Backrooms (2026)

Backrooms (2026)

From The Lorehounds by The Lorehounds

June 5, 2026 · 2h 9m

About this episode

David and Elysia discuss the film Backrooms (2026), exploring its origins, themes, and the impact of internet culture on horror storytelling.

David and Elysia venture into the Horror Hounds to discuss Backrooms (2026), A24's creepypasta-turned-feature film directed by Kane Parsons and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve. They trace the film's remarkable origin — from an anonymous 2019 post on 4chan to Kane Pixels' three-year YouTube web series — and unpack how a 19-year-old first-time director delivered a confident, visually stunning film on a $10M budget with a 14X box office return. The conversation digs into the film's rich thematic layers, including the backrooms as a Jungian mirror of shared anxiety and mental illness, the AI-as-mimicry subtext, the literary connection to Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper , the psychological character studies of Mary and Clark, and what this film signals about a new generation of internet-native storytellers reshaping the horror genre. Contact Us Questions or comments? Send emails to: lorehounds@thelorehounds.com Or, send us a voicemail! You can use the voicemail tool on our website, thelorehounds.com/contact OR record a note on your smartphone and email it to us at the same address. Links to Patreon, Supercast, Discord, and Network Affiliates…

People in this episode

Hosts: David, Elysia

Topics covered

  • horror film
  • creepypasta
  • film analysis
  • mental illness
  • internet-native storytelling
  • character studies

Keywords

  • Backrooms
  • Kane Parsons
  • A24
  • horror genre
  • mental health
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor
  • Renate Reinsve
  • Jungian mirror
  • creepypasta origins

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: A24

Books & works: Backrooms, The Yellow Wallpaper

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