Despite the hype, I suspect the reaction to Backrooms will be deeply divided.

The film offers no easy answers or logical explanations to dig into. No moment where someone stops and tells you what everything means. You can feel the larger mythology pressing against the edges of the frame, and it’s obvious that Kane Parsons has spent years thinking through the logic of this world. But one of my favorite things about the film is that none of that homework…

An incredible reminder that a simple premise, honored all the way to its ultimate conclusion, is still one of the most effective things horror can do. So many movies overcomplicate themselves trying to explain every rule into complete banality. Obsession does the opposite. It introduces one central goofy-ass idea, commits to it completely, and keeps pushing it further than you expect without ever wavering, anchored by an award-worthy performance from Inde Navarrette who is astoundingly effective. She gives the unmissable…