Backrooms [Movie Review]

"Backrooms" is a movie that was released in 2026. A week ago, in fact. It is the continuation of a freaky horror series that has been running on YouTube for many years. It was directed by the series' creator Kane Parsons.

When I heard he was making a movie for "Backrooms," I suddenly had a good feeling about it. I was a little sad to not have any new content on YouTube for a while, but I felt like it would all pay off eventually.

It did.

"Backrooms" is absolute peak horror as well as an all-around great motion picture experience. It does the very concept of film making some serious well-needed justice in an era that is just full of boiler plate crap.

Now, I don't want to spoil this movie. It's still out! I want to stick only to the bare summary rather than just spoiling everything about it. I may do that later, but this is not the time for that.

"Backrooms" is about a struggling furniture salesman named Clark who stumbles into a section of wall inside the basement of his store that he can simply walk through. On the other side, he finds a strange and surreal place that almost looks normal but really isn't at all. This area is the creepy place we all know as the Backrooms.

That's really all I feel comfortable telling you of the plot. I do want to say that the lead actor, Chiwetel Ejiofor [How the heck do you pronounce that name?!], did some of the best acting for the part of Clark I have seen in a long time. In fact, the entire cast did a fantastic job. I could just about believe these were all real people trying to deal with a place that should be impossible. I don't really have any complaints about this film. It has ended up becoming my favorite horror film of all time.

Naturally, I want to recommend this film, but a question still lingers in my mind: Who is this film for? Well, horror fans naturally. I also might ask if you happen to be a fan of Silent Hill. You may actually like this for similar reasons. "Backrooms" does something similar to Silent Hill, only the lights stay on. Nothing gets disgusting or grungy... they just get very strange and confusing. You have to see it to understand.

Either way, I recommend the film, and I definitely want more in coming years! Once some time goes by, I'll do a bigger breakdown about the finer points of the film, fully spoiling it. I just would rather people go see it right now.

This blog was written on June 3, 2026.

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