Saturday, 20 June 2026

Backrooms (4 Stars)


I didn't wait very long to watch "Backrooms" again. I'm visiting my son Benjamin this weekend, and I told him "Backrooms" is a film he needs to see. We went to the Lichterspielhaus in Schwäbisch Hall, one of Germany's oldest cinemas, opened in 1913. In a way it's a perfect setting for the film, since the rooms are dug into the cellars.

We watched it dubbed into German. That wasn't a problem, since German dubbing is so good. Benjamin loved it, and so did I. He's disappointed with me for only rating it four stars. Maybe it deserves more. Ask me again next year when I have the Blu-ray disc in my hand.

As I mentioned in my last review, the film takes place in 1990. That's a good year. Everything looks modern, but there are no smart phones or Internet. Things like that would spoil the film and make parts of the plot impossible.

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