🎧 A24's 'Backrooms' and the Rise of YouTube Filmmakers - The Ankler

Horror flicks from young YouTubers are dominating the box office. What does it say about Hollywood?

"Obsession" and "Backrooms" have each made around $100 million.

🎧 A24's 'Backrooms' and the Rise of YouTube Filmmakers - The Ankler

→ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts → Watch on YouTube “I would not be feeling good right now if I was sitting in my corner office over at Disney after this weekend,” one source tells Like & Subscribe’s Natalie Jarvey about the box office success of Backrooms and Obsession — two movies from popular YouTube creators-turned-filmmakers Kane Parsons and Curry Barker, respectively. Both low-budget breakouts leapfrogged over Star Wars’ The Mandalorian and G…

If you film it, they will come. YouTubers behind Backrooms and Obsession show how to get Gen Z to the movies

Summer movie season is normally a battle of Hollywood heavyweights — but this year, two of the hottest tickets at the box office come from young YouTubers who brought their built-in audiences with them to the big screen. Industry watchers say their success could influence what projects get made in the future.

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 thanks to Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord.” The exec — whose indie distributor marks only its 10th birthday next year — said the ongoing run of wins was “extraordinary,” but […]

Horror hits 'Obsession' and 'Backrooms' have audiences asking: What is Gen Z so afraid of?

Are the two biggest horror hits of the year really just scared of cringe?