Showing posts with label backrooms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label backrooms. Show all posts

Friday, July 24, 2026

Will It Ever End?

Four friends post-college plans are derailed when a wrong turn traps them on a never-ending backroad.
The success of Backrooms has a lot to answer for, opening the way for a flood of these "people trapped in never-ending liminal spaces" movies.

I predict that It Ends is either going to be mind-blowingly incredible with an unimaginable twist ending or it's going to suddenly stop in an oh-so-clever manner without explaining anything, pissing off the attentive audience in the process.

Obviously, I'm hoping for the former, but experience (of so many promising horror movies failing to stick the landing) has me bracing for the latter.

Given that the characters appear to be trapped in their car for the most part, I guess a lot also hinges on how annoying they turn out to be.

Have to admit, though, the stylish poster gives me hope.

It Ends is due to arrive in cinemas on August 21.

Saturday, June 6, 2026

Lost in Liminal Space? Folklore and The Backrooms

Ever felt like a place seems real yet oddly unsettling? Welcome to The Backrooms, a digital folklore phenomenon that blurs the lines between reality and fiction, exploring the eerie and uncanny through playful, yet terrifying, community-driven digital storytelling.
Another wonderful Monstrum documentary, this time navigating the liminal horrors of The Backrooms (now the subject of an A24 movie from Kane Parsons aka Kane Pixels, who popularised the original Backrooms idea)

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

What Will We Find In The Backrooms?

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

Backrooms – In Theaters May 29.

A film by Kane Parsons, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell.

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

You're Not Supposed To Be Here

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
As a long-time fan of the liminal horror of the Backrooms creepypasta, I'm delighted to see it transition into the cinematic medium... I'm also fascinated to see how it'll work.
From writer/director Kane Parsons and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell. Backrooms – in Theaters May 29.
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