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fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

The 20-Year-Old Director Who Found Hell in Empty Hallways

A 4chan “Backrooms” idea grew into a massive multimedia saga through YouTube videos and a feature film project.
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fromEsquire
3 weeks ago

'Backrooms' Director Kane Parsons Is Horror's Next Great Storyteller

Backrooms centers on a shifting maze of nightmares, reflecting Kane Parsons’s deep attachment to structures and belief that buildings outlast people.
fromEsquire
3 months ago

How A24's Liminal Horror Movie 'Backrooms' Was Born From the Internet

Until recently, "liminal spaces" were only known to architects. But on the Internet, storytellers and amateur filmmakers have morphed these ubiquitous places you pass by on errand runs into caverns of cosmic terror. Now, a new A24 film from 20-year-old filmmaker Kane Parsons is set to kick off the summer and christen it the season of liminal horror.
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