
The way Hollywood is taking shape these days is getting pretty trippy. Only two highlighted trends are in view at the moment: the interminably divisive debate over AI and the two buzziest internet-borne movies taking over modern audiences. Hollywood is confronting its traditional ways of filmmaking, injecting fresh steroids to please the cinegoers. Backrooms and Obsession come from two internet-based filmmakers. Backrooms is brought by Kane Parsons, whose viral horror shorts on YouTube became a sensation within days. A then 16-year-old YouTuber is now the youngest filmmaker ever to make a movie for A24. And of course, the familiarity and nostalgia factors mostly win! Similarly, Obsession is directed by Curry Barker, who is best known for his sketch-comedy YouTube channel. The reason it became an...
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