The walls are closing in on you. A24’s Backrooms film brings a classic creepypasta story to the big screen for one chilling adventure. The film follows a furniture store owner and his therapist as they discover a bunch of liminal spaces in the basement of his store.

Viewers claimed to see a monster in the background of one of the shots. Though the tagline — “See How Far It Goes” — again focused on the never-ending rooms, a potential monster was no surprise for long-time backrooms fans. This creature, known as the Lifeform, first appeared in Parsons’ 2022 web series, which is inspiring the movie.

Liminal spaces have become so popular in recent years that they’re now ingrained in internet culture and media. In a nutshell, they’re abandoned-looking spots that are an eerie transition between one place and the next, like hallways, airport lounges ...

Kimberly Dawn Neumann is a New York City-based magazine and book writer whose work has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including Women’s Health, Health, Cosmopolitan, Fitness, Prevention, Redbook and more. She graduated summa cum laude fr..