
You fall into the Backrooms...
what's a 'memory' you'd dread seeing 'remembered' on your journey? (photo unrelated, just thought this rental I had carried a liminal vibe to it.)

what's a 'memory' you'd dread seeing 'remembered' on your journey? (photo unrelated, just thought this rental I had carried a liminal vibe to it.)
Just wondering
The Async Research Institute sends expedition teams to map a seemingly infinite labyrinth hidden beyond reality the direction of the enigmatic Ivan Beck. As the project progresses, they discover that this liminal plane is far more dangerous than they ever imagined, filled with impossible architecture, unexplained phenomena, and hostile entities that threaten both the researchers and anyone unfortunate enough to fall into the Backrooms…
After several revisions, I'm happy to finally release the definitive version of Backrooms: Async
With the release of Everything Must Go on Kane Parsons' YouTube channel and the digital release of the A24 film, this edit now includes the highest-quality versions of every scene used in the project. I've also made a handful of small refinements to transitions, audio, and pacing to polish the overall experience.
Backrooms: Async is a feature length fan edit that reimagines Kane Parsons' YouTube Backrooms series as a single cinematic narrative designed to serve as a prequel to the A24 film.
The story is presented mostly in chronological order, with the three Found Footage entries edited and intercut alongside the main Async storyline. Since these episodes were originally self contained, restructuring them allowed me to improve the pacing, reduce repetition, and better integrate them into the overarching narrative.
A small number of scenes and lines of dialogue from the A24 film have also been incorporated where they help strengthen continuity with the film without revealing its major story beats. The edit is intended to enhance the experience of the movie rather than replace it, making it an ideal companion piece to watch either before or after the film. (though for people new to this franchise i do suggest watching the A24 film first!)
Music has been added to most scenes using tracks from both Kane's YouTube series and the A24 soundtrack. The only exception is "Warmth" by C418
Overflow
Prototype
The Third Test
First Contact
Fault Line
Light and Tile Survey
Missing Persons
9780415263573
Autopsy Report
Informational Video
Motion Detected
Pitfalls
Found Footage #1
Report
Presentation
Reunion
Simpsons
Found Footage #3
Damage Control
Static Dead End
Everything Must Go
Backrooms (Naren pov)
Home_27647
I remember
Alongside these, the edit features a select number of shots from the A24 film, carefully chosen to connect the two stories while keeping the focus on the Async narrative.
This version represents the completed vision I originally had for Backrooms: Async, and unless future official Backrooms content significantly expands this era of the story, I consider this project complete.
Thank you to everyone who watched earlier versions and shared feedback throughout development. I hope you enjoy this final release.
Took a printmaking class this summer. This was my final project. First image is my best print, followed by the original Backrooms wallpaper pattern, 2 more colorways, and my linocut block.
It looks like Cap'n Clark in Everything Must Go is the design we see in the bts, not the movie version. Maybe this is a mistake, but there could be lore implications, like maybe hes another worse copy of Cap'n Clark or something. what do you think?
I was thinking do you guys think the creator of Back rooms have a racist mind? Why couldn’t Clarke be the therapist or the MRI guy at the end. Is the director implying all black men are angry? As you saw Captain Clarke was the villain too and he was also black. I expect more in 2026 tbh.
Did Clark kill his manager? I’m guessing Captain Clark killed him because he was planning on letting her go but that doesn’t make sense even because he was already lost inside and went crazy. I don’t think the movie director even knows. The MRI company would have had a leak day one and the whole world would have known about backrooms. entertainment is the movie. if you really think you will see many holes. not a masterpiece imo.
i just finished watching the movie but I can't help it I'm soon confused . So the entity in the beginning was Clark ? , The mother has been the backrooms ? or she's a paranoid individual and she traumatized her child ? , I watched a movie ending explained and that didn't help so thought it be a good idea to ask here . It was interesting , great acting also very unsettling but I'm questioning what the place Is ? who are the docile beings ?(is the red head his wife really ? ), Why did the Clarke entity only attack him then ? , I have so many questions . I'd appreciate an explanation .....
That's the answer i'm looking for, because i'm wondering about the backrooms too, the movie is going to be about, because i was wondering, can you be showing more levels, or a prequel, or something else?, let me know in the comments, what do you think?
Went on a run and came across this, had to take a picture.
My idea is that during the start they find out mary is real and not a still life, she gets to know phil more, and she is now part of the missions to research the backrooms, but a new threat has come along... the bacteria, on one of the research trips into the backrooms, one dude for a quick second disappears then reappears, but it turns out during that second where the life form pulled him over, he got infected with the bacteria (It is also meant to be a minor hard to catch detail). When the researchers and mary get back from the trip the dude who was infected becomes a life form that while all the other async researchers get out mary phil and maybe at least 3 others, get trapped between to backrooms and the life form blocking the exit, so they are forced to retreat into the backrooms where the async researchers who did not make it out become life forms. Due to Captain clark having such accurate biology to a human he also becomes a still life that is now even more dangerous! While they are able to fend against the other minor life forms, after that captain clark the LIFE FORM comes for the final battle! in which they have to take him down a few die(maybe phil but it is up to kane in the end), but the life form quickly over powers them so they have to run and manage trick captain clark the life form(who is much faster) to falling down a pit with seamlessly no end.
(Upon the rare chance this does become a movie all I ask for at least is my reddit name to be maybe put in the little special thanks thing in the credits for the second movie. and I am fine with Kane changing some of the plot. Also please excuse my if my grammar is bad. this plot may be updated when I receive criticism from you guys which I am truly fine and open to only if its constructive. I only really have the spoiler tag since it has elements from the original movie brought here like the characters. also about the ending to the movie where there's a mary still life, there's two ways to handle this, have the still lifes from the movie become materials the bacteria use to build life forms or save mary still life for backrooms 3. if somebody can figure out how to handle it please notify me.)
Hi all! I didn’t get into The Backrooms until I rented the movie digitally. I loved it, watched the YouTube, series, digitally bought the movie to rewatch it, and then down the rabbit hole I went. I know that there was 15 minutes of extended footage for the movie in theaters and that it was supposed to appear on the YouTube channel, but it’s not there and I have no idea how to watch it. Anyone know if there’s a way to watch this?
That's the answer i'm looking for, because i'm wondering about the backrooms too, the movie is going to be about, because i was wondering, can you be showing more levels, or a prequel, or something else?, let me know in the comments, what do you think?
I have a weird and maybe a bit crazy theory but im theorising about dreams being a real version of backrooms. Hear me out.
If you think about it, dreams are considered a state of mind that happens when sleeping. Most people consider it a “alternate reality” where it looks real but isnt. Theres always something wrong and no dream was a EXACT copy of reality.
Thats where my theory is getting a point. Dreams are copies of real life places but theyre not 100% copies and they always have something wrong in them. A missplaced object, a different room or a person looking familiar but at the same time not at all. Theres always something wrong.
If we go by the movies logic then my theory is correct. Dream is a copy of real world but theres always something remembered wrong, same logic used in backrooms, and alternate world being wrong.
Time doesnt work in dreams and if you ever saw a clock in dreams, you know they either show impossible time, or they dont work and dont show time. In backrooms time doesnt work either (unless we are talking about endless suburbia where theres really fast cycles of day lasting about 20 minutes).
People in dreams dont work normaly. They always have something to them, a different energy coming from them like if you are with them in real life. Many blankly stare at you or act like youre not important to them at all, theyre like nothing being forced to do something.
A big difference is that backrooms in the series and movie are a real place that you can access through normal world. Dreams are a state of mind that you only access if you sleep. But dreams are different. Knowing youre in the backrooms doesnt do anything but if you realise youre in a dream, the dream gets all twisted and weird. People in the dream stare so hard it scares you and objects get all weird.
Many people say that when they realised theyre dreaming they were woken up into a sleep paralysis. Like it punished them for realising it, like it didnt want them to realise. Cheating your way out of the backrooms gets you into the level “You cheated!” Which is a blank room with 2 doors, one leading back to the level you cheated on and second one being locked.
There are way too many similarities and connections between them and i dont think its a coincidence.
I don’t mean the Null Zones opening as in starting to exist. I mean like when It made that little gap where you could see the Backrooms directly. What happened there, and have we seen that before?