India, June 12 -- Expectation is often the root of disappointment. And having gone into Backrooms with sky-high hopes, I can confirm the saying holds true. As the end credits rolled, there wasn't a more disappointed viewer in the theatre than yours truly. The entire experience reminds of the fictional "Cinema of the Unsettling" championed by Gabe in the pop culture favourite series, The Office.

The internet has been abuzz about this sci-fi horror film directed by YouTuber Kane Parsons. Releasing around the same time as Obsession, another theatrical debut from a YouTube creator, conversations have centred on how a new generation of filmmakers is challenging traditional notions of filmmaking and budgets.

Well, Obsession was worth every pe...