Poolrooms - New Depths (Exploration Footage #4)

4/22/90
Part 1

[@TreyVanZandt-RoyaltyFreeMusic]

Finally! A pool rooms with water that doesn't have unnecessary ripples and waves. The water is actually still and glass-like. Like what an undisturbed indoor pool would actually look like.

[@TheAtraes]

I'm sensitive to these things too. 5:30 is an exception; I feel like if the water ripples there should be some visible water flow. Otherwise it looks like a wave pool. Easily best poolrooms video I have ever seen tho

[@mikemike3760]

The potential energy of water plus gravitational pull combined with the constant particle movements in water causes ripples in any given area where water is present. Just basic physics dude.

[@LostWanderer12]

A few months ago, I attempted to create poolroom exploration footage myself, and based on that experience, I can attest to the immense amount of work involved. Truly impressive job! 👏 I also love the unique and terrifying ending.

[@minte1972]

your stuff is really good, nice work :D

[@jostv.2726]

I am still watching and haven´t seen the end yet. Thank you, now I´m scared. Help XD

[@general_glittertits6345]

To me, what makes your Videos stand out from the rest is the way you design the backrooms. They look like they were made by something or someone that has this vague idea of what human spaces are supposed to look like but cant really understand what their actual purpose is. Like all the elements are there, but configured in a way that defeats their intended purpose. Thats what makes in so uncanny: We see all the parts of a pool, but they're just put together wrong. These rooms weren’t designed with human needs and behavior in mind. It’s like an AI just endlessly generates these environments but never gets it quite right. You precisely understand what made the original idea of these rooms so creepy and unsettling and perfectly capture it in your renders. No need for dumb entities and an endless stream of power-creep lore additions where every new bit that gets added is even more distorted and powerful than the last.

[@mustafagustafas740]

Natural light from windows at backrooms looks so fresh

[@emil30w]

fr fr

[@FHA923]

It's so eerie to see natural light in a place like that. It seems like it's late afternoon

[@smgrady]

As usual, "wasn't I there before?". . . "Oh my no, that's just a little too odd.". Love it.

[@f.k.b.16]

Right? 30 years ago, I used to draw my dreams. Once I drew a picture of a dream I had where I was waking in water inside a middle eastern looking marble building with weird tunnels, odd water fixtures, and easy too small sitting areas. So many similarities to this. I threw them away when someone saw them and made fun of them...

[@stevecntower]

Oh god the ending was terrifying

[@Muonium1]

No absurd ridiculous monsters, no jump scares, no crime scenes or contrived story lines, just pure, infinitely unsettling surreal liminality. As if being trapped forever in an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization's zoo exhibit that's trying unsuccessfully to emulate what it thinks an imprisoned human creature might find comforting and home-like. Wonderful.

[@aaroncoal28]

I don't know anything about what this is.. I just know that it's unsettling. The sterile nature of it and the seemingly random placement of the pools and stainless steel railings give it abandoned mental institution vibes. I felt relieved when it seemed like you found an outside door but crushed when it turned out to be a facade. Bravo on this.

[@nutzeeer]

also the person exploring with zero anxiety is just unsettling

[@CodyVondell]

always a bit disheartening to see someone new here in the backrooms, knowing you're stuck here just like us now. forever.

[@BobombGaming]

You should check out some art by Jared Pike, he popularized the 'creepy sterile pool room' aesthetic

[@alainportant6412]

What even is this pool room thing and why is it in my suggestions ?

[@nutzeeer]

@@alainportant6412 "the backrooms" is a scifi concept of an alternative reality, with infinitely stretching corridors and places. the poolsrooms are one of them. there are multiple creators making creepy and eerie videos!

[@sapphireknight8391]

I won't lie, this is the best Backrooms video I've seen since Kane Pixels. You truly understand the feeling that the Backrooms conveys more than just surface level ideas. The lack of a solid story makes it feel more like a dream, which is exactly how the The Backrooms should be. And I can definitely tell there is a story, but thats not the point, I guess. I also love how there isn't really an entity of a monster but just the water, which I think is arguably scarier since nature is not concious it just acts. Phenominal. Favorite part was when it looks like its outside but it isnt, that was so dang clever

[@GlitchedBruh_ManIsCrazy]

what about "backrooms - stalker" i thought that was pretty good and one of the best backrooms videos out there

[@poorlymadeproduction]

The placement of the guard rails and architecture in this one feel super alienating. Good job.

[@bigc3gaming]

Matt, another INCREDIBLE video! I love your style of backrooms- lots of house-like places. I also think you make the best Poolrooms videos out there, because you add a look that is unique while capturing elements from the previously established "Dream Pools". I recently rewatched all of your videos and you never disappoint. Keep up the good work!

[@futurematt5]

Brilliant, utterly weird and incongruous, unnatural, potentially infinite and inescapable! I like all of the surprises like the fridge, the bird sounds /fake outdoors, and the weird transitions from carpeted apartment room to pool complex. What I really like about your videos in this genre is that all really good art, it makes you see the world differently. You notice stuff that looks weird and incongruous, like the shape of a tap or a bathtub, how unnatural most interiors are if you really look at them and how behind all of our perception is this lurking doubt about whether the source of it all is an infinite void, a pattern, or a presence. Ha! Anyway it's given me loads of inspiration for a bathroom refurb. Nice work!!

[@Sukaichae]

Very well said

[@Mythosidhe]

Another great installment! Love the 'McMansion Hell' vibe looking out at those big windows over the balustrade around the 60sec. mark. And the birdsong (the mourning dove call especially) was a genius touch, at first I wasn't sure if that was coming from the video or outside my house 😂

[@JosephCee]

So intriguing how it's a mix of an indoor water park, ymca pool, locker room shower, and a flooded shopping mall all in one.

[@connor48880]

The sense of dread I felt at the end, knowing that no matter what would happen afterward, the moment he walked through that metal door the next time he came back to it, it would be closed? Unrecreatable. Fantastic job as always

[@SuperZebezian]

PART 1?! THAT MEANS A PART 2!! HOORAY!! Seriously, you uploading again is a major highlight. I was holding out so much hope for another video since your last upload was quite a while ago. You are top-notch.

[@DiscoLizzard]

4:11 the mourning dove is a nice touch very nostalgic somehow

[@TheSilentCartgraph3r]

The lighting at 3:54 is so good. Incredibly strange. Also, I love the orange carpet area in First encounter. Your environmental design showcases the creepiness of the backrooms so well.

[@DavideDidero]

That's an impressive job, keep on! 💪 P. S. Never seen a pool rooms version of "Liminal Hotel" at 5:48, thst's pure genious! And what about the finale... BRAVO 👏👏👏

[@GlitchedBruh_ManIsCrazy]

the pool rooms version of liminal hotel is called "lvl 188.8" or smth like that i think

[@cathiggins]

Its great how instead of straight no-clipping you make your way there through a dreamy 'house' that shifts into the poolrooms.

[@RedShirtGuy96]

Recently been on a poolrooms kick, and I gotta say. I love how in the beginning the subtle liminal bits of poolroom architecture start blending in to the normal backrooms architecture. I've always had this headcanon idea where different levels in the backrooms that are connected are connected in this loose way where the architecture subtly shifts to whatever style is next

[@neptune._]

Your take on Backrooms/Poolrooms is the absolute best! The way you use ambiance and the fear of the unknown to create a feeling of dread is just perfect, no cheap jumpscares or dumb monsters, just you and the infinite unknown and your mind racing to try and make something out of this strange reality. I specially love the beginning area, you should make a side series all about just liminal backroom exploration, I could spend hours watching all these dreamlike spaces that look like bits of reality pieced back together!

[@justinsteele6308]

i've had rare dreams like this since i was a kid in the 90s (various empty "facilities", pools & malls), thx for making them real

[@FlameIsExisting]

I'm in love with the weird/awkward geometry you include. Your geometry is unique. Also that mourning dove sound you included, that brought back some memories. What a peaceful sound.

[@Akenatyl]

At 2:00, this is the most insanely corresponding to the backrooms lore room i have EVER SEEN. THIS is what i see in my dreams, this makes no damn sense and it left me in pure awe. thanks for your creativity. As i'm continuing the video i can clearly see you've made some very nonsensical (in a positive way) choices for the architecture that's not pools. I absolutely love your way with design. it's absolutely dreamlike

[@PJLeonard]

I said it before on your #3 video and I'll say it again: you are one of the very best Backrooms creators out there. I'm by no means a backrooms purist, everybody is free to intepret it as they please, but you easily come closest to the true spirit of what I thinks makes the Backrooms/Poolrooms so special: that balance between relaxing and terrifying, and using nothing but atmosphere to achieve that. I can't wait for #5!

[@lukestarkiller1470]

I like that (up until the end) he’s not actually running from anything or even trying to find a way out. He’s just kind of wandering around and exploring the cool locations he’s in.

[@liamyeeyt]

Best poolrooms video I’ve seen so far. The transition from the house to the poolrooms is so uncanny but feels real

[@tomc2705]

This feels much more sinister and threatening than your previous explorations. Like a dream you wake up knowing it was a bad one, but not sure why. Excellent work man. I'm far from the first to say it, but you really get what this genre is all about

[@ColinJWiens]

The "House rooms" or whatev is my fave aesthetic. Most relateable and I've had lots of dreams about them even before liminal spaces became popular. GJ and very nice aesthetics overall.

[@cozypeep4020]

absolutely awesome work!! Loved every bit of it! I was surprised at the ending, we’ve never had an immediate threat to someone’s life, nor have them run from it

[@RedShirtGuy96]

I like the idea that the Poolrooms are so infinitely large that they create their own tidal forces on their waters, not my original idea, according to wikidot it seemed like an attempt to explain the ripples in the water. However maybe a sudden unpredictable shift in the water can send it in overwhelming volumes into previously dry chambers. The poolrooms are such a great example of how the liminal environment alone can be tailored to be just as scary as all the entity infested levels.

[@gold_me]

Actually insane attention to detail; there are even outlets scarcely scattered on some walls

[@MASONmakesMOVIES]

Thanks for another video, Matt. These are work of art. I know hype in the liminal space has settled down a bit over the last few months, I hope you continue to make content (if you’re passionate about it, of course) You do amazing work, the architecture and ambience are incredible

[@JB52520]

This is pure fever dream; a perfect blend of alluring and menacing.

[@6hostalien]

one must imagine a tiler in the Poolrooms happy

[@MeansofIntrigue]

Nice.

[@eskoevtyukov4764]

Watching this on a 4:3 CRT monitor was one hell of an experience!

[@DoomieGruntVentures]

I know many take inspiration from Kane Pixels when it comes to games/game mods for the backrooms, but personally, I feel inspired by your work as I plug away at Doom modding. There's quite a bit more intricacies and even themes to your rooms. Poolrooms, McMansions & Apartments, office buildings, even department store layouts, etc. All just off enough to push that uncanny valley & bad dream feeling. I also enjoyed the use of a more "natural" hazard that endangers the protagonist here, rather than going for the loud spooky monster cliche. Look forward to seeing more. Normally I'd mock the protagonists for being so curious, but I'd probably be right there behind them if I was in the same environment.

[@vammy_]

amazing!!! love the resedential areas at the beginning. 10/10

[@pjyoung191]

Truly the uncanny valley of interior design. Amazing how it feels so open and so claustrophobic at the same time- the rooms are huge and empty, but you still feel trapped. I feel like you get what actually makes The Backrooms scary; it's about the feeling of isolation and helplessness, of being stuck somewhere that is tranquil but extremely dangerous. It's a very unique genre of horror, one that taps into some actual primal fears rather than just flashing a bunch of startling/grotesque images at you.

[@stevecntower]

These caustics😍

[@ashleycooper7208]

Best pool room vids on the net. Your skill in blender for realistic water behaviour is also the best. Good job.

[@TheBearInTheChair]

They sure are, and I've seen alot

[@CHINZIG_UK]

God, I had a dream similar to that ending, it was terrifying, it was poolrooms but it was known to the public, there was a huge rush of water at an elevated T junction but it came in intervals, I had an escape but I had to be careful not to venture too far or one of those water intervals would sweep me away. Morning work alarm work me up thank goodness.

[@Liminality0]

What i love the most about your work, is if you just pause it at any time it looks like an actual liminal space photo

[@sig3ldunc4nI]

We seen new areas within the backrooms in this one. It seemed as if it did a full circle from the earlier videos you did like the character stumbled into an area the previous guy was. The level of creativity was on point. This was definitely the best thus far. The owl caught me off guard. There was a level of déjà vu in the beginning for myself when he was on the balcony. I could watch your vids all day Matt. I’m just glad to have you back buddy. Thank you for what you’re doing man! Knocked it outta the park.

[@minecraftkid50978]

Wait what video was this I totally missed that

[@fatlol7423]

Months of waiting were worth it, your editing work hasn't changed, it's still incredible. The mysterious atmosphere and comfortable silence, but at the same time scary. And as always, the ending makes me even more curious about what's to come in the next videos. I'll always be here, I look forward to the next videos, no matter how long it takes.

[@royroos8036]

YESSSSS!!!! Finally. Haven't watched it yet but here's a like in advance ❤ Edit: awesome footage. You feel familiar with it yet still a lot of things seem out of place... just that uncanny valley feeling. Awesome work 👏

[@Remigrator]

A work of art, it is the Mona Lisa of our time

[@nm2000]

Absolutely great. I especially like the fact that it looks so realistic, as I someone had used a Home Movie Camera.

[@Firestrands]

The water flood part is really creative good workb

[@Vextrove]

This is so amazing. The atmosphere is just top tier 👌

[@ExtremeSalad0829]

OMG Thank you so much for coming back with this awesome video!! You make one of the best Exploration Footage ever...

[@Sillykooky]

This is so cool! And the sound design is so good, too! The ambient buzzing/whooshing, and the way it changes to fit the surroundings, is really immersive. I'm gonna watch this over and over

[@neoavenir]

over a year since the last one but it was definitely worth the wait! glad you’re back ☺️

[@piggosalternateaccount4917]

Good to see the poolrooms flooding, good bit of horror

[@Limpshot_McGee]

What I love about Backrooms-type videos is the architecture, and YOU do it better than anyone else.

[@BrianHanke]

I didn't even know I liked this genre until I saw your videos. They're VERY well done!

[@lloxu]

I absolutely love the mourning dove sound you included at 4:10. Just gives in even harder to the nostalgia. Excellent video as always

[@soraninja]

I can't believe I've only just found this .... I've been into liminal spaces for like a decade ... I love these! They're so amazingly done the sensory experience feels real. I'd love to work on something like. . I have my own imaginings of liminal spaces I'd love to create! New sub

[@jamoccasin]

The house room was so uncanny and I think it perfectly represents the feel of liminal space. Awesome video, with no overused entities or silly jump scares!!

[@PubliusQuinctiliusVarus-hu1xx]

Glad to see some new videos! Nice references to some earlier videos in the series and it really has an unnerving but not frightening feel throughout.

[@dscimforjack]

Man you perfectly encapsulate what rooms in my dreams look like

[@Tomy_Yon]

From claustrophobia to thalassophobia to agoraphobia... Yes, I had them all in this video.

[@Amaraticando]

Matt never fails to deliver. This one was another festival of uneasy scenarios and also used some previous videos. Nailed it!

[@MollyHJohns]

Thank you for this. I like everything except the bird call jumpscare and the last scene lol. Made me wake up from the nice dream and I wish if I am noclipped into a PoolRoom I should be equipped either with a donut float, or a full scuba diving set so I won't drown. I can just stay exploring in the PoolRoom forever.

[@luislopezsoler3310]

Finally, you're back after a whole year! Love your Backrooms video!

[@channelwhatchamacallit2614]

I'm so excited to have more of your poolrooms footage. Honestly, probably my favorite backrooms stuff.

[@samm4158]

the poolrooms are a personal fave as always (and yours in particular hit just right), but i was really really pleasantly surprised by the “not-house” portion in the beginning

[@RoseSupreme]

Love the architecture here - truly surreal and kinda makes me wish I could experience living in a house with such a surreal layout. It'll be weird, but potentially relaxing and refreshing for how unique it is. Bravo on your latest entry to your Poolrooms series! I appreciate when Backrooms videos go all in on the surreal architecture layouts.

[@DeerJerky]

This is soooo awesome man! Definitely keeps on hitting the nail on the head (there's more nail than brain in my head now)

[@TheBearInTheChair]

I have to add, that hooting dove, I couldn't tell if that was real or not till my second viewing.

[@blobtuna236]

Good lord the animation is good in this one. Probably the most convincing I've seen in a backrooms video.

[@sel_sel7523]

ive been waiting for another release of the exploration footage you make for a while now and this release seriously did not dissapoin. Keep up the good work

[@RAYROD]

Your lighting is always PERFECT. Truly a master at it.

[@HotDiggityDogg]

Wow this is actually one of the best I've seen yet! Thank you for creating this for us all to experience!

[@AJ-wg1ru]

This channel is phenomenal. I’ve never seen any other videos that capture the feeling of a dream/memory so perfectly.

[@tylerdurden783]

Thank you for bringing back areas that are lit up! When you can make a place unsettling even when it has a lot of light, you know you have a winner, and this is a winner as it is very creepy

[@Blockified_]

Literally amazing, glad you’re back!!!!!! Also the ending was fantastic

[@Legend-ev8lc]

Your videos continue to amaze me! This kept me on the edge of my seat lol. Get this man more subs

[@Pedro_64]

The master of poolrooms is back! This was so good. I appreciate how you are building a small plot without dialogue or stablished characters

[@DesignerOfManyThings]

Amazing stuff, honestly I prefer this kind of implied horror for this kind of content, your ability to build atmosphere is incredible

[@nocontextwhatever]

Fascinating architecture, stunning and intriguing 🙌🙌🙌

[@after-worknetwork6095]

Nice! Excellent work with that bridge leading to the surreal suburban world, super cool to see in a backrooms/poolrooms video. Take your time making these, I know life is busy but the dedication to your style shows. Plus that ending is just perfectly daunting. 9.2/10

[@952ds]

whats 10/10 then?

[@after-worknetwork6095]

@@952ds idk, nobody or nothing is perfect so i guess a 10/10 will forever elude us in this imperfect state

[@TheComiKen]

This is truly special. I love how there are little to no dead ends, with an alternate option for exploration everywhere. It mirrors exactly how I'd explore such a space. Alway interested and curious to go forward, trying more and more desperately to remember how to get back. At least until the end when it's too late! It's never perfectly comfortable, and there's always a little foreboding in the atmosphere. It's the perfect final touch. I'd love this in a VR mode!

[@ewalk1526]

I've have been patiently waiting for uploads from this channel and it has paid off! So happy to see the new content, my favorite channel for backrooms content.

[@jostv.2726]

i love the architecture so much, what a fantastic pool room video :D Every room seems different and I would probably hate to be in every single on of them. Great work ^^)

[@coward7962]

I love the way that the pool style architecture violently clashes with the house style architecture. great forboding atmosphere. "it reminds me of Blame! or House of Leaves" is kinda obvious but it does! and the effort gone in to making this look realistic (in terms of texture and stuff). extremely high quality work.

[@etc834]

Your channel is by far my favorite take of the Backrooms/Poolrooms and I havent watched the video yet, you don't know how excited I was to see you upload.

[@DudeWithBrick]

I could watch this stuff for hours

[@TheBearInTheChair]

I got a playlist for that 😁 And I delved deep to compile it.

[@UnchartedTravel]

Hes back! 👌🏻

[@vannich_]

That’s some amazing shit, 10/10. Good job on this! I hope you make more amazing content!

[@NerdySatyr]

I swear if we ever hear a distant splash ala Amnesia, I think I might just shit myself

[@elcin.vodkaa]

Wow its amazing I wish I could have experience to walk in such place. Just I'm in love with your work really ambience keeps you concentrating and the same time relaxed

[@ednanf]

Easily my favorite poolrooms series. Thanks for your hard work

[@lilo19951995]

your videos always fit that perfect mix of odd comfort and confusion for me. i love to just rewatch these with headphones and immerse myself, pretend its me and just feel it lol

[@lynn6760]

Love your videos, honestly I think I like them more than Kane Pixels. The ambiance is so on point. The lighting and the architecture. Everything. I enjoy how there's this Idyllic quality that is unnerving at the same time. I can imagine people and families here once. Enjoying a shared pool. But absent of people. It is so creepy and disturbing. Also the way your videos make me feel truly lost. Keep it up

[@lynn6760]

I liked the 5:00 mark. Because it felt to me. Like the backrooms themselves were kind of dreaming. As though Even in the orders it makes for itself..there is a subconscious that arranges things foreign even to it's own self

[@andreathompson8921]

I love these! Being autistic, I hate jumpscares in ones made by others. But all of yours are so good. That not quite nightmare feeling of the neverending maze and feeling of doom and "wait, that can't be right" going around some of the corners where space doesn't follow rules. That ending was great! I'm so glad you did a new one!

[@mitsu31280]

I just love your works. My comfort video

[@AuntBibby]

love the fake suburban outside room. reminds me of the first level of a platformer videogame

[@chasebirchenough5087]

I watch ALOT of these found footage back room videos, usually in early AM before work. Your videos are some of the best, there’s an eerie surrealness to them that a lot of other creators only touch on, and you do it without using monsters. You and LostinHyperverse are my 2 favorite creators. Would love to see your interpretation of the neon poolrooms. Keep up the good work.

[@sureirhassan5918]

I've been looking for you forever, you have a specific way of doing these videos that I like.