Backrooms

About Backrooms

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

Backrooms is a 2026 horror mystery film directed by Kane Parsons. At 111 minutes long, it arrived in May 2026.

Chiwetel Ejiofor takes the lead as Clark, Renate Reinsve as Mary, Finn Bennett as Bobby, and Lukita Maxwell as Kat. Written by Will Soodik. Production companies include 21 Laps Entertainment, A24, and Async Pictures.

Shelv files it under alcoholism, psychological horror, body horror, and bewildered.

Exit 8, I Saw the TV Glow, and Skinamarink make useful companions to Backrooms, all filed under found footage and liminal. It scores 7.0 out of 10 from 4,057 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.