I may have enjoyed Obsession more on a moment-to-moment basis, but I think I’m also ready to declare Kane Parsons as the winner of the great YouTuber-to-filmmaker war of 2026. He’s clearly the most talented and assured imagemaker of all his contemporaries, but my issue with Backrooms — and this is obviously speculation — is there were clearly things foisted upon him by “adults,” and they’re easily the worst thing about the movie. Very cool horror movie with so much under the hood that would’ve benefitted immensely from saying less.

Purposefully messy vampire metaphor just overflowing with passion and ideas, painted across a tapestry of folklore, diegetic blues, and epic horror. It’s why we go to the movies. The 70mm print stuns.

I knew she was an alien when she only sang along to Chappell Roan’s backup vocals