Backrooms

[SocksAndTheCity]

I don't really know where to start with this - I've seen the directors YouTube series and quite a few other Backrooms videos (although I don't think it matters if you haven't and it's definitely a standalone film) and liked them, but I suspected the off-kilter creepiness might be spoilt a bit in a shiny full scale production.

It definitely wasn't IMO, and the atmosphere of tension and dread was all there in spades; anybody expecting a straightforward linear narrative probably won't enjoy it, but parts were genuinely like being trapped in a nightmare and I was with it all the way 😀

Definitely not for everyone but incredibly impressive for a twenty year old director. Great performances too and I think they actually built the set, which I never want to see in real life ever.

I really want to see this! Glad to hear it's good as a standalone. How scary on a scale of 1-10?

My daughter saw it and loved it. I’ve seen one of the YouTube episodes and that was enough for me. Absolutely terrifying!!!! I agree the creator (now director!) is so talented.

It was excellent, and properly creepy. I also enjoyed the slow pace which is rare in movies these days.

Oh so did I! It was a real treat not to have a constant crash bang wallop of STUFF HAPPENING! because somebody somewhere thinks that's the only way to keep people engaged.

There's barely even a plot, to be honest. What is there is mostly to get the characters into the backrooms in the first place, where not a great deal happens but everything that does is somehow incredibly unsettling.

It really depends on what you find scary, I think. There was one moment where I nearly fell out of my seat but that likely wouldn't bother others, and those looking for trad type jump scares won't find anything much, but the scary bits (even if it's just barely seeing a glimpse of something disappearing around a corner in the background) are so well done I found myself holding my breath a few times without even noticing 😂