A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom, leading to an endless network of interconnected rooms where time bends and the only thing scarier than getting lost is the sense that something is lying in wait.
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- Vincent Reggiannini1d agoGenuinely creepy, and disturbing. The movie could have definitely played up the fear and the tension but chooses subtlety and not over-doing anything. Trying to figure out the meaning might not get you very far, but at some point someone would had to have had ideas about which this is based. It’s definitely worth a watch - but the worst place to watch it would be in some vast, seemingly empty office space.
- UatuTheWatcher2d agoFalls Flat in the Third Act It starts off strong and for the first 70 minutes it is exactly what I wanted from it. The movie does a great job of representing the ambience that started the backrooms subculture and does an excellent job of pairing it with the dread you would feel in such an environment. All else aside, the set design and editing are superb. However, there is a specific moment where the entire momentum shifts and never quite recovers its footing. The third act clashes with everything the film was doing right and sacrifices the established tones for a plot direction that comes across as hollow and fails to follow through with it. Without spoiling anything, it attempts to add meaning to the events of the plot without actually committing to anything concrete at the overall expense of the tone and plot. Then, abruptly, it just sort of ends.
- Hipster ZOMBIEJune 1, 2026What began as an anonymous creepypasta on 4chan has now evolved into a full blown feature film with A24’s unsettling adaptation of The Backrooms. Directed by series creator Kane Parsons, the film expands his viral web mythology into a suffocating psychological horror experience that feels less like a traditional movie and more like a waking fever dream you can’t escape. For the uninitiated, The Backrooms is essentially that recurring nightmare where the hallway keeps stretching farther away no matter how fast you walk, blended with the sterile emptiness of abandoned office spaces humming under fluorescent lights. Random junk litters endless yellow corridors, reality folds in on itself, and there’s seemingly no exit. Chiwetel Ejiofor delivers a quietly devastating performance as Clark, a man already trapped in the soul-crushing monotony of his own life before stumbling through a multidimensional doorway into the ominous labyrinth known as the Backrooms. Saying much more would spoil the film’s carefully layered mysteries. Renate Reinsve is equally compelling as Mary, Clark’s therapist, whose own fractured emotional state may be more connected to the Backrooms than the film initially lets on. Rather than relying on cheap jump scares, Parsons leans heavily into atmosphere, existential dread, and the terror of isolation. The result is hypnotic, unnerving, and deeply ambiguous. Its open-ended finale is certain to spark endless debate, especially among longtime fans of the mythos. Some horror audiences may find its slow-burn psychological approach frustrating, particularly those expecting a more conventional scare fest. But for viewers willing to surrender to its strange rhythms and oppressive mood, The Backrooms is one of the most haunting and uniquely unsettling horror films A24 has released in a while.
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Backrooms was released on May 27, 2026.
Backrooms was directed by Kane Parsons.
Backrooms has a runtime of 1h 50m.
Backrooms was produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Dan Levine, James Wan, Michael Clear, Roberto Patino, Kori Adelson, Chris Ferguson, Osgood Perkins, Jenno Topping, Peter Chernin.
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom, leading to an endless network of interconnected rooms where time bends and the only thing scarier than getting lost is the sense that something is lying in wait.
The key characters in Backrooms are Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Mary (Renate Reinsve), Bobby (Finn Bennett).
Backrooms is rated R.
Backrooms is a Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction film.
Backrooms has an audience rating of 7.4 out of 10.
Backrooms had a budget of $10M.
Backrooms has made $389.7M at the box office.