Backrooms & Obsession: How YouTube Horror and Creepypasta Created the Year's Most Original Horror Movies

This week on Bleed With Me, Micaela Superstar and Jerbil are joined by Omar of Ghost Cult Magazine to dive into two of the year's most original horror movie hits: Backrooms and Obsession. Together, they explore how these films evolved from YouTube horror shorts and creepypasta into viral cultural phenomena, and whether they're ushering in a bold new era of horror storytelling.

The crew discusses the rise of internet horror and celebrates the creative risks that make independent horror so exciting. Omar shares his hot take on the ending of Obsession, the early horror shorts that launched director Curry Barker's career, and why audiences are embracing original horror over familiar franchises.

If you love Backrooms, Obsession, analog horror, creepypasta, YouTube horror, indie horror films, horror comics, and conversations about the future of the genre, this is an episode you won't want to miss.

Featuring Original Song WW84 (You Ruined It) by Micaela Superstar.

Become a Patron on our Patreon

Follow us online: Website, shop, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Depop

Follow Omar: Instagram, ghostcultmag.com