{"id":1964894,"date":"2026-05-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1964894"},"modified":"2026-05-31T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:00:00","slug":"what-are-the-backrooms-and-why-are-they-so-captivating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1964894","title":{"rendered":"What are the Backrooms and why are they so captivating?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/videos\/051rqkZ7gyksu4HLJGQSeFJ\/hero-image.fill.size_1200x675.v1780091132.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article data-autopogo class=\"mt-8 font-serif editor-content\">\n<p>In this episode of <em>How It Hits<\/em>, we explore the fascinating journey of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/entertainment\/backrooms-review\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">The Backrooms.&#8221;<\/a> What started as a single, unsettling image posted anonymously on 4chan has blossomed into a massive internet subculture. Today, it boasts extensive Reddit lore, a viral YouTube found-footage series by Kane Parsons, and an A24 feature film.<\/p>\n<section class=\"mx-auto max-w-7xl\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap mt-8 w-full font-sans subtitle-2 editor-content\">\n<p><span class=\"mr-1.5 font-sans font-bold\">Topics<\/span><a class=\"underline-link hover:no-underline text-secondary-300 \" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/film\" aria-label=\"Navigate to the Film tag\" data-ga-click data-ga-label=\"$text\">Film<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/mashable.com\/entertainment\/the-backrooms-how-it-hits&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/videos\/051rqkZ7gyksu4HLJGQSeFJ\/hero-image.fill.size_1200x675.v1780091132.jpg&#8221;] In this episode of How It Hits, we explore the fascinating journey of &#8220;The Backrooms.&#8221; What started as a single, unsettling image posted anonymously on 4chan has blossomed into a massive internet subculture. Today, it boasts extensive Reddit lore, a viral YouTube found-footage series by Kane Parsons, and an A24 feature film. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,75],"class_list":["post-1964894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-mashable-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1964894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1964894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1964894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1964894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}