Backrooms director confirms plans for sequels and series

Writer-director Kane Parsons debuted with A24's horror film Backrooms, which opened to $81 million — the biggest opening weekend in A24 history — on a $10 million budget. The movie continues a recent string of young, independent filmmakers finding box office success that began with Curry Barker's Obsession.

Backrooms is based on Parsons' YouTube series, and he says continuing the story has been deliberate. "[Sequels are] more than an option — it's been the intention since 2022. I went as far as I could with the YouTube series. [Making a feature film] became an option — I thought it'd be a much slower road to get to where things are now.

This film is the first part in what I would desire to be several narrative steps, in terms of approaching what I consider to be the true heart of the idea.

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