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Sci-fi horror film Backrooms is a triumph for its 20-year-old director
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Sci-fi horror film Backrooms is a triumph for its 20-year-old director

With its origins in a creepy image posted on 4chan, Backrooms is an unusually potent big-screen experiment in fear and perception, says Davide Abbatescianni

New Scientist 10 days ago 21
The ‘Backrooms’ soundtrack is getting a vinyl release
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The ‘Backrooms’ soundtrack is getting a vinyl release

The A24 movie has scored the studio’s biggest weekend and become a hit with horror fans The soundtrack for hit horror film Backrooms is going to be pressed on…

NME Music 11 days ago 28
Box Office: ‘Scary Movie’ Stuns With $55M, ‘Masters of the Universe’ Lands at $29.3M
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Box Office: ‘Scary Movie’ Stuns With $55M, ‘Masters of the Universe’ Lands at $29.3M

'Backrooms’, now A24’s top-grossing title of all time, and Focus stand-out ’Obsession’ take the No. 3 and No. 4 slots with $25.9 million and $25.6 million, res…

Hollywood Reporter 13 days ago 34
‘Backrooms’ Becoming A24’s Highest Grossing Movie Ever Worldwide, Besting Timothée Chalamet’s $191M+ ‘Marty Supreme’ – Box Office
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‘Backrooms’ Becoming A24’s Highest Grossing Movie Ever Worldwide, Besting Timothée Chalamet’s $191M+ ‘Marty Supreme’ – Box Office

EXCLUSIVE: In less than a year’s time, A24 has beat its own records twice: Kane Parsons’ viral-born Backrooms will become the New York studio’s highest grossin…

Deadline Hollywood 14 days ago 34
Control Resonant's take on New York feels like the Backrooms
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Control Resonant's take on New York feels like the Backrooms

We played the opening of the Control sequel and saw just how weird Remedy's twisted city is. Remedy Entertainment is taking a very bold approach for the seque…

Engadget 14 days ago 28
Steven Spielberg Praises ‘Obsession’, ‘Backrooms’ Box Office Success: “I Just Applaud Them”
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Steven Spielberg Praises ‘Obsession’, ‘Backrooms’ Box Office Success: “I Just Applaud Them”

Hollywood’s new cohort of horror filmmakers have earned the praise of Steven Spielberg after a successful few weekends at the box office. At a recent screening…

Deadline Hollywood 14 days ago 36
Neon Boss Tom Quinn Hails Success Of ‘Backrooms,’ Saying It Shows Young People Are “Willing To Walk Away From Phones” — SXSW London
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Neon Boss Tom Quinn Hails Success Of ‘Backrooms,’ Saying It Shows Young People Are “Willing To Walk Away From Phones” — SXSW London

Neon CEO Tom Quinn has heralded the success of Backrooms and Obsession, saying the films show “there’s a younger generation here that’s willing to walk away fr…

Deadline Hollywood 16 days ago 29
Neon’s Tom Quinn Hails ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms’: ‘I Don’t See This as YouTube or Otherwise, I See This as Cinema’
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Neon’s Tom Quinn Hails ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms’: ‘I Don’t See This as YouTube or Otherwise, I See This as Cinema’

Tom Quinn landed in the U.K. for a special talk at SXSW London less than two weeks after Neon claimed its seventh consecutive Palme d’Or in Cannes, this time t…

Variety 16 days ago 27
‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Says Using AI ‘Defeats the Purpose’ of Filmmaking: ‘I Get No Enjoyment From Using Those Tools’
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‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Says Using AI ‘Defeats the Purpose’ of Filmmaking: ‘I Get No Enjoyment From Using Those Tools’

“Backrooms” director Kane Parsons recently sounded off on AI in filmmaking during a recent interview with The Australian. The 20-year-old filmmaker said that h…

Variety 16 days ago 42
‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Calls AI “Genuinely Harmful” To Creativity: “Cultural And Economic Rot”
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‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Calls AI “Genuinely Harmful” To Creativity: “Cultural And Economic Rot”

With a record-breaking A24 directorial debut under his belt at age 20, Kane Parsons doesn’t see a place for AI in Hollywood’s future. The Backrooms director re…

Deadline Hollywood 16 days ago 31
Why YouTubers Are Turning Hollywood Upside Down
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Why YouTubers Are Turning Hollywood Upside Down

This past weekend marked a tectonic shift in Hollywood that’s sent shock waves across the industry. “Backrooms,” a horror film born out of a 4chan creepypasta …

Variety 18 days ago 32
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