As a Gen Xer, I enjoyed a lot of Backrooms. After leaving the packed Saturday night London cinema, I felt it was just a bad Severance-lite escape room. I’m ecstatic for the results: critical, financial and mostly, for getting more people out to the cinema. Thank you for this poignant and informative article. Truly helped me to better understand how this film is resonating with Gen Z,A…..I don’t have to be the target audience for everything! I’ll continue to support new voices (I cannot wait for Camp Miasma!) and Obsession is my #2 film of 2026 so far. Sheep Detectives is #1, if that tells you anything.