“Backrooms,” a psychological horror flick opening this weekend, is part of a wave of breakout films from fledgling directors who honed their instincts on YouTube.
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“Backrooms,” a psychological horror flick opening this weekend, is part of a wave of breakout films from fledgling directors who honed their instincts on YouTube.
By Brooks Barnes
Reporting from Los Angeles
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Filmmakers like Kane Parsons are getting their start on YouTube, before moving to bigger productions.
If you're a young movie director, you get your start on YouTube. Next: graduating to movie theaters, and crushing the competition.
Short answer: Yes. But there's a caveat.
You'll audibly gasp in the theater, guaranteed
PARIS, May 28 — Originating as a creepy shared story told online by ordinary internet users, the “Backrooms” universe erupts into…
Here's the wild story of how an anonymous internet comment spawned \
