A24’s Backrooms nails the feeling of the Backrooms: drifting into an undetermined limbo that is unnavigable and inhospitable.

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.

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.

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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,” a psychological horror flick opening this weekend, is part of a wave of breakout films from fledgling directors who honed their instincts on YouTube.

You'll audibly gasp in the theater, guaranteed

The film has years of internet lore backing up its premise

A24’s Backrooms nails the feeling of the Backrooms: drifting into an undetermined limbo that is unnavigable and inhospitable.

Una escena de la película 'Backrooms' mostrando los característicos pasillos amarillos iluminados con luces fluorescentes. La película dirigida por Kane Parsons, de 20 años, se…

Backrooms spawned from a YouTube series, and if you want to familiarize yourself with the world, these are the videos to check out.