Did ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ Really Kick Off a Gen-Z Horror Wave?

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Maybe you’ve heard the news: YouTube is not going to kill the movies. It’s actually going to save the movies! In the span of two weeks this past May, two very different films arrived to upend the notion of will or won’t play big with multiplex audiences. One concerns a romantic dream come true that becomes a bit of a nightmare. The other turns an industrial office space into an infinite realm of psychic dread. Both movies slot nicely into the category of “modern horror .” Both take familiar

Did ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ Really Kick Off a Gen-Z Horror Wave? https://www.rollingstone.com/ - 14.06.2026 16:32

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Did ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ Really Kick Off a Gen-Z Horror Wave? https://www.rollingstone.com/ - 14.06.2026 16:32