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The Backrooms

Disciplines:
fiction/horror
film/short film
documentary/found footage
mythology/internet folklore
jungian psychology/liminal spaces

Summary

A viral short film by then-16-year-old Kane Parsons (published January 2022) that brought the internet creepypasta concept of The Backrooms to life, depicting the uncanny experience of noclipping out of reality into an infinite, empty, fluorescent-lit labyrinth. The film gained over 50 million views and launched a multimedia franchise.

Core Contribution

Transformed an internet folklore concept into a compelling cinematic experience, pioneering a new wave of liminal-space horror content and demonstrating the creative power of internet-native mythology.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • Kane Parsons / Kane Pixels
  • noclipping out of reality
  • liminal space horror
  • viral internet mythology made cinematic

Historical Influences

SCP Foundation creepypasta tradition found footage horror brutalist architecture aesthetics

Intellectual Lineage

4chan creepypasta traditionSCP Foundation found-footage horrorliminal space photography aesthetic

Allied Works

SCP Foundation entriesKane Pixels sequelsPetscop

Contemporaries & Peers

SCP short filmsanalog horror genre

Minds Influenced

liminal space horror genreinternet folklore filmmakingA24-style genre horror aesthetics

Intellectual Posterity

expanded Backrooms multimedia universeA-60 and other Kane Pixels sequelsNetflix deal for feature filmliminal space horror genre popularization

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