A24 Releases 105-Minute Backrooms Film From Kane Parsons’ YouTube Horror Hit
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Updated · North Coast Journal · Jun 4
A24 Releases 105-Minute Backrooms Film From Kane Parsons’ YouTube Horror Hit
3 articles · Updated · North Coast Journal · Jun 4
Summary
A24’s 105-minute psychological horror film "Backrooms" is now in theaters, turning Kane Parsons’ cult web series into a feature led by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renata Reinsve.
Parsons first broke out four years ago with a nine-minute "The Backrooms (Found Footage)" video; the then-16-year-old expanded the internet-born analog horror concept into a larger mythology and signed with A24 by 17.
The film keeps the series’ mono-yellow liminal spaces, handheld-found-footage feel and creature design, while shifting to a more conventional story about trauma, grief and a divorced man’s descent into the backrooms.
The review praises Parsons’ set design, animation, camerawork and score, but says the script weakens the mystery by over-explaining the backrooms’ rules and themes.
Its packed-theater reception points to broader mainstream traction for internet-native horror and for younger filmmakers bringing niche online genres into cinemas.