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CINEMA AT THE MUSIC HALL: Backrooms

The Music Hall
28 Chestnut St.
Portsmouth, NH 03801 United States

SHOWTIMES
Wednesday, 7/1 at 7pm
Thursday, 7/2 at 7pm
Saturday, 7/4 at 3pm

TICKETS
$16 Adults
$14 Seniors 60+, Students/Children, & Military/Veteran/First Responder
FREE: UNH Student, Staff, Faculty with ID at the box office

https://www.themusichall.org/events/backrooms/

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve. Directed by Kane Parsons.

A triumph of cinematography, editing, production design and visual effects, you almost wonder whether Parsons may have ventured into the real backrooms to shoot his film. -Seattle Times

Describing “Backrooms” as a horror film doesn’t feel exactly right. It’s a surrealist painting in motion, the equivalent of staring at Salvador Dali’s wasteland of melting clocks until it makes gut-sense. -Los Angeles Times

It’s haunting but also weirdly inviting, the kind of space you’d want to keep exploring, despite knowing better. -New York Magazine

Feelings of dread, anxiety and confinement infuse this well-crafted, well-acted movie that’s terrifying despite (or because of) the generic nature of evil lurking just beyond a simple basement door. -AARP Movies for Grownups

R, 110min

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