Backrooms

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

2026-06-01

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The new horror movie Backrooms is about some of the creepiest places imaginable: the nondescript, beige-carpeted rooms that populate countless office spaces and discount furniture warehouses. The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as the manager of a pirate-themed furniture store, who, as he discusses with his therapist (Renate Reinsve), discovers a secret labyrinth of backrooms – each with a strange and unsettling design. Directed by Kane Parsons, based on his “creepypasta”-inspired web series, the movie doesn’t have a plot so much as a deeply unnerving sense of place. If you’re looking for more moody horror, check out these episodes:In ‘Obsession,’ love hurts. It really, really, really hurts. Adam Scott checks in to a haunted inn in ‘Hokum’ Connect with Pop Culture Happy Hour:Letterboxd / FacebookOur weekly newsletterSupport Pop Culture Happy Hour+ See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Backrooms is a horror movie about some of the creepiest places imaginable.

  • The nondescript, beige-carpeted rooms that populate countless office spaces and discount furniture warehouses.

  • If you've ever worked in a rundown office park or shopped for a cheap mattress, the vibe will be instantly familiar.

  • Dingy, claustrophobic, maybe with cheerful music piped through tinny speakers

  • and always with the unsettling flickering hum of fluorescent lights.

  • That setting forms the central concept of Backrooms,

  • which doesn't have a plot so much as a deeply unnerving sense of place.

  • It's a surreal and unsettling bit of horror based on a popular YouTube series.

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