Backrooms

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Backrooms

R

May 2026

1h 50m

Sci-Fi

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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

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Critics Consensus

A startlingly assured feature debut from director Kane Parsons, Backrooms bends the liminal spaces that have haunted the internet for years into a horror film that's as mesmerizing as it is terrifying.

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Audience Says

Powered by a magnetic cast, Backrooms may oscillate between atmospheric allure and oneiric disorientation, but Kanepixels’ spell remains undeniable.

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Dwight Brown

DwightBrownInk.com

Jun 23

3.5/4

Scare the weak. Rattle the strong. Leave no one behind. This fright fest is a credit to the genre.

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Nadira Goffe

Slate

Jun 5

The Backrooms part of Backrooms is great, well-rendered, and incredibly unsettling. Though the story supporting the film could use a little work, the production is overall an achievement.

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Ty Burr

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Jun 3

3/4

The movie’s grip holds, even past the point where it’s clear no traditional explanation is coming to save the characters or us.

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Jazzmin Crawley

Girl, That's Scary (Podcast)

3d

Backrooms captured what it feels like to clip out of reality.

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Beau Behan

Patch.com

Jul 18

Parsons directs with an instinctive clarity and a startling assurance, shaping the Backrooms into an existential crucible where time loosens and logic buckles.

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Jonathon Wilson

Ready Steady Cut

Jul 18

2.5/5

The thing about a short is that it can be all build-up and teasing without any payoff without anybody minding, but a feature doesn’t have that luxury.

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Bushido Blues

20h

Beautifully surreal and thought provoking.

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SkibidiRizzLord

21h

Absolute peak cinema!

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Andres Corella

1d

It was a solid 3/5 I wanna say it was a bit slow, the writing wasn’t bad just didn’t feel too much like a horror movie

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Landon

1d

extremely creative and impressive take on the backrooms as a concept. Very cool depiction of what distant memory feels like. Very cool but often times confusing, which very well could be the intention. Kane Parsons is the youngest person ever so very impressive.

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Kenny C

1d

First hours really good and then kind of fell at the end

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Chris

3d

This movie was incredible. Not everyone may agree, but the acting and story left me with a deeply satisfactory appreciation. The music is trippy as well.

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Synopsis

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

Director: Kane Parsons
Producer: James Wan, Michael Clear, Roberto Patino, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Dan Levine, Oz Perkins, Chris Ferguson, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Kori Adelson
Screenwriter: Will Soodik
Distributor: A24
Production Co: A24, Chernin Entertainment, 21 Laps Entertainment, Atomic Monster
Rating: R (Language|Bloody Images|Some Violent Content)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 2026, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 14, 2026
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)