Backrooms Film Draws on Viral YouTube Series and Real-Life Inspiration, Gains Unexpected Success in Cinemas
🎬 Edwin Heathcote delves into the success of "Backrooms," an architectural horror film currently in cinemas, based on Kane Parsons' viral YouTube series. These shorts, created by Parsons at 20, explore eerie corporate spaces and became a sensation. The initial concept, inspired by an early 2000s photo of Rohner's Home Furnishings in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, taps into our fear of mundane, fluorescent-lit labyrinths, resonating through pop culture.
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