Hello, internet, welcome to film theory, a show that's coming to you live from the backrooms.

Why? Because I have no idea how to get out of here. Internet speed's good though, and the moist

carpet water is, uh, it's not the best I've ever had, but you know, it'll do. Wait, what's that

noise? For all of you who are uninitiated, the monotone misery that is the backrooms began back in 2019,

when this image was posted to a 4chan board dedicated to unsettling images.

Just an ugly series of rooms, right? No big deal.

Well, it came packaged with the following text.

Quote, if you're not careful and you know clip out of reality in the wrong areas,

you'll end up in the back rooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum humbuzz, and approximately 600 million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in. God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure heard you.

This post immediately got under people's skin, that endless series of mild annoyances that make you feel squeaky and uncomfortable, slightly wet socks, a faint electric buzz, harsh lighting, ugly wallpaper. In short, it is mundane horror,

an oppressive monotony that slowly wears you down, mentally and physically.

That miserable setting inspired lots of online artists to write their own independent creepypastas,

even creating a short video game where you explore the space.

But here in 2022, the backrooms has suddenly exploded in popularity thanks to a new series by VFX artist Kane Pixels, who has taken the basic

concept and started to build a full on world around it. And you know what that means?

LOR! Kane's first Backroom short film takes place in, well, already we hit a bit of a snag.

The slate says July 4th, 1990 something, but the description of the video actually has

September 23rd, 1996.

Anyway, this is probably just because it was the first video in the series.

Dates become much clearer as the world gets more and more developed.

Things start off instantly when a cameraman, fittingly enough named Kane, tries to set up a wide shot and immediately falls through the ground.

Literally no clipping through reality, only to wind up in the dank and deserted world full of humming fluorescent lights, retro carpeting, yellow walls, endless corridors, and monsters that, at least at first glance, remind me of walking tripods.

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