The film, which is written by Will Soodik and directed by Kane Parsons, is based on the filmmaker's own series of YouTube shorts, with the story following Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Mary (Renate Reinsve) as they discover some creepy locations.

Kane Parsons's twisted world of Backrooms has made it from YouTube to the big screen – with furniture store owner Clark taking centre stage. Kicked out from his home by his wife and living in the Cap'n Clark's Ottoman Empire store's showroom,

The ‘Backrooms’ monster torments Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Dr. Mary Kline (Renate Reinsve), alongside other mysteries—here’s what it all means.

It’s built on all sorts of tantalizing what-ifs. A furniture-store owner named Clark, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, finds a portal in his shop’s basement that leads to a mysterious space with no apparent end.