Backrooms director Kane Parsons, 20, debuts feature

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Kane Parsons, 20, made his feature directing debut with Backrooms, which opened this week to early audience and critic attention. The self-contained two-hour film draws openly on video game, film and book influences while delivering a focused, visually driven narrative that early viewers praised. Parsons also declared an anti-generative-AI stance for his filmmaking during the film's rollout. The film's strong early reception and Parsons's clear creative identity mark him as a young director to watch in genre cinema.

Desperado D. Mayor

@desperado.bsky.social

Kane Parsons, director of 'BACKROOMS', is being accosted by a negative version of himself with all his powers but none of his morality or sense of justice. Reverse Kane Parsons is only -20 years old.

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Pokey :)73

His directorial finale FRONTROOMS is undoing every sale of BACKROOMS

Jess 🌺🥚🐞ΘΔ&20

🦨this is anti-bubzia all over again

little plushie mimi!5

every freaking time!! there is no point!!

davie533

I hope Kane Parsons' evil version, Able Person, does make any show like "The Front Rooms", that would suck!

vic! ᓚᘏᕐᐷ

@gizmouse.bsky.social

"BACKROOMS" director Kane Parsons is no longer here. He went home and is sleeping in his bed. He's currently the comfiest movie director of all time.

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tako mof

@takoizu.bsky.social

‘BACKROOMS’ director Kane Parsons is officially the greenest director ever. He is very green.

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tako mof20

okay i was not prepared for how many of y'all would see this uhh follow me or something i draw chubby women if you wanna see that i only do these meme things very occasionally oopsie sorry yall

Chase-Biscuits :35

He's green for an amazing reason

leisergeist5

he is green because he completed the wordle

ShroomiThyG2

He is green because he is healing

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@sharkgirlfrotting.bsky.social

REPORT: Anti-Kane Parsons has just filmed 'BACKROOMS' entirely in reverse, cancelling out the original Kane Parsons' film. He is -20 years old.

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irregularjoe.bsky.social14

Negative 80 million people saw 'SMOORKCAB' opening weekend, beating a record previously set by The Flash.

Todd in the Shadows

@shadowtodd.bsky.social

BACKROOMS (2026) Dir: Kane Parsons

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Adam Bednarczyk180

Here’s one from the sequel…

Ｊ 💎 ＤＥ ✨10

the words we use are strong, they shape reality

Sean9

Guess they’re going to have fun tonight

GreyDuck9

The most instantly recognizable unrecognizable blank set of walls and floor in MTV history.

Nostalgia5

There is an entity in those halls...we called it...the Wang Chung.

Hell-Bat, CE🔞 of Cranky Optimism5

Across the hallway, around the ward A simulation, so cower, nerd

Orlean Cooper4

Warning: movie will cause epilepsy.

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@bloomfilters.plus

'BACKROOMS' director Kane Parsons has been revealed as the head writer of upcoming ATLUS RPG 'PERSONA 6' following the departure of Katsura Hashino. He is only 20 years old.

1421h ago

Jacob deNobel

@denobel.bsky.social

The Backrooms 2026 Dir. by Kane Parsons

Frink showing off the outline of Homer’s 3D door

10821h ago

Jacob deNobel6

My review of The Backrooms

A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall2

Maybe one of this guy, too?

ivory

@ioletsgo.gay

Director Kane Parsons has vanished. We don't know where he has gone. "..." He was 20 years old.

Kane Parsons portrait, but he has been cropped out and a fake transparent checkermark has replaced him

724h ago

aSwaggert

@swaggert.bsky.social

'BACKROOMS' director Kane Parsons has reportedly become the ‘youngest person ever.’ He is 4 years old.

5123h ago

Gus Squawks

@gussquawks.bsky.social

DiscussingFilm: 'BACKROOMS' is officially A24's highest grossing movie of all time worldwide. The indie horror film was directed by Kane Parsons, 4 years old. He is the youngest person EVER!

354h ago

Zunel2

Gus why are you like this

Crimson Mayhem

@crimsonmayhem.bsky.social

Kane Parsons, the director of Backrooms, stance against generative AI.

261h ago

Joaquín Guirao

@joaquinguirao.bsky.social

Kane Parsons (director of The Backrooms) says in an interview that he is planning an adaptation of the comic Welcome to Zaira.

227h ago

feeb

@greenery.bsky.social

ADDENDUM: Eight copies of 'BACKROOMS' director Kane Parsons are collectively the first people ever to clear Dancing Mad (Ultimate) in 'FINAL FANTASY XIV'. They are all 20 years old.

Eight Kane Parsons standing behind each other but slanted such that they are all visible while facing you

The front two Kanes are blue, the next two green and the back four red

All of the Kanes have FFXIV player headers with the Free Company tag "20YO" and the title "Cruel Legend" as well as some variation of "Kane Parsons" for their name

2420h ago

Connor The Undying

@connortheundying.bsky.social

Anti-Kane Parsons has, unfortunately, created the entire Backrooms movie in reverse, negating the fact that Kane Parsons was the youngest director ever to have a #1 film at the domestic box office in its opening weekend. Anti-Kane Parsons is Anti-20 years old.

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Martlet/Lyra 🏳️‍⚧️

@owlylyra.bsky.social

‘BACKROOMS’ director Kane Parsons claims to have brought his master into this universe. "I am already here." He is only years old.

84h ago

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