After a long wait, A24 has officially dropped the first trailer of Backrooms, the upcoming horror film by Kane Parsons, and it gives all the unsettling vibes fans were looking for. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, the film brings to life one of the internet’s most unsettling urban legends in the past decade. But what exactly are the so-called “backrooms,” and why has one random yellow-wallpapered, space haunted the internet for years?
What’s the story behind the internet urban legend of the backrooms?
In case you missed one of the most discussed creepypastas, now is the time. The concept of the “Backrooms” originated from an image that randomly popped up on the internet in 2019 from a now-famous anonymous Reddit post on 4chan. It featured an eerie image of empty, yellow-lit office-like rooms. The post mentioned an eerie idea: what if you accidentally glitched out of reality and found yourself trapped in an endless maze of rooms with seemingly no exit?
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