Backrooms hides a visual nod to Kane Parsons' The Oldest View

Kane Parsons' A24 film Backrooms has become a nationwide phenomenon, earning more than $100 million at the box office. As viewers pore over the movie for clues, many are finding links to Parsons' earlier YouTube work, particularly a 2023 short-series called The Oldest View.

The Oldest View spans six videos, four of them narrative, and centers on the real-life former Valley View Mall in Dallas and 19th-century botanist Julien Reverchon. In Parsons' story, a YouTuber named Wyatt discovers a staircase down to an underground replica of the mall and is pursued by a rolling parade giant created by artist Kevin Obregon—an artifact that once lived in the actual mall before its demolition, footage of which Parsons captured himself.

Backrooms includes a quiet visual callback: a sign reading "Reverchon Ventures" appears on a demolition site tied to a character's memory, a detail that reappears in the film's final moments.

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