Conor McClay

And I guess the core of that is how the –

The transition worked.

Is this a sign of a new thing?

Is it just a coincidence?

To clarify for our listeners, the Backrooms movie by Kane Parsons, a 20-year-old director who started making movies in this universe, the Backrooms, when he was only 16, has created A24 Films' most successful film ever, $118 million US dollars internationally on the opening weekend.

Biggest debut for an indie horror film ever.

How is this possible when more established films were competing with it?

You won't watch it in five parts.

Let's not mention any of them.

And this trend has been ongoing for 20 years.

So what's new is essentially the content from YouTube making the jump to the actual big screen.

The Backrooms that just made a record-breaking movie started out as a single post on 4chan, on a message board.

It was a picture.

It was exploring this liminal horror concept of a place beyond the universe.

And Kane Parsons essentially came into the community at the age of 16 and started making homemade movies set in this universe.

And now he's gone big screen.

We've also got Obsession.

I was calling to see if there's a way I can cancel Wish.

So she's just stuck like this forever?

which was made by Curry Barker at 26 years old, and it's made $17 million on its opening weekend on a budget of less than a million.