Absolutely TERRIFYING | The Backrooms (Found Footage) Reaction

[@sirthanksalot97]

A detail I think Matt misses - as did most viewers - is that at the end when the entity lunges for our cameraman, he's *caught.* What falls back to our reality is his camera, which captures a glimpse of him whilst falling.

[@Kalokai_123]

Yeah slow it down it look horrifying

[@abrokgamerbg]

i looked at it again and i think it just expands and crushes his head with his arms or something and kills him on the spot

[@RustyTopHat42]

Oh I thought he just died not fall out

[@RustyTopHat42]

Also where is he falling I can’t find it

[@RustyTopHat42]

@@abrokgamerbg it eats him the thing eats him

[@CiDK]

The fact that some 16 years old dude, with pretty much no budget, made something that's way scarier than any horror movie in the past few years is really impressive

[@iangillies711]

Goes to show its the creator, not the budget

[@Pie_The_Man]

To be fair, he didn't really add much of his own flair to it. The horror of the Backrooms is pretty much already established and he just adapted it to a new medium pretty well. It is impressive how realistic the footage looks considering the software it was probably made with, and also how tense the chase scenes are, but at the end of the day he didn't invent the Backrooms.

[@iangillies711]

@@Pie_The_Man fair enough. I'd love to see what he comes up with for an original concept for sure

[@KingOfGaymes]

@@Pie_The_Man He may not have invented The Backrooms but his video is still very well done and it’s incredible how he extended upon an existing idea. Especially for a 16 year old. I’m sure he’ll make even more great things in the future with his own ideas.

[@Pie_The_Man]

@@KingOfGaymes I'm not tryna say the video is bad or not scary because it isnt solely his idea, im just saying that when someone says that "a 16 year old created a video that's scarier than most modern horror movies" it glosses over the fact that he's merely adapting a scenario and aesthetic that someone else made (or some people, the Backrooms as it is now is certainly a group effort). No matter how well of an adaption it is I can't get over attributing the horror of the video solely to him.

[@cuttlefish4624]

The backrooms being 'kind of familiar' to him really fits the theme.

[@GlitchyLean]

Yea

[@jowbabadook8530]

That's the whole idea, right? Or at least, the original idea.

[@reativ572]

@Darth Vader Gamer every level of the backrooms is based on a liminal picture that already exists so yeah

[@Aguythatlovescentaura]

@@reativ572 yeah, you are right.

[@pinkpeppers5580]

@@jowbabadook8530 Yep! It's the idea of liminal spaces always being familiar to everyone

[@reaperofthings]

16:20 you’d think that, until you realise that when the camera snaps back to reality it also captures the creature pick the cameraman up and break him like a twig. This is a monster of deceptive strength if it can pick a person up like it’s nothing, while they’re actively struggling, and snap them in two. It’s also smart, it tried to trick its prey into not moving and silently moved into an ambush position when he came across the hole. It is also pretty sadistic. It called out to him, let him turn to see it and *then* attacked.

[@blueberryshortcake8478]

where do we see him being snapped in half

[@reaperofthings]

@@blueberryshortcake8478 14:07 at 0.25x speed. As the camera falls you see the monster grab the cameraman to stop him from falling, pick him up over it’s “head” by the leg and arms and snap him.

[@blueberryshortcake8478]

@@reaperofthings i can’t really see anything beyond him being grabbed really

[@reaperofthings]

@@blueberryshortcake8478 he gets picked up by the monster, twisted sideways by it and then the camera cuts away as he dies. It’s left to the imagination if he was bitten, had his neck/body snapped or had some other horrific death, but with the way his body was rotated by the entity I’m pretty sure he got his spine snapped first

[@jarinoxborrow6151]

@@reaperofthings im pretty sure the dude stays standing on the ground. But the creature definitely grabbed him

[@tokky6879]

The text on the wall, "God closed his eyes", makes me think that the backrooms is a place that defies the laws of phyics/nature and was given free reign to grow and evolve beyond control.

[@Milker_son]

you are correct

[@ReptillianStrike]

An area of reality that god can't see, or chooses not to.

[@-GoldenSTAR-]

It literally is though, you have to glitch into the backrooms, the backrooms dont abide by the laws of physics in some parts, there are multiple levels, it goes up impossibly high, its lore is that in equivalence to the SCP universe, which is MASSIVE!

[@donthaveanameyetnordoihave6906]

Time to install some hacks and no clip real life

[@samisak_kids]

tue because ou never have a state of hunger or you never get tired

[@joeyspringwell6932]

The Backrooms is similar to SCP, it started as a single 4chan post and expanded into a community of thousands of levels and entities. There reason that there are levels and stuff is because the physics of the realm are often compared to video games. The main way to navigate levels is by nocliping. The fact that the there are levels and entities has nothing to do with video games, although video games have been made. The yellow area in the video is called level 0 and is part of the “Main 9”. The Main 9 are levels 0 - 8 and are sometimes referred to as the true canon. There are two main canons, the wikidot and the fandom. The main difference is that the fandom allows for levels to be made by anyone at any time. The wikidot uses a green light system to ensure quality over quantity. The wikidot has approximately 1000 well made levels. The fandom has way more, however, a lot of the levels look like they have been made by a toddler or someone that really doesn’t care about what they are submitting. There are also many objects and groups in the Backrooms canon, such as the Major Explorers Group or MEG for short. The creativity has evolved to the point where anything is possible and there are no necessary rules or regulations about how the Backrooms works. The terrifying factor is that you could be running from a Smiler (entity 3) in one level, trip over a wire, noclip through the floor and be surrounded by hundreds of them. The Partygoers are often implied to be the most terrifying thing in the Backrooms. They are highly intelligent humanoid creatures that can lure prey by editing documents to their will and creating a false sense of safety when encountering any. Look out for a smiley face ( =) )at the end of a piece of information, this means that a partygoer has edited it. There is internet and power in the Backrooms but it is not sure how. Just to reiterate THE BACKROOMS IS NOT A GAME AND DIDN’T START AS ONE. It was made out to be similar to a game in physics and geography. It is impossible to fully describe the Backrooms in one comment, I recommend reading the wikidot to learn more. Thanks for reading!

[@altaccount9351]

Love comments that explain things so in depth, good job

[@lightyboii4961]

we need mat to see this!!!!

[@rezonance4937]

thanks for the explanation

[@user-qu1ti4rf4d]

the guy in the video was very unlucky because entities are very rare in level 0

[@anarchyripper2251]

Thank you I was unsure but I thought it started as a 4chan post not a game. Appreciate the detailed explanation

[@OcarinaT1]

"This is called the Backrooms." "The Backrooms... why does that sound familiar?" That's the point! Part of it anyway.

[@milo_thebeloved6459]

Lol I am just now finding the backroom and even before I knew about it it sounded familiar so the point was made

[@bombomos]

The backrooms is a very old concept.

[@Nobodyhere129]

If you got caught by an monster you will back to the normal world and You almost died for it

[@kinghacker9577]

@@Nobodyhere129 nope at the end this cameraman get caught right?but the one who get snap back into the reality it was just the camera

[@lemonss3140]

it's an old concept he probably has seen it before

[@Steph-3979]

Mat's first reaction "why does this seem familiar?" really hits on what makes The Backrooms so interesting. The lore of the Backrooms relies heavily on liminal spaces, places that invoke a sense of eerie familiarity. Places that feel like you know them, but are just beyond the edge of your memory. The Backrooms, in themselves, are a place that feel so familiar, and yet foreign at the same time. "Why does this feel so familiar?" Because it's meant to feel that way, and in a way that familiarity in itself creates the uncanny horror that is the 600 million square miles of Level 0.

[@nyxen8712]

didnt MattPat some sort of found footage game that was similliar, like these 3 people went to the woods to reprogram some animatronics and when they couldn't finish 2 went to sleep and the other girl found a key and explored 'the backrooms' where there were hundreds of rooms? she found a room and then she died there and the other 2 left thinking she left early. I forget the name of it

[@randombeats3612]

@@nyxen8712 I know this is late, but are you referring to The Walten Files?

[@nyxen8712]

@@randombeats3612 possibly? I think it is the Walten files. Now I wanna go and rewatch all the the theories on it, but yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what it was. I just remember the 3 workers were going to an abandoned facility in the woods to fix old animatrontics. 2 gurks and a guy. Girl finds a key and explores the back rooms door, which she thinks is only a few rooms but it turns I to a crapload. The. She gets scooped or something.

[@CharaDreemurX]

@@nyxen8712 it also really feels like the Stanley parable in a way

[@voilet-the-non-violet-vulpix]

I’m also 100% sure everyone has had a dream similar enough to a Backroom that it evokes the half remembered phantom of that unconscious experience. Indoor dreamscapes are very often infinite, nonsensical liminal spaces like this.

[@Shikojen]

I love that Mat hears the distorted roar of an otherwordly abomination running at the POV character and he's like "the wall said don't move!" great survival instinctts there Mat.

[@beefomuffin1049]

To be fair it roared when he turned around

[@thedbdentity2102]

Different rules each entity

[@willandersen3695]

The writing on the wall is clearly a trap

[@thedbdentity2102]

@@willandersen3695 The only entity smart enough to do that our partygoers

[@creatornat]

Honestly, I would have run, but then as an afterthought, wished I had stayed still. Of course, it could be a trap *or* helpful instructions which are never heeded, since the monster is too terrifying for the victim there. We just don't know!

[@derekyazan3013]

This entire thing is just playing into the fear of “liminal spaces” which are places that feel strangely large, outdated, and abandoned

[@ningenrose3838]

…Yet, nostalgic

[@dragonli1y]

It’s more about transitional places you don’t stay for long. Liminal spaces don’t have to be creepy

[@thotrot8262]

the back rooms is actually the start of the whole Liminal space thing! this video even has a few screenshots directly taken from popular photos of liminal spaces (:

[@derekyazan3013]

@@thotrot8262 wow that’s so cool!

[@joshuameyer1838]

If I'm not mistaken there's a name for that is like aneoiaopolis or something

[@therealgeeber]

The backrooms is entered by touching a “clipped” object, like when you glitch out when touching a glitched model in a game. Which explains why the cameraman seems to fall through the ground.

[@ADHDYoshi]

more accurate is if you no-clip through one of those glitched objects, youll end up in the backrooms no one has any solid idea of what exactly they are but i like the idea that its just where reality's glitches happen think like how if you go out of bounds in some games the visuals get all meshed and distorted, same concept but with reality itself instead of just the visuals

[@johnyassu857]

Its the camera that comes back the camera man is caught by the monster

[@JewishCircumcision1155]

Fnaf world.

[@ADHDYoshi]

@@johnyassu857 they meant at the start of it

[@johnyassu857]

@@ADHDYoshi thanks for telling me I thought they ment at the end my apologies

[@Ahnobayan]

Matpat: "Sounds like a humanoid voice in there" Everyone: *FNAF FLASHBACKS*

[@ChezburgerGuy]

Something you probably didn’t notice. At the end, when the camera fell down the chute, there was a couple frames where you could see the creature had grabbed him. Also, you could faintly hear him scream. The camera and the footage survived, but he didn’t.

[@axshleyyreal]

Seeing how big of a fall that was, it was probably a...whatever is the opposite of a win-win situation, anyway.

[@O.Reagano]

Well he actually threw the monster over him into the hole

[@choppalungon]

@@axshleyyreal lose lose

[@snailteeth5811]

Also in another video about the backrooms, you can see a corpse, most likely his.

[@brooxwilkinson3787]

Oh, that’s why the video title says “found footage”!

[@SetsunaMg]

All the youtubers: terrified Matpat: I can wrestle a angry tripod

[@joseaxellsatriawibowo3505]

You mean: I can wrestle "an" angry tripod

[@frey880]

@@joseaxellsatriawibowo3505 OH your that type of person.

[@iris3804]

@@joseaxellsatriawibowo3505 bruh we aren’t in English class 😭

[@Milky_Nguyen]

@@joseaxellsatriawibowo3505 here we go again...

[@kaykishi]

@@frey880 @MossyGrave i don't see what's wrong with correcting, it does make a person infuriated especially when it's so easy to distinct "a" and "an", "you're" and "your", "to" and "too", perhaps some more common mistakes, though it is honestly very simple sentencings maybe you kinds of people are the party poopers i wouldn't be surprise if you harass or send death threats to people on twitter and/or are those twitter art police lmao

[@xitcix8360]

The backrooms are basically like out-of-bounds areas in reality. You can access these areas by no-clipping in certain spots, which is what he fell through in the start of the footage. There are countless different floors, each of which are drastically different, most of which are very dangerous.

[@Zedryx69]

The original one he found was Level 0, one of the safest levels in the backrooms. Unfortunately, Level 0 is a home for some of the most common monsters. Even more unfortunately, it's pretty hard to find anything in the backrooms, which is why most people die on their first day. This includes objects, society, and the least often to find being escape. Then he enters Level 1, which is less safe than the previous level. He finds rope and a dumpster with unknown contents. A huge mistake would be not looking through the dumpster as well as grabbing the rope, which he does.

[@RTFS]

@@ballzacksmith7436 oh do you know entity 1 is human while entity 0 is the backrooms itself

[@bellad5251]

When Mat talks about running around big empty spaces as a kid it made me remember a similar memory. My friend's dad is a pastor and when we were like 13 she invited me to a lock-in at their church. At about 1 or 2 we all decided we wanted to play capture the flag in the dark with glow sticks as the flag. I was on retrieval duty with about 5 others and we were all gonna split up. I'd already gotten a tour of the building and have been in plenty of times since, but in that moment it was like being transported to a new dimension. Best night of my life.

[@crablord8499]

Something I just realized, the cameraman didn’t fall, his camera did. You can see the cameraman at the end and he is still there.

[@nosakachannel1351]

the guy would die by the fall if he didn't get caught by the thing

[@jesussuarez1011]

@@nosakachannel1351 Unless he managed to re-enter reality at a different point.

[@heleakedallovertheplace]

Why do people not notice, i saw first time

[@cutebubbleUwU]

same

[@wheresmyfatherfigure123]

when I first saw the entity holding something, I thought it took the cameraman’s soul lol

[@wallyevans3320]

The back rooms is starting to revive again literally because of one singular video. Whoever made that video (forgot their name) amazing job on you for creating such a high quality aesthetically scary video.

[@mr.fahrenheit7009]

Nice

[@Grace-og4rz]

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[@wallyevans3320]

@@mr.fahrenheit7009 Noice

[@WaallyOne]

Kane pixels. It looks really good

[@seantaggart7382]

Yeah

[@Reshiram543]

The backrooms, while it's own thing, also has a genre. Liminal spaces, places that are incredibly unsettling despite seeing nothing initially wrong with it

[@sageempires1232]

We actually see GM_liminal_hotel in this one which is what I find cool about this one especially

[@katharsis8458]

The best way I've heard someone discribe liminal spaces is as the Uncanny Valley but for places instead of people

[@BalterBlack]

@@sageempires1232 there are several references to popular liminal space photos like the part where he goes through the hole and theres a stairway and a door to a kitchen-kind of room. Also the hotel photo is actually a real hotel (ehich makes it even more unsettling), it’s London’s heathrow hotel holiday inn express.

[@sageempires1232]

@@BalterBlack I GO TO LONDON!!!

[@princealigorna7468]

Technically, liminal spaces are any place that is used as a transitional space between other places. The most common examples would be rest stops, airports, and crossroads. There's a whole mystique about them, in that they're places that don't really have an identity of their own but instead mark the passage between destinations. It's that ambiguity that some people find extremely spiritual (see also: the devotion the ancient Greeks, as well as many modern pagans, give to Hecate as the Goddess of the Crossroads) and others find extremely unnerving.

[@SparkRattle]

You can almost make out "Don't move" and "stay still" from Bacteria's yelling in the first half of the chase.

[@jaxonalvis4359]

I also heard "Wait" and "Please don't go"

[@Silthurnix]

If I was a murderer I would also like my victims to not run away to save me the trouble. 😈🪓

[@damienbastings]

So Kane does refer to the creature as Bacteria?

[@kyzer42]

@@damienbastings I think Kane refers to it as "the lifeform", but one of his videos showed the remains of a person who got lost in the backrooms. That person was infected with mutated bacteria, so people theorize that the lifeform used to be a person who became infected.

[@arikm5030]

i love how matpat reacts to those liminal spaces, with nostalgia discomfort, just like pretty much the entire internet does

[@braindead7551]

The thing i love about horror is that you get more scared when something *doesnt* happen

[@tute2279]

Isn’t that more thriller than horror then?

[@legomania2427]

That’s the thing with Fnaf 6 I think. Especially the opening sections. You get scared when something doesn’t happen.

[@declanhugors]

@@tute2279 I think Braindead's saying that a series of potentially scary things NOT happening only makes it all the more terrifying when something DOES happen

[@A_Templar]

It's called suspense people

[@braindead7551]

@@A_Templar yes but when suspense leads up to nothing its more terrifying

[@Sneet-Snart]

The fact that the camera man runs REALLY fast makes this even more terrifying.

[@RustyTopHat42]

Yah I think the camera is the next usain bolt

[@Vaihly]

Or maybe its bc of the walls and layout that makes him seem fast

[@JELLY-ce3ln]

the camera man: I am *s p e e d*

[@dallaschiotti6900]

@@JELLY-ce3ln thx for referencing lightning mqueens line

[@nomophobiacc]

@@RustyTopHat42 the next camera man filming Usain Bolt maybe?

[@zuton_]

15:50 I agree. I think there could have been a little more static or something when the creature gets closer (Kinda like Vanny in security breach). Because it’s shown as a theme earlier when the cameraman is getting chased, I felt like they could have done that again, but since it’s so close (and easier to see) it’d be a lot creepier to not fully see it and have distorted vision. Even if the design is basically a stick figure. Not actually fully seeing it (especially when it’s just wobbling around) makes it even more terrifying. there could have been a little bit of editing or something to that one specific moment to make it feel even more real. Because once you see the creature (especially when it’s rigged to walk without joints) it isn’t really as scary anymore. But besides that I absolutely love this idea and all of these concepts. Great work Kane Pixels and great input from both Matts!

[@Phobie_2000]

We even got Matpat to react to it. The cycle is complete. Now, a theory about The Backrooms is mandatory.

[@mr.fahrenheit7009]

Nice

[@bobthepancake2870]

@Don't read profile photo Sure thing

[@blue.robotix]

A LOT MORE THAN THAT

[@wildcard4975]

I hope so I love this creepypasta so much I’ve followed it for a while and the lore as much as it is complicated it is so interestinggggg

[@just_riley8205]

It is technically a game so a game theory would be fitting

[@uafgames9061]

I love the chair smacking the wall. The sound. The fact that we can see the chair bounce off the wall. A+, definitely deserved the amount of time MatPat took to talk about it.

[@Scav271]

I thought it was a hound when I first saw it

[@ladywolf6281]

@@Scav271 I believe it is

[@DiamondYoshi101]

@@Scav271 Same here I immediately got a flashback to that video where a cat runs into a glass door when that happened.

[@michaelbannan9972]

@@ladywolf6281 No. It's the chair sitting next to the window.

[@neosporin5608]

The chair flew because it was teleported to the backrooms. See the new vid about the car being teleported

[@MysticTheUnicorn]

MatPat: “built by Nintendo it’s so sturdy” Switch Joy-Cons: “...and i took that personally”

[@onlin35e66]

Facts

[@lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII]

My switch never broke and I have accidentally dropped it in many rough spaces. I also have the animal crossing edition just in case that changes it?

[@MisterRandomEncounter]

Oldschool gameboy: Joy-Cons of the future why can you no survive grenade yet we are related ?

[@hobartbartholomewpepperidgejr]

@@MisterRandomEncounter bro are you okay

[@Imufur]

bought mine on release date and still going strong

[@MySkydawg]

The monster - every time I see it - reminds me of a drawing that’s been animated off whatever surface it was created on. Rather than wires, it’s made up of the lines from its drawing. It seems kinda viable to me when you consider that the cameraman only encounters the actual monster which chases him after finding the image of eyes and a nose on the wall. Even though there are other things that show up along the way, none of them resemble the monster or appear to interfere with the cameraman’s journey. Also, the reference to ‘levels’ I think refers to the levels that the cameraman either falls through or could potentially fall through.

[@KitsuNerezza]

One interesting thing to note is that if you slow down/pause at around 14:07, you'll realise that the monster caught the person and that the cameraman doesn't actually fall, just his camera!

[@Irreverent_Radiation]

Weird how Ryan noticed but Matpat didn't... Guess we have another case of "Why is Glamrock Chica broken?"

[@hydrotempest]

that’s even more terrifying than just falling to me, at least if you weren’t caught by that...thing you’d be able to see the sky and smell fresh air again :(

[@KitsuNerezza]

@@hydrotempest True, besides at least you know the consequences and fate that await you from falling from that height, but what awaits you when you get caught by the creature is completely uncertain!

[@BlackStarSymphony]

I didn't se that the first time. Thanks for pointing that out. That makes it way interesting.

[@avacado4706]

He was so close too- Though, I guess it wouldn't have mattered as that escape wasn't the most safest..

[@kingofhorses5745]

The backrooms actually started as a post on 4chan as a short creepy story thing, it attached an image of the drab yellow empty office space and described it as "where you go when you no-clip out of reality". So basically, its a pocket universe sort of thing. A reality that exists as a backroom to our reality, that not only has hundreds of miles of seemingly randomly generated space, but millions of levels in the space itself. However it is also a hostile environment because apparently "god forbid you hear something because its already heard you". Since originally being posted i believe sometime in 2019, a massive fandom has gathered around it and its become one of the largest collaborative writing projects on the internet. People make their own levels and add monsters that roam the place, its pretty ok

[@AC03115]

So it's kind of similar to the SCP Project in a way, right? That's so cool

[@Crisjola]

I hate that as a Fate fan the first thing that popped into my idiot empty brain was "Oh so Unlimited Blade Works" when I'm very familiar with liminal spaces and the original Backrooms post. (I also love the idea of liminal transient spaces like rest stops at 3am where no one ever stays and everyone is always moving through.)

[@Zoinkin89]

yes there’s a wiki and fandom and the liminal archives. 1000 levels plus negative levels, sub levels etc. not all levels are catalogued and some are catalogued poorly. there are monsters, communities, organizations, objects storylines and more. I suggest watching Dylan the knight owls iceberg on it. It’s a good intro point.

[@Zoinkin89]

@@AC03115 look at comment above

[@lolkayleen2757]

Yesss this is the best comment describing the backrooms

[@toonvoid856]

Ah yes, the backroom. The thing that can be summarized in 5 words such as “That wasn’t supposed to happen.” “Where the heck am I??” “Wall glitching is real now.” And “Oh no, this is unfortunate.”

[@ryanmcintyre3616]

Here's another! "This seems, not quite familiar"

[@bumblebeeproductions1673]

“Uh oh how unfortunate”

[@Greenst4rX]

"The confusion came in yet still familiar."

[@unnamedweeper]

@@ryanmcintyre3616 3q

[@capsey_]

@@bumblebeeproductions1673 uh-oh, how unfortunate! uh-oh, how unfortunate! i know that you like to fight, so i added new contender to your night!

[@UrsulaIncorporated]

One thing that I noticed is that someone was walking to the camera at the end of the video. You can see the screen shake slightly and if you listen carefully, you can hear the footsteps. The cameraman also doesn't fall. He gets captured. These two together make me think that now that they've seen the cameraman, they're watching him and need to make sure that the footage doesn't get out.

[@ndgulli1225]

backrooms is basically an infinite empty back office space, with creatures inside of it. You can get there by no-clipping out of reality it's inspired by liminal space, and the levels are just different liminal environments with their own quircks and challenges

[@jaysondavis9693]

@Mila kunis______👇💞 wtf bro

[@bellumm2465]

so Stanley parable with monsters?

[@wesleyandrews7212]

@@bellumm2465 yes but combined with scps

[@Zoinkin89]

Many levels over a few hundred levels

[@arendking]

Also, i think it was partially inspired by the nonsensical and bizarre spaces that some games can create when you clip out of the normal play areas (caused by the games still trying to render something )

[@DragonfireSL]

MatPat: “What’s all these unexplained signs and filing cabinets? Who lives here, who works here?” SCP people: yeah, that’s just there, doesn’t really need explanation

[@guacamoleman3253]

perfect

[@somerandomdude712]

this isnt part of the scp universe as it differs from scp to the backroom universe

[@parafuegosarchive]

@@somerandomdude712 infinite ikea: hi

[@lanatureestlartdedieu9591]

@@somerandomdude712 yeah

[@bashtrabbit]

@@somerandomdude712 (I know it's a fan made video, but...) Monster in the Backrooms looking an awful lot like mini siren head. (Who is supposed to be an SCP)

[@Zack_Zander]

Just slightly disappointed that at 15:05, Matpat could've gone forward just a few more frames to find out that the "cameraman" or the victim in the video actually got grabbed by the entity, and that only the camera dropped, hence it being called "Found Footage"

[@yellowtomato898]

It is kinda irritating

[@crystalweldon5714]

I know

[@dankmemere6981]

Yeah I literally just commented about this lol

[@glazed_waffle5629]

It's alright and tbh I didn't even realize the cameraman got caught until my second watch.

[@magicrobo4556]

ikr

[@blackgirlyellowsunvibes]

I remember hearing about the Back Rooms years ago, and I am glad Kane has brought it back...this is amazing, (and The AoT videos he's done are also so nicely done) *Kane Pixels you are a freaking genius!!*

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

I would love if matpat would do a video on the "levels" of the back rooms. It's not video game levels, but more like floors/areas. "The Backrooms" are supposed to be a Glitch in Reality. Only accessible by literally No-Clipping Reality. They are rumored to be endless.

[@Grace-og4rz]

🄾🄽🄻🅈 🄵🄾🅁 🄵🄰🄽🅂 🄾🅅🄴🅁 18 🅈🄴🄰🅁🅂 🄾🄻🄳 LOVEME.UNO/MACHIKO Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter Asi con toy y sus mañas no se la lease que escriba bien mamon hay nomas pa ra reirse un rato y no estar triste y estresado.por la vida dura que se vive hoy . Köz karaş: ''Taŋ kaldım'' Erinder: ''Sezimdüü'' Jılmayuu: ''Tattuuraak'' Dene: ''Muzdak'' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu gana taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. ''Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt'' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu.#垃圾

[@seantaggart7382]

However some say there is a way out in the very deepest levels

[@TheIgnitionCollective]

Speedrunners looking at the backrooms: Its free real estate

[@bobthreetimes2286]

It’s technically not infinite but it is like 5mill square miles so it’s basically infinite infinite

[@DashFlashTheLife]

Honestly I think that description is outdated. Kane Pixel’s adaptation describes it much more scientifically, with a man-made portal to remove housing costs forever going wrong

[@söösser]

The Backrooms aren't based on a game. It's based on a post with a photo and a text explaining it. The idea is that the backrooms is the space outside reality where you end up if you noclip out of the world. The idea of it later took off with people expanding it. Now it has monsters, survivor clans and hundreds of different "levels". (different versions of the backroom with its own properties) After it blew up and began rapidly expanding, it got a few games and short films based on it. This is just one of the bigger things to come out of the fandom lately.

[@Edujs23]

I for one dont like it having monsters, i think if it just had people that went insane over the hundreds of years they have been trapped there would be better

[@OCecedilha]

up

[@kikitoby9311]

actually, pretty sure it has exactly 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 levels (also goes backwards to -9223372036854775807 as far as im aware)

[@aci6737]

@@Edujs23 the yellow level (level 0) doesn't even have entities. Only levels 1 and beyond have them

[@kiritosao6054]

He’s like “ Did he fall through a sewer” we’re like “Come on can’t you clearly see he no clipped through reality and ended up in the back rooms”

[@user-gf3fc9qv2d]

10:46 there’s actually a reason the backgrooms are so unsettling! Spaces like that are called “liminal spaces” and I’d suggest looking into it!

[@MarkiSparki86]

Matt, did you notice that the cameraman was snatched by the monster at the end and it was only the camera that fell through the sky and to the ground? The man was kept behind.....

[@-Tidae]

I was waiting for him to see that but he kept rewinding it back to the same frame 😅

[@RazielIgor]

Good catch

[@Jaskiers_Lute.]

omg that makes more sense thank you I was wondering how he would've survived falling from a height like that, tbh the indicator is that he didn't move from the spot on the floor.

[@itslitgamestv6827]

14:06 For those who don't know, if you take it frame by frame, you can see that it was only the camera that fell. The guy got taken by the monster :)

[@daedricdragon5976]

:)

[@IantheGamer1312]

:)

[@agustmi04]

:)

[@MrYKWhat]

:)

[@MrYKWhat]

:/

[@zackmarkham4240]

The Backrooms has an SCP like lore, hundreds of floors within it, dozens of creatures, and a HUGE community and following. It's honestly a HUGE rabbit hole you DON'T wanna jump into for theories. There are already theories, too. If you think FNAF gave you lots of videos for theories, it's nothing compared to this.

[@LaundrySaucee]

So what you're saying is there are as many theories about the backrooms as there are levels to the backrooms themselves

[@NikkiG1134]

@@LaundrySaucee To me the levels are kinda like things that were meant to exist, but never came into reality, or glitched versions of things that already exist. Such as an infinite beach with a vast ocean on both sides.

[@ecbkitt1888]

Bro level 0 has no floors

[@zackmarkham4240]

@@NikkiG1134 like a dev build of a game

[@zackmarkham4240]

@@ecbkitt1888 thats one theory. But I meant floors as in levels so it'd make a little more sense to anyone who didn't know the lore. Floors like in a skyscraper.

[@Todomo]

i love you explaining separating beats in film and editing or whatever, i’ve always struggled watching live theater because there’s so much moving i have no idea what to look at and end up missing the focal point i was supposed to be looking at

[@LiMe251]

"Why does that sound familiar" oh that's real funny considering how the backrooms work

[@mr.fahrenheit7009]

Nice

[@Grace-og4rz]

🄾🄽🄻🅈 🄵🄾🅁 🄵🄰🄽🅂 🄾🅅🄴🅁 18 🅈🄴🄰🅁🅂 🄾🄻🄳 LOVEME.UNO/MACHIKO Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter Asi con toy y sus mañas no se la lease que escriba bien mamon hay nomas pa ra reirse un rato y no estar triste y estresado.por la vida dura que se vive hoy . Köz karaş: ''Taŋ kaldım'' Erinder: ''Sezimdüü'' Jılmayuu: ''Tattuuraak'' Dene: ''Muzdak'' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu gana taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. ''Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt'' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu.#垃圾

[@HiNoMoreVids]

True

[@DarthZ01]

The "everyone has already been in the backrooms" theory, which explains the odd familiarity feeling liminal spaces create.

[@marcojimenez2063]

@@DarthZ01 the idea of the backrooms being part of the collective subconscious is probably one of the scariest

[@freeziac]

A masterful execution of “Show, don’t tell.” Wonderful work by the creator Kane Pixels. According to his channel, he’s also only 16! Amazing work!

[@mr.fahrenheit7009]

Nice

[@Grace-og4rz]

🄾🄽🄻🅈 🄵🄾🅁 🄵🄰🄽🅂 🄾🅅🄴🅁 18 🅈🄴🄰🅁🅂 🄾🄻🄳 LOVEME.UNO/MACHIKO Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter Asi con toy y sus mañas no se la lease que escriba bien mamon hay nomas pa ra reirse un rato y no estar triste y estresado.por la vida dura que se vive hoy . Köz karaş: ''Taŋ kaldım'' Erinder: ''Sezimdüü'' Jılmayuu: ''Tattuuraak'' Dene: ''Muzdak'' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu gana taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. ''Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt'' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu.#垃圾

[@gadiesandlentlemen]

Wait WHAT?!

[@skythealmighty2826]

hes 16???? wowwww

[@Xemphas]

Wow, he's incredibly talented.

[@thephantomx6467]

For Matpat to get some things cleared. The back rooms where made by a simple 4Chan thread. The thread soon had people wondering and videos would pop up trying to expand apon what the Op had created. There would be games that would be inspired by it and made to try their best to replicate what the OP had made in their own way. But one thing is for sure. The back rooms are a dimension or realm that only noclipping is the openly way to enter, and I’m not joking, it is part of the lore.

[@oreoicecream1829]

4chan yet again creates another abomination

[@oreoicecream1829]

4chan created the scp universe now they created this

[@thephantomx6467]

@@oreoicecream1829 4chan, as much as it has been the source of weird things, has also spark many interesting and great universes that ended up making communities.

[@oreoicecream1829]

@@thephantomx6467 4chan creating Eldritch horrors in his backyard

[@Eidel_Rose]

Ahh 4Chan, creator of horror games and many weird things.

[@Bobslayer20000]

4:38 “It sounds familiar” Yes, MatPat. That’s the whole idea of liminal spaces.

[@thijmenboer507]

The fact that there was a chair in an place with almost no furniture… All the items: - a ladder - A dumpster -a rope - a chair -wires

[@Rag3andpals]

The camera man never got out. You can hear his body getting crushed by the entity. Also the whole backrooms universe is basically what happens when you "noclip" out of reality/the front rooms. There are hundreds of levels that make up the backrooms. It is really an interesting setting.

[@langostino2940]

I mean, I hear him screaming, but I thought the noise was the camera noclipping, not the man 'getting crushed by the entity'

[@Aj-ge6ku]

The "no-clip" part is probably inspired by the eerie things out of bounds in games, i think

[@t_g_gamerftw5075]

The wide-open empty spaces being used for horror, is what some people have come to call "Liminal Horror" after the fact that these are essentially Liminal Spaces.

[@solorevolutionist799]

When he jumps down to avoid the monster he enters a new level. Level nostalgia, When he goes up the stairs he goes to level 188 "the courtyard of windows." He could have very well encountered the MEG (a group in the backrooms) or gone to different levels. The backrooms has been growing into a very large catalog of lore. Like the SCP foundation it all came from 1 picture and little explanation. I'd also like the mention that the "Dont move stay still" Was a trick by the entity. Which Im pretty sure was a skin stealer. Some entities (such as partgoers) Are intelligent enough to uuse Computers Which as a example, The partgoers did to change there level to make it seem "Safe" Which in reality, Is one of the most dangerous levels.

[@TheMoonlight1711]

i dont think the guy jumps down it looks like he got caught by that nightmare thing and dropped the cam

[@solorevolutionist799]

@@TheMoonlight1711 The first time, Where he enters the area with the staircase.

[@cppguardian4113]

Kane pixels back rooms is much different that the official wiki. His interpretation is based on the simplicity of the original creepypaste. Good theory though!

[@Exp2Doom]

So that entity wasn’t a skin stealer, look up a picture of a skin stealer

[@solorevolutionist799]

@@Exp2Doom Its probably a seven arms

[@pancakeninja6158]

I love how he looked at the “Colossal Drip” video and his only reaction was disgust and fear

[@PerfectZeroMusic_]

The backrooms has an independent community and it stretches far and wide through "levels" in the backrooms. Some aspects are a bit similar to those found in the SCP community so that should give you an idea of the sheer scale of world-building and creativity they exude. Pretty sure there is a site that catalogs the thousands of backroom levels made up by the community so you could go there if you want some info (it's 2am so i can't be bothered finding the site url)

[@adrielchavez5156]

it's a bit sad that people have forgotten the true intentions of the backrooms. Nostalgic rooms which are made to house many people, but for some strange reason, these are empty. Absolutely nothing is heard, it is alone and only solitude and silence without stopping. The combination of sensations and feelings such as nostalgia and loneliness in a place where there should be no loneliness, along with the feeling that there is probably something around the corner (when in reality there is nothing), is which causes so much discomfort. But now it's turned into a kind of generic scp which falls into the most cliche form of horror, monsters and strange creatures that are worthy of a creepypasta not at all terrifying.

[@demetria-n]

@@adrielchavez5156 you're just copy-pasting this everywhere, you've completely forgotten about liminal deities.

[@adrielchavez5156]

@@demetria-n what is the problem with copy and paste?

[@demetria-n]

@@adrielchavez5156 Because you haven't researched deeply, and keep spreading misinformation. Entities were one of the first things added after people found the picture.

[@jett4680]

Imagine how terrified his friends must be, one second he was there then the next he fell through the floor. They probably got blamed for his death too as no one would believe what happened.

[@CODEXXPHOENIX]

I don't think the fall killed him, I think it's the entity itself who killed him 14:06 frame by frame

[@way2dawn853]

@@CODEXXPHOENIX pls read what he wrote again

[@augu6823]

@@way2dawn853 I think they’re hinting to if the cameraman was killed by the entity, his body wouldn’t be found rather than if he died from a freefall in which his body would be found. So it wouldn’t be a ‘murder/death’ if his body wasn’t found but more of a disappearance.

[@way2dawn853]

@@augu6823 i know that and the original commenter knew that too "Blamed" for the death refers to other people since you can assume with 99% accuracy that thst missing person is dead if theyre not found fast

[@silverx1727]

@@augu6823 they're talking about the beginning where they're filming the movie and he no-clips into the backrooms

[@KnotBot7]

I can't be the only one who ADORES the idea of no-clipping through the ground! Like that is genius! Props to the creepypasta, game, and Kane, who made this, I'm serious. I'm a struggling young writer, and I can barely think of a new name I like, not to mention falling through the ground into another infinite dimension, and a backstory to it all as well!

[@ipplays8617]

Matpat: Equip the rope! Me, who sees its a noose: no don’t equip the rope, don’t.

[@GrinceMaster73]

Would you rather die to a monster or yourself?

[@rasheedyoufreealrajhi6022]

@@GrinceMaster73 fax

[@_okarawolf_]

@@GrinceMaster73 that's what I was thinking like, I'd keep the noose, just in case bc i would imagine that it's less painful that whatever this monster would do to you

[@mitspeithetc]

@@_okarawolf_ another possible idea: hang the monster or something. Idk I just suddenly have Into The Pit 9n the mind

[@SBerrioww]

People also say when you get killed, you turn into monsters. So it would also be better for future people.

[@Lokear]

I think the thing chasing the camera guy was saying "Don't move, stay still" over and over again, as the wall said.

[@CheshieD]

Yeah I kinda heard that too! Hard to tell if it actually was or was just patterns that sounded similar coincidentally.

[@meepmorp8396]

You’re telling me, after so many years of theories, MATPAT ONLY JUST NOW DISCOVERED THE BACKROOMS?!

[@mpyb8176]

I've recently found it last year I feel fear in all but it feels really empty and dry not like the SCP lore where it's jam-packed and took off

[@C0ffeeGremlin]

I only found out last night because of the video he just watched. Then I watched an iceberg video on it. Doesn't really seem dry and empty. Like kirby man here said the more you dig into it. But to each their own.

[@mpyb8176]

@@C0ffeeGremlin more I look into it it feels more repetitive or unoriginal. How many times have you heard or seen a concept of getting In another dimension. Entities that is quite familiar and kind not original

[@mpyb8176]

But it would make a great horror game just not a good story

[@mpyb8176]

@Squirrelminded what

[@YoinkEveryHat]

14:27 Matpat: you know what I'd be tempted to do? *Names literally the biggest mistake you could possibly make in the backrooms*

[@doppio8061]

wrong time stamp

[@luminousbug5585]

There are Partygoers in the roof right?

[@Minx_ow]

What happens if you go through the ceiling ?

[@s4usy771]

Literally said it when I read this

[@YoinkEveryHat]

@@Minx_ow partygoers.

[@_KungFuBarbie_]

I watched this on my own. There’s nothing quite as terrifying to me as liminal spaces (those wide open, mundane, and unsettling places).This is honestly one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever watched.

[@Kaled1808]

I love the fact the Backrooms are built off liminal spaces, being nostalgic and eerily familiar, and MatPat describes the Backrooms as being familiar at 4:38 despite not knowing about them prior

[@Classic-ip5dr]

The familiarity is probably because he heard the name in passing or while on the internet as it has been a fairly popular thing as he says it (the name I assume) sounds familiar (4:38), not looks familiar, but yes, Liminal spaces is definitely another quality that MatPat picks up on as he says that he finds the use of space to be unsettling (around 7:22). He also points out the similarities to the back parts of an office, which I guess is the thing that shows that he does find it eerily familiar.

[@SeniorClams]

I like this “matpat reacts to creepy stuff” meta. It’s fun getting to see all these things I wouldn’t normally watch cause I either don’t know about it or would be too scared to watch by myself.

[@Qwerty_monke]

fun fact there's a theory that the entity is actually peaceful, because if you listen closely, you can hear it saying, wait, no, please don't leave and stuff like that like at the very end when he is about to jump, it says wait no. Don't. It probably is trying to communicate. I also have made a monster made up of a bunch of different colored pipe cleaners, and it's basically very, very powerful and evil. And while it may not look scary, you can not take it down because it has already thought a lot more of my monsters that I've made, and they were pretty powerful

[@sadee4175]

I kind of wish that MatPat would explore more things like SCP or Backrooms... those are such interesting creative communities

[@darc223]

I’m really surprised that Matpat hasn’t seen the backrooms before, like SCP, it’s really something that people like Matpat would love looking into. Another thing, one major factor of why the backrooms is so creepy, is that when your down there, you will always get this sense of extreme loneliness, (there’s a phobia for it, but I’ve forgotten what it’s called) when you’re not getting chased by an entity, take the extremely long corridor on level 4? It feels like nobody is there, but every now and then, anxiety will creep up your spine. Letting you know, you are not alone down there.

[@Exile_Sky]

The horrible part about this... is this guy must of ended up in a sublevel of level 1 at the very start. What an unfortunate soul. Usually the only thing you have to worry about on level one is starvation and dehydration.

[@f2progamer]

@@zelfur 11 is probably safer,ignoring the whole thing about the nuclear reactors on the outskirts of the cites.

[@aci6737]

@@zelfur the area itself is definitely level 0, but the actual level 0 doesn't have any entities. This is close to the archived version of level zero, with had multiple different room colors, entities, and even an outpost, but those were moved to level 1 and now 0 is just the endless yellow hallways

[@samisak_kids]

you cant die from natural causes because its not natural

[@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

Dafuq does this even mean

[@OhKnow379]

Levels are bullshit

[@french_fry_man]

I think the writing on the wall saying “Don’t move, stay still.” Means pay attention to your surroundings, like don’t trip or DON’T CLIP INTO THE BACKROOMS.

[@flare5282]

But you should clip I think. I don't know how Kane's world works.

[@jp_ravenfire]

Kinda too late if you're already there. I think it was meant to be a trap.

[@shock5620]

5:41 Exactly, You get to the backrooms by falling through a wall, celling or in this case the floor through reality and into the backrooms Note: Not all entities are bad, some can help you through the levels of the backrooms

[@cthulhu8079]

That's so interesting, I thought all entities were automatically hostile. What are some entities that are generally friendlier?

[@uc4490]

Cool. Since you enter by "no clipping", can there be multiple people in a single backroom?

[@jaredfisher-ramos7744]

@@uc4490 Yeah there are groups of people in certain levels of the back rooms its just that it so large that its hard to find people

[@shock5620]

@@uc4490 Yes, there are even camps of people in other levels that gave up leaving and focused on living

[@shock5620]

@@cthulhu8079 Entity 154 or Ambrosia as she calls herself is a human like creature that gives directions in the backrooms

[@user-fq4po1rd3m]

"It sounds familiar, like maybe I've seen it in passing at some point" Very fitting for the backrooms, which is based off of liminal spaces (typically spaces that feel nostalgic/like you've seen them before, but there's something just a little off, like, for example, a typically populated place being completely empty) Edit: Ok, don't quote me on that definition, apparently it is actually incorrect. Sorry about that! I just sorta based it off of the definition that some other youtubers gave lmao

[@Omni-Charlie]

Just wanted to let you know liminal spaces mean transitional spaces

[@Salty_mayo]

The cool thing with the back rooms is that it was made to prove things can be scary even when there isn’t a dark and traditionally “scary” atmosphere

[@jackbeynon8980]

Wow! I've never thought of it like that! That's really cool!

[@twelved4983]

Scary by lack of information

[@adrielchavez5156]

it's a bit sad that people have forgotten the true intentions of the backrooms. Nostalgic rooms which are made to house many people, but for some strange reason, these are empty. Absolutely nothing is heard, it is alone and only solitude and silence without stopping. The combination of sensations and feelings such as nostalgia and loneliness in a place where there should be no loneliness, along with the feeling that there is probably something around the corner (when in reality there is nothing), is which causes so much discomfort. But now it's turned into a kind of generic scp which falls into the most cliche form of horror, monsters and strange creatures that are worthy of a creepypasta not at all terrifying.

[@glooberofficial]

@@adrielchavez5156 agreed, i prefer only some of the levels, and only a few of the lore bits.

[@KingOfGaymes]

@@twelved4983 scary by lack of anything tbh

[@Nampledamp]

Fun fact: The idea of the backrooms is based on Kenophobia, which is the fear of empty rooms that are typically quite crowded (a good example would be a store devoid of people).

[@Nampledamp]

@Evan Andrews That too, thanks for pointing it out.

[@Kasai606]

I hope Mat takes some time to look into the back rooms on his own free time. I spent like a day just taking a deep dive into the "lore" and crap of it all. The backrooms are very interesting

[@frodobaggins941]

The lore is very stupid, honestly. I am glad Kane Pixels is taking his own approach to it.

[@zak5844]

@@frodobaggins941 yeah the lord is kind of all over the place but there are some good youtubers who cover floors pretty nicely

[@zak5844]

@@frodobaggins941 lore

[@frodobaggins941]

@@zak5844 The issue is not the KZbinrs, I agree a lot of their content is good. The issue is that the 'lore" itself is terrible.

[@bmbqt]

@@frodobaggins941 that’s what you get when you try to make random people on the internet make a story

[@roguesaxon7064]

I recommend looking more into the Backrooms MatPat, it’s an interesting thing with many different creatures, a couple of which we saw without realizing it.

[@daedricdragon5976]

Which ones?

[@justcallmesource4773]

its a good chance for him to retain his sanity since yk fnaf exist

[@roguesaxon7064]

@@daedricdragon5976 The window being a big one we didn’t realize. The dark rooms the person didn’t go into, the randomly really dark corners. Things like that.

[@5eth0]

14:07 at this moment you can see the person who was recording getting grabbed by the monster, he was so close to freedom. (He’d obviously die from the fall) but who knows what happened to him after that.

[@RustyTopHat42]

Well I slow it down and the thing grabs him and then bits his head off and kills him instantly

[@diamond4138]

Oh i thought that thing pushed him and he was falling with the camera, this is far more tragic

[@RustyTopHat42]

@@diamond4138 nah man the thin grabs him and from what I can tell with slow mode he get crushed/stabbed with the arms and his head gets bitten off by the things jaw expanding

[@unknown2.0_]

I think he got tear apart

[@RustyTopHat42]

@@unknown2.0_ it’s both really

[@kiraragner6049]

As for the blocking thing and clean cuts, it’s why I love fight for me in the heathers musical. You have the main focus on the three guys and the fighting, then everything stops for just a moment and Veronica walks around, making herself the focus. It’s so fascinating to see this kind of stuff happen

[@antemplate1607]

I actually really want Matpat to do a whole analysis about the backrooms, like the main 9, sublevels, and reading parts of the wiki! But, it's so unlikely that Matpat will actually do it..

[@zaz4821]

Yeah i would like that too!!

[@hellsentthe3rd318]

Well it is definitely possible if it catches his/mirror mat/someone else on the team their interest then it could happen

[@giddyisme8404]

I’d like to imagine that all of the monsters are weird furniture objects, like this one is a coat hanger and there will eventually be like a bookshelf or a Couch or something lol

[@-0m3rcy0-8]

May I suggest a Samsung Smart Fridge and a cookie jar?

[@Sion67Productions]

@@-0m3rcy0-8 imagine an Alexa chasing you

[@-0m3rcy0-8]

@@Sion67Productions while blaring “never gonna give you up” overlayed by rain sounds.

[@nataliahbailey7871]

There is a creepypasta thing where a table human thing hides under your table and attacks you which you may die from I watch too much horror for a child ;-;

[@pokepoke1608]

@@Sion67Productions And then Siri and Google join in. Oh yeah, Cortana too.

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

The floor that he started in is Level 0, a level that is unsafe, but with little entity count. After that, the hole he went in was to Level 188, a level with far more entities, so going back to Level 0 is not as bad as traveling through Level 188 unless you figure out how to get out or go to Level 11.

[@midnight_luna08]

What's level 11?

[@followerofeir]

Be doesn't fall into it. Just the camera. The entity eats him

[@DiscoChixify]

@@followerofeir when he jumped through the hole to get away from the monster, he fell down to another level. After wandering for a bit he goes back up into the yellow walled area by going through a door. Then he’s being chased again and ends up at the ramp. The camera goes down the ramp and then it’s falling from the sky back into reality. But the person doesn’t go down the ramp.

[@Dagger-vx6bl]

What’s level 11?

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

@@Dagger-vx6bl Level 11 is an endless city. It is class 1 (Safe, secure, low entity count), but the city has an effect unique to that level where the entities (hounds and facelings) behave like humans and dogs, so unless you mess with them, they are nice and pose no threat. There is also tons of food and almond water. Just make sure not to noclip to Level 12 as it is far worse and you need to go through a spiderweb of levels to get back.

[@imwillixm]

The cameraman didn't fall back into our reality. Only the camera. Which would also explain how this footage was actually found.

[@TheArtOfMind]

The Backrooms is an old story. It’s weird to see people talk about something as if it’s recent.

[@neatjhonny6289]

yeah i remember when the backrooms were a simple meme on ifunny back in its prime

[@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

It's not that old. It only goes back to 2019.

[@_NguyenDinhKhoi]

@@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong idk man I think 2 year is pretty long tho

[@kiibaba]

I remember the backrooms from years and years ago idk why people are acting surprised that it’s a thing

[@chaTzon]

Lol 2019 is not old, in no way

[@snipekingcolemandongray5372]

Actually the back rooms started as a liminal space image, the image was of plastered yellow walls, the damp moist carpet, and the loud buzzing of the fluorescent lights. A land between time and space that is supposed to invoke sense of nostalgia even when there is no nostalgia there a mesh fractured memories. But there is no one... You are alone, there are no signs of life. And only the uncanny scenery awaits you. There are many levels to the back rooms, and that is only level one. Liminality is any photo that reminds you how it feels to be a child again to have no stress no responsibilities no worries, time when just existing was enough you have to prove yourself with degrees scholarships none of that matter you were just happy to be alive and that's what the back rooms is suppose to remind you of. It should remind you of a time before that all too familiar existential void creeped up into your life... But not but. You are in the era anymore... There's something off. It is not a game it is an idea. The game in reference is a game that somebody made based off of the back rooms. The image started the game not the other way around. (And if you haven't seen the image search it up)

[@mr.kittysavestheworld695]

That's... not even remotely close to what a liminal space is. At all. I don't know where you're getting this stuff about nostalgia and childhood but that's wildly inaccurate. Liminality (from Latin meaning "threshold") is a feeling of unease, ambiguity, or disorientation that occurs when you stop in the middle stage of some kind of passage, when you're no longer where you were, but haven't reached where you're going. A liminal space is a phenomenon that exists involving thresholds because of the way the human brain contextualizes things. Think of a staircase, for example: The human mind is extremely heavily reliant on context; in the case of stairs, their context is what’s on either side of them. Their existence is not for themselves. When you stop on the stairs, and remain there, you’re breaking that context. This confuses your brain on a subconscious level. More examples might be a school building when school’s out of session, abandoned stores, empty buildings, being awake when everyone else is asleep, etc; you’re experiencing these locations out of context, so reality feels altered or incorrect. Your brain tells you that something’s wrong because you’re supposed to continue moving on, or be doing something, but you’re not. The area is outside of its context. Our brains like familiar situations, so when you’re in a place where the brain has already established a context, but it’s wrong, your instincts tell you; ”Oh no, this isn’t right. You need to get out of here immediately.” But the logical part of your brain tells you it’s fine. This internal conflict creates an ambiguous sense of unease called a "liminoid sensation."

[@kinggalactix]

Sir or Miss, your definition on liminal is just wrong. Liminal spaces are places that make you feel uneasy and uncomfortable. It really puts you in fight or flight.

[@kinggalactix]

Oh, being awake when everyone else is asleep is horrifying.

[@mallk238]

@@mr.kittysavestheworld695 That's probably why so many stories about apocalypses have you wandering through abandoned communities. The whole thing feels off because it's so clear what the world is supposed to look like here.

[@mikethegoo]

I think that part of the reason it feels so strange is because you know you've never been there. It's a sense of nostalgia that you cannot place, because it isn't something you actually experienced. Sure, you probably experienced something similar, but not that place

[@randomuser3481]

It should be noted that the Fandom wiki is considered outdated, the Wikidot wiki (which uses the same wiki software as the SCP wiki), is considered the most high-quality one now

[@Matthewtries]

What's the link I can't find it

[@thatgooseguy4751]

The first time the chair scene came one i got scared because I wasn't paying attention to it but then once I saw the chair I started laughing hysterically, which if I was in this situation probably would've got me killed

[@sevenbidoofsinatrenchcoat9923]

I’m very intrigued that Matt hasn’t heard of the back rooms

[@laurenlovesspace]

Basic explanation of the backrooms: The backrooms is a collection of a unknown number of levels, or areas, some of these levels are safe, some of them arent. There are a few backrooms wikis, but the main ones are the fandom, liminal archives and the wikidot. Theres also different interpretations of the backrooms which im pretty sure Kane’s is. The level with the yellow walls is Level 0, the first level of the backrooms. But the weird thing is, no entities have been spotted on this level, so it could be a sublevel of it. The level with the windows looking out over a courtyard is level 188 (i think?) Im not sure what the entity in the video was. Also, it didnt start as a game, i think it was a creepypasta then a whole huge fanbase developed around it. Its a very interesting concept and it’s recently became super popular.

[@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

I don't think Kane is going exactly by what the "wiki" states as official lore. He seems to be taking the core concept and taking it in his direction.

[@laurenlovesspace]

@@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong yeah

[@SomeDude420]

@@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong and im grateful for it tbh, because imo his take on the backrooms is imo better written than the current lore. not saying the current is bad, i really like it but i just think he did it better so far

[@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

@@SomeDude420 I totally agree. I find what Kane is doing so much more fascinating and well put together than the "official" lore. The 1,000 of levels and whatever just doesn't do it for me.

[@engineoil]

I think that the yellow office is level 1, level 0 is very dangerous and there are some dangerous entities on level 1 but not a lot

[@Cat_in_a_bottle]

It started, to the extent of my knowledge, as a 4chan post. It isn't a videogame or anything like that. From what I know, the Backrooms is a collection of levels each you can "no-clip" into like when entering the backrooms of reality or find another way to go down into

[@KingGodzillaTM]

Yeah don’t know why they said that in this video that the Backrooms was originally from a game, it didn’t originate as a game like you said, it came from 4chan.

[@TimBukTwo]

I basically see them as test rooms for the “real world”, rooms that are left out of reach but you can glitch into them. Basically dev rooms.

[@ellaswinton]

I'm coming back to watch from the beginning 2 years later and its so weird seeing Matt be new to this series thats now been so big for 2 years. 😂

[@TheGenericVideoGamer]

The thing I like most about this video is the part where he's running from the first entity and jumps down the hole. No matter how many times I rewatch it, I still get that fear that he's going to get caught, even though I know he doesn't.

[@Tues48]

He does get caught at the end

[@luckybryner9121]

Slow it down you can see him get caught

[@TheGenericVideoGamer]

@@luckybryner9121 We know he gets caught.

[@TheGenericVideoGamer]

@@Tues48 We know he gets caught.

[@Tues48]

@@TheGenericVideoGamer but your original comment says he doesn't.

[@sillyraine]

The Backrooms isnt based on a videogame, but rather a 4chan post with an unsettling photo of a room with yellow wallpaper from a few years back. Ever since, the fandom has grown and created thousands of levels, entities, characters and aspects! However, a few games have been created based on it which is likely where the confusion came from lol

[@車貓]

+1

[@gracef2095]

Fun fact! Kane Pixels has done some effects for Nathan Barnatt's "Dad" series

[@WhereMySmilingCrittersAt]

13:50 The MatPat always reverts back to his natural FNaF state.

[@creamofroach7192]

If I remember correctly The Backrooms originated as just a text post to a forum, and then when that got popular, people began adopting it into video games.

[@ihavenonamestilldonthaveon8970]

Not into video games exactly, video game levels and endings. That blew up into people actually thinking about making games and short films.

[@thefinalfrontear]

I would love for Mat to include his experience of adoring big open spaces like the backrooms hallway as a kid because of openness it provided to run around in. it’s incredible how that feeling he found joy in is the exact same feeling that caused enough paranoia in people to spawn the backrooms as a concept in the first place. i think looking into liminal spaces in relation to childhood nostalgia and dissociation will be a really good addition for research into the backrooms.

[@arandomcommenter6759]

Level 18

[@aiiiyour6474]

It's crazy that he didn't know what the backrooms were beforehand, I thought it was common knowledge. but glad they could experience it first hand albeit differently than usual.

[@tyron_orxy]

The old minecraft "Cave Chimes" loop in the background is just perfect. (from 11:13 to 12:02) (This audio loop could never be heard in game, but it was among the game files of old versions; Now it's serves as the background noise in disk 13)

[@CptFox]

why it's referred to as "levels" is because there are multiple backrooms, there are different survivor groups and M.E.G. will provide you with "danger levels" going from 1-5 (normally)

[@chrisb.3353]

well i personally don't know much about the backrooms lore or anything but you mentioning survivor groups reminded me that I saw people in the courtyard scene. IIRC there were two figures in another window when the cameraman zoomed in, do you kno anything about who they could be? I'm starting to get interested in this series

[@shadowdragon349]

I like Matt says "Yea I can take that monster on it looks silly" YET IT HAS THE STRENGTH to know that chair with such force with possible little effort, Yea pretty sure Matt has it in the bag

[@jowbabadook8530]

I can throw a chair.

[@screener0797]

@@jowbabadook8530 with that force?

[@jowbabadook8530]

@@screener0797 Depends on the chair, I guess. Some only weigh like, ten pounds. It was hard to tell in this one.

[@RustyTopHat42]

@@jowbabadook8530 yah same I probably could have done that

[@Vaihly]

Nah, dont be fooled by its appearance, even if you try to push it over you wont have the strength to do so, it would grab you before you could do it, and even if you throw objects at it, it would do little to no damage.

[@sebyt.2324]

To those who don’t know, the cameraman “no-clipped” out of reality. And fell into the bathrooms. (Edit: backrooms, kept bathrooms for the memes.)

[@Garm_Hound]

The bathrooms is actually a good idea just the backrooms but every room is a bathroom.

[@monahikosliekos]

Imagine, your using the bathroom, and a camera-man falls through the ceiling. What would you do?

[@mmain2875]

It says one reply even though there are two

[@sarragazoharin9259]

oh god not the bathrooms

[@monahikosliekos]

@@Garm_Hound Yea true.

[@Keizer0724]

For a CG generated video. It’s professionally well done. I even thought this was a actual set. It looks so real. Someone hire him for movies.