A ★★★★ review of Backrooms (2026) (opens in new tab)

Unsettling, bizarre, and liminal. Everything I wanted out of a Backrooms film. Kane Parsons nails the aesthetic and delivers on the building unease and fear. Genuinely blows my mind he’s only 20 years old.Sure, its pacing isn’t as tight as it probably should be, and a certain characters conclusion feels rather rushed. But that doesn’t hurt the film as much as it could’ve.The cinematography does so much for this film. Everything not inside the backrooms are shot in wide shots that emphasize em...