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Eerie Liminal Spaces That Will Give You the Goosebumps

From Horror to Healing: The Neuroscience of Liminal Spaces

Afraid of what comes next? Liminal spaces like the eerie "Backrooms" reveal how the brain handles uncertainty and navigates transition.

‘Exit 8’ and liminal space horror: A low-budget movie trend shaped by Gen Z’s most traumatic formative years

The scariest movie you see this year might be set in a liminal space.  While studios like Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are gearing up to release big-budget blockbusters thi...

5 Horror Movies Where the Setting Feels Like a Liminal Space

With the recent trailer release of Backrooms, we thought we’d look at some other films that could live in a Backrooms-type space. These films feature a reality that seems like it l...

Welcome to the ‘Backrooms’: We’re Officially In the Liminal Horror Era

Matt Konopka looks at the rise of the liminal horror genre and how films like Exit 8 and Backrooms have solidified the era in a big way.

Backrooms Is the Best Nightmare You’ll Ever Have

Liminal spaces are excellent for horror, but it's even better when the liminal space IS the horror. The post <em>Backrooms</em> Is the Best Nightmare You’ll Ever Have a...

6 Liminal Movies You Should Watch If You Love 'Backrooms'

We've been covering Kane Parson's rise since the beginning, back when he was a teenager uploading found-footage horror to YouTube using free software and borrowed cameras. The scal...

May movies explore mystery, madness, meditation of liminal space

May movies explore mystery, madness, meditation of liminal spaceMay brings a trio of movies to OKC audiences that each explore the contemplative, unsettling, or straight-up scary e...

The Space That Shapes You

How physical, digital, and emotional environments rewrite your inner worldContinue reading on Medium »

‘Backrooms’ – New Teaser Takes Audience Deeper Into the Liminal Space

A new teaser for A24's 'Backrooms' has been released, taking audiences deeper into the terrifying liminal space.

8 Architectural Spaces That Shift Perspective

From a lakeside amphitheatre to a community-built cultural hub, these eight projects explore how architecture reshapes perception through space and structure. The post 8 Architect...

Faith for Holy Places

PEOPLE often talk of holy places as “thin”, where the boundary between this world and the heavenly realm is so porous it’s barely there. These are usually ancient sites of prayer a...

How Backrooms went from a viral 4chan post to an A24 movie starring an Oscar-nominated actor

The Backrooms are one of the best-known examples of the liminal space aesthetic — places that feel in-between, like empty offices, hallways, or waiting rooms, which are familiar bu...

How A24’s ‘Backrooms’ recreates the internet’s creepiest liminal space

There’s a place that you’ve never actually set foot in, but your subconscious recognizes it. It’s a maze of hallways full of yellowed wallpaper, dingy cream carpet, and fluorescent...

Wherever You Think There Is Nothing

We spend our lives searching for portals to the possible. They are rarely gates swung open for us by some great hand. Often, they are where we least expect them — in the chance enc...

A corner suspended between the ethereal and the earthly

There are spaces that are not only inhabited, but felt. This refuge, with its bohemian inspiration and artisanal essence, offers a delicate pause, a moment where light, textures, a...

the city as a controlled hallucination: from amusement parks to urban space

before it is built, space is tested through illusion and movement, shaping how it is navigated and understood. The post the city as a controlled hallucination: from amusement parks...

the not-yet: dreams, reveries, and hope in an unfinished world

what if our dreams were not just nocturnal illusions, but systems already in motion? for so long, we have treated dreaming as a nocturnal retreat, a subconscious escape from a waki...

activated space: allan kaprow’s happenings and their afterlife in immersive environments

from early happenings to digital environments, kaprow’s legacy traces evolving forms of participation in space. The post activated space: allan kaprow’s happenings and their afterl...

Liminal Spaces: The Best Backrooms Games To Play Before You See The Movie

The Backrooms--the iconic, yellow, liminal corridors that feel designed by unnerving dream logic--have gone from the subject of a 2019 forum post to a major movie adaptation in jus...

The In-between

There is an unfamiliar in-between: a state where you no longer feel connected to where you are or to the people you have surrounded…Continue reading on Medium »

Inner Cosmologies of Enclosed Landscapes

Literature is abundant on enclosed landscapes; from atriums, private gardens and patios, to large courtyards, cemeteries and spaces of worship. One thing seems to be in common to a...

how wutopia lab’s ‘magical realism’ turns everyday spaces into ethereal interior atmospheres

with fluid and luminous architecture, the shanghai-based team constructs everyday programs as other worlds detached from reality. The post how wutopia lab’s ‘magical realism’ turns...

A refuge where spring whispers

In a corner where the light seems to pause gently, a space is born that is not only inhabited, but truly felt. This outdoor setting invites a mindful pause, where each element enga...