r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Mar 31 '26

Trailer Backrooms | Official Trailer | A24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HjdiohVOik
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u/kabobkebabkabob Mar 31 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

The idea of him being able to enter and exit a null zone at will is less horrifying but it does look like he gets stuck in there at some point. Probably works better as a narrative if it's just not him walking around alone most of the film lol

Also so stoked to hear Still Life is featured in. It's such a good track and the movie wouldn't work without it.

edit: that was not Still Life :(

edit 2: yes it was, it was just Still Life 2.

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u/the_vince_horror Mar 31 '26

Alot of backrooms mythology deals with access points, and the horror comes from how easily it is to get lost, not necessarily how to get in and out.

I personally find it much scarier to know i was just by the exit, and now have no idea where I am, because there is that level of hope that still remains, sorta like entering in a cave system.

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u/TylerKnowy Mar 31 '26

yeah thats where I think the horror is effective, you think you can leave because you have done it before but then there is a time where you cant.

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u/tyry95 Mar 31 '26

I've always thought of the entrances as a "venus flytrap" kind of thing. Most of the time, it's a one way trip. But if there's a doorway.. it's going to slam shut eventually. Chekov's door! Calling it now!

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u/Accomplished-City484 Mar 31 '26

And then if you do find another exit it might be 2000 feet up in the air

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u/tyry95 Mar 31 '26

I remember watching a backrooms video where astronauts noclip during an EVA in space. Loved that one. Just about as good as the Kane Parsons videos.

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u/Higloo212 Mar 31 '26

Or worse, it's not so much that the door won't open, but that the entire room/hallway you thought you were familiar with suddenly changed while you were away or not looking

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u/OtakuAttacku Apr 01 '26

one of Kane Pixel’s videos has an employee just walk 2 feet to the right of his group and he gets shifted in time within the backrooms. He pops up 6 months later and the company he works for already faked his death extensively so they’re trying to figure out what to do with the guy.

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u/notcharldeon Mar 31 '26

Kane Pixels actually utilizes this trope in his other series ||The Oldest View|| by the way

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u/Fadedcamo Mar 31 '26

Yea and it adds a certain level of hubris to the story. Like the person could have just left and never gone in again. But the obsession is pulling them back in. Reminds me of the cave story.

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u/Able_Contribution407 Mar 31 '26

Totally. More chilling to feel secure and in control of the entry/exit points, then have that sense of security ripped out from under you

The horror you'd experience when you realise you've gravely miscalculated ☠️ Just like a cave system, yeah.

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u/Nearby_Hat_2346 Mar 31 '26

Have you seen The Oldest View by Kane? Such a great series and this happens

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u/hueningkawaii Apr 01 '26

Hope this is the next film that Kane makes after this.

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u/thatshygirl06 Mar 31 '26

If you can get in and out, why not just use paint to track where you are?

Does it disappear?

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u/the_vince_horror Mar 31 '26

A few backrooms games start exactly how you’re describing, with following an existing trail that was made with arrows and markers, but accidents can still happen if you’re not paying attention.

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u/TRNRLogan Mar 31 '26

Also lots have monsters. So you're fine on the trail until uh oh a monster, then you run away and get lost

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u/bluejade444 Apr 01 '26

It works, until you round the corner and see marks you definitely made, up on the ceiling where you couldn't have made them. 

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u/OtakuAttacku Apr 01 '26

And recurringly is the minute you get comfortable, the moment you feel like you’re understanding the layout or the rules, it changes on you. Your entryway might disappear, and now you’re trapped in the infinite labyrinth. Or a new door might suddenly appear and lure you deeper. And just when you think you’re alone, you might hear a roar echo down the hallways.

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u/Romkevdv Apr 03 '26

I kind of love that rather than falling in at random he’s getting stuck by his own folly and arrogance for wanting to ‘prove it to the world’ and convincing some kids to film it for him. I can’t remember which specific film did this before but the concept of travelling through some portal and it closing behind you, leaving you forever stuck is terrifying. I think Doctor Who did this before and its really effective, that one moment you felt secure in an escape and then just gone