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Creepy Horror Brings Unsettling Internet Theory to Life in First Trailer
Directed by Kane Parsons, the film adapts his viral found-footage series and features stars like Chiwetel Ejiofor in a maze-like yellow office setting.
- A24 released the trailer for The Backrooms on Tuesday, a sci-fi horror film starring Renate Reinsve and Chiwetel Ejiofor arriving May 29 with the tagline "Everything Must Go."
- Directed by 20-year-old filmmaker Kane Parsons in his feature debut, The Backrooms adapts his viral YouTube found-footage series, drawing inspiration from 2019 creepypasta urban legends published online.
- Along with Reinsve and Ejiofor, the cast includes Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell, and Avan Jogia, with producers Atomic Monster, Chernin Entertainment, and 21 Laps Entertainment backing the project.
- Trailer footage shows Ejiofor exploring a bizarre realm beneath "Cap'n Clark's Ottoman Empire," while screenwriter Will Soodik's story follows characters discovering a mysterious doorway in a furniture showroom basement.
- Parsons remains the youngest filmmaker to collaborate with A24, marking a historic milestone as the studio partners with North Road Company to finance the production.
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'Backrooms' Trailer Is Nightmare Fuel If You're Scared Of Empty Offices And Fluorescent Lighting
It never ceases to amaze me how anything — and I mean anything — can be turned into a movie.I mean, once someone said, "Hey, you know what? I bet you I could make a pretty alright kids movie out of these here emojis," all bets were off.Now, we've got a horror movie based on some bizarre bit of Internet lore about an unending labyrinth of empty, fluorescently-lit office space. READ: LEWIS HAMILTON REVEALS 'F1' SEQUEL SCRIPT IS IN THE WORKSI know …
'Backrooms' Trailer: Chiwetel Ejifor, Renate Reinsve Find Horrifying Office Space
“All these rooms … this place builds them.” Wait, say what? “It’s like a maze — it just goes on and on.” Here’s the first full trailer for Backrooms, A24’s sci-fi horror film starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Sentimental Value Oscar nominee Renate Reinsve. Check out the clip above and the poster below. Based on the […]
‘Backrooms’ Trailer: Renate Reinsve Loses Herself in the Liminal Horrors of Kane Parsons’ A24 Movie
Chiwetel Ejiofor co-stars in the supernatural horror movie, based on a 4chan creepypasta, that finally gets its first full look. Fans of the novel "House of Leaves" might incidentally feel a chill.
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