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pulling the feels…
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FUN
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how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
45
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Nobody has rated this on FlickFeel yet. This is public discussion of this title, read into a curve. It is not a rating and it never becomes one.
Read from 112 comments (78 from Reddit, 24 from Metacritic, 10 from TMDB reviews) — 35 of them described how it moves.
〰️ uneven — Peaks and dips, no clear shape. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. Very little of it ever resolves. Marked above the line: 1 moment that made people jump.
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“The POV camcorder sections were superb and easily my favorite parts of the film.”
altaccount69420100 · Reddit ↗
“The part where Clark goes into the room with only the Christmas tree lighting the room and this creepy version of Feliz Navidad playing was my favorite part of the movie, just so eerie and creepy.”
altaccount69420100 · Reddit ↗
“I do think the ending was a bit clunky, they kinda showed too much in my opinion”
altaccount69420100 · Reddit ↗
“by the final chase scene I wasn’t really feeling scared at all tbh”
altaccount69420100 · Reddit ↗
“The opening of the movie was honestly 11/10 for me. They barely showed the entity and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. It immediately grabbed my attention in the best way possible.”
Hooligunss · Reddit ↗
“The first half absolutely nailed the atmosphere for me too.”
Hooligunss · Reddit ↗
Read 24 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
Published reviews, not felt experience — a different question from the one above, and never mixed into the FlickFeel score.
It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.
“Like so many of the most memorable, most surprising horror movies, Backrooms winds up feeling ripe for sequels and spin-offs. The only question is whether more movies in this vein could maintain the mysteries hanging over the Backrooms. Horror sequels tend to overexplain and overdevelop, answering questions that shouldn’t really be answered. Here’s hoping we never fully find out what the Backrooms are, or exactly why they make the hair on the back of our collective necks stand on end.”
Tasha Robinson, Polygon · 100
“As bizarre as it is terrifying, Backrooms may not be a revolution in horror, but it’s a beyond-freaky remapping of the genre.”
Tim Robey, The Telegraph · 100
“Backrooms progressively raises its game towards the big finish with jump scares, squirm scares and tiny shiver scares. There is real fascination in exploring this vast, invisible city state of fear.”
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian · 100
“Sparse yet gripping, “Backrooms” and its minimalist story accommodate the audience’s own free-ranging imagination.”
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times · 100
“Backrooms could have easily been disposable internet-horror junk food—a feature-length extension of creepypasta aesthetics with nothing underneath. Instead, Parsons delivers something far more haunting: an affecting horror film about imprisonment, memory distortion, and the private hell of mistaking isolation for refuge.”
Rodrigo Perez, The Playlist · 100
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 24 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
it reviews better than it plays — critics 82, the watch 60
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“The POV camcorder sections were superb and easily my favorite parts of the film.”
altaccount69420100▲ 3,650about 0–100% inread it ↗
“The part where Clark goes into the room with only the Christmas tree lighting the room and this creepy version of Feliz Navidad playing was my favorite part of the movie, just so eerie and creepy.”
altaccount69420100▲ 3,650about 0–100% inread it ↗
“I do think the ending was a bit clunky, they kinda showed too much in my opinion”
altaccount69420100▲ 3,650about 80–100% inread it ↗
“by the final chase scene I wasn’t really feeling scared at all tbh”
altaccount69420100▲ 3,650about 80–100% inread it ↗
“I personally spent about half of the movie trying to figure things out as the characters tried to figure things out.”
PrpleDinoB0iiiabout 0–50% inread it ↗
“Once that aha moment and everything clicked together, everything became a lot scarier.”
PrpleDinoB0iiiabout 50–100% inread it ↗
“Na minha interpretação, o filme não se perde em sua segunda metade; quem se perde é o próprio Clark. Sua transformação psicológica faz parte da narrativa e representa o impacto daquele ambiente inexplicável sobre sua sanidade.”
Daviii201about 50–100% inread it ↗
“es un poco lenta al inicio”
Manuelchj28about 0–15% inread it ↗
“While the opening scene is interesting, the scene where the protagonist finds them is not.”
Alejandro Merino Ortegaabout 0–15% inread it ↗
“Having a clear exit point significantly reduces the tension for him. He controls the space, he's oriented, and he doesn't seem lost or confused by having to take paths he wouldn't choose if fleeing the creature. He quickly finds his way back. This sequence evokes so little fear that the protagonist even goes back to grab a stool. (He's not afraid of the place; he controls it.)”
Alejandro Merino Ortegaabout 15–25% inread it ↗
“Anointing a young, first-time big screen director as the new filmmaking messiah of his or her particular genre is a risky undertaking, to be sure. Does the fledgling auteur have what it takes to live up to that auspicious title? Is this an ordination that’s truly warranted? It’s serious business, both for box office tallies and artistically speaking. But does the heir apparent truly possess the skills, talent and vision to achieve success on both fronts? That’s something worth considering in lig”
Brent Marchantread it ↗
“**Score: 3/10 — An Engaging Walk to Nowhere** I don't like movies that go nowhere, don't make any sense, or lack an actual ending. And *Backrooms*? It's the poster child for all three. I feel like I've wasted a part of my life that I will never get back... time that could have been better spent watching a different movie. The concept is solid. Kane Parsons, the 20-year-old director behind the viral YouTube series, brings the internet's favourite liminal space nightmare to the big screen. C”
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