Backrooms - The unsettling trailer between VHS and distorted reality

The first trailer for the horror film Backrooms focuses entirely on atmosphere: infinite corridors, cold lights, and a constant feeling of disorientation that directly recalls the project's viral origins. The film marks the directorial debut of Kane Parsons, creator of the YouTube series that transformed the Backrooms into a global phenomenon. And the trailer doesn't betray that identity: videotape aesthetics, found footage, and intelligent use of space to generate tension.

A nightmare born from the everyday

The story begins with a simple detail: a mysterious door appearing in the basement of a showroom. From there, the passage to a world beyond logic, made of repetitive rooms and disturbing silence. The cast includes Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, alongside Mark Duplass and Finn Bennett, in a project that combines solid faces with a very precise visual idea.

Produced by A24 together with Atomic Monster, the film seems to aim for a more psychological than spectacular horror, with few elements but exploited to the maximum to create unease. The result is a trailer that doesn't scream, but unsettles and leaves a question: what is truly behind that door?