(warning may include some plot reveals)

Kane Parsons “Backrooms” featuring Parson’s personal take on the popular internet sensation Backrooms is brought to life in this psychological sci-fi horror movie.

The movie is based around main character Clark—a furniture store manager that is bitter after his divorce. When he finds a secret entrance into the backrooms.

To see a movie based around the fun horror concept, a “Creepypasta”, as some may remember was an exciting surprise. 

The movie fit right into Kane Parson’s–otherwise known as Kane Pixels lost footage YouTube videos. 

“Backrooms” depicted many well-known aspects like the infamous level 0 which was how the internet sensation first began. This is the office space Clark discovers within his store with its yellow walls and humming white lights. 

Even for those who did not know much of the backrooms, Parson did well in portraying the feeling the backrooms is supposed to give. Through the various liminal spaces shown in the movie giving that unexplainable feeling of unease.

Typical of the idea of the backrooms, you feel like you can remember these liminal spaces—even though you’ve never been there.

This idea is circled back towards you throughout the movie wherein you learn the backrooms also remembers objects—places—people.

Though there were many aspects of the internet version used in the movie the movie tells its own story. And the backstories of characters Clark and his psychologist Mary Kline play a big role.

The movie ventures into the psyche of both Mary and Clark with Clark mentally cracking under the weight of his life which causes him to find comfort in the backrooms feeling like he belongs there.

Alongside the scene where we see Mary’s traumatic childhood home being recreated repeatedly—it becomes more unnatural each time—all chilling but profound. 

It all adds to the emotional depth of the movie. The viewer can see the trauma and pain of the characters become part of the backrooms.

While the “Still Lifes” were the only entities shown for the movie, the “Still Lifes” like the redhead—who is a memory of Clark’s ex-wife and “Cap’n Clark” were no disappointment. 

They provide an uncanny and eeriness that adds to the psychological context of the plot. 

One of the most notable scenes was Mary’s long chase scene when she is running from “Cap’n Clark”. It really puts the viewer on edge watching Mary trying to escape aimlessly while injured. 

It was fascinating to see all the different rooms and liminal spaces that were created in the movie, some of which were like levels of the backrooms that fans can recognize.

The attention to detail creates so much lore within the movie such as seeing Clark’s employee Bobby find his own shirt in a pile in the backrooms though it was his only time being there.

The ending will leave much to your own interpretation as to how the timeline of Kane’s backrooms works. 

While there are many theories already circling the only thing that is known for sure is that backrooms feed off people’s minds.