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From YouTube to the multiplex: How low-budget horror films are beating big-budget studio bets
The box office success of "Obsession" and "Backrooms" isn't something that could've been predicted. By drawing a young audience and honing in on original storytelling, these two horror films are clearing a new path in Hollywood.
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According to Los Angeles Times’s source item, From YouTube to the multiplex: How low-budget horror films are beating big-budget studio bets, The box office success of “Obsession” and “Backrooms” isn’t something that could’ve been predicted. By drawing a young audience and honing in on original storytelling, these two horror films are clearing a new path in Hollywood.
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- From YouTube to the multiplex: How low-budget horror films are beating big-budget studio betsLos Angeles Times - 2026-06-20T10:00:00+00:00
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