Movies The Eerie Backstory Behind the Backrooms The highly anticipated A24 horror film Backrooms captures one of the internet’s creepiest phenomena. By Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. Sign in or create an account to better manage your email preferences. Unsubscribe from email alerts Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from email alerts for Nadira Goffe ? May 29, 2026 5:02 PM A24 How does a teenager become the director of one of the year’s most anticipated auteur horror films? The answer, of course, is the internet. The digital expanse is our foremost bridge closing the gap between opportunity and accessibility for young creatives; it’s also a virtual space that elides both the liminal and the concrete, that allows us to analyze the in-between spaces in life, which, ironically, then helps us define them.…