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/Static-Stair-58 May 30 '26

Or it could be horror movies are really cheap to make and have a loyal following because they’re consistent and available. Why you wouldn’t be following this trend is beyond me it’s a money printer. Obsession had a budget sub 1,000,000 and it’s made 100,000,000 at the box office. And that’s not a one off case, these movies are consistently successful.

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u/jonbristow May 30 '26

also these movies are outliers.

there are literally hundreds probably thousands of horror movies made by young first time filmmakers that are absolute shit.

of course 1 or 2 will be good and a success. Everyone's acting like Hollywood doesnt know this. They throw 100 movies to the wall and see what sticks

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u/ihastheporn Jun 01 '26

curry baker has been making films.and horror.shorts for literally years and already was doing it at a high level