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.

AP:Young audiences turned out in droves to movie theatres around the country this weekend for a small-budget horror from a 20-year-old first-time filmmaker that began on the…

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Record-breaking box office for Backrooms and Obsession has opened the door for twentysomething YouTube creators as the industry rethinks what audiences want

"This is just a chronic pattern of contempt for the next wave of cultural production," an industry insider tells The Hollywood Reporter about baseless online conspiracies…

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…

The films are both made by 20-something YouTubers turned filmmakers.

What began as a 4Chan post and then a creepypasta led to Parsons’ viral YouTube series – and now, a debut movie cementing his role in Hollywood.

El mundo del entretenimiento celebra los éxitos inesperados de dos directores veinteañeros, Kane Parsons y Curry Barker, creados para la Generación Z: logran llevar a miles de…

Dos increíbles éxitos de bajo costo y exponencial retorno se originaron en la plataforma de videos más famosa del planeta. Hollywood suele sacar las conclusiones erradas de estos…

El mundo del entretenimiento celebra los éxitos inesperados de dos directores veinteañeros, Kane Parsons y Curry Barker, creados para la Generación Z.

Las dos películas de terror indie, que fueron dirigidas por youtubers en sus 20s, han superado las expectativas en taquilla.

What made the box office debuts of both "Obsession" and "Backrooms" so surprising is how well they fared against major studio releases.

LOS ANGELES, June 3 — The multi-million-dollar openings of indie horror flicks Obsession and Backrooms have Hollywood buzzing about the 20-something YouTuber directors who are...

Las películas de terror indie de jóvenes directores se han vuelto las nuevas joyas cinematográficas.

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…

A pair of YouTuber-helmed horror films scored big at the box office, and others could follow as Hollywood turns to creators.

A wave of YouTuber-turned box-office-record-breaking horror auteurs have Hollywood nervous and rethinking the filmmaking playbook

From "Obsession" and "Backrooms" to the scary under-seen gems you can't miss.