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This Modern ‘Spawn’ Trailer Could Trick Me Into Watching it Again
Ah, the 1997 Spawn, a feature film adaptation of Todd McFarlane’s awesome Image comic series that came from super genre studio New Line Cinema, and also boasted one of the greatest collaborative soundtracks of all time (Kirk Hammett and Orbit, Marilyn Manson and Sneaker Pimps, Korn and the Chemical Brothers?!) The 17-year-old Brad Miska convinced himself that it was a great movie, but deep down he knew it was a disappointment. Frankly, it was ahead of its time, and carried way too many effects shots for a feature film of its lower budgeted kind.
Nearly 20 years later I think it’s time we admit that we need this remake. It’s destiny. Even McFarlane thinks that in believing a Spawn reboot is a reality, it will eventually become so. I too think that eventually someone will fork over the cash and let McFarlane craft his R-rated vision that is surely going to be better than the disaster that came in 1997.
Still, we all have fond memories of the 90s, Image Comics, and McFarlane’s rock-solid toy lines. And with that, we present a modern take on the Spawn trailer that is somewhat tricking me into believing that it’s better than I remember (spoiler, it’s not). Still, it’s under my skin enough that I’m more than definitely going to be revisiting it sometime soon…maybe that’s the work of Malebolgia?
After a record-breaking box office run, A24 and director Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is heading back to theaters with an extended cut.
AMC Theatres is unleashing Backrooms: Everything Must Go Edition with bonus footage this week, July 3.
AMC describes this release as a “theatrically exclusive post-credit” with additional footage from Kane Parsons. Expect 15 minutes of bonus footage, with the new version clocking in at 2 hours and 6 minutes.
Backrooms is already the second highest grossing horror movie of 2026, and it’s now nipping at the heels of Obsession to claim the #1 spot. This move could get audiences back in seats over the holiday weekend, but its facing steep competition in a crowded box office.
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.
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.
Will Soodik wrote the screenplay.
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