Official Runtime of the ‘Backrooms’ Movie is 1 Hour, 45 Minutes; A24 Confirms "R" Rating

Weirdly enough it was the full penetration scene in the end credits that did it

I heard the movies 1 hour 45 minutes long but when you walk out of the theater 20 days have passed.

Which is funny, because when they announced this film, Kane wasn't old enough to see an R rated movie without an adult.

Having seen (I think) all of the Backrooms videos, it doesn’t exactly scream “this needs to be rated R”. Or is my understanding of ratings incorrect and simple jump scares require an R rating?

I'll admit I didn't really know anything about the whole backrooms thing other than it being a creepypasta, I had seem games on steam and some posts on liminal spaces pages and whatnot. After the trailer came out I saw the director was 20 and was a little taken a back, then went on a deep dive and read all about Kane Pixels / Kane Parsons, and found out he had made this entire series on Youtube, and immediately went and watched the whole thing front to back. Holy shit - first of all, I cannot believe this dude was able to pull off such an impressive feat in his teens. Secondly, I am now a thousand times more excited for this movie now that I've seen the original series and gotten into the existing lore. Crazy how this stuff just sort of happens on the internet and you sort of hear about it in passing without realizing how huge it is or what impact it's actually having. Anyway, I'm BEYOND excited for this film now, and basically became a huge backrooms fan overnight due to this dude's work. EDIT: if anybody wants to check out his original series, [you can check it out here.](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVAh-MgDVqvDUEq6qDXqORBioE4Yhol_z) They've announced the movie is canon with this series, though I assume they are making it with the intent that you can go in completely blind. My assumption is just that there will be easter eggs and bits of lore that people familiar with the original series will recognize.

Honestly, I'm expecting it to be received as an average movie that will gain a following over the years. KP strikes me as someone who can keep his ideas restrained and ambiguous enough without pissing off audiences with a JJ Abrams like "mystery box".

Creepypasta horror's got quite some momentum these past few years. Rob Lowe and Crispin Glover are some big names in the Tommy Taffy adaption coming out, and I believe they're also shopping out the Right Left game.

I think I'm expecting a reception kinda similar to Longlegs (it was critically quite loved actually) but generally more positive with audiences

The Faces of Death remake is pretending we haven't watched Final Destination for decades.

Probably because the director is 20 and has been making this content since he was like 16 and there's an entire genre of analogue horror of this type that's mainly watched on YouTube.

Because it’s popular with teens and the director is 20 and has been making backrooms content for years.

I'm an older millenial, and I'd never heard of it until my 6 year old nephew started telling me and my brother about it, but for the little I know about it, I want to see the f*** out of this when it releases.

I’m going to see this movie with my pre-teen. They’ve watched the YouTube series, and I knew nothing about it. Their first A24, ha.

Because it’s “creepy pasta”/“lore” slop that kids watch on YouTube  I was extremely embarrassed when I first heard about this and I’m even more embarrassed by all the positive comments talking so seriously about it Why not make a movie about “scp” next 🙄

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The Oldest View was absolutely incredible. I recommend anyone interested in this to watch that - just skip part 1. Its around 40 minutes long, also made by Kane Pixels.

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The article has a [link](https://app.a24films.com/ticketing) to the A24 site that confirms the runtime and R rating

It’s made by the original guy, the one who made the mega viral video and subsequent series. [This one.](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVAh-MgDVqvDUEq6qDXqORBioE4Yhol_z)

That “therapist lady” is the incredible f****** actor, Renate Reinsve, who won best actress at Cannes for ‘The Worst person in the world,’ and was equally incredible in Sentimental Value. Put some f****** respect on her name.

Kane's first Backrooms short was the one that featured the weird TV headed creature that chased the MC through the backrooms, so I 100% expect something similar in this film.

People really have different takes on this. I think including - or certainly *showing* - a creature is absolute poison to this type of horror.

If it was over done, I think it would lose that spark. It's a pretty niche concept/setting/feeling and I'm ok with it staying that way. I LOVED Skinamarink (even though I admit it did feel a bit long for what it was). I'm excited to watch this for the uniqueness of it. I think the therapist angle is a bit odd. I really liked the "secret government project" aspect of the old shorts, but still excited.

Lee Cronin's Mummy?

nah, Kane just wants to have someone say f*** twice in a film and that makes it an automatic R.

It wouldn’t be divisive it would be terrible. A two and a half hour movie where nothing really happens except exploring liminal spaces with one character and a perceived threat would be truly insufferably boring and self indulgent. Also nothing about that is Lynchian is that word has truly lost all meaning.

I mean there is, just watch Kane’s series on YouTube lol. But in all seriousness….only David Lynch can David Lynch lol. It’s a miracle Inland Empire was made at all. Craziest film I’ve ever seen. Unwatchable probably for most people lol.

Same here, although it's likely just for language.

3 hour movies are an incredible rarity. But for me movies are never really too long, just poorly paced/edited. If I'm glued to the screen for an hour and half or 4 hours, I'm still glued to the screen and enjoying myself.

I have seen only the opposite from almost everyone. Kane’s original series isn’t going anywhere. I assume he’ll continue to make more. Selling 90 minutes of 4:3 blurry VHS handy cam footage just doesn’t work in 2026. You forget Blair Witch EXPLODED because people thought it was REAL. Found Footage did not exist as a genre, so it was able to sucker punch the market. Now that shit is literally everywhere, and it kinda ran its course tbh. I think the film will be half and half. They built a set for the Backrooms, but it’s not like they built the entire Backrooms as a set—Kane will work his magic, and there WILL be large found footage sections in the film that utilize his traditional Blender skills to create the more fantastical rooms and insane imagery—they kinda have to. It can’t all be “normal film”. Some has to be CGI, but thankful Kane will do it in his style we know and love.

It's a horror film.

What makes you think the audience for this movie is mostly teens?

That article is largely incorrect about that. The Backrooms stuff that sprung up around the original hype has been more flipware games and TikTok shit, but the core series made by also the director of this movie…is much more mature.

Whoa. I’m super shocked about the R rating. My daughter really wanted to see this. Now I’m wondering if maybe this won’t be totally appropriate.

take him anyways. necessary character development

Probably be R for Language, so it won't be any different from the youtube shorts your son has already seen. You can look up why it's rated R on IMDB etc the day it comes out more than likely if you want to be sure.

Wait until it comes out on streaming?

I mean it's not like backrooms is e for everyone, feels like you're past feigning concern

My parents took me to see The Matrix in theaters in 1999 when I was 9. Literally a formative experience! They saw it first and were like "we have to bring the boys this movie is 100% up their alley"

May be r for violence.

I saw some of The Sopranos as a kid. I think he’ll be okay.

Backrooms has been a thing for a while, all starting from a picture posted on 4chan back in 2019. Seperate from SCP lore.

I..don’t think this is a kids meme. This is from the original basement dwellers of 4chan, I’d say 20’s-30’s.

Probably too violent. And most of those original fans aren't kids anymore.