Kane Parsons’ A24 horror film “Backrooms,” starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, starts streaming on HBO Max Sept. 25. The guide also recommends six more liminal or psychological horror films. His original found-footage series is free on YouTube.
The recommendations include It Ends (2026), about friends on an apparently endless road trip, available to rent or buy on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video and other video-on-demand services; Exit 8 (2026), about a man lost in a subway loop of anomalies, streaming on AMC+; and We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021), streaming on Mubi.
The other picks are Vivarium (2019), free with ads on Tubi; Annihilation (2018), available with MGM+; and The Shining (1980), streaming on Philo. The article says it is unclear whether the extended cut, Backrooms: Everything Must Go Edition, will also be available to stream.
