YouTube at the movies
6/12/202626 min
It's blockbuster season, but low-budget horror films from YouTubers — like Iron Lung, Obsession, and Backrooms — are what's got Hollywood talking.
This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
A still from the movie Backrooms. Courtesy A24 Films.
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First 90 secondsSean Rameswaram· Host0:00
What are you up to this weekend? There's a new Spielberg out that's supposed to be nuts.
Speaker 1· Soundbite0:03
What are you gonna do?
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:04
Full disclosure to the whole world all at once.
Sean Rameswaram· Host0:10
[dramatic music] If The Mandalorian and his little buddy Grogu didn't already do it, disclosure day will officially kick off a big blockbuster summer for the movies.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:24
No one could stand between my men- We've got Sir Nolan ... and home.
Sean Rameswaram· Host0:28
We've got Woody and Buzz.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:30
We're finding more abandoned toys each day.
Speaker 4· Soundbite0:32
We're doomed.
Sean Rameswaram· Host0:33
[laughs] We've got Spider-Man, Super Girl. We've got one with Anne Hathaway and dinosaurs. [dinosaur roaring] But all those big ones aren't necessarily what's got Hollywood abuzz. People are talking about movies with much smaller budgets, in particular Iron Lung, Obsession, and Backrooms, because they all have one thing in common, and if you don't know what it is, we'll tell you on Today Explained from Vox.
Speaker 50:57
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