"Backrooms" started as one of the internet’s creepiest images — but it has since exploded into a massive online horror phenomenon, a Hollywood movie, and a strange obsession with something called liminal spaces. Empty hallways. Abandoned malls. Indoor pools at night. These images are suddenly everywhere online, and millions of people can’t stop looking at them. Why do they feel so warmly nostalgic and yet also deeply unsettling?
By the end of this video, you’ll know the bizarre history of liminal spaces, the psychology behind why empty spaces mess with our minds and what’s really going on inside the "Backrooms".
Amazing "liminal space" Instagram accounts:
https://www.instagram.com/liminalhabitats/
https://www.instagram.com/anotherworldcore/
https://www.instagram.com/liminal.dreamscape/
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