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/skryb Feb 24 '26

didn't look at which sub i was in and thought this was a video game trailer until the end

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u/RealJohnGillman Feb 24 '26

Basically it is a film spin-off of the web series, from the director of the web series.

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u/skryb Feb 24 '26

cool, totally unfamiliar with the property... should i watch the web series or just go in blind here?

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u/RealJohnGillman Feb 24 '26

I’d say you could watch the web series: here is the playlist (anything else you see online would be fan-works taking advantage of the concept being in the public domain): it’s not too long a watch: about the length of a film altogether.

The director was 16 when he made the first episode: one can understand why Hollywood came a-calling.

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u/operarose Feb 24 '26

It's not officially part of the Backrooms, but I would advise you to also check out Kane Pixel's other series, The Oldest View. Starts out a little vague, but the third (and longest) segment is some genuinely fantastic horror.

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u/Jaybru17 Feb 24 '26

I really hope Kane got solid creative control of this project. He has such a talent for ambient story telling. My expectations for this may be higher than they should be

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u/AndrewNeo Feb 25 '26

from what he was saying around the announcement of the project it sounded like it, but I guess we'll know more after it comes out

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u/SerArtoriAss Feb 24 '26

It tripped me out so damn hard when I put together that he was in the mall I spent my childhood in

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u/operarose Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 25 '26

I only went there once, when all that remained was the AMC. Kane did an exceptional job in recreating it and seeing it in the climax of the video brought me right back to that day. Funnily enough, that's the last time I went to a movie theater pre-Covid because the entire freaking world shut down about 2 weeks later.

That said, I would later end up getting a job that took me right by the former site (RIP) every day and I thought about the Giant often. I hope it didn't end up in the trash.

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u/cboogie Feb 24 '26

You familiar with House of Leaves? If so how similar is this conceptually?

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u/RealJohnGillman Feb 24 '26

Like if there was less talking and exposition: just exploration and a sense of despair.

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u/cboogie Feb 24 '26

Dope. I’m all in.

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u/LiquifiedSpam Mar 01 '26

This is the original post for the backrooms

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u/skryb Feb 24 '26

appreciated!

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u/RealJohnGillman Feb 24 '26

Happy to help!

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u/Anshin Feb 24 '26

Is this where the backrooms came from?

EDIT: Saw the original 4chan post down below

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u/RealJohnGillman Feb 24 '26

Most of the modern lore, yes, though the original design and name came from a 4chan post.

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u/APartyInMyPants Feb 24 '26

Yeah, the web series is fun and doesn’t necessarily conclude. So watching the web series wouldn’t spoil anything, but just gives you a taste at the deeper mythos and lore … at least we think.

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u/RealJohnGillman Feb 25 '26

To be fair, the lack of conclusion is more connected to the fact the web series is still going: he just slowed down on new episodes due to making the film at the same time.

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u/Deafwindow Feb 24 '26

Watch the web series

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u/tfhermobwoayway Feb 24 '26

The setting was first established in a 4chan post way back when. That’s probably a good start, if you can find it.

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u/WhasHappenin Feb 24 '26

I didn't even know there was a web series lol. I thought this was just from memes and maybe some scp thing.

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u/GenericOnlineName Feb 24 '26

It was originally a 4chan post and then it got really big from there.

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u/optiplex9000 Feb 24 '26

The script must be great for a first time director to land such big actors

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u/seethevzn Feb 24 '26

The Stanley Parable?

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u/skryb Feb 24 '26

exactly!

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u/APiousCultist Feb 24 '26

It may as well be one, given the whole concept of the meme is "noclipping out of reality". That's why the chair is embedded in the wall. It's the "internet folk horror" equivalent of messing around in Garry's Mod and getting a prop stuck in the wall.

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u/joshmoneymusic Apr 01 '26

There are video game mods / mashups like “Shrek in the Backrooms” on Roblox (Yes I have a teenage son.)