030: Gen Z Takes Hollywood: Obsession & The Backrooms

Yeah, today we've got a pretty timely episode.

We're going to talk about this recent phenomenon of the massive box office success of two low-budget horror films, Obsession and Back Rooms.

And

of course, everybody's talking about this and Why is this happening? Yeah.

I mean, I'll be totally honest.

I had no idea about any of this because I'm an old man.

So I didn't know about this.

I mean, when I talked to Ishmael about it, he was like, yeah, yeah, back rooms.

He knew all about back rooms.

I didn't know anything about back rooms either.

So I didn't know anything.

But people his age did, like in their 20s, they knew all about this.

Yeah, because this

was a big YouTube thing, like one of those creepypastas where all these different creators, you know, not just...

Kane Parsons is a 20-year-old director who made the film.

He was doing all these, but so were a lot of other people.

But it became a thing.

People are talking about how original the film is, but it's really kind of like IP, right?

Sort of, yeah.

Sort of.

I mean, we'll get into all of the...

We both have our takes on the movie, but it's true.

There is a kind of understanding with...

I've been reading a lot about how these movies got made.

With the creepypasta, with the back rooms, yeah, you're right.