Browsing: Backrooms

HBO takes a lot of the credit for the rise of prestige TV. Shows such as The Sopranos, The Wire, Sex and the City and Game of Thrones were appointment viewing, and that tradition lives on with newer series such as Industry, Euphoria and more. Its streaming service, HBO Max, is also the home of tons of great…

Now you can be terrified in the comfort of your own home: The A24 horror hit “Backrooms” will make its streaming debut Friday, September 25 on HBO Max, followed by a linear premiere on Saturday, September 26 at 8 p.m. on HBO.

Backrooms director Kane Parsons is a fucking architect—of potentially historic first-look deals, that is.

“I think I’m gonna die in this house,” sings Charli XCX on the soundtrack of Wuthering Heights. It could just as easily serve as the unofficial motto of contemporary pop culture, and perhaps of our generation as well. Over the past few years, films, TV series, books, and music have all seemed to revolve around…

I would’ve never guessed that a movie based on a viral YouTube found-footage series based on an unsettling old 4chan post would become the highest-grossing film in A24’s history, but here we are. Backrooms took the box office by storm this summer, earning over $350 million worldwide on a $10 million budget