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Overview

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

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Backrooms | Official Teaser HD | A24

Cast

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Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Lukita Maxwell
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Renate Reinsve
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Mark Duplass
Director:
Kane Parsons
Writer:
Kane Parsons, Will Soodik
Release Date:
2026-05-27
Run Time:
111m
Tagline:
You are not supposed to be here.
Genres:
Horror Mystery Science Fiction
Keywords:
1990s alcoholism bewildered body horror california childhood trauma foreboding found footage monster other dimension psychological psychological horror sci-fi horror surrealism therapist
Financials and Popularity

Budget: 10,000,000.00$

Revenue: 389,741,657.00$

Vote Average: 7.1/10

Vote Count: 2256 Votes

Movie Popularity: 288.8807

Spoken Languages: English

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    ⭐ Insomniacs Rating: 8/10 THE SUMMARY Clark is a failing furniture store owner whose life is falling apart. Just when he thinks things cannot get worse, he discovers a literal portal to another dimension in his shop's basement. Instead of a magical wonderland, he steps into an infinite, soul-crushing maze of beige carpets, drop ceilings, and flickering fluorescent lights. When his therapist Mary follows him into this endless liminal nightmare, they quickly realize they are not alone. It is a surreal, deeply unsettling psychological horror that turns the mundane architecture of office buildings into a terrifying labyrinth.[review] This earns an 8/10 because it is a masterclass in atmospheric dread. Kane Parsons takes his viral internet concept and expands it into a massive, visually stunning nightmare. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve bring genuine emotional weight to the madness, anchoring the surreal horror in very real human trauma. The production design is incredible, capturing that specific, nauseating yellow light of endless empty hallways perfectly. It plays like a bad dream you cannot wake up from. It misses a higher rating because the narrative gets slightly tangled in its own lore during the third act, leaving a few too many questions unanswered. It skips the cheap jump scares for a creeping terror that genuinely gets under your skin. THE VERDICT A solid 8/10. It is a wildly original, incredibly tense horror that perfectly captures the fear of liminal spaces. It isn't quite a 9 because the plot gets a bit messy towards the end, but as a highly anticipated debut feature, it delivers exactly what it promises. It will make you think twice before wandering down an empty office corridor. INSOMNIAC TRIVIA • YouTube Origins: Director Kane Parsons was still in high school when his original found-footage short film went viral on YouTube. A24 scooped him up shortly after, allowing him to adapt his massive internet phenomenon into his feature-length directorial debut.• Practical Panic: Rather than relying completely on green screens to create the endless maze, the production team built physical sets to capture the true, oppressive scale and specific architectural horror of the strange dimension.• Monochromatic Madness: To nail the deeply unsettling visual style, the cinematographers utilized wide-angle lenses and a distinct yellowish lighting to perfectly mimic the nauseating aesthetic of the original creepypasta. THE VIBE Like being trapped in an abandoned office block after everyone has gone home for the weekend. It smells like damp carpet, ozone, and static electricity. It is disorienting, isolating, and thoroughly creepy. It makes you want to avoid drop ceilings, ignore weird doorways, and realize that true horror doesn't always need monsters, just endless beige walls.

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Backrooms | Official Teaser HD | A24

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  1. Insomniacs Reviews

    ⭐ Insomniacs Rating: 8/10

    THE SUMMARY
    Clark is a failing furniture store owner whose life is falling apart. Just when he thinks things cannot get worse, he discovers a literal portal to another dimension in his shop’s basement. Instead of a magical wonderland, he steps into an infinite, soul-crushing maze of beige carpets, drop ceilings, and flickering fluorescent lights. When his therapist Mary follows him into this endless liminal nightmare, they quickly realize they are not alone. It is a surreal, deeply unsettling psychological horror that turns the mundane architecture of office buildings into a terrifying labyrinth.

    [review]
    This earns an 8/10 because it is a masterclass in atmospheric dread. Kane Parsons takes his viral internet concept and expands it into a massive, visually stunning nightmare. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve bring genuine emotional weight to the madness, anchoring the surreal horror in very real human trauma. The production design is incredible, capturing that specific, nauseating yellow light of endless empty hallways perfectly. It plays like a bad dream you cannot wake up from. It misses a higher rating because the narrative gets slightly tangled in its own lore during the third act, leaving a few too many questions unanswered. It skips the cheap jump scares for a creeping terror that genuinely gets under your skin.

    THE VERDICT
    A solid 8/10. It is a wildly original, incredibly tense horror that perfectly captures the fear of liminal spaces. It isn’t quite a 9 because the plot gets a bit messy towards the end, but as a highly anticipated debut feature, it delivers exactly what it promises. It will make you think twice before wandering down an empty office corridor.

    INSOMNIAC TRIVIA
    • YouTube Origins: Director Kane Parsons was still in high school when his original found-footage short film went viral on YouTube. A24 scooped him up shortly after, allowing him to adapt his massive internet phenomenon into his feature-length directorial debut.

    • Practical Panic: Rather than relying completely on green screens to create the endless maze, the production team built physical sets to capture the true, oppressive scale and specific architectural horror of the strange dimension.

    • Monochromatic Madness: To nail the deeply unsettling visual style, the cinematographers utilized wide-angle lenses and a distinct yellowish lighting to perfectly mimic the nauseating aesthetic of the original creepypasta.

    THE VIBE
    Like being trapped in an abandoned office block after everyone has gone home for the weekend. It smells like damp carpet, ozone, and static electricity. It is disorienting, isolating, and thoroughly creepy. It makes you want to avoid drop ceilings, ignore weird doorways, and realize that true horror doesn’t always need monsters, just endless beige walls.

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