Backrooms (series)

Backrooms is an online video series created by Kane Pixels, which is based on the online myth of the same name. It revolves around a place known as "The Backrooms", a complex of long hallways, rooms, and strange anomalies. The first video released on January 7, 2022 and the series has been going since.

Main Plot[]

The story mainly revolves around the Async Research Institute and their Low Proximity Magnetic Distortion System. They are trying to connect our world to The Backrooms via the threshold order to solve the overpopulation and storage crisis. However, the experiment has dire consequences for many Async employees and the world, and the organization soon finds out that the system is not working as planned. They do not give up however and they try to keep all the problems a secret from the outside world and continue to investigate their creation.

Videos (in upload order)[]

The Backrooms (Found Footage)[]

The first video in the series. The short film follows Kane Pixels as he finds himself inside of the Backrooms, explores it and eventually gets killed by the monster.

Mar11 90 ARCHIVE.tar[]

The second video in the series, which takes place before the events of the The Backrooms (Found Footage). The video shows that certain people were in the Backrooms before Kane Pixels.

Backrooms - The Third Test[]

The third video in the series. The short film is about the Async Research Institute attempting to open a portal into the Backrooms.

Backrooms - First Contact[]

The fourth video in the series. The short film is about how Async finally managed to successfully open the Threshold into the Backrooms.

faultline.mov[]

Real archival footage about the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, which was caused by Async opening the Threshold.

Backrooms - Missing Persons[]

The fifth video in the series. The short film shows that since the Threshold was opened, the amount of missing persons cases skyrocketed. An Async exploration team later found a body inside the Backrooms.

Backrooms - Informational Video[]

The sixth video in the series. The short film first shows an informational video about the Backrooms and then cuts to a team of researchers exploring the Backrooms. One of the researchers gets separated from the others.

Backrooms - Autopsy Report[]

The seventh video in the series. The short film is an autopsy report of the decomposed body found in the Backrooms.

Backrooms - Motion Detected[]

The eighth video in the series. The short film is about the Async Research Instiute setting up a series of motion and sound detection video cameras for the purpose seeing what could be in the Backrooms, and recording a strange black creature.

Backrooms - Prototype[]

The ninth and earliest video in the series. The video is about a prototype for the Backrooms portal being tested.

Backrooms - Pitfalls[]

The tenth video in the series. The short film follows another expedition and the researcher Marvin E. Leigh stumbling upon the monster after falling into a pit.

Backrooms - Report[]

The eleventh video in the series. The short film shows other Async researchers reviewing the footage captured by Marvin and realizing the true dangers of the Backrooms.

9780415263573[]

Footage of a car driving along a highway and falling into the Backrooms.

Backrooms - Presentation[]

The thirteenth video in the series shows Async presenting their plans about converting the Backrooms into a work and residential space due to the ever growing world, The return of Peter Tench is seen when he went missing in Backrooms - Informational Video.

Simpsons[]

Short footage of a Simpsons episode from 1991. Halfway through the footage, it distorts to show footage of a Spanish Dimacol commercial from 2000.

Backrooms - Found Footage 2[]

The fourteenth video in the series. A young woman experiments with a Null Zone in a garage and is sucked into it. While exploring the Backrooms, she discovers something dangerous.

home_27647.mov[]

A short piece of footage, presumably recorded by the woman from Found Footage #2. It consists of footage from her home on Earth, and includes several strange things.

I Remember[]

The fifteenth video in the series. A man recites what seems to be a metaphorical poem/speech as distorted footage plays in the background.

Backrooms - Reunion[]

The sixteenth video in the series. Async returns to the pitfalls room, and a separate team is sent into a new area of the Backrooms and find a familiar face.

_Recording014[]

Short clip of an Async member making a phone call with Ivan Beck, he talks about a suited member in the Backrooms after hours on lockdown.

Backrooms - Overflow[]

The seventeenth video in the series showing a familiar greenish glow while an experiment signed by Ivan Beck goes into overflow.

Backrooms - Damage Control[]

The eighteenth video in the series detailing the events that followed Reunion. It describes what happened to Peter Tench and how he escaped from the Async Research Facility.

Backrooms - Found Footage 3[]

The nineteenth video in the series details our protagonist Ravi falling into the Backrooms, where he further explores the unnatural environment of the Complex and is hunted down by the Still Life Monster.

Backrooms - Lighting and Tile Survey[]

On November 14th, unnamed researcher goes in the backrooms and notes that it is cold before disassembling one of the ceiling tiles and examine what is above the ceiling. on November 15th Dr. Julia Meisner talks about lamps and mentions some codes and years on the lamp bulbs. The video ends with Julia Meisner talking and her voice fading, and as the camera gets closer to the ceiling, the sound of the fluorescent lamps gets louder.

Chronological order[]

The exact chronological order of the videos is not known, because not every video has an added date. The approximate chronological order is as follows:

I Remember (Unknown Date)
Backrooms - Overflow (1972, Sometime after August 2)
Backrooms - Prototype (05/10/1982)
Backrooms - The Third Test (07/02/1988)
Backrooms - First Contact (10/17/1989)
faultline.mov (10/17/1989)
Backrooms - Lighting and Tile Survey (11/14/1989, 11/15/1989)
Backrooms - Missing Persons (02/03/1990)
Backrooms - Autopsy Report (02/05/1990)
Backrooms - Informational Video (02/29/1990)
Backrooms - Motion Detected (03/05/1990)
Mar11_90_ARCHIVE.tar (03/11/1990)
Backrooms - Pitfalls (05/06/1990)
Backrooms - Report (05/06/1990)
Backrooms - Presentation (05/08/1990)
_recording014 (05/08/1990)
Backrooms - Reunion (05/25/1990)
Backrooms - Damage Control (05/26/1990)
The Backrooms (Found Footage) (07/04/1991, camera found 23 September, 1996)
Simpsons (Possibly early 1990's)
home_27647.mov (Possibly between 1990-1995 if the camera is from found footage 2)
Backrooms - Found Footage #3 (04/19/1995, 04/20/1995)
9780415263573 (Unknown Date)
Backrooms - Found Footage #2 (08/19/1995)

Inspiration[]

Backrooms (original image) — The original image from 4chan which inspired the Backrooms

Backrooms (original post) — A screenshot of the original post from 4chan which inspired the Backrooms, featuring an image of the Maunsell Forts

Kane took inspiration for this series from the original online myth of The Backrooms, which is an urban legend that originated in a 4chan thread from 2019 about unsettling images. The description of 4chan's Backrooms is as follows:

"If you're not careful and you noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in the Backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maxiumum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred 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 as hell has heard you."

The Backrooms Movie[]

At the moment there is a Backrooms horror film based on Kane's videos in the works at A24, Atomic Monster, Chernin, and 21 Laps. Not much is known about the movie, but it's clear that script writing is likely to begin in summer 2023 and that the story is heavily based on Kane's videos, as well as having a lot of input on the script himself. The film will also not be in the "Found Footage style" but in a cinematic style, according to an interview with Parsons.