Backrooms
15
Why watch?
“At the time of writing, Backrooms has been out of containment for five days. In those five days, it’s obliterated box office records – the largest original horror debut of all time, and A24’s biggest opening weekend, just to name a few. The opening weekend has also seen Kane Parsons become the youngest director to lead a film to #1 at global box office. Parsons juggles the surrealist with the minimalist here in a way that will bring joy and terror to seasoned backrooms explorers and newcomers alike. It’s a decisive and sharp directorial eye which, in its best moments, brings to mind works like Lynch’s Twin Peaks and Kubrick’s The Shining. Like those projects, this is a film where the environment itself acts as a form of antagonist.”
Aaron Cawood,
LHT's Social Media and Content Officer
Aaron recommends Backrooms
The "backrooms" are liminal spaces consisting of an endless maze, monochromatic yellow floors and walls and fluorescent lighting and has captivated online horror fans for years.
The film directed by Kane Parsons, known as KanePixels on YouTube, a man made famous by his anthological series that explores the backrooms via atmospheric first-person videos, helping to popularise the concept and has amassed over 190 million views to date.