The Park Theatre gets a 'Backrooms' makeover ahead of massive A24 release
Box office records are expected to be broken this weekend with the highly anticipated release of the new A24 flick Backrooms, which was at least partially shot in Vancouver.
Backrooms officially releases on Friday, May 29, but Park Theatre fans had access to two exclusive early screenings on Thursday.
We’ve also obtained some photos showing what the theatre looks like on the inside, and it’s eerie and amazing.
Courtesy of Phobos | Asterios Moutsokapas
Courtesy of Phobos | Asterios Moutsokapas
Courtesy of Phobos | Asterios Moutsokapas
The bathrooms look particularly creepy (and cool).
Courtesy of Phobos | Asterios Moutsokapas
Some Hollywood box office reports predict that the impending release will be A24’s biggest, which is quite a stunning revelation considering some of the massive hits A24 has released.
Earlier this week, we published a story about some entryways that were popping up around Vancouver, inspired by the film.
We wrote about Backrooms earlier this month, due to the fact that a retro Vancouver motel was heavily featured in one of the recent trailers for the movie. A recent promo trailer reveals a notable Vancouver filming location, the 2400 Motel in East Vancouver. The motel has also been used in other major Hollywood films and TV shows.
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) and Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) are the film’s primary stars. Horror icon James Wan is also listed as one of the producers.
Oddfellows Entertainment, a new Vancouver-based film studio with Chris Ferguson at the helm, is also one of the producers for the movie, a huge feather in the cap for the local studio.
For fans who want to learn more about the film and some of the cool behind-the-scenes info, the Park Theatre will be hosting a couple of Q&A sessions next weekend. We’ll have more information on those sessions next week.
Are you seeing Backrooms this weekend?