The ‘Backrooms’ Rotten Tomatoes Review Score Has Arrived

InnovationGamingThe ‘Backrooms’ Rotten Tomatoes Review Score Has ArrivedByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorMay 27, 2026, 09:35am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.BackroomsA24A24 is looking to nab a huge hit in the form of Backrooms, projected to make something between $40-50 million during its opening weekend. The horror movie, based on a boundary-pushing YouTube series, was directed by 19-year-old Kane Parsons, the creator of the original Backrooms, an age almost unprecedented for helming a project like this.Now, reviews are coming for Backrooms, and while decent enough, they are not sky-high like a few other horror entries this year, including the runaway hit from just two weeks ago, Obsession, which is on its way to make 100x its budget amidst 95% and 94% critic and audience Rotten Tomatoes scores. Backrooms, in contrast, has a 78% Rotten Tomatoes score right now with three dozen reviews in. How does that stack up against the other horror offerings of the year? Here’s the list of major releases:Obsession – 95% critic scoreSend Help – 93% critic score28 Years Later: The Bone Temple – 92% critic scoreHokum – 88% critic scoreWe Bury the Dead – 88% critic scoreBackrooms – 78% critic scorePrimate – 78% critic scoreUndertone – 74% critic scoreForbidden Fruits – 74% critic scoreReady or Not 2: Here I Come – 73% critic scoreThe Mummy – 47% critic scorePassenger – 46% critic scoreThe Dreadful – 36% critic scoreScream 7 – 30% critic scoreThe Strangers Chapter 3 – 18% critic scoreBackroomsA24So, good, not great, and well outside the top five entries there. The film is wild in concept and was always going to be a risk. Here’s the synopsis, which sort of only scratches the surface of what this world is:“A strange doorway appears in the bas...