The Backrooms Movie Is Real and Terrifying: Top 5 Things You Need to Know Before You Watch
- It’s Not Just a Meme Anymore: The viral creepypasta about endless yellow, damp office spaces has been turned into a legitimate, high-budget feature film. Director Kane Parsons is expanding his original YouTube short into a full-length horror movie produced by A24.
- The First Trailer Breaks the Internet: The leaked teaser shows a camera crew falling into the labyrinth, swapping its signature liminal dread for claustrophobic, running-for-your-life chase scenes. Fans are calling it “the most effective horror shot in years.”
- It Follows the Original Lore (Sort Of): The movie stays true to the “no-clipping” glitch that sends people into the backrooms, but adds a new creature: a silent, tall humanoid figure that stalks explorers through the damp carpet.
- A24’s First Major Online Horror Project: The studio behind Hereditary and Midsommar is betting big on internet-born horror. Early reviewers say it feels like “Skinamarink meets The Blair Witch Project,” with a grainy, 1990s camcorder aesthetic.
- Release Date and the Twist Ending: It drops in theaters and on streaming in March 2025. But the real viral moment? The ending reportedly reveals the backrooms are an AI-generated prison, trapping you deeper the more you panic.