About this episode

The episode reviews the horror movie 'Backrooms' and discusses its adaptation from a viral YouTube series.

This week, we review this summer's OTHER horror movie phenomenon: 20-year-old filmmaker Kane Parsons' Backrooms. Based off a viral 2022 YouTube series depicting the exploration of the titular liminal space, Backrooms adapts the creepypasta into full-blown Hollywood spectacle. As the great YouTuber-to-filmmaker war of 2026 draws to a close, we crown a victor in the arena of Obsession vs. Backrooms.

People in this episode

Hosts: Derek Wong, Amir Touray, Jeff Zhang

Topics covered

• horror movies
• film reviews
• YouTube adaptations
• creepypasta
• Hollywood spectacle

Keywords

• Backrooms
• Kane Parsons
• horror movie
• YouTube series
• creepypasta
• film review
• Hollywood

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Backrooms, Obsession

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