A Southern California mall could be getting a new life thanks to the surprise box office horror movie “Backrooms” as people seek the abandoned mall for “liminal experiences” similar to the film.…
Add The California Post on GoogleThe Los Angeles Puente Hills Mall is not unlike other once vibrant shopping centers that used to be filled with customers before internet shopping websites crushed these expansive indoor shopping malls .
But now thanks to a young Hollywood director with ties to Southern California, the nearly empty mall is the perfect place for fans ofA Southern California mall could be getting a new life thanks to the surprise box office horror movie “Backrooms. ”But now thanks to a young Hollywood director with ties to southern California, the nearly empty mall is the perfect place to see it.
, people have headed to the AMC theater in the mall to catch the film, filling up social media sites like Instagram, TikTok, and X with spooky videos and pictures of the eerie halls, taking followers on a mini-thrill ride. Puente Hills Mall feels like a ghost from another California timeline 😳 Once one of the busiest malls in the SGV, now it sits half-lit and hollow, famous for its abandoned storefronts, dead escalators, and eerie quiet halls that still carry echoes of the 2000s.
“Once one of the busiest malls in the SGV , now it sits half-lit and hollow, famous for its abandoned storefronts, dead escalators, and eerie quiet halls that still carry echoes of the 2000s. ” one person captioned their video on The “Backrooms” movie uses empty office spaces, abandoned malls and fluorescent lighted hallways to create a liminal space-which is“The AMC that’s truly keeping this place alive was the best place I could’ve ever seen the ‘Backrooms” movie.
”The mall has its own tie to the movie industry, as it famously served as the backdrop for the “Twin Pines Mall” in the 1985 “Back to the Future” movie. The Puente Hills Mall is not unlike other once vibrant shopping centers that used to be filled with customers before internet shopping killed it. In the film, Doc Brown, played by Christopher Lloyd, unveils his time machine in the mall parking lot.
It’s here that terrorists pursuing Doc show up and Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, escapes by hitting 88 mph in the DeLorean—accidentally launching himself into 1955. The mall has its own tie to the movie industry, as it famously served as the backdrop for the “Twin Pines Mall” in the 1985 “Back to the Future” movie.
But now thanks to a young Hollywood director with ties to southern California, the nearly empty mall is the perfect place to see it. The Puente Hills Mall is not unlike other once vibrant shopping centers that used to be filled with customers before internet shopping killed it. The mall has its own tie to the movie industry, as it famously served as the backdrop for the “Twin Pines Mall” in the 1985 “Back to the Future” movie.
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