Backrooms director Kane Parsons, 20, debuts feature

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Kane Parsons, 20, made his feature directing debut with Backrooms, an indie horror film that opened this weekend to early critical and audience attention. The two-hour movie leans on game-inspired visuals and a tightly contained structure, with reviewers noting influences from video games and classic horror while praising its distinct identity. Parsons has publicly opposed the use of generative AI in filmmaking and presented Backrooms as a craft-driven project. That matters because a high-profile feature from a 20-year-old signals new young voices shaping genre filmmaking and spotlights hands-on, practical approaches to horror.

Desperado D. Mayor

@desperado.bsky.social

Kane Parsons, director of 'BACKROOMS', is being accosted by a negative version of himself with all his powers but none of his morality or sense of justice. Reverse Kane Parsons is only -20 years old.

12362d ago

Pokey :)73

His directorial finale FRONTROOMS is undoing every sale of BACKROOMS

Jess 🌺🥚🐞ΘΔ&20

🦨this is anti-bubzia all over again

little plushie mimi!5

every freaking time!! there is no point!!

davie533

I hope Kane Parsons' evil version, Able Person, does make any show like "The Front Rooms", that would suck!

vic! ᓚᘏᕐᐷ

@gizmouse.bsky.social

"BACKROOMS" director Kane Parsons is no longer here. He went home and is sleeping in his bed. He's currently the comfiest movie director of all time.

8112d ago

tako mof

@takoizu.bsky.social

‘BACKROOMS’ director Kane Parsons is officially the greenest director ever. He is very green.

7472d ago

tako mof21

okay i was not prepared for how many of y'all would see this uhh follow me or something i draw chubby women if you wanna see that i only do these meme things very occasionally oopsie sorry yall

leisergeist6

he is green because he completed the wordle

Chase-Biscuits :35

He's green for an amazing reason

ShroomiThyG3

He is green because he is healing

april the ufsiguhjbnakjgbnkajbfvjhavbjkabg

@sharkgirlfrotting.bsky.social

REPORT: Anti-Kane Parsons has just filmed 'BACKROOMS' entirely in reverse, cancelling out the original Kane Parsons' film. He is -20 years old.

2852d ago

irregularjoe.bsky.social14

Negative 80 million people saw 'SMOORKCAB' opening weekend, beating a record previously set by The Flash.

Todd in the Shadows

@shadowtodd.bsky.social

BACKROOMS (2026) Dir: Kane Parsons

3192d ago

Adam Bednarczyk181

Here’s one from the sequel…

Ｊ 💎 ＤＥ ✨11

the words we use are strong, they shape reality

Sean10

Guess they’re going to have fun tonight

GreyDuck9

The most instantly recognizable unrecognizable blank set of walls and floor in MTV history.

Hell-Bat, CE🔞 of Cranky Optimism6

Across the hallway, around the ward A simulation, so cower, nerd

Nostalgia5

There is an entity in those halls...we called it...the Wang Chung.

Orlean Cooper4

Warning: movie will cause epilepsy.

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@bloomfilters.plus

'BACKROOMS' director Kane Parsons has been revealed as the head writer of upcoming ATLUS RPG 'PERSONA 6' following the departure of Katsura Hashino. He is only 20 years old.

199Yesterday

HK-19882

You're posting about a man?!

Jacob deNobel

@denobel.bsky.social

The Backrooms 2026 Dir. by Kane Parsons

Frink showing off the outline of Homer’s 3D door

1082d ago

Jacob deNobel6

My review of The Backrooms

A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall2

Maybe one of this guy, too?

ivory

@ioletsgo.gay

Director Kane Parsons has vanished. We don't know where he has gone. "..." He was 20 years old.

Kane Parsons portrait, but he has been cropped out and a fake transparent checkermark has replaced him

982d ago

aSwaggert

@swaggert.bsky.social

'BACKROOMS' director Kane Parsons has reportedly become the ‘youngest person ever.’ He is 4 years old.

512d ago

Leap

@leap.nekoweb.org

'sɯooɹʞɔɐꓭ' director suosɹɐԀ ǝuɐꓘ is officially the first upside down director to have a #1 film at the domestic box office in its opening weekend. He is only 02 years old.

53Yesterday

Crimson Mayhem

@crimsonmayhem.bsky.social

Kane Parsons, the director of Backrooms, stance against generative AI.

52Yesterday

Gus Squawks

@gussquawks.bsky.social

DiscussingFilm: 'BACKROOMS' is officially A24's highest grossing movie of all time worldwide. The indie horror film was directed by Kane Parsons, 4 years old. He is the youngest person EVER!

392d ago

Zunel2

Gus why are you like this

Matt G. ♾️

@artistsince05.bsky.social

Well, now that it’s been two days… I finally saw the Backrooms movie for myself (with my sister) and enjoyed it. Kane Parsons, you genuinely have done your film justice and I thank you for the genuine horror that scared me to death.

A picture I took at Regal Cinemas via the Tanagram Mall, to which I got to do this thumbs up shortly after watching the Backrooms.

30Yesterday

Joaquín Guirao

@joaquinguirao.bsky.social

Kane Parsons (director of The Backrooms) says in an interview that he is planning an adaptation of the comic Welcome to Zaira.

222d ago

Connor The Undying

@connortheundying.bsky.social

Anti-Kane Parsons has, unfortunately, created the entire Backrooms movie in reverse, negating the fact that Kane Parsons was the youngest director ever to have a #1 film at the domestic box office in its opening weekend. Anti-Kane Parsons is Anti-20 years old.

172d ago

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Backrooms director Kane Parsons, 20, debuts feature

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