Backrooms Review: Feature-Length Adaptation Loses the Short's Horror Magic
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Kaitlyn Booth
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Summary
A review of the film 'Backrooms' directed by Kane Parsons, arguing that while the concept works brilliantly as a short-form horror piece, the feature-length adaptation loses its effectiveness. The reviewer contends that the more the backrooms are explained and explored, the less scary and interesting they become, similar to how over-explaining creature features diminishes their horror. The film follows a therapist whose patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality.
Key quotes
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Much like great creature features, the longer we stay in the backrooms, and the more people try to explain it, the less interesting and scary it becomes.
The more people try to explain it, the less scary it becomes.
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