10 Shows and Movies Like 'Backrooms' You Should Watch Next
We may earn a commission from links on this page. A 20-year-old director's low-budget film based on a YouTube series crushed the box office in its opening weekend, it's $80 million+ take representing the biggest opening weekend for an original horror movie ever . (Meanwhile, psychological horror movie Obsession came in second in its third weekend of release—actually making more money that it did in weekend two!—beating the latest Star Wars film .) What's most notable here is that neither Backrooms nor Obsession are exactly conventional, audience-friendly horror. Backrooms in particular is a deliberately paced meditation on modern existence that makes the blandest possible environment feel like at least one circle of hell—much the same way The Shining turned a cozy, snowbound hotel into a living nightmare. Its success offers up a bit of hope that maybe, just maybe, the movies are back. And if you want to keep chasing that feeling of existential dread, here are 10 mo...
