Every time an adaptation of some aspect of pop culture comes out, there are bound to be many who actively dislike it. That is the thing about adapting: some parts need to be skipped, cut, or reworked, and they don’t hit it off with everyone equally.
But in the case of the Backrooms film, young gamers are finding the most ridiculous reasons to declare it as a zero out of ten experience, ignoring the fact this movie adapts the original 4chan greentext creepypasta and not every single overblown derivative version of it. And trust me, there are many of those.
People mad that the Backrooms movie didn’t have a bunch of levels and entities and random TikTok songs in every scene is killing me
— 🫐 (@berry_gatherer) May 29, 2026
As outlined in the tweet above, fans of various Backrooms editions, especially those found in Roblox as well as Escape the Backrooms on Steam, are finding faults in Kane Parsons’ blockbuster debut for not adapting, including, or representing monsters and levels from this mentioned pair.
On X, and TikTok in particular, Backrooms fans are saying it is “genuinely such a horrible movie” and “zero out of 10” because “none” of the Roblox and Steam versions is in the film. Criticism is leveled at its surreal and absurdist story and setting as well, with one moviegoer saying there is “no plot” and that people seem to be in some “fifth dimension.” Backrooms came into being as an absurdist greentext on 4chan where a character learns how to noclip out of reality and was always meant to be surreal.
@252_willy #backrooms #backromsmovie #backroomsedit
♬ original sound – 252_willy
Another TikTok creator said the movie was “not it” and also gave it a zero out of 10 score, especially highlighting the fact that it’s nothing like the Roblox edition. Again, the movie has nothing to do with any other version of Backrooms except sharing the same primary inspiration, as both the movie and these video games are all equally adaptations.
Those responding are understandably making good fun of all this, with replies saying fans of the Roblox and Steam games obviously couldn’t understand the film having only been exposed to dramatic and over-the-top adaptations, which often include characters and levels and particularly monsters from other popular horror IPs, most notably Five Nights at Freddy’s.
Regarding the plot, some users couldn’t wrap their heads around the complaints, saying the story is surrealist in nature and therefore not compatible with traditional plot structures.
The Backrooms movie raked in over 118 million USD in the worldwide box office so far and crowned Pearson as the youngest director to put out a number one film at just 20 years old. So the flick is obviously hitting it off with many cinephiles, and this is all just some harmless fun. But it is also illustrative of Gen Z audiences who seem to increasingly gravitate toward zeros and 10s when it comes to reviews, potentially skewing metrics by a significant degree.
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