Backrooms

One of my most anticipated films of the year! I was very worried it wouldn’t match up to my excitement.  Likeeeeeeeeeeeeee  Gosh, so much happened and I can’t even comprehend rn okay  So I’ve loved the backrooms for forever, as long as they have been around, liminal spaces are so so cool to me and I WANT to go to a real in depth made backrooms or liminal space so bad, genuinely  I loved how at the beginning the monster was covered, cause of course because of my knowledge of the YouTube series I thought it was that like cable monster, BUT NO, it was BIG CLARK and that’s so cool Yeah let’s talk about Clark now, Chiwetel absolutely destroyed this role. All of the little micro movements he was doing, his fear and insanity was incredible. Great character. And then when he was like it’s just me. HE LITERALLY MEANT THAT SHIT. Wow the reveal of big Clark was terrifying and so so good. Like so scary to look at. I love when things almost look like someone. Well I don’t love it but it terrifies me the most. His eyes man his eyes. A great kill as well oh my gosh. He killed himself which obviously has layers of symbolism, cause like he’s destroying himself and what not, you get it. And then the other remembered beings? Oh my goodness. What do you mean you can EAT THEM?? Bro. Such great horror on them. When we first saw his wife walking towards him when it was the vhs chase scene, that was amazing. And then she just standing in the corner behind Clark during the scene with Mary tied up is great horror. The remembered people, great stuff.  The set design. Idk how much of this was vfx or cgi, EITHER WAY, the set design of the backrooms was phenomenal. All of it. So scary how it was all placed. Like visually so so stunning. I’m just astonished. The scene where she goes up those stairs and it’s an infinite void under her. When she leaves the house and it’s the neighborhood? Like I don’t know how to explain but, that type of VIBE creeps me out so much! This wins best set design for me in my 2026 Oscar’s. Like really I could talk about how it looks all day.   Loved the VHS tape stuff. Felt like I was watching the original series on YouTube but with a higher budget.  The side characters were great. Loved Bobby and Kat. Could have honestly used more of them!  The score is amazing!  The CINEMATOGRAPHY, loved the stills shots. THIS IS HOW YOU DO HORROR. Let the camera sit with it. Like this is some of the best cinematography in horror. It just had this clean look overall, that was perfect for what the movie was going for. I loved how when they were outside in the real world it looked off in general. Like the lighting and how the clouds looked. When it first started I was thinking oh maybe this won’t be that scary and just go more into thriller mystery but no, it got scary.  Now Mary… like, what happened at the end? Are they saying that none of that shit was real? Or like Mary became one of the remembered people? Or were they just showing us the remembered version of Mary? It has to be one of those 3 and idk which one it is? Loved it though either way! And great performance by Renate. And I’d loved to understand more about what was going on with her mom?  They don’t spoon feed you anything and that’s great!  And overall I just love how the movies makes me feel, whenever they are actually in the backrooms. This needs a rewatch and a YouTube video breakdown! And I can’t wait!  Kane Parsons. Curry Baker. You guys are the HEAD of modern horror.  “All these, rooms.”