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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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Why Does Clark Find Comfort In The Backrooms? Chiwetel Ejiofor Weighs In

So much to break down about this movie!

Cinemablend

Backrooms Ending Explained: Who Is Phil And Does It Set Up A Franchise?

Once you're in, you're in.

Cinemablend

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.

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SCOTUS Summarily Reverses The "Inquisitorial" Fourth Circuit Twice In One Term

The judges of the Fourth Circuit continue to act as advocates.

Reason

Backrooms review: Kane Parsons' puzzling panic rooms are this year’s freakiest show

4/5 Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve enter a maze of discombobulating horror in 20-year-old Kane Parsons’ adaptation of his YouTube series

Evening Standard

Backrooms review – Kane Parsons’ icily disturbing horror rewrites the genre rulebook

Debut from 20-year-old director examines memory, reality and fear after Chiwetel Ejiofor accesses an infinite series of hidden rooms that all feel creepily askew

The Guardian - UK

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.

Inverse

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

Marvel star says he "didn't have any thoughts" about Backrooms' "viral nature", was just drawn to its "deep psychological resonance"

Exclusive: Chiwetel Ejiofor explains why he didn't feel any pressure to live up to Backrooms fans' expectations with the movie

Total Film

Tributes as ex NFL player Chris Payton-Jones killed in car crash aged 30: ‘Everybody loved him’

Chris Payton-Jones was described as a ‘beloved teammate’ and an ‘even greater man’ in a statement from the United Football League

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Total Film

New A24 horror Backrooms unveils creepy commercial, and you can ring the number for levelled-up scares

"The only thing you'll be wanting is more space to keep it all!"

Cinemablend

DTF St. Louis Just Sent My Floyd Theories Into A Dark Direction Going Into The Finale

There are no comfortable resolutions here.

Inverse

30 Years Ago, One Cult Sci-Fi TV Show Made History

Where were you when Babylon 5 seceded from the Earth Alliance? Here's why "Severed Dreams" was such a big episode.

Cinemablend

DTF St. Louis Addressed My Biggest Carol Theory In Ep 5, But I Need Answers Before I Stop Suspecting Her

Too many secrets to keep up with.

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DTF St. Louis' Fourth Episode Complicated My Theories About Jason Bateman And Linda Cardellini's Characters

Maybe not so open and shut.

Sports Illustrated

Watch Charles Barkley Speak to a Talking Basketball in Horrifying March Madness Segment

You were not hallucinating Saturday afternoon.

Axios

Scoop: Anthropic meets with House Homeland Security behind closed doors

Anthropic is speaking with lawmakers on national security and AI as it sues the government over its "supply chain risk" designation.

Cinemablend

DTF St. Louis' Killer Seems Like A No-Brainer, So Is A Big Twist Coming?

Are there bigger mysteries than murder at play?

Cinemablend

DTF St. Louis Gets Plenty Of Stuff Wrong About St. Louis, But One Particular Thing Is Driving Me Nuts

It’s making me irrational.

The Guardian - UK

DTF St Louis: this David Harbour whodunnit about dating apps and infidelity is close to the bone

Steve Conrad’s dark comedy is full of twists and sad laughs. As for the fate of Harbour’s character, does Lily Allen have an alibi?

GamesRadar

Red Dead Redemption 2 fan hits the emergency button after accidentally deleting his fiancée's save file, pays Arthur Morgan's actor to apologize on his behalf: "Let us all send this poor girl positive vibes"

"Can you say some words of support for this devastating loss?"

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