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Last week i watched The Backrooms in theater.
The main problem is that the backrooms immediately reminded me of the architecture in Davey Wreden's games, The Stanley Parable in particular (although the more surreal bits reminded me more of The Beginner's Guide)
Which isn't that weird actually, as the Backrooms mostly resemble an empty office space, while the setting of The Stanley Parable is an empty office space. And i think that both The Backrooms and The Stanley Parable rely on the concept of liminal spaces for differing yet similar effects.
But it also meant that I couldn't take The Backrooms fully serious from minute one, because i expected the annoyed British Narrator to come in any minute now.
#To be clear#I don't think that The Backrooms stole its aesthetics from Davey Wreden's games#I am very certain that it's just the same aesthetics coincidentally expressing themselves in different works#it's just something that i noticed and found somewhat intriguing to compare#Like there's a lot you could into about both The Backrooms and the works of Davey Wreden (somewhat) utilise liminal space#To express an unravelling mind#Anyways#The Backrooms Movie is actually a lot better than it has any right to be#Yet it deeply frustrates me because it could've actually been a bit of a masterpiece#If it was done by a more experienced more courageous director
