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‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Reveals Three Dream Projects, Weighs In On Hollywood’s Internet Horror Gold Rush

Hollywood has found a new source of horror talent, and naturally, it can’t get enough. As we explored earlier this year in our look at the viral horror boom, the success of Kane Parsons ’ “Backrooms,” Curry Barker ’s “Obsession,” and Mark Fischbach ’s “Iron Lung” shows that filmmakers who built audiences on YouTube can also draw crowds to theaters. But as studios pursue other internet-born properties, Parsons is raising an interesting question: does everything that works online need to become a movie? Continue reading ‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Reveals Three Dream Projects, Weighs In On

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‘Obsession’ Director Reveals the Hidden Detail “Nobody” Noticed That Makes Nikki More Disturbing

It’s been six month since Obsession has been released and we’re still uncovering various clues and details about the movie that were easy to overlook on initial viewings. Some audiences saw the movie in theaters multiple times, but with the movie hitting various streaming services, more viewers have access to it and can easily rewind […] The post ‘Obsession’ Director Reveals the Hidden Detail “Nobody” Noticed That Makes Nikki More Disturbing appeared first on Bloody Disgusting! .

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The "Boring" Editing Exercise That Teaches You to Cut for Emotion

Obsession has been the horror story of the year, and Curry Barker edited it himself. In the film , a lovesick music-store clerk named Bear (Michael Johnston) gets his hands on a magical novelty wish-maker and uses it on Nikki (Inde Navarrette), the friend he's pined after for years. The wish works, eh, a little too well. Barker made the film for less than a million dollars, and Focus Features paid roughly 20 times that after it screened at TIFF. It went on to be a sleeper hit that put its creative team and cast on the map. We can pull a lot of lessons from the film. I talked to Barker about th

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