India, June 11 -- Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell, and Krista Kosonen

The transformation of cinema is underway. Backrooms began as creepypasta. It is now a summer blockbuster, having earned over $150 million worldwide. This sensation from 20-year-old first-time filmmaker Kane Parsons is finally making its way to India as well. And a glimpse at its visuals and scale tells you why it has generated so much buzz. Backrooms gets a lot right - from the eerie setting to the discomforting way in which it has been shot, and of course, the pitch perfect performances. It is an ambitious film told in a novel way. But it is also indulgent and chaotic, and not always in a good way. As Kane Parsons takes the...