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Backrooms

Backrooms

Horror · Mystery · Science Fiction · 2026

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

Movie details

Backrooms

“See how far it goes.”

2026 Horror · Mystery · Science Fiction 1h 51m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

7.1 / 10

Community rating

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

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Backrooms?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Kane Parsons

Written by

Will Soodik

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Clark

Renate Reinsve

Renate Reinsve

Mary

Finn Bennett

Finn Bennett

Bobby

Lukita Maxwell

Lukita Maxwell

Kat

Mark Duplass

Mark Duplass

Phil

Avan Jogia

Avan Jogia

Naren Warne

Robert Bobroczkyi

Robert Bobroczkyi

Pirate Clark

Court is in session

Put Backrooms on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.