Kane Parsons

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Both are horror films with original scripts, made by directors in their 20s who came from the worlds of YouTube and TikTok — and, together, they have arguably redefined what a summer blockbuster can be

Some nightmares emerge not from monsters but from the unsettling sense that reality has shifted imperceptibly

At the top of the tree sits Kane Parsons, a 20-year-old phenom whose debut film, Backrooms — an A24 psychological chiller based on his own webseries, and inspired by a “creepypasta” horror story shared across the internet — has grossed a scarcely fathomable $140m worldwide in its first week

A low-budget horror film directed by a 20-year-old YouTuber is beating the new Star Wars movie at the box office

The film, made for under a million dollars, has become the box office phenomenon of the summer so far, managing a virtually unheard-of feat when its second and third weekends actually outgrossed its first

The film is an adaptation of a popular internet horror concept and urban legend, about an impossibly large, alternate-reality maze of claustrophobic spaces with architecture that appears uncannily familiar but menacingly alien

The movie expands into more than 3,400 theaters across North America while launching simultaneously in about 50 international territories

For indie studio A24, that’s its biggest opening by far — the previous record was held by “Civil War,” which made $25.7 in its first weekend of release

This is Hollywood's latest horror film — Backrooms — and it knows its audience: one more drawn to whispered horror than A-list names, monsters and gore

Now 20, the viral creator Kane Parsons is releasing “Backrooms,” a feature-length expansion of his web series

YouTuber Kane Parsons makes his feature directing debut with this icily brilliant and genuinely disturbing conceptual horror film based on his web series, and scripted by Will Soodik