Curry Barker's 'Obsession' and Kane Parsons' 'Backrooms' Prove That Viral Talent and Word of Mouth Can Still Make Low-budget Horror Into Box-office Success

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

Horror films by Kane Parsons, the Philippou brothers, Curry Barker and other YouTubers show Hollywood’s fastest path now runs through millions of followers, not film school or…