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- Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: It’s creative in its style and execution, contains some legitimate suspense, and features two actors operating in top form.
- Alex Bentley @ CultureMap Dallas
- Excerpt: The ambiguous nature of Backrooms lends it the possibility of becoming a franchise, as Parsons could seemingly take it in any direction he wanted and have it feel part of the larger whole. Given how well done this and other recent films by YouTubers have been, the melding of the two seemingly disparate mediums makes more sense than ever.
- Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: a film which may appeal to its Internet followers, but like too many horror films from new filmmakers this year, takes a great premise and fails to build a fully satisfying narrative around it
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: The unknown is horror’s greatest weapon. It overexplains itself in the final stretch, but not before delivering one hell of a nightmare.
- Kristian Lin @ Fort Worth Weekly
- Excerpt: Whatever impact it has on cinema’s future, right now you can just appreciate Backrooms for its freshness. It’s one thing to make a good horror flick, and quite another to make a whole other kind of horror that we haven’t seen before.
- Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: A horror movie with a unique kick.
- Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: Kane Parsons’ ‘Backrooms’ is a disorienting nightmare that derives its horror as much from its kaleidoscopic, alien architecture as its unsettling meditation on loneliness and self-imposed isolation. Atmospherically haunting and deeply unnerving, even if its unconventional approach may alienate viewers craving clearer answers.
- Jacob Oller @ The A.V. Club
- Excerpt: A well-designed but stretched-thin adaptation feels uncannily authentic, for what it’s worth.
- Shelagh Rowan-Legg @ ScreenAnarchy
- Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: Explore the labyrinths of the unconscious in this ambiguous and terrifying psychological horror.
- [New] | Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: A horror film made with consideration and intelligence, delivering a story that makes excellent use of both its central concept and the nineties context in which it unfolds.
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