Our take
Backrooms adapts the internet creepypasta into a claustrophobic rescue story when a therapist enters a maze behind a furniture store basement. It is rated R for language and violent content with bloody images, and the UK 15 certificate adds strong horror and injury detail. Scares lean on existential dread, distorted spaces, and creature attacks more than jump-scare rollercoasters. Frequent profanity and a few drug references appear, but sexual content is minimal beyond mild innuendo
Uplifting themes
A therapist risks herself to retrieve a missing patient, highlighting loyalty under extreme fear Mary models persistence and courage, though the surreal setting limits straightforward hero lessons
Story (may spoil tone)
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
What we flagged
Scores are 0–5: 0 means none; 5 means the strongest we flagged in that category.
Details
Violence Creature chases, stabbings, choking, and fatal attacks punctuate the ot…
Creature chases, stabbings, choking, and fatal attacks punctuate the otherwise atmospheric horror
Language Repeated mild and strong profanity, including many F-words during panic…
Repeated mild and strong profanity, including many F-words during panic in the maze
Sex / nudity No sex found in this title
No sex found in this title
Drugs / alcohol Characters mention prior drunkenness and casual cannabis use in convers…
Characters mention prior drunkenness and casual cannabis use in conversation
Frightening Endless corridors, distorted figures, kidnapping, and sustained existen…
Endless corridors, distorted figures, kidnapping, and sustained existential dread dominate the runtime
Self-harm / suicide No self-harm found in this title
No self-harm found in this title
Sexual violence No sexual violence found in this title
No sexual violence found in this title
Child peril / abuse No child peril found in this title
No child peril found in this title
Bullying / discrimination No bullying found in this title
No bullying found in this title
Gore / death / weapons Bloody impacts, a severed head, and pulpy creature injuries appear alon…
Bloody impacts, a severed head, and pulpy creature injuries appear alongside furniture-store rat killing
Dangerous behaviour Characters enter an unknown dimensional doorway and improvise rope esca…
Characters enter an unknown dimensional doorway and improvise rope escapes in unstable spaces
Eating disorders / body image No eating found in this title
No eating found in this title
Mental health Therapy, psychiatric hospital references, and caregiver stress frame th…
Therapy, psychiatric hospital references, and caregiver stress frame the real-world side of the nightmare
Gambling No gambling found in this title
No gambling found in this title
Grief / bereavement No grief found in this title
No grief found in this title
Talk after watching
- The horror comes from being trapped with no exit. How is that different from a monster-movie scare you can fight?
- Kids may know Backrooms from YouTube or games. Why is the film's tone much heavier than those fan versions?