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What You Need To Know About 'Backrooms,' According To Its Director

The new A24 horror movie 'Backrooms' comes with extensive lore attached. How much do you need to know going in?

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Meet Kane Parsons, the 20-year-old behind the year’s scariest movie. Yes, we said 20

INTERVIEW: The sci-fi enthusiast was still in high school making VFX videos at his family kitchen table when A24 tapped him for their next internet-fuelled horror film, making him their youngest ever director. Annabel Nugent speaks to Kane Parsons, still only 20, about his transition to the big screen

The Independent UK

Backrooms review: Kane Parsons' puzzling panic rooms are this year’s freakiest show

4/5 Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve enter a maze of discombobulating horror in 20-year-old Kane Parsons’ adaptation of his YouTube series

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Backrooms star debunks bizarre rumor the new horror movie from 20-year-old director was "ghost directed" by its more well-known producers

Mark Duplass has defended Backrooms director Kane Parsons

Total Film

Backrooms review – Kane Parsons’ icily disturbing horror rewrites the genre rulebook

Debut from 20-year-old director examines memory, reality and fear after Chiwetel Ejiofor accesses an infinite series of hidden rooms that all feel creepily askew

The Guardian - UK

Backrooms review – This 4chan-inspired internet horror will define a new generation of filmmakers

4/5 Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve star in 20-year-old filmmaker Kane Parsons’s eerie, fascinating exploration of liminal spaces

The Independent UK

The Backrooms: how a teenager’s creepy YouTube series became the year’s most anticipated horror

Before Kane Parsons had a Hollywood deal, he had a cheap laptop in his bedroom, a consumer-grade camera, and a grainy image from a 4chan forum.

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Marvel star says he "didn't have any thoughts" about Backrooms' "viral nature", was just drawn to its "deep psychological resonance"

Exclusive: Chiwetel Ejiofor explains why he didn't feel any pressure to live up to Backrooms fans' expectations with the movie

Total Film

Backrooms actor Chiwetel Ejiofor was surprised to find out the 30,000 square foot set is the first of its kind: 'I thought that somewhere it had been built before'

Those shorts do look pretty convincing to be fair.

PC Gamer

Kane Parsons promises his Backrooms movie will be "in strict continuity" with his viral YouTube series and won't offer concrete answers

Backrooms director Kane Parsons promises to stay loyal to his online fanbase

Total Film

Are you sitting uncomfortably? How Backrooms upended the horror movie

It was just a creepy picture on the internet. Now it’s the year’s freakiest film. Its 20-year-old auteur Kane Parsons and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve take us through the terrifying labyrinth

The Guardian - UK

I found some eerie new Backrooms marketing ahead of the horror movie's release and it's left me seriously freaked out

Backrooms fans have spotted some creepy new marketing for the anticipated new A24 horror movie.

TechRadar

New A24 horror Backrooms unveils creepy commercial, and you can ring the number for levelled-up scares

"The only thing you'll be wanting is more space to keep it all!"

Total Film

How Backrooms went from a viral 4chan post to an A24 movie starring an Oscar-nominated actor

The Backrooms are one of the best-known examples of the liminal space aesthetic — places that feel in-between, like empty offices, hallways, or waiting rooms, which are familiar but unsettling when deserted

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The Backrooms Trailer Is Here, And I'm Obsessed With Its Take On Found Footage Horror

The internet’s creepiest liminal nightmare gets a big-screen upgrade.

TechRadar

A24's Backrooms has a full trailer — and its found footage clips have left me absolutely terrified

Backrooms is getting the big screen treatment and I'm on the edge of my seat after seeing the trailer.

Total Film

New trailer for A24 horror Backrooms is a terrifying trip through liminal space with the same found footage vibes from the viral horror Youtube series

A new trailer based on Kane Parsons' viral web series Backrooms has arrived

Total Film

Backrooms trailer brings YouTube creepypastas to life as Doctor Strange's Chiwetel Ejiofor enters a nightmarish alternate reality

The movie adaptation of Kane Parsons' viral web series Backrooms looks just as creepy and creative as we'd hoped

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Mike Flanagan's Exorcist Movie Is Building Up A Killer Cast, And Everything Else We Know About The New Horror

Mike Flanagan is bringing his horror skills to the Exorcist franchise, and here's what we know so far about the upcoming horror.

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Laurence Fishburne joins cast of The Exorcist

The Matrix actor Laurence Fishburne has joined the cast of The Exorcist alongside Scarlett Johansson, Diane Lane and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor to battle demons in The Exorcist

Chiwetel Ejiofor is reuniting with his The Life of Chuck director Mike Flanagan for his new take on The Exorcist joining Scarlett Johansson and Diane Lane in the cast.

Total Film

Marvel and Life of Chuck actor to star alongside Scarlett Johansson in Mike Flanagan's Exorcist reboot

Chiwetel Ejiofor has joined the cast

Tom’s Guide

4 new to Netflix movies in January to watch now with 90% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes

Netflix has confirmed its movie slate for January 2026, and the new arrivals include a strong handful of critically acclaimed films.

Evening Standard

Princesses needed no tips for piano duet, composer says

Scottish composer Erland Cooper was surprised to discover the Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte would be performing his piece Holm Sound.

The Independent UK

Composer says Princesses needed no tips for Christmas piano duet

Erland Cooper was surprised to discover the Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte would be performing his piece

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