Sutradara Kane Parsons Merilis Film Horor Backrooms di Bioskop
Sutradara muda Kane Parsons resmi merilis film horor panjang perdananya berjudul Backrooms di bioskop pada Jumat, 29 Mei 2026. Film adaptasi dari fenomena internet dan seri YouTube viral miliknya ini diproduksi oleh studio Hollywood A24.
Gagasan ruang liminal tanpa akhir ini bermula dari unggahan anonim di forum 4chan pada tahun 2019 mengenai ruangan kantor kosong berkarpet lembap dengan dinding kuning dan lampu neon. Parsons yang saat itu berusia 16 tahun kemudian mengembangkannya menggunakan CGI Blender hingga meraup lebih dari 200 juta penonton di YouTube.
Dalam laporan bbc.com, Parsons yang kini berusia 20 tahun menjadi sutradara termuda di studio A24. Versi layar lebar ini menampilkan aktor nominator Oscar Chiwetel Ejiofor sebagai Clark, seorang penjual furnitur yang menemukan jalan masuk ke Backrooms di tengah krisis emosional pasca-perceraian.
Parsons membagikan tips utama untuk bertahan hidup di dalam labirin kuning misterius tersebut.
"Make peace with it before anything else, because I don't like to give false optimism." ujar Kane Parsons, Sutradara Film Backrooms.
Proyek layar lebar ini memberi kesempatan bagi Parsons untuk mengeksplorasi karyanya lebih dalam melalui dukungan finansial Hollywood. Pihak produksi membangun set fisik seluas 30.000 kaki persegi yang didasarkan langsung pada desain Blender miliknya.
"I think it lets us buy into the characters to a greater degree," kata Kane Parsons, Sutradara Film Backrooms.
Pria berusia 20 tahun tersebut juga menyatakan bahwa kisah horor adaptasi ini merupakan bagian awal dari sebuah narasi besar yang telah ia rancang sejak beberapa tahun lalu.
"[Sequels are] more than an option — it's been the intention since 2022," tutur Kane Parsons, Sutradara Film Backrooms.
Parsons menambahkan bahwa batas durasi sebuah film layar lebar tunggal tidak akan cukup untuk menjangkau seluruh inti ide dari dunia fiksi yang ia bangun.
"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 it 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." jelas Kane Parsons, Sutradara Film Backrooms.
Meskipun memiliki rencana jangka panjang untuk format layar lebar, Parsons mengaku masih berambisi memanfaatkan platform YouTube sebagai medium berkreasi secara independen.
"A series would be my dream scenario, personally," ungkap Kane Parsons, Sutradara Film Backrooms.
Ia menilai format serial menjadi metode paling praktis untuk menyampaikan jalannya cerita, dengan fokus drama antarpribadi di atas ketegangan teknologi supernatural.
"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." papar Kane Parsons, Sutradara Film Backrooms.
Mengenai kelanjutan konten mandiri di internet, Parsons menyebut pihak studio A24 bersikap suportif dan memberikan kebebasan kreatif penuh kepadanya.
"YouTube has been a great tool for me so far — a platform I deeply enjoy working with," tukas Kane Parsons, Sutradara Film Backrooms.
Kepuasan kreatif yang didapatkan dari produksi independen diakuinya sama besarnya dengan pengerjaan film Hollywood ini.
"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." sebut Kane Parsons, Sutradara Film Backrooms.
Parsons juga menekankan pentingnya konsistensi cerita dengan menyusun alur penulisan yang berorientasi langsung dari bagian akhir proyek.
"I haven't gone and actually engaged with that, since the film's now in the process of releasing," kata Kane Parsons, Sutradara Film Backrooms.
Ia meyakini pihak studio telah menaruh kepercayaan penuh pada setiap keputusan kreatif yang ia ambil untuk konsumsi audiens.
"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 Kane Parsons, Sutradara Film Backrooms.
Metode penulisan ini diterapkan Parsons untuk menghindari kegagalan kontinuitas cerita yang sering terjadi pada musim-musim final suatu serial.
"I like to start from the ending [of a project] first, so I know where I'm going," ucap Kane Parsons, Sutradara Film Backrooms.
Langkah tersebut diambil demi memastikan proyek terikat pada satu benang merah yang utuh dari awal hingga akhir produksi.
"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 Kane Parsons, Sutradara Film Backrooms.
Di sisi lain, pakar neurosains dan arsitektur Meredith Banasiak memaparkan fenomena psikologis di balik ketakutan terhadap ruang transisi atau pintu gerbang.
"When spaces start blending together, the way we remember blends too," tutur Meredith Banasiak, Pakar Neurosains dan Arsitektur.
Proses peleburan ruang tersebut dinilai mengaburkan memori manusia, sebuah konsep ekstrem yang juga diangkat dalam dialog karakter utama film horor ini.
"The more times [the Backrooms] remembers something, the less it does." ucap Chiwetel Ejiofor, Pemeran Karakter Clark.
Dilansir dari polygon.com dan rue-morgue.com, film berlatar era analog tahun 1990 ini menggunakan sinematografi Jeremy Cox dan tata suara imersif untuk menghadirkan ketegangan psikologis bagi penonton bioskop.
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