Endless yellow corridors started as an internet meme - now it's a Hollywood horror film

15 hours ago

Alex Taylor Culture reporter

A24

British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Clark, exploring the 'liminal space' halls of the Backrooms

A movie poster showing a sheet of mono-yellow coloured wallpaper might typically wash over your head.

Not this one. It's instantly recognisable to millions - and inspires dread.

This is Hollywood's latest horror film - Backrooms - and it knows its audience: one more drawn to whispered horror than A-list names, monsters and gore.

Backrooms are essentially disturbing, abandoned rooms with seemingly no end in sight.…