Backrooms vs Pontypool
Backrooms and Pontypool are tied on audience score (6.6/10). Pontypool is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 1h 50m. Pontypool is the older of the two (2009 against 2026). Both are horror, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Backrooms
Pontypool| Backrooms | Pontypool | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 37m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction | Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Kane Parsons | Bruce McDonald |
| Main cast | Renate Reinsve, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell, Mark Duplass, Katharine Isabelle | Boyd Banks, Stephen McHattie, Rick Roberts, Daniel Fathers, Hrant Alianak |
Synopsis
Backrooms
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
Pontypool
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.
Where to watch
Where to watch BackroomsWhere to watch Pontypool
More like Backrooms · More like Pontypool · Compare other titles