Review - Backrooms (2026)

Directed by: Kane Parsons

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass

Go Horror Rating: B

This young buck, Kane Parsons, has a bright future to say the least.

I loved the creepiness of the colours and empty space. I loved the themes of struggling with reality and identity, and the unease that each room brought. This movie (and futures) only succeed if things stay up for interpretation. The back and forth with feeling Reinsve's trauma and Ejiofor's desperation and guilt built up a certain tension that's hard to put into words. It took a few days for me to figure out how I felt about the movie. In the end I think it was really good but feel there were some glaring issues. Large gaps in time, not the greatest insertion as far as Async goes and an ending the ever-so-slightly fumbles.