'Backrooms' starts streaming this week: Here are 6 eerie films to check out beyond Kane Parsons' record-breaking A24 movie

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Backrooms left audiences stuck in the loop, craving more liminal horror. This week, Kane Parsons' record-breaking A24 directorial debut starts streaming on HBO Max , so you'll be able to revisit those creepy yellow halls as often as you'd like. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, Backrooms is about one of the internet's favorite urban legends, and it expands upon Parsons' own web series exploring the creepypasta phenomenon .

Here's where and when you can stream Backrooms, plus a few more recommendations for liminal and psychological horror films.

When does Backrooms come out on streaming?

Backrooms starts streaming Sept. 25 on HBO Max.

Kane Parsons' original found-footage short-film series, which inspired the 2026 movie, is available to watch for free on YouTube.

While Backrooms premieres on HBO Max on Sept. 25, it's unclear whether the extended director's cut, Backrooms: Everything Must Go Edition, will also be available to stream.

While Kane Parsons' A24 blockbuster introduced many viewers to liminal-space horror, it's not the only film that explores the terror of the infinite (or the creepiest corners of the internet). Here are a few more movies to check out if you liked Backrooms:

Neon's It Ends was released in the shadow of Backrooms , so while the two films share producers, you may have missed this quieter liminal horror movie about a group of friends who wind up on a seemingly endless roadtrip. Phinehas Yoon, Akira Jackson, Noah Toth and Mitchell Cole star. It's available to rent or buy on Apple TV , Amazon Prime Video and other video-on-demand platforms.

In an attempt to exit a subway station, a man becomes lost inside a loop of tunnels filled with horrifying anomalies, and must follow increasingly confusing directions to reach Exit 8. Kazunari Ninomiya stars in this psychological horror film, currently available to stream on AMC+ .

We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021)

For anyone who got the chance to see Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma this summer, consider checking out Jane Schoenbrun's feature directorial debut. We're All Going to the World's Fair follows a lonely teenager participating in an online challenge that promises to cause mental and physical changes. The psychological horror-drama uses the found footage style to explore a particularly unsettling corner of the internet. Anna Cobb stars in the film, which you can stream on Mubi .

Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots star as a young couple who, upon visiting a housing development, become trapped within a neighborhood of identical looking units. This sci-fi thriller streams free with ads on Tubi.

Liminal space, but make it aliens. This star-studded sci-fi horror film follows a biologist who joins an expedition into Area X to find out what happened to her husband. The cast includes Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson and Oscar Isaac. You can watch Annihilation with MGM+ .

If you really want more creepy, endless hallways and no way out, well, "Heeeere's Johnny!" Stanley Kubrick's 1980 psychological horror film follows a family of winter caretakers for the Overlook Hotel. Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd star in this classic, which is available to stream on Philo .