Backrooms Movie Review

 

The Backrooms has Clark's inventory problem solved!

BY C STONE | THE SUPER HOT /||" MOVIES AND ENTERTAINMENT "||\

Having just watched The Backrooms movie, I wanted to share my thoughts and views about this latest 2026 horror movie. If you're expecting a feel good movie, this isn't it. Beyond the super-massive set, this movie brings a lot of creep factor and retro filmmaking look. The endless, changing rooms and hallways brought this element of unknown danger. "What if I get lost in here?" was one thought that popped up. 

Clark hears a voice and investigates.

It has that dated, feel-good 1990's feel - you know? That wonderful nostalgia moment when things were going great in your life. 

Clark, a man possessed by demons of alcohol, rage, and painful memories. He's stuck running a dead-end crappy furniture store and usually spends the night sleeping at his store, in a bed meant for customers. Creating his own home-made commercials, Clark introduces us to the retail side of furniture sales. 

Protip: It sucks. Yeah, it's that awful.

Clark Inspects the strange yellow wall

I won't spoil the movie or reveal any major details. Some of the gore was difficult to watch. I'll admit I was never a fan of grotesque people or savage violence. 

Mary, looking completely f*cked up.

Fortunately, most of the movie spends time on character development: Showing him talk to Mary, his psychologist. She's invested into Clark and trying to get him to change into a better person - but he keeps dwelling into his past marriage and why it failed. Hint: It was alcoholism.

"What is this place?"

As Clark begins his journey, exploring quite far into the backrooms, it became a game for me, as I was almost yelling at the images, saying "Go back! You've gone too far!" and "Hasn't he heard that ominous, dark sound?" That's a warning!

Mary isn't in Kansas anymore.

Poor Mary. The only character I really felt sorry for. Her childhood memories, that crazy mother, wow, didn't it ring bells to my own? In a way, there was a few lines that actually drew tears to my eyes. Which, do you ask? Well this one:

"We all have our loops. Our habits. Behaviors that keep us walking in circles. Reaching for the same solutions over and over again. ... And now, as an adult, you're still stuck right where you started. Alone."

Ouch.

Clark peers into an ominous opening.

During the slow but steady plot advances, I started to realize that if this place really existed it wouldn't be controlled by one person, but everything. To put it bluntly: There is nothing and everything in charge. I know, it's quite puzzling.

We interrupted a chair party.

This is completely out of context from the movie, but I had this awful thought: "Well, Clark finally has free furniture, and now he's got it made - just pull it from the unlimited Backrooms supply rooms!"

Right.

Mary, completely in disarray.

I was satisfied by the ending, but I know they aren't completely done with this series. I mean, what's keeping the Backrooms from invading your local 7-11 store? There are endless possibilities here.

Panic escape

For me, the real tough part of this movie wasn't the gore, creep, or even the comforting yellow wallpaper. It was the sad journey all the characters made, and that 1 awful line about being alone and loneliness just echoes pure truth.

If you're a hardcore Kane Pixels fan from youtube, don't expect much answers here. The people near the end of the movie are just pure caricatures, nothing with substance.

And perhaps, that was the saddest moment of all.

I'll give this movie a 7/10, it was pretty good.

CS