Avan Jogia in A24'S Backrooms: Everything You Need to Know Before Watching
Analog horror faces a difficult test when it migrates from personal smartphone screens to commercial theaters. The subgenre thrives on intimacy. It works because low-resolution footage found on a private monitor feels like illicit, recovered media. Expanding that aesthetic into a multi-million-dollar cinematic release carries the inherent risk of over-explaining the mystery.
Parsons and Jogia appear keenly aware of that danger. By avoiding modern CGI monsters and keeping the camera anchored to Jogia's psychological disorientation, the film attempts to preserve the specific, unnerving dread that made the original footage compelling. If the production succeeds, it will prove that internet-born folklore can sustain full-length cinematic storytelling without losing the haunting ambiguity that made millions look twice at blank walls and humming light fixtures.
