: What are backrooms? Why are people scared of them?
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Picture going down a hallway and as you turn right you realize that it looks like where you just were, go back and try to go the other direction and things will look exactly the same wherever you go no matter how far. Now imagine an unknown creature chasing you through these seemingly endless hallways.
The idea of the backrooms is easier to understand when put in a video game. If you imagine a video game where you are in a building, there will be doors you can’t open, areas you can’t access, there seems to be something behind this wall but there is no way to access it. The thought of what lies behind this wall is the foundation of the backrooms. Once you “clip” (basically means pass through) this wall of reality you enter an endless dimension behind the wall.
If you are familiar with the backrooms you should know this video:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4dGpz6cnHo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4dGpz6cnHo)
What makes it scary is the unsettling feeling of being alone and at the same time the possibility that you are not alone. Even if there was no monster, the implication that something could be there is enough to make people feel scared.
The feeling of loneliness, the feeling of being pursued, the feeling of an unsettling sense of deja vu that becomes too real. Top it off with a creature that isn’t human, the fear of death and uncertainty.
Perhaps there is an exit somewhere, nothing is ever truly endless right? What if there is more than 1 monster? What if its right around this corner? Does it hear me? or maybe it can see me? What happens when the lights turn off? What was that sound? Thats fear.
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