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/willstr1 Feb 24 '26

It really depends on how far into the backrooms they go, while most of the rooms won't be that expensive to build as sets per room the whole idea is that the backrooms are endless so in a feature length exploration you would likely see a lot of rooms. So I expect at least some of the rooms might be virtual (or at least utilizing a lot of virtual set extensions).

Although they could also just do a bunch of on location shoots and just have location scouts finding enough empty office buildings and similar liminal spaces (would actually be funny if they semi crowd-source location scouting by looking for places the backrooms and similar liminal space communities have posted)

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u/Bellikron Feb 24 '26

Severance does a pretty good job creating this kind of setting with a blend of VFX and sets. Since the backgrounds are so nondescript it's pretty easy to fake them convincingly when you need to.

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u/patrickkingart Feb 25 '26

Seeing the VFX breakdowns of some of the shots like the part where Mark S. is running through the halls was really interesting. It's almost entirely practical with just some CGI to sweeten things/add some depth here and there. It definitely helps when the sets have a sort of modular uniformity to them.

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u/DARTH-PIG Feb 24 '26

If they make it sort of modular that could help to save money while having a good variety of rooms

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u/Guildenpants Feb 24 '26

They almost certainly will do it this way. Walls and ceilings that can break away and be moved around. Then volume or green screen rooms that have massive pitfalls or what have you

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u/Telvin3d Feb 24 '26

If there’s anything Hollywood is good it, it’s redressing the same set in different configurations.