Kane Parsons has responded to rumours that he ghost directed his horror hit Backrooms.<\/p>\n
The film, based on his web series, stars Renate Reinsve as a therapist who enters a parallel dimension made of liminal spaces to search for her patient (Chiwetel Ejiofor).<\/p>\n
The director\u2019s young age of 20, and inexperience being at the helm of a major motion picture, led to a theory online that another filmmaker stepped in as \u201cghost director\u201d, a term for someone who makes the decisions on-set while another person is credited and delivers their instructions to the crew.<\/p>\n
Kane Parsons responds to claims that someone ghost-directed \u2018Backrooms\u2019 \ud83d\ude02 pic.twitter.com\/bqxKRoTX7V<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Culture Crave \ud83c\udf7f (@CultureCrave) May 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Parsons saw the funny side of the rumours, commenting yesterday on a YouTube video<\/a> recounting the theory. \u201cThis is actually all true,\u201d he joked, in a comment which has since been pinned by the YouTuber.<\/p>\n \u201cThey don\u2019t tell you this, but 96 per cent of all movies released in North America and Europe are actually directed by the same person. They call him \u2018The Older Gentleman.\u2019 He has had all of Hollywood in a chokehold for decades now.<\/p>\n \u201cThey make you sign over all of your intellectual property, life rights, and genetic information to him when you enter the industry. He loves movies.\u201d<\/p>\n Hmmm, with all due respect I don’t remember seeing you on set. When I was there, Kane was 100% in control. More so than many directors 3x his age. https:\/\/t.co\/GXQsI5jxG0<\/a><\/p>\n