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In The Backrooms: Philosophy and the Liminal

You slip through the wall, falling into a maze of empty, yellow-hued corporate corridors that seem to stretch on forever. You are surrounded by nothing but the smell of damp carpet, the glare of uniform wallpaper, and the relentless, industrial hum of fluorescent lighting. This is the baseline reality of the Backrooms, a piece of vernacular digital culture that has struck such a deep nerve that a major cinematic adaptation is already underway. Kane Parson’s take on The Backrooms will soon be released via A24, and it looks to be a horrific encapsulation of the horror of the contemporary age.

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