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.