The film adaptation of the viral Backrooms web series is set to open in UK cinemas on May 29. Directed by 20-year-old Kane Parsons, it stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve in a story of endless liminal spaces.
Backrooms draws from a YouTube anthology rooted in an online meme. Parsons, who also goes by Kane Pixels, directs the A24 production and is noted as its youngest filmmaker to date. The story begins with recovered footage of bland beige rooms before shifting to a narrative about a furniture store owner named Clark who explores the space beneath his building and records his experiences for his psychiatrist Kate.
