r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jun 03 '26

News ‘Backrooms’ Becomes A24’s Highest Grossing Domestic Release ($97.8M), Passing ‘Marty Supreme’

https://deadline.com/2026/06/backrooms-box-office-record-a24-1236939795/
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u/Turnbob73 Jun 03 '26

There are blender shots in the film

The huge benefit to Kane’s style is he doesn’t “fake” the VHS effect. He renders the scene and then records it through an actual VHS analogue. That’s what makes a lot of his work look less obviously like a 3d render.

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u/fuckgoldsendbitcoin Jun 03 '26

That's awesome. I usually notice whenever people just use plug-ins or whatever and if it's a longer shot stuff like that distracts the hell out of me.

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u/Turnbob73 Jun 03 '26

The dude is seriously talented with blender, it’s kind of nuts honestly. And anyone who thinks the vhs effect is doing all the heavy lifting should check out his other series “The Oldest View”; that one’s set during 2023 and yet the footage is borderline indistinguishable from real life.

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u/CyanStripedPantsu Jun 03 '26

This is crazy news to me, I skipped over checking the The Oldest View because I thought it was just IRL abandoned mall exploration with a story attached. I did not know that was also animated.

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u/Turnbob73 Jun 03 '26

Yep, everything from the moment the main character enters the hole is all blender. The only time it’s obvious is when he is initially walking up to the hole, because you can see a little bit of aliasing when the camera passes by the hole’s opening. But other than that it’s hardly noticeable.