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A24's Backrooms has an extended cut with over 15 minutes of unseen footage — here's when you can watch it in theaters

Hit horror movie Backrooms is returning to theaters with even more footage for fans to explore.

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‘Backrooms’: Internet ‘creepypasta’ is year’s most unsettling horror film

The innovative studio A24 has not disappointed again. Kane Parsons’ Backrooms (2026) might be one of the most unique horror films we have seen lately. Based on a 2019 creepypasta (horror Internet myth), it frightens viewers not with jump scares but with a continuous eerie liminal atmosphere, where something deeply…

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Backrooms Keeps Getting Hit With The Same Complaint, But Hold Up

Let's open this door.

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What Is Async? Backrooms' Mysterious Research Institute, Explained

One of the most interesting and esoteric aspects of 'Backrooms' is the mysterious Async Institute, and Kane Parsons' YouTube works provide a few answers.

Inverse

Backrooms: The unsettling reason this horror film resonates with so many people right now

The film is an adaptation of a popular internet horror concept and urban legend

The Independent UK

Backrooms: why being trapped in the film’s endless corridors feels a lot like modern life

In Backrooms, the latest horror film from production company A24, Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Clark – a failed architect who accidentally slips out of reality. He ends up trapped in an endless labyrinth of yellow-tinted rooms, humming fluorescent lights and eerie, disembodied sounds – the “Backrooms”.

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Best Backrooms games to play after watching the movie

Infinity is maddening.

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We're trapped in "Backrooms" hell

Kane Parsons' beguiling debut leaps from YouTube to chronicle our inadvertent journey into a beige emotional void

Salon

Wait, Did 'Backrooms' Just Ruin This Yellow Trend Forever? How A24's New Sci-Fi Horror Made Color Feel Creepy

Kane Parsons' directorial debut turns the beloved shade into a mind-bending theater for trauma, delirium, and obsession

Livingetc

From Backrooms to Paul McCartney: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

A horror film takes on the internet craze for user-generated paranormal tales, and Macca returns with his most affecting songs in years

The Guardian - UK

Backrooms and Exit 8 make the perfect double feature for videogame-adjacent horror movies

Quiet. Tense. Creepy. And not overstuffed with lore or exposition.

PC Gamer

‘Backrooms’ review: This YouTube horror movie is ‘Blair Witch’ meets ’Cabin in the Woods’ in the best possible way

"Backrooms" is a gripping psychological YouTube horror movie that will have you audibly gasp in the theater, guaranteed.

Tom’s Guide

Before Watching The Backrooms Movie, You Should Probably Read About The First 50 Levels

"Backrooms" is finally here. If you've never heard of it, it's an American sci-fi horror film that takes viewers on a terrifying journey through liminal spaces. But before you get sucked in, we suggest you're fully prepared. Here's a creepy look at the first 50 levels. Be warned: some may…

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What You Need To Know About 'Backrooms,' According To Its Director

The new A24 horror movie 'Backrooms' comes with extensive lore attached. How much do you need to know going in?

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I’ve Never Seen A Movie Like Backrooms. See Some Critics Try To Review It

Explaining this movie is probably harder than anything I've done in this biz.

Inverse

The Most Ambitious Thriller Of The Year Brings An Internet Phenomenon To Life

'Backrooms,' Kane Parsons' new A24 thriller adapting the popular internet sensation, is a visionary setting in search of a great story.

The Conversation

The Backrooms: how a teenager’s creepy YouTube series became the year’s most anticipated horror

Before Kane Parsons had a Hollywood deal, he had a cheap laptop in his bedroom, a consumer-grade camera, and a grainy image from a 4chan forum.

The Conversation

Inside the Backrooms: the internet horror world built by its users

What if you could visit a place that does not exist on any map? A place whispered about online as though it sits just beyond the edges of our known world. A place known quite simply as, the Backrooms.

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Man Explores the ‘Backrooms’ of Chicago: ‘Thousands of People Walk Over It Everyday Without Realizing It’

The abandoned building exploration genre is a constant in most social media timelines. There has been so much fascination with liminal spaces that Backrooms has gone from being an obscure horror game to now an upcoming movie. But liminal spaces exist in reality, and TikTok content creator Carlos Ty (@cty.visuals)…

Total Film

Kane Parsons promises his Backrooms movie will be "in strict continuity" with his viral YouTube series and won't offer concrete answers

Backrooms director Kane Parsons promises to stay loyal to his online fanbase

TechRadar

I found some eerie new Backrooms marketing ahead of the horror movie's release and it's left me seriously freaked out

Backrooms fans have spotted some creepy new marketing for the anticipated new A24 horror movie.

Creative Bloq

"People were getting lost": how The Backrooms' director used Blender to build a 30k-square-foot set

Director Kane Parsons discusses the meticulous creative process behind bringing the world to life.

TechRadar

A24's Backrooms movie has some eerie new images — and I was creeped out by one small detail

Backrooms has got some new teaser images, and they've made me feel very unsettled.

Creative Bloq

The new Backrooms trailer is a liminal hellscape, and it’s perfect

Fans are already praising director Kane Parsons.

The Independent UK

How Backrooms went from a viral 4chan post to an A24 movie starring an Oscar-nominated actor

The Backrooms are one of the best-known examples of the liminal space aesthetic — places that feel in-between, like empty offices, hallways, or waiting rooms, which are familiar but unsettling when deserted

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