A24 Releases Teaser for The Backrooms Horror Film

A24 has released the first teaser trailer for its upcoming horror film "The Backrooms," an adaptation of the viral internet creepypasta directed by 19-year-old filmmaker Kane Parsons. The movie, which transforms the original online phenomenon into a feature-length narrative, is scheduled for theatrical release on May 29, 2026.

The trailer, unveiled following a promotional poster, offers glimpses of the film's eerie atmosphere, featuring endless, monotonous yellow rooms that evoke a sense of disorienting isolation. A voiceover in the teaser intones, "The more times it remembers something, the less it does," as the on-screen space grows increasingly bland and repetitive, hinting at themes of memory loss and inescapable limbo. The story centers on a therapist, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, who encounters a terrifying alternate dimension after a patient disappears. This setup provides a structured entry point into the Backrooms, diverging from the more abstract, found-footage style of Parsons' source material while retaining its core dread.

Parsons, who created the original YouTube series that popularized the concept, makes his feature directorial debut with the project. His 2022...