Midnight Madness: Backrooms

When furniture salesman Clark discovers a hidden portal in the basement of his store, he gets trapped in another reality, the so-called Backrooms. When his therapist tries to save him, she discovers a mysterious labyrinth of abandoned, constantly changing office spaces that seem to go on infinitely. As time fades, something inhuman appears to be lurking just out of sight. Specifically for Cinema ZED Leuven On Friday, June 12, the film will have its avant-premiere during our monthly Midnight Madness. No better way to experience this film than at the stroke of midnight! Moreover, with the purchase of a ticket with your ZED student card, take a free +1 with you! Commentary In January 2022, Kane Parsons began uploading a video series, titled Backrooms , on his YouTube channel at the age of seventeen. The concept of Backrooms originated on internet forums and is based on the aesthetics of the liminal space, an expansive, extra-dimensional series of empty rooms. The viral success of the series ensured that just a year later, a film adaptation, directed by Parsons and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, was already announced. Parsons is thus the youngest director ever of an A24 feature film, with big names like James Wan ( Saw ) and Osgood Perkins ( Longlegs ) attached as producers.