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The New Auteur of the Hallucinated Hellscape
With Backrooms, Kane Parsons brings the half-remembered dreams of the internet's collective consciousness to light.
TL;DR
- The concept of 'The Backrooms' originated from a 4chan post in 2019, describing a reality outside of normal space-time.
- Kane Parsons, inspired by this post and YouTube DIY VFX demos, developed 'The Backrooms' into a series of popular YouTube videos.
- Parsons's project has been adapted into a feature film by A24, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve.
- The film taps into the 'liminal horror' genre, characterized by mundane yet unsettling spaces reminiscent of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
- Parsons taught himself 3D animation and filmmaking, creating realistic environments from his computer and drawing inspiration from internet folklore and generative AI aesthetics.