# HBO Max Week of Sept 25: Backrooms, 4 Blocks Zero, War

> HBO Max drops horror hit Backrooms and crime drama 4 Blocks Zero this week.
- Title: HBO Max Week of Sept 25: Backrooms, 4 Blocks Zero, War · PCMAG
- Summary: HBO Max drops horror hit Backrooms and crime drama 4 Blocks Zero this week. HBO Max streams horror film Backrooms and crime series 4 Blocks Zero on September…
- Keywords: hbo max, backrooms, 4 blocks zero, war, hbo max new releases, hbo max streaming, hbo max september 25, hbo max october 1, hbo max horror, hbo max crime drama, hbo max legal drama, technology
- Source: PCMAG — https://pcmag.com/news/whats-new-to-watch-on-hbo-max-streaming-this-week-sept-25-2026
- Author: K. Thor Jensen
- Published: 2026-09-25T19:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: hbo max, backrooms, 4 blocks zero, war, hbo max new releases, hbo max streaming, hbo max september 25, hbo max october 1, hbo max horror, hbo max crime drama, hbo max legal drama, technology
## HBO Max Week of Sept 25
HBO Max streams new and classic movies this week with horror hit Backrooms premiering September 25.

> Backrooms
## Backrooms (Sept 25)
Backrooms, a horror film directed by 20-year-old Kane Parsons, stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and features an unsettling spinoff of his youtube series.

> Backrooms
## 4 Blocks Zero (Sept 25)
4 Blocks Zero, a German crime drama set in 1990s Berlin, follows patriarch Malik Hamady's criminal empire beginnings.

> 4 Blocks Zero
## War (Oct 1)
War, a legal drama created by Lupin's George Kay, premieres October 1 with two seasons ordered.

> War
## Backrooms Details
Backrooms stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as a furniture store owner who enters an infinite corridor world with Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass.

> Chiwetel Ejiofor
## 4 Blocks Zero Details
4 Blocks Zero follows Malik Hamady fleeing Lebanon with his four children and starting his criminal empire in 1990s Berlin.

> 4 Blocks Zero
## War Details
War focuses on a tech mogul's divorce with his actress wife, framed through attorneys' perspectives and featuring Dominic West and Sienna Miller.

> War
## HBO Max New Releases
HBO Max releases Backrooms, 4 Blocks Zero, Diners Drive-Ins and Dives Season 55, and House Hunters Volume 11 on September 25.

> Backrooms
## HBO Max New Releases (Sept 27)
HBO Max releases Totally Spies Season 7C on September 27.

> Totally Spies
## HBO Max New Releases (Sept 29)
HBO Max releases 90 Day: The Last Resort Season 3, Decades in Sports Season 1, and Miller Night Football on September 29.

> 90 Day: The Last Resort
## HBO Max New Releases (Oct 1)
HBO Max releases Anatomy of a Fall, A Nightmare on Elm Street films, and War Season 1 on October 1.

> War
## Key takeaway

HBO Max streams horror film Backrooms and crime series 4 Blocks Zero on September 25, 2026, with legal drama War premiering October 1.