@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2026-01-21 18:00 UTC
Counted the jumpscares in The Backrooms. Lost count. Lost interest. Refunded the popcorn emotionally.
2022 · Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
The Backrooms
BURN INDEX · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED18%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 ROASTS REGISTERED
SALT SHAKER · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED24%
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TOTAL LEDGER ENTRIES FOR THIS TITLE · 0 · LIVE
ICE COLD · STRUCTURALLY PERFECT
ICE COLD · 0–20%
Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
CERTIFIED COOKED · 71–100%
An absolute cinematic disaster.
No synopsis available. Probably for the best.
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RELEASE DATE
2022
RUNTIME
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GENRE
Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
PLOT SUMMARY
Synopsis withheld out of mercy.
STARRING CAST
Cast information unavailable.
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@TRAILER_TROLL2026-01-25 22:00 UTC
If exposition were a contact sport, The Backrooms would be banned for life.
@AISLE_GHOUL2026-01-27 19:00 UTC
The Backrooms should come with a complimentary pillow for when the third-act CGI soup inevitably kicks in.
@POPCORN_CRITIC2026-01-28 12:00 UTC
The Backrooms has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.
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r/flicks · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 3.4k points
Hot Take: The Backrooms's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Look, I wanted to love The Backrooms. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/boxoffice · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 0.8k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in The Backrooms?
Honestly, The Backrooms would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/criticalkino · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 1.1k points
Unpopular opinion: The Backrooms is the most overrated film of the decade
Everyone praising the The Backrooms performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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r/boxoffice · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 0.8k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in The Backrooms actually is?
Director clearly thought The Backrooms was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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