BACKROOMS 2026
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve
If you’re looking for a fresh, pulse-pounding horror experience, Kane Parsons (AKA Kane Pixels)’ Backrooms delivers an incredibly fun ride. Adapted from his viral web series, this A24 and CreaZion film takes the internet's favorite creepypasta and turns it into a mainstream sci-fi thriller. The movie follows the Async Research Institute in 1990 as they accidentally open a portal to "The Complex"—an endless, eerie maze of yellow-wallpapered rooms and buzzing fluorescent lights. Viewers can expect a brilliant mix of nostalgic analog vibes, intense monster chases, and a deep, captivating mystery about ordinary people who "no-clip" out of reality and vanish into the unknown.
The film relies on a talented ensemble cast of relatively fresh faces to play the Async scientists and trapped citizens led by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, a choice that makes the terror feel way more grounded and real. While the characters do a great job selling the panic, the pacing can feel a bit like a rollercoaster. It expertly juggles slow, tense exploration scenes with sudden, explosive bursts of action. Some of the heavier sci-fi exposition scenes slow things down a bit, but just when you think the momentum is dipping, the film yanks you right back into a high-stakes survival scenario.
Ultimately, Backrooms is highly entertaining, but it’s at its absolute best when it leans into raw, chaotic found-footage style. The most horrifying and exhilarating parts of the film are the shaky-cam sequences where characters are being hunted through the corridors by towering, skeletal "Bacteria" entities. While the deep corporate lore is fascinating, the pure adrenaline of those found-footage moments is what will have fans leaving the theater wishing for even more.
3/5
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