The 2026 Backrooms movie’s perfect sequel already released years before the film itself even debuted thanks to how similar and fascinating one other horror series is. Given how challenging it can be to convey the concept of the Backrooms in a brief but full summation, the fact Backrooms has managed to be one of 2026’s biggest movies thus far is all the more impressive to note.
Currently, Backrooms is the year’s ninth highest grossing movie as a result of its $370 million worldwide box office (as per Box Office Mojo). Though it’s likely this will change in the coming months as a result of impending releases like The Odyssey and Avengers: Doomsday, these current results certainly show the success the film has brought itself in a period wherein this reception wasn’t guaranteed, and indeed was bolstered by initial Backrooms reviews praising the story and its handling of its narrative challenges.
In the aftermath of Backrooms‘ theatrical release and box office results, it seems there are more people than ever hankering for more stories that delve into the same surreal and uniquely unsettling territory, even if that’s in other worlds or franchises. Luckily for anyone feeling this way, there’s one effectively perfect watch to fulfill these dreams.
The Backrooms’ Director & Writer Released Another Iconic Liminal Horror Three Years Ago
While Kane Parsons is best known for his work on the 2026 Backrooms movie and his prior Backrooms work on YouTube that demonstrated why he was the right candidate for the film, this is by no means the only work in the same vein as Backrooms that Parsons has helmed.
Though not quite as viral as his work on the Backrooms concept, Kane Parsons did also create The Oldest View series back in 2023, which delved into much of the same unsettling and atmospheric territory that Backrooms does.
The Oldest View centers around its protagonist finding themselves in an old abandoned mall in the middle of nowhere that seems similarly geographically impossible, given it’s discovered via a staircase that’s in the middle of the wilderness. More unsettlingly still, the location also seems to still have one sentient being, in the form of “The Rolling Giant” – a huge moving statue that stalks our lead character during their time in this strange otherworldly place.
Unsurprisingly, The Oldest View also gained its fair share of popularity and praise over the years, especially for the way it manages to make The Rolling Giant genuinely imposing, and the way it plays with plenty of horror genre rules over the course of its relatively short overall run. As such, the current short series is a perfect post-Backrooms watch – though watching it after the 2026 movie also highlights what could be possible for The Oldest View, too.
The Backrooms Proves The Oldest View Needs A Movie Adaptation Too
The Oldest View is a relatively short online horror series, with the main series altogether only coming to a little over an hour. However, much as Parsons’ work around the Backrooms helped show how a film adaptation could work, The Oldest View series does the very same, as the premise and execution of the core concept are undeniably engrossing.
Similarly, since 2026’s Backrooms showed Kane Parsons could make its horror work while focusing relatively minimally on anything close to a monster or monsters in the story, it’s easy to see how a movie adaptation of The Oldest View could bear much the same fruit without having to just how its protagonist running from an on-screen statue for two hours – doubly so now that Backrooms has peaked audience interests for more of this kind of surreal story about liminal spaces.
Given Backrooms‘ critical and commercial success, it would make a lot of sense if The Oldest View got a big screen adaptation some day down the line soon, even if that might be after something like a Backrooms sequel that further tests the waters regarding how much liminal horror audiences will enthusiastically show up for.
