday's $10m preview take)—far more than what was even hoped for on its $10m budget. The total will easily surpass studio A24's previous best, _Civil War_ , which cost $50m and made $127m all told. — Read the rest

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Como “Backrooms” foi de uma história no Youtube para o filme de terror mais esperado do ano

No início de 2022, Kane Parsons deu início no Youtube à série de vídeos “Backrooms“, inspirada na creepypasta homônima que circulava a internet. Desde então, a história cresceu exponencialmente em popularidade, até chamar a atenção da A24, que decidiu transforma-la em um longa-metragem para os cinemas. A creepypasta original, termo utilizado para descrever lendas urbanas …

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Backrooms trailer clips into existence

I've been looking forward to losing myself in the buzzing lights and moist carpet of Kane Parsons' infinite Backrooms alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass. It's in theaters May 19 and here's the trailer.

For the uninitiated, the Backrooms were the last and greatest creepypasta to emerge from 4chan. — Read the rest

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