u/Ok-Finger820

I just saw Backrooms, and that was the worst experience I’ve had at a movie theatre.

The theatre was filled with young teens. At first, I was just like, okay—it’s a Friday night, they want to see a thriller. The trailers were on and people were being loud, which happens. I noticed a lot of teens sitting wherever they wanted, then having to move once people showed up to their assigned seats. I’m guessing no one told them they can’t just sit wherever they want.

Once the opening titles started, some of the young boys began yelling “chicken jockey” several times. I—and others—loudly told them to keep it down. After that, a few were still on their phones, and an older man sternly told them to turn them off.

As the movie started, people were still showing up, which is common, but some people were still sitting in the wrong seats. It got to the point where Cineplex workers had to come in and make sure people were in the correct spots. After that, workers were coming into the theatre every 20 minutes or so to check that the everyone was behaving, which I found quite distracting.

Eventually, everyone was quiet and watching the movie, but for me, the experience was already ruined. I don’t know if it was because of everything that happened, but I didn’t end up enjoying the movie that much.

I’ll have to see it again to figure out if it was just the movie itself or the overall experience.