A24 continues to prepare the audience for what promises to be a chilling experience in theaters, one that will take you to disconnect from reality, and enter another place.
This is the arrival on the big screen of Backroomsthe film adaptation of the viral internet creepypasta horror phenomenon, The Backroomscreated by Kane Parsonswhich will debut in theaters at the end of May.
By the way, this marks Parsons' debut as a feature film director, but also, at only 20 years old, he becomes the youngest director of an A24 project.
The latest in the marketing campaign is a handful of new official images to much of the main cast, including Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), Chiwetel Ejiofor (The Life of Chuck), Find Bennett (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms), y Lukita Maxwell (Shrinking).
Absent but also part of the main cast are Mark Duplass (The Morning Show) y Avan Jogi (Zombieland: Double Tap).
Take a look at the end of the note.
Backrooms adapts the found footage horror universe that Parsons popularized on YouTube, which in turn was inspired by a 4chan creepypasta. His anthology series premiered in 2022 on YouTube, accumulating 200 million views, and focuses on the story of a therapist who searches for her patient, who mysteriously disappeared in a dimension beyond reality..
Parsons directs the script written by Will Soodik (Ash vs Evil Dead, Westworld, Homeland).
The adaptation is produced by A24, Atomic Monster of James Wan, 21 Laps Entertainment of Shawn Levyy Chernin Entertainment.
A24 and Chernin Entertainment are also co-financiers.
James Wan, Michael Clear, and Shawn Levy are producing alongside Robert Patino, Dan Cohen, Dan Levine, and Chris Ferguson. Executive producers are Judson Scott, Alayna Glasthal, and Chris White.
The feature film was produced in Canada in the summer of 2025.
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The original video of Backrooms is a short film with found footage format set in 1996, in which An unknown cameraman explores eerily lit empty rooms and hallways for 9 minutes, as the suspense builds and builds, and glimpses of something unnatural emerge..
Parsons has expanded on the mythology of his short with several videos posted on his YouTube channel, Kane Pixels. Each has racked up millions of views.
The Backrooms started as an internet creepypasta in 2019, based on the idea of ​​accidentally and gradually disappearing from reality in a network of empty rooms, but you are not alonewith a sinister, nameless threat who is also in the labyrinth with you.
A24 will release the film in theaters on May 29, 2026.
New looks (via IMDB):
Source: https://cine3.com/nuevos-vistazos-backrooms-a24-kane-parsons/
