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Backrooms (2022)

Backrooms poster
Directed by
Kane Parsons
Genre
science fiction television program, mystery television series, surrealist television series, found footage television series, analog horror television series
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A fictional research organization explores a seemingly endless maze of empty office rooms and hallways in another dimension. The series is presented as found footage from their expeditions into this strange space.

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What happens

Backrooms is a science fiction analog horror web series created by Kane Parsons, based on the "Backrooms" creepypasta. Presented largely as found footage, the series follows a fictional organization called the Async Research Institute, whose scientists explore an extradimensional space consisting of large, mostly vacant and interconnected indoor complexes. The series consists of 24 episodes uploaded to the video-sharing platform YouTube. Parsons posted the first episode of the series, "The Backrooms (Found Footage)", on January 7, 2022. The series went viral, receiving tens of millions of views and a positive critical reception. A film adaptation directed by Parsons and distributed by A24 was released in 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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