Ep. 342: Backrooms

Based on a popular creepypasta concept and directed by a 20-year-old filmmaker who started out on YouTube, Backrooms became a runaway hit this summer, helping to kickstart a new wave of film deals for YouTube directors. In this episode, Steffan and Gavia discuss director Kane Parsons' impressive grasp of physical space as a source of horror, the film's underwhelming script, the online origins of the Backrooms, and whether Hollywood studios will actually do anything interesting on their quest to find the next lucrative YouTube movie.

Links:

"Kane Parsons Can’t Escape the Backrooms," Emily Sanderson, Interview

"‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Had to Choose Between College Apps and an A24 Deal," Christian Zilko, Indiewire