Backrooms vs Grabbers

Backrooms has the higher audience score (6.6/10 against 6.1/10 for Grabbers). Grabbers is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 50m. Grabbers is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are horror, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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BackroomsGrabbers
Audience score★ 6.6/10★ 6.1/10
Year20262012
Length1h 50m1h 34m
GenresHorror, Mystery, Science FictionComedy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country–Ireland
DirectorKane ParsonsJon Wright
Main castRenate Reinsve, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell, Mark Duplass, Katharine IsabelleRuth Bradley, Richard Coyle, Bronagh Gallagher, Ned Dennehy, Stuart Graham

Synopsis

Backrooms

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

Grabbers

Something sinister has come to the shores of Erin Island, unbeknownst to the quaint population of this sleepy fishing village resting somewhere off Ireland’s coast. First, some fishermen go missing. Then there is the rash of whale carcasses suddenly washing up on the beach. When the murders start, it’s up to two mismatched cops – an irresponsible alcoholic and his new partner, a by-the-book woman from the mainland – to protect the townsfolk…

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