Is 'Backrooms' Really About AI? The Fan Theory, Explained - Forbes
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A viral fan theory reframes A24's 'Backrooms' as an AI allegory — and the director's own cryptic comments may be the best evidence yet.
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Theory Briefing
- A24's 'Backrooms,' directed by teen filmmaker Kane Parsons, has sparked a fan theory that its liminal horror is a metaphor for AI entrapment.
- Parsons' critical public comments about AI seem to deliberately seed the allegory, lending authorial intent to what fans already suspected.
- The theory reframes the Backrooms' endless, featureless void as a symbol of machine-generated unreality — blurring horror with tech critique.