Backrooms: Directed by the 20 year old Kane Parsons and based on his web series of the same name, which in turn was inspired by... a meme? The concept of liminal space? The fact that furniture store basements can be creepy? (For this last one I recommend a visit to the Sterling Furniture Comapny in Sugarhouse Utah.)
In San Jose California in the year 1990, furniture store owner Chiwetel Ejiofor, while investing the cause of a power drain that has been impacting his utilities bill, discovers a portal to a vast labyrinth that is a kind of Bizaro version of his store. He becomes obsessed with this and eventually convinces some of his employees, as well as his therapist Renate Reinsve to go inside. That experience proves to be something that can not be recommend.
I do however recommend this film. It very successfully balances the surreal discomforts of its horror movie plot, with the psychological discomforts of its two very flawed protagonists. On a budget of only $10 million it has already grossed over $221 million at the box office, making it one of the stand out successes of yet another lackluster year at the movies (It's June and this is the first 2026 release that made me want to actually go to the theater) and makes Kane Parsons the youngest person to have ever directed a blockbuster film. ***
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