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Backrooms

7/10

R

Movie

110 minutes

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May 27th, 2026
Horror Mystery Science Fiction
DIRECTOR:

Kane Parsons

PRODUCERS:

Chris Ferguson Dan Cohen Dan Levine James Wan Jenno Topping Kori Adelson Michael Clear Osgood Perkins Peter Chernin Roberto Patino Shawn Levy

RATING:

R

RUNTIME:

110 minutes

DIRECTOR:

Kane Parsons

PRODUCERS:

Chris Ferguson Dan Cohen Dan Levine James Wan Jenno Topping Kori Adelson Michael Clear Osgood Perkins Peter Chernin Roberto Patino Shawn Levy

RATING:

R

RUNTIME:

110 minutes

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Reviews(2)

  • I'm not a big horror person, but from the moment this was announced I knew I was going to see it. The story is amazing (warning, major spoilers down below) and the acting is very compelling


    It presented the idea of the backrooms very understandably, especially to me as a person who had never seen a backrooms thing before hand.


    Now, into the spoilers. Captain Clark is terrifying, he is tall and disformed and a perfectly made horror monster, the tense horror of the backrooms was executed so well, the slow build, and the fact that Clark became a semi-villain near the end surprised me. Anyways, all said, go watch the movie.

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    10 /10

  • While it isn't as scary as it could have been, Backrooms features strong performances and makes effective use of its other elements in a unique way.

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    7 /10
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Synopsis

Backrooms is a film adaptation inspired by the viral found-footage shorts created Kane Parsons. The film explores the eerie and surreal labyrinth known as the Backrooms, capturing unsettling experiences within its endless hallways and rooms.


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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Clark

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Renate Reinsve

Mary

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Mark Duplass

Phil

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Finn Bennett

Bobby

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Lukita Maxwell

Kat

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Avan Jogia

Uncredited

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Krista Kosonen

Nora

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Philip Granger

Meterman

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Katharine Isabelle

Robin

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Peter New

Big Wayne

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Sarah Hayward

Nurse

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Natalie Moon

Phil's Wife

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Calix Fraser

Phil's Child

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Sawyer Fraser

Phil's Child 2

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Patrick Baynham
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Rhiannon Roberts

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Backrooms Review: A Quietly Terrifying Piece Of Liminal Horror
7/10

What Backrooms lacks in its script, the movie makes up for in its meticulously terrifying approach to liminal horror that gets under the skin.

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May 27, 2026
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