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Looking for your next obsession? Get recommendations for the new horror film 'Backrooms', the psychological thriller series 'Cape Fear' on Apple TV, and Maggie O'Farrell's latest novel 'Land', all in just 60 seconds.

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00:00Welcome to The Weekend in 60 Seconds. I'm Kelsey and I've curated your weekend lineup so you don't have to.
00:05For my horror film buffs, it's a good time to go to the movies.
00:09Backrooms hit theaters last week and Peter Bradshaw and The Guardian said it is icily brilliant and genuinely disturbing.
00:15When a struggling furniture store owner discovers a door that appears in the basement of the showroom,
00:19he enters into another dimension, one he can't seem to escape from.
00:23His therapist goes looking for him only to get sucked into the never-ending loop of hidden rooms.
00:27Next in the lineup is Cape Fear.
00:30The Apple TV series just released this week, and Variety calls it a worthy and disturbing psychological thriller.
00:35It's the most recent adaptation of John D. McDonald's novel, The Executioners.
00:39The show follows a man who was released from prison and seeks revenge after being wrongly accused of murdering his
00:44pregnant wife.
00:45If you don't do anything else, just make sure you're prepared to be on the edge of your sense.
00:48And what's a good lineup without a little escapism?
00:50If you have some time this weekend, make sure you check out Maggie O'Girl's novel, Land.
00:54As Slate puts it, it's both artful and canny.
00:57Set in Ireland, the story explores the connection between family, place, and memory,
01:01as the country deals with the aftermath of the Great Famine.
01:03And that's your Weekend in 60 Seconds.
01:05Don't forget to subscribe to TheWeek.com for all you need to know about everything that matters.
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