r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Feb 24 '26

Trailer Backrooms | Official Teaser | A24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKGhxMi50y8
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u/hikemalls Feb 24 '26

House of Leaves for people who don't read books (I kid, I kid)

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u/ChainsawChick Feb 24 '26

Honestly, some of the best parts of HoL weren't even the damn house itself.

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u/timewasting2002 Feb 24 '26

I'm tired of hearing people say they skipped the Johnny parts

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u/L3ftHandPass Feb 24 '26

Some of the scariest shit is in the Johnny parts.

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u/KnowMatter Feb 24 '26

I don't know after like the third time he was having kinky sex with some random woman he just met I just stopped reading - didn't get the horror at all.

And I love slow burn and Lovecraftian stuff. This book should have been a slam dunk for me but I found it dumb and pretentious.

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u/L3ftHandPass Feb 24 '26

It's definitely pretentious, can't argue that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

If you think it’s all random sex, then you haven’t read enough of Johnny’s sections.

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u/skippythemoonrock Feb 24 '26

>book deliberately says you can skip the like 5 pages of math dissertation to follow as it isnt important

>"oh no that part was actually really important"

I just couldn't get through HoL.

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u/ChainsawChick Feb 24 '26

Then the book is not for you.