
Based on the viral YouTube series The Backrooms, A24 brings the liminal horror to theaters in May.  The Backrooms creator Kane Parsons wrote and directed the film adaptation, which follows a therapist who enters a bizarre dimension to find her patient, who has disappeared. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell co-star. Between this and Exit 8, it’s going to be potentially a great year for fans of liminal space horror.  Backrooms is out on May 29th, and you can check out the teaser below.
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