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Backrooms review – Kane Parsons’ icily disturbing horror rewrites the genre rulebook

Debut from 20-year-old director examines memory, reality and fear after Chiwetel Ejiofor accesses an infinite series of hidden rooms that all feel creepily askewAll the lonely people … where do they all belong? YouTuber Kane Parsons makes his feature directing debut with this icily brilliant and genuinely disturbing conceptual horror film based on his web series, and scripted by Will Soodik. There is something here of J-horror, the V/H/S found footage franchise, Dan Erickson’s Severance and...

The Guardian Culture 14d ago

Backrooms: The creepy internet phenomenon, explained

Backrooms: The creepy internet phenomenon, explained June 3, 2026In "Backrooms," Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is a failed architect who runs a dreary discount furniture-store, drinking himself to sleep in his shop, depressed by his divorce. One day, he discovers a portal to a mysterious labyrinth of corridors with no apparent end. His therapist, Mary, is played by "Sentimental Value" star Renate Reinsve.

Deutsche Welle 6d ago

From Backrooms to Boards of Canada: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

A horror film takes on the internet craze for user-generated paranormal tales, and Macca returns with his most affecting songs in yearsBackrooms Out nowPeople have enjoyed spinning spooky yarns about uncanny spaces since before the advent of the written word, and this A24 horror (starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass) capitalises on that fascination via a big-screen version of the internet phenomenon of Backrooms. That is, an infinite empty limbo where you might...

The Guardian Culture 11d ago

‘I found a place’: how Backrooms captures the horror of sinister architecture

Buzzy new thriller Backrooms takes us on an unknowable journey through liminal spaces, the latest film to turn a building into a horror villainWhen architect turned furniture store owner Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) finds a portal to a mysterious realm of “backrooms” in the basement of his showroom, he struggles to explain it to his therapist, Dr Mary Kline (Renate Reinsve).“I found a place …” Continue reading...

The Guardian Culture 12d ago

<em>Backrooms</em>, <em>Obsession </em>Usher in the Era of the YouTube Filmmaker

Los Angeles Special Screening Of A24's "Backrooms" SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - MAY 07: (L-R) Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, director Kane Parsons and actress Renate Reinsve attend the Los Angeles Special Screening of A24's "Backrooms" at the Aero Theatre on May 07, 2026 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images) Photographer: Amanda Edwards/Getty Images

Bloomberg Technology 9d ago

From Backrooms to Boards of Canada: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

A horror film takes on the internet craze for user-generated paranormal tales, and Macca returns with his most affecting songs in yearsBackrooms Out nowPeople have enjoyed spinning spooky yarns about uncanny spaces since before the advent of the written word, and this A24 horror (starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass) capitalises on that fascination via a big-screen version of&nbsp;the internet phenomenon of Backrooms. That is, an infinite empty limbo where you might...

The Guardian UK 11d ago

Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Backrooms' - Liminal space horror you'll want to get lost in

Released last week in the US and UK, this year’s breakout horror hit finally heads to European cinemas. It was worth the wait. Ever stood in an empty corridor which seems to stretch on forever, or found yourself in a deserted room that feels "off"?

Euronews 4d ago

‘Backrooms’ Takes You Deeper Inside the Internet’s Most Uncanny Horror Myth

The 20-year-old filmmaker Kane Parsons has risen to the top so fast that he’s had zero time to process how far he’s come. “It's been go, go, go,” Parsons tells WIRED. “Even the tiniest bit of a break,” he says, would give him some better perspective on everything that’s happened over the past few years.

Wired 11d ago

Backrooms, based on a YouTube horror series, breaks box office records

Backrooms, based on YouTube horror series, breaks box office records The movie’s massive opening weekend haul is the largest ever for an original horror film. A24’s Backrooms, the big-screen adaptation of a viral YouTube horror series, smashed several box office records with an US$81.5 million (S$104.13 million) North American debut, United States media reported Sunday. Directed by 20-year-old Kane Parsons, who created the Backrooms web series as a teenager, the movie’s massive opening...

Channel News Asia 9d ago