Backrooms hits cinemas in France on June 17, 2026. Directed by Kane Parsons and produced by A24, this horror‑science‑fiction film adapts the universe of The Backrooms, a phenomenon that began online and was popularized by a YouTube web series created by Kane Pixels.
Backrooms
Film | 2026
In theaters: June 17, 2026
Horror, Sci-Fi | Run time: 1h45
Directed by Kane Parsons | Screenplay by Roberto Patino
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass
Country: United States
The synopsis stays deliberately tight: an odd door appears in the basement of a furniture store. This premise links the film to the central idea of the Backrooms—the notion of a doorway into an seemingly ordinary space, but governed by a troubling and unstable logic.
Backrooms leans into a horror of empty space, corridors with no landmarks, and ordinary places made menacing. The film extends an imagination born on the internet rather than from a traditional studio franchise, weaving a narrative built around disorientation, confinement, and the fear of the unknown.
The trailer for Backrooms
Behind the film stands Kane Parsons, also known as Kane Pixels, bringing to the big screen a universe he helped popularize on YouTube. The project sits within a wave of recent horror cinema: turning digital mythologies — born from creepypastas, forums, or online videos — into narratives crafted for the big screen.
The cast brings together Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, also seen in Julie (in 12 Chapters), and Mark Duplass. The trio anchors a film that relies less on a clearly defined threat and more on atmosphere: the sense of a labyrinthine space, familiar yet deeply abnormal.
For fans of contemporary horror, Backrooms may appeal just as much for its digital-origin story as for its tie to A24, the studio behind a string of recent genre hits. The film should also attract viewers who are into creepypastas and the world of “liminal spaces,” those transitional locales made eerie by their emptiness and oddity.
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