Backrooms ― Turns out you can just make a movie about people walking around in liminal spaces
Poster credit: A24 I recently went to watch Backrooms, and was pleasantly surprised to find that a good chunk of the movie was just people wandering around a strange liminal space, with unsettling music playing, strange noises, and nothing much else happening. It was gripping. The movie, directed by Kane Parsons and produced by A24, is inspired by a post on 4chan, which became really popular and inspired a lot of expansion about the idea, and that of liminal spaces in general, creating a whole internet community dedicated to expanding the idea of the backrooms. Original 4chan Post Kane Parson, otherwise known as Kane Pixels, made a YouTube series inspired by this post. Videos put together in Blender, showcasing people no-clipping (passing through the walls of reality) into the backrooms, and recording their experience. It eventually built up a wide range of lore, and the community heralded Kane's project as a defining product of the backrooms, with imagery from his series ...
