Gabriel

I finally put together what Backrooms was reminding me of. Had a time trying to explain what type of story it was going for. Effectively Backrooms is a narrative akin to the perspectives of random NPC's who get trapped in the Persona series dungeons. These randos are walking around a shifting subconsciousness of the greater world around them. Peoples' memories, traumas, and fears are all trapped there. Things people don't want to face. Each individual is effectively facing their shadow self that grows more powerful and self aware the longer they're trapped. So my best summary of the film is it's a non-anime version of a Persona dungeon where there is a Reaper that chases the characters of the movie around if they stay too long or their personal egos distort the dungeon too much.

Never has the phrase "Highway Robbery" been true since highways were a thing. Damn, Romans! 2,000 years and Ceaser still demands tribute.