Alex

Weather enthusiast.

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

One #FIFAWorldCup, two generations 😮

[The Touchmine | 𝐓 @TouchmineX]

🚨🚨𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Officials predict the match between Mexico and South Africa will generate over 1.1 billion live viewers. It would become the most-viewed opening event in history, surpassing the 2008 Beijing Olympics and pushing it into second place. 😳

[Z7 @Z72026LLC]

@ByAllMeansMovie @KaneHypeGuy Watch the series in this timeline order to be the least confusing

[Backpirch Weather @BackpirchCrew]

The supercell that spawned the world’s largest tornado on record, 13 years ago this evening.

[Backrooms Movie Updates @KaneHypeGuy]

To celebrate Backrooms being the #1 MOVIE IN THE WORLD I’ve temporarily changed my profile picture for the occasion! #NewProfilePic

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

AMC had its highest May theater attendance since 2019 🍿

[The Cinéprism @TheCineprism]

🎬 Backrooms (2026)

One of the internet's greatest success stories.

In May 2019, an anonymous user on 4chan posted a grainy photo of an empty room. Sickly yellow walls, harsh fluorescent lighting, damp carpet, and an overwhelming sense that something was deeply wrong. Someone added a caption claiming that if you're not careful, you can "noclip out of reality" and end up trapped in an endless maze of identical rooms known as the Backrooms.

Nobody knew where the photo was taken. For five years, the image spread across forums, Reddit, YouTube, and social media, evolving from a creepy image into one of the internet's most fascinating pieces of modern folklore.

Then, in May 2024, four users on Discord finally traced the image using the Wayback Machine. The photograph originated from a 2002 renovation photo taken inside a former furniture store at 807 Oregon Street in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. But by then, the truth hardly mattered. The myth had already become bigger than its origin.

The Backrooms entered a completely new phase in January 2022 when a 16-year-old filmmaker named Kane Parsons uploaded a nine-minute short film called The Backrooms (Found Footage). Having taught himself Blender and VFX techniques, Parsons transformed a niche internet creepypasta into something cinematic and terrifyingly believable. The video exploded in popularity and quickly became one of the defining horror projects of YouTube's generation.

Hollywood took notice.

Just a few years later, A24 greenlit a feature film adaptation and handed the project to Parsons himself. Operating under the codename Effigy, the production built a massive 30,000-square-foot Backrooms maze in Vancouver. The crew reportedly tested dozens of shades of yellow to recreate the unsettling atmosphere that made the original image so iconic, while the scale of the set became a story in itself.

Born in 2005, the same year YouTube launched Kane Parsons became A24's youngest director ever. At only 20 years old, he achieved something almost unimaginable: turning an internet urban legend into a major theatrical event.

The story of Backrooms is remarkable not because of where it started, but because of what it became. An anonymous image posted on a forum evolved into a collaborative online myth, inspired millions of viewers, launched the career of a young filmmaker, and eventually became a global horror phenomenon.

Few pieces of internet culture have made the journey from obscure message board post to mainstream cinema. The Backrooms did.

All because of a single photograph and a simple idea that tapped into a universal fear, the feeling of being lost in a place that looks familiar, yet somehow feels completely wrong.

[NFL @NFL]

Officially a Patriot 🫡

[SleeperDodgers @SleeperDodgers]

Shohei Ohtani’s last 15 games are straight up video game numbers 😳🔥

.375 AVG
1.200 OPS
4 HR
15 RBI

AND…

3 GS
18.0 IP
0.50 ERA

Appreciate greatness 👏🔥

[Alex @1blindinglights]

@jaylovesmovies I think they took off the tape and sealed this wall at this furniture store. I dont think it’ll stop people from no clipping

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘BACKROOMS’ earned $38.4M in its domestic opening day.

• 4th biggest opening day of all time for a horror film

• 2nd biggest opening day of 2026 for any film

• It has already become the biggest opening of all time for an A24 film

[culture @notgwendalupe]

Squidward being the first one ever to get trapped in a Backroom

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘BACKROOMS’ now could earn $60M+ domestically in its opening weekend.

Would be one of the biggest openings for a horror film ever.

[Desiree @DesireeAmerica4]

"This is it. We're going down with the ship."

Tornado chewing through the building. Glass exploding. Studio walls groaning. Every instinct screaming RUN.

Jordan Ambrose plants his feet in the bunker and keeps broadcasting.

Not because he's brave. Because there's a debris ball on that radar and people in its path need to know now. While the station crumbles around him, he's typing warnings to NWS mid-breath voice steady as concrete.

Other meteorologists? They'd be in the closet. In the parking lot. Anywhere but here.

This guy? He's watching the walls shake and choosing the microphone over the exit.

That's not a forecast. That's a captain staying at the wheel while the hull splits.

[Real App @realapp]

Pitchers to hit a leadoff homer in MLB history:

— Shohei Ohtani (Tonight)
— Shohei Ohtani (Last Week)
— Shohei Ohtani (NLCS Game 4)

[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

Shohei Ohtani is heading into June with a 0.82 ERA 🤯

That’s the 9th-lowest ERA entering June since earned runs became official in both leagues in 1913 (min. 50 IP) 👏

[Nate @dodgernate]

6 no-hit innings and a leadoff bomb. We’re watching history.

[Kalshi FC @KalshiFC]

This is the view from inside Monterrey's stadium!

One of Mexico's 2026 World Cup hosts 🫣

[MLB @MLB]

It's Sho time!

Shohei Ohtani brings a 0.73 ERA into his matchup tonight against the Rockies 👏

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘BACKROOMS’ debuts with 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Read our review: https://t.co/VbNDvFuAjZ