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Kane Parsons: "Backrooms" is Not a Horror Film, Despite Box Office Success
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News18•27-09-2026, 15:15
Kane Parsons: "Backrooms" is Not a Horror Film, Despite Box Office Success
- •Filmmaker Kane Parsons states he never considered his hit movie "Backrooms" a horror project, despite its genre classification and marketing.
- •The film, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, centers on a furniture store owner who discovers a portal to an endless labyrinth of empty, yellow-wallpapered rooms.
- •Parsons believes the horror label was a "path of least resistance" for marketing and a comfortable framing device for audiences.
- •Produced on a reported USD 10 million budget, "Backrooms" earned over USD 400 million globally, becoming A24’s highest-grossing film.
- •The movie is an adaptation of Parsons' viral YouTube analogue horror web series, based on the original internet "Backrooms" creepypasta from 2019.
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Kane Parsons stated that he did not direct the film as a horror project and views the label simply as a natural marketing path of least resistance and a familiar framing device for audiences.
The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Clark, a furniture store owner who discovers a portal in his basement leading to an endless labyrinth of empty, yellow-wallpapered rooms.
The film was produced on a budget of $10 million and has earned over $400 million at the global box office, becoming A24's highest-grossing release.
