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Backrooms poster
May 27, 2026

Backrooms

Not bad
Reactions
485
Score confidence
very high
Score trend
Box office
$359.6M
68
Score

The film

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

The Cast
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Clark
Renate Reinsve
Mary
Mark Duplass
Phil
Finn Bennett
Bobby
Lukita Maxwell
Kat
Avan Jogia
Naren Warne
Robert Bobroczkyi
Pirate Clark

The real review

People are mostly positive about this horror flick, which gets credit for feeling original and looking great, even if the story itself is pretty weak. It’s about a weird doorway in a furniture showroom basement, and while the concept is a hit, the execution of the actual "backrooms" plot element left a few people cold. The characters, like Chiwetel Ejiofor's Clark, didn’t leave much of an impression, but director Kane Parsons gets a lot of the praise for pulling the creepy vibe together.

Most praised
Humor
Visuals
Acting
Originality
Most faulted
Pacing
Most divisive
Story

Sentiment split

53% positive
30% mixed
17% negative

By aspect

story48
originality73
visuals78
pacing18
humor82
acting75

How opinion moved

69
Jul 10
68
Jul 10

Buzz

Jun 27677 reactions over two weeksJul 10

How much people are talking about this film — reactions counted per day they were posted.

Names & topics that came up

Kane Parsonsperson33× · 61%+Clarkcharacter14× · 36%+Chiwetel Ejioforperson6× · 33%+Marycharacter6× · 50%+Pirate Clarkcharacter4× · 50%+Renate Reinsveperson4× · 25%+Mark Duplassperson4× · 25%+backroomsplot_element3× · 0%+Christopher Nolanperson3× · 67%+Kaneperson2× · 0%+Finn Bennettperson2× · 0%+Lukita Maxwellperson2× · 0%+Avan Jogiaperson2× · 50%+

Where the signal came from

Social Media
485

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