The story of Backrooms is incredible. An image posted anonymously on 4Chan backed in 2019 gave birth to an internet legend about a strange liminal space comprising a maze of empty rooms with yellowish wallpaper. Communities sprang up on Reddit dedicated to what became a folk legend, continuing long after the location of the original photo was tracked down to an abandoned furniture store in Wisconsin.
In 2022, a 16-year-old Kane Parsons taught himself how to use the free animation software Blender and posted a short Backrooms film on YouTube. Four years later, his feature-length movie has grossed $118 million worldwide during its opening weekend – on a budget of just $10 million.
