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‘The Killing Room’ Gets Blu-ray Release
Vivendi is readying The Killing Room (review) for a Blu-ray release on August 17, reports High Def Digest. The Killing Room, directed by Jonathan Liebesman (Texas Chainsaw: The Beginning, Darkness Falls), features an all-star ensemble cast including Timothy Hutton (“Leverage”), Chloe Sevigny (“Big Love”), Clea Duvall (Identity), Peter Stormare (Fargo), Nick Cannon (Drumline) and Shea Whigham (Splinter). Specs and supplements haven’t been confirmed yet, but suggested list price for the Blu-ray is only $14.97. In the film four individuals sign up for a psychological research study only to discover that they are now subjects of a brutal, classified government program
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After a record-breaking box office run and an extended cut re-release, A24 and director Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is heading home to Digital.
Backrooms will be available to rent or buy this Tuesday, July 14.
In the film, Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in Backrooms as the owner of Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire, who discovers a strange doorway in the basement of the furniture showroom. He sets out to explore the mysterious, liminal space, walking headfirst into a creepypasta nightmare.
Renate Reinsve (A Different Man) also stars in Backrooms.
Will Soodik wrote the screenplay.
I wrote in my review, “Backrooms is at once complex and sparse, but never repetitive. It might be set in 1990, but it effectively captures modern anxieties and isolation in a way that frequently makes your skin crawl. While the journey ultimately loses steam by its cryptic end, Parsons’ visual representation of the human psyche disturbs like no other.”
YouTube prodigy Kane Parsons makes his feature directorial debut based on his creepypasta-inspired video series, which debuted in 2022 and has amassed over 190 million views to date.