‘Backrooms’ Review
'Backrooms' is a unique horror film that explores the complexities of the modern mind through its unsettling visuals and narrative. Directed by Kane Parsons, the film blends various genres, including found-footage and psychological thriller elements, to create a disorienting experience. The story follows Clark, a furniture store owner, as he navigates a bizarre liminal space that reflects his internal struggles.
- ▪The film is directed by Kane Parsons and features Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve.
- ▪It opens with a found-footage horror scene set in the early 1990s.
- ▪The narrative explores themes of internal unhappiness and the terror of liminal spaces.
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‘Backrooms’ ReviewThe labyrinth of the mind.Sonny BunchMay 27, 2026ShareChiwetel Ejiofor in Backrooms. (Courtesy A24)BACKROOMS IS A DEEPLY WEIRD, tremendously effective piece of filmmaking, a visual representation of the fractured modern mind and the intense pressure we all find ourselves under each and every day. Director Kane Parsons plays with perspective and point of view in a way that keeps the audience and the film’s characters alike off-balance, never letting us (or them) settle into one specific mode of terror.For instance, the film opens as a found-footage horror movie set in the early 1990s. We see a man in a hazmat suit running for his life in what looks like an open-office hellscape, all yellow wallpaper and fluorescent overheads.
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