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Rated Backrooms 7/10

This review may contain spoilers. I have not seen very much of the KanePixels YouTube series. Presumably what's going on is that the specific Backrooms location we see in the film is all tethered and "remembered" by Clark's unconscious. The ASYNC scout who is killed in the first scene is mostly encountering detritus from Clark's furniture store. The seagull is a question mark and might indicate crossover with someone else's subconscious. That, or maybe it comes from another memory Clark has. Maybe that tacky island wallpaper was chosen because it reminds Clark of his last moments of happiness with his ex-wife when they were on vacation. Based on the less-than-60-seconds of KanePixels video I've seen, ASYNC has a way to bust into a Backrooms location using their magnet technology, but that doesn't give them the location of the "exit." When they bust into the dimension, they don't know whose subsconscious is producing it, nor what physical location it's tied to. Hence part of the purpose of the dangerous exploratory missions. They're looking for that phantom wall, right? Phil sees Clark on the feed and then through a moment of serendipity sees Clark on his television. So he's shocked that a clue as to that particular Backrooms research project has fallen into his lap. Now. Do I want the movie to explain this to me? Do I want a sequel to spell this out? Do I think the movie failed to make the concept of the Backrooms more concrete? No. But do I think there was kind of a gap in the screenplay to thematically link Clark's breakdown between his disastrous mission with Kat and her BF and with his breakdown in the final act? Yes. Ejiofour and Reinsve were masterful choices for these roles, because they do a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to these characters. Still, as a feat of direction and production design, it's great stuff and an exciting development in Parsons' oeuvre. No more Backrooms needed, thank you. But I'd be interested in his other ideas.

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Published 2026-06-09 00:00 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere