backrooms rotten tomatoes rating shocks fans as viral panic room trend resurfaces online
A bizarre new viral clip claiming to show a hidden "panic room" at a popular streaming service's headquarters is being debunked by experts, but the hashtag #BackroomsRottenTomatoes has already garnered over 5 million views on TikTok. The video, which features a dark, low-ceilinged corridor with torn wallpaper and a dead potted plant, falsely suggests it was filmed in the back office of the review-aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. Users claim the room appears identical to the infamous "backrooms" meme—a fictional liminal space from a 2019 creepypasta. However, fact-checkers have identified the footage as a repurposed clip from an abandoned shopping mall in Ohio, filmed in 2021. The "backrooms rotten tomatoes" trend is the latest example of how internet lore can merge with real-world distrust, as some commenters are now circulating unverified theories that the company’s content moderation team operates from such a "soul-crushing" environment. Rotten Tomatoes has not commented, but the story remains fake—a product of creative editing and a shared love for urban horror.