The Backrooms (2022)

Horror · Mystery · Sci-Fi

A found‑footage horror series exploring the eerie, infinite maze known as the Backrooms — a place outside reality where time, space, and sanity unravel. Through recovered tapes and research footage, the story reveals humanity’s attempt to understand an impossible environment that defies logic and consumes those who enter. Atmospheric, immersive, and hauntingly realistic, it captures the dread of being lost in a world that shouldn’t exist.

IMDb rating: 8.0 (6,068 votes)
Episode average: 7.2 -0.8 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (2022)

7.21 avg 23 episodes 7.8 → 8.0 8 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Backrooms (Found Footage)	7.8	2,039
2	Mar11_90_ARCHIVE.tar	6.4	225
3	The Third Test	6.4	522
4	First Contact	6.9	492
5	Missing Persons	7.3	482
6	Autopsy Report	7.0	448
7	Informational Video	7.8	465
8	Motion Detected	7.5	436
9	Prototype	6.1	425
10	Pitfalls	8.6	576
11	Report	6.8	399
12	9780415263573	6.7	198
13	Presentation	7.3	391
14	_recording014	6.4	175
15	Found Footage #2	8.3	475
16	home_27647.mov	6.5	177
17	Reunion	8.0	384
18	Damage Control	7.7	365
19	Overflow	6.3	354
20	Lighting and Tile Survey	6.8	305
21	Found Footage #3	8.4	461
22	Static Dead End	6.9	284
23	Everything Must Go	8.0	78