Backrooms

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

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In Theaters May 29, 2026

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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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Thelma Adams

AARP Movies for Grownups

2h

4/5

Feelings of dread, anxiety and confinement infuse this well-crafted, well-acted movie that’s terrifying despite (or because of) the generic nature of evil lurking just beyond a simple basement door.

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Justin Chang

The New Yorker

2h

The deeper we plunge, and the more we get to know the phantasms of Clark’s anguished psyche, the more “Backrooms” seems to shrink, conceptually, into a hard, unsatisfying nubbin of a movie

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Adam Nayman

The Ringer

2h

Horror cannot live on vibes alone, or else said vibes have to be immaculately bad: rancid, unsettling, unfathomable... Parsons never works up the compulsive terror needed to justify all the surrounding obliqueness

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

2h

4/5

Unique, ambitious, and unsettling, this downbeat but impactful horror movie makes use of spooky "liminal spaces" to explore themes including trauma, anxiety, identity, memory, and imagination.

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Doug Walker

Channel Awesome

3h

3 / 4

Strange enough to be creepy and vague enough to be intriguing.

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Mae Abdulbaki

Pajiba

3h

While the film presents themes that it isn’t ready to tackle as thoroughly as needed, its maze of enthralling psychological horror, atmosphere, and disconcerting set production will stay with you.

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Dante

24m

Amazing film, 10/10, just like the lore from the YouTube I loved to see certain aspects from it and the vibe. Wasn’t too flashy horror it was genuinely creepy and had me on the edge of my seat towards the end. Fantastic needs a sequel.

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Madeline

26m

Peak, I loved the structure of the backrooms and they way the story was told, as well as the ambiguity of the ending.

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Sean

47m

They didn’t even let me in.

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Autumn

48m

This movie was about as amazing as I thought it would be. Some of it is not accurate, but great nonetheless! Definitely would recommend!

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Jeff

54m

Much creepier than expected!

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Nicholas W

1h

Cool to see more lore for the backrooms and a mix of found footage and live action. My only complaint would be creepier creatures i thought the ones we see in the movie weren't scary enough.

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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 (Some Violent Content|Language|Bloody Images)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)