Though YouTube has always been a place where up-and-coming artists could be discovered and make it big, in recent years the platform has become a launching pad for some of Hollywood's most exciting new horror directors. The filmmakers behind films like Talk to Me , Iron Lung , and Obsession all started off as content creators posting their independently created projects online. And if it weren't for their fandom-fueled internet fame, studios might not have given them a chance to step up to the big leagues. Going viral on YouTube with a series of videos inspired by 4chan memes is what put Kane Parsons on A24's radar and led to him becoming the … Read the full story at The Verge.