The media is getting the Obsession and Backrooms story wrong. Horror has been saving Hollywood for years, and young audiences never left. Here's the bigger picture.
Great observations, Jeff, and particularly the last paragraph. It's exactly the point I’ve been trying to make concerning documentaries, as well. If distribution possibilities are vanishing for our feature length stories, we need to consider other platforms.
One person that doesn’t get enough of a shoutout is David F. Sandberg. While obviously older than any of these other filmmakers you named, he did start off in YouTube as well! I know the quality of his last couple movies have not been strong but he still caught the eye of the industry still.
Something I do want to clarify, and it is not just you, because for some reason, the record is not fully accurate. Trank was actually not the youngest to have a movie open to number one before Parsons. It was actually John Singleton for Poetic Justice when he was 26 years old. That obviously isn’t on you. The trades have just over sighted this for a long time.
Great observations, Jeff, and particularly the last paragraph. It's exactly the point I’ve been trying to make concerning documentaries, as well. If distribution possibilities are vanishing for our feature length stories, we need to consider other platforms.
One person that doesn’t get enough of a shoutout is David F. Sandberg. While obviously older than any of these other filmmakers you named, he did start off in YouTube as well! I know the quality of his last couple movies have not been strong but he still caught the eye of the industry still.
Lights Out was great!
Something I do want to clarify, and it is not just you, because for some reason, the record is not fully accurate. Trank was actually not the youngest to have a movie open to number one before Parsons. It was actually John Singleton for Poetic Justice when he was 26 years old. That obviously isn’t on you. The trades have just over sighted this for a long time.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1993W30/?ref_=bo_rl_table_1
Wow, had no idea. I wonder if that’s some oversight based on bias…