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EPISODE · Jun 1, 2026 · 48 MIN

Backrooms (2026)

from Cinephomaniacs · host Cinephomaniacs

Journey into the backrooms in this new Cinephomaniacs episode about A24’s most recent horror movie.‘Backrooms’ follows Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve into an underground, possibly endless labyrinth of the mundane where they might not be alone. 20-year-old Kane Parsons makes his feature film debut in this expansion of his Youtube series. Peyton and Andrew discuss the viral origins of the backrooms, what works about this new movie (and what doesn’t), and their thoughts on the present generation of YouTubers turned filmmakers in this in-depth spoiler review.Discussion also includes the Palme d’Or-winning ‘Fjord’, Damien Leone’s next movie, and the series finale of ‘Hacks’.Follow Us:Cinephomaniacs on all the platforms: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/cinephomaniacs⁠⁠⁠Andrew's Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://andrewlikesmovies.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠Peyton's Letterboxd: ⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/dualip/⁠⁠⁠Andrew on all the platforms: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/andrewlikesmovies

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Journey into the backrooms in this new Cinephomaniacs episode about A24’s most recent horror movie.‘Backrooms’ follows Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve into an underground, possibly endless labyrinth of the mundane where they might not be alone. 20-year-old Kane Parsons makes his feature film debut in this expansion of his Youtube series. Peyton and Andrew discuss the viral origins of the backrooms, what works about this new movie (and what doesn’t), and their thoughts on the present generation of YouTubers turned filmmakers in this in-depth spoiler review.Discussion also includes the Palme d’Or-winning ‘Fjord’, Damien Leone’s next movie, and the series finale of ‘Hacks’.Follow Us:Cinephomaniacs on all the platforms: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/cinephomaniacs⁠⁠⁠Andrew's Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://andrewlikesmovies.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠Peyton's Letterboxd: ⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/dualip/⁠⁠⁠Andrew on all the platforms: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/andrewlikesmovies

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