A mother, currently estranged from her parents, recently shared a harrowing experience after receiving a letter from her mother proposing a playdate between her children and her sister’s daughters ...

“Creepy,” the popular creepypasta podcast created and hosted by Jon Grilz, has a new home. Be Afraid Media has acquired full ownership or “Creepy,” including its catalog of over 1,200 episodes, almost ...

Dogs really don't believe in letting small details get in the way of having a good time. And apparently, "not being able to see where everyone went" ranks pretty low on the list of actual problems ...

A24’s Backrooms has completely redefined the boundaries of modern horror. In just six days, the film grossed over $100 million domestically, becoming A24’s highest-grossing domestic release and ...

So what exactly are the Backrooms, and why is everyone so very excited about this new horror movie? Like so many modern horror concepts, the Backrooms began as a meme on 4Chan. In 2018, someone ...

Mark Sammut serves as the lead editor of the Evergreen gaming list department for GameRant, along with contributing to other department like anime lists and resources. In a previous life, he also ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. How does a teenager become the director of one of the year’s most anticipated auteur horror films?

It’s just an empty room — a literal blank space. Ok, well, there is that pile of furniture, arranged in a jumbled, haphazard way that suggests either a makeshift sanctuary or an arcane, sacred ritual.

If nothing else, Kane Parsons’ feature-length Backrooms faithfully recreates the sensation of stumbling across its creepypasta origins. Like Slender Man, the viral phenomenon preyed on a fear derived ...

Kane Parsons’ “Backrooms” is a horror movie about an unknowable, liminal space called “The Backrooms.” There’s nothing wrong with that title, but the rest of the film has serious problems. It’s a ...

2026's breakout horror film could be around the corner. Directed by 20-year-old YouTuber and VFX artist Kane Parsons – aka Kane Pixels – Backrooms is the adaptation of an internet 'creepypasta' which ...