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Backrooms, Obsession Usher in the Era of the YouTube Filmmaker

Bloomberg Tech · Jun 1, 2026, 12:00 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Low-budget horror movies directed by YouTube creators are proving more popular than Star Wars

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Backrooms, Obsession Usher in the Era of the YouTube Filmmaker

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