Backrooms is at the forefront of horror’s YouTube wave

Though YouTube has always been a place where up-and-coming artists could be discovered and make it big, in recent years the platform has become a launching pad for some of Hollywood's most exciting new horror directors. The filmmakers behind films like Talk to Me, Iron Lung, and Obsession all started off as content creators posting their independently created projects online. And if it weren't for their fandom-fueled internet fame, studios might not have given them a chance to step up to the big leagues.

Going viral on YouTube with a series of videos inspired by 4chan memes is what put Kane Parsons on A24's radar and led to him becoming the …

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