Kane Parsons Siapkan Sekuel untuk Film Horor Backrooms

Sutradara berusia 20 tahun Kane Parsons menyiapkan kelanjutan cerita untuk film horor Backrooms produksi A24 yang dijadwalkan tayang perdana di bioskop pada Jumat, 29 Mei 2026.

Proyek film layar lebar tersebut diadaptasi dari video viral buatan Parsons di kanal YouTube miliknya sejak tahun 2022 mengenai ruang misterius tak berujung.

Pengembangan cerita baru menjadi sebuah seri layar lebar dinilai penting karena keterbatasan durasi sinema konvensional untuk merangkum seluruh gagasan utama.

"[Sequels are] more than an option — it's been the intention since 2022," ujar Kane Parsons kepada Polygon.

"I went as far as I could with the YouTube series. [Making a feature film] became an option — I thought it'd be a much slower road to get to where things are now. This film is the first part in what I would desire to be several narrative steps, in terms of approaching what I consider to be the true heart of the idea. I just don't think you could get to it in the time you have for a single movie." lanjut Parsons.

Parsons enggan merinci jumlah total film yang dibutuhkan akibat dinamika produksi, namun ia berharap konsep ini berkembang menjadi antologi drama interpersonal supernatural techno-thriller.

"A series would be my dream scenario, personally," kata Kane Parsons.

"I think that's the most practical way to narratively get what you want. But obviously, a series is a whole thing. So it won't be immediate, it won't be ‘snap your fingers and it's here.' And in general, the series, in my mind, is not determined by its genre label. The way I think of it is definitely a lot more of an interpersonal sort of drama built on top of a supernatural techno-thriller. That’s more the space I feel comfortable in." cetus Parsons.

Rencana pembuatan film format panjang tidak akan menghentikan produksi konten mandiri Parsons di platform digital pribadinya demi kepuasan kreatif.

"YouTube has been a great tool for me so far — a platform I deeply enjoy working with," jelas Kane Parsons.

"I get the same amount of creative satisfaction working there independently as I do on this film. So I'll probably still engage with YouTube, to an extent." tambah Parsons.

Terkait regulasi hukum konten independen, Parsons mengaku belum membahasnya secara formal namun pihak A24 sejauh ini memberikan kebebasan kreatif penuh.

"I haven't gone and actually engaged with that, since the film's now in the process of releasing," aku Kane Parsons.

"But there's never been any pushback when it's been spoken about internally. And that's always been the idea. I think the YouTube side just gets left as is. I don't know what the exact legal writing on that is. I believe it mostly just comes down to A24 having awareness of [what I make], and probably pre-awareness to view these things. But they've been very creatively hands-off, and I think they're trusting the creative judgment calls I'm making, in terms of how I'm delivering media to the audience. So if something like that feels productive and compelling, I don't think they have an incentive to try to block it in any way." urai Parsons.

Struktur narasi keseluruhan cerita hingga bagian akhir diakui Parsons telah dirancang secara matang sejak awal guna menjaga kontinuitas naskah.

"I like to start from the ending [of a project] first, so I know where I'm going," tutur Kane Parsons.

"I like to make sure I'm not in the camp of projects that are making themselves up as they go along, and don't have an actual thread to be holding to the whole time. I feel like half the things I've grown up with, the final season — they talk about knowing the ending, but it usually feels like they just say that for press, and then it falls apart at the end. I will not fire shots at anything in particular, but it feels like a not uncommon experience. So I've cared about making a project that is built from the ground up in such a way that it is going to have continuity and throughlines." pungkas Parsons.