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'Backrooms': 20-year-old prodigy Kane Parsons tries to reinvent horror cinema
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'Backrooms': 20-year-old prodigy Kane Parsons tries to reinvent horror cinema

Le Monde (English) · Jun 18, 2026, 12:55 AM · Also reported by 1 other source

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Adapted from a YouTube series inspired by an urban legend about empty, unsettling spaces, the film ultimately falls back on familiar horror formulas.

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