The ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is a Suffocating Descent Into Terror!

Let there be hype!

The first trailer for Backrooms is here, and you don’t understand just how good it is. The tone, the vibe, the look – it’s all there, and it hits hard. It’s terrifying stuff, suffocating and claustrophobic, but at the same time weirdly massive, like you’re stuck in something that goes on forever but still won’t let you breathe. It’s that empty, liminal void energy, like a black hole closing in around you. The whole thing looks genuinely creepy as hell, and the found-footage style just makes it feel even more real and uncomfortable. This is actual nightmare fuel.

Honestly, based on this trailer alone, this has “biggest horror movie of the year” written all over it. The only question is whether director Kane Parsons can actually stick the landing, because what they’re showing here in this trailer is seriously impressive. The hype is real.

So what’s it about? Academy Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor plays a furniture store owner who discovers a portal to a strange, empty office space hidden in the back of his shop. At first, he approaches it with a kind of Poltergeist-style curiosity, testing it, trying to understand what it is. But as the trailer goes on, it becomes clear this place is way bigger – and way worse – than he thought. He starts experimenting, pushing deeper, and the whole thing takes on a strong V/H/S meets As Above, So Below vibe. And then his wife (Renate Reinsve) finds it… and from there, you can already tell things are about to spiral into something seriously disturbing.

I guess we’ll find out on May 29, 2026.

This Backrooms trailer will leave you breathless (in the worst way). Watch.