Video summary
The video features Drone Tech returning from a brief health-related absence to discuss the highly anticipated 2026 film adaptation of *The Backrooms*, directed by YouTube creator Kane Pixels. The reviewer expresses immense excitement about this project, noting that it arrives at a time when audiences are increasingly craving fresh ideas rather than remakes or reboots, which he feels Hollywood has failed to deliver effectively in recent years. Produced by A24, the studio known for its unique and unconventional horror films outside of big-budget mainstream productions, the movie is set to release on May 29th. Drone Tech encourages viewers to approach the film without prior knowledge of the source material to fully appreciate its originality, suggesting that going in blind will likely prevent any spoilers from ruining the experience.
The narrative of *The Backrooms* draws inspiration from the original YouTube series and explores a terrifying concept where individuals accidentally fall into another dimension by exploiting glitches similar to those found in older video games, known as "no-clipping." Instead of simply moving between game levels, characters are no-clipped out of reality itself into an endless, shifting maze of rooms that seem to remember past events. Drone Tech highlights that the story appears to be steering toward a slightly different direction than previous theories, focusing heavily on psychological horror and a genre known as "liminal horror." This style taps into deep-seated human fears associated with empty, familiar places like abandoned malls, creating an unsettling atmosphere where the absence of people feels more threatening than their presence.
Beyond the plot mechanics, the reviewer praises Kane Pixels for successfully blending video game culture with genuine psychological terror, noting that the series has held up well over time despite its age. He contrasts this new opportunity with his personal disappointment in major Hollywood releases like *Star Wars: The Phantom Menace* and *Alien 3*, where high expectations were shattered by poor execution, a sentiment he believes many viewers share. Drone Tech argues that *The Backrooms* has the potential to revive interest in liminal horror for a mainstream audience by offering something truly distinct from what people are accustomed to seeing. He concludes by urging fans to check out Kane Pixels' original series on YouTube if they have not already, as it provides essential context while still allowing the movie to stand on its own merits.
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Yeah. Yeah. It's cool.
>> [music]
>> Hey everyone, welcome back. Drone Tech
here. I know I've been out a few days
with some health problems, but I'm
feeling recovered enough to tell you all
about this movie that I've been excited
about for the last few years. I just
found out that the trailer dropped
yesterday and I wanted to tell you all
about it because all I hear from people
is that they want to see movies from
Hollywood that are new ideas and not
just remakes or reboots of old material,
which they're not even doing well. The
movie is called The Backrooms and it
comes to us from another big YouTube
director named Kane Pixels, who first
came to fame at the young age of 19 with
his big YouTube series The Backrooms.
This movie is based on that and I
couldn't be more excited. Well,
we're waiting.
I found something.
A24, if you're not familiar, they're
doing a lot of different sort of horror
movies outside the box, not
uh your usual big budget Hollywood
movies, lower budget stuff. And I'm
telling you, if you're looking for
something that's way different than what
you've seen up to this point, you're
you've never seen or heard of The
Backrooms, go into this blind and check
it out. You won't be disappointed.
Okay.
I think you're right.
Found a place.
It's massive in there. It just goes on
and on and on.
Essentially, this is about another
dimension that people can accidentally
fall into.
Uh as far as the YouTube series goes,
this was always theorized to have
something to do or to correlate with
video games. If you've ever I know a lot
of people that watch my videos probably
aren't really into video games, but
especially in older games, there are
exploits where you can no-clip into
other areas of the game that normally
the player wouldn't be going into. And
the theory is that that's sort of what's
happening in this case, except for
they're no-clipping out of reality into
something else. All these rooms,
this place builds them.
Actually, more like it.
Remembers them.
And the more times it remembers
something,
And I'm not sure what they're getting at
with the whole remembering thing. That's
what makes me think maybe this story is
going a slightly different direction,
which I'd be okay with. Uh
I really like what Kane Pixels did. It's
very heady sort of psychological horror,
uh something called liminal horror,
which is funny because it's sort of run
its course
as far as the internet goes. Uh there
are
you don't see a lot of new stuff these
days, but maybe with this movie, it will
be a revival with a new mainstream
audience and we'll get to see some new
ideas.
The less it does.
Yeah.
I'm so excited and it's in March or it's
in May. May 29th. I'm really excited
about this. I It's been a while since
I've been excited about any movie. I've
just kind of black-pilled as far as
Hollywood goes. Yeah, there it's been a
long time since they put out something
that I was truly excited about and most
of you probably have the same
experience. You get excited about it and
then it sucks. I I think the first time
this really happened to me was Star
Wars: The Phantom Menace. I was so
excited about that movie for so long and
then
I went and saw it and it was just awful.
Alien 3, I remember being like that,
too.
Went and saw Alien 3 and I was just
after the movie I was just depressed.
Oh man, this is why it's hard to make
videos. My kid's upstairs running
around. I'm going to have to go see what
they're doing. But, The Backrooms, go
see it. Go get on YouTube. Uh it might
ruin the movie slightly. I I think it
might be fun to go in blind, but if
you're curious,
get on YouTube, check out Kane Pixels
and uh watch his YouTube series uh on
The Backrooms. It's been out for a
while, but I've done a rewatch recently
and it holds up. It's great. I really
love the whole aspect of liminal horror
because it deals with something deeply
ingrained in all of us.
Uh you know, if you've seen if you've
ever been in an empty mall and walked
around, it's sort of creepy. It feels
like there should be a a lot of things
going on, a lot of people, but there's
nothing and it sort of creeps you out.
And there's also sort of an uncanny
valley, I think,
sort of uh psychological reaction to it
as well. So, yeah, folks, super creepy,
super excited to check this out. I think
it's going to be something much
different than what audiences are used
to and I think it's going to do really
well because of that. Let me know what
you all think in the comments and if you
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keep checking back for more. Thanks a
lot.
Yeah.