Film Theory: Decoding the Horror of The Backrooms

Summary by Krater

This video examines the lore of Kane Pixels' Backrooms YouTube series, theorizing that the Backrooms are a simulated reality created by an A-Sync Corporation experiment linked to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and that the monster within is a mutated Hay Bacillus colonial organism.

From the video

Answers: What are the Backrooms in Kane Pixels' series and what is the monster?

• Backrooms lore and timeline
• A-Sync Corporation experiments
• Loma Prieta earthquake epicenters
• Mutated Hay Bacillus colonial organisms
• Video game level design and no-clipping

What it concludes

• The Backrooms' story begins in 1982 with A-Sync conducting scientific research into electromagnetism and field generators.
• The Backrooms are a simulated reality created during A-Sync's Project KV31 experiments.
• The date of A-Sync's first successful portal opening, October 17 1989, coincides with the 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake.
• The Backrooms monster is a mutated colonial organism of Hay Bacillus exposed to human DNA.
• The entire Backrooms series is a simulated reality or matrix built on outdated 3D video game engine limitations.