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Backrooms: how a creepypasta became the year’s most anticipated horror

20-year-old Kane Parsons has gone from posting lo-fi horror videos on YouTube to directing a film with A24.
27 May 2026 10:16
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By Adam Daniel, Western Sydney University

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.

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