Backrooms spawned from a YouTube series, and if you want to familiarize yourself with the world, these are the videos to check out.

Backrooms is a runaway hit — a horror phenomenon that went from a YouTube series to a smashing debut from 20-year-old director Kane Parsons that just had a

Abhijay Prakash, the president of Blumhouse-Atomic Monster said that the weekend is both staggering and validation of their business, which has from the beginning championed original horror movies that appeal to younger audiences, and generated over $10 billion in box office to date.

"Backrooms" and "Obsession" prove that internet-bred directors can turn small films into multi-million dollar global hits.

Verdict: "Backrooms" may be adapted from a YouTube series, but it's made for the big screen. The performances are excellent, the tension is perfectly crafted and the set design is genuinely an art form.

The new cerebral horror film “Backrooms” cleaned up at the box office this weekend, bringing in $81 million domestically and $118 million total including worldwide sales. Thousands of people have found themselves lost down the rabbit hole of the chilling movie, which happens to take place nearly entirely in a Bay Area strip mall.

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Before he became the youngest director ever tapped by indie powerhouse A24, Kane Parsons was creating horror videos from a quiet suburban neighborhood.

This past weekend, theaters nationwide saw a surge of young viewers, drawn not by the high-profile 'Star Wars' film, 'The Mandalorian,' but rather by other cinematic offerings.