Say what you will about it but can we at least agree that it was a refreshing take on the horror genre?I like that unlike most movies the backrooms are bright and unassuming.I also like how as a setting unlike The Shinning, The Haunting. Rose Red, the horror setting doesnt feel malicious or alive. In those movies there is a sense that the Overlook Hotel or mansion wants you dead. Where as the backrooms are neutral and sterile. The Backrooms are there for you as an individual to take as much or as little from it as you want
>>220967991i want to go to there
>>220967991>Minotaur maze with a Silent Hill monsterreal groundbreaking
>>220968047Name 3 kinos and 2 telly that did it better
>>220967991>Where as the backrooms are neutral and sterileNot to a lot of zoomers. They look at the liminal and shit their pants.
>>220967991Id try fuck the monsters. They'd be the ones running from me and it'd break my heart.
>>220968082I never got the liminal space meme. I liked the movie but only cause a calm buzzing office is a unique setring for horror
>>220968058He didn't say it was bad, he said it wasn't groundbreaking.
>>220968082I bet it's performativepretending to be scared is hip because of markiplier and shit
>>220968121no he actually said it was groundbreaking. learn to read.
>>220967991I'd store all my books down there. I got a lot of books. I've heard there's a monster or something down there but I have a gun, I'm pretty sure I could just shoot it. I don't really see the problem. Having a bunch of free storage space is pretty useful.
>>220968047>apparently purposeless alternate dimension that copies things and people wrong is the same as a maze built by a guy to contain a monster
>>220968121If Backrooms is the best movie to do lost in a maze of madness with a monster then it IS groundbreaking
>>220968179it needs to me a shotgun, these monsters don't feel pain and they keep going after you as long as they have limbs.Also we don't know if bacteria works the same as still lives.
Have Clark turn to Jack Torrance while not providing any info on his corruption or signs of what went down was a letdown. Could have at least left more clues for Mary to find while she was venturing in. They had only a white board with some scribbles.Like BOOM he's now evil, the backrooms have corrupted him like the overlook hotel.
>>220968252No. Because it's not breaking new ground. Believe what you want, though.
>>220968179The monsters would keep spawning. Wouldn't be worth the hassle and money on ammo. You did just solve the movie, though - take a shotgun.
>>220968391Yeah, he turned psycho too quickly over nothing.
>>220968391hes never really evil though just going through psychosis, dissociating
>>220967991>the horror setting doesnt feel malicious or alive.what? it literally did and was. Clark's writing on the wall even mentions that the floorplan changes.
>>220968423The Matrix was ground breaking because it did the whole trapped in a simulation thing better than all movies before it. But whatever believe what you want.
>>220968179>I'd store all my books down there. I got a lot of books.already got you covered bro
>>220968547I preferred Total Recall.
>>220968518>Clark's writing on the wall even mentions that the floorplan changes.Sauce? I feel like if that were the case there would be a moment where clark is walking down a hallway and goes >the DOOR it was HERE dammit, i know it was its supposed to be right HEREAnd we never got that scene
>>220968391also they dont give a hint how long he's been down there for, he's wearing the same clothes, exact same beard etc. so it gives the sense that mary goes in right after the pirate attacks them.
>>220968572top line on the left
>>220968108It's supposed to appeal to the feeling of urban exploration, like you're going through an abandoned building. In this case it's endless.
>>220967991Anyone else thinks that the Hollywood's cinematic method of filming the scenes does the backrooms no favors? And what I mean by that is, with these Hollywood horror films, there's always a "need" for something to happen. If nothing happens within 10 minutes, it's considered boring. So there's not any opportunities to explore aimlessly, or to take your time and inspect the eerie, unsettling architecture.The main character is an inspiring architect and we could've had moments where he become absolutely baffled by the non-sensical architecture from a technical design perspective.
>>220968108its really just a new buzzword for a previously understood aspect of photography/cinematography, most obviously in kubrick films from decades ago.
>>220968697>inspiring*Aspiring
Zoomers are freaked out by empty rooms because they aren't having babies to fill them. It's all just a metaphor for the loneliness and misery of not fulfilling their biological imperative.
>>220968615Zam, i think i stepped out to piss at this scene. Thats too bad, thats one thing i liked about the movie was that it didnt go full Rose Red on us with doorways severing peoples hands and shit.
>>220968697Everyone agrees that the movie just need another 20 or more minutes of quiet, tense exploration. Just wandering and seeing the sights. Glimpsing impossible architecture and incoherent room layouts.
>>220968750>It's all just a metaphor for the lonelinessOr they're just fearful pussies scared of their own shadows. They've never felt true loneliness in their entire lives. They are choosing to live on social media by their own volition.
>>220968697I haven't seen it, but that is the complaint I hear the most, that the movie doesn't actually do any exploring first, and just drops you straight into the plot.
Shut up, Kane. You fucking faggot. You fucking thieving FAGGOT.You STOLE from this place and you think us cunts wouldn't notice? You're on a fucking LIST, you cunt.WATCH YOUR SIX.
>>220968697Idk the RLM folks made 2 good observations. They said that if a big hollywood producer made this movie it would have been a lot darker and shadowy er with things creeping in the corners. And that the final chase scene would have gone full Inception with the walls and rooms of the Backrooms imploding in on the heroes as they make their way back to the tiny little door. In that way im glad the movie wasnt that.
>>220968615i just noticed the fanit wasnt plugged in was it?
>>220968833>KANE!!! YOU HAVE STOLEN THE FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE!!! YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT... OF... DAYYYYYYYY!
>>220968833He doesn't hear you over his millions of dollars.
>>220968854I think it might have been. ASYNC seems to be running multiple power lines through several hallways
>>220968869>thinking that will somehow make a difference by altering the laws of physicsTick. TOCK.
>>220968833You could have leaned blender during covid too.
>>220969109Lesson very few people learned was that if you've got a ton of free time and you're not spending it learning and honing new skills, you're fucking up in a way that will haunt you for years to come.
>>220969230Exactly. The idea of "free time" is a myth. If you dint act, the muse will eventually leave you.
>>220967991Is it available on Internet already?
>>220969380I was able to find 1xbet camrips the Friday it was out. If you go looking on any of the usual pirate movie streaming sites, you'll find it.
I bet Async have tapes of Clark talking to the pirate while the pair meandered around
>>220968796I think the movie needed a critical scene where the Backrooms provides something to Clark. Either an endless supply of free furniture to sell or a domain to carve out and build in his image.The Shinning has that great scene where Llyod the bartender offers Jack a free drink amd welcoming ear when he feels neglected by his wife. We needed a scene where we see the "beuty" Clark finds in the backrooms
>>220969455I think it's the implication that he's an architect and the backrooms itself is a beauty to someone who likes the act of drawing buildings and interiors. That's the "beauty" of it to him.I'm sure you already know that, though.
>>220969455We needed to see him discovering the warped version of his kitchen for the first time and having flashes of both what actually happened that night he broke the glass and the roleplay thing Mary kept making him do, which was distorting his memories of that night.Like he gets to finally tell himself that he's reclaimed his home. The house he pays for and worked hard for. And that's why he stays he gets weirder.
>>220969486Yeah I do know, but it would have been nice to get a scene demonstrating that. Where he is walking around, micromanaging the hallways and walls like a foreman or something totally lost in his delusion.
>>220968615Bro you might actually be retarded. Did you bother reading the rest of the text?>The floorplan changed again.>Roof is wrong. (?) is wrong.>I don't know who signed the plans.>But the handwriting>looks like mine.
>>220970084>I don't know who signed the plans.> But the handwriting> looks like mine.Fuck I didn't notice that the first time around. Poor Clark man goddamn.
>>220968833Thank God I'm not you
>I like that unlike most movies the backrooms are bright and unassuming.imagine if there was a whole genre of horror like that. imagine if it was even named after the Italian word for 'yellow' or something, haha.
>>220968615The imagery of Captain Clark raising what is presumably Clark himself to a window is good symbolism. Mary's whole (terrible and wrong) therapy gimmick is "opening the window inside of you" which seems to imply that Clark thinks that be accepting his shadow self and delving deeper into the Backrooms, he will finally find that healing he was promised by Mary. Rest of the writing and scribbling seems to imply that he's been spotting the A-Sync yellow suits and keeping away from them, probably because they are actively trying to capture and remove the Still Lives (probably thinks they're gonna keep him from his salvation) and also that he thinks the Backrooms is some kind of mix of the past and present, so by returning to his warped memories of the past, he can fix his mistakes.
>>220968615i don't care about spoilers, i'm waiting for a high-quality torrent. so it's rooms with weird stuff in them, the layout changes?that's Cube, that's Labyrinth, that's babby's first 'non-Euclidean' D&D dungeon (we all did it, admit it.)
>>220970425Would it help to enjoy the movie if I had schizophrenia or was locked in my bedroom as a child for several years by a parent scared of chink flu?
>>220967991I wholeheartedly agree with you. Not only that, but Backrooms has a banger soundtrack full of ominous ambient music.
>>220970643Wouldn't hurt.
>>220970643>chink flu>as a childplease for the love god tell me you don't mean Covid-19.
>>220970771I mean I'm too old to have had such experiences, but I know that was common for zoomzooms who also love this movie.
>>220970812Lot of zoomers are kinda lukewarm on this movie because it's not about the wiki lore and it's not about the jumpscare monsters and it's not about the levels and it's not about the evil corporations or tacticool operator teams either. It's about a couple of middle aged people dealing with their psychological problems while accidentally getting roped into the backrooms, which is not at all like any of the "BACKROOMS ICEBERG EXPLAINED" videos said it's supposed to be, because Kane Parsons actually hates that shit and avoids it.
>>220968182If it has a monster it's the same concept.Magic zombies = science zombies, Backroom labyrinth = mythic labyrinth, etc.
>>220967991i don't have any problem with this movieit's fine, have fun kids, glad you're having a good timei'd much rather have happy zoomers making things and getting excited than miserable zoomers just sitting around complaining about everything made before they were born
>>220968022You'd die of dehydration in about 3 days.
>>220968082I don't know why people seem to conflate "eerie" with "pants shitting scary". Yeah, the whole liminal space shit is extremely overdone and over rated at this point, but nobody is actually shitting their pants by looking at empty office buildings.
>>220967991Insidious already did this exact concept with the "further"
>>220968179>Having a bunch of free storage space is pretty useful.If you watch the original Kane backrooms series that was the reason it was created
>>220970941>Kane Parsons actually hates that shit and avoids it.Absolutely correct of him. Glad we got dementia allegory back rooms and not POOL LEVEL 17263 FEAT. FREDDIE FAZBEAR backrooms.
>>220971561>If you watch the original Kane backrooms series that was the reason it was createdNo it was created/opened because of Ivan Beck and his experiment in 1972 that robbed him of his eye and some of his memory which lead to his obsession with getting back to the backrooms complex to find what he lost. The infinite storage pitch is just to get funding from the department of energy for the project.
>>220970941>>220971714This is actually not true. Kane's Backrooms does not have levels like the wiki, but it does have Async. Kane said he would never have done a story like this. If you actually saw his stuff you would know he does like the scifi aspect and this was just for boomer money
>>220970528You are correct and yet that doesn't mean it's bad or wrong. It's the same concept for zoomies and that's FINE. Especially if you view it from the original /x/ post's perspective of "noclipping" and thus view the Backrooms as a video game glitch.
>>220971561I want a sequel where Async monetizes the backrooms as infinite storage and office space where workers just sort of are numb to the possibility of being ripped apart by a lovecraftying horror like a dock worker is to getting crushed by a crane. We can see the different ways workers cope and deal with the entitied and learn how its structured physically.
>>220971714Its ironic cause its zoomers that hate this movie
>>220967991I liked it. I think it was faithful to the original greentext. It could have been *so* much worse.
>>220972380What are you even trying to say? All the levels and SCP shit is not found in Kane's videos. It's not in the movie. A-Sync is an MRI company that stumbled into accidentally opening a single stable portal to the backrooms and they have no idea what it is or what to do with it. That doesn't mean there's levels or jumpscare monsters.
>>220970528that's fair. it's only original because unlike those films it manages to put together a lot of elements into an effective character/psychological drama that wraps up with the exact right amount of ambiguity. The Shining (which is still better) did liminal space cinematography first too.
>>220968182another example is the extra dimensional hell-labyrinth from the Hellraiser movies.
>>220968854one common feature in the backrooms are the power outlets. Clarke probably just fetched it from somewhere and plugged it in.
>>220968123Yeah it's the same with clowns. I remember when I was a kid everyone would always act terrified of clowns. Pretty sure it was just people trying to fit in. I don't think anyone is actually shitting themselves over empty office space. It maybe has a bit of a strange feeling to it wandering through a space that is usually filled with people but I think the backrooms got popular out of curiosity. How could a space that looks man-made defy reality (goes on forever seemingly)? I don't personally like the "lore" of the backrooms because it kinda devolved into a series of floors that all have a strange rule/precaution you need to keep in mind. But I can see why someone might enjoy going down the lore rabbit hole.
>>220967991Are zooms really creeped out or is it just them pretending and being ironic?
>>220967991they watered down potential with the vibe change. but the ending wasn't so bad. it gave it some clarity but vague at the same time. Im not gonna spoil alert this for those who havn't seen it yet however it leaves room for a sequel/prequel event it will have many iterations Im sure.
>>220967991i think the concept is great and it had some good moments, but pic related is fucking retarded, the movie deserved something smarter and/or creepierthe worst thing about Backrooms is the pacing and the running time, they needed to take it slow, they entered the Backrooms too early in the movie and once the guy is inside they should've really take it slow, the movie should've been an hour longer so you can really pace it correctly and enjoy the backrooms
If I wrote the script I would have had the portal change locations. they made it too easy I would have used many more layers like the original CGI verses the physical rooms they built for the film set. which isn't a lotI would have thrown in the mall scene for sure. and trying to create a trope as to how to figure out when a portal is about to change or open. they took the wrong direction. it was simplified but set up for more iterations. Also use spoilers if you're going to discuss the film itself. some people havn't seen it yet.
>>220972866I think the corpo move would actually be to conveniently leave out the part where they don't actually have full control over it. It's just a revolutionary, space folding technology that allows them to strategically create massive quantities of convenient office and storage space without needing to make giant warehouses or eyesore buildings. Haha don't worry about it.And then our protag, while working in an "A-Space" office, starts hearing some strange things from the walls. There's A-Sync work crews in his area almost every week reinforcing or replacing parts of the walls. He catches glimpses of impossibly long and disjointed halls between the removed panels, and starts wondering why they have all that extra space that isn't also being used?And then, one day, curiosity gets the better of him and he slips between a crack in the wall panels. Bam. He's in the backrooms. He's getting lost. He's trying to figure out how to get back, but can't find anything familiar.
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i am a a zoomer and i dont see why i should watch this shitty movie that only appropriates the backrooms as a jew way to make some money from their own industry they killed.i have a half dozen backrooms games produced in the past 2 years ALONE with ray tracing and co op the only redeemable thing about this movie, pirate man (who is more meme than scary, unless you do the unfair thing for any IP and go 'but what if was REAL bro?!?') and it isnt even backrooms
>>220975257>smarter and/or creepierthe pirate represented Clarke's feelings of humiliation and disappointment with his life, typified by how he felt having to make that advert. it already was smart and creepy.
>>220967991I did a FIGURATIVE version short horror film of this exact fucking setup about 10 years ago and now them zoomers steal my fucking SHIT!!!!!!
>>220975606fuck off bot
I really wanted to like it but>explains the mystery in minute detail via voiceover 20 fucking minutes into the movie>the acting and dialogue waa absolute garbage, like how are people surprised the director can't even drink yet>duplass is foreshadowed to be important to the plot but he ends up being a fucking denouement explained>little thing, but chiwetal drinking from a whiskey bottle in bed is so jarringly amateur I accidentally laughedThe three act structure was passable, and the last shot was pretty creepy, but dear god, what a disappointment. The Christmas room was creepy, but I just now remembered what the monster was, which is not a good quality in a horror movie. Fuck. Should have waited for streaming.
>>220976051Kane didn't write it.
The backroom vibe was perfect. Imagine they would just have explored the corridors the whole movie and find new areas and shit, would have been so cool. But nah they had to shove in some 2deep4u shit like the backrooms are my traumatic past lmao.Second half was lame. The black guy turning insane was so fucking unnecessary and the therapist chick cant even act like wtf shes so bad
>>220968615>>220968518>>220968572Never assumed Clark drew all that, liked it more when it was generated by the BR tbqh. The style doesn't reflect Clark being an architect even he's failed and being driven schizo, or his scribble style seen in the original floorplan he hands the therapist.
>>220977090That's exactly what the Youtube series is, just watch that for SCP/ARG antics. Backrooms would have sucked if it was just Blair Witch 2mysterious4u and nothing is ever explained. In the movie the Backrooms functions kind of like the Twilight Zone where it's about random people encountering it and there's some moral messaging under the surreal bullshit.
>>220968697It was a choice, my take is that Kane decided normies can watch the yt shorts and if they don't, fuck em. If anything Blumhouse and A24 probably wanted more exploring to ensure ESL box office and it was Kane's decision but I respect the final movie, Kane wasn't attempting to seize the BR as his own. Logically it's more realistic, impulsive that Clark wouldn't explore it more than he initially did. While sane he found what he was looking for, like Col. Kurtz or even the crazy photographer in Apocalypse Now. A sequel should be more like Annihilation and focus on A-sync rather than a rando
>>220969455The Backrooms do not give things, it's aware in the way mother nature's forests are except it siphons from humans' memory and pre existing structures which makes it scarier. It reminded me of the cold expansive vacant spaceship in Rendezvous with Rama, which also reveals the few malevolent creatures encountered by the human explorers are merely roomba maintenancebots.
