Backrooms vs Vivarium
Backrooms has the higher audience score (6.6/10 against 6.1/10 for Vivarium). Vivarium is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 1h 50m. Vivarium is the older of the two (2019 against 2026). Both are horror, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Backrooms
Vivarium| Backrooms | Vivarium | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 6.1/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 37m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction | Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Kane Parsons | Lorcan Finnegan |
| Main cast | Renate Reinsve, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell, Mark Duplass, Katharine Isabelle | Imogen Poots, Jonathan Aris, Jesse Eisenberg, Senan Jennings, Éanna Hardwicke |
Synopsis
Backrooms
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
Vivarium
A young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and forced to raise an otherworldly child.
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