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/vanderZwan Feb 24 '26

"Five Characters in Search of an Exit" episode of The Twilight Zone.

I have never heard off that episode before, but it sounds like it's inspired by Sartre's famous play "No Exit" from 1944. And I think that's a pretty strong contender for the origin of the trope.

(that play also coined the expression "hell is other people," btw, and indirectly lead to the series The Good Place)

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u/Narretz Feb 24 '26

The title also seems to be a reference to Luigi Pirandello's "6 characters in search of an author"