As Backrooms becomes A24’s biggest hit to date, its director Kane Parsons is said to be teaming up with Longlegs filmmaker Osgood Perkins for another movie. Parsons and Perkins may sound like a no-win-no-fee legal firm, but it could be a pair of names you’ll see on the credits of a horror movie in a ... Backrooms director Kane Parsons to collaborate with Osgood Perkins on a new project
As Backrooms becomes A24’s biggest hit to date, its director Kane Parsons is said to be teaming up with Longlegs filmmaker Osgood Perkins for another movie.
Parsons and Perkins may sound like a no-win-no-fee legal firm, but it could be a pair of names you’ll see on the credits of a horror movie in a couple of years’ time.
The minimalist horror, Backrooms, has become A24’s biggest hit to date, triggering an entire wave of think pieces about YouTube being the hot new breeding ground for filmmakers. (Even though, you know, it’s been happening for years.)
Its director, Kane Parsons, is still only 20, and was said to have been mentored through the process of making his first feature somewhat by the more seasoned Osgood Perkins, the filmmaker behind such horror delights as Longlegs and The Monkey. (Perkins is among the film’s long list of producers, with other names on the list including James Wan and Shawn Levy.)
It’s now being reported that Perkins and Parsons are to collaborate more directly on a new project; Hollywood scoop vendor Jeff Sneider (via World Of Reel) writes that Parsons will direct the resulting film, while Perkins could potentially co-author the script. As you can probably gather, nothing’s been officially confirmed yet.
The success of Backrooms means that Parsons will likely have a number of offers placed in front of him in the coming months. Said to be made for under $10m, Backrooms managed to translate the quiet eeriness of the filmmakers’ own viral YouTube series, in which we’re sucked into a weird, austere place that exists between realities.
More than any other movie of the 21st century, Backrooms captures the feeling of being the last customer in a Wetherspoons pub after midnight. ‘Liminal horror’ is now a term you’ll see bandied about a lot, and we’re sure to see numerous low-budget copycat movies over the next couple of years.
A24 will also be keen to have Parsons direct a Backrooms sequel. We’ll have to how this Parsons-Perkins project fits into the schedule. Who knows – maybe their collaboration will be a Backrooms follow-up.
We’ll bring you more on this as we get it.
