BACKROOMS

BACKROOMS (2026)

Backrooms transforms an internet horror concept into one of the most unsettling theater experiences of the year, using oppressive sound design, distorted architecture, and endless psychological dread to create a horror movie that feels genuinely anxiety-inducing from beginning to end. Kane Parsons delivers an ambitious and deeply atmospheric nightmare that constantly keeps viewers uncomfortable, claustrophobic, and emotionally off balance.

William Full Price
Amy Renter

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We break down why Backrooms affected Amy more emotionally than almost any horror movie we’ve covered this year, how Kane Parsons weaponizes sound and empty space to create nonstop tension, and why the film’s endless yellow hallways feel more depressing than comforting. We also dive into the movie’s disturbing “memory world” mythology, the terrifying creature stalking the halls, the claustrophobic staircase sequence that had us both physically tense, and how the film blends fear, sadness, loneliness, and existential dread into something that feels completely unique within modern horror.

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