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Backrooms

Pop Culture Happy Hour by NPR

Jun 1, 202621:08TV & Film

The new horror movie Backrooms is about some of the creepiest places imaginable: the nondescript, beige-carpeted rooms that populate countless office spaces and discount furniture warehouses. The film stars Chiwetel Ejio...

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Backrooms is an episode from Pop Culture Happy Hour by NPR. The new horror movie Backrooms is about some of the creepiest places imaginable: the nondescript, beige-carpeted rooms that populate countless office spaces and discount furniture...

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