In a new article on Polygon, Ryan Epps examines the implications of A24's Backrooms crossing $100 million domestically in six days — making it the studio's highest-grossing domestic release and 20-year-old Kane Parsons the youngest director to debut at No. 1 in North America. The piece argues that this success, alongside films like Obsession, Iron Lung, and Bring Her Back, proves Hollywood will increasingly turn to internet-born horror. It lists 10 creepypasta memes that could be the next adaptations, though the article text provided does not name the specific entries.
polygon's ryan epps says backrooms' $100m in six days is proof that hollywood is going to start pillaging creepypasta for movie ideas. lists 10 candidates, but you'll have to read the full piece to see which ones.
Fills a timely cultural trend angle (creepypasta-to-Hollywood) with specific, sourced box office numbers from Polygon, and does not duplicate recent film_tv headlines.
The piece matters as a signpost: the line between internet folklore and studio horror is dissolving. Backrooms proved that a viral image can become a tentpole, and studios are now actively looking for the next Slender Man or SCP. This shifts power back to young digital creators — but also raises questions about ownership and exploitation of anonymous online myths.
the boundary between creepy forum pasta and a $100m movie just vanished. backrooms opened the floodgates, and now everyone's digging through the same internet archives. good for young creators, bad if studios start grabbing stories without credit.
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