Round of applause for this. Your backrooms has a much more personal and terrifying feel to it without the need to put an entity at every turn. Absolutely loved it. Keep these coming you are already among the very best. I can't wait to see what you have in store for us.
Backrooms live from minimalistic simplicity the atmosphere the strange feeling of nostalgia and filmiliarity and combination with the dread of beeing alone and isolated
I feel like out of all the backrooms series on RUclips, this one captures the original essence of what the backrooms was. The harsh yellow light, complete silence other than the constant drone of overhead lights and your own breathing/heartbeat, discombobulating hallways and rooms that make no sense, plus the uncertainty of not knowing if there’s anyone else there with you. While I still do enjoy Kane Pixels series and the lore he is creating, its moments like the one where the guy looks up the stairs calling for his mom only to see a never ending staircase that capture that original terror of being truly alone. Great stuff and I’ve now become invested in this series as well.
I agree. The mistake people make is trying to explain too much. "What the hell is this place?" is much scarier than "It's a secret government experiment.". Let alone the ludicrous wiki MMO with levels and factions.
@@marlondaniels7912 yeah 100% there’s all these convoluted explanations and lore about the BR but at its core it doesn’t really need any of that and I enjoyed it much better when we didn’t have that.
The original backrooms is ‘There is 6,666,677 miles of the backrooms everywhere around you, just basic walls and floors for miles and miles. But if you hear something he hella hears you. Meaning there should be monsters and stuff like that
It's true! The Backrooms isn't all just entities and scariness. Just weird spaces. You make these look so real! Not only visually real, but it FEELS real! Like someone with a camera actually is in the Backrooms!
@@coopervopat3651 I actually did not know there was mentions of monsters in the OG 4chan post. But I think why most found it terrifying isn’t bc of the monsters but bc of the hopelessness of the situation you’d be in if you so happened to end up in the back rooms.
It's truly frightening when he first noclips and looks back up stairs to see they've grown infinite. Even scarier yet, when he comes to the same looking place (just with different wallpaper and flooring) the stairs are now blocked off signifying that even if he did walk up those many stairs.. . *He would never make it back.*
@@LegendLength noclip is a video game term referring to having collisions disabled (either purposely or through a bug) so the player model can pass through solid objects and reach out of bounds areas. the original backrooms post from 4chan used the phrase 'noclipping out of reality,' implying that the backrooms are the out of bounds zone for real life
The thing people get wrong with the back rooms is there’s no need for jumpscares, outlandish creatures or added horror. The situation, imagery and tone is enough. The addition of the transitions and audio mixing adds very tastefully. Edit: For example, the chair at 4:50 is more scary than anything else. The pure fact it’s there, the situation. It’s not meant to be scary which adds to the whole reason ironically why it is. Your work is a pure example of why “Make your mind your worst enemy” is the best kind of horror.
I had a realization recently, the Backrooms is to horror as Gen Z memes are to humor. It is the natural evolution of Gen Z line of thought, first applied to humor and now to horror. For a human that has grown up inundated with imagery and facts about the world on the internet, the scariest possible thing is the lack of a recognizable element, just as Gen Z humor draws heavily from nonsense.
right?? I think it's because we know there's an infinite amount of otherworldly possibilities in The Backrooms, anything could manifest around any one of those corners
I feel like Matt is the one who best captures the liminal concept of the Backrooms. The sheer horror contained in his hyper-realistic dream-like worlds is way scarier than any monster or jumpscare. Kane does a great job at writing a story and building up the lore in a mysterious way, and I love it. But Matt expresses the solitude and despair of the Backrooms/Poolrooms like no one else. His renditions are graphically brilliant and have a dark, claustrophobic touch that no one else has. Also, nice visual tricks and transitions on this one, he got me anxious from the very beginning of the video!
I loved the staircase trick, the random hole in the wall, the wall enclosure to change to hallway trick, the awkward and uncomfortable chair and desk placements, and the camera movements. It kept me on the edge not knowing what to expect.
The idea of the backrooms changing on you is so cool, hopefully this person we see at the end is going to help. Can't wait for more, cliffhangers are always fun.
I love the transition from confusion to fear in "hey, Mom!" and the silence that follows as you realize no one can hear you, and if someone or something could, you might not want them to. Very believable and effective.
I swear I've had dreams like this, you're one of the best Backrooms creators ever Matt my dude. Exploring the Backrooms in very original, new, terrifying ways.
I had a dream similar too, wayyy before I personally knew these videos were real. In the dream, I kept walking through hall ways like these, not the red carpet ones though. I could smell the dry wall panels of the ceiling, and just kept opening doors to the same looking hallways the more i tried to get out. Kinda weird and kinda makes me uncomfortable personally. Now, here I am, watching this shit before bed 😂
As much as I love backrooms stuff I kind of worry that it's going to seep into my dreams... I really don't want to experience what my brain will come up with if it decides "hey let's have a backrooms nightmare, that'll be fun!"
No weird monsters, jumpscares, nothin, just great realistic camera movement and transition along with great atmosphere and realistic dialogue. Very well done.
I have watched many backrooms videos and this one is one of the top ones. I loved how at 5:30 there is the thing with the dead end and later on the stairs resembling the house from the real world. And the cliff hanger at the end... I'm looking forward for the next one!
The dead end thing made me wonder if that's how video game characters feel when they accidentally step on a pressure plate that shifts the walls around.
I like how this version of the Backrooms initially mirrors the place where you fell from. It reinforces the idea that this realm is still connected to ours somehow.
the moment he turns the corner after seeing the gated stairs and the environment warps slightly… chills. it really gives the effect that you’re slowly phasing in and out of different planes, even when you dont realize or notice it.
As others have said, much less childish than the rest of the "lore" that's been made up about the backrooms and MUCH better grasp of the concept. Good choice cutting out before we can see what happened with the other person. You've really managed to capture the mellow creepiness of liminal spaces, of being alone in a space that seems built for purpose but whose purpose is unknown and can't be figured out. I'm looking forward to seeing what else you put together.
i love this because this is what the backrooms were originally suppoused to be! atmospheric horror where youre stuck in a never ending loop of places that seem familiar but contain nothingness great job and i appreciate you not putting monsters everywhere! keep it up!!!
@@kuiabiel5061 They were part of it from the start. What started it all contains the line "God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you". They're not the main focus of the horror of the backrooms. But something being in here was always part of it.
The entire backrooms concept is so fascinating to me. I could spend hours on end watching these types of videos. Something about it really pulls me in and keeps my full undivided attention. I have no idea why it’s so captivating to me but it is
Love this! Phenomenal transition in the backrooms. I love that it went from the house to an empty backrooms copy of it. Adds a lot to the horror. I can't imagine how someone would feel if that happened to them in an instant. By the way, your Poolrooms videos are the BEST. My absolute favorite of any backrooms videos on youtube. Would love to see another hopefully you have one in the works!
The piano jazz ballad fragment was so beautiful! F#m9 - B7add6 - Bbmaj11 - Ebm9. Hands didn't lie. Just a kind of backdoor II - V - I meat and potato moment. Thanks for this video! I would be a guy, who just said you've (or maybe) played the right notes on footage. Also the sound of the piano makes so much pleasant, aerial, nostalgic feeling. That vibe is too personal for me. Thanks you, Matt!
Man, as much as Kane is a visionary and a master of sound and storytelling, you are a master of the Liminal environment. Seriously, these compositions, these shapes and colors of your videos are so compelling, I have no doubt if one were transported there for real, they would quickly become convinced that all of their life leading to that moment was a dream. These depictions of the backrooms feel like the insides some sort of deep unconscious dead-zone outside of reality itself. Or inside the bowels of the mind of an insane god. It's twisted but personal in the most uncomfortable, surreal way. I truly think your depictions of the backrooms are some of the best out there on RUclips
very awesome! I like how you didn't need to put a creature/entity, yet it is still just as scary. not knowing whats around the corner at every turn, I also like how you made it feel familiar by using places we saw earlier in the video, yet you make it feel off with different coloring of the walls and floors. Overall a very awesome video!
The whole time, and I'm probably such a baby for this, but I was just glancing up and listening because I was scared an entity would come, but it never did. I'm probably going to REALLY rewatch it because the work done on this is truly incredible. I really wish more people had appreciation for things like this.
This is the canonical backrooms. There is an inner dialogue expressed through the movement of the camera and the direction choice in the whole piece in reaction to the environment. We are right there with that person! Unbelievable.
Your backrooms is beautiful and innovative, that thing with the dead end was amazing, the noclip was smooth and the level color unique, btw your poolrooms are the most liminal out there, awesome work
Just wanted to say how much i appreciate the sound design here. Working with something like this really is all about the subtleties and you've really paid attention to every detail. Well done.
these are so good! particularly enjoyed how the red stairs almost felt like we stumbled into the backrooms of some parallel dimension. and the small square vent descending into darkness made my stomach sink 😵 whats down there?!? 😆
damn that second level really got me excited, and then the locked door on the stairs and weird distortion in that second iteration of the starting area? chills man. and the backrooms changing the dead ends on them lmao. like they were having fun with a new friend. im super excited to see where you take this next
Keep this series going! Don't know many if any at all backrooms series that follow a specific survivor's experience through backrooms. Looking forward to Jay's further experiences.
This is what the backrooms is supposed to be. Eerily familiar spaces, being utterly alone in some creepy dimension. The backrooms in hands of the fandom has just gotten out of control with so many ridiculous levels, entities, and now even communities living on different levels. Good job!
If you were in a version of the Backrooms where A: there isn't a monster running around the corner screaming at you every 2 minutes and B: you don't feel hunger, thirst, or, um, other bodily necessities, it would be an amazing place to work towards Enlightenment or self-realization.
I love this almost as much as Kane Pixels backrooms videos, the way you had him enter the backrooms was amazing, I’ve never seen a video with someone entering it where they go into their basement, and when they enter the backrooms it still looks like their basement except it’s infinite now with no furniture. Also at the end I am pretty sure he finds an A-Sync office and escapes, which is a way more believable reason that the footage was found other than in Kane Pixels where the camera survives falling from the sky lol, but it was still cool.
This was extremely well done! Never knew what was coming.. The vast emptiness and strange hum of the lights are really what make the backrooms. The entity encounters take away from the real horror, and even add a childish element to the levels, if you ask me (especially the design of some... well, most of them. I mean glowing eyes and a mouth? Neon skeletons? C'mon).. Those have nothing on something as simple as an awkwardly placed desk. Great job!
For once again another very realistic found footage from you. It just amazed me. The dead end part was purely a masterpiece and especially in the end, I hope he gets saved lol. Can't wait to see the sequel!
I love this! Back in the late 80s my dad used to do weekend work sometimes, and he'd take me along to his work. Big massive corporate headquarters, where I pretty much had free reign to wander about. Lots of corridors like this, the only noise from the overhead lights, or distant noises of the elevators or plant rooms. Love it.
This looks absolutely real, at the beginning is real (I think), And when he enters the backrooms, It still looks absolutely real (But I think it's not), I really like these types of videos, rather than watching other ones that are not this type, these types of videos are amazing, this is awesome
Can someone confirm there’s no monsters in this one? (Too scared to watch) And can we get a sequel to the pool room? I can’t stop thinking about what happened to the guy in the end when he realized he’s lost.
Having miles of hallways, and rooms makes you wonder if you're going to starve before finding anything is stressful. Seeing chairs and tables makes you ponder if anyone else is here. And the thought of anything else being here, yet seeing nothing is suspenseful. There could be someone/something else here, or the chairs are simply a glitch in the reality of the backrooms. Very atmospheric
Wow! The production quality honestly rivals Kane Pixels! All the other Backrooms videos I see are so mediocre, but this one is incredible! Such intensity, it feels real.
This was fantastic, especially the audio and audio mixing. I loved the little 'woosh' SEs you put in for fast camera movements, folks always forget those, and your footstep pacing and audio was on point. Amazing cinematography as well. Absolute 10/10
Was good without any entities visible (yet). It's scary to think about how long those chairs could have been there. Possibly 100 or 1000 years, a complete mystery.
This is a more truthful take on the backrooms than Kane Pixels'. The lobby is supposed to have no entities, just neverending unnerving halls. Great work!
Actually the Backrooms has at least one entity according to the original. So Kane's is more faithful in this aspect. This was still a good video though.
I was expecting a jumpscare from all the other backrooms videos I've seen, but just the thought of being alone in endless hallways is way more scarier than cheap jumpscares or entities.
In my local mall there is something new and unusual on the first floor there is a white corridor which is long and have at least 2 or 3 doors. The first 2 let you to the toilets and the other to i don't know. The strange thing is usually the toilets where in the cellar where the parking garage is. And there is also a escalator (on the same floor Where this corridor is) which let you up. It's still a mystery for me what is up the escalator. My mother tell me there is a restaurant but I never got there in year's I would say at least 15-18 year's minimum. Now I used the escalator and find an empty room with a grey carpet and blue walls. But I'm still not sure what is there ?🤔 When I get the chance I will go there
Thank you for not putting in a ton of dialog like "WTF, hello, WTF is going on here, HELLO, wtf, HELLLOOOO, is anybody there, hello, do you need help, hello, WTF". I understand it's hard to come up with human sounds and dialog for these without it getting really repetitive. I'm not sure how much sound I would make when I get trapped inside, but I don't think it would be an endless stream of hello's.
I LOVE the idea that there's a corrupted Backrooms version of your house right on top of you. Then when you wake up and orient yourself, you might think you're still in your house at first... but the more you explore and call out for your loved ones, the more you realize this isn't right, nothing is right. The panic sets in. This isn't your house, everyone's gone. Where are you?! Are you dreaming? Are you in Hell? Either way, the familiar architecture of your home is now being used to mock you, forever reminding you of what you can never return to. Oh, and not to mention the fact that to your family, you just went down into the basement to feed the cat, and disappeared. Never seen again. Terrifying
This is so good, your videos perfectly capture the feel of the backrooms, better than almost any other creator i think. You put atmosphere above jumpscare etc and it's just so good. I could watch hours of these videos.
Very excellent take on the backrooms. The quality looks really believable and I like the sheer randomness of the areas here. That first part when they no-clip and he calls for his mom, only to find an infinite set of stairs was really unnerving.
I’d really like to know your techniques too. Like do you use motion tracking for the movements, and what kind of blur filter do you use to look like a camcorder?
Should have grabbed one of those chairs and dragged it along, never know when you might want to stand on it to reach something high up, brace a door shut, break a window, or just sit down on something that isn't moist carpet 😆
I used to have a recurring nightmare as a kid that was very similar to this. Started out walking through the back hallways of this lovely hotel in Vermont (my family would vacation at.. (The Woodstock Inn) most of the hotel was really warm and pleasant- not creepy at all.. but I remember some of the deeper hallways feeling very desolate and spooky. A definite Shining vibe… but I had never seen the Shining as a kid… Anyway, in the recurring nightmare I would have- I would wander from the warm, well light lobby, through the cozier upstairs hallways and eventually find myself in the spookier, isolated hallways where things became less cozy and more liminal. Eventually I would make my way up some narrow stairs to a single room. It was a furnished, normal room except for it had a very small door in the corner which opened to reveal another stair case that went up to another room. Inside that room it was empty except for another small doorway which opened to reveal another narrow staircase leading up to another, smaller empty room with a single jack-in-the-box on the floor. I would find myself stuck in that room. And you guessed it.. there was definitely an evil clown in the box.
Did you start with Kane Pixels? If not, check his channel out. Also look in the descriptions because he sometimes put hidden links to privated videos that extend the lore. A-sync is also another great channel on the Backrooms.
Your videos give me a different feeling than what other people are saying. I’ve never felt so safe yet so on-edge, so liberated yet trapped, and so tense yet so relaxed when watching any video. Knowing that there isn’t any entities brings me relief, but even as I breathe slowly and comfortably, my lungs tense as the maze continues.
I just kept waiting for the jumpscare and getting more and more terrified. It was really unnerving until the point when he saw the ASync workers. At that point I was so relieved
Okay, have this paused at a minute through and already had the most visceral feeling of terror one could feel. I have no idea why because I have binged all if not many of the Backrooms videos on this platform. Somehow just by utilizing very few light sources and extra geometry, with a near infinite staircase going in one direction (somehow got slight vertigo by the character looking up the stairs), you have managed to make an intro infinitely more terrifying than anyone else. Well done. Will add an Edit at the end of the video.
@Matt Studios I find your take on backrooms to be the best one. The fact there are no monsters and entities is exactly what backrooms should be, not just another jump scare, but an existential psychological dread that comes from the unknown. People put all sorts of entities and definitions on this strange space, not realizing that by doing that they take away from the basis of the unknown, unexplainable and ineffable. Literally, the only thing I think would improve the ominous setting would be the inclusion of the non-euclidean spaces. That would put the whole thing on another level.
It just occurred to me that the whole Backrooms storyline is a lot like the weird fiction story "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood. H.P. Lovecraft called The Willows the finest supernatural tale in Western literature. The Willows starts out in a peaceful setting with completely commonplace, normal phenomena, but begins adding subtle, strange occurrences until, by the end, you have no idea what's going on and you're totally on edge. This First Encounter production does a great job of duplicating that structure. Nice work!
I have to read the comment section while watching these to reassure myself that other people do in fact still exist so I don’t collapse into a puddle of existential despair. 🥺 These are way too good. 😅
I just found this page not having seen these types of videos before but I’m mesmerized. It’s terrifying yet artistic. I found myself in a trance at times during this video creating my own reality around what was in front of me - the confusion of how I got here, the paranoia of finally finding another human or that maybe one is following me and I can’t tell, wondering how I know when day is ending and when should I sleep but not knowing how to decide where to sleep because I am so lost and everything looks the same. Will I ever wake up? Am I even alive in this strange, eerie world? Then the details that everyone was mentioning, the sparse dialogue and peculiar placement of chairs and wall outlets make me wonder who else has been here and why? What brought us here? These videos are so well done and truly unsettling while being so simple in a way. Excellent job, subscribing!
For some reason I’m extra intrigued by level 94 specifically. I just love the way the houses look surrounded by grass, and that water tower on the hill… don’t even get me started.
Since I was little I dreamed of places like this. The strangest are with infinite bathrooms; the more you go through the area, the more bizarre they are, and dirty. I am regularly in control of my dream and despite being terrifying I really enjoy exploring those areas. Although sometimes the silhouettes of people and/or creatures are very creepy. Excellent videos. I hope you can continue creating content.
Yes, you are one of the few creators that positions the camera at the correct height and makes the roof high enough to make it look normal. I live BR videos, but many look either like the ceiling is 5ft high or that the camera man is 8ft tall, or both
I don't know what backrooms are but I watched this hoping it was a real place I could visit. I find this nostalgic, relaxing and dreamy. I appreciate very much your creativity and hard work Matt Studios. Thank you.
Dude this is so AWESOME!!! Love the crossover with Kane's scientists at the end, absolutely crazy good work. Would love to see a full length movie of this. MATT IS THE 👑
0:50 actually I like it I like this transition from your house with interior design it looks like at home and then go to the Backrooms. 4:22 this pillar/ wall on the right side it would be interesting if was like this: you go left and see a square shaped pillar but if you look between the pillar and the wall on the right side you witness a room or long corridor (non Euclidian space)
Excellent stuff, just slow, unnerving, creepy exploration. I honestly like this so much more than any sort of weird entities wandering around.
Level-Zero is scary enough without an entity. So many dead angles stimulate my bad imagination.😭
@@zavton-ofton-ui1go And so much uncertainty that you'll ever find your way out.
@@NightBazaar yep the original reason for the backrooms to be scary in the first place. We don't need no stinkin' smilies.
I wouldn’t mind if they were extremely rare to the point to where you’ll practically never see them
the backrooms ARE the entities.
Round of applause for this.
Your backrooms has a much more personal and terrifying feel to it without the need to put an entity at every turn.
Absolutely loved it.
Keep these coming you are already among the very best.
I can't wait to see what you have in store for us.
agree first one here
I agree I love this one!
Totally agree!
Love this! I prefer the (somewhat enticing) eeriness of the place itself to being chased by entities.
Looking forward to more!
Agreed. Backrooms is terrifying enough without the entities.
Backrooms live from minimalistic simplicity the atmosphere the strange feeling of nostalgia and filmiliarity and combination with the dread of beeing alone and isolated
I feel like out of all the backrooms series on RUclips, this one captures the original essence of what the backrooms was. The harsh yellow light, complete silence other than the constant drone of overhead lights and your own breathing/heartbeat, discombobulating hallways and rooms that make no sense, plus the uncertainty of not knowing if there’s anyone else there with you. While I still do enjoy Kane Pixels series and the lore he is creating, its moments like the one where the guy looks up the stairs calling for his mom only to see a never ending staircase that capture that original terror of being truly alone. Great stuff and I’ve now become invested in this series as well.
I agree. The mistake people make is trying to explain too much. "What the hell is this place?" is much scarier than "It's a secret government experiment.". Let alone the ludicrous wiki MMO with levels and factions.
@@marlondaniels7912 yeah 100% there’s all these convoluted explanations and lore about the BR but at its core it doesn’t really need any of that and I enjoyed it much better when we didn’t have that.
The original backrooms is ‘There is 6,666,677 miles of the backrooms everywhere around you, just basic walls and floors for miles and miles. But if you hear something he hella hears you. Meaning there should be monsters and stuff like that
It's true! The Backrooms isn't all just entities and scariness. Just weird spaces. You make these look so real! Not only visually real, but it FEELS real! Like someone with a camera actually is in the Backrooms!
@@coopervopat3651 I actually did not know there was mentions of monsters in the OG 4chan post. But I think why most found it terrifying isn’t bc of the monsters but bc of the hopelessness of the situation you’d be in if you so happened to end up in the back rooms.
It's truly frightening when he first noclips and looks back up stairs to see they've grown infinite. Even scarier yet, when he comes to the same looking place (just with different wallpaper and flooring) the stairs are now blocked off signifying that even if he did walk up those many stairs..
. *He would never make it back.*
And the cat STILL HASN'T BEEN FED!
@@DeflatingAtheism good point
why are you assuming it would magically be blocked it could be 2 different places
Not trying to be grammar police but how does 'noclip' work here? Do you mean how he went to another dimension?
@@LegendLength noclip is a video game term referring to having collisions disabled (either purposely or through a bug) so the player model can pass through solid objects and reach out of bounds areas. the original backrooms post from 4chan used the phrase 'noclipping out of reality,' implying that the backrooms are the out of bounds zone for real life
The thing people get wrong with the back rooms is there’s no need for jumpscares, outlandish creatures or added horror. The situation, imagery and tone is enough. The addition of the transitions and audio mixing adds very tastefully.
Edit: For example, the chair at 4:50 is more scary than anything else. The pure fact it’s there, the situation. It’s not meant to be scary which adds to the whole reason ironically why it is. Your work is a pure example of why “Make your mind your worst enemy” is the best kind of horror.
Agreed
ye level zero is also meant to have no entities but your hallucinations
I had a realization recently, the Backrooms is to horror as Gen Z memes are to humor. It is the natural evolution of Gen Z line of thought, first applied to humor and now to horror. For a human that has grown up inundated with imagery and facts about the world on the internet, the scariest possible thing is the lack of a recognizable element, just as Gen Z humor draws heavily from nonsense.
I'm so agree to that
Perfect depiction of the backrooms, I agree completely, the horror of this place is completely different...
If you were creative director of a Backrooms game, it would be insanely atmospheric.
Seriously, these need to be playable experiences. Half the fun in games is the pathway exploration anyhow
Please someone make this VR
Would love to help make this in VR but I've never programmed a game before (only the most basic OpenXR stuff in Unity)
@@DeerJerkysearch up most realistic backrooms game
@@DeerJerky its the complex found footage
“Ayo the pizza here!”
His ears don’t burn but he stuck now
"ah my ears burn!"
“Where?!”🤣
Ahhhh my ears burn
WHOA!
amazing video as usual👏
it sure is a true masterpiece, along with the work you do!
AYO! A-Sync. how are you man!
its weird how entertaining it is to watch a guy walk through yellow hallways for 8 minutes 😂
right?? I think it's because we know there's an infinite amount of otherworldly possibilities in The Backrooms, anything could manifest around any one of those corners
I'm gonna be honest. There is no entities so I think it's pretty boring in my opinion
IKEA?
@@Dragon_Dog i think you want the thrill, this video focuses on mental fear, expecting the unexpected and defeating what's on your mind.
@@Dragon_Dog you'll grow up one day
I feel like Matt is the one who best captures the liminal concept of the Backrooms. The sheer horror contained in his hyper-realistic dream-like worlds is way scarier than any monster or jumpscare.
Kane does a great job at writing a story and building up the lore in a mysterious way, and I love it. But Matt expresses the solitude and despair of the Backrooms/Poolrooms like no one else. His renditions are graphically brilliant and have a dark, claustrophobic touch that no one else has.
Also, nice visual tricks and transitions on this one, he got me anxious from the very beginning of the video!
It's about being alone and yet not alone. Prefabricated houses also feel wrong.
I loved the staircase trick, the random hole in the wall, the wall enclosure to change to hallway trick, the awkward and uncomfortable chair and desk placements, and the camera movements. It kept me on the edge not knowing what to expect.
The changing of the hallways gave me Stanley Parable vibes
Dude....spoilers man
@@mattd3826 watch the video before you read the comments. That's what I do anyway.
The idea of the backrooms changing on you is so cool, hopefully this person we see at the end is going to help. Can't wait for more, cliffhangers are always fun.
he will well after they wipe his mind and sent him back to his home tho
That's what happens if you have one of those dreams.
I love the transition from confusion to fear in "hey, Mom!" and the silence that follows as you realize no one can hear you, and if someone or something could, you might not want them to. Very believable and effective.
Very astute
I swear I've had dreams like this, you're one of the best Backrooms creators ever Matt my dude. Exploring the Backrooms in very original, new, terrifying ways.
I recall having a dream where the desk is around 4:40
@@FlameIsExisting Oh that's creepy.
I had a dream similar too, wayyy before I personally knew these videos were real. In the dream, I kept walking through hall ways like these, not the red carpet ones though. I could smell the dry wall panels of the ceiling, and just kept opening doors to the same looking hallways the more i tried to get out. Kinda weird and kinda makes me uncomfortable personally.
Now, here I am, watching this shit before bed 😂
As much as I love backrooms stuff I kind of worry that it's going to seep into my dreams... I really don't want to experience what my brain will come up with if it decides "hey let's have a backrooms nightmare, that'll be fun!"
@@kylekamins6034 RUN. FOR. YOUR. LIFE.
No weird monsters, jumpscares, nothin, just great realistic camera movement and transition along with great atmosphere and realistic dialogue. Very well done.
Imagine if it’s called The Safest Backrooms In The World
I have watched many backrooms videos and this one is one of the top ones.
I loved how at 5:30 there is the thing with the dead end and later on the stairs resembling the house from the real world.
And the cliff hanger at the end...
I'm looking forward for the next one!
The dead end thing made me wonder if that's how video game characters feel when they accidentally step on a pressure plate that shifts the walls around.
3:15 What? No Smiler?
I like how this version of the Backrooms initially mirrors the place where you fell from. It reinforces the idea that this realm is still connected to ours somehow.
the moment he turns the corner after seeing the gated stairs and the environment warps slightly… chills. it really gives the effect that you’re slowly phasing in and out of different planes, even when you dont realize or notice it.
As others have said, much less childish than the rest of the "lore" that's been made up about the backrooms and MUCH better grasp of the concept. Good choice cutting out before we can see what happened with the other person. You've really managed to capture the mellow creepiness of liminal spaces, of being alone in a space that seems built for purpose but whose purpose is unknown and can't be figured out. I'm looking forward to seeing what else you put together.
i love this because this is what the backrooms were originally suppoused to be! atmospheric horror where youre stuck in a never ending loop of places that seem familiar but contain nothingness
great job and i appreciate you not putting monsters everywhere! keep it up!!!
The entities were always a thing. The backrooms just don't need them to be scary
@@ramaya007 not in level 0 tho, where most people like to put them
@@kuiabiel5061 They were part of it from the start. What started it all contains the line "God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you".
They're not the main focus of the horror of the backrooms. But something being in here was always part of it.
The entire backrooms concept is so fascinating to me. I could spend hours on end watching these types of videos. Something about it really pulls me in and keeps my full undivided attention. I have no idea why it’s so captivating to me but it is
Love this! Phenomenal transition in the backrooms. I love that it went from the house to an empty backrooms copy of it. Adds a lot to the horror. I can't imagine how someone would feel if that happened to them in an instant. By the way, your Poolrooms videos are the BEST. My absolute favorite of any backrooms videos on youtube. Would love to see another hopefully you have one in the works!
The poolrooms are exactly what I had imagined them to be. The sounds, the lighting.. the stuff of dreams.
Imagine this in VR
The piano jazz ballad fragment was so beautiful! F#m9 - B7add6 - Bbmaj11 - Ebm9. Hands didn't lie. Just a kind of backdoor II - V - I meat and potato moment. Thanks for this video! I would be a guy, who just said you've (or maybe) played the right notes on footage. Also the sound of the piano makes so much pleasant, aerial, nostalgic feeling. That vibe is too personal for me. Thanks you, Matt!
Just tested out those chords on guitar, you got good ears, they sound pretty spot on! Beautiful fragment of music indeed
Man, as much as Kane is a visionary and a master of sound and storytelling, you are a master of the Liminal environment. Seriously, these compositions, these shapes and colors of your videos are so compelling, I have no doubt if one were transported there for real, they would quickly become convinced that all of their life leading to that moment was a dream. These depictions of the backrooms feel like the insides some sort of deep unconscious dead-zone outside of reality itself. Or inside the bowels of the mind of an insane god. It's twisted but personal in the most uncomfortable, surreal way. I truly think your depictions of the backrooms are some of the best out there on RUclips
very awesome! I like how you didn't need to put a creature/entity, yet it is still just as scary. not knowing whats around the corner at every turn, I also like how you made it feel familiar by using places we saw earlier in the video, yet you make it feel off with different coloring of the walls and floors. Overall a very awesome video!
it’s incredible how nostalgic this is. it feels like this is how I remember every large space feeling when I was a kid. spectacular work
rofl not sure you know what nostalgic means
@@BassHeadsProduction not sure if you know what a liminal space is
The whole time, and I'm probably such a baby for this, but I was just glancing up and listening because I was scared an entity would come, but it never did. I'm probably going to REALLY rewatch it because the work done on this is truly incredible. I really wish more people had appreciation for things like this.
This is the canonical backrooms. There is an inner dialogue expressed through the movement of the camera and the direction choice in the whole piece in reaction to the environment. We are right there with that person! Unbelievable.
I thought there was no official canon
Your backrooms is beautiful and innovative, that thing with the dead end was amazing, the noclip was smooth and the level color unique, btw your poolrooms are the most liminal out there, awesome work
Just wanted to say how much i appreciate the sound design here.
Working with something like this really is all about the subtleties and you've really paid attention to every detail.
Well done.
0:51 Oh god, I’m getting Super Mario 64 endless staircase vibes from this.
these are so good! particularly enjoyed how the red stairs almost felt like we stumbled into the backrooms of some parallel dimension. and the small square vent descending into darkness made my stomach sink 😵 whats down there?!? 😆
Monsters are down there….
damn that second level really got me excited, and then the locked door on the stairs and weird distortion in that second iteration of the starting area? chills man. and the backrooms changing the dead ends on them lmao. like they were having fun with a new friend. im super excited to see where you take this next
Keep this series going! Don't know many if any at all backrooms series that follow a specific survivor's experience through backrooms. Looking forward to Jay's further experiences.
Lots of people make cringy Backrooms found footage videos, but this is legit one of the best ones I've ever seen. 10/10
This is what the backrooms is supposed to be. Eerily familiar spaces, being utterly alone in some creepy dimension. The backrooms in hands of the fandom has just gotten out of control with so many ridiculous levels, entities, and now even communities living on different levels. Good job!
私もそう思います。
Matt backrooms: (peaceful mode)
Kane backrooms: (hard mode)
If you were in a version of the Backrooms where
A: there isn't a monster running around the corner screaming at you every 2 minutes and
B: you don't feel hunger, thirst, or, um, other bodily necessities,
it would be an amazing place to work towards Enlightenment or self-realization.
I love this almost as much as Kane Pixels backrooms videos, the way you had him enter the backrooms was amazing, I’ve never seen a video with someone entering it where they go into their basement, and when they enter the backrooms it still looks like their basement except it’s infinite now with no furniture.
Also at the end I am pretty sure he finds an A-Sync office and escapes, which is a way more believable reason that the footage was found other than in Kane Pixels where the camera survives falling from the sky lol, but it was still cool.
Kinda ragging on Kane while also applying his lore to another creator’s video…lol
I like the fluorescent buzz, not noticed that in other videos
This was extremely well done! Never knew what was coming.. The vast emptiness and strange hum of the lights are really what make the backrooms.
The entity encounters take away from the real horror, and even add a childish element to the levels, if you ask me (especially the design of some... well, most of them. I mean glowing eyes and a mouth? Neon skeletons? C'mon).. Those have nothing on something as simple as an awkwardly placed desk. Great job!
For once again another very realistic found footage from you. It just amazed me. The dead end part was purely a masterpiece and especially in the end, I hope he gets saved lol. Can't wait to see the sequel!
I love this! Back in the late 80s my dad used to do weekend work sometimes, and he'd take me along to his work. Big massive corporate headquarters, where I pretty much had free reign to wander about. Lots of corridors like this, the only noise from the overhead lights, or distant noises of the elevators or plant rooms. Love it.
all im saying is that transition at 0:27 was clean.
This looks absolutely real, at the beginning is real (I think), And when he enters the backrooms, It still looks absolutely real (But I think it's not), I really like these types of videos, rather than watching other ones that are not this type, these types of videos are amazing, this is awesome
Can someone confirm there’s no monsters in this one? (Too scared to watch)
And can we get a sequel to the pool room? I can’t stop thinking about what happened to the guy in the end when he realized he’s lost.
No monsters, and the next video may or may not be a part 2 of Don’t Get Lost.
Having miles of hallways, and rooms makes you wonder if you're going to starve before finding anything is stressful. Seeing chairs and tables makes you ponder if anyone else is here. And the thought of anything else being here, yet seeing nothing is suspenseful. There could be someone/something else here, or the chairs are simply a glitch in the reality of the backrooms. Very atmospheric
3:50 He made it to the backrooms VIP
Finally good content without jumpscares, monsters and the whacky randomness of mist of thenkane copycats. Just excellent writing, very good execution.
Wow! The production quality honestly rivals Kane Pixels! All the other Backrooms videos I see are so mediocre, but this one is incredible! Such intensity, it feels real.
Damn he went through all this and he just got up to feed his cat 🐱
Out of curiosity, how do you make the rooms look so realistic? I feel like I’m watching a real person go through this real exploration.
unreal
5:00 Is that the A-SYNC section copied over into the Level 0.2 sub-zone of The Complex?! That's one way to show that The Complex is non-linear.
This was fantastic, especially the audio and audio mixing. I loved the little 'woosh' SEs you put in for fast camera movements, folks always forget those, and your footstep pacing and audio was on point.
Amazing cinematography as well. Absolute 10/10
Was good without any entities visible (yet). It's scary to think about how long those chairs could have been there. Possibly 100 or 1000 years, a complete mystery.
This is stupid, that’s why by law exit signs are required for every building!
When he looked back up at the stairwell. I felt the desperation when he said, "Hey ma!"
This is a more truthful take on the backrooms than Kane Pixels'.
The lobby is supposed to have no entities, just neverending unnerving halls. Great work!
Actually the Backrooms has at least one entity according to the original. So Kane's is more faithful in this aspect. This was still a good video though.
05:36 あぁ、backroomsの記事で出てくる「空間が不安定」って、こういう事を言うんですね。道が...生えてきた？？？？
I was expecting a jumpscare from all the other backrooms videos I've seen, but just the thought of being alone in endless hallways is way more scarier than cheap jumpscares or entities.
0:13 "sure." I don't think she heard you LOL that is not how someone answers from the other room
That’s how introverts answer.
In my local mall there is something new and unusual on the first floor there is a white corridor which is long and have at least 2 or 3 doors. The first 2 let you to the toilets and the other to i don't know.
The strange thing is usually the toilets where in the cellar where the parking garage is.
And there is also a escalator (on the same floor
Where this corridor is)
which let you up. It's still a mystery for me what is up the escalator.
My mother tell me there is a restaurant but I never got there in year's I would say at least 15-18 year's minimum.
Now I used the escalator and find an empty room with a grey carpet and blue walls. But I'm still not sure what is there ?🤔
When I get the chance I will go there
Record your progress when you do try not to clip through anything
@@kneesocks15 i miss the old Mall
I’m looking at all those stairs like “nope” 😂 just seeing those is a nightmare for me lol;; your work is fantastic I really love it!
Thank you for not putting in a ton of dialog like "WTF, hello, WTF is going on here, HELLO, wtf, HELLLOOOO, is anybody there, hello, do you need help, hello, WTF".
I understand it's hard to come up with human sounds and dialog for these without it getting really repetitive. I'm not sure how much sound I would make when I get trapped inside, but I don't think it would be an endless stream of hello's.
Beautiful playing at the start
I LOVE the idea that there's a corrupted Backrooms version of your house right on top of you. Then when you wake up and orient yourself, you might think you're still in your house at first... but the more you explore and call out for your loved ones, the more you realize this isn't right, nothing is right. The panic sets in. This isn't your house, everyone's gone. Where are you?! Are you dreaming? Are you in Hell? Either way, the familiar architecture of your home is now being used to mock you, forever reminding you of what you can never return to.
Oh, and not to mention the fact that to your family, you just went down into the basement to feed the cat, and disappeared. Never seen again. Terrifying
0:02 music???
Ok. I LOVE the way he clips in. The fact that the place matches the design on his house is genius and im shocked nobody has ever done that yet.
This is so good, your videos perfectly capture the feel of the backrooms, better than almost any other creator i think. You put atmosphere above jumpscare etc and it's just so good. I could watch hours of these videos.
The lack of monsters is creepy and unnerving. I LIKE THAT!!!
Very excellent take on the backrooms. The quality looks really believable and I like the sheer randomness of the areas here. That first part when they no-clip and he calls for his mom, only to find an infinite set of stairs was really unnerving.
I’d really like to know your techniques too. Like do you use motion tracking for the movements, and what kind of blur filter do you use to look like a camcorder?
Should have grabbed one of those chairs and dragged it along, never know when you might want to stand on it to reach something high up, brace a door shut, break a window, or just sit down on something that isn't moist carpet 😆
I still can't belive that it's not irl record
I used to have a recurring nightmare as a kid that was very similar to this. Started out walking through the back hallways of this lovely hotel in Vermont (my family would vacation at.. (The Woodstock Inn) most of the hotel was really warm and pleasant- not creepy at all.. but I remember some of the deeper hallways feeling very desolate and spooky. A definite Shining vibe… but I had never seen the Shining as a kid…
Anyway, in the recurring nightmare I would have- I would wander from the warm, well light lobby, through the cozier upstairs hallways and eventually find myself in the spookier, isolated hallways where things became less cozy and more liminal. Eventually I would make my way up some narrow stairs to a single room. It was a furnished, normal room except for it had a very small door in the corner which opened to reveal another stair case that went up to another room. Inside that room it was empty except for another small doorway which opened to reveal another narrow staircase leading up to another, smaller empty room with a single jack-in-the-box on the floor. I would find myself stuck in that room. And you guessed it.. there was definitely an evil clown in the box.
Jesus
Never seen a transition like that. You made it seamless. Great job
I really like how this one looks as good as the classic ones made by Kane. Also the good ending is fun to see too.
I discovered this channel and finished watching the videos 2 miniutes ago, subscribed with notifications and Instantly got notified :D
Did you start with Kane Pixels? If not, check his channel out. Also look in the descriptions because he sometimes put hidden links to privated videos that extend the lore. A-sync is also another great channel on the Backrooms.
His first video from the "Mall" is amazing
I loved the white walls and red carpet, it's even relaxing. And the chairs omg! Excellent Artwork!
Your videos give me a different feeling than what other people are saying. I’ve never felt so safe yet so on-edge, so liberated yet trapped, and so tense yet so relaxed when watching any video. Knowing that there isn’t any entities brings me relief, but even as I breathe slowly and comfortably, my lungs tense as the maze continues.
Same exact sentiments here!
I just kept waiting for the jumpscare and getting more and more terrified. It was really unnerving until the point when he saw the ASync workers. At that point I was so relieved
Okay, have this paused at a minute through and already had the most visceral feeling of terror one could feel. I have no idea why because I have binged all if not many of the Backrooms videos on this platform. Somehow just by utilizing very few light sources and extra geometry, with a near infinite staircase going in one direction (somehow got slight vertigo by the character looking up the stairs), you have managed to make an intro infinitely more terrifying than anyone else. Well done.
Will add an Edit at the end of the video.
seek help
amazing work - 20 seconds in and its already scarier than some of kane pixels stuff - thats a subscribe from me, dawg
This version is one of the best of the genre
Cool beginning and showcase of level 0.2, I think this is one of the first videos that have shown level 0.2
@Matt Studios I find your take on backrooms to be the best one. The fact there are no monsters and entities is exactly what backrooms should be, not just another jump scare, but an existential psychological dread that comes from the unknown. People put all sorts of entities and definitions on this strange space, not realizing that by doing that they take away from the basis of the unknown, unexplainable and ineffable. Literally, the only thing I think would improve the ominous setting would be the inclusion of the non-euclidean spaces. That would put the whole thing on another level.
It just occurred to me that the whole Backrooms storyline is a lot like the weird fiction story "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood. H.P. Lovecraft called The Willows the finest supernatural tale in Western literature. The Willows starts out in a peaceful setting with completely commonplace, normal phenomena, but begins adding subtle, strange occurrences until, by the end, you have no idea what's going on and you're totally on edge. This First Encounter production does a great job of duplicating that structure. Nice work!
I loved this. Your version of the rooms seems personal and haunting.
Love it.
Those stairs at the beginning genuinely creepy.
And the "chair witch project", chair sat in the corner.
one of the best yet
so great to see someone confronting the backrooms space instead of cheap entity thrills
I have to read the comment section while watching these to reassure myself that other people do in fact still exist so I don’t collapse into a puddle of existential despair. 🥺
These are way too good. 😅
I just found this page not having seen these types of videos before but I’m mesmerized. It’s terrifying yet artistic. I found myself in a trance at times during this video creating my own reality around what was in front of me - the confusion of how I got here, the paranoia of finally finding another human or that maybe one is following me and I can’t tell, wondering how I know when day is ending and when should I sleep but not knowing how to decide where to sleep because I am so lost and everything looks the same. Will I ever wake up? Am I even alive in this strange, eerie world? Then the details that everyone was mentioning, the sparse dialogue and peculiar placement of chairs and wall outlets make me wonder who else has been here and why? What brought us here? These videos are so well done and truly unsettling while being so simple in a way. Excellent job, subscribing!
For some reason I’m extra intrigued by level 94 specifically. I just love the way the houses look surrounded by grass, and that water tower on the hill… don’t even get me started.
Perfectly captured my old nightmares. Now they exist in my waking state... lovely. Well done.
Ayyyyy somebody actually escaped! Unless those guys killed our poor protag for knowing too much
Since I was little I dreamed of places like this. The strangest are with infinite bathrooms; the more you go through the area, the more bizarre they are, and dirty. I am regularly in control of my dream and despite being terrifying I really enjoy exploring those areas. Although sometimes the silhouettes of people and/or creatures are very creepy. Excellent videos. I hope you can continue creating content.
Yes, you are one of the few creators that positions the camera at the correct height and makes the roof high enough to make it look normal.
I live BR videos, but many look either like the ceiling is 5ft high or that the camera man is 8ft tall, or both
I don't know what backrooms are but I watched this hoping it was a real place I could visit. I find this nostalgic, relaxing and dreamy. I appreciate very much your creativity and hard work Matt Studios. Thank you.
Dude this is so AWESOME!!! Love the crossover with Kane's scientists at the end, absolutely crazy good work. Would love to see a full length movie of this. MATT IS THE 👑
0:50 actually I like it I like this transition from your house with interior design it looks like at home and then go to the Backrooms.
4:22 this pillar/ wall on the right side it would be interesting if was like this: you go left and see a square shaped pillar but if you look between the pillar and the wall on the right side you witness a room or long corridor (non Euclidian space)