On Friday May 29, 2026 the backroom movie hits theaters. The backrooms film follows a therapist who, after her patient vanishes, follows him through a mysterious doorway into an alternate dimension of endless, empty yellow rooms. The film was created due to the high popularity and mystery of the backrooms original photo and game.
The eerie photo of a desolate, maze-like empty office space was posted in 2019 on forchan. The photo instantly became an internet sensation. Many users claim they experienced an psychological reaction known as Anemia which is a deep nostalgia for a time or place they had never actually experienced. The photo was treated as a mystery, the internet began creating a massive universe about the photo. They named it the “backrooms”. A series of collaborative wikis created fictional catalogs and created levels and monsters connected to the photo. The picture launched a digital scavenger hunt trying to locate the photos’ real world origin. In May 2024 the origin of the image was revealed. It turned out to be a photo taken during a renovation of a hobby shop in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The single image became a blueprint to many projects to come.
Once the photo gained internet traction groups and organizations started creating stories. A game was eventually created by the studio Fancy Games and Blackbird Interactive and was published by Secret Mode. The Backroom game is an infinite maze horror game. The game relies purely on survival, psychological tension, and the constant, creeping dread that you are being hunted by something lurking. It features 30-40 levels. With the game came a huge community and culture that left a big mark in the gaming community.
After 4 years and the game and photos massive popularity The Backrooms movie officially releases. Directed by Kane Parsons the film explores one of the internet’s most famous photos into a psychological horror movie. The film is about a man named Clark, a small business owner who has been living out of the basement of his furniture showroom following a separation from his wife. He finds a dimensional doorway leading to “The Backrooms”.
Years of fandom and internet storylines have paid off and created a real impact in pop culture. Now fans will be able to experience the backrooms in the theaters.