{"id":447118,"date":"2026-05-13T18:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/447118\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:22:17","slug":"official-promo-trailer-backrooms-dark-horizons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/447118\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Promo Trailer: &#8220;Backrooms&#8221; &#8211; Dark Horizons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/final-trailer-backrooms.jpg\" data-caption=\"A24\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/final-trailer-backrooms.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"final-trailer-backrooms\"\/><\/a>A24<\/p>\n<p>A24 has unveiled the final promo for its film adaptation of the internet horror phenomenon \u201cBackrooms\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Kane Parsons, the 19-year-old filmmaker who created the original \u201cThe Backrooms (Found Footage)\u201d viral video, directs the projects, making him the youngest director in A24 history. Parsons helms from a script by Roberto Patino.<\/p>\n<p>The original urban legend and \u2018creepypasta\u2019 short film is set in the 1990s and sees a young filmmaker fall into another dimension where he wanders through an unsettlingly yellow, empty and labyrinthine office space \u2013 one that may be home to otherworldly beings.<\/p>\n<p>Chiwetel Ejiofor (\u201cThe Life of Chuck,\u201d \u201cVenom: The Last Dance\u201d) and Renate Reinsve (\u201cThe Worst Person in the World,\u201d \u201cA Different Man\u201d) will lead the cast of the film adaptation, which swaps out the young filmmaker for a therapist.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell are also confirmed to be in the cast. James Wan, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Dan Levine, Chris Ferguson, and Michael Clear are producing.<\/p>\n<p>The film recently screened, and reactions so far have been quite positive \u2013 though full reviews aren\u2019t out as yet.  The movie is expected to debut with at least $20 million domestically in its opening weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBackrooms\u201d opens in cinemas on May 29th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A24 A24 has unveiled the final promo for its film adaptation of the internet horror phenomenon \u201cBackrooms\u201d. Kane&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[73545,93,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-447118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}