The film has years of internet lore backing up its premise

Backrooms is in theaters soon, and now critic reviews are coming in, giving the film a Rotten Tomatoes score that isn't going to set the world on fire.

What evil lurks in the drabbest of interiors? The meme-rooted “Backrooms” is the latest movie to pull its mounting horrors out of liminal spaces.

Chiwetel Ejiofor plays a troubled furniture-store owner in a movie that turns the Internet memes of liminal space into an atmospheric freakout.

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve star as damaged souls noclipping through a liminal purgatory of never-ending office space

Produced by James Wan and Osgood Perkins, the film adapts director Kane Parsons' own series of shorts set in an extra-dimensional maze of office-like rooms and hallways.

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, and Mark Duplass star in an adaptation of the hit YouTube series.

Debut from 20-year-old director examines memory, reality and fear after Chiwetel Ejiofor accesses an infinite series of hidden rooms that all feel creepily askew

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The movie, which hits theaters Friday, is also produced by genre leaders James Wan and Osgood Perkins, and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass.

“Backrooms,” director Kane Parsons’ horror thriller based on his hit YouTube web series, is new in theaters this weekend and is winning over most Rotten Tomatoes critics.

Kane Parsons lleva al cine el exitoso experimento que hizo en YouTube a partir del mismo concepto: el miedo de quedar atrapado en un espacio cerrado y opresivo que se reproduce…

A bold horror tale directed by YouTube creator Kane Parsons, Backrooms was inspired by the popular Portal video games.

PARIS, May 28 — Originating as a creepy shared story told online by ordinary internet users, the “Backrooms” universe erupts into American cinemas tomorrow with a film...

‘Backrooms’ shows the descent of Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) into the nightmarish otherworld— but what does the ending mean?

Buzzy new thriller Backrooms takes us on an unknowable journey through liminal spaces, the latest film to turn a building into a horror villain

You'll audibly gasp in the theater, guaranteed

Director Kane Parsons explains the lore of 'Backrooms' for people who aren't yet initiated, and talks about future installments.

The film has years of internet lore backing up its premise

Before “Backrooms” made it to the big screen, Kane Parsons was creating a creepy Youtube series of found footage videos of the same name.