Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder read ‘Secretary’ aloud for one night, tracing a 2002 erotic romance into their own ...

A24’s Backrooms has completely redefined the boundaries of modern horror. In just six days, the film grossed over $100 million domestically, becoming A24’s highest-grossing domestic release and ...

This article contains light spoilers for Backrooms. For everything that Backrooms does right, there is one accolade that doesn’t quite fit. No, Backrooms may not be based on a major IP, but it isn’t ...

Perhaps you take an unfamiliar turn. Maybe you walk through a slightly crooked door. Or you simply just leaned against a wall and found yourself falling. It was innocuous enough, but the thing is, now ...

Mark Sammut serves as the lead editor of the Evergreen gaming list department for GameRant, along with contributing to other department like anime lists and resources. In a previous life, he also ...

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It’s just an empty room — a literal blank space. Ok, well, there is that pile of furniture, arranged in a jumbled, haphazard way that suggests either a makeshift sanctuary or an arcane, sacred ritual.

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve star in an unforgettable exploration of soulless cityscapes By David Sexton There’s a back story to Backrooms. Since 2011, a creepy photo has circulated on message ...

May is clearly the new October, at least in 2026. Following the release of the excellent ‘Hokum,’ the provocative ‘Obsession,’ and a handful of other horror features, the month usually reserved for ...

If nothing else, Kane Parsons’ feature-length Backrooms faithfully recreates the sensation of stumbling across its creepypasta origins. Like Slender Man, the viral phenomenon preyed on a fear derived ...

The Backrooms creepypasta itself originated from a 2019 thread on 4chan, where a photograph of a large, yellow-carpeted room prompted users to describe what it would feel like to be trapped inside it.