"Creepypasta," as Will Wiles explains in Aeon Magazine, is "a widely distributed and leaderless effort to make and share scary stories." It is a phenomenon powered by the internet — the word itself ...

Warner Bros. has secured the rights for a film based on a Reddit post starring Sydney Sweeney. The story was first posted to the r/nosleep subreddit, known for its "creepypasta" scary tales. Hollywood ...

YouTube series The Backrooms, based on an internet creepypasta, is set to become an A24 horror movie – and it'll be directed by its 17-year-old creator Kane Parsons. James Wan and Shawn Levy will ...

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Cristin Milioti are reportedly in talks to star in a feature-length adaptation of The Backrooms. According to Deadline, there is no word yet on what characters they would be ...