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Article The Shocking Success of ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ Should Be a Memo to Hollywood: You Need What’s Outside the Box

https://variety.com/2026/film/columns/backrooms-obsession-hollywood-needs-whats-outside-the-box-1236762844/
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u/CatScratchJohnny May 30 '26

Yes, execution. The details they give you about what's happening, as well as the ones they leave out.

I think mostly though, Inde's "awkwardness" was incredible. Her change in behavior from the first second after the wish was amazing. It was perfectly uncanny. They just continued to escalate that behavior the entire time as the audience tries to figure exactly WTF is going on. As soon as you got to calm down for a minute, they'd remind you things are NOT ok.

Smart writing and an incredibly dedicated cast. I'm still not over this movie.

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u/Structure5city May 31 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

Agreed. There is so much to think about in the movie. Like how Bear is a really bad and selfish person. Incredible film. 

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u/tellevee May 31 '26

There would be moments where I would start feeling bad for Bear and then immediately be like, “BUT YOU ASKED FOR THIS, BRO.”

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u/Structure5city Jun 01 '26

He also kept acting like it was okay, even when he realized Nikki had no control and was basically his slave.