Feels From Reels: Backrooms
A Spoiler-free Film Review Series
Feels from Reels is a spoiler-free film review series, where I capture only the emotions I felt and thoughts that came from them, after viewing a movie. This kind of reflection helps me consider the emotional connection an audience has to my own characters and stories in screenplay. I hope you enjoy! <3
🎬 Films: Backrooms (2026)
Resources:
IMDB ⬅️ see Trailer, Director, Producers, Writers, and Cast here
Adapted from a Novel? Nope. The concept began in May 2019 when an anonymous user posted an unsettling, empty image of yellow wallpaper, dingy carpet, and fluorescent lights on the imageboard 4chan. Another user replied, suggesting that you could end up in this place by "noclip[ping]" out of reality in the wrong areas—a video game term for glitching through a solid wall. Here’s a cool video that explains more.
Logline: “After a therapist's patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to save him.”
Where I Was: Cinelux (Capitola, CA)
🫀Feelings and Emotions
“I felt…” “That left me feeling…”
Sympathy
Misery
Depression
Like a loser
Concerned
Surprised
Intrigued
Anticipation
Perplexed
Terrified
Anxious
Terrorized
Speechless
🤔 Thoughts from Feelings
“This looks like a furniture store my parents would take me to”
“His life seems hollow”
“The therapist seems cold”
“What the hell just happened?”
“The set design is incredible”
“I love when you cannot see what terrorizes you”
“I don’t think he’s okay…”
“I can’t believe she did that”
“This cast is amazing!”
“What an incredible psychological experiment”
“This is pretty terrifying”
“Whoever did the sound effects is brilliant”
“What a dizzying set”
“Powerful confrontation”
“Who are these guys?!”
“I don’t fully comprehend what I just saw”
“It’s been a long time since I heard post-movie applause after a horror film, and I’m here for it!”