Maybe this liminal space horror is telling a story about what happens when we get sucked into our screens
Wait, is “Backrooms” actually about Silicon Valley?
Maybe this liminal space horror is telling a story about what happens when we get sucked into our screens
Published
June 8, 2026 12:00PM (EDT)
"Backrooms" (A24/Asterios Moutsokapas)
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You'll audibly gasp in the theater, guaranteed
Backrooms summons fears of hidden places where few legitimate exits present themselves.
A24’s Backrooms nails the feeling of the Backrooms: drifting into an undetermined limbo that is unnavigable and inhospitable.
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