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“Horror Is Now Cool” as the Hunt for the Next ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms’ Is on: Rome’s MIA
Horror industry leaders came to Rome to praise Curry Barker and Kane Parsons — the YouTubers-turned-directors behind the breakout Obsession and Backrooms horror movies. “The stigma of horror of the past, that it was niche, is past.
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Horror industry leaders gathered in Rome for a panel at the MIA Market, where they lauded YouTubers‑turned directors Curry Barker and Kane Parsons for their breakout films Obsession and Backrooms. Andrea Romeo, founder and CEO of Wonder Pictures—the Italian distributor of Backrooms—declared that the old niche stigma surrounding horror has vanished and the genre is now “cool.” Toronto Film Festival programmer Peter Kuplowsky added that the recent rebound in the Hollywood box office has bolstered the resurgence of horror movies.
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