The Backrooms (Kane Pixels)
Horror web series review
As of Aug 18, 2026, The Backrooms (Kane Pixels) has 23 episodes and 267,789,998 total views on YouTube. No public rating exists for it, because YouTube does not publish dislike counts.
Benchmark and price facts
- Channel
- Kane Pixels
- Episodes
- 23
- Total views
- 267,789,998
- Likes (sampled episodes)
- 8,086,807
- Comments (sampled episodes)
- 396,803
- Running
- Jan 2022 to Aug 2026
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Is The Backrooms (Kane Pixels) worth it in 2026?
The Backrooms (Kane Pixels) is a found-footage horror web series on YouTube built around the 'backrooms' internet myth, spanning 23 episodes published between January 2022 and August 2026 and accumulating over 267 million views, a reach that places it among the most-watched independent horror productions on the platform. Viewers widely describe it as more frightening than the majority of mainstream Hollywood horror, with particular praise directed at its restraint: many commenters highlight the near-total absence of jump scares and gore, crediting the series' dread instead to environmental unease, sound design, and the psychological weight of being lost and hunted in an endless, featureless space. The animation and camera work draw repeated astonishment from viewers who say they could not distinguish it from real footage, calling the organic camera movement and hazmat-suit sequences especially convincing.
Viewers who prefer slow-burn psychological dread rooted in atmosphere and the fear of the unknown over gore or conventional jump-scare horror.
The lore involves missing children depicted as trapped and hunted, which viewers describe as particularly disturbing, those sensitive to harm-to-children themes should be aware before watching.
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Pros
- realistic animation quality4
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- The camera movement in the CGI environment is the most realistic I’ve ever seen. Most of the time with the CGI work the camera is just swinging smoothly in a pattern and takes you...
- It’s nearly impossible to make people look real in animation but the guys in the hazmat suits GENUINELY looked real. I can’t believe how good all of this is
- I legit could not tell this was animated, holy fuck. Well framed, perfectly paced, sound work is great as always… incredible stuff, man
- psychological horror execution4
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- This man is actually insane, he manages to create horror that is scarier than 90% of Hollywood horror films.
- This horror short is so simple yet effective as it combines so many primitive human fears - being alone and lost, the unknown, not being able to escape, being followed/chased
- The fact that they manage to create a scary movie with just the environment and not overuse jumpscares is amazing, the scary factor isn't just from the monsters, but the eerieness...
- fear of unknown and isolation4
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- This horror short is so simple yet effective as it combines so many primitive human fears - being alone and lost, the unknown, not being able to escape, being followed/chased
- I love how the short film they were filming at the beginning captured the essence of why the back rooms are scary, not knowing what is around the corner, anticipating an unknown ho...
- Something also terrifying is when you’re running from the monster in the endless maze, you run the risk of running directly into the monster. That sense of unknown is true fear.
- effective tension without jump scares3
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- The fact that I expected a jump scare every 5 seconds but there wasn’t one just keeps on building the anxiety, it’s amazing
- The fact that they manage to create a scary movie with just the environment and not overuse jumpscares is amazing, the scary factor isn't just from the monsters, but the eerieness...
- It's amazing how something can have no jumpscares or excessive gore, yet still be so unsettling and disturbing.
- creator's exceptional young talent3
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- Who would’ve thought? At just 20 years old, Kane Parsons is set to direct a film produced by A24. You’re incredible, Kane!
- This guy is 16 and makes better videos than most hollywood movies. four years later he's making a movie. damn. 👏
- I’m still in awe that a 17 year old is doing better work than most adults out there. Keep it up Kane, you’re amazing at what you do!
Cons
- disturbing child victim scenarios8
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- 0:24 I genuinely forgot that a child ended up in the backrooms. Poor thing must’ve died scared and alone…
- Aw man, a missing two year old? Presumably lost to the back rooms? Brutal.
- The idea of a 2 year old getting trapped there has completely fucked me up. Now that's a sign of good psychological horror! Great video!
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