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Backrooms
Directed by
Kane Parsons
Produced by Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Shawn Levy, James Wan, Dan Levine, Dan Cohen, Chris Ferguson, Michael Clear, Osgood Perkins, Kori Adelson, and Roberto Patino
Produced by Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Shawn Levy, James Wan, Dan Levine, Dan Cohen, Chris Ferguson, Michael Clear, Osgood Perkins, Kori Adelson, and Roberto Patino
Written by
Will Soodik
Based on the web series by
Kane Parsons
With:
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell
Cinematography:
Jeremy Cox
Editing: Greg Ng
Music: Edo van Breemen and Kane Parsons
Editing: Greg Ng
Music: Edo van Breemen and Kane Parsons
Runtime:
110 min
Release Date: 27 May 2026
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 27 May 2026
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
This may just be a very good, A-list-cast, feature film version of the same video every creative kid with a wide angle lens and digital editing tolls has made for the last three decades, but its the most illustrative demonstration in many years of why horror is the best genre to work in when you're starting out and have limited resources. The solid film debut of 19-year-old YouTuber Kane Parsons reminds us that, just as with Sleep No More-style immersive theater, all you really need to make a compelling, effectively creepy horror movie is access to an empty industrial building and an ability to arrange furniture in unsettling ways.