Backrooms 2 Enters Development After Under-35s Drove 85% of Audience
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Updated · ScreenAnarchy · Jun 9
Backrooms 2 Enters Development After Under-35s Drove 85% of Audience
3 articles · Updated · ScreenAnarchy · Jun 9
Summary
Backrooms 2 is already in development after the original film's strong box-office run, extending a breakout horror franchise launched by YouTuber Kane Parsons.
85% of Backrooms viewers were under 35 and 50% were 25 or younger, while Obsession initially drew 75% of moviegoers aged 18 to 35.
Kane Parsons and Curry Barker built those films from internet-native sensibilities, using YouTube audiences and comment feedback to shape stories around anxiety, ambiguity and unresolved endings.
That formula is resonating as Gen Z and millennials treat theatergoing as an event, giving Hollywood another signal that online-born creators can convert digital fandom into cinema attendance.