Underplayed Gems

Backrooms (2026)

Backrooms poster
Directed by
Kane Parsons
Genre
horror film, adventure film, science fiction film, mystery film, psychological horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
R
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1,378 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A furniture store owner and his therapist find a hidden dimension of endless empty rooms in the store's basement. The film follows their attempts to navigate this strange and unsettling space.

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What happens

Backrooms is a 2026 American science fiction psychological horror film directed and co-scored by Kane Parsons in his feature-length directorial debut, and written by Will Soodik. It is a theatrical addition to Parsons' web series and was inspired by the "Backrooms" creepypasta. In the film, Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a furniture store owner, and Mary (Renate Reinsve), his therapist, discover a dimension of seemingly endless liminal spaces accessed through the store's basement. Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell also star. After uploading the web series in January 2022, Parsons was approached by several studios about potentially adapting his series into a feature film. In February 2023, it was officially announced that work had begun on a film adaptation of the Backrooms based on Parsons' videos, with him also directing. Roberto Patino was initially set to write the screenplay, but was replaced by Soodik; Patino served as a producer, alongside James Wan, Shawn Levy, and Osgood Perkins. Filming began in the summer of 2025 and concluded in August 2025. Backrooms premiered at the Aero Theatre in Los Angeles on May 7, 2026, and was theatrically released in the United States by A24 on May 29. It received positive reviews from critics and grossed $368 million worldwide, becoming A24's highest-grossing film to date and making Parsons the youngest filmmaker to reach number one at the United States box office. Backrooms is the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2026 and the second-highest-grossing horror film of 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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