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Every gamer has a breaking point. Sometimes that point ends with a rage quit, and other times it ends with a controller lodged in the TV. It depends on the gamer, and how close they were to the finish line before the blue shell came.

Across shooters, RPGs, sports titles, and battle royales, certain scenarios have tested patience for years. These are the gaming situations that most frequently sent controllers flying.

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In 2017, A24 started distributing trailers for a movie that appeared to be about a family being menaced by a spooky little girl. Of course, when people actually saw Hereditary the next year, they were horrified at what happened to that little girl, but they were also thrilled with A24’s ability to sell a film without ever really telling anyone what it was about.

That audience response has made room for trailers such as the one for Backrooms, the upcoming release from Kane Parsons, better known to some as the YouTuber Kane Pixels. The trailer consists of nothing but a camera panning downward through a building filled with yellow/beige rooms, several of which have a decrepit easy chair within them. In voice over, we hear a man describe to a woman a place that he discovered, filled with rooms that “remember.” At the end of the teaser, the camera stops at an empty space that resembles an office building, with the man saying, “The more times it remembers something, the less it does.”

What does that mean? I have no idea, and that’s the scary part. Like most horrifying things, Backrooms traces its roots back to 4chan, where users shared posts of “liminal spaces,” rooms and areas that seemed to exist at the borders of reality. In 2022, Parsons began releasing short films about a research institute called Async, which investigates a place called the Complex, which seems to be involved with missing persons cases.

The films have been a hit among younger users. But for older viewers, the trailer for Backrooms brings to mind to Swedish home store Ikea, with its streamlined designs. And the concept of scary rooms stacked upon one another recalls Cube, the Canadian indie horror film that did torture porn before the term “torture porn” annoyed everyone as the term “elevated horror” annoys everyone.

Released in 1997 and directed by Vincenzo Natali, Cube followed a group of survivors who find themselves in a single, empty room, with doors on each wall. After solving numeric puzzles on the doors, they exit and find themselves in another room, often with a death trap inside.

Even though it spawned two sequels, including the fabulously titled Cube 2: Hypercube, Cube‘s shoddy acting and extremely outdated portrayal of autism has aged poorly. Yet, the film stands as a testament to barebones filmmaking, as Natali and his co-creators were able to construct an entire feature by just redressing the same space in different ways.

That indie spirit is carried on by Backrooms. Sure, the phone Parsons carries in his pocket has more post-production abilities than anything available to the people making Cube. Furthermore, Parsons has a strong cast for his debut, including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, and mumblecore mainstay Mark Duplass. But the principle is the same: he’s got a scary idea and the ability to bring it to life.

Or so we hope. The trailer for Backrooms doesn’t give us enough to go one way or another. But when it’s an A24 picture, that’s a promise, not a warning.

Backrooms comes to theaters on May 29, 2026.

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We automatically link many songs to the artist who made them the most famous, but the story behind the recordings are often more surprising. From classic rock anthems to pop hits, many tracks were first recorded or originally performed by someone else before a bigger name turned them into household staples. Think you know who sang that legendary hit? Chances are, you might be wrong. This list digs into the surprising origins of songs you thought you knew, showing that musical history is full of twists, covers, and unexpected voices.

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In 2017, A24 started distributing trailers for a movie that appeared to be about a family being menaced by a spooky little girl. Of course, when people actually saw Hereditary the next year, they were horrified at what happened to that little girl, but they were also thrilled with A24’s ability to sell a film without ever really telling anyone what it was about.

That audience response has made room for trailers such as the one for Backrooms, the upcoming release from Kane Parsons, better known to some as the YouTuber Kane Pixels. The trailer consists of nothing but a camera panning downward through a building filled with yellow/beige rooms, several of which have a decrepit easy chair within them. In voice over, we hear a man describe to a woman a place that he discovered, filled with rooms that “remember.” At the end of the teaser, the camera stops at an empty space that resembles an office building, with the man saying, “The more times it remembers something, the less it does.”

What does that mean? I have no idea, and that’s the scary part. Like most horrifying things, Backrooms traces its roots back to 4chan, where users shared posts of “liminal spaces,” rooms and areas that seemed to exist at the borders of reality. In 2022, Parsons began releasing short films about a research institute called Async, which investigates a place called the Complex, which seems to be involved with missing persons cases.

The films have been a hit among younger users. But for older viewers, the trailer for Backrooms brings to mind to Swedish home store Ikea, with its streamlined designs. And the concept of scary rooms stacked upon one another recalls Cube, the Canadian indie horror film that did torture porn before the term “torture porn” annoyed everyone as the term “elevated horror” annoys everyone.

Released in 1997 and directed by Vincenzo Natali, Cube followed a group of survivors who find themselves in a single, empty room, with doors on each wall. After solving numeric puzzles on the doors, they exit and find themselves in another room, often with a death trap inside.

Even though it spawned two sequels, including the fabulously titled Cube 2: Hypercube, Cube‘s shoddy acting and extremely outdated portrayal of autism has aged poorly. Yet, the film stands as a testament to barebones filmmaking, as Natali and his co-creators were able to construct an entire feature by just redressing the same space in different ways.

That indie spirit is carried on by Backrooms. Sure, the phone Parsons carries in his pocket has more post-production abilities than anything available to the people making Cube. Furthermore, Parsons has a strong cast for his debut, including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, and mumblecore mainstay Mark Duplass. But the principle is the same: he’s got a scary idea and the ability to bring it to life.

Or so we hope. The trailer for Backrooms doesn’t give us enough to go one way or another. But when it’s an A24 picture, that’s a promise, not a warning.

Backrooms comes to theaters on May 29, 2026.

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The eternal debate rages on in the Gilmore Girls fan camp: who was Rory’s best boyfriend? Decades of Team Jess, Team Dean, and Team Logan battles have solved nothing, and neither did Netflix’s revival of the iconic series, which ended with Rory pregnant and no father in the picture, although she ran into all three […]

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In 2017, A24 started distributing trailers for a movie that appeared to be about a family being menaced by a spooky little girl. Of course, when people actually saw Hereditary the next year, they were horrified at what happened to that little girl, but they were also thrilled with A24’s ability to sell a film without ever really telling anyone what it was about.

That audience response has made room for trailers such as the one for Backrooms, the upcoming release from Kane Parsons, better known to some as the YouTuber Kane Pixels. The trailer consists of nothing but a camera panning downward through a building filled with yellow/beige rooms, several of which have a decrepit easy chair within them. In voice over, we hear a man describe to a woman a place that he discovered, filled with rooms that “remember.” At the end of the teaser, the camera stops at an empty space that resembles an office building, with the man saying, “The more times it remembers something, the less it does.”

What does that mean? I have no idea, and that’s the scary part. Like most horrifying things, Backrooms traces its roots back to 4chan, where users shared posts of “liminal spaces,” rooms and areas that seemed to exist at the borders of reality. In 2022, Parsons began releasing short films about a research institute called Async, which investigates a place called the Complex, which seems to be involved with missing persons cases.

The films have been a hit among younger users. But for older viewers, the trailer for Backrooms brings to mind to Swedish home store Ikea, with its streamlined designs. And the concept of scary rooms stacked upon one another recalls Cube, the Canadian indie horror film that did torture porn before the term “torture porn” annoyed everyone as the term “elevated horror” annoys everyone.

Released in 1997 and directed by Vincenzo Natali, Cube followed a group of survivors who find themselves in a single, empty room, with doors on each wall. After solving numeric puzzles on the doors, they exit and find themselves in another room, often with a death trap inside.

Even though it spawned two sequels, including the fabulously titled Cube 2: Hypercube, Cube‘s shoddy acting and extremely outdated portrayal of autism has aged poorly. Yet, the film stands as a testament to barebones filmmaking, as Natali and his co-creators were able to construct an entire feature by just redressing the same space in different ways.

That indie spirit is carried on by Backrooms. Sure, the phone Parsons carries in his pocket has more post-production abilities than anything available to the people making Cube. Furthermore, Parsons has a strong cast for his debut, including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, and mumblecore mainstay Mark Duplass. But the principle is the same: he’s got a scary idea and the ability to bring it to life.

Or so we hope. The trailer for Backrooms doesn’t give us enough to go one way or another. But when it’s an A24 picture, that’s a promise, not a warning.

Backrooms comes to theaters on May 29, 2026.

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After the BBC struck a deal with Disney+ in 2022 to increase Doctor Who’s chances of becoming a global streaming hit, the future looked bright for the long-running sci-fi show. But just three years and two seasons later, the deal was effectively dissolved, and Disney+ was no longer riding shotgun in the TARDIS. So, what […]

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In 2017, A24 started distributing trailers for a movie that appeared to be about a family being menaced by a spooky little girl. Of course, when people actually saw Hereditary the next year, they were horrified at what happened to that little girl, but they were also thrilled with A24’s ability to sell a film without ever really telling anyone what it was about.

That audience response has made room for trailers such as the one for Backrooms, the upcoming release from Kane Parsons, better known to some as the YouTuber Kane Pixels. The trailer consists of nothing but a camera panning downward through a building filled with yellow/beige rooms, several of which have a decrepit easy chair within them. In voice over, we hear a man describe to a woman a place that he discovered, filled with rooms that “remember.” At the end of the teaser, the camera stops at an empty space that resembles an office building, with the man saying, “The more times it remembers something, the less it does.”

What does that mean? I have no idea, and that’s the scary part. Like most horrifying things, Backrooms traces its roots back to 4chan, where users shared posts of “liminal spaces,” rooms and areas that seemed to exist at the borders of reality. In 2022, Parsons began releasing short films about a research institute called Async, which investigates a place called the Complex, which seems to be involved with missing persons cases.

The films have been a hit among younger users. But for older viewers, the trailer for Backrooms brings to mind to Swedish home store Ikea, with its streamlined designs. And the concept of scary rooms stacked upon one another recalls Cube, the Canadian indie horror film that did torture porn before the term “torture porn” annoyed everyone as the term “elevated horror” annoys everyone.

Released in 1997 and directed by Vincenzo Natali, Cube followed a group of survivors who find themselves in a single, empty room, with doors on each wall. After solving numeric puzzles on the doors, they exit and find themselves in another room, often with a death trap inside.

Even though it spawned two sequels, including the fabulously titled Cube 2: Hypercube, Cube‘s shoddy acting and extremely outdated portrayal of autism has aged poorly. Yet, the film stands as a testament to barebones filmmaking, as Natali and his co-creators were able to construct an entire feature by just redressing the same space in different ways.

That indie spirit is carried on by Backrooms. Sure, the phone Parsons carries in his pocket has more post-production abilities than anything available to the people making Cube. Furthermore, Parsons has a strong cast for his debut, including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, and mumblecore mainstay Mark Duplass. But the principle is the same: he’s got a scary idea and the ability to bring it to life.

Or so we hope. The trailer for Backrooms doesn’t give us enough to go one way or another. But when it’s an A24 picture, that’s a promise, not a warning.

Backrooms comes to theaters on May 29, 2026.

The post New A24 Horror Backrooms Looks Like Cube in an Ikea appeared first on Den of Geek.

Anthony Daniels has been playing C-3PO for almost 50 years now, but he still remembers the first time he wore the iconic droid’s golden costume, describing it as “a nightmare.” Speaking with Nacelle’s Icons Unearthed, Daniels recalled that although it had previously been agreed that he’d get time to rehearse while wearing the C-3PO costume, […]

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In 2017, A24 started distributing trailers for a movie that appeared to be about a family being menaced by a spooky little girl. Of course, when people actually saw Hereditary the next year, they were horrified at what happened to that little girl, but they were also thrilled with A24’s ability to sell a film without ever really telling anyone what it was about.

That audience response has made room for trailers such as the one for Backrooms, the upcoming release from Kane Parsons, better known to some as the YouTuber Kane Pixels. The trailer consists of nothing but a camera panning downward through a building filled with yellow/beige rooms, several of which have a decrepit easy chair within them. In voice over, we hear a man describe to a woman a place that he discovered, filled with rooms that “remember.” At the end of the teaser, the camera stops at an empty space that resembles an office building, with the man saying, “The more times it remembers something, the less it does.”

What does that mean? I have no idea, and that’s the scary part. Like most horrifying things, Backrooms traces its roots back to 4chan, where users shared posts of “liminal spaces,” rooms and areas that seemed to exist at the borders of reality. In 2022, Parsons began releasing short films about a research institute called Async, which investigates a place called the Complex, which seems to be involved with missing persons cases.

The films have been a hit among younger users. But for older viewers, the trailer for Backrooms brings to mind to Swedish home store Ikea, with its streamlined designs. And the concept of scary rooms stacked upon one another recalls Cube, the Canadian indie horror film that did torture porn before the term “torture porn” annoyed everyone as the term “elevated horror” annoys everyone.

Released in 1997 and directed by Vincenzo Natali, Cube followed a group of survivors who find themselves in a single, empty room, with doors on each wall. After solving numeric puzzles on the doors, they exit and find themselves in another room, often with a death trap inside.

Even though it spawned two sequels, including the fabulously titled Cube 2: Hypercube, Cube‘s shoddy acting and extremely outdated portrayal of autism has aged poorly. Yet, the film stands as a testament to barebones filmmaking, as Natali and his co-creators were able to construct an entire feature by just redressing the same space in different ways.

That indie spirit is carried on by Backrooms. Sure, the phone Parsons carries in his pocket has more post-production abilities than anything available to the people making Cube. Furthermore, Parsons has a strong cast for his debut, including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, and mumblecore mainstay Mark Duplass. But the principle is the same: he’s got a scary idea and the ability to bring it to life.

Or so we hope. The trailer for Backrooms doesn’t give us enough to go one way or another. But when it’s an A24 picture, that’s a promise, not a warning.

Backrooms comes to theaters on May 29, 2026.

The post New A24 Horror Backrooms Looks Like Cube in an Ikea appeared first on Den of Geek.

For All Mankind will be back with a fresh season on Apple TV at the end of March, and the low cadence of the beloved sci-fi show’s original vibe is firmly in the rearview during an action-packed trailer for season 5, where we find some very familiar (and not so familiar) Martians dealing with a […]

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In 2017, A24 started distributing trailers for a movie that appeared to be about a family being menaced by a spooky little girl. Of course, when people actually saw Hereditary the next year, they were horrified at what happened to that little girl, but they were also thrilled with A24’s ability to sell a film without ever really telling anyone what it was about.

That audience response has made room for trailers such as the one for Backrooms, the upcoming release from Kane Parsons, better known to some as the YouTuber Kane Pixels. The trailer consists of nothing but a camera panning downward through a building filled with yellow/beige rooms, several of which have a decrepit easy chair within them. In voice over, we hear a man describe to a woman a place that he discovered, filled with rooms that “remember.” At the end of the teaser, the camera stops at an empty space that resembles an office building, with the man saying, “The more times it remembers something, the less it does.”

What does that mean? I have no idea, and that’s the scary part. Like most horrifying things, Backrooms traces its roots back to 4chan, where users shared posts of “liminal spaces,” rooms and areas that seemed to exist at the borders of reality. In 2022, Parsons began releasing short films about a research institute called Async, which investigates a place called the Complex, which seems to be involved with missing persons cases.

The films have been a hit among younger users. But for older viewers, the trailer for Backrooms brings to mind to Swedish home store Ikea, with its streamlined designs. And the concept of scary rooms stacked upon one another recalls Cube, the Canadian indie horror film that did torture porn before the term “torture porn” annoyed everyone as the term “elevated horror” annoys everyone.

Released in 1997 and directed by Vincenzo Natali, Cube followed a group of survivors who find themselves in a single, empty room, with doors on each wall. After solving numeric puzzles on the doors, they exit and find themselves in another room, often with a death trap inside.

Even though it spawned two sequels, including the fabulously titled Cube 2: Hypercube, Cube‘s shoddy acting and extremely outdated portrayal of autism has aged poorly. Yet, the film stands as a testament to barebones filmmaking, as Natali and his co-creators were able to construct an entire feature by just redressing the same space in different ways.

That indie spirit is carried on by Backrooms. Sure, the phone Parsons carries in his pocket has more post-production abilities than anything available to the people making Cube. Furthermore, Parsons has a strong cast for his debut, including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, and mumblecore mainstay Mark Duplass. But the principle is the same: he’s got a scary idea and the ability to bring it to life.

Or so we hope. The trailer for Backrooms doesn’t give us enough to go one way or another. But when it’s an A24 picture, that’s a promise, not a warning.

Backrooms comes to theaters on May 29, 2026.

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Tom Hanks is America’s dad. For that reason, there’s something particularly moving about watching Tom Hanks play a sad character, as demonstrated by the utter shambles we were all in by the ending of Captain Phillips. For his next project, Hanks will play one of the most famous American dads, in one of the most […]

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In 2017, A24 started distributing trailers for a movie that appeared to be about a family being menaced by a spooky little girl. Of course, when people actually saw Hereditary the next year, they were horrified at what happened to that little girl, but they were also thrilled with A24’s ability to sell a film without ever really telling anyone what it was about.

That audience response has made room for trailers such as the one for Backrooms, the upcoming release from Kane Parsons, better known to some as the YouTuber Kane Pixels. The trailer consists of nothing but a camera panning downward through a building filled with yellow/beige rooms, several of which have a decrepit easy chair within them. In voice over, we hear a man describe to a woman a place that he discovered, filled with rooms that “remember.” At the end of the teaser, the camera stops at an empty space that resembles an office building, with the man saying, “The more times it remembers something, the less it does.”

What does that mean? I have no idea, and that’s the scary part. Like most horrifying things, Backrooms traces its roots back to 4chan, where users shared posts of “liminal spaces,” rooms and areas that seemed to exist at the borders of reality. In 2022, Parsons began releasing short films about a research institute called Async, which investigates a place called the Complex, which seems to be involved with missing persons cases.

The films have been a hit among younger users. But for older viewers, the trailer for Backrooms brings to mind to Swedish home store Ikea, with its streamlined designs. And the concept of scary rooms stacked upon one another recalls Cube, the Canadian indie horror film that did torture porn before the term “torture porn” annoyed everyone as the term “elevated horror” annoys everyone.

Released in 1997 and directed by Vincenzo Natali, Cube followed a group of survivors who find themselves in a single, empty room, with doors on each wall. After solving numeric puzzles on the doors, they exit and find themselves in another room, often with a death trap inside.

Even though it spawned two sequels, including the fabulously titled Cube 2: Hypercube, Cube‘s shoddy acting and extremely outdated portrayal of autism has aged poorly. Yet, the film stands as a testament to barebones filmmaking, as Natali and his co-creators were able to construct an entire feature by just redressing the same space in different ways.

That indie spirit is carried on by Backrooms. Sure, the phone Parsons carries in his pocket has more post-production abilities than anything available to the people making Cube. Furthermore, Parsons has a strong cast for his debut, including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, and mumblecore mainstay Mark Duplass. But the principle is the same: he’s got a scary idea and the ability to bring it to life.

Or so we hope. The trailer for Backrooms doesn’t give us enough to go one way or another. But when it’s an A24 picture, that’s a promise, not a warning.

Backrooms comes to theaters on May 29, 2026.

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In 2017, A24 started distributing trailers for a movie that appeared to be about a family being menaced by a spooky little girl. Of course, when people actually saw Hereditary the next year, they were horrified at what happened to that little girl, but they were also thrilled with A24’s ability to sell a film […]

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In 2017, A24 started distributing trailers for a movie that appeared to be about a family being menaced by a spooky little girl. Of course, when people actually saw Hereditary the next year, they were horrified at what happened to that little girl, but they were also thrilled with A24’s ability to sell a film without ever really telling anyone what it was about.

That audience response has made room for trailers such as the one for Backrooms, the upcoming release from Kane Parsons, better known to some as the YouTuber Kane Pixels. The trailer consists of nothing but a camera panning downward through a building filled with yellow/beige rooms, several of which have a decrepit easy chair within them. In voice over, we hear a man describe to a woman a place that he discovered, filled with rooms that “remember.” At the end of the teaser, the camera stops at an empty space that resembles an office building, with the man saying, “The more times it remembers something, the less it does.”

What does that mean? I have no idea, and that’s the scary part. Like most horrifying things, Backrooms traces its roots back to 4chan, where users shared posts of “liminal spaces,” rooms and areas that seemed to exist at the borders of reality. In 2022, Parsons began releasing short films about a research institute called Async, which investigates a place called the Complex, which seems to be involved with missing persons cases.

The films have been a hit among younger users. But for older viewers, the trailer for Backrooms brings to mind to Swedish home store Ikea, with its streamlined designs. And the concept of scary rooms stacked upon one another recalls Cube, the Canadian indie horror film that did torture porn before the term “torture porn” annoyed everyone as the term “elevated horror” annoys everyone.

Released in 1997 and directed by Vincenzo Natali, Cube followed a group of survivors who find themselves in a single, empty room, with doors on each wall. After solving numeric puzzles on the doors, they exit and find themselves in another room, often with a death trap inside.

Even though it spawned two sequels, including the fabulously titled Cube 2: Hypercube, Cube‘s shoddy acting and extremely outdated portrayal of autism has aged poorly. Yet, the film stands as a testament to barebones filmmaking, as Natali and his co-creators were able to construct an entire feature by just redressing the same space in different ways.

That indie spirit is carried on by Backrooms. Sure, the phone Parsons carries in his pocket has more post-production abilities than anything available to the people making Cube. Furthermore, Parsons has a strong cast for his debut, including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, and mumblecore mainstay Mark Duplass. But the principle is the same: he’s got a scary idea and the ability to bring it to life.

Or so we hope. The trailer for Backrooms doesn’t give us enough to go one way or another. But when it’s an A24 picture, that’s a promise, not a warning.

Backrooms comes to theaters on May 29, 2026.

The post New A24 Horror Backrooms Looks Like Cube in an Ikea appeared first on Den of Geek.

It’s a great idea to make a musical based on the work of ABBA. Sure, they’re cheesy and wear space boots, but the Swedish quartet is responsible for some of the most persistent earworms in pop culture history. Having some of those songs be sung by Pierce Brosnan, a man whose seemingly unending attractiveness finds […]

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In 2017, A24 started distributing trailers for a movie that appeared to be about a family being menaced by a spooky little girl. Of course, when people actually saw Hereditary the next year, they were horrified at what happened to that little girl, but they were also thrilled with A24’s ability to sell a film without ever really telling anyone what it was about.

That audience response has made room for trailers such as the one for Backrooms, the upcoming release from Kane Parsons, better known to some as the YouTuber Kane Pixels. The trailer consists of nothing but a camera panning downward through a building filled with yellow/beige rooms, several of which have a decrepit easy chair within them. In voice over, we hear a man describe to a woman a place that he discovered, filled with rooms that “remember.” At the end of the teaser, the camera stops at an empty space that resembles an office building, with the man saying, “The more times it remembers something, the less it does.”

What does that mean? I have no idea, and that’s the scary part. Like most horrifying things, Backrooms traces its roots back to 4chan, where users shared posts of “liminal spaces,” rooms and areas that seemed to exist at the borders of reality. In 2022, Parsons began releasing short films about a research institute called Async, which investigates a place called the Complex, which seems to be involved with missing persons cases.

The films have been a hit among younger users. But for older viewers, the trailer for Backrooms brings to mind to Swedish home store Ikea, with its streamlined designs. And the concept of scary rooms stacked upon one another recalls Cube, the Canadian indie horror film that did torture porn before the term “torture porn” annoyed everyone as the term “elevated horror” annoys everyone.

Released in 1997 and directed by Vincenzo Natali, Cube followed a group of survivors who find themselves in a single, empty room, with doors on each wall. After solving numeric puzzles on the doors, they exit and find themselves in another room, often with a death trap inside.

Even though it spawned two sequels, including the fabulously titled Cube 2: Hypercube, Cube‘s shoddy acting and extremely outdated portrayal of autism has aged poorly. Yet, the film stands as a testament to barebones filmmaking, as Natali and his co-creators were able to construct an entire feature by just redressing the same space in different ways.

That indie spirit is carried on by Backrooms. Sure, the phone Parsons carries in his pocket has more post-production abilities than anything available to the people making Cube. Furthermore, Parsons has a strong cast for his debut, including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, and mumblecore mainstay Mark Duplass. But the principle is the same: he’s got a scary idea and the ability to bring it to life.

Or so we hope. The trailer for Backrooms doesn’t give us enough to go one way or another. But when it’s an A24 picture, that’s a promise, not a warning.

Backrooms comes to theaters on May 29, 2026.

The post New A24 Horror Backrooms Looks Like Cube in an Ikea appeared first on Den of Geek.

As far as we’re aware, there’s no live-action Nightwing movie in development in James Gunn’s new DC Universe, but if there were, Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams would like to be in the running for the role of Dick Grayson. Williams posted an image of himself holding a copy of Nightwing: Year One to his […]

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In 2017, A24 started distributing trailers for a movie that appeared to be about a family being menaced by a spooky little girl. Of course, when people actually saw Hereditary the next year, they were horrified at what happened to that little girl, but they were also thrilled with A24’s ability to sell a film without ever really telling anyone what it was about.

That audience response has made room for trailers such as the one for Backrooms, the upcoming release from Kane Parsons, better known to some as the YouTuber Kane Pixels. The trailer consists of nothing but a camera panning downward through a building filled with yellow/beige rooms, several of which have a decrepit easy chair within them. In voice over, we hear a man describe to a woman a place that he discovered, filled with rooms that “remember.” At the end of the teaser, the camera stops at an empty space that resembles an office building, with the man saying, “The more times it remembers something, the less it does.”

What does that mean? I have no idea, and that’s the scary part. Like most horrifying things, Backrooms traces its roots back to 4chan, where users shared posts of “liminal spaces,” rooms and areas that seemed to exist at the borders of reality. In 2022, Parsons began releasing short films about a research institute called Async, which investigates a place called the Complex, which seems to be involved with missing persons cases.

The films have been a hit among younger users. But for older viewers, the trailer for Backrooms brings to mind to Swedish home store Ikea, with its streamlined designs. And the concept of scary rooms stacked upon one another recalls Cube, the Canadian indie horror film that did torture porn before the term “torture porn” annoyed everyone as the term “elevated horror” annoys everyone.

Released in 1997 and directed by Vincenzo Natali, Cube followed a group of survivors who find themselves in a single, empty room, with doors on each wall. After solving numeric puzzles on the doors, they exit and find themselves in another room, often with a death trap inside.

Even though it spawned two sequels, including the fabulously titled Cube 2: Hypercube, Cube‘s shoddy acting and extremely outdated portrayal of autism has aged poorly. Yet, the film stands as a testament to barebones filmmaking, as Natali and his co-creators were able to construct an entire feature by just redressing the same space in different ways.

That indie spirit is carried on by Backrooms. Sure, the phone Parsons carries in his pocket has more post-production abilities than anything available to the people making Cube. Furthermore, Parsons has a strong cast for his debut, including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, and mumblecore mainstay Mark Duplass. But the principle is the same: he’s got a scary idea and the ability to bring it to life.

Or so we hope. The trailer for Backrooms doesn’t give us enough to go one way or another. But when it’s an A24 picture, that’s a promise, not a warning.

Backrooms comes to theaters on May 29, 2026.

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