This weekend at the box-office Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu hasn’t been downed by The Galactic Empire or another Disney-owned IP, but by Gen Z filmgoers turning up in huge numbers to support two critically acclaimed horror films. The results are extraordinary. A24’s Backrooms took a whopping $81 million at North American ticket offices, […]
Movie Review – Backrooms (2026)
Backrooms, 2026. Directed by Kane Parsons. Starring Renate Reinsve, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell, Avan Jogia, Robert Bobroczkyi, Ember Ambrose, Peter New, Katharine Isabelle, Philip Granger, Kelly Craig, and Krista Kosonen. SYNOPSIS: After a therapist’s patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to save him. Backrooms […]
A24 opens the door on the final Backrooms teaser trailer
A24 has dropped a final promo for Backrooms, their eagerly anticipated adaptation of the YouTube video series based on the internet creepypasta of the same name from creator and first time feature filmmaker Kane Parsons. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor (The Life of Chuck) as a man who discovers a series of mysterious, never-ending rooms hidden behind […]
Get ready to enter the Backrooms with first teaser for A24 horror
A24 has debuted the first teaser trailer for Backrooms, the upcoming horror from writer-director and YouTuber Kane Parsons, a feature adaptation of his viral YouTube shorts based on the 4chan Creepypasta The Backrooms. The cast includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell. Watch the teaser below… A strange doorway appears […]
Renate Reinsve and Chiwetel Ejiofor enter The Backrooms for A24 adaptation of viral horror phenomenon
A24 have managed to attract an impressive lead duo for their adaptation of web-series The Backrooms, with the news that The Worst Person in the World‘s Renate Reinsve is set to join Chiwetel Ejiofor in the horror movie. Per Deadline’s report The Life of Chuck and A Different Man stars have been cast in the […]
Viral horror hit The Backrooms set to become A24 feature
Horror can be as simple as an empty room; we’ve learned all about it in The Backrooms. The viral short horror stories have taken over the internet, everywhere from 4chan to kid-friendly games like Roblox, and will soon head to the cinemas in a new film from A24 and producer James Wan. The Backrooms began […]
