The Backrooms (Dead Meat Podcast Ep. 168)
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- Chelsea and James explain & explore The Backrooms, a forum post turned sprawling narrative that’s inescapable.
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Honestly, what Kane has done with the Backrooms is more disturbing than most horror films today. Props to such a young man! That’s talent.
I don’t like his “lore” it’s stupid
okay man
@@ETHYCRO ok? He is doing his own take on the lore if you don’t like it don’t watch it
@@Vipex_13 I know that’s why I don’t watch it
@@ETHYCRO id agree , its lazily written lore kinda feels like he comes up as he goes
James: *forgets his ring*
Chelsea: Welcome to the Deadmeat podcast kill count!
Underrated comment 😂
They have been together long enough that it’s just lols
LMAO
To quote the intro “YOU’RE DEAD MEAT”
Welp
I love how smart the scientists are. The moment they see the monster they say"fuck that, fuck this, we are closing shop'
The best part of this backrooms level is the use of the color yellow. I did a paper on the psychological effects of yellow (along with the irony of yellow being used in some of the most scary horror movies) and it is psychologically proven that too much yellow can cause anxiety and fear.
Literally almost everything is yellow except for the bacteria monster which is black and represents aggression while everything else represents going insane
So is this why in DC comics the "yellow lanterns" are about the fear emotion, or is that just a coincidence, rather than an intentional choice?
Would love to see more episodes of the podcast on analogue horror, or just one episode dedicated to it. Would be really cool to see James and Chelsea talk about projects like The Mandela Catalogue, Gemini Home Entertainment etc. and maybe some from smaller creators to get some of their work out there :)
Yes! Would love to hear their takes on GHE
I would absolutely LOVE this
Monument mythos has a lot to chew on, just finished getting to that series finally.
@@bravestoffairies6710 I’d love to see them cover that! Any ARG video they could do and invite Wendigoon on would be awesome
If they do an ARG I'd love to see Wendigoon here with them.
So the backrooms itself originated like 1 or 2+ years ago and has an ENTIRE connected cosmology and an entire area that creates new rooms, entities, communities, security levels, etc. (A lot like SCP files) While Kane’s videos are taking the original level (level 0) and is creating his own connected world around that one specific level. Both are insanely well made and can get you caught up in the lore and it’s all so interesting
If you want to learn more about the original backrooms and it’s lore then I recommend checking out either “Backrooms Explained” or “Broogli” as they both make videos dedicated to specific levels and entities in the backrooms that are very in depth and well made
yah i love backrooms explained! and scp explained! they are so good
I was just waiting for someone to bring up brogli
Kanes lore is better
@@comraderacoon3663 Although the original post on 4chan implied the existence of a monster, I think the idea of losing your sanity in an Infinite maze is way scarier than Kane's lore
Isn't it level 0 not level 1
This should absolutely be a movie. Imagine a psychological thriller about a guy trying to escape an underground maze. Think Cube meets Cast Away.
great idea
Yea
Yep
Cube is fantastic film
Either way, that volley ball is getting it.
I'd love to see A podcast episode about Online Analog Horrors such as Mandela Catalog, The Fnaf Tapes, and The Walten FIles now that you two have dipped in to the deep waters of internet spooks! :D
I listened to the audio of Wendigoon's Mandela Catalogue video while I was doing other stuff and it still freaked me out! Sometimes I watch Dead Meat podcast eps or Kill Counts on movies I haven't seen to see if I'll be able to handle them -- it's the humor that goes a long way and makes me feel okay about it in the moment lol -- but I genuinely don't think the Dead Meat humor would be enough to cancel out the terror of The Mandela Catalogue 😂😂
@@TumbleFourYa Is it weird that I literally felt chills just seeing Wendigoon and Mandela catalogue in the same sentence?
It would be awesome if they did the walten files
@@GLIMPZICK1022 nexpo has a video on the Walter files you should def watch it:)!
for those wondering, if something is flammable it means it can be set fire to, such as a piece of wood; however, inflammable means that a substance is capable of bursting into flames without the need for any ignition
So then:
Flammable: Bad
Inflammable: Really bad
Non-Flammable: Carry on
I would love for you guys to go through some more Analog Horror series on the podcast! One that immediately springs to mind is the Mandela Catalogue, which has slightly blown up in recent months. It's great and lends itself to theory crafting quite a bit so would make for some fun podcast material.
I would also love Mandela catalogue. Another awesome thing would be to go over all the big analog horror series such as the MC Local 58, Gemini Home Entertainment, and the newest episodes of the backrooms.
I feel a good example of a Liminal Space would be when you have to visit your High School but it's nighttime.
You know how High School is supposed to be, but going there at night feels weird and wrong in a way you can't really describe. It gives you that creeping dread feeling
Another is definitely the emergency room at night. It might just be me due to having a chronic illness though. 🤔
No, a liminal space isn't just a place that creepy. A liminal space is a place that are not intended to be destinations, but are places you pass through. Stairwells, Airports, corridors, bus stations are liminal spaces. They're places you pass through.
@@Littlewh0 a high school has an abundance of hallways which are liminal, no?
@@jacobferguson8084 sure, but 'the hallways at school' is different from 'school'. A liminal space has a specific meaning which people seem determined to ignore. A liminal space is a space you pass throught but dont intend to visit, not a place thats creepy
@@loki1456 Except that the emergency room is staffed 24/7 usually; a liminal space has no people so it wouldn't qualify.
I love how no matter how long you've had your cat and are accustomed to it wandering around, your attention WILL be diverted to admire and/or say hello to said cat. One cannot ignore cat.
Love how online Chelsea is. Makes me feel better about my unhealthy addiction to Twitter
4chan is a whole different kettle of fish though 🌚
@@itnotmeitu3896 I’m glad I never got into that whole section of the internet
Your addiction is bad and you should feel bad
@@nicolasbolas2247 relax Bicolas
@@rowanw1312 relax white man
It's so cool to see my favorite horror channel commenting and analyzing my favorite creepypasta! Also, Kane's gonna be directing a Backrooms movie about his own UA-cam series, developed by A24, the studio that made the amazing film "Everything Everywhere All At Once". So, you know that this adaptation will not only be faithful, since the man behind the series here on UA-cam is directing it, but it'll also hopefully be high-quality!
The thing about the first entity that's interesting is if you listen closely to the monster's sound you can hear him yelling stuff like "Don't leave!", "Come back!", and "Wait!" So maybe it was a person before the mold took over them...
Or it just learned to mimic us to make us easier to catch.
Yeah I'm pretty sure that is NOT the case. The thing is just pure Bacteria.
Also, I don't hear any talking when it screams.
The one you guys were talking about near the end with the government informational video and the dashcam is probably Local 58, and it's my favorite analogue horror series. Would love a podcast about it!
Something the Backrooms really remind of is a pitcher plant - it's a passive carnivorous plant that has naturally smooth sides, so when a bug attracted by the sweet smell it emits slips and falls into the water/digestive juices inside it, the bug can't climb out until it drowns or is dissolved. The damp floors and the rooms' nature of trapping people who aren't careful enough really remind me of it.
Plus, several types of critters that can't be trapped by pitcher plants will check out pitch plants while foraging and steal a free meal from what gets trapped in them. The monsters could either be part of the pitcher plant or these opportunistic animals that steal from pitcher plants.
The psychological horror in Mandela Catalogue, Kane’s Back rooms, and Local 58 are honestly my favorite types of horror. 10/10 stuff
Local 58 is one of my favorite things to come out of UA-cam. Hope there’s a new episode soon
i would personally also add the walten files to this list!!
The holy trinity
I checked it a couple months ago, and Local 58 had a new video I hadn't seen. I think it was a year and a half after the next latest.
Gemini Home Entertainment
The Backrooms feel like they're repetitive as a fear of having a repetitive life. Monsters being the problems we try to run away from.
Damn.
@@varunkanagarajah7691 yup
the backrooms are actually infinite, there is an escape and only one or two people are known to have ever escaped the backrooms according to lore. if you noclip out of reality and end up here, your practically dead. unless your the smartest, most athletic person you are not leaving.
Well that’s not what it is
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Chelsea is killing it with the introduction into SCP (for the channel) and now this fantastic ARG. There are so many! High quality, very awesome creations. Welcome to the rabbit hole. lol
Seeing Chelsea talk about 4chan was hilarious. Did not expect her to be more knowledgeable of the boards than James. I wonder what's her favorite board
One aspect I find quite humorous is how a lot of this content is made by people around my age (Gen Z) making it look older than us
Glad you're feeling better James! You mention the most recent was a month ago. There's another one posted 17 hours ago called Presentation. Put a link to Kane Pixels channel in the description, for those who haven't seen the backrooms videos. Totally worth a watch.. also, I love your new set!
i just stumbled apon this little web series, it was amzing to see what a young film maker can do
Yeah these major film companies need to pick up this guy I think he’ll make badass stuff for horror
For clarification, the strange “red room with blaring red lights” is a level which is 12.5 miles long in total and a hoard of creatures chase you
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it was just an image of the Threshold but with red lights, Kane's backrooms is separate from the wiki's lore and universe (thank god)
I love the Backrooms. It's scary being in endless hallways and going to different rooms and having that feeling that you are being watched. Awesome Podcast as always James and Chelsea.
I love how you talked about the Backrooms. Honestly the Backrooms scare me more than most horror media
The series you were trying to name is called Local 58. I haven't watched that one yet, but I did go through Mandela and it was....okay. I found that it got better in the later videos, but the first bunch was just too goofy for me. I really enjoyed Gemini Home Entertainment and Mystery Flesh Pit National Park, so I recommend you guys check those out! They're both quite extensive, ESPECIALLY Flesh Pit.
Local 58 is creepy
I agree that it got better, but I think it was scary and good throughout other than the truly bad voice acting.
It would be really cool to see them talk about the Mandela catalogue cos I feel like they'd be aesthetically interested in them
That room that you guys said looked like a courtyard with a ceiling is actually not from gmod, it is a real hotel called the London Heathrow Hotel in the UK
I'm really glad that James and Chelsea are exploring internet horror on the podcast, because it's something I want them to talk about. Maybe for the next videos could be analog horror or short horror films on UA-cam.
The bit about 4chan friends is so true, I had a 4chan friend who was arrested for conspiracy to commit mass shooting 🙃
that didn't happen, 4chan is an anonymous platform
@@shitpostergeneral3533 someone called a tip in, it had nothing to do with 4chan
@@shitpostergeneral3533 by '4chan friend' I mean person I knew who used 4chan
I watched the entirety of this podcast entry yesterday around 9PM and after finishing it I was called to go to the hospital where my granma has been admitted for the last couple of weeks.
As soon as I finished and went back to the parking building where I left my car, I immediately noticed how empty and recurring the pattern was (considering it was beyond visit time, so there were bascially no other cars parked) of that place.
I immediately remembered the point where you talked about Liminal Spaces and thought "I shouldn't have watched the Dead Meat video before coming here".
Those 3 minutes I spent in that parking building scared the s**t out of me. 😅
Can't wait for the Blank of Blank episodes. I've always thought that Autopsy of Jane Doe is super cool and is carried by just three actors, one of whom is literally playing a corpse. It's kind of like the Lighthouse in that regard, but with less dirty seamen and more medical gore.
Clipping in video games is interacting with a surface, as in walking on the road, or being in a house/ room. No clipping is when you no longer interact with a surface and so can go through it, in doom you can no clip to avoid going through a combat arena in the way the devs want you too.
I would LOVE more episodes like this, diving into maybe the origins of online horror or more SCP readings!
Love what y'all do!
A probably, for sure, incorrect theory is that the monster isn’t malicious and wants company - and considering that the camera fell into a portal hundreads of meters in the sky of the real world which would have definitely killed the guy, maybe the monster held him to prevent him from falling
In my eyes, the monster grabbed him and then he dropped it because he either died or he dropped it
No he definitely killed Kane
I'd love it if this turns out to be correct, since it would be such a good subversion of the usual horror tropes, because you have to wonder really why this almost supernatural monster would be motivated to do something as mundane as kill people who stumble across it
@@edd4816 it would remove the entire threat of the entities.
@@Anime_Fuwattinot necessarily. Considering we know prolonged exposure to the backrooms can be bad for your health, it could be a scenario where the monster is lonely and wants friends, but being in its presence without protection can kill you.
i remember watching Kane when he was doing his attack on titan found footage stuff. Its so incredible to watch his work develop into his now magnum opus.
Even though the earthquake was about 40 years ago, when I watched the liked video about the news report it reminded me immediately of Wes Craven's New Nightmare and its incorporation of a real world earthquake that happened during production. Also that news channel is local 58 and got me into analog horror or whatever it is. Also Gemini Home Entertainment is pretty mint.
Would absolutely love to hear what you guys think of the mandela catalogue. Analogue horror has really become such an interesting and cool way people are playing with the genre
I would love to see you guys do an episode about analog horror in general, like Local58 and Gemini Home Entertainment (which yall didn't mention here but James at least would probably love it if he likes Local58) and The Mandela Catalogue. Or like horror webseries/unfiction/ARG stuff in general.
It’s so fun to watch you guys watch The Backrooms!
I will always love UA-cam for the sheer amount of amazing horror content it has. The Backrooms is so fucking good. Then there's the Mandela Catalogue and all the analogue horror videos and endless amount of creative videos people put up for free.
Freaking awesome and scary at the same time this guy is a prodigy I think he’s the guy who can make horror great
Glad you guys are covering it on your podcast. The concept of Backrooms is very interesting.
Holy shit this episode just made all the repressed memories I had about Local 58 resurface. Time to go back and relive all the old videos that scarred me as a preteen.
"Cool." I love this channel and it's humor man. This channel makes me smile and makes my day better at 8am
Just incase anybody was wondering Local 58 is the news series that James and Chelsea were talking about at the end. It started 4 years ago and the most resent upload was 7 months ago and the creator has said they plan on making more
Would love to see James and Chelsea cover other analogue horror channels like Local 5, Gemini home entertainment or the Mandela catalog. They're all so good and super creepy.
The creepiest room is the one, where one feels like being watched...that´s why the shining is so scary.
I’d love to see you guys tackle the Mandela catalogs and “no through road” these are so fun
Something so surreal about playing doom while listening to the podcast. Such a vibe.
My entire life I've dreamed of being in random houses/buildings. I never felt trapped, nor were these places "backrooms"... but still there was always a touch of an ominous feeling. So this Background Phenomena hits a little different. I kinda love it.
The Backrooms is p cool 🤓
Hello there
Woow, Broogli, love your vids!
Sure they are , and your videos explain them very well .
The expert of explain the levels in the backrooms. My favorite youtuber. I Still have no idea why i'm unsubed.
I’d love to see you guys cover analogue horror like Mandala Catalogue, Gemini Home Video etc. they are some of the creepiest things I’ve watched. So much scarier than any horror film I’ve seen for a long time
About the Mandela catalogue, there has never been a horror movie that made me scared at night when I was alone or anything. But after only three of those videos I had trouble being alone in the dark for about a week
I was so excited to see this episode on my feed! I'm actually pretty curious about these games.
"Saddest little Sailor". I'm so sorry James! Thought I think saddest little Sailor fits Steve as well lol
if scps and the backrooms have your interest, you should check out mystery flesh pit national park if you havent already! it's another very interesting piece of weird online horror.
I don't care how old the topic is, it's still exciting to listen to you guys talk
We need a full movie about the Backrooms RIGHT NOW
i think they should cover the genre of analogue horror and possibly go into specifics like the walten files and mandela catalogue and also harmony and horror
So glad to see this. One of my friends and I watch this series in a buddy system because it is spooky enough we feel the need to have a buddy. Absolutely love the series and can't wait to see what Kane does next. Holy freaking talent Batman!
I cannot express to y’all how happy i am that y’all cover this
So glad to see you cover this! I really love the Backrooms series and I had so much fun researching it for one of my deep dives. What Kane has done is super impressive
45:44 For the next Dead Meat - Out of Context! Chelsea saying “we need to find this child & interview him. Tell us all of your secrets!”
Absolutely loved this! Have you guys talked about Mandela Catalogue? Would love to see that on a future podcast episode :D
"Clipping" in video games is when two objects in the game collide in a faulty way. Clipping through things is abusing the faulty collision to push yourself into areas that you shouldn't be able to access that way. No-Clip mode is a debug mode that stops clipping from happening by turning off all collision detection, letting you walk through walls.
I would love it if Chelsea and James keep doing podcast episodes on Internet horror, like SCP's and analogue horror series, I think Mandela Catalogue, Local 58 and Gemini Home Entertainment (my personal favourite) are ridiculously cool and terrifying, and also I still have a lot of unanswered questions about them
Would be great to hear your thoughts about the Mandela catalogue, it's really creepy and explores some really interesting themes, I really recommend it imo it's analogue horror at its best
Speaking on HOW talented Kane Parsons is, there are so many incredibly talented, young people who love horror. Kane Parsons, Alex Kister, Remy Abode and so, so so many more. I think our future is going to be a new age of horror
I love when one of my favorite UA-cam channels mentions another one of my favorite UA-cam channels, absolutely love corridor and deadmeat
I love the old backrooms but it's been made so SO much better with monsters and that. I like how some levels don't have monsters and it's more of a phycological horror, while some levels DO have monsters and it's more of a horror movie type horror
Disagree, keeping monsters out of it gives it a more of a “fear of the unknown” feel and personally that’s way more interesting to me. It’s a lot scarier not knowing if something is lurking around rather than not knowing where it is.
@@mtchxo love your opinion and thought process about it
You guys seriously need to make the next episode about The Mandela Catalogue! It's some of the most well written Analog Horror on UA-cam alongside things like The Backrooms and Gemini Home Entertainment!
I do love me a good ol' analog horror. Props to Kane for making a great blend of liminal spaces and analog horror and having his idea take off so far.
this is the first podcast i’ve tuned into since the new set and it’s amazing, well done chelsea
Next time, definitely cover “The Walten Files” or just cover analog horror in general.
The monster took the tripod and constructed it's body with it. It then used the camera as it's head to spot people with it. That's the reason why there is written on the wall 'don't move. Stay still.' because the monster uses the camera to spot you.
I'm so glad you guys covered this series!
First the SCP foundation, and now the Backrooms!!! My God I cannot thank you two any more for this, I'm so happy that you guys are covering these topics of horror.
LOVE that Kane is getting some notice from y'all that dude is gonna blow up, his production value is insane considering how old he is
I wonder if they saw the most recent episode! My very unnecessary interpretation of this series is about its focus on ‘commercial spaces’. Nowadays we often ascribe value to places and that’s what Async tried to do by taking over the back rooms and transforming them into a commercial space. But when places that we deem “commercial” are empty they no longer serve their purpose and feel almost wrong- that’s why they seem so creepy. I like Chelsea’s idea that the monster is made up of the tripods and the time distortion theory because it would mean that in trying to create more commercial spaces (space with VALUE), they accidentally created something dreadful that essentially renders the back rooms useless (like climate change). I also thought the weird tree room sort of reminded me of deforestation? The imagery of a frontier home with axes and wheelbarrows denotes colonization etc. Anyway, beyond all that the videos were just creepy in general! Kane really nailed the aesthetic of liminal spaces.
i Love the backrooms lore and Kane's take on it. Really excited y'all are tackling it on the podcast. Love you guys :)
I'd love to see something on the mystery flesh pit national park! It's similar but different with a lot of found things (newspapers and pamphlets) but not so much liminal spaces
I think if you keep doing this type of horror “Mandela Catalog” is an amazing analog horror that the creator of is Alex Kister made on his phone.
The story is about a random “alien” taking the place of a angle and can adjust to how humans move, interact,speaking,etc.
Chelsea said in another podcast it looks too spooky for her, which i understand, because MC's entire premise is existentially terrifying to me.
A short and very over-essentializing TLDR of the New Weird James talked about for whoever is interested.
It's essentially the 21st century version of the Weird (Lovecraft) which uses the monstrous and weird nature to explore and discuss contemporary issues such as climate change. Things like Annihiliation, and actually most of Jeff Vandermeers work. It differentiates itself from lovecraft/old weird by embracing the monstrous and weird.
I'm by no means an expert and it's a very complicated part of narrative studies but I did use it in some research last year
something I forgot to add, Annihilation was actually inspired by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill so there the environmentalist angle is very explicit
I was actually so excited when I got the notification, I'm obsessed with the back rooms. 💯
Flammable is something that can be set on fire, Inflammable is something that can spontaneously combust. Stable/unstable
Omg I would love to see u interview the creator of this. I enjoy your channel n the content you put out. Loving the kill counts.
Could you do a 'Attack the Block' kill count I would love to see it on this channel.
What a crossover between three of my fave UA-cam channels. Dead Meat, Corridor Digital, and Kane Pixels! Wasn't expecting the Corridor shout-out at all!
I can’t believe a new video was added the same day this episode was released 😂 need a brief opinion and thoughts on it. This might be my favourite ep of the podcast, great work guys
This Chanel really Made a backrooms video Lmao I love it 😂
I mean it is a horror game lol?
The backrooms are such a neat idea but way over saturated now
You copyed someone else
@@mdls6320 literally just copied me
over saturated in what way? Other people doing their renditions of the back rooms? I feel like that shouldn't count, Kane Pixels was the OG of bring the backrooms to light, everyone else is just riding the high, lets just talk about Kane Pixels, in which its not saturated but full of lore and mystery
i would absolutely love to see an episode on Marble Hornets - it introduced me to found footage and internet horror and the dudes who made it were instrumental in my sense of humor as a teen. especially if Tim can swing onto the pod!
I love you guys so much, y’all make my boring ass office job so much better, especially when y’all get into the niche parts of film for us cinephiles. Keep doing great things guys!
If they are making The Backrooms Movie, This is gonna be lit.
Edit: Just liked my own comment, And i have a theory that there will be a prequel and a sequel to the Backroom movies.
The Backrooms (2022)
The Backrooms 2 (2023)
The Backrooms 3 (2024)
The Backrooms 4 (2025)
The Backrooms 5: Orgins (2026)
The Backrooms: The Final Chapter (2027)
it's actually really cool that it went from a weird creepy image to a whole fandom and lore like SCP is actually super cool
Liminal spaces are so casually prominent in horror to the point where you don't really think about them. Some examples off the top of my head are the house in the middle of the night in Sinister, the cabin in The Lodge, the store in Bad Man by Dathan Auerbach, and the entirety of I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid. But when you wanna focus specifically on a liminal location, more often than not it falls flat -- speaking as someone who reads more horror literature than watches horror movies. But Kane has been consistently incredible and he deserves every bit of praise that you and everyone else is giving him.
I'm sure Pitfalls played around with the other existing Backrooms levels -- last I checked there were over 4000 -- but the blue room with the street signs reminded me of dreamcore stuff, which is kind of like an equally weird but less intentionally scary liminal space offshoot. Whatever his intention, I'm looking forward to seeing Kane expand on this lore and all these weirdass places lol
Honestly I think the factor of being alone and confused almost gone forever is scarier than any monster I could imagine.
Kane's Backrooms videos are legitimately not just some of the best indie horror, but some of the best horror period, of recent years
Glad the podcast gets to shine now, instead of being overshadowed by killcounts 😍🙅♂😍