Portals from across the world were featured on the 'Backrooms' movie Instagram, two of which were from Phoenix. Here's where fans think they are.

Backrooms is redefining the horror genre as director Kane Parsons breaks down the ending as well as Clark's fate as it dominates the box office.

There’s one spot in the Backrooms that fans already recognized as an airport Holiday Inn.  DV: We did. We also scouted the suburban street — those are all garages, and we dressed them to look like front doors.

What began as a creepy message board post has now become an A24 horror movie with a pair of Academy Award-nominated stars and a 20-year-old director. Here’s how we got here.

Backrooms and Obsession are ushering in a new appreciation for low-budget horror movies after both YouTuber-directed projects managed to lead the box office race with strong numbers this weekend. A24's Backrooms secured the top spot with an estimated weekend domestic gross of $81.

Before Kane Parsons had a Hollywood deal, he had a cheap laptop in his bedroom, a consumer-grade camera, and a grainy image from a 4chan forum. Now 20, the filmmaker known online as Kane Pixels has gone from posting lo-fi horror videos on YouTube as a teenager to directing a film with the popular studio A24.

It's a slow-burn horror that relies on the unsettling nature of that uncanny limbo to build atmospheric dread before ratcheting up to true cosmic horror. It also has years of internet lore backing up its premise.

While both horror films directed by young YouTube veterans have given the industry a lot to celebrate, the lessons they offer point studios in two diverging directions.

Kane Parsons’s Backrooms leaves a lot of potential on the table, but it’s still a fun watch. Our review here.