Quintessential Horror Films

You know, before we get into the quintessential horror, which we're talking about films that you can rent for Halloween and enjoy and share with your family if you're a twisted, you know, kind of mucked up family.

But I wanted to talk a little bit about some of the new horror films that came out this summer, Backroom's Obsession and some of these things.

Is there a new movement going on within the horror genre now? And Hope, I thought I'd ask you that question

first.

I think that studios are recognizing that there is young talent that have really kind of honed their craft on YouTube and are giving them the opportunity to make the leap to the big screen.

And it's obviously paid off very well.

Cory Barker, a couple of years ago, just free on YouTube, maybe about an hour-long film called Milk and Cereal with an S.

It was amazing.

It was just a really, really good found footage serial killer movie, very entertaining, and millions of people watched it, and that was the springboard for him to make Obsession, which is one of the best, not just the best horror films, one of the best films of 2026.

And Back Rooms came from a very similar way, and I think that It makes good sense.

You know, one of the great things about social media, YouTube in particular, is it gives people the opportunity to make and produce and get stuff out there and get people's feedback and, you know, gather a following.

And that's always, you know, tempting to studios because, you know, you figure, oh, well, they'll come and see it in theaters.

But also it just gives filmmakers an opportunity to keep trying in a fairly low stakes kind of way and improve on their own.

So it's exciting.

So it sounds like the means of production are in the hands of the people.

Yes, it does

sound that way.

Alexis, do you agree with that assessment?

Oh, a thousand percent.

I mean, I remember watching the back rooms, like found footage, like tiny little dock, on YouTube that Kane Parsons had done and being like, whoa, this is amazing.

I mean, you can even connect it back to, I know the last time the three of us were chit-chatting, you know, we talked about like Terrifier and how like that was my first introduction to Terrifier was like a short film that I found on YouTube in like 2011.

So I think slowly but surely, a thousand percent on board with what Hope said.

I think it's really kind of in the hands of the people and we're seeing some really amazing talent come out of this.

I loved Backrooms.

I thought it was fantastic.