- A24 has released the full trailer for their upcoming horror film. Backrooms
- The trailer shows some creepy found footage clips as the characters explore
- The film is inspired by online horror stories and will be released on May 29.
The new A24 movie Backrooms just received a full trailer ahead of its May 29 release, and the found footage elements have made me even more excited to go see it.
I’m a big fan of liminal space in horror movies and it seems to be a trend right now. Recently, we saw the NEON trailer for Exit 8as well as the first advance of Backroomswhich I described as “perfect.”
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass lead the cast of this film, with great horror producers such as James Wan and Osgood Perkins.
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Check out the spooky new trailer for Backrooms below.
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What we know about A24’s Backrooms movie
Kane Parsons is the writer and director of the project, having become known for his YouTube web series about these spooky fictional places. thank god they are fictional too, since I wouldn’t want to get stuck in any of them.
If you’re new to the concept, “backrooms” are basically these strange, labyrinthine, liminal dimensions of empty rooms and vibrant fluorescent lights. People who become trapped there are said to have stepped out of their reality into these endless, surreal, and often hostile environments.
Many stories have been written about them, especially through Creepypasta, depicting empty office spaces, shopping malls, and endless hotel hallways. They often have a retro feel and uncomfortable lighting and, as you can see in the trailer, A24 and Parsons have chosen to focus on that sickly yellow color for their Backrooms design.
As for the plot, we know that the film will follow a therapist as she ventures into an otherworldly dimension in search of her missing patient. We still don’t know much more, so we will have to be brave and find out. Backrooms‘Secrets for ourselves in the cinemas.
This could definitely be up there with some of A24’s biggest, scariest movies, and I’ll be first in line to see it when it arrives in May.
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