Anna

Satellite heart

[Anna @LilaAStew]

🖤

[poppa @popitforpoppa]

horror movie lovers be like i love that movie it made me feel fucking awful and horrible and really scared

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

‘BACKROOMS’ records from opening weekend:

• Kane Parsons becomes the youngest director to helm a #1 box office film globally
• Largest original horror debut in history
• Largest opening weekend ever for a first-time feature director on an original film
• A24's biggest opening weekend ever
• Biggest R-rated opening of 2026
• Among the top 15 R-rated openings of all time

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘OBSESSION’ has passed $100M worldwide.

Over 125X its production budget of $750K.

[Brad @ Dread Central @DreadCentral]

I went to see ‘BACKROOMS’ last night and saw something I haven't seen in years:

Teenagers standing in line for a movie.

Not with their parents. Not as families. Just groups of kids choosing to spend their night at a theater.

That's what makes ‘BACKROOMS’ so fascinating. Kane Parsons, Curry Barker, and creators like Markiplier aren't just making movies. They're bringing a new generation back to theaters.

Read more: [https://t.co/92Wiu4Ia2E]

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

Mark Duplass calls out random user who claims Kane Parsons ghost-directed 'Backrooms'

"I don't remember seeing you on set. When I was there, Kane was 100% in control. More so than many directors 3x his age"

"I suspect one of the reasons I was hired was because I mentor a lot of young filmmakers ... and I was prepared to help out ... [but] he didn't need any of us"

"He was intensely prepared. He spent the last five years of his life building out one of the most detailed mythologies I've ever been a part of ... and was very sensitive, calm, and smart with dealing with actors"

"For all of you who have these thoughts... were you there?"

[Matt Jarbo @mjarbo]

There is a theory going around that Kane Parsons did not really direct *Backrooms*, and that the movie was secretly directed by Osgood Perkins or James Wan.

And I am sorry, but that feels like people trying to take this away from the kid before the movie even opens.

Kane Parsons is officially the director of *Backrooms*. James Wan produced it. Osgood Perkins produced it and served as a mentor during production.

That is not some conspiracy. That is what happens when a 19-year-old filmmaker gets handed his first feature film and experienced people help him navigate the process.

Especially when the entire reason the movie exists is because of Kane Parsons.

His Kane Pixels YouTube channel has more than 3 million subscribers with only 51 videos. His original *Backrooms (Found Footage)* short has over 78 million views. He made that video when he was 16 years old, and it was so good that Hollywood came calling almost immediately.

He did not randomly get handed somebody else’s movie.

He created the version of *The Backrooms* that people fell in love with.

And from everything Kane has talked about publicly, he was deeply involved in bringing that vision to the screen. He modeled the environments in Blender, helped design the massive 30,000-square-foot set, and described the movie as completely connected to the story he was already telling on YouTube.

Could James Wan and Osgood Perkins have helped him? Of course. They were producers. That is their job.

But there is a pretty big difference between mentoring a young filmmaker and secretly directing his movie for him.

And the really wild part is that *Backrooms* is currently tracking for a $20–30 million domestic opening weekend.

For context, *Civil War* currently holds A24’s biggest domestic opening at $25.7 million.

So there is a very real chance that a 20-year-old YouTube creator, adapting the weird little horror universe he started building as a teenager, could open one of the biggest movies in A24 history.

Maybe the movie works. Maybe it does not.

But let the guy have his movie before inventing a conspiracy that somebody more famous must have made it for him.

[Nitro-Spidey @NitroSpidey]

we need more promos that incite paranoia like this because I’d love to think what someone who had no idea a backrooms movie was coming out would think of this, it’s fun

[Rolo Tony @PoorOldRoloTony]

I watched most of Kane Parsons work this past week. Rewatched the Backrooms, which was great. However, The Oldest View is probably the best ARG/youtube distributed found footage film. Not some kind of puzzle box, but rather a lyrical and haunting horror film.

[L 🇨🇦 @Ann_Hedonia1]

Telling my cat where I’m going and when I’ll be back so she doesn’t worry

[𝑲𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 👻 @HorrorLover27]

I love when a movie sticks with you and you’re still thinking about it the next day.

[Gizmo 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @basedgizmo]

The music in Obsession is really good does anyone wanna talk about it

[owen felton @feltoland]

was made for under a million btw. it was a true indie feature that was acquired by focus/blumhouse out of tiff. the popularity of the horror genre consistently opens doors for indie filmmakers.

[aquila @ 🟦☁️ @belllmonts]

none of you told me how fucking sad this movie is

[𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛🦇 @BrowseHorror]

Me liking every tweet about Obsession that hits my timeline like my life depends on it

[zaso ✟ 📹 @ev1lzaso]

going on a date today (solo movie theater trip)

[Anna @LilaAStew]

@BDisgusting @DEADLINE I trust Dylan Clark's direction.
This could be great thanks to him, imo !

[ben 🔪 @benisobsessed]

this scene in OBSESSION actually scared tf outta me, those who have seen it know exactly what i’m talking about

[The Moonlight Warrior 🌙 @BlackMajikMan90]

Obsession is low budget horror done to near perfection.

Proof that you don’t need a 100 million dollar budget when you cast well, have an outstanding script and genuinely believe in your vision.

Everyone delivers an outstanding performance here but it’s Inde Navarrette who steals the show. Delivering one of the greatest and most terrifying performances in horror history. A true scream queen in the making.

The scares are terrifying, the tension will have you in a vice grip and the tragedy that unfolds is a cautionary tale of male insecurity, being completely oblivious and stripping away someone’s very identity; whether you meant to or not.

The 2020 decade for horror is rivaling the 1970s or 1980s as the greatest single decade for horror and Obsession is just another example of why.

Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.