Backrooms enters a new promotional phase with the online release of a trailer ahead of its theatrical debut set for June 17, 2026. Produced by A24, the feature is directed by Kane Parsons, aka Kane Pixels, who first put The Backrooms on the map on YouTube with his web series inspired by the internet-born urban legend.
Backrooms
Film | 2026
In theaters: June 17, 2026
Horror, sci-fi | Runtime: not disclosed
Directed by Kane Parsons | Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass
Original title: Backrooms
Nationality: United States
This first video grounds the project in an online aesthetic that was already in circulation: empty, unsettling, and destabilizing spaces that Kane Parsons helped popularize. The leap to a feature-length film extends a web-born universe rather than a traditional studio franchise, with A24 producing.
The released synopsis is concise: a strange door appears in the basement of a furniture store. That hook readily links the film to the Backrooms’ core premise—a slip into an apparently banal space that operates under an abnormal logic.
The cast brings together Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, also seen in Julie (in 12 Chapters), and Mark Duplass. The film thus sits at the crossroads of horror and science fiction, with a French release date already set.
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