You can see the precursors of this trend in some 1970s sci fi and horror - particularly Fonda's Idaho Transfer, Coma, even a particular Night Stalker episode. It's just been given a more overt Kafka-Piranesian makeover.
Roderick Heath
A # of top/down trend pieces on BACKROOMS/OBSESSION's recent box office successes boil down to GEN Z PROCESSES THE WORLD THIS WAY WHILE MILLENNIALS DO IT THIS WAY. No and also how do you know? The creepypasta/liminal horror aesthetics isn't purely generation-divided either. Bad approach. Read this.
Simon Abrams
In time for Kane Parsons/A24's BACKROOMS, I wrote about liminal horror for @avclub.com. Why are liminal spaces so creepy and popular? Featuring "Dream Pools" creator Jared Pike, analog/dreamcore filmmaker Tata Dovnar, and THE OUTWATERS director Robbie Banfitch:
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Backrooms brings liminal horror to the masses, and with it, a generation looking for a past that might not exist.
