2027 Oscar Predictions: Obsession and Backrooms Join the Horror New Wave

Two films at theaters this weekend have once again excited audiences and brought people back to the theater, especially young people. All thanks to two directors, Kane Parsons (Backrooms) and Curry Barker (Obsession).

2027 Oscar Predictions: Obsession and Backrooms Join the Horror New Wave. Two films at theaters this weekend have once again excited audiences and brought people back to the theater, especially young people. All thanks to two directors, Kane Parsons (Backrooms) and Curry Barker (Obsession). Like Bo Burnham, Kane Parsons got his start in new media in online spaces like 4-Chan and YouTube. Says Anthony D’Alessandro over at Deadline: For rabid fans of Parsons (online handle: Kane Pixel), who originally launched the IP on 4chan and spread on Reddit, Backrooms is a dream come true in its big-screen arrival — a movie directed by the original creator. Parsons launched Backrooms when he was 16 with this universe of a man lost in myriad banal rooms filled with nightmarish people morphing into Roblox and Minecraft games. The property was transforme...