{
  "id": 9992197,
  "title": "‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Distances $400M Hit From Horror Moniker: “I Don’t View It As A Horror Project”- Zurich Summit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/backrooms-director-kane-parsons-distances-400m-hit-from-horror",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-26T13:41:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/backrooms-kane-parson-not-horror-project-zurich-summit-1237114440/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kane Parson’s $400M hit Backrooms, spinning off his web-series inspired by “creepypasta’ horror content on the internet, is invariably and understandably billed as a horror. The director told a panel at the Zurich Summit on Saturday, however, that he does not see it as being aligned with the genre. “I didn’t direct like a horror […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}