In the last 25 years, horror has proven to be one of the most consistently successful genres at the box office. This is largely due to horror filmmakers’ ability to make movies at such a low cost, relying on practical effects and smaller stars while letting the scares come through as the true highlight of the movie. Just this year, one of the biggest horror movies came from former YouTube sensation Kane Parsons, the 21-year-old who directed the A24-backed horror feature, Backrooms. The biggest star in Backrooms is Chiwetel Ejiofor, but that didn’t stop the film from grossing over $390 million at the box office, easily turning a profit off its modest $10 million budget. In any year, earning 39x a budget would easily make Backrooms the most profitable movie of the year, but there’s another horror movie that has shattered even more records.
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