‘Backrooms’ Is Part of a Boomlet in Movies From YouTube Creators NYT | Top Stories By: Brooks Barnes 29 May 2026 at 17:02 “Backrooms,” a psychological horror flick opening this weekend, is part of a wave of breakout films from fledgling directors who honed their instincts on YouTube. © Asterios Moutsokapas/A24, via Associated PressThe director of “Backrooms,” Kane Parsons, left, on a set with one of the new film’s stars, Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Kane Parsons: From YouTube Sensation to A24’s Youngest Director NYT | Top Stories By: Kyle Buchanan 29 May 2026 at 17:00 Now 20, the viral creator Kane Parsons is releasing “Backrooms,” a feature-length expansion of his web series. © Kobe Wagstaff for The New York Times“Age has never not been part of the conversation with me,” Parsons said.
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