Backrooms (2026)
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A furniture store owner and his therapist become trapped in a labyrinthine dimension of endless liminal spaces.
The story
In the film, Clark, a furniture store owner and failed architect, struggles with personal issues while managing a store in San Jose, California. While investigating a mysterious flickering in his shop, he discovers a glowing slit in a wall. Upon passing through it, he enters the Backrooms, a labyrinthine extradimensional space of endless liminal spaces. He eventually tells his therapist, Mary, about the discovery. Seeking proof, Clark brings his assistant and her boyfriend into the dimension. The group soon finds themselves navigating a surreal, unsettling environment where they are hunted by an unseen entity, leading to a desperate struggle for survival in a world that feels like a flawed reality.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The film begins with a 1990 incident where Naren Warne is lost and killed in the Backrooms. In the present, Clark, a struggling furniture store owner, discovers a portal in his shop's basement and enters the Backrooms. He eventually brings his employees, Kat and Bobby, into the dimension. During their exploration, Bobby is killed by an unseen entity. Later, Clark's therapist, Mary, enters the Backrooms after receiving a cryptic message. She finds a mutated, psychotic version of Clark who keeps her captive. She is eventually confronted by a towering, distorted 'Pirate' monster. After a violent struggle, she is rescued by a team of researchers from the Async Research Institute. The film concludes with Mary being interrogated by a scientist named Phil, who explains that the Backrooms are a distorted, flawed copy of reality, and she is left in a room with a silent, deformed simulacrum of herself.
- First release year
- 2026
- Runtime (minutes)
- 110
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Kane Parsons
- Writers
- Will Soodik · writer
- Cast and characters
- Chiwetel Ejiofor · Clark; Renate Reinsve · Dr. Mary Kline; Mark Duplass · Phil; Finn Bennett · Robert "Bobby" Franklin; Lukita Maxwell · Kathrine "Kat" Taylor; Avan Jogia · Naren Warne; Robert Bobroczkyi · Pirate Clark; Krista Kosonen · Nora Kline
- Genres
- psychological horror; science fiction horror
- Tone and mood
- dreamlike; oppressive; unsettling
- Premise and plot tags
- liminal spaces; found footage elements; multiverse
- Source material / true-story basis
- Backrooms creepypasta and a web series by Kane Parsons.
- Franchise connections
- Backrooms
- Reception
- The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was noted for its atmospheric world-building and strong performances.
- Reported review scores
- PostTrak · score: 68% · scale: percentage
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