A few months ago, I attempted to create poolroom exploration footage myself, and based on that experience, I can attest to the immense amount of work involved. Truly impressive job! 👏 I also love the unique and terrifying ending.
Finally! A pool rooms with water that doesn't have unnecessary ripples and waves. The water is actually still and glass-like. Like what an undisturbed indoor pool would actually look like.
I'm sensitive to these things too. 5:30 is an exception; I feel like if the water ripples there should be some visible water flow. Otherwise it looks like a wave pool. Easily best poolrooms video I have ever seen tho
The potential energy of water plus gravitational pull combined with the constant particle movements in water causes ripples in any given area where water is present. Just basic physics dude.
No absurd ridiculous monsters, no jump scares, no crime scenes or contrived story lines, just pure, infinitely unsettling surreal liminality. As if being trapped forever in an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization's zoo exhibit that's trying unsuccessfully to emulate what it thinks an imprisoned human creature might find comforting and home-like. Wonderful.
Right? 30 years ago, I used to draw my dreams. Once I drew a picture of a dream I had where I was waking in water inside a middle eastern looking marble building with weird tunnels, odd water fixtures, and easy too small sitting areas. So many similarities to this. I threw them away when someone saw them and made fun of them...
To me, what makes your Videos stand out from the rest is the way you design the backrooms. They look like they were made by something or someone that has this vague idea of what human spaces are supposed to look like but cant really understand what their actual purpose is. Like all the elements are there, but configured in a way that defeats their intended purpose. Thats what makes in so uncanny: We see all the parts of a pool, but they're just put together wrong. These rooms weren’t designed with human needs and behavior in mind. It’s like an AI just endlessly generates these environments but never gets it quite right. You precisely understand what made the original idea of these rooms so creepy and unsettling and perfectly capture it in your renders. No need for dumb entities and an endless stream of power-creep lore additions where every new bit that gets added is even more distorted and powerful than the last.
I don't know anything about what this is.. I just know that it's unsettling. The sterile nature of it and the seemingly random placement of the pools and stainless steel railings give it abandoned mental institution vibes. I felt relieved when it seemed like you found an outside door but crushed when it turned out to be a facade. Bravo on this.
@@alainportant6412 "the backrooms" is a scifi concept of an alternative reality, with infinitely stretching corridors and places. the poolsrooms are one of them. there are multiple creators making creepy and eerie videos!
I won't lie, this is the best Backrooms video I've seen since Kane Pixels. You truly understand the feeling that the Backrooms conveys more than just surface level ideas. The lack of a solid story makes it feel more like a dream, which is exactly how the The Backrooms should be. And I can definitely tell there is a story, but thats not the point, I guess. I also love how there isn't really an entity of a monster but just the water, which I think is arguably scarier since nature is not concious it just acts. Phenominal. Favorite part was when it looks like its outside but it isnt, that was so dang clever
Matt, another INCREDIBLE video! I love your style of backrooms- lots of house-like places. I also think you make the best Poolrooms videos out there, because you add a look that is unique while capturing elements from the previously established "Dream Pools". I recently rewatched all of your videos and you never disappoint. Keep up the good work!
Brilliant, utterly weird and incongruous, unnatural, potentially infinite and inescapable! I like all of the surprises like the fridge, the bird sounds /fake outdoors, and the weird transitions from carpeted apartment room to pool complex. What I really like about your videos in this genre is that all really good art, it makes you see the world differently. You notice stuff that looks weird and incongruous, like the shape of a tap or a bathtub, how unnatural most interiors are if you really look at them and how behind all of our perception is this lurking doubt about whether the source of it all is an infinite void, a pattern, or a presence. Ha! Anyway it's given me loads of inspiration for a bathroom refurb. Nice work!!
Another great installment! Love the 'McMansion Hell' vibe looking out at those big windows over the balustrade around the 60sec. mark. And the birdsong (the mourning dove call especially) was a genius touch, at first I wasn't sure if that was coming from the video or outside my house 😂
The sense of dread I felt at the end, knowing that no matter what would happen afterward, the moment he walked through that metal door the next time he came back to it, it would be closed? Unrecreatable. Fantastic job as always
That's an impressive job, keep on! 💪 P. S. Never seen a pool rooms version of "Liminal Hotel" at 5:48, thst's pure genious! And what about the finale... BRAVO 👏👏👏
Your take on Backrooms/Poolrooms is the absolute best! The way you use ambiance and the fear of the unknown to create a feeling of dread is just perfect, no cheap jumpscares or dumb monsters, just you and the infinite unknown and your mind racing to try and make something out of this strange reality. I specially love the beginning area, you should make a side series all about just liminal backroom exploration, I could spend hours watching all these dreamlike spaces that look like bits of reality pieced back together!
The lighting at 3:54 is so good. Incredibly strange. Also, I love the orange carpet area in First encounter. Your environmental design showcases the creepiness of the backrooms so well.
PART 1?! THAT MEANS A PART 2!! HOORAY!! Seriously, you uploading again is a major highlight. I was holding out so much hope for another video since your last upload was quite a while ago. You are top-notch.
I said it before on your #3 video and I'll say it again: you are one of the very best Backrooms creators out there. I'm by no means a backrooms purist, everybody is free to intepret it as they please, but you easily come closest to the true spirit of what I thinks makes the Backrooms/Poolrooms so special: that balance between relaxing and terrifying, and using nothing but atmosphere to achieve that. I can't wait for #5!
At 2:00, this is the most insanely corresponding to the backrooms lore room i have EVER SEEN. THIS is what i see in my dreams, this makes no damn sense and it left me in pure awe. thanks for your creativity. As i'm continuing the video i can clearly see you've made some very nonsensical (in a positive way) choices for the architecture that's not pools. I absolutely love your way with design. it's absolutely dreamlike
This feels much more sinister and threatening than your previous explorations. Like a dream you wake up knowing it was a bad one, but not sure why. Excellent work man. I'm far from the first to say it, but you really get what this genre is all about
I'm in love with the weird/awkward geometry you include. Your geometry is unique. Also that mourning dove sound you included, that brought back some memories. What a peaceful sound.
Thanks for another video, Matt. These are work of art. I know hype in the liminal space has settled down a bit over the last few months, I hope you continue to make content (if you’re passionate about it, of course) You do amazing work, the architecture and ambience are incredible
absolutely awesome work!! Loved every bit of it! I was surprised at the ending, we’ve never had an immediate threat to someone’s life, nor have them run from it
I like the idea that the Poolrooms are so infinitely large that they create their own tidal forces on their waters, not my original idea, according to wikidot it seemed like an attempt to explain the ripples in the water. However maybe a sudden unpredictable shift in the water can send it in overwhelming volumes into previously dry chambers. The poolrooms are such a great example of how the liminal environment alone can be tailored to be just as scary as all the entity infested levels.
Recently been on a poolrooms kick, and I gotta say. I love how in the beginning the subtle liminal bits of poolroom architecture start blending in to the normal backrooms architecture. I've always had this headcanon idea where different levels in the backrooms that are connected are connected in this loose way where the architecture subtly shifts to whatever style is next
Months of waiting were worth it, your editing work hasn't changed, it's still incredible. The mysterious atmosphere and comfortable silence, but at the same time scary. And as always, the ending makes me even more curious about what's to come in the next videos. I'll always be here, I look forward to the next videos, no matter how long it takes.
This is so cool! And the sound design is so good, too! The ambient buzzing/whooshing, and the way it changes to fit the surroundings, is really immersive. I'm gonna watch this over and over
I like that (up until the end) he’s not actually running from anything or even trying to find a way out. He’s just kind of wandering around and exploring the cool locations he’s in.
YESSSSS!!!! Finally. Haven't watched it yet but here's a like in advance ❤ Edit: awesome footage. You feel familiar with it yet still a lot of things seem out of place... just that uncanny valley feeling. Awesome work 👏
Randomly thought of checking on your channel a few minutes ago and what an unexpected surprise to find this! (Sorry in advance, this comment turned out wayyyyyy longer than I expected, lol.) Like a lot of people in the comments have said, I really appreciate how you handle the nostalgia-dread factor of the backrooms. I have so many dreams like this, almost every night, of massive buildings that are some combination of things from my childhood like a shopping mall or a house. Maze-like buildings that seem to never end and make more sense in the dream than when I wake up and think back on it, but yet there's still something unsettling about them even in the dream when I'm the most convinced that they're real. And your videos capture that feeling better than anything else I've seen. I really liked how you included '90s coloring in this one as well; those faded pinkish and green tones at the start were very reminiscent of old Taco Bells or old malls from my earliest memories. It adds so much to that feeling of... nostalgia mixed with dread mixed with the knowledge that something is off, but you don't quite know what, because everything looks normal at first glance, but then you find that you either can't or don't want to look again. Having the viewer confined to the single POV of the camera definitely adds to the overall experience; we already can't see what's around the next corner (and there are so many!) and then to not even be able to look from side to side unless the cameraman does? Genuinely one of the most effective ways to evoke loss of control through media. Lastly, I've said this before on another one of your videos, but I still really appreciate your lack of true jump scares - especially because they make the few scary moments even scarier. Obviously the whole concept of the video is scary, but like in footage #3 when the chair falls over after the cameraman leaves the room, you have a lot of buildup with walking around and feeling tension and anxiety rise, and then something happens at the very end and it's subtle! But it's even more horrifying for its subtlety. I couldn't see what was moving at the far end of that hall, it was too blurry and the camera was too shaky. But that just made it twenty trillion times scarier. Well done as always, Matt. I eagerly await the next installment of this series.
The "House rooms" or whatev is my fave aesthetic. Most relateable and I've had lots of dreams about them even before liminal spaces became popular. GJ and very nice aesthetics overall.
We seen new areas within the backrooms in this one. It seemed as if it did a full circle from the earlier videos you did like the character stumbled into an area the previous guy was. The level of creativity was on point. This was definitely the best thus far. The owl caught me off guard. There was a level of déjà vu in the beginning for myself when he was on the balcony. I could watch your vids all day Matt. I’m just glad to have you back buddy. Thank you for what you’re doing man! Knocked it outta the park.
Love the architecture here - truly surreal and kinda makes me wish I could experience living in a house with such a surreal layout. It'll be weird, but potentially relaxing and refreshing for how unique it is. Bravo on your latest entry to your Poolrooms series! I appreciate when Backrooms videos go all in on the surreal architecture layouts.
ive been waiting for another release of the exploration footage you make for a while now and this release seriously did not dissapoin. Keep up the good work
I've have been patiently waiting for uploads from this channel and it has paid off! So happy to see the new content, my favorite channel for backrooms content.
Your channel is by far my favorite take of the Backrooms/Poolrooms and I havent watched the video yet, you don't know how excited I was to see you upload.
I can't believe I've only just found this .... I've been into liminal spaces for like a decade ... I love these! They're so amazingly done the sensory experience feels real. I'd love to work on something like. . I have my own imaginings of liminal spaces I'd love to create! New sub
I know many take inspiration from Kane Pixels when it comes to games/game mods for the backrooms, but personally, I feel inspired by your work as I plug away at Doom modding. There's quite a bit more intricacies and even themes to your rooms. Poolrooms, McMansions & Apartments, office buildings, even department store layouts, etc. All just off enough to push that uncanny valley & bad dream feeling. I also enjoyed the use of a more "natural" hazard that endangers the protagonist here, rather than going for the loud spooky monster cliche. Look forward to seeing more. Normally I'd mock the protagonists for being so curious, but I'd probably be right there behind them if I was in the same environment.
I watch ALOT of these found footage back room videos, usually in early AM before work. Your videos are some of the best, there’s an eerie surrealness to them that a lot of other creators only touch on, and you do it without using monsters. You and LostinHyperverse are my 2 favorite creators. Would love to see your interpretation of the neon poolrooms. Keep up the good work.
your videos always fit that perfect mix of odd comfort and confusion for me. i love to just rewatch these with headphones and immerse myself, pretend its me and just feel it lol
Thank you for bringing back areas that are lit up! When you can make a place unsettling even when it has a lot of light, you know you have a winner, and this is a winner as it is very creepy
Nice! Excellent work with that bridge leading to the surreal suburban world, super cool to see in a backrooms/poolrooms video. Take your time making these, I know life is busy but the dedication to your style shows. Plus that ending is just perfectly daunting. 9.2/10
i love the architecture so much, what a fantastic pool room video :D Every room seems different and I would probably hate to be in every single on of them. Great work ^^)
the poolrooms are a personal fave as always (and yours in particular hit just right), but i was really really pleasantly surprised by the “not-house” portion in the beginning
This is truly special. I love how there are little to no dead ends, with an alternate option for exploration everywhere. It mirrors exactly how I'd explore such a space. Alway interested and curious to go forward, trying more and more desperately to remember how to get back. At least until the end when it's too late! It's never perfectly comfortable, and there's always a little foreboding in the atmosphere. It's the perfect final touch. I'd love this in a VR mode!
Thank you so much for continuing to make these, genuinely! If I could recommend one thing though, it's that I wish the endings weren't so scary or there wasn't any kind of entity involved. I just like the vibes, maybe one could be made with more of a focus on the brighter pool areas with blue water and no sense of danger?
Beautiful work and great story telling without saying a single word. Uploaded Just as I'm getting back into the backroom's lore and learning blender so Thank you Very much, I Really enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to future videos.
Thank you for this. I like everything except the bird call jumpscare and the last scene lol. Made me wake up from the nice dream and I wish if I am noclipped into a PoolRoom I should be equipped either with a donut float, or a full scuba diving set so I won't drown. I can just stay exploring in the PoolRoom forever.
God, I had a dream similar to that ending, it was terrifying, it was poolrooms but it was known to the public, there was a huge rush of water at an elevated T junction but it came in intervals, I had an escape but I had to be careful not to venture too far or one of those water intervals would sweep me away. Morning work alarm work me up thank goodness.
Love your videos, honestly I think I like them more than Kane Pixels. The ambiance is so on point. The lighting and the architecture. Everything. I enjoy how there's this Idyllic quality that is unnerving at the same time. I can imagine people and families here once. Enjoying a shared pool. But absent of people. It is so creepy and disturbing. Also the way your videos make me feel truly lost. Keep it up
I liked the 5:00 mark. Because it felt to me. Like the backrooms themselves were kind of dreaming. As though Even in the orders it makes for itself..there is a subconscious that arranges things foreign even to it's own self
upon sighting this and rusters new video in my subscription feed, i felt excitement, this video was pretty cool, with all the bizarre architecture and the scene at the end
Even after such a hiatus, you'll always have the crown of King of the Backrooms. No memes, no onslaught of bootleg SCPs, just a man with a camera, this lonely place, a strange sense of nostalgia, and the slow creep of starvation. The perfect embodiment of The Backrooms.
The house room was so uncanny and I think it perfectly represents the feel of liminal space. Awesome video, with no overused entities or silly jump scares!!
I love these! Being autistic, I hate jumpscares in ones made by others. But all of yours are so good. That not quite nightmare feeling of the neverending maze and feeling of doom and "wait, that can't be right" going around some of the corners where space doesn't follow rules. That ending was great! I'm so glad you did a new one!
I love the way that the pool style architecture violently clashes with the house style architecture. great forboding atmosphere. "it reminds me of Blame! or House of Leaves" is kinda obvious but it does! and the effort gone in to making this look realistic (in terms of texture and stuff). extremely high quality work.
Wow its amazing I wish I could have experience to walk in such place. Just I'm in love with your work really ambience keeps you concentrating and the same time relaxed
Love it! I'm surprised this is the first time I've seen the water itself be a hazard, but it works better than the SCP-esque monsters that many creators default to (which do work in many cases, but are overused by many (I also like truly solitary liminal spaces, so there is a bias of course :P ))
A few months ago, I attempted to create poolroom exploration footage myself, and based on that experience, I can attest to the immense amount of work involved. Truly impressive job! 👏 I also love the unique and terrifying ending.
your stuff is really good, nice work :D
I am still watching and haven´t seen the end yet. Thank you, now I´m scared. Help XD
Finally! A pool rooms with water that doesn't have unnecessary ripples and waves. The water is actually still and glass-like. Like what an undisturbed indoor pool would actually look like.
I'm sensitive to these things too. 5:30 is an exception; I feel like if the water ripples there should be some visible water flow. Otherwise it looks like a wave pool. Easily best poolrooms video I have ever seen tho
The potential energy of water plus gravitational pull combined with the constant particle movements in water causes ripples in any given area where water is present. Just basic physics dude.
No absurd ridiculous monsters, no jump scares, no crime scenes or contrived story lines, just pure, infinitely unsettling surreal liminality. As if being trapped forever in an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization's zoo exhibit that's trying unsuccessfully to emulate what it thinks an imprisoned human creature might find comforting and home-like. Wonderful.
As usual, "wasn't I there before?". . . "Oh my no, that's just a little too odd.". Love it.
Right? 30 years ago, I used to draw my dreams. Once I drew a picture of a dream I had where I was waking in water inside a middle eastern looking marble building with weird tunnels, odd water fixtures, and easy too small sitting areas. So many similarities to this. I threw them away when someone saw them and made fun of them...
To me, what makes your Videos stand out from the rest is the way you design the backrooms.
They look like they were made by something or someone that has this vague idea of what human spaces are supposed to look like but cant really understand what their actual purpose is. Like all the elements are there, but configured in a way that defeats their intended purpose.
Thats what makes in so uncanny: We see all the parts of a pool, but they're just put together wrong. These rooms weren’t designed with human needs and behavior in mind. It’s like an AI just endlessly generates these environments but never gets it quite right.
You precisely understand what made the original idea of these rooms so creepy and unsettling and perfectly capture it in your renders. No need for dumb entities and an endless stream of power-creep lore additions where every new bit that gets added is even more distorted and powerful than the last.
Natural light from windows at backrooms looks so fresh
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It's so eerie to see natural light in a place like that. It seems like it's late afternoon
I don't know anything about what this is.. I just know that it's unsettling. The sterile nature of it and the seemingly random placement of the pools and stainless steel railings give it abandoned mental institution vibes. I felt relieved when it seemed like you found an outside door but crushed when it turned out to be a facade. Bravo on this.
also the person exploring with zero anxiety is just unsettling
always a bit disheartening to see someone new here in the backrooms, knowing you're stuck here just like us now. forever.
You should check out some art by Jared Pike, he popularized the 'creepy sterile pool room' aesthetic
What even is this pool room thing and why is it in my suggestions ?
@@alainportant6412 "the backrooms" is a scifi concept of an alternative reality, with infinitely stretching corridors and places. the poolsrooms are one of them. there are multiple creators making creepy and eerie videos!
I won't lie, this is the best Backrooms video I've seen since Kane Pixels. You truly understand the feeling that the Backrooms conveys more than just surface level ideas. The lack of a solid story makes it feel more like a dream, which is exactly how the The Backrooms should be. And I can definitely tell there is a story, but thats not the point, I guess. I also love how there isn't really an entity of a monster but just the water, which I think is arguably scarier since nature is not concious it just acts. Phenominal. Favorite part was when it looks like its outside but it isnt, that was so dang clever
what about "backrooms - stalker" i thought that was pretty good and one of the best backrooms videos out there
Oh god the ending was terrifying
The placement of the guard rails and architecture in this one feel super alienating. Good job.
Matt, another INCREDIBLE video! I love your style of backrooms- lots of house-like places. I also think you make the best Poolrooms videos out there, because you add a look that is unique while capturing elements from the previously established "Dream Pools". I recently rewatched all of your videos and you never disappoint. Keep up the good work!
Brilliant, utterly weird and incongruous, unnatural, potentially infinite and inescapable! I like all of the surprises like the fridge, the bird sounds /fake outdoors, and the weird transitions from carpeted apartment room to pool complex. What I really like about your videos in this genre is that all really good art, it makes you see the world differently. You notice stuff that looks weird and incongruous, like the shape of a tap or a bathtub, how unnatural most interiors are if you really look at them and how behind all of our perception is this lurking doubt about whether the source of it all is an infinite void, a pattern, or a presence. Ha! Anyway it's given me loads of inspiration for a bathroom refurb. Nice work!!
Very well said
Another great installment! Love the 'McMansion Hell' vibe looking out at those big windows over the balustrade around the 60sec. mark. And the birdsong (the mourning dove call especially) was a genius touch, at first I wasn't sure if that was coming from the video or outside my house 😂
The sense of dread I felt at the end, knowing that no matter what would happen afterward, the moment he walked through that metal door the next time he came back to it, it would be closed?
Unrecreatable. Fantastic job as always
That's an impressive job, keep on! 💪
P. S. Never seen a pool rooms version of "Liminal Hotel" at 5:48, thst's pure genious!
And what about the finale... BRAVO 👏👏👏
the pool rooms version of liminal hotel is called "lvl 188.8" or smth like that i think
Your take on Backrooms/Poolrooms is the absolute best! The way you use ambiance and the fear of the unknown to create a feeling of dread is just perfect, no cheap jumpscares or dumb monsters, just you and the infinite unknown and your mind racing to try and make something out of this strange reality.
I specially love the beginning area, you should make a side series all about just liminal backroom exploration, I could spend hours watching all these dreamlike spaces that look like bits of reality pieced back together!
So intriguing how it's a mix of an indoor water park, ymca pool, locker room shower, and a flooded shopping mall all in one.
The lighting at 3:54 is so good. Incredibly strange. Also, I love the orange carpet area in First encounter. Your environmental design showcases the creepiness of the backrooms so well.
PART 1?! THAT MEANS A PART 2!! HOORAY!!
Seriously, you uploading again is a major highlight. I was holding out so much hope for another video since your last upload was quite a while ago. You are top-notch.
I said it before on your #3 video and I'll say it again: you are one of the very best Backrooms creators out there. I'm by no means a backrooms purist, everybody is free to intepret it as they please, but you easily come closest to the true spirit of what I thinks makes the Backrooms/Poolrooms so special: that balance between relaxing and terrifying, and using nothing but atmosphere to achieve that. I can't wait for #5!
At 2:00, this is the most insanely corresponding to the backrooms lore room i have EVER SEEN. THIS is what i see in my dreams, this makes no damn sense and it left me in pure awe. thanks for your creativity.
As i'm continuing the video i can clearly see you've made some very nonsensical (in a positive way) choices for the architecture that's not pools. I absolutely love your way with design. it's absolutely dreamlike
This feels much more sinister and threatening than your previous explorations. Like a dream you wake up knowing it was a bad one, but not sure why. Excellent work man. I'm far from the first to say it, but you really get what this genre is all about
Best poolrooms video I’ve seen so far. The transition from the house to the poolrooms is so uncanny but feels real
i've had rare dreams like this since i was a kid in the 90s (various empty "facilities", pools & malls), thx for making them real
I'm in love with the weird/awkward geometry you include. Your geometry is unique. Also that mourning dove sound you included, that brought back some memories. What a peaceful sound.
Its great how instead of straight no-clipping you make your way there through a dreamy 'house' that shifts into the poolrooms.
Thanks for another video, Matt. These are work of art.
I know hype in the liminal space has settled down a bit over the last few months, I hope you continue to make content (if you’re passionate about it, of course)
You do amazing work, the architecture and ambience are incredible
absolutely awesome work!! Loved every bit of it!
I was surprised at the ending, we’ve never had an immediate threat to someone’s life, nor have them run from it
I like the idea that the Poolrooms are so infinitely large that they create their own tidal forces on their waters, not my original idea, according to wikidot it seemed like an attempt to explain the ripples in the water. However maybe a sudden unpredictable shift in the water can send it in overwhelming volumes into previously dry chambers. The poolrooms are such a great example of how the liminal environment alone can be tailored to be just as scary as all the entity infested levels.
E incluso siempre he pensado 😱😣😭
Recently been on a poolrooms kick, and I gotta say. I love how in the beginning the subtle liminal bits of poolroom architecture start blending in to the normal backrooms architecture. I've always had this headcanon idea where different levels in the backrooms that are connected are connected in this loose way where the architecture subtly shifts to whatever style is next
OMG Thank you so much for coming back with this awesome video!! You make one of the best Exploration Footage ever...
Months of waiting were worth it, your editing work hasn't changed, it's still incredible. The mysterious atmosphere and comfortable silence, but at the same time scary. And as always, the ending makes me even more curious about what's to come in the next videos. I'll always be here, I look forward to the next videos, no matter how long it takes.
This is so cool! And the sound design is so good, too! The ambient buzzing/whooshing, and the way it changes to fit the surroundings, is really immersive. I'm gonna watch this over and over
I like that (up until the end) he’s not actually running from anything or even trying to find a way out. He’s just kind of wandering around and exploring the cool locations he’s in.
YESSSSS!!!! Finally. Haven't watched it yet but here's a like in advance ❤
Edit: awesome footage. You feel familiar with it yet still a lot of things seem out of place... just that uncanny valley feeling. Awesome work 👏
I absolutely love the mourning dove sound you included at 4:10. Just gives in even harder to the nostalgia. Excellent video as always
What i love the most about your work, is if you just pause it at any time it looks like an actual liminal space photo
Best pool room vids on the net. Your skill in blender for realistic water behaviour is also the best. Good job.
They sure are, and I've seen alot
Randomly thought of checking on your channel a few minutes ago and what an unexpected surprise to find this! (Sorry in advance, this comment turned out wayyyyyy longer than I expected, lol.)
Like a lot of people in the comments have said, I really appreciate how you handle the nostalgia-dread factor of the backrooms. I have so many dreams like this, almost every night, of massive buildings that are some combination of things from my childhood like a shopping mall or a house. Maze-like buildings that seem to never end and make more sense in the dream than when I wake up and think back on it, but yet there's still something unsettling about them even in the dream when I'm the most convinced that they're real. And your videos capture that feeling better than anything else I've seen.
I really liked how you included '90s coloring in this one as well; those faded pinkish and green tones at the start were very reminiscent of old Taco Bells or old malls from my earliest memories. It adds so much to that feeling of... nostalgia mixed with dread mixed with the knowledge that something is off, but you don't quite know what, because everything looks normal at first glance, but then you find that you either can't or don't want to look again. Having the viewer confined to the single POV of the camera definitely adds to the overall experience; we already can't see what's around the next corner (and there are so many!) and then to not even be able to look from side to side unless the cameraman does? Genuinely one of the most effective ways to evoke loss of control through media.
Lastly, I've said this before on another one of your videos, but I still really appreciate your lack of true jump scares - especially because they make the few scary moments even scarier. Obviously the whole concept of the video is scary, but like in footage #3 when the chair falls over after the cameraman leaves the room, you have a lot of buildup with walking around and feeling tension and anxiety rise, and then something happens at the very end and it's subtle! But it's even more horrifying for its subtlety. I couldn't see what was moving at the far end of that hall, it was too blurry and the camera was too shaky. But that just made it twenty trillion times scarier. Well done as always, Matt. I eagerly await the next installment of this series.
I really appreciate your feedback and kind words, I’m very glad you enjoyed the video and I hope you enjoy the next one too!
Wow this is actually one of the best I've seen yet! Thank you for creating this for us all to experience!
This channel is phenomenal. I’ve never seen any other videos that capture the feeling of a dream/memory so perfectly.
What I love about Backrooms-type videos is the architecture, and YOU do it better than anyone else.
I'm so excited to have more of your poolrooms footage. Honestly, probably my favorite backrooms stuff.
The "House rooms" or whatev is my fave aesthetic. Most relateable and I've had lots of dreams about them even before liminal spaces became popular.
GJ and very nice aesthetics overall.
We seen new areas within the backrooms in this one.
It seemed as if it did a full circle from the earlier videos you did like the character stumbled into an area the previous guy was.
The level of creativity was on point.
This was definitely the best thus far.
The owl caught me off guard.
There was a level of déjà vu in the beginning for myself when he was on the balcony.
I could watch your vids all day Matt.
I’m just glad to have you back buddy.
Thank you for what you’re doing man!
Knocked it outta the park.
Wait what video was this I totally missed that
This is pure fever dream; a perfect blend of alluring and menacing.
I've been looking for you forever, you have a specific way of doing these videos that I like.
Love the architecture here - truly surreal and kinda makes me wish I could experience living in a house with such a surreal layout. It'll be weird, but potentially relaxing and refreshing for how unique it is. Bravo on your latest entry to your Poolrooms series! I appreciate when Backrooms videos go all in on the surreal architecture layouts.
ive been waiting for another release of the exploration footage you make for a while now and this release seriously did not dissapoin. Keep up the good work
Glad to see some new videos! Nice references to some earlier videos in the series and it really has an unnerving but not frightening feel throughout.
I've have been patiently waiting for uploads from this channel and it has paid off! So happy to see the new content, my favorite channel for backrooms content.
4:11 the mourning dove is a nice touch very nostalgic somehow
Finally, you're back after a whole year! Love your Backrooms video!
Your channel is by far my favorite take of the Backrooms/Poolrooms and I havent watched the video yet, you don't know how excited I was to see you upload.
This is soooo awesome man! Definitely keeps on hitting the nail on the head (there's more nail than brain in my head now)
The master of poolrooms is back! This was so good. I appreciate how you are building a small plot without dialogue or stablished characters
I can't believe I've only just found this .... I've been into liminal spaces for like a decade ... I love these! They're so amazingly done the sensory experience feels real. I'd love to work on something like. . I have my own imaginings of liminal spaces I'd love to create! New sub
I know many take inspiration from Kane Pixels when it comes to games/game mods for the backrooms, but personally, I feel inspired by your work as I plug away at Doom modding.
There's quite a bit more intricacies and even themes to your rooms. Poolrooms, McMansions & Apartments, office buildings, even department store layouts, etc. All just off enough to push that uncanny valley & bad dream feeling. I also enjoyed the use of a more "natural" hazard that endangers the protagonist here, rather than going for the loud spooky monster cliche.
Look forward to seeing more. Normally I'd mock the protagonists for being so curious, but I'd probably be right there behind them if I was in the same environment.
Your videos continue to amaze me! This kept me on the edge of my seat lol. Get this man more subs
I watch ALOT of these found footage back room videos, usually in early AM before work. Your videos are some of the best, there’s an eerie surrealness to them that a lot of other creators only touch on, and you do it without using monsters. You and LostinHyperverse are my 2 favorite creators. Would love to see your interpretation of the neon poolrooms. Keep up the good work.
one must imagine a tiler in the Poolrooms happy
Nice.
Amazing stuff, honestly I prefer this kind of implied horror for this kind of content, your ability to build atmosphere is incredible
Your lighting is always PERFECT. Truly a master at it.
Matt never fails to deliver. This one was another festival of uneasy scenarios and also used some previous videos.
Nailed it!
I didn't even know I liked this genre until I saw your videos. They're VERY well done!
your videos always fit that perfect mix of odd comfort and confusion for me. i love to just rewatch these with headphones and immerse myself, pretend its me and just feel it lol
Thank you for bringing back areas that are lit up! When you can make a place unsettling even when it has a lot of light, you know you have a winner, and this is a winner as it is very creepy
Nice! Excellent work with that bridge leading to the surreal suburban world, super cool to see in a backrooms/poolrooms video. Take your time making these, I know life is busy but the dedication to your style shows. Plus that ending is just perfectly daunting. 9.2/10
whats 10/10 then?
@@952ds idk, nobody or nothing is perfect so i guess a 10/10 will forever elude us in this imperfect state
Actually insane attention to detail; there are even outlets scarcely scattered on some walls
over a year since the last one but it was definitely worth the wait! glad you’re back ☺️
Literally amazing, glad you’re back!!!!!! Also the ending was fantastic
i love the architecture so much, what a fantastic pool room video :D Every room seems different and I would probably hate to be in every single on of them. Great work ^^)
Watching this on a 4:3 CRT monitor was one hell of an experience!
Easily my favorite poolrooms series. Thanks for your hard work
the poolrooms are a personal fave as always (and yours in particular hit just right), but i was really really pleasantly surprised by the “not-house” portion in the beginning
amazing!!! love the resedential areas at the beginning. 10/10
This is your best backroom yet! Wonderful work!
This is so amazing. The atmosphere is just top tier 👌
This is truly special. I love how there are little to no dead ends, with an alternate option for exploration everywhere. It mirrors exactly how I'd explore such a space. Alway interested and curious to go forward, trying more and more desperately to remember how to get back. At least until the end when it's too late!
It's never perfectly comfortable, and there's always a little foreboding in the atmosphere.
It's the perfect final touch. I'd love this in a VR mode!
Thank you so much for continuing to make these, genuinely! If I could recommend one thing though, it's that I wish the endings weren't so scary or there wasn't any kind of entity involved. I just like the vibes, maybe one could be made with more of a focus on the brighter pool areas with blue water and no sense of danger?
I just love your works. My comfort video
Beautiful work and great story telling without saying a single word. Uploaded Just as I'm getting back into the backroom's lore and learning blender so Thank you Very much, I Really enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to future videos.
Thank you for this. I like everything except the bird call jumpscare and the last scene lol. Made me wake up from the nice dream and I wish if I am noclipped into a PoolRoom I should be equipped either with a donut float, or a full scuba diving set so I won't drown. I can just stay exploring in the PoolRoom forever.
God, I had a dream similar to that ending, it was terrifying, it was poolrooms but it was known to the public, there was a huge rush of water at an elevated T junction but it came in intervals, I had an escape but I had to be careful not to venture too far or one of those water intervals would sweep me away. Morning work alarm work me up thank goodness.
Love your videos, honestly I think I like them more than Kane Pixels. The ambiance is so on point. The lighting and the architecture. Everything.
I enjoy how there's this Idyllic quality that is unnerving at the same time. I can imagine people and families here once. Enjoying a shared pool. But absent of people. It is so creepy and disturbing. Also the way your videos make me feel truly lost. Keep it up
I liked the 5:00 mark. Because it felt to me. Like the backrooms themselves were kind of dreaming. As though Even in the orders it makes for itself..there is a subconscious that arranges things foreign even to it's own self
upon sighting this and rusters new video in my subscription feed, i felt excitement, this video was pretty cool, with all the bizarre architecture and the scene at the end
Absolutely great. I especially like the fact that it looks so realistic, as I someone had used a Home Movie Camera.
Even after such a hiatus, you'll always have the crown of King of the Backrooms. No memes, no onslaught of bootleg SCPs, just a man with a camera, this lonely place, a strange sense of nostalgia, and the slow creep of starvation. The perfect embodiment of The Backrooms.
The house room was so uncanny and I think it perfectly represents the feel of liminal space. Awesome video, with no overused entities or silly jump scares!!
Always a pleasure seeing you upload.
I love these! Being autistic, I hate jumpscares in ones made by others. But all of yours are so good. That not quite nightmare feeling of the neverending maze and feeling of doom and "wait, that can't be right" going around some of the corners where space doesn't follow rules. That ending was great! I'm so glad you did a new one!
The rooms you did looks incredible!, its so out of place and eerie. Keep up thế great work!
This channel respects what I love about the backrooms concept more than any other props for that
Fascinating architecture, stunning and intriguing 🙌🙌🙌
I love the way that the pool style architecture violently clashes with the house style architecture. great forboding atmosphere. "it reminds me of Blame! or House of Leaves" is kinda obvious but it does! and the effort gone in to making this look realistic (in terms of texture and stuff). extremely high quality work.
Wow its amazing I wish I could have experience to walk in such place. Just I'm in love with your work really ambience keeps you concentrating and the same time relaxed
Outstanding as always Matt ! Can't wait for the next one :D
You have perfected the dream world holyshit this is just feels like you took a video of one of my dreams
Love it! I'm surprised this is the first time I've seen the water itself be a hazard, but it works better than the SCP-esque monsters that many creators default to (which do work in many cases, but are overused by many (I also like truly solitary liminal spaces, so there is a bias of course :P ))
Man you perfectly encapsulate what rooms in my dreams look like
These caustics😍