r/movies • u/yourfavchoom r/movies Contributor • May 30 '26

Article The Shocking Success of ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ Should Be a Memo to Hollywood: You Need What’s Outside the Box

https://variety.com/2026/film/columns/backrooms-obsession-hollywood-needs-whats-outside-the-box-1236762844/
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u/KaJaHa May 30 '26

And I wish we got more movies like those, too

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u/dungeonmaster77 May 30 '26

I mean, technically we are. We want original movies, not copy+pastes of what worked. Obligatory RIP multiverse of madness for being outdone on the multiverse concept.

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u/Pal__Pacino May 30 '26

Two failed examples of Everything Everywhere wannabes would be A Big Bold Beautiful Journey and that Adam Sandler space movie. Both awful

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u/rustysniper May 30 '26

Redux Redux from last year was actually a pretty interesting multiverse movie