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Critics like being in the Backrooms

Rob Beschizza
May 28, 2026
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Backrooms, Kane Parsons‘ movie based on the internet lore, has entered a new liminal space, the threshold where critics have seen it but you have not. They love it, giving it an 87% score on Rotten Tomatoes and expectations of a $45m-$50m opening weekend. The movie, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass, opens Friday.

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