Indie horror flicks 'Obsession' and 'Backrooms' draw Gen Z to cinema
The multi-million-dollar openings of indie horror flicks “Obsession” and “Backrooms” have Hollywood buzzing about the 20-something YouTuber directors who are driving Generation Z audiences to the theater in droves.
The endless yellow hallways of A24’s “Backrooms,” directed by 20-year-old Kane Parsons, terrified tens of thousands of people in its opening weekend to rack up $118 million at the box office.
And Focus Features film “Obsession,” directed by 26-year-old Curry Barker, has taken in $148 million worldwide in two weeks — a smash hit for a production that cost $750,000.
“It’s a huge, huge success and a real turning point for the industry, potentially,” said associate editor Matthew Frank of The Ankler, a digital media company that covers Hollywood.
