A24 Has Just Released a 'Haunting' The Shining Replacement

A24’s Backrooms opened in theaters on May 29 and is drawing strong early reviews, with an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Critics praised its eerie atmosphere, sound design, and production design, calling it an effective psychological horror film.

Several reviewers compared its unsettling, location-driven dread and dreamlike mood to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.

The film adapts the viral Backrooms creepypasta and web series, marking the feature debut of 21-year-old director Kane Parsons.