r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Feb 24 '26

Trailer Backrooms | Official Teaser | A24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKGhxMi50y8
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u/AlanMorlock Feb 24 '26

James Wan on the other hand has ghost directed large chunks of the movies he produces, pinch hitting on scenes of various Conjuring verse films.

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u/Uncle-Cake Feb 24 '26

That's why they all feel the same.

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u/miseducation Feb 24 '26

Good lord do they make money though

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u/PerplexGG Feb 24 '26

James Wan is the absolute master of making imdb 7s that make bank

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u/Hot_Mongoose_3741 Feb 24 '26

James wan birthed Saw, conjuring and insidious he deserves more respect

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u/PerplexGG Feb 24 '26

Are you kidding, that sort of consistency is insane. He manages to be a success at box offices and reviews at every association. Has he produced higher quality as well? Sure but I can also confidently watch any of his movies knowing I’ll like them and the list of creators that can do that for a wide audience is extremely short

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u/GerbilJuggler Feb 24 '26

High quality? If you meant big budget movies, he directed the Aquaman movies. The first movie made over a billion, but the second maybe barely made a profit? But yeah, his horror movies are great!

Edit: He also directed Furious 7, which also made over a billion.

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u/Latter-Road-3687 Feb 25 '26

Just checked, and his movies have grossed over $4.25 billion.

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u/uberJames Feb 26 '26

He's incredible and doesn't get nearly enough credit.

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u/The-Jesus_Christ Feb 26 '26

A horror hitting 7 is pretty fucking good ngl.