{"id":368411,"date":"2026-03-31T23:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/368411\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T23:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:52:08","slug":"the-backrooms-trailer-combines-creepypasta-dread-and-a24-prestige-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/368411\/","title":{"rendered":"The Backrooms trailer combines creepypasta dread and A24 prestige horror"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Against all odds, A24\u2019s adaptation of The Backrooms actually looks like a proper elevated horror movie. Hell, it\u2019s even got Oscar winner Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, Serenity) and Cannes favorite Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) onboard. Judging from the film\u2019s fist trailer, which combines The Backrooms creepypasta-born dread around liminal spaces, and A24\u2019s slick horror aesthetic, you couldn\u2019t tell that its director can\u2019t even legally drink in the US yet. Yes folks, Kane Parsons is just 20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Parsons, AKA Kane Pixels, made a splash four years ago with <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H4dGpz6cnHo\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:his original Backrooms shorts;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;his original Backrooms shorts&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">his original Backrooms shorts<\/a>, the first of which has amassed over 73 million views on YouTube. Those were relatively simple episodes created in Blender, but they did an admirable job of feeling genuinely creepy. Parsons has also dabbled in live action horror shorts with <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9DYOG1RuJ4w&amp;list=PLVAh-MgDVqvAwoFF5hJmtRrx86Yw-pdN1&amp;index=1\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:his series The Oldest Room;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;his series The Oldest Room&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">his series The Oldest Room<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">While Parsons certainly has a ton of internet clout behind him, he also has a strong eye for slow-burn horror. This trailer alone is making me feel uneasy about heading into my dimly lit basement office. He also won\u2019t be the first internet creator to reach cinemas this year. Markiplier\u2019s adaptation of the indie game Iron Lung was particularly notable, since he funded both the production and theatrical distribution on his own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The Backrooms joins <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/exit-8-trailer-genki-kawamura-1236651441\/\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Genki Kawamura\u2019s adaptation of the game Exit 8;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Genki Kawamura\u2019s adaptation of the game Exit 8&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Genki Kawamura\u2019s adaptation of the game Exit 8<\/a> as another new horror film about spooky liminal spaces. It\u2019ll be interesting to see how the two compare. The former started as 4chan stories and images around eerily empty buildings, while the latter was a game where you slowly walked through a repetitive Tokyo subway. There\u2019s more room for Parsons to turn The Backrooms into a narrative of his own, whereas Exit 8 is somewhat restricted by the original game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Against all odds, A24\u2019s adaptation of The Backrooms actually looks like a proper elevated horror movie. Hell, it\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[12698,154757,29622,146,40207,85,46,154758,177430,397,38653],"class_list":{"0":"post-368411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-a24","9":"tag-backrooms","10":"tag-chiwetel-ejiofor","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-horror-movie","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-kane-parsons","16":"tag-kane-pixels","17":"tag-movies","18":"tag-renate-reinsve"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}