Michael E Wilson

Film buff, collector of physical media, blogger (Mike's Movie Room), Catholic, retired blue collar, Grey1951 Media Channel on Youtube.

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@TheFourMarks @capnjonesy Here in the Diocese of Peoria, it's called Growing Disciples. Same goal: close churches. Apparently, the number of disciples is shrinking, not growing.

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@SBRadachi Not the best film in Barbara's filmography, but it has its effective moments. Not nearly enough scenes with Barbara, however.

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@DeiGratia64 @NateBornAgain Yeah, we have a church here that uses the word Catholic, and I think they have a female pastor. Not sure what particular group it's connected with. I've seen their fliers and the church is extremely liberal.

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@DeiGratia64 @NateBornAgain This is the first time I've ever heard of it.

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@Shaxknp @WhiteGirl1776 Yo, gabba googoo, yall, dat's yo booga booga.

[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.

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@SBRadachi And a star was born!!

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@SBRadachi I have one of the original lobby cards where she's holding the flowers in front of her face. Those incredible eyes!!!

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@SBRadachi This is a new one on me! I never realized these two worked together.

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@DeiGratia64 Sometimes it's best to step away from controversy and conflict. Who needs all that stress?

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@its_The_Dr Their appeals to religious freedom are hilarious. Once they become the majority, there will be NO religious freedom.

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@SBRadachi I agree. This is a genre unto itself!!

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@WesternLensman Miss Crokett, you are a paid servant of your constituents. They have the power. You are merely a tool.

[Brandon Tatum @TheOfficerTatum]

In 1981, Johnny Carson paused the Oscars to update America after President Reagan was shot. The entire room gave a roaring applause.

Today, late-night hosts joke about the president dying and Melania becoming a widow.

Proof that we used to be better than this.

[dale @dale37844138]

@ksorbs Yep… Without question. Over 30 civilizations wiped out; estimated 500M+ massacred; and the largest and longest slave trade in history. A deceptive, civilizational metastatic cancer of evil. History saw…

[Mark Irons @MarkIronsMedia]

"We're going to fight until the end"

St. Adalbert Church in Chicago has been closed for 7 years, but former parishioners still pray outside. They're fighting to preserve the space. Our report tonight @EWTNNewsInDepth

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@SBRadachi Amazing film. Very hypnotic imagery.

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@SBRadachi Good flick!

[Michael E Wilson @MichaelGreygoth]

@SBRadachi Cinematic comfort food!!

[La femme merveilleuse invisible @larwoolf]

Gloria Swanson recalling a silent film scene she did in a lion’s pit for Cecil B DeMille in 1919.

Despite the danger, 20-year-old Swanson insisted on performing the scene herself.
Male and Female 1919

Gloria Swanson,
March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983