Backrooms - Damage Control

05/26/90
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Includes animations created using the Rokoko Smartsuit Pro II - rokoko.co/KanePixels

[@kanepixels]

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[@coennm]

Nice

[@aloafofbread8468]

Ok

[@abovegiraffe7997]

Amazing work that your doing 🎉

[@dampsockz9040]

Hi kane

[@bluboyd3637]

Awesome video

[@Kepheideus]

I love how this episode solves and creates cliffhangers

[@EGRJ]

And cliff-fallers.

[@baconman8499]

Holy shit the bots

[@elampersick]

@@meatcanyonofficial YOUR MOM

[@im_diabetic2112]

Y’all think the death of that dude is a coverup? I don’t believe it ended from him falling on a rock.

[@dskinner6263]

Noclipping into cat land 😼

[@Hellscrap3r]

The sound design is incredible. I love that you can hear another voice whisper "shit" when Tench's fate is revealed. Such attention to detail. Bravo.

[@Hackerb0b]

Definitely don't believe he just hit his head on a rock haha. They definitely took him out.

[@nuclearocean]

@@Hackerb0b Either that or he actually escaped as flashing images around 13:20 show someone on the street at night. It might be Tench, we never saw his body

[@crazgon7261]

@@nuclearocean marvel films are like that, what if he is still alive

[@Hackerb0b]

@@nuclearocean that is a good point. Although I wonder why they would pretend that he didn't escape if that was the case.

[@NotKameron]

@@nuclearocean it said blunt force trauma to the head in his death report what if he was hunted down and shot

[@disturberofshte]

Matpat: makes an entire theory about async releasing Tench into the backrooms to die Kane pixels: makes an entire video that debunks everything matpat says in his theory

[@raijingaming9608]

I can respect it 😂

[@dtcoas]

Given MatPat's most recent video involving copyright and how it will affect Backrooms, it makes me wonder if Kane is working to distance this franchise from the theorists so it's free and clear from anyone else claiming they own any part of it, preparing to hand it over to A24.

[@Eadragonixius]

Feels like the good ol’ back and forth with Scott and MatPat all over again

[@dylanperry3735]

A) Matpat lives on in my memory as a scum bag B) Matpat theories are always wrong and he is constantly grasping at straws I stopped watching him back in 2015 when every theory he came up with was dead wrong. Dudes jokes are not enough to carry his stupidity.

[@idioticbrady]

@@dylanperry3735if you had to explain the five nights at Freddy’s lore your gonna be wrong most time dude

[@ianblake8450]

Like everyone else said, this was phenomenal. The way the speaker began his like, 15th paragraph and you could hair chairs creaking under people changing positions. The “shiiiit…” and the woman murmuring after learning of Peter’s death. How professional the speaker was, and how absolute sus peter’s “death” was. The phone at the end. The camera footages. All of it, perfection.

[@2masterofpuppets2]

A nice thinly-veiled threat at the end to go along with their debriefing. Rough day at the office.

[@lagerku.3137]

Kane was so smart here. Instead of animating the full movements of a human, which is something considerably hard to make convincing, he took advantage of the way old security cameras captured images, so he only had to animate certain poses without much transition between. Genius move.

[@DailyDrds]

The same thing I was thinking

[@scottwilson1004]

I heavily doubt he did that. he probably did the whole running animation and then chose the best frames or just used the exact frames that the camera would pick up. doing it the other way would take more time and might not even look right in the end

[@database_enjoyer3000]

i think if youre doing a series set in the past, anyone could come up with that

[@realmothchu]

that’s not really how animation works…. in order to get those “smear frames” or motion blur, the models have to be moving. also based on the link in the description, it seems he has a mocap suit now, which greatly eases the animation process and explains why the movement feels so realistic!

[@KyuuTomoyaki]

Wait, those weren't real people?!

[@LocalVoiceGuy]

Kane made the chase scene so much better by making the slight delays in the security camera, really shows this kid understands more about artificial cinematography than most big budget companies

[@Minumer]

As always, while age can be a good decider of the average skill, it's by no means a hard rule, huh.

[@xyzero1682]

"Wow he has the interlaced frames blur in zig zagging stacked lined! Thats exactly how a CRT like that would display motion."

[@zhentian1977]

There's a reason why "big budget companies" is abbreviated to BBC

[@nikofoundaniphone1109]

@@zhentian1977 man i love bbc

[@Schlimpiwe]

hate to a bum i love this series as much as the next guy but i think the bigger reason for this is that it would be hard to make these scenes look natural if the camera wasnt skippy. making the peoples movements look natural is one of the only technical struggles ive seen through this series

[@chikenfrye5071]

What's most disturbing about this story is the fact that Peter was almost deemed the first person to successfully escape the Backrooms physically unharmed. But due to his mental state that changed because of his time in the backrooms, he died by a natural cause.

[@alexd4102]

Massive blunt trauma to the head, they discounted it as tripping and hitting his head on a rock. Out on a trail where no one would see him. Sounds like security caught up to him. Imagine if he went public with what happened to him. Definitely not a natural cause

[@alexgonzalez6115]

@@alexd4102 I think he escaped.

[@alexd4102]

@@alexgonzalez6115 he escaped and security "lost sight" of him but him tripping in the woods over a rock and dying sounds like the official story aka cover up.

[@stateofopportunity1286]

He escaped into the city, found a payphone, and called his family. Security caught up to him, drugged him, and either killed him or took him back to solitary confinement.

[@chikenfrye5071]

Reading these replies and watching the video again, it makes more sense. Still, pretty dang disturbing and kane set it up well.

[@0_dearghealach_083]

I have to say, I'm more disturbed by the human insanity than the preternatural isolation of The Backrooms... I mean, imagine wandering away, and becoming lost, and when you come back... everyone had thought you were dead. The Backrooms is no place for humans to live in. Amazing work, Kane.

[@ToshioTV]

What i love most about the series is natural human reactions. 'You wouldn't want to be on the other end of any gun, Marv' was brilliant but what got me was the employees' gasp when they heard that Peter had died.

[@clxxxvii.]

Gasp ass

[@Yattahable]

Gasp WHAT ?

[@dtm2741]

Gasp WHAT?

[@MountainJohn]

Gasp WHAT?

[@fruitvideos9576]

Gasp WHAT?

[@Kaiwala]

Kane's gonna be 40 years old making Oscar worthy feature films and people will still be calling him "a talented 17 yo kid"

[@petruciosxd1374]

What do you mean? He was 16 when he's started, and it's been 34 years since, so like. What. Or is that supposed to be the joke.

[@eliezercruz7580]

@@petruciosxd1374 I think

[@nezzled]

lol

[@detailedinfodisplay5210]

The Backrooms Boy wonder

[@Turahk]

he literally is tho

[@kidmakesshittycontentforal9092]

I hope this isn't the end of the Backrooms series this was way too good

[@OscarMroson]

There’s a backrooms movie coming out by A24 studios and it’s being directed by Kane himself, search it up…

[@realestsienna]

@@OscarMrosonman i wish it could’ve been a series but that’s fine

[@caldercockatoo2234]

@@realestsienna Yeah it's so stupid to just end it like this with no explanation or fanfare.

[@realestsienna]

@@caldercockatoo2234 real

[@rustkitty]

@@caldercockatoo2234 What do you mean? This was a complete story ark.

[@Yuka_1990]

The backrooms playlist without the "hidden" bonus is 105 minuets and 51 seconds long. I don't know what you guys think but for me this is already a first movie from him. I am so excited.

[@goddammitmiles2553]

hidden bonus? 👀

[@riskopalfi801]

​@@goddammitmiles2553Faultline, which was unlisted.

[@sander8622]

@@riskopalfi801 link please

[@theseagullwithteeth116]

When the pictures flash by at the end, it lingers on an image of a man running down the street, possible hinting that Async is still lying and that he didn’t die on the hillside and either escaped/was killed by security This definitely feels like an “ending” to the first act, excited to see how things escalate from here.

[@CloveCoast]

This is my theory too! Nobody else has mentioned this that I could find

[@tokahontas9990]

Exactly what I thought

[@leonitismcgyver7505]

you can move frame by frame by using the less and greater than keys 👀

[@TheGreyAngelic]

What I want to know, is the syringe ... the almost like black chemical in it ...

[@DrotZawk]

i'm pretty sure that's what Kane is going for.

[@erikarnold4737]

I like how the story is fleshing out from a management perspective. Makes considering all different viewpoints of the situation more real and thought provoking.

[@Symboold71]

@Wednesday 🅥 Naah bro you trippin

[@gjo79000]

@Wednesday 🅥 On one hand I hate bots On the other hand, adorable animals

[@disgusting_lad]

"While running through some brush, he tripped and hit a rock." **SNIFF** **SNIFF** _I smell bullsh*t._

[@Tonlah]

For real lol for as great as this series is this was weak as fuck

[@theonlythings1161]

​@@Tonlah It was a silly cover up

[@funkymunky7788]

@@Tonlah they want you to be skeptical if you slow down at 3:18 and go frame by frame you can see him in the city

[@ethangamer5799]

This is what the backrooms are all about. Not surviving buggy wuggy, talking Tom and those children’s characters. These videos that generally give you a scare. Nice work Kane Pixels

[@potatos3753]

Well , the orginal backrooms are focused more about entites but ok

[@JohnSmith-rm7oj]

@potatos3753 No, no they are not average 10 year old back rooms stan. You happened to watch some “Sussy among us poppy playtimes beats the siren head in level 69 of backrooms” and now believe that is what the backrooms is. The backrooms is a single image with a vague description posted on 4chan. Stop embarrassing yourself

[@mannhouse8014]

No they aren’t. Backrooms wiki doesn’t equal original backrooms

[@insertnameideahere5646]

the original backrooms from the 4chan post talking about something hearing you

[@jsoimn6812]

Do you realize that the children's characters are just memes? Cringe comment, trying to compare things that aren't even supposed to be compared

[@OmnipotentNoodle]

The writing and voice acting of that meeting are fucking stellar. Felt like I was actually at that meeting, and for a second the speaker nearly had me believing him.

[@rokyhawk6753]

Yeah like I also audibly went "Shit" lol

[@scotfraser9989]

Same

[@supranova1]

I also liked this one. Also, Tench is likely still alive, with him 'dying' on the hill being another coverup.

[@theeldrichvoid]

Peter freaking booked it like an olympian! Dude was so motivated. I don't blame him, either. Incredible characterization and fighting against the odds there.

[@Thewizard8078]

My man has the will of God

[@PinBiohazard]

He had the power of a shotgun and god on his side, nothing was going to stop him

[@trackernivrig]

@@PinBiohazard Except a rock lol

[@PinBiohazard]

@@trackernivrig we all know Rock beats Shotgun XD

[@themutatednut]

hes not dead he escaped the clips and flashing images near the ending showed he escaped to civilisation/ city

[@newoether7877]

As a blender user, I'm really shocked to see that the scene in kane pixel's video is becoming more and more realistic now. The character animation is really natural and smooth and I definitely know how hard it is to make it. That's one of the reasons why I admire you so much. Keep going and make more masterpiece!

[@hankgaming3]

I can only make blocks

[@sepulchrums]

I cant believe out of all the ways the company could’ve covered up peter’s death, they chose him “falling into a rock” as the best viable option 😭?? Either way these videos were so so good. Thank you for all your hard work, time and dedication Kane! I truly cant wait to see what else you can possibly create!

[@tualatrout8526]

This was perfect closure to Peter (yes, the detail about him dying from the stumble may be a cover-up). It shows that Async was methodical and cautious while studying the time-warp and trying to assimilate Peter, all while keeping the project running as smoothly as practical. Async isn't some exaggerated cartoon-villain shadow organization that 'only cares about the money, power and higher-ups'. Major props for writing a compelling monologue - as others have said, it felt like I was in a real meeting.

[@tualatrout8526]

Switched thought - Peter’s still alive, as hinted by the public camera view near the end. Up until that point in the monologue, I believe the presenter was telling the truth. One weird detail is the 2/27 date on the lost-Peter recap, while Peter’s camera and the presenter claim 2/29 aka 3/1.

[@pyropulseIXXI]

They weren't trying to assimilate Peter; that is likely just a lie, all apart of the cover up. They probably just tossed him in the backrooms and hoped he would die, but didn't realize he would get a shotgun and make an escape attempt And they literally just killed Peter and claimed he fell and hit his head on a rock.... You are literally falling for the evil propaganda of the shadow organization and claiming they aren't that. Truly hilarious; they don't give a single ioto of a f*ck about human life; and you don't have to be cartoonishly evil for that; that is how the world works in real life

[@actuallyarclight]

@@tualatrout8526 Also, they state that cameras last spotted Peter running to the hillside. Aside from the fact that there isn’t any reason for him to do this, the footage of him running to the hillside is not included, despite other footage being included. The footage of Peter escaping to the backrooms is also omitted despite all the cameras in the building.

[@Chillaxpepper]

The fact you see a figure running through the city after that image of a seringe is raising more questions than answers for me Why not just say he's still alive ? Maybe the guy talking didn't know but like, someone made the decision still

[@QuartzGolem]

Peter actually got away, and then they hunted him down and killed him using camera footage from the city. The delayed report of him "dying on the hillside" is because of the delay in tracking him down after his escape. The whole reason for the monologue is to not make any other employee of their's aware that their lives are dispensable resources in the eyes of the company when compared with keeping secrecy.

[@massimilianoferri7071]

I am pretty sure Peter actually managed to escape the facility and trying to reach its family. I like the way A-Sync is trying to obscure these events even to their employers

[@petruciosxd1374]

Would love to see someone having to improvise an excuse in the event that people found out he was still alive. After saying all of this about being transparent now, would definitely be somethin'.

[@castlealiens8099]

Peter's dead, async would have collapsed by now, they captured him and killed him, and thats not evil since he DID shoot at an employee and threatened them with a weapon.

[@leonitismcgyver7505]

@@castlealiens8099 Mr.Spaghetti explains it in the comments here. peters still alive.

[@leonitismcgyver7505]

@@castlealiens8099 From what it looks like at the short burst of images at 13:18-13:19 The first one looks to be a explosion bathing a person in green light, like that seen of the girl who fell through her garage floor and ended with the bright flash of green light. The second one appears to be what is possibly the higher ups at Async thinking up a way of trying to hide and cover up this incident with Tench. The third one appears to be a possible documentation of ALL the things Async has done in the backrooms, with what looks to be mountains of paper in it. The fourth one appears to be the same frame as the one 2 frames later, just more blurry and whited out. The fifth one appears to just be the first but with inversed colors instead. The sixth one as previously stated is the same as the third but better quality, with what seems to be a unknown person with a backpack possibly running. The seventh and eighth appear to be of the same image, with the six showing a street in what might be a city with a pedestrian on the sidewalk, with the seventh being a close up on the pedestrian, who looks to be the same person as from the fifth running away from something. From what might be concluded from these eight images spanning less then a second, it seems to be that the story of Tench being found dead from tripping and bashing his head against a rock may be false, with the team actually not being able to find him and needing a credible story to tell their working, came up with that when in actuality it seems Tench escaped to the city, finding a backpack somewhere and now is loose in society and the greater public.

[@castlealiens8099]

@@leonitismcgyver7505 i still find it weird that there is a syringe, which is used for a fast killing in an execution, not only that but the syringe has already been used, indicating that he was in fact killed, there is also the fact that the us government wouldnt be so stupid to just let anyone from async out into the wild, they probably got some mercs to kill capture him and send him back to async

[@felsensteinofficial]

Its already been one year since the last Backrooms video, oh man time flies! Can't wait to see more videos of the Backrooms and TOV

[@7nviie]

as a schizophrenic myself, the descriptions of peter’s symptoms are spot on. the phrase “out of your mind” is surprisingly literal. i am somewhere else when im psychotic. its a fear you cant outrun. when im in active psychosis, i have moments of lucidity, where i realize im psychotic and my reality is warped, but then fall right back in and think im not real/my circumstances arent real. and being convinced people around you are trying to do you harm is VERY common. when im in psychosis, i find myself thinking the people closest to me are the ones who will do me the most harm, and tend to isolate myself as a result. ive also had delusions in the past where i was convinced i was already dead, and everything im experiencing is just a figment of my imagination. i feel for peter. this whole situation is so unfair to everyone. 😢

[@random2670]

Wow, I'm sorry you have to live with these circumstances. I hope you are doing alright for the most part. I couldn't imagine how terrifying it would be living with schizophrenia and sometimes I just wonder what it would actually feel like. It simply just sounds so out of this world to me. Either way, this series is phenomenal. I'm literally hooked to it. Hopefully Peter is still alive, I believe he managed to escape due to the last photos. Hold on and never give up brother ❤

[@7nviie]

@@random2670 aww thank you for your kind words! im doing pretty good currently. schizophrenia is very much manageable with medication and therapy. id say for the most part i live a pretty normal life. im lucky to have a wonderful support system around me. 😊 you too hold on and never give up 💕

[@MG-ql8sg]

You’re not schizophrenic. You’re an underage hatsune miku dream core tumblr girl who self diagnosed on KZbin probably.

[@dyazsgameplayandrandomvide3259]

No monsters, just only incident report. Real masterpiece

[@coreygeorge3926]

Yep

[@ReiSilver]

Only human monsters

[@FROST_HUGGER]

They just use the vibe and creepy atmosphere to scare you, Pretty Neat honestly.

[@sunsetter666]

kinda bummed this comment is top, spoiled the video and my anticipation :/ i prefer every video to be surprise since they arent so often 😢

[@Defan470]

@@offical491 it's a rickroll.

[@awesomeguy4000]

I like that the entities in this series arent oversaturdated but still cause critical events to happen. Like for example if A-Sync never came across that entity then they would have never brought the shotgun, preventing all the events in this video from happening. Really cool how everything feels seperate but is all connected.

[@Jacksonmcgraw23]

100% agree. They hold the horror aspect in two different ways. With the monsters and the real world. Love it.

[@ivansnonsense7702]

they brought the gun cuz of pitfalls right?

[@e3.14c4]

nope, they brought the gun to coerce Tench, or kill him.

[@samuelgiroux6819]

Why would Team Shotgun go exploring another part of the Backrooms while team A is building platforms? You know, the ones meant to prevent the entities from coming? Async knows that down those holes is a potential danger, so why leave A team defenseless? If they wanted a safe way to explore that area that team Shotgun Surveys, they could’ve used the robot. The shotgun was meant for Peter, not the entity.

[@awesomeguy4000]

@@samuelgiroux6819 No it wasn't they didint even know it was him at first, plus they reference the entity when they take the shotgun out calling it "Marvins friend"

[@SWAT_FbiBG]

With this one episode, we put an ending to the series that gave us so much entertainment back in spring-summer 2022, I remember the hype and the joy when he posted,I remember how the whole youtube was crazy, full of his eastern eggs and the backrooms genre overall, gotta admit, the series were at its best somewhat by the time he posted the episode with the noclipped vehicle, I remember how the gen alpha kids were so afraid of it, gotta admit, the "other" backrooms we all needed because they were like a daily dose of shit and like a public enemy for Kane's fans, these animations you made back at the time had a great soundtrack, audio and everything necessary to make it feel realistic. These feelings still make me feel nostalgic (even tho these were just series, and it's been just a year and a half or something, maybe because of the environment surrounding me generally) Now I gotta thank you for the time you spent doing this for us and for the whole genre you developed to the heights we see it today, even tho, nobody cares about it, no more, tho, I guess you'll continue to make more of these horror genre videos and entertain us some more. Best of lucks, see you around I hope

[@richtrm3177]

The full runtime for The Backrooms is NOW 1:45:51.

[@cam-gk3bk]

including the unlisted vids?

[@richtrm3177]

​@@cam-gk3bkIncluding them, it's 1:57:58.

[@griffinreed9005]

I love the reaction of the other team to hearing a gunshot in the Backrooms. They’re so used to the silence that they all just kinda freeze when they hear it

[@laurenwasinger9436]

“Uhhh…. What was that?” That was the most believably dialogue and delivery.

[@frankmarano1118]

I mean people generally freeze when they hear a shotgun go off lol but still very true in the case of the backrooms

[@monsterdonster9981]

That scene is my favourite part of the whole series

[@Robert-iz5fu]

To be honest though, noone outside of US schools and active warzones is used to the sound of gunshots.

[@catpoke9557]

@@Robert-iz5fu I live in the US but not in a school. I live in a... uh... settlement? I live in a random neighborhood outside of any towns, and it's too small to be a village or hamlet or anything, so it's straight up just a human settlement of maybe 10 houses in the middle of nowhere. Anyway, I am used to the sound of guns here too.

[@anthonygreen2604]

When this series is finally done, I really hope it gets released on some kind of Blu-ray. This is truly one of the greatest indie horror projects I've ever seen. If you told me this was made by a professional studio, I would believe it wholeheartedly, because everything from the acting to the visuals to the cinematography is absolutely fantastic. This is an amazing piece of work, and I'm so happy to see it develop.

[@anthonygreen2604]

@@mellohi6175 Yeah... And? What does that have to do with me saying this series is amazing? I love Marble Hornets too

[@DinoBoiRex]

duuude what if kane made merch that had the entire backrooms series in a set of actual VHS tapes + maybe some extra content??? that would be cool as hell

[@funwithforkz]

@@DinoBoiRex I’d buy it. I’ve been thinking about putting the whole series on tape for my own enjoyment since only a few episodes in.

[@nilok7]

Would it be released in release order, chronologically, or like the Meloncoly of Haruhi Suzumiya, have two different orders you can watch it in?

[@kaidos123]

some kind of blue-ray?

[@morganmanuel7308]

This series is so incredibly made. It sometimes feels like mindhunter, stranger things, us, and 90's informational videos rolled into one. It feels new, yet nostalgic, and eerily unfamiliar all at once. The world building is enticing. The score creates the perfect atmosphere. The script feels realistic. I will keep coming back for more everytime.

[@PinkButterflyWarrior]

Great descriptive comment!

[@coremanEXE]

I also really like how the characters turn around at the gunshot in the beginning. People don't turn or move realistically in most films now - but they really seem to here. Can't tell if it's because they're hand animated or what?

[@TheMorlun]

Can't believe Peter tripped and fell on the same rock 10 times. What an accident! Good to see our beloved company wasn't involved.

[@noodlepoodlegirl]

I slowed the ending down, and there's CCTV footage of a man running by a building, another of the man running across a city street. Peter isn't dead...I'm not 100%, but it looks like he got away.

[@SalemWolf]

@@noodlepoodlegirl That plus the phone ringing makes me think its Peter calling someone, likely his family. Peter is alive, I'm sure of it.

[@floridaman5125]

Must of had info on Hillary Clinton

[@leo5614]

i think they totally just shot him in the head

[@HanzOrHans]

@@noodlepoodlegirl No hes dead its footage of him running away before getting to the death rock

[@thediam0nddrag0n78]

I can't believe he survived the backrooms, warped forward in time, and escaped a science complex only to die to a rock. I highly doubt he died to a rock

[@NitroJunkie626]

Security probably blew his brains out and now Async is claiming he fell on a rock as a cover story to the other scientists and workers.

[@renanleandro5914]

@@NitroJunkie626 Exactly, they already lied to them once, there's nothing stopping them from lying again.

[@matttully3178]

Yeah it is very possible that they’re lying, however, I believe that Kane has stated that he doesn’t want A-sync to be the cliche evil corporation. Which is not to say that they are good, but I think they will be written in the story as more idiots or greedy than necessarily evil.

[@ChiliSainz]

Those glitches in the ending might indicate he didn’t actually die, but might be another cover-up of sorts.

[@brandpotato3650]

@@renanleandro5914 I agree. Especially how it was insisted that there was nothing to be extracted.

[@V-i-X]

*This was posted 1 year ago.* *Time flies fast.*

[@SemoreKing]

We never found out if A-Sync’s plan actually worked. Remember that they wanted to turn The Backrooms into a habitable living area. They wanted people to live there.

[@egg6446]

7:16 An underrated moment in the video. imagine being in this backrooms universe and being told that someone had practically time traveled into the future. for them that is now a reality that the employees have to live with, a horror that they cannot fully process

[@DjSunexx]

I mean, we don't really know that to be true though do we? We just take their word for it since it would be the only explanation to how someone survived in there without any food or water!

[@nikidino8]

It's a very sinister kind of horror. Just thinking about how the backrooms preyed on his curiousity to split him from the group and bends reality in front of his eyes without being able to call for help is insane. Think about being trapped for eternity because the backrooms transport you decades before the door had been opened.

[@mcdiggles1141]

@Tinder in real life for anybody watching, don’t click unless you wanna watch a cat video

[@burgzaza]

@@nikidino8 Yeah or a century after anyone has stepped in! Did these backroom even existed on their own before the experiments? I thought they created them in some weird way?

[@Freakingbean]

Only way to do that is with a high amount of gravity, velocity, or energy. It's still hard to make sense of tho.

[@Adreitz7]

There is a hole in the story given to the employees, at least from the info we have: Peter asked Marv, "Did they have a funeral?" This indicates to me that he was NOT cooperating with Async management on a solution to reintegrate him after he was found, as if he was he would have known about the management's actions while he was missing (8:29). They also don't provide any evidence that he escaped back into the Complex of his own will (9:44), keeping open the possibility that Ivan Beck forced him into the Complex in order to dispose of him.

[@MIXI115]

That makes sense, why would he try to go back in after being missing for 3 months?

[@thefacethatstares]

Great catch!

[@lockers93]

The lack of any footage of him re-entering the complex is extremely suspect given we're shown every other part of the story. I'm wondering whether the Tench that attacks Marvin is actually a second doppelganger Tench somehow generated by the complex itself. This would explain why the team are surprised to see him down there and also why Tench doesn't seem to know about anything that's happened since his initial disappearance.

[@laughingrabbit5109]

@@MIXI115 The official story is that Peter went back because he was convinced that he was still in the backrooms. And that he believed he was in a complex illusion created by the backrooms. So, he went back to find a real way out. (At least, that's the story this is saying.) Of course the title is even damage control. Which highly suggests this is a propagandized version of the events that unfolded to save their own ass. lol

[@MIXI115]

@@laughingrabbit5109 ohhh… that makes sense too.

[@robynstopped]

While it makes sense that the lost employee went insane ehile lost in the backrooms, an entity that mimics him finding it's way to the Async research facility pretending to be him would be even more frightening.

[@LuisHumanoide]

Kane, I discovered these videos last year, after going through a difficult time. At first they distracted my mind, as I had something fascinating to think about. Then I became more aware of the commitment and dedication you put into these productions and they inspire me to put dedication into my own projects. Congratulations for these productions and for inspiring many to continue creating with passion.

[@ben-64]

The true horror of the backrooms. Isolation, unreality, derealization. Don't get me wrong, I love a good creepy entity, but I'm glad you're exploring the more mature themes this concept has going for it. In my opinion, that's what makes the backrooms special.

[@nutbyte1680]

🤓

[@justjohn312]

@@nutbyte1680 😐

[@OldWorldRadio2]

This is definitely a pretentiously popular thing to say recently and I wish people would stop it. Having twisted entities does not make it any less mature and to say such a thing is ridiculous and uncalled for.

[@povotaknight2063]

@@OldWorldRadio2 I think it's more of a dig at versions where that's the *only* bonus, with no actual lore or plot.

[@raymen4863]

Ive always liked the idea that the backrooms just doesn't have any entities, that the first mono yellow room is all it is and it is infact only 600 square kilometers. The strong suit for this idea though is that YOU ARE ALONE, there is nothing out there coming for you and nothing to hurt you. However the horror should come from the fact that as humans, we will always be thinking we aren't alone while we truly are. But we would never know, that is true horror, not knowing if you're safe or not cowering between every corner you cross, hallway you pass and room you find. That is what the backrooms should of been.

[@cyberostrich3460]

CONGRATS ON GETTING A MOVIE DEAL WITH A24 STUDIOS AT JUST 17 YEARS OLD. I CANT BELIEVE YOU'RE ADAPTING THIS SERIES INTO A FULL THEATRICAL MOVIE. SO HAPPY FOR YOU!

[@stevetrzz]

For real? That's actually unironically crazy

[@marquitorlp3862]

@@stevetrzz In fact A24 gonna produce a backrooms movie, but keane is out and theres no deal

[@der_holli]

Yeah, Congrats! I'm happy for all of us. Can't wait!

[@TheMissingLynx1322]

@@marquitorlp3862 shoot.

[@user-ym3cw3dx6k]

@@marquitorlp3862 wdym kane is the director

[@ceviche4life951]

I’m excited for the Backrooms movie, I trust Kane Pixels and there’s so much potential to make a thrilling movie here. I can see a lot of commentary on social isolation, corporate greed, suburbia architecture, etc as well. Curious where it’ll all lead

[@DissedRedEngie]

What I really love about this series is that, even though the situation basically class for SCP type of information control, ASYNC still tries to be as humane as possible. Here we have a person who shot one of the co-workers and escaped the facility and when people hear that he died, the people listening to the debriefing are shocked and disturbed about Tench's whole situation. It's just a really refreshing that the secret organization is genuinely trying to be good, even when the situation makes it hard.

[@TheArsenalgunner28]

Well, they aren’t. The individuals are, sure. However it’s likely that he figured out they were going to kill him. They already informed his family he died so as to preserve the secrecy of the facility. If they let him out, his family and the press will likely have questions. It’s quite possible he’s still alive too, that phone might be him trying to call home…or he did die but the security forces killed him for the sake of ‘damage control’.

[@destroyerofturtles5024]

@@TheArsenalgunner28they mentioned in the video that they were planning on reintegrating him.

[@TheArsenalgunner28]

@@destroyerofturtles5024 yea but given this is called ‘damage control’ they likely told him and the staff this to keep him calm and the people working there. I mean if you are ASYNC you aren’t going to admit that you AREN’T planning on reintegrating him are you. He wouldn’t cooperate if you did and the staff would likely revolt and leak the reality of the project, meaning you’d have to kill all of them which would be very difficult to explain and cover up.

[@n.dubrovin1988]

Were there suggestions yet that Async are actually a predecessors of SCP foundation - or even the founders themselves? It makes sense, especially supposing that most SCP objects actually have origins from the Backrooms. Also, nearest to the threshold areas of the Backrooms surprisingly well fit for the base and headquarters of SCP: first, it's a pretty safely contained area with only the threshold as a way out; second, the nature of the Backrooms makes it a perfect top secret base: every investigators would be looking for a huge, remoted area, like the "51" for example, or a massive underground system - but definitely not for a modest basement room in a typical commercial building.

[@elanmendes8512]

The idea of being driven insane not by the Complex itself but by the self preservation efforts of Async after faking a man's death was beautifully written. I can't get enough of this series.

[@greatwavefan397]

The fear of being forgotten is often discussed in Backrooms video essays.

[@Dreamtox111]

I can’t say I blame Async for having to take careful time to “undo” the situation as far as faking Tench’s death. They’re funded by the government and when working in classified programs, they would likely cover it up as well. You can’t really say “he just disappeared” without evidence of it. It’s sucks, but I’m not convinced they’re wholly evil. Just an unprecedented situation and trying to do the best they could. EDIT: I could also be totally wrong, though that’s my interpretation of it so far.

[@dirtpounder]

@@Dreamtox111 That seems to be an underlying theme; terrible things keep happening despite nobody doing anything technically immoral.

[@stateofopportunity1286]

@@Dreamtox111 They were clearly lying about helping him. Just as they were clearly lying about him tripping on a rock.

[@lawsonchampagne5865]

@@stateofopportunity1286 how do you know they lied Ik there’s something I’m just missing it

[@Lordrockerkiller]

From what it looks like at the short burst of images at 13:18-13:19 The first one looks to be a explosion bathing a person in green light, like that seen of the girl who fell through her garage floor and ended with the bright flash of green light. The second one appears to be what is possibly the higher ups at Async thinking up a way of trying to hide and cover up this incident with Tench. The third one appears to be a possible documentation of ALL the things Async has done in the backrooms, with what looks to be mountains of paper in it. The fourth one appears to be the same frame as the one 2 frames later, just more blurry and whited out. The fifth one appears to just be the first but with inversed colors instead. The sixth one as previously stated is the same as the third but better quality, with what seems to be a unknown person with a backpack possibly running. The seventh and eighth appear to be of the same image, with the six showing a street in what might be a city with a pedestrian on the sidewalk, with the seventh being a close up on the pedestrian, who looks to be the same person as from the fifth running away from something. From what might be concluded from these eight images spanning less then a second, it seems to be that the story of Tench being found dead from tripping and bashing his head against a rock may be false, with the team actually not being able to find him and needing a credible story to tell their working, came up with that when in actuality it seems Tench escaped to the city, finding a backpack somewhere and now is loose in society and the greater public. Also I swear to god, the phone ringing sound at the end is the SAME ONE FROM FNAF, I'd recognized those damned ringtones anywhere, thanks for the 2014 ptsd kane.

[@r00dfr00t]

Finally, some great analysis instead of the constant echo chamber of "GUYSH HE 17 LOL XD".

[@petruciosxd1374]

Yeah, I wonder what's up with the green light in particular. That's not supposed to be Peter, right? Is it...? We don't know what happened to him when he was stuck the second time, but like, this second trip didn't seem as though it really had an abnormal effect on him? Even mentally, it can all be explained away relatively easily, and he definitely didn't look like he was, I don't know, full of mold or something. If he did get caught up in the green light, and that light is actually related to the monsters' creation, then... That's... Probably uh, not the best, I reckon. I wonder if them keeping Peter around for two weeks was even true? Like, if we assume that they did throw him back in a lot earlier in order to not risk the project, prioritizing it over his life... Is this not something they'd say to cover it up, so long as they had the means to do so? Like, the select few people who talked to him aren't ever confirmed, right? And they'd probably be pretty secretive about it after he was identified regardless of how much they tried to help him. That part doesn't have something explicitly going against it like the one at the end though, so they may really have done their best, it's just unclear coming from A-Sync themselves.

[@KooI-AidMan]

The phone call actually reminds me of fnac 2 (five nights at candys 2), not fnaf

[@redevan50]

I have a feeling tench tried to call home and thats what the phone call is

[@tomorbataar5922]

The second one seems to be one of Tench's own drawings during his psychotic break tbh.

[@VS-kf5qw]

Man your work is fantastic - just found and binged every video you've got, including AoT. Congrats on the A24 deal! Your filmmaking, aesthetics and sound design are intensely reminiscent of Panos Cosmatos (and Beyond The Black Rainbow particularly). Can't wait to see what you'll create in the future.

[@TheAdvertisement]

I love these terrifying events happening, and then the next episode is the men in charge listening on recording and being like "oh sh*t".

[@diya5282]

Love how Kane integrated the idea of Once you enter the Complex, you’ll never know what’s real or if it’s just another level.

[@soundbeverage3964]

Complexception

[@knightofthenorth926]

FR that part was legit horrifying, I was thinking the same thing, I really couldn't tell

[@partthethird]

"Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Zhuang Zhou. But he didn't know if he was Zhuang Zhou who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming that he was Zhuang Zhou. "

[@ForeverLove230]

Whoa that's so cool! Such great writing, thanks for bringing it to my attention!

[@Shepredshead]

from the no end house creepy pasta !

[@FulgrimDragon]

Over a year since the first backrooms video and Kane is still producing amazing story beats that feel fresh and only add more depth, I absolutely love this series. cant wait to see what else Kane has planned!

[@funx24X7]

I don't want to call out anyone by name but there's a popular fan channel that was making some great backrooms content but clearly hit a point where they ran out of ideas/good writing and it fell off very hard. The fact that Kane can still make spooky, engaging backrooms videos all on his own is a testament to his artistic talent.

[@ciscornBIG]

story beats is such a cringe term bro

[@lexruptor]

Eh, not really Backrooms videos though. Just videos set in a single part of the Backrooms. He hasn't even touched the full potential, he's been like Lv1 only, and he threw away the lore.

[@lexruptor]

@@funx24X7 No it's not, it's a testament to how much normies like to pick and choose their levels of content, and almost always go for bare minimum because nostalgia

[@Terracosm]

@@lexruptor that’s because he’s going off of the lore of the original post, not the bloated mess of a fan wiki that spawned from it

[@AppleJuice1330]

I just now got around to finishing this series and I got to say, this is probably my favorite KZbin series on the platform. The characters, plot, world building, music, cinematography, animation, everything is just so well constructed and thought out. Even though this episode was mostly a speech given by doctors, I was so invested and was creating my own theories as he was talking, which I don’t do much. I know uploads for this series are probably going to slow down because of your movie you’re working on (which by the way I’m ecstatic for) but it’s been an absolute blast to piece the story together for myself, and be enthralled in this world that you created. In the meantime, while the movie is being created, I’m gonna check out the oldest view soon, I’ve heard good things about it. And judging by the quality of this series I’m guessing it’s really good.

[@Mrfrostbeast64]

Mom: so the school just called me today... Me: 1:44 My parents with the belt: 1:59

[@PaleoEntertainment]

There's a link in the description to a motion-capture suit, so Kane has made enough money from this series to really start using the same tech that the professional game and movie industry are using! It's so freaking cool! Granted, motion capture still usually requires some polishing, so this is by no means taking the easy route. I'm really happy that Kane has made enough money to focus so much on this series as what seems like a part time job/hobby/passion. While the overlayed effects of the low-quality camera and greyscale color palette (at times) makes slight imperfections in animation blend in, it's still no easy task to do what him and his team of creators are doing. Can't wait to see where this goes! Edit: Maybe he was sponsored by Rokoko? If so, that's freaking awesome.

[@prodrt1]

off course he has, every video has millions of views. plus he obviously gets sponsors because the vision of this project is insane

[@Kkbleeblob]

@@prodrt1 he hasn’t said anything about a sponsor so no he doesn’t get sponsors or at least doesn’t accept them

[@adrianshephard2215]

@@prodrt1 even with sponsors, this is insanely skilled

[@sebecus6328]

@@prodrt1 Peter Tench starts talking about raid shadow legends

[@-bugbite]

He’s had that for a long time but I feel like he might have got it for free since there’s a link with his name on it and he puts it in the description of a lot of the videos

[@IndependentMind115]

The vision Kane has of this concept is beyond our time. It's like he's part of the Backrooms team showing us actual footage! Absolutely the GOAT!

[@mosshivenetwork117]

Future of the backrooms

[@justinepower8406]

Congrats on the movie offer, Kane! You really deserve it man, you're a very talented kid and I can't wait to see the full film!

[@azureart5180]

i am so invested in your backrooms series!! you are incredibly talented

[@SPACKLEBOX]

I was completely absorbed by how authentic this entire presentation was. The sequences of cameras and visuals throughout the debriefing, the script and natural delivery of the voice actor, the reactions of the other staff, and the circumstances that unfolded were all incredibly immersive. I cannot overstate how absorbed I was by this installation. Simply phenomenal. The title itself is extremely telling, especially after watching this video. I don't believe that Tench is out of the picture yet... I eagerly look forward to the next one.

[@nocomment9532]

i used the < and > keys to scrub through the flashing imagery towards the end, one of the CCTV pictures looks like an intersection or main road at night with him still running in the bottom right corner as well as other images of him still on the run. Not sure on the shot of the needle containing what i thought may be the mold like substance, maybe it's insinuating the tests they performed on him were more invasive and this is what pushed him to escape.

[@steventaylor8723]

@@nocomment9532 You just taught me how to move frame by frame through youtube videos... Never again will I have to slow a video down and spam the spacebar to find a hidden, one frame wall of text... You, sir/ma'am deserve an award!

[@Tsutsu5]

In the end of the video where it is seen the camera glitching, you see tench running freely through the streets, he is eithe A. Alive and on the run or B. They caught him and killed him, framing his death as an accident. It’s safe to assume the real result was B, they can’t handle their project being taken down by the government because someone (tench) exposed to the public the dangers of the back rooms

[@func_e]

This is massive for the lore. Kane is confirming things, he's adding some new stuff, and I feel like everything can be extracted from this. Again, well done Kane, you're a genius

[@rleriche5044]

you cant infer too much as you only have the word of the narrator to trust.

[@anunknownperson4018]

Reason why ppl shouldn’t study cinematic 😂 they gotta compete with kane

[@DirectorTaffy]

@Despirited Soul ⸜⁄ Oh

[@laurel5432]

@@rleriche5044 Company man says they're coming forward with the truth they've been hiding? Yeah, it's just more lies.

[@slashf]

Yep to R Le Riche's comment about not trusting the narrator. Would not be surprised if either (1) the security team caught up with Tench and killed him on orders or (2) they caught him and brought him back to the facility.

[@ellnic]

R.I.P the backrooms

[@KiiBon]

They aren't going anywhere bro

[@ellnic]

@@KiiBon They already gone, Bro

[@j_m_b_1914]

The thing about all of this is just how amazingly creative it all is. Hollywood has redone different style of horror movies but we've never really had a horror series based around all the amazing and creative things you can do under the "liminal spaces" category. Sure, Hollywood has done things somewhat resembling this -- we've seen the Matrix with the backroom doors, we've seen Silent Hill, we've seen Vivarium which also had a strong liminal background but this? The thing that makes this especially creepy for me is that these backrooms feel real. What I mean by that is that when I first saw this series and I first saw these backrooms, for some reason I felt I had been there before. I have no idea how or why but that feeling was extremely strong in me.

[@kingcoconut3593]

The effort put into this series is unmatched. What a masterpiece

[@hans_gigachad3501]

NPC

[@nestotamo8594]

NPC, you didn't even watch the episode. Only one minute passed.

[@old-4298]

Ok

[@saylen2657]

No, your are my Man ❤️

[@saylen2657]

I F##ing LOVE YOU

[@ember.mp3]

God, this is so good, just seeing Peter running through the ASYNC facility with a gun is terrifying

[@Beta_Mixes]

Nothing like something real to makes you think what is >truly< terrifying

[@chocolatememes247Imsupercool]

Doom music

[@leociresi4292]

8:30 you can see several recorders mounted on the walls of the alcove where Peter first heard the disembodied voices

[@Brickstherobloxian]

Almost 1 year ago since the backrooms ended 😭

[@Adrik_11]

Fr bro I wish it continued

[@treiz01]

​@@Adrik_11 the movie is coming

[@Adrik_11]

@@treiz01 yea ik

[@xxjosjexx]

This series was so entertaining!! Thank you so much for this!

[@OscarMorson-zl2ki]

Kane is in process of making backroom movie with A24 studios

[@xxjosjexx]

I know! Can’t wait!! The latest Oldest view also amazing!!

[@SeenAGreatLight]

The professionalism of the dialogue is what really draws me in. The way the speaker phrases things is very businesslike, doesn't mix metaphors or misuse words, and has perfect sentence structure. Feels so real! (EDIT: Spelling, ironically)

[@HumanStyleBeing]

like he's reading from a prepared statement

[@bunnylebowski4465]

I liked that he kept in a few mistakes where he would start saying the wrong word and correct himself, I don’t know added realism for me

[@Jordy666sic]

I was also really impressed by this. How can a 17 year old write a statement like that? It's actually how a corporate would address their workers in a situation like this.

[@stanleybochenek1862]

Yep

[@stanleybochenek1862]

@@Jordy666sic true this guy is better than any other businessman

[@matrixiekitty2127]

The silence that came from that crew as they heard the gunshot in the distance… my blood ran cold. Also, Tench’s death feels…. Suspicious. It sounds like an accident but we already know they’ve covered up his death before. Who are we to trust Async’s words again?

[@FRANKPLAYZZ]

yeah

[@ComradeStrogg]

Same. Pretty sure Tench will appear in future episodes.

[@hazss]

there is a man on the street in the flash

[@GrueTurtle]

Please report to HR to discuss your concerns with management.

[@yannicksporer3225]

Makes you wonder how much of the story is made up

[@robloxscps100]

I really love The Back rooms its such a good concept that I can't get enough of and what Kane has done with it is absolutely fascinating

[@vaultzy2467]

Came back to this channel after 6 months to watch the rest of the Backrooms footage and I just wanted to say congratulations for getting the opportunity to produce and direct a feature length film with A24. I just hope Roberto Patino doesn’t butcher the storyline

[@stabilini]

Masterpiece. You have kids that ruined backrooms, then you have people that understood this creepypasta, and then you have Kane Pixels.

[@kayzeaza]

I think what Kane is doing here is bigger than just the back rooms.

[@Forcoy]

"You have kids that ruined backrooms" clearly not considering this exists

[@BombBird11]

@@Forcoy What the fuck is that supposed to mean? Kane Pixels' series is hella better than anything else that can be found about the Backrooms.

[@rainbowstormdemon4312]

Sadly he was the one who started the down fall. Check out how the backrooms was ruined videos. Luckily as long if we have good video the backrooms can be saved by those bad vids

[@Abaddon..]

@@BombBird11 he means since Kane pixels IS a kid, from what we know his 17

[@Lugamo94]

12:43 "If the wind is right, you can sail away" is a fragment of the lyrics of _Sailing_ by Christopher Cross. This is relevant because Kane covered this song in his Not Kane Pixels channel, it was uploaded on December 10, 2022.

[@masonwalter5815]

love this and how you tied the story together super intriguing and cant wait for the next one!

[@geographyalpacaroadto5097]

My man is actually repairing the backrooms for habitable spce

[@summerallen5743]

The amount of horror I felt hearing "That is done and there is nothing more to be extracted" when they were talking about Peters death and how the next image was of a syringe, that generally made my heart drop. Generally feels like he was killed off because he was too much of a risk.

[@ChenLiYong]

Or he didn’t die, and now strapped in some obscure async facilities, being experimented on, considering how adamantly he phrased his death as “he don’t want the project to be halted” or “he gave his all to this project”.

[@at5297]

I wonder what the significance of the syringe is in relation to the word "extracted". Did they inject Peter with something, or was something extracted from him during his initial medical tests that Async is keeping secret?

[@thefirstguillotine]

YES it genuinely scared me in a way i cannot put into words. it was like a threat and a fact all at once. and they haven’t even touched the surface when it comes to what they’re really keeping underwraps. async is _greed_ in its purest form

[@hybrid3006]

@@thefirstguillotine ... Kane confirmed in an interview that async inst evil (although that may be old info), search up kane pixels interviews if you wanna find it cos it's been a while, Async (in Kane's words) "not evil, focused" Edit: hers the link, kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6ulZWONiZuIqqs

[@jongyon7192p]

@heart♡eyes oh you think that's bad. Wait you realize they weren't even moving him to an above ground facility. He was right to run away.

[@LIONHARDTED]

The “we were deliberately withholding information” line as they are deliberately withholding more/misleading lol. Great episode, love this puzzling series!

[@Mister_Clean]

Yeah, not to mention they probably offed Peter. No way they'd let him escape with that information. Or he's still alive, which is what the end might suggest. Or if you wanna get really spoopy, there are multiple Tenches due to the temporal phenomenon, and everything is about to get absolutely insane.

[@Stercus_Dominus]

@@Mister_Clean I think he's dead, whether he hit his head on a rock, or Async killed him to keep the secrets of the company safe, the way the narrarator said it sounded truthful.

[@forgemakesstuff2734]

pretty much the same as everyone else in this comment section, but the scariest part of this series is not the backrooms themselves, but how they _affect_ people like sure, getting chased by an otherworldly demon thing is scary, but it is truly unsettling and disconcerting to see people get trapped in the backrooms, try to rationalize their situation, and then slowly deteriorate into purely self-preservation instincts, until they're literally killing their friends because they can't think rationally anymore that's the real horror to me, and Kane conveys it so well

[@sassyshantel007]

long live the backrooms this shit has me on the edge of my seat its the longest 10 or more mins of my life ... your incredible Kane

[@D_D_T]

This was probably my favorite episode because it straight up tells you what is happening, theres no hidden messages or lack of words, and the most satisfying part is that the fans were right with their theories, great job everyone, and Kane, thank you

[@jjpphilosophy7307]

not necessarily, this is a company's damage control video, the story given here isn't necessarily true

[@tommywang948]

No, this is obviously the company lying. While the first part is true, the second part where Tench went insane isn’t. There is no way Tench went insane and thought the company was another level of the back room since unlike the survivors in the original series, he was only there for a few hours and has not traveled to any other level. It is clear that he is not being allowed to go outside due to the company not wanting him to leak any information, and was terminated after he reached outside.

[@redhalogaming7581]

@@tommywang948 im not sure he is dead, the phone ringing could be him calling a relative about what happened

[@Tukaro]

They were only honest about the past, not the present. I believe the flashes at the very end (13:18) show Tench escaping and loose within a city.

[@Kkbleeblob]

@@tommywang948 just so you know there are no levels here

[@peoplewhoplaygames]

The way he's able to play around the limitations to his software. There have been moments in the past where I can clearly tell that 3D models were used, usually from how the characters walk and move, but cutting the framerate down in the CCTV footage was such a smart move. It looks so real. Like as someone who worked with CCTV cameras I can say for a fact that that's how our playback footage looks.

[@jcdenton6864]

I'm attempting to make my own versions of these. I'm not sure if he has ever went over it, but what software would be needed to create these?

[@tz28exile]

@@jcdenton6864 All of the animation is done in Blender if I'm not mistaken

[@boredaf514]

Congrats on the movie deal Kane! I cannot wait to see it! This cliffhanger was great and I cannot wait for the next episode

[@tetraxis3011]

14 minutes? This is lovely. Good work as always.

[@_just_a_random_artist_]

I love how this shows how scary the backrooms can be without monsters. Peters life was completely torn apart in less than a month. The backrooms really messed up his sanity. Great work kane 👍

[@The_Natalist]

I dont think it did at all, this whole video is another async cover up. They dumped peter back in the backrooms hoping he would just disappear, so peters made an escape. At first i thought they shot him on the hill tbh, but the ending suggests he is still at large

[@ConceptJunkie]

While Kane has done some interesting things with monsters, they are the least interesting part of the world he has created, and this video is proof that he can make a compelling and fascinating story without BLACK SCRIBBLY MONSTER THAT EATS YOU, which is how most people want to portray the Backrooms.

[@leipzigergnom]

I agree. I think the psychological or cosmic horror of the backrooms is what makes it the most compelling. But of course I don't mind there being monsters in there as long as they are interesting enough

[@skeleton819]

@@ConceptJunkieyes, we know. you dont like the monsters, the 8000th person to have said that

[@MrStrikecentral]

@@skeleton819 I think what he's trying to get at is that this portrayal of the Backrooms doesn't rely on the shock value of the entities at all like several other artists do. The monsters are fine, but this is a whole different type of psychological horror. Just being in the Backrooms is horror enough, no entities necessary. Besides, level 0 is supposed to not even have any entities at all.

[@Gorgod69]

I appreciate the addition of subtitles this time. I know all these voice filters are for setting the mood but over the last several videos I was finding it increasingly difficult to understand what was actually being said, and that's from the perspective of a native English speaker. So being able to just turn the subtitles on and get the dialogue without needing to go back puzzling over it multiple times is helpful.

[@slabman6262]

They are auto generated though

[@Gorgod69]

@@slabman6262 They aren't. It's listed as English (United States), which means it's manual subtitles. The automated subtitles are a separate option listed as English (auto-generated), and those always have that name. Plus auto subtitles are generated word by word instead of line by line, and have no formatting or punctuation.

[@slabman6262]

@@Gorgod69 holy shit you’re right! FINALLY SUBTITLES

[@nivaldolemos5280]

if native speakers are finding it difficult, imagine us who are not native.

[@SL-hl5fi]

This. I'm mildly autistic, and it can be difficult for me to understanding someone speaking if there's a lot of other noise going on. The subtitles are very much appreciated!

[@NickDrinksWater]

Imagine a kid making this kind of quality. Hollywood should be taking notes

[@nithsk]

So sad to hear about peter falling onto a rock 3 times. Rest in peace, Peter Tench.

[@rciscon]

This is the perfect example of how the limitations of the tools that Kane had available to create his story only made the end result that much better.

[@ConceptJunkie]

For all his prowess with computer special effects and he's quite skilled, Kane's real talent is imaginative story-telling, and this sets him apart from almost everyone making Backrooms videos, and almost everyone in Hollywood for that matter.

[@touchgrass7129]

@Unity ⸜⁄ keep telling yourself that man

[@eliminoh_p7877]

One of the best thing about this series is how natural sounding the dialogue is. It always just sounds like real people talking, not acting. Adds a level of realism to the story that makes something great that much better.

[@p0is0n49]

Holy shit dude this backrooms series has so much lore and I am actually sucked into it

[@de-ment]

I like the more human sides of this story, i wish there was a version of this whole series where the backroom's monster fellas still exist, but without such a loud, direct and often look at them as is with some episodes. It would be MUCH much more presentable to people more interested in the story and tension-building aspects rather than the demographic waiting only for the "scary loud haha" parts. Really hope the cinema adaptation of this takes on the "A-Sync" viewpoint of the series instead of the "Found Footage" aspects. The collab with A24 has me relieved in this context.

[@ForeverLove230]

Shout out to the voice actor!! This whole episode was fantastic, and I just really love how authentic the VA delivers everything. Great job, huge props!

[@slabman6262]

The VA is Kane

[@serraramayfield9230]

@@slabman6262 Source?

[@slabman6262]

@@serraramayfield9230 Do I really need a source? Like, that is straight up just him doing a deep voice.

[@TrianglePants]

How do you know, Slab Man?

[@slabman6262]

@@TrianglePants Because I hear Kane’s voice occasionally. Theres a QnA live stream of him just talking, maybe that will help you.

[@Limit19970]

A lot of questions answered, and a lot of theories confirmed. The armed man being Peter was made very obvious from the previous video and it's unlisted counterpart, but a lot of other stuff has been cleared up, such as how and/or why Peter ended up back inside the complex. The glitches and the phonecall at the end raise some new questions though. That security camera footage showed a man running through an urban area. Is ASync still lying about Peter? Does the needle suggest a plan to assassinate him? Or nothing more than symbolism relating to the presenter saying there is nothing more to 'extract' from the situation?

[@identitymatrix]

Of course A-sync is lying. He is either alive and fled or they executed him. But no way he was gonna get himself killed while fleeing, i would not believe that.

[@koenvandamme6901]

Oh yeah, ASync is full of shit.

[@11energize]

@@identitymatrix I would believe so too, but I do remember Kane saying on discord that Async is not supposed to be evil, so what they are saying here could actually be the truth.

[@dappert4730]

Maybe its a bit of both. Async didnt find him, they chased him more directly than they are letting on leading to the fall. So while not intending his death, they inadvertently caused it and are covering up?

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

I 100% believe ASync assassinated Trench

[@shnanek0426]

thank you, for amazing finish of amazing story, backrooms.

[@adlibbeats]

This was really mind-blowing. Such a great inception of backrooms. You're very talented.

[@applejuice7224]

The fact that everything holds so much weight, even the soundtrack in the background sounds phenomenal and fitting.

[@AppleJuiceStudios]

Same name! 😀

[@Whocaresidont.2]

Coolio

[@aaronrashott3514]

Kane has a music channel. Look it up.

[@blackoutgaming8469]

i cant believe kane is only 100000000000000 years old. So artistic

[@blackoutgaming8469]

@@benzy8796 shut up Boi my Bob lookin skwigky diggly looking spong Bob as

[@melonstrongv1.08]

Thank you, you did a really good job. The story is really interesting and keeps even me on the screen and it all looks incredibly realistic 😮 I love this❤

[@nazguchad4195]

this man is revolutionizing the world of backrooms so perfectly

[@noahlani6480]

This poor dude. Does anyone know why bots are at an all time high nowadays?

[@Grabthar191]

I wonder if the Kane backrooms will be linked at all with other backroom lore, like the MEG, and some of the other entities like hounds, and smilers, and such? Or might this be an origin story for the Major Explorers Group?

[@literally3991]

@@noahlani6480 KZbin sucks

[@Frztlh]

@@Grabthar191 no, kane's backrooms is different from the other backrooms lore

[@bare_bear_hands]

@@Grabthar191 I hope that doesn't happen. Everyone else is just one-shot creepypasta-tier "lore", with all their silly "levels". Kane's got a real story to tell.

[@cubfan]

This series is some of the best use of perspective in story telling that I've ever seen. Your authentic feel and aesthetic continuity makes this into a really remarkable work.

[@zltrnaltacc8888]

glad to see you’re still making content loved watching your videos on a late school night hope youre doing well cheers!

[@cianbrady0721]

i did not expect to see you here but i agree this is so well done

[@caelum3926]

Didn’t expect to see a cub comment here lol

[@ahyesempiresandhermitcraft6825]

@@caelum3926 same

[@n.dubrovin1988]

Were there suggestions yet that Async are actually a predecessors of SCP foundation - or even the founders themselves? It makes sense, especially if supposing that most SCP objects actually have origins from the Backrooms. Also, nearest to the threshold areas of the Backrooms surprisingly well fit for the base and headquarters of SCP: first, it's a pretty safely contained area with only the threshold as a way out; second, the nature of the Backrooms makes it a perfect top secret base: every investigators would be looking for a huge, remoted area, like the "51" for example, or a massive underground system - but definitely not for a modest basement room in a typical commercial building.

[@dmwingon]

story closure (in a way) AND strong house of leaves vibes, i love and am in awe. you're going far, kane.