{"id":689833,"date":"2026-06-07T13:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T13:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/689833\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T13:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T13:25:11","slug":"gen-z-is-flocking-to-horror-films-to-escape-a-world-on-fire-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/689833\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Z is flocking to horror films to escape a world on fire &#8211; CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxNREFRTjVmOG90d2VHM2ZldjZ2aHBJQ0lzU3pkTUR3SzRqWW9KSVhMTUJ1SHFic0Rhb3QxVi1fQ2xvakZ3dzdjbnBTUWdWVW9mY2FNaHRKZHJqMUd0eng3d0Z2UXJINzBxZ1RGVENhb3ZpRjJfWUF4bHhSekkyT2s5RlpXZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gen Z is flocking to horror films to escape a world on fire<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTFBvM2lfUjFGSHVPS05MdzdmekdIWDUzS0F4NUphWE4yUUM2akZNUUtBTkdVZzQ0b1haQnBOdkxGQzFOSnlDZnhacUlVdDFxdFdhWXJsMm1JRlVacDFsc0NiUFBuLTU0MjJCMEFGUWpON0FobXpVa2xjMG14Uk0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Box Office: &#8216;Backrooms&#8217; Becoming A24&#8217;s Highest Ever At Global Box Office<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Deadline<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwJBVV95cUxQMk5TcUc2bENKOThxYkR0WWJlNWltZWFIT2hMRzRJdS1BV0J5azYwV2g2ZXdMTzBteWlaaS1OeVE3bkE3cEhQQ290ZGpaYkRSaFhFTE1vbWxTRENkNlJCWGFwVlNpaE82MmMwaFJJRlc2OHBnV09TSHgzV29IWndzeGFjdnhUejVzZWNHdGhLdDM0RnFxN0otaGhBVEZSOUJkOU1VdjJWU0hSQWlKYTBSbUlWM1N4SjhOYU9VU3piVW9wOWF4NXRmbmJSbXVTLVQ3ZEo1bk02NF9fNk1femdUUzlRTHRPd1hQR21zMzVJNzJUUG1la25tWk1WdlhwMk5naFp4MGZwRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forget superheroes. YouTube horror is giving Hollywood a much-needed fright<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Haaretz<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE9tMlZvNzNmaXlKaXRhZjZEazdUVi03NjZaRkNFYlcza092MGtrbFJVa2NWVUZTZWNCN3MzMUZwNERLMzVGVnJzNHdYc2oyX1hLYXVRNGpOQzh3c1N0RUcwSFluOTN1NFZvOHBaYU9uSXdxcmJPaFhQUXhzYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Backrooms&#8217; and &#8216;Obsession&#8217; reviews: Young directors strike big at the box office<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxPMk81RXhncmFxaUJVOE1NZHB6eHVWZkNaTHI4M3E4aUpfdlIzOHpaVW9yZWNCTTQ1TW1KSkdIcDlRYklWT19tUXFsVThoZzhCRlpZTmpSTnZnNTRmV3YzRFBpbFNrVWo4eHdPTUQ4VHh0UFU4N0UyUTg5TEoyUzc1Zg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Most Highly Anticipated Horror Movie of the Year Is Here. How Scary Is It?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Slate Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gen Z is flocking to horror films to escape a world on fire&nbsp;&nbsp;CNNBox Office: &#8216;Backrooms&#8217; Becoming A24&#8217;s Highest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206],"class_list":["post-689833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}