{"id":41655,"date":"2026-02-28T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/?p=41655"},"modified":"2026-02-28T11:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:31:38","slug":"teaser-released-for-backrooms-opening-in-theaters-may-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/teaser-released-for-backrooms-opening-in-theaters-may-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaser Released for \u201cBackrooms,\u201d Opening in Theaters May 29"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first teaser has been released for <strong>Backrooms<\/strong>, the upcoming feature film from director <strong>Kane Parsons<\/strong>, whose original viral upload helped define a new era of internet\u2011driven horror. The film will be released in theaters nationwide on <strong>May 29<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Backrooms | Official Teaser HD | A24\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tKGhxMi50y8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The story begins when a mysterious doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom, setting off a chain of events connected to the unsettling liminal spaces popularized in Parsons\u2019 original series. The film expands on the concept with a narrative centered on disorientation, isolation, and the unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cast and Crew<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Directed by:<\/strong> Kane Parsons <strong>Written by:<\/strong> Will Soodik <strong>Based on the series by:<\/strong> Kane Parsons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Starring:<\/strong> Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7dcf2f07-0063-1824-680a-b7b1901ac524-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7dcf2f07-0063-1824-680a-b7b1901ac524-691x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41656\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7dcf2f07-0063-1824-680a-b7b1901ac524-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7dcf2f07-0063-1824-680a-b7b1901ac524-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7dcf2f07-0063-1824-680a-b7b1901ac524-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7dcf2f07-0063-1824-680a-b7b1901ac524-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7dcf2f07-0063-1824-680a-b7b1901ac524-1382x2048.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7dcf2f07-0063-1824-680a-b7b1901ac524-660x978.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7dcf2f07-0063-1824-680a-b7b1901ac524-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first teaser has been released for Backrooms, the upcoming feature film from director Kane Parsons, whose original viral upload helped define a new era of internet\u2011driven horror. The film will be released in theaters nationwide on May 29. Synopsis The story begins when a mysterious doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom,\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/teaser-released-for-backrooms-opening-in-theaters-may-29\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,4,4396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-trailers","category-movies","category-trailers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41663,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41655\/revisions\/41663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}