BACKROOMS: EVERYTHING MUST GO EDITION Heads Back to Theaters With 15 Minutes of Exclusive Post-Credits Content
If you thought Backrooms had finished its impressive theatrical run, think again. After becoming one of the biggest horror surprises of the year, Kane Parsons' feature debut is returning to theaters with an extended edition that gives fans of the movie another reason to step back into its unsettling maze.
The new release is titled Backrooms: Everything Must Go Edition, and according to Phoenix Theatres, it adds 15 minutes of brand-new material that audiences won't be able to see anywhere else. The updated theatrical runtime clocks in at 2 hours and 6 minutes, compared to the original 1 hour and 51 minutes.
The theater listing states, "This special showing will include an additional 15 minutes of new, theatrically exclusive post-credit bonus footage from Kane Parsons."
Exactly what that footage includes is still a mystery. It could feature deleted scenes or even a tease for what's next in the Backrooms universe. Whatever it turns out to be, fans will have to stick around after the credits to find out.
You won’t find me spending any more money on this movie though because I wasn’t really into and thought it was pretty boring. 15 additional minutes of extra footage isn’t gonna bring me back to theaters! That’s something I won’t be putting myself through.
But, if you are excited to see more footage, the extended edition arrives in U.S. theaters on July 3 and will be playing at locations including Emagine Entertainment, Regal Cinemas, and other participating theater chains.
Since opening on May 29, Backrooms has earned an incredible $81.4 million domestically and has gone on to gross more than $330 million worldwide. It also landed an impressive 87% score on Rotten Tomatoes, making its success even more remarkable considering the film was produced on a modest $10 million budget and marks Parsons' first feature film.
Based on the internet urban legend that has fascinated horror fans for years, Backrooms follows an employee at a furniture showroom who discovers a doorway leading into an endless maze of interconnected rooms. Once inside, he quickly realizes he isn't alone. The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell.
The roots of Backrooms stretch back to 2019, when an anonymous image of a strange, endless yellow room appeared on 4chan. The unsettling photo sparked the imagination of countless internet storytellers, who expanded the creepy concept into an ever-growing mythology about an endless labyrinth lurking just beyond reality.
Parsons took that idea even further with his massively popular Backrooms web series, building out the mythology while leaning into the eerie feeling of liminal spaces. That series eventually paved the way for the feature film, and judging by its massive box office performance, audiences were more than ready to make the jump from YouTube to the big screen.