{"id":450247,"date":"2026-05-28T23:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/450247\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T23:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:58:08","slug":"the-backrooms-how-a-teenagers-creepy-youtube-series-became-the-years-most-anticipated-horror-rnz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/450247\/","title":{"rendered":"The Backrooms: how a teenager\u2019s creepy YouTube series became the year\u2019s most anticipated horror &#8211; RNZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxQcWI2Q1RvLWF5OVl1TlY3MXRvR3RvS3l6a3F3V0duUnB2aUhGZXRlcVRiX3lEbGl5YkZDa2xKdW5BMnJjMm5zWmlwai1vT284WDlBVWQ1eXlVbTQ2UHNYMUV5YTdhVU5fbXhFTkdVVVlaYjA2X2dTRVhnQTViY3B1dWJkeGRXMjYxZW8zNC1uSElZTjNmdUpuX1dKQURRTDJVekhlQW9RaG1fMU9UMm0xWURHdVB3dHE5bzJWeENVM2FNSjZsdkxJbGZXbW1LUWFrQnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Backrooms: how a teenager\u2019s creepy YouTube series became the year\u2019s most anticipated horror<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxNUzBOdFh3LThhNUlKTVpfVE03NU5UX2RoVWN0amRTQkprMnVocW9UWDhjVDFsMVNyeGRQNEtKclZIeUktWmtEakQtOUNwTG9WdGxualFERWs2M2VqZ3JjN3BOX1hWajFSV0tod1ZEWXBjbDkxS0MxYmhrVGhQZ2JqZk9SdjBNZXNLcURJREtueXJyY0Z4dUxseXp0b1dnc3Z0b1gyX2ZNSmpwcDhvUWxVeUgtN0JSdFl4NHJ0WFdSR1F3Z2l4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Backrooms review \u2013 Kane Parsons\u2019 icily disturbing horror rewrites the genre rulebook<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE9QSlRWTk9VdlY3MXlnYkRmeUVFMklvQXJWVkZ3OGNuNTh2ZWZPY2lJTjdkRnZWWmltZVdOQWhjQmdhOTBRUXpQeXBrUS1pM25yQ3lRdWZZRnJ0LUlQbUp3a25kTUZhOFRzc08tcDlYYXRvSFRNWHg3YQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Backrooms First Reviews: An Unsettling, Atmospheric Freakout That Will Dismantle Your Sense of Reality<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Rotten Tomatoes<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxPTDZFYTBGVjJ2M2lfWGcyNkZ0UzNnUWlYUVdhTW91bTk1S1EyaExMbDZ5WHVVZVlraVk0LWhPbDRkWTMxVVVBMWx1QzFnUXg0X3k3aGNqNTg4UVZQcUs5SnlwU25tel9DYmpVSlVjSmViN0ROQkRsOUl0TTNzVFdPcVExakZCS2RxZWlDM1l6NVEyeUQzZ1plNER3RWRDYkdRcnpWZVM1bXN0M1JFYXlNbWhwTlNiMVVmWTdsSUln?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meet Kane Parsons, the 20-year-old behind the year\u2019s scariest movie. Yes, we said 20<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPTkVEd1FOdVowRzlTOVVHX1RlS3B3WGx5TkVacDIwZEt5R1ViSm1zeXVETkZyNk1Uc3JDX1plaVNya0h1N1NLYXBFZkJDOWZxMGxzNkZQU3NtejQ4UGxmODNFcm9ral80VW5CWHVidm9BVE1mODRXY0RGSUd5R0hwd0dUbXEtc2ZLTGNEb0hVajNPdG8wSU9ieUlxMkx5Vi1XUTY0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Backrooms&#8217; Creator Kane Parsons On Being A24&#8217;s Youngest Director Ever<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Deadline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Backrooms: how a teenager\u2019s creepy YouTube series became the year\u2019s most anticipated horror&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZBackrooms review \u2013 Kane Parsons\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-450247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}