Sci-fi horror film Backrooms is now in theatres.
Starring Renate Reinsve, the film follows Dr Mary Kline, a therapist who ventures into a surreal, infinite alternate dimension to rescue her missing patient, Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who vanished after stepping through a mysterious doorway in the basement of his furniture store.
Directed by Kane Parsons, the film marks his feature-length debut and is based on his semi-anthological YouTube series, itself an adaptation of the online ‘Backrooms’ creepypasta – a chilling Internet legend depicting an endless, extradimensional maze of empty rooms accessed by slipping out of reality.
Kane’s original short, The Backrooms (Found Footage), released in 2022, has amassed more than 78 million views as of May 2026. It was widely credited with reigniting interest in the concept, earning praise for its atmospheric horror and visual effects.
Speaking about the feature, Kane said the film builds on the established lore while focusing more closely on character.
“It does take more of a specific approach, where you’re seeing it through the lens of these specific characters,” he said.
“These individuals living these atomised, lonely lives. In the film, there is rarely a moment where there’s more than one or two characters on screen at a given time. It’s a pretty lonely film,” he added.