# Backrooms (2026 film)

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Backrooms (2026 film) and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its sharp take on the ugliness of online life and its existential internet horror, and preview audiences said they loved it.

## Why people recommend it

- Captures ugliness of online life (1 comments): "one of the better attempts I've seen at integrating the ugliness, slop, and grotesque aspects of online life into a contemporary film" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956107))
- Existential internet horror done well (1 comments): "maybe this is an existential Internet horror film which actually gets the existentialism right" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47620713))
- Enjoyed by preview audiences (2 comments): "I took a friend to see the opening night preview and we both loved it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48349269)) "Backrooms for me was definitely a yum!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48357693))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Backrooms (2026 film)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/backrooms.md): 22 recommend
- [Obsession (2025 film)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/obsession.md): 12 recommend
- [Sinners (2025)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sinners.md): 12 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Backrooms (2026 film)", https://hackerapproved.com/p/backrooms-film/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).