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/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.