[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-backrooms-movie-opens-may-29-in-theaters-en":3,"article-related-backrooms-movie-opens-may-29-in-theaters-en":30,"series-industry-238a8c57-97f0-4aaf-8702-3bc04816e453":82},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"content":7,"summary":8,"source":9,"source_url":10,"author":11,"image_url":12,"cover_image":12,"category":13,"language":14,"translated_content":11,"related_article_id":15,"keywords":16,"key_takeaways":22,"views":26,"created_at":27,"published_at":28,"topic_cluster_id":29},"238a8c57-97f0-4aaf-8702-3bc04816e453","backrooms-movie-opens-may-29-in-theaters-en","The Backrooms Movie Opens May 29 in Theaters","\u003Cp data-speakable=\"summary\">A24’s \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fnews\u002Fbackrooms-movie-internet-horror-into-cinema-en\">Backrooms movie\u003C\u002Fa> opens May 29, turning Kane Parsons’ viral YouTube horror into a feature film.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Backrooms movie opens in theaters worldwide on May 29, 2026, after A24 teamed with filmmaker Kane Parsons on a feature adaptation of his online horror series. Parsons’ first short hit YouTube in January 2022 and the series has since grown into a 22-video universe with 77 million views.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ctable>\u003Cthead>\u003Ctr>\u003Cth>項目\u003C\u002Fth>\u003Cth>數值\u003C\u002Fth>\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Fthead>\u003Ctbody>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Theatrical release\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>May 29, 2026\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>First short release\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>January 2022\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>YouTube views\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>77 million\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Series entries\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>22 videos\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\u003Ch2>What changed\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The Backrooms started as a 2019 4chan post pairing a yellow, empty room image with a short warning about “noclipping” out of reality. The idea spread through Reddit and later YouTube, where Parsons, then 16 and posting as KanePixels, gave it a cinematic form with found-footage style, Blender animation, and a 1990s video look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"my-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fxxdpdyhzhpamafnrdkyq.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fcovers\u002Finline-1780502580501-4he1.png\" alt=\"The Backrooms Movie Opens May 29 in Theaters\" class=\"rounded-xl w-full\" loading=\"lazy\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Cp>That short, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002F@KanePixels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KanePixels\u003C\u002Fa>’ \u003Cem>The Backrooms (Found Footage)\u003C\u002Fem>, pushed the concept into mainstream horror fandom and grew into an ongoing series. The lore expanded with the Async Research Institute, the “Complex,” and Project KV31, a program framed as a way to use the Backrooms as infinite space for storage and housing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>Origin: an anonymous 4chan post in May 2019\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Breakout short: \u003Cem>The Backrooms (Found Footage)\u003C\u002Fem> in January 2022\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Series size: 22 videos and counting\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Audience scale: 77 million views on the first short\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>The feature film shifts away from Parsons’ YouTube storyline. Instead, it follows a furniture-store owner, played by \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.imdb.com\u002Fname\u002Fnm0252230\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chiwetel Ejiofor\u003C\u002Fa>, who finds a Backrooms entrance in his basement and tells his therapist, played by \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.imdb.com\u002Fname\u002Fnm1766106\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renate Reinsve\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Why it matters\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>This is a rare internet-to-studio handoff where the original creator is still driving the adaptation. For horror fans, that lowers the odds of a generic brand extension and raises the chance that the movie keeps the unnerving logic that made the Backrooms work online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"my-6\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fxxdpdyhzhpamafnrdkyq.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fcovers\u002Finline-1780502597397-1gpo.png\" alt=\"The Backrooms Movie Opens May 29 in Theaters\" class=\"rounded-xl w-full\" loading=\"lazy\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Cp>For developers and indie creators, the path is a useful case study in how a small, tool-based project can scale. Parsons built the original breakout with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.blender.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blender\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.adobe.com\u002Fproducts\u002Faftereffects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After Effects\u003C\u002Fa>, then turned a niche creepypasta into a studio release backed by \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fa24films.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A24\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The release also shows how a fandom can splinter and grow at the same time. Backrooms lore now includes strict canon fans, expansionist fan theories, and a feature film that may pull new viewers into the same maze-like mythos.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The big question is whether the movie can keep the Backrooms’ internet-born dread intact once it leaves the screen-size of a browser and becomes a ticketed theater release.\u003C\u002Fp>","A24’s Backrooms film, based on Kane Parsons’ viral YouTube horror series, opens in theaters May 29 after a three-year path to release.","www.ign.com","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002Farticles\u002Fthe-backrooms-movie-explained-exploring-the-liminal-horror-legend",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fxxdpdyhzhpamafnrdkyq.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fcovers\u002Finline-1780502580501-4he1.png","industry","en","a7570dbf-a7da-4afc-905e-371761c3b3d5",[17,18,19,20,21],"Backrooms","A24","Kane Parsons","horror","YouTube",[23,24,25],"A24’s Backrooms movie opens worldwide on May 29, 2026.","Kane Parsons’ first Backrooms 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