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@popsiclereal

8 ай бұрын

first reply and first comment

@MrFlamPlum

8 ай бұрын

thank you kane

@connor48880

8 ай бұрын

Kane how dare you bless us with a 40 minute video you’re doing your future self a disservice by setting the bar this high!

@greywolf689

8 ай бұрын

Balls 🤯

@aft9ns

8 ай бұрын

ATE

the fact that it legitimately got scarier when the lights turned on is master-class horror direction

@RIP_Rxnin

8 ай бұрын

It was pretty chill until the monster started chasing him

@Hy-ll7tr

8 ай бұрын

absolutely, i was praying for the lights to be turned on to feel more comfortable but i definitely regretted immediately

@its_myo

8 ай бұрын

​@@RIP_Rxninsame dude it felt a bit like that anemoiapolis game its a liminal game thing with horror but its really toned down and i felt really chill most of the time i was playing anemoiapolis.

@cupcakehips9236

8 ай бұрын

Fr

@Badgerinary

7 ай бұрын

Thats because it went from "What could be down here with me?" to "what is down here with me?"

I love how the protagonist was actually smart for a change and told someone where he was going, didn't go alone and brought a bright flashlight.

@superkobster

8 ай бұрын

oh wait!

@theangrypotato2.031

8 ай бұрын

idk what about "im going to go into an abandoned shopping mall thats impossibly deep underground with working electricity that you get to from a stairwell that looks like it was carved out during the aztec times with chisels, TWICE." is smart but suuure.... he's smart...

@autotropicplaybench1819

8 ай бұрын

​@@theangrypotato2.031the commenter was being clearly sarcastic as the protag did none of those things.

@theangrypotato2.031

8 ай бұрын

@@autotropicplaybench1819 aight good because im ngl i tuned the first 20 minutes out, just kinda assumed

@jgunner280

8 ай бұрын

That was one of my big thoughts in the middle was that, of all things you should or could do, bring friends. I get it for the first time, strange discovery and daring yourself. The second? Bring someone or three...

Love how the mall “wakes up” right after he says “I don’t like this thing”

@thanglongnguyenvu3815

Ай бұрын

The mall decided to teach a rude customer a lesson lmao

@Ruby-ob1gj

Ай бұрын

What time of the vid?

@wfyk4

Ай бұрын

@@Ruby-ob1gj 19:10 for anyone wondering

@ClownFromTheYear9998

Күн бұрын

"I don't much like the tone of your voice" *BANG*

The giant is so incredibly unnerving but i snorted when it turned around at the bottom of the stairs. He was just like "damn, you got me there"

@placeholder19

Ай бұрын

43:20 "Escalator, motherfucker! I gotchoo now!"

@declydc1925

22 күн бұрын

fr

@xxsuperproductionsxx138

21 күн бұрын

yep.

@Rpoti27

18 күн бұрын

Timestamp?

@yodigochau

18 күн бұрын

@@Rpoti27 32:32

the fact that Kane can take a REAL abandoned mall into a cgi recreation is insane.

@aid2004

8 ай бұрын

THIS IS CGI ?!?!?!??!?!?!?!

@smugfortune9977

8 ай бұрын

It's a real mall it's not CGI

@TheMagicalNotebook

8 ай бұрын

It’s a real mall But sadly this mall has been demolished But i think giant julien is still somewhere

@DinoOfficial4096

8 ай бұрын

@@TheMagicalNotebookgot destroyed in a fire sadly

@TheMagicalNotebook

8 ай бұрын

@@DinoOfficial4096 well that’s the answer on where Julien went

It’s really cool how when the mall is dark, it’s scary to think you might see something. When the lights turn ON, you’re afraid of BEING seen

@languid-4535

8 ай бұрын

And when the lights turn on you know you’re not alone

@redirectthepath

7 ай бұрын

i agree its scary when both happen

@TheDonkDonk420

7 ай бұрын

1000%

@mor7223

7 ай бұрын

Can someone please explain what the heck is going on inside the video and why there is a lit up mall with a terrifying rolling thing inside

@languid-4535

7 ай бұрын

@@mor7223 it’s actually a real mall look up valley view mall, the giant is also real

This makes me realize how little windows there actually are in malls

@cheeseman4828

14 күн бұрын

I'm not sure, but I believe malls do this to make customers lose track of time and therefore more likely to spend more of their cash. Similar to casinos

@signifidelica2819

12 күн бұрын

​​@@cheeseman4828came here to type this. It is a deliberate design mechanism God/nature/sunlight are antithetical to consumerism, gotta block that shit out

@afridgetoofar1818

11 күн бұрын

What’s a mall?

@BetelgeuseBetelgeuseBetelgeuse

9 күн бұрын

@@afridgetoofar1818The villain of The Phantom Menace, the canonical first Star Wars film of the Skywalker Saga.

@Sor3e

5 күн бұрын

@@afridgetoofar1818wdym are you in a place that doesn’t have them? There areas with tons of shops inside of a building

The thing that terrified me was Wyatt's death. The screams of horror of knowing death is iminent, just freaks me out.

@vaxmpq_

Ай бұрын

Same i couldn't get it out of my head since yesterday

@Bamba06

26 күн бұрын

as somebody with a fear of hights this was the part that scared me the most lol

@vanillaicecream6961

26 күн бұрын

this, and also the fact he was moments away from escaping. THAT'S what gets me so bad.

@_Joebuntu

16 күн бұрын

Even though we do eventually see him escape... That SCREAM... And he was SO CLOSE TOO... It's been weeks since I watched this series, yet every time I think about the ending sequence, my heart binds with Wyatt's, and I feel as though I too, am falling to my doom...

@phillawrence6413

20 сағат бұрын

Thanks for the spoiler

extremely impressive that it actually became more scary once the lights were turned on.

@user-lk6hn4zt4c

8 ай бұрын

FACTS

@Newms118

8 ай бұрын

Sometimes darkness can hide you. Plus it at least gave the impression he was alone. When everything is on, its clear theres something alive around him.

@user-lk6hn4zt4c

8 ай бұрын

@@Newms118 if this was real i would just end it all just nope bye bye

@marca.3111

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I really liked that. Typically in movies the lights go off to indicate something is wrong, but here it’s the opposite. At the start, the darkness is incredibly creepy and the viewer hopes there is some light, but once there lights do come on, it just makes things creepier and starts a chase sequence and the viewer wishes for the lights to turn off again. It’s a nice subversion of expectations.

@SeanCarson-im4pn

27 күн бұрын

"THIS IS AS UNCANNY AS FUCK" THE BACK ROOMS: HOLD MY BEEEEEER !!!!!!!!!

Finding the mall exits completely blocked off is somehow more horrifying than anything I've seen in your Backrooms series

@titchbits1

8 ай бұрын

I gasped. I couldn't believe it when I saw the stairs.

@Chiberia

8 ай бұрын

Or the glass broken out... he wasn't the first to try to escape that way...

@carsoncomplains

8 ай бұрын

@@Chiberia Honestly didn’t see that on my first watch, but I’ll definitely give it at LEAST a second and third watch Edit: It’s probably because I was looking away for most of the ending because I was too scared lol

@brokenlotproductions

8 ай бұрын

Did we watch the same backroom series?? How can you say that is scarier😅 the puppet thing was the scariest part for sure

@carsoncomplains

8 ай бұрын

@@brokenlotproductions Oh brother, this guy stinks

He mentions he was a botany major but changed to business. Very small detail but it seems relevant. He was studying nature and abandoned it for the more lucrative opportunity. But the bright lights and shiny linoleum and plastic of the shopping mall are all fleeting and the ground will reclaim it all.

@Mothbean

Күн бұрын

Not to mention Julien Riverchon, the person the Giant was modeled after, was a botanist.

Wyatt's ability never to let his finger accidentally cover the camera lens is nothing short of unbelievable.

@fandydiadline

Ай бұрын

Handycam?

@wyattfudal893

Ай бұрын

I'm awesome right?

@fr0gz7

Ай бұрын

he is using a camera not a phone

@mazB4

Ай бұрын

@@fr0gz7no he is using a phone he said that he is in the second vid, plus this takes place in 2023 he wouldn’t use a camera

@fr0gz7

Ай бұрын

@@mazB4 cool

Some may have noted this already, but I found it fascinating. In "The Oldest View - Renewal", the man we see looking at flowers and reading a book in the forest bears a striking resemblance to depictions of Julien Reverchon, google him. He was a French botanist, not all too significant, his Wikipedia is brief, but he taught botany in Dallas later in his life. A Dallas artist, Kevin Obregon created a massive uncanny Julien art piece that rolls, as seen here. It was left at the Valley View Mall after its permanent closure in real life. The mall has been completely demolished just this year, and there are plans for redevelopment. At 37:55 we actually see some of these redevelopment plans. Looks like an office space was made for planning the malls redevelopment. I'm unsure what the significance of any of this is to Kane's plot. But it's very interesting that these things are modeled after real things and people, though they are insignificant to most people. I mean the info regarding the mall and the giant is sparse. I'd have to imagine this mall is a special nostalgia for many people, and I bet giant Julien gave many children nightmares.

@kimberlywebster6057

8 ай бұрын

Incidentally, Valley View’s mall cops were about as arbitrarily menacing as this entity.

@zonilo1

8 ай бұрын

I think it's pretty obvious that the man in "Renewal" really is Julien Reverchon and I guess this clears up a alot of things going on here.

@Physeqal

8 ай бұрын

Awesome comment, I didn’t know that! Thanks yuge

@maximumupload2309

8 ай бұрын

ayo, Kane Pixels loved this comment, which kinda confirms what you're saying. I'm thinking that things from the past, that don't exist anymore, are somehow coming back to the present in odd ways. Like how the Dallas mall is completely gone, but there is the same mall underground and yet still has access to electricity. Kane is a real one for coming up with this

@gsidhu2358

8 ай бұрын

hideous sculpture, don't know what that guy was thinking. If i was a kid going through that mall, it would genuinely be nightmare fuel. I wonder if Kane is from Dallas and went to that mall which is why he knows this story so well.

Bro my heart SANK when I saw the collapsed stairs. That was beautifully done. Beyond any jumpscare, beyond any monster, THAT was terrifying

@TheDiamondCore

8 ай бұрын

It was done so realistically too, that was fucking insane

@MrSlice-jy7lu

8 ай бұрын

FR

@shujatherisky

8 ай бұрын

I was like ‘He’s Finished’ when i saw the concrete Edit: Thanks Alot for the likes 🙏

@whosdooley

8 ай бұрын

I audibly said “oh shit” out loud.

@MrSlice-jy7lu

8 ай бұрын

@@whosdooley ME TOO

they see me rolling they hatin

@GwenjieHaf

8 күн бұрын

Patroling, yes I can go up the escalator.

I really like how realistic this is. When the giant is chasing him, Wyatt doesn’t really talk to the camera at all, which makes sense and makes it really seem more like found footage.

I love how the rolling guy just slides up the escalator like “Yeah. Didn’t know I could do that did you?” And he just stands there like he’s proud of doing it.

@infinitespinergy1220

8 ай бұрын

I think he somehow powered on the escalator.

@pkmntrainermark8881

8 ай бұрын

​@@infinitespinergy1220 It did seem to be moving when the cameraman was going up it near the end.

@JinzoCrash

8 ай бұрын

Same feeling the first time I saw a Dalek go up stairs.

@nobodyimportant2510

8 ай бұрын

If I were in the cameraman’s shoes I would told it “oh…now you can climb stairs???!”

@ottav69

8 ай бұрын

Yeah that thing can seemingly control the lights so I just assumed it could do the same with the escalator and power it on.

I feel like it’s important to note how Wyatt smells the scent of cut grass and cornfields when he is about to enter the mall each time. That’s a sweet scent, but also a distress call by the plants. Almost feels like the mall is the forest, it’s getting torn down and is in distress, and the giant is like it’s guardian.

@clorb9239

8 ай бұрын

shut up

@silver17yearsago66

8 ай бұрын

The smell of cut grass could also be from the gas Phosgene Its a rarely used chemical weapon

@alongshoot5844

8 ай бұрын

Good spot. It's interesting that the mall displays the hostility of the natural world while also presenting the bizarre unnatural environment humans have constructed for themselves as no less threatening. The guy literally meets his end by hostile architecture. It's like the giant was some spirit or aspect of nature mutilated by the building of the mall. The artists somehow embodied it in the parade of giants.

@BadComedianFr

8 ай бұрын

I mean, wyatt is more exploring the place. Hes not really doing any damage, and when he finds an exit at 29:20 the giant seems to not want him to be there. Almost like it doesn't want him to leave. I feel like the scent of cut grass might be referencing something else. Not sure what though.

@terraristit3752

8 ай бұрын

You have almost the exact same theory as I do, lol. Glad to know I'm not the only one who thinks this series has something to do with nature.

"It's like the backrooms from tiktok" Self-awareness is great.

@DeathnoteBB

Ай бұрын

People still call full-on musical numbers “That sound from Tiktok”

@BOYKILLSWRLD

Ай бұрын

@@DeathnoteBBor that “video from TikTok”

@amongusus47825

11 күн бұрын

​@@DeathnoteBB Ok boomer

@DeathnoteBB

10 күн бұрын

@@amongusus47825 I’m 28, you’re just an infant

@amongusus47825

10 күн бұрын

@@DeathnoteBB ok grandpa, now take ur pills and go to sleep

The fact that kane is only 2 years old makes this so much better

@Isaiah_Does_A_Lot_Of_Stuff

14 күн бұрын

What

@GeminautVA

11 күн бұрын

By the time he's grown, he'll have constructed an actual infinite labyrinth of musty, dilapidated corridors, office rooms and malls.

@ArshSid92

10 күн бұрын

​​@@Isaiah_Does_A_Lot_Of_Stuffsame reaction from me! I think he means something else?

@noodlepoodlegirl

5 күн бұрын

@@ArshSid92 Kane's video comments are filled with " This guy is only 17 years old, imagine what he"ll be doing in 10-20 years!" I mean 100's of the same comment: original comment is cheeky.

@ArshSid92

5 күн бұрын

@@noodlepoodlegirl oh that's why these people are making fun of them lol now I get it 😭

He thought Julien couldn't move 30:37 He thought Julien could only move when not being observed 32:18 He had no idea how strong Julien actually was 33:48 (listen as he breaks through the store front) He thought Julien was dumb 42:32 He thought Julien was the only giant 42:42 He thought Julien couldn't use the stairs 43:20 He thought he could leave... 45:14 ...and he thought Julien couldn't 46:03

@Amaraticando

8 ай бұрын

42:42 is not another giant, although it looks like it at first glance.

@charlioanimations234

8 ай бұрын

Very good comment

@jonawa1573

8 ай бұрын

Do you mean Julien left ?

@ThadriousGoldenstone

8 ай бұрын

Julien was just trying to help him get back home :(

@Papierkorb2292

8 ай бұрын

​@@AmaraticandoMany different giants can be seen during that time

I just love how Wyatt talks about his discovery so nonchalantly. The way he treats this series as just a genuine KZread video is so funny to me.

@elijahfrickingourd

8 ай бұрын

I mean, it IS a KZread video

@OysterWard

8 ай бұрын

yeah that was really calm and relaxed

@aroniscool3601

8 ай бұрын

he should have live streamed it so he had people to talk to

@cristiancastro5853

8 ай бұрын

Y@@aroniscool3601 yeah

@thepuggest4202

8 ай бұрын

Love how he says “This is like that backrooms stuff on TikTok” lol

The realization of being trapped a mile underground would be absolutely terrifying.

this is probably the best advertising blender will ever get

I showed this to my Dad, who is a huge vfx enthusiast, and he straight up did not believe me no matter how many times I told him this was made in blender. Bravo.

@krypex7958

8 ай бұрын

Well the mall exists (Valley view center mall - Dallas) so hard to say how much is real

@ConsciousBrosCommunity

8 ай бұрын

@@krypex7958 Its demolished, this is all recreated with CGI

@reeft

8 ай бұрын

@@krypex7958 It's all CGI and I don't mean to discredit Kane's work in the slightest, it's amazing. But you can tell in a lot of parts that it's not real. Your dad should see that.

@MarcoCapelli74

8 ай бұрын

I think he's making all the stuff in Blender then renders it in Unreal Engine 5. Those internal lights are very hard to make it work like that with Cycles. Instead on UE5 they works exactly like in this vid. Also the external shots. That light i'm pretty sure is Unreal.

@user_Dragon27_

8 ай бұрын

This is blender!? Thought this was ue5 or somtin

The dialog from the protagonist was strikingly real. The fact that he trys to bargain with the monster, saying "Im trying to leave" when it first starts following him around. The quiver in his voice at someparts adds just the right amount of realism. Truly a masterpiece by all regard.

@Daffodyl3

8 ай бұрын

Everything about how he was humanized made this so much worse. Even just him talking about college stuff in the beginning built up the dread later on so much more

@terraristit3752

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I agree. Like, I *knew* Wyatt was going to die - as that is usually what happens to protagonists in these videos - but his death hurt a lot more than the deaths of any of the protagonists in the Backrooms videos, despite it being predictable. That's because of just how *real* his character seemed. We got to spend a lot more time with Wyatt than with the other protagonists of these videos, and he seemed like a geniunely great and likeable guy. Not to mention brave, too. A bit *too* brave, if I'm being honest, going down the staircase *TWO* times despite being scared shitless the first time. He even says in this video that "this thing is obviously not a joke" WHILE WALKING TO SAID THING. JUST *WHY??* He was either really brave, really curious, or *really* thirsty for views. I think it's a combination of all of them, because once again, Wyatt was *extremely* brave and quick-witted, and perceptive. Not only was he capable of thinking clearly and using intelligent strategies to evade the monster, he could also improvise quickly if those strategies failed. Many people - including me - probaply wouldn't be able to do things like that in Wyatt's place, due to being so overrun with fear and confusion. The fact that he was able to stay so level-headed the entire time, despite clearly being terrified, is both astounding and commendable. What is even *more* astounding is the fact that, as you said, he tried to bargain with the Giant after realizing that nobody is controlling it. After realizing that it's a *monster.* HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN JUST STARE A *MONSTER* STRAIGHT INTO THE EYE AND TRY TO TALK IT OUT WITH IT? And he tried to do it *again* at the end when he was cornered. Like, seriously, that "WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" felt so *real.* It was *so* full of confusion, desperation, fear and maybe a bit of anger? And the *scariest* part about it was definitely the monster actually *replying,* since the reply consisted of showing Wyatt dead things on the ground. I cannot imagine anything scarier than being completely unarmed and cornered by a monster, asking it what it wants, trying to talk it out with it one last time, and the monster telling you that it wants you dead. That would leave anyone trembling with fear, and yet Wyatt *still pushed on.* Despite clearly being in denial ("you gotta be fucking kidding me" and "everything's fine"), he was still able to focus on survival first. Like...I could go on and on and on about this, but I think you get my point. He was *such* a great character and was humanized *so* perfectly, despite only being on screen for two episodes. This entire video was just solid 35 to 40 minutes of him being tortured, and it was awful to watch (in the best way), and it hurt suprisingly lot to see him die, especially since he was so close to the exit, and *especially* since he had the most realistic chances of survival out of all of Kane's characters due to his bravery and intelligence. Like, I'm telling you, Wyatt would *dominate* the Backrooms if he ever no-clipped into them, lol. Scary as they are, the only real threat in them seems to be the Bacteria, and while it is a terrifying monster as well, no doubt about that, it is not nearly as scary, powerful or intelligent as the Giant. I'm sure Wyatt would deal with it easily, considering how long he survived against the Giant.

@logandunlap9156

8 ай бұрын

it's a well-directed piece

@vbgvbg1133

8 ай бұрын

@@terraristit3752 important to note, the giant didn't kill him. if the exit didn't collapse, he would have escaped.

@lizard7553

8 ай бұрын

When it moved while he was looking and he said "hey hey hey" like he's trying to tell it its breaking the rules or when it came up the stairs and he said "you gotta be kidding"

Find it so surreal that the mall 10 mins away I used to visit as a child is used in an amazing horror series!! Great work Kane.

@blackbox_kt

6 күн бұрын

I can’t imagine uncanny you would feel watching this. Is it like almost 1:1? Structure wise?

At the end of the episode, hearing the sheer screams in his voice while falling to the ground is so terrifying. At the end it sounds like he stops screaming, but then you realize it’s a very prolonged scream, and it’s him knowing he’s about to die.

This is actually insanely terrifying. The atmosphere, the monster, the whole entire place, its so realistic. How realistic it is makes it so much more scarier than other animations. Its outstanding.

@hexadecimal973

8 ай бұрын

I wouldn't really call it terrifying. Overall mallsoft as a genre is very relaxing despite falling under the liminal category. The whole grandiose feeling of those long gone malls, makes you feel nostalgic, like you're back in the 90s in some mall in America on a Sunday afternoon just strolling through and shopping, seeing random people and just admiring the architecture even if the mall is empty. This video on the other hand, sure is creepy and terrifying, being chased by an entity but I feel like that's not what true mallsoft is. But it's a fun spin on the genre nonetheless.

@thepuggest4202

8 ай бұрын

But, I mean, big scary giant that chases you and can break concrete seems more horror/terror. Like I wouldn’t describe the KP back rooms as that kind of liminal feeling when you’re getting chased by a bacteria stick man. In the end the goal is unsettling like you’re saying until horror.@@hexadecimal973

@thepuggest4202

8 ай бұрын

I was shaking, my ears were hot, my forehead even hotter u was terrified bro,

@LMP134

8 ай бұрын

@@thepuggest4202 SAME LOL

@sloth3066

8 ай бұрын

It made me scream in terror in my bed !

Kane is just FLEXING at this point... Close up shots of textures and models with complicated lighting, varied light levels in a single frame, extremely complicated camera motion... All of that while maintaining a level of realism paralleled only by the highest tier of multi-man, high-budget production studios. Insanity. Keep it up. Don't sell out.

@charliex666able1

8 ай бұрын

I'm waffling back and forth: what kind of budget does an 18 year old have to render this 46 mins? It's really really good.

@jimmyhoke

8 ай бұрын

@@charliex666able1it isn’t all CGI, this was filmed at an abandoned mall.

@charliex666able1

8 ай бұрын

I'm trying to research, do we have any more info? I did find it was "based on" a mall in Texas scheduled for demo. So if CGI it's freaking amazing, and if real and he filmed live in those really long takes? Also amazing. Kane is stupid talented @@jimmyhoke

@carth531

8 ай бұрын

the mall is gone, demolished, the mall is CGI. it was made in blender@@jimmyhoke

@esvalve

8 ай бұрын

@@jimmyhoke I dont believe this is true. This video takes place in the valley view mall in dallas texas that was demolished 6 years ago. Pretty sure it was entirely recreated using cgi

love how the animatronic dude just EVER SO POLITELY waited patiently as he went up the escalator. would have tea with him.

@livjames8624

Ай бұрын

He’s totally a tea guy. Good call.

@nanaizcool

Ай бұрын

@@livjames8624 you get it.

@wannaseeamagictrick410

Ай бұрын

i wanna give him a hug, what danger could it even do? seems like it just wanted to meet him

Kane Pixels is the youngest most talented person I've ever seen! No other creator has made me feel *grief* over a fictional character the way Pixels has, and it'll stay that way for a looong time! And we get this MASTERPIECE for FREE?!

@madu11y

15 күн бұрын

bro is glazing so hard 😭💀

@_Joebuntu

15 күн бұрын

@@madu11y I don't see anything wrong with my comment. I'm just expressing explicit passion for artwork I'm fascinated with. I'm not asking for attention from Kane Pixels himself, am I?

It's terrifying when at 32:18 you can hear the genuine confusion in his voice when the monster starts rolling towards him. He had just seemed to understand that when he's staring at it it doesn't move, but then it breaks that rule and chases after him. True terror.

@Deccagon

8 ай бұрын

I’m at 18:00 still bracing myself 😊

@Deccagon

8 ай бұрын

I’m at 46:18 Finished

@VentureCAM

8 ай бұрын

IM PAUSED AT 32:12 READING THE COMMENTS NOW IM SCARED TO PRESS PLAY 😭

@Least_Patriotic_Texan

8 ай бұрын

I know if I watch this it will scare the shit out of me and keep me up all night

@jxhleel818

2 ай бұрын

@@Least_Patriotic_Texanwatching the whole thing right now at 2:00 am exactly and im 12 mins in wish me luck 😭😭

this is fantastic. this really hits a specific nostalgic nerve in me that i havent felt before

@Ransom319

8 ай бұрын

wsp alex

@TheDiamondCore

8 ай бұрын

This is beyond fantastic levels, this is genuinely spectacular This is probably kanes magnum opus so far

@cristiancastro5853

8 ай бұрын

ayy alex

@discycat

8 ай бұрын

My two favorite horror teens!

@gianttacogod

8 ай бұрын

Holy crap its the other spooky guy!

The man actually appears in front of the goods, but it doesn't come out, the monster leaves and eventually collapses and dies, thinking that it will crash from the top place.

I actually love all the little realistic details that make the Valley View recreation feel real, like all the slight differences between the colors of the lights, down to little imperfections in the floors and such. It really did look real to me the first time I watched it, and I will say working in a dead mall, this pretty well encompasses the vibes of what happens when you’re there but not alone. I’ve had a few times in my mall where I thought I was, but got proved wrong and it shook me so bad.

I love how the doll is handled. I believe that the difference between a good and a bad enemy/entity in horror is that a good one hunts down the protagonist while a bad one tries to scare the protagonist. The doll not only hunts down the protagonist, but it is smart about it, playing tricks, hiding and the fact that this seemingly inanimate object is not only hunting you down but is intelligent is absolutely terrifying.

@kektimus

8 ай бұрын

So much this. How many movies and games have their antagonists stop and roar at the viewer/player BEFORE engaging in anything remotely threatening?

@Edward3Nigma

8 ай бұрын

Although I agree with this statement, I am 90% that at 30:39 the doll was acting like a weeping angel just to fuck with the guy. Or at 41:16 where you can see three signs with the doll and massive "We're back." written on it. I think the doll itself placed them there to remind the protag that he can't hide from it, and that it is in fact, back.

@TheCosmicThrust

8 ай бұрын

nah man that thing crumpled those aluminum stairs with the intent of crushing the mc with.

@randomrazr

8 ай бұрын

could he have attacked it? knock it down dolly wheels

@shagggy7501

8 ай бұрын

How does it make the entity good?

31:39 I don’t know why but Wyatt’s calm “I’m leaving….I’m trying to leave.” Was so damn creepy, like he started to understand exactly what he got himself into in that exact moment

@DestroyerMore

8 ай бұрын

He was also a little too calm sounding which, to be honest, is scarier than actually sounding freaked out

@EverTheFractal

8 ай бұрын

@@DestroyerMore it felt so much more realistic. Like something you'd say if you ran into a person in an alleyway who clearly didn't want you to be there.

@joshs.5384

8 ай бұрын

I love when he says "Hey...hey!" at the Giant at 32:17. Prior to that, the Giant established the rule - it can't move while he's looking at it. And then, it breaks that rule. At that moment, he's like a little kid, saying "Hey, no fair!"

@SushiBurritoPapi

8 ай бұрын

Sounds like you do know why it was so damn creepy

@DestroyerMore

8 ай бұрын

@@EverTheFractal Yeah, that's what I meant by that, it's genuine fear, but he's trying to hide that so it won't continue to follow him, but it didn't work. It continued to follow him, up until the end.

Seeing the collapsed staircase goes beyond any horror I've seen beyond any jump scare beyond any video game I've ever played just being stuck in side of a incomprehensible horror is terrifying to me just the immense dread made my heart sink to my feet

Excellent work recreating Valley View. I was officially creeped out when I saw the AMC. Having walked through the actual abandoned mall when it still stood I can say it was pretty much just as creepy in real life lol

Statue was faking it, bro scared the crap out of me when it moved while he was watching, and the way Wyatt is confused when it moves while he’s looking at it was terrifying. This guy is a master at creating horror.

@TymeTikTok

8 ай бұрын

It’s like a predator stalking it’s prey before it pounces

@kingboo2981

8 ай бұрын

@AGuy346 or is it... O_O

@itsdiscocreeper

8 ай бұрын

@AGuy346 I mean… for all we know it very well could be…

@xXxisaac_newton_officialxXx

8 ай бұрын

666 LIKES OMG THE DEVIL Is CUMING😰👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿🧑🏻‍💻🧑🏻‍💻

@rafaelbudimnn

8 ай бұрын

​@AGuy346 the mall and the puppet are actually real btw

Did anybody else notice that when Wyatt looks back for the statue one last time before trying to exit using the rooftop at exactly 45:04, the monster is gone even though it was there just a second ago, but the cart it was rolling on is still there. This is such a weird little detail but if the monster can move from the cart and did so in the last seconds this most likely means it came to push him down before he was able to leave and was most likely toying with him this entire time.

@EchoVisuals_

8 ай бұрын

Yeah and then right before Wyatt falls you can hear the Giant's sounds play behind him

@thatcelloboi

8 ай бұрын

Oh wow you're right. That thing must be able to move very fast then if it got over to him in so little time. Imagine it silently gliding across the beam toward him

@bunnylebowski4465

8 ай бұрын

@@thatcelloboifuck that shit I’m out😂

@bobsempletank5362

8 ай бұрын

God it's just a fucking trickster. Every single time we see him, he breaks a new rule that you think he has. I guess he broke the final rule that we thought- the damn thing isn't some stiff statue, he's probably fully mobile like an actual organism

@klaud7311

8 ай бұрын

In real life, that was the final state of Julien. Just a cart.

dude this legitimately scared THE HELL out of me in the best way possible, no one knows how to capture genuine fear and confusion like you did it’s beyond terrifying

Gotta say the reaction to opening that gate was the most genuine reaction I’ve ever seen in horror, and it’s some crap I’d pull too. Your stuff is far better than big companies and “mainstream horror”, I think. Like, I’m numb to most jump scares and mainstream horror so something keeps me on edge and wants to quit watching but can’t at the same time is golden to me. Keep up the good work, love it you’re great.

IRL Context: At a certain point in time, Valley View Mall in Dallas, Texas closed its stores. Subsequently, it transformed into a liminal space. However, it wasn't entirely shuttered, as workshops began to appear, with many participating in the creation of giant puppets for the Parade Of Giants. This is the origin of the puppet known as Julien, as it is crafted to resemble Julien Reverchon. We might anticipate seeing Victor Considérant and his majestic mustache in a future episode since he is briefly visible in this video, appearing both in a picture and lurking in the last chase sequence.

@powerscalingisdumb

8 ай бұрын

Damn.. that sure is interesting.

@timobensch3904

8 ай бұрын

can you give a time stamp please?

@chr1642

8 ай бұрын

timestamp bro

@DonChodle

8 ай бұрын

I don’t see any actual person lurking besides the statue what r u talking abt

@klaud7311

8 ай бұрын

@@timobensch3904 42:42. Use the " . " to skip frame by frame to see him.

I can't shake the feeling that this is the same feeling an animal gets when it is being hunted and trapped. Finding a place that should be familiar and safe, exploring out of sheer curiosity, and then discovering slowly that it's been engineered to simply make you feel that way long enough to seal your fate.

@pupyfan69

6 ай бұрын

the room he enters even looks like a slaughterhouse

@Adnan-ny7jb

6 ай бұрын

Sonic Said to my ❤ doing fast today huh😂

@kendrickroblo62

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@noriii

5 ай бұрын

@@pupyfan69exactly but the fucking ceiling weirded me out like it’s panels as if it’s an office/school building??☹️☹️ i don’t like it

@mammon_is_god

5 ай бұрын

Meat is meat/ meat is me

I’ve been to the AMC at the Valley View in Dallas multiple times. Can confirm, it was pretty much this empty except for the theater.

This is truly remarkable work. Not only tech-wise - your mastery over the audio aesthetics is jaw-dropping.

I love how he mentioned the backrooms as something you see on social media, subtly informing us/confirming to us that this series is not related to his previous one where the backrooms were unknown to the general public. This is more in that surreal catagory of fiction that posits that reality isnt solid. Sometimes impossible things happen. A mall displaced or replicated into solid stone miles underground, stalked by the memory of an artwork that was shown there. There were presumably only two entrances/exits, so noone need ever know it is there. Had wyatt not found it it might have simply blinked back out of existence, replaced by solid ground. And it still might now that his journey is over.

@thinkbolt

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, that mention of The Backrooms threw me for a loop. I thought this series was going to be "Oldest View" of the The Backrooms themselves, but then here's an abandoned Dallas mall? In a world where The Backrooms are popular fiction??

@ColoreFaied

8 ай бұрын

so the backrooms still exists in this tho

@amirakitty

8 ай бұрын

​@BroOsiris yea but as a tiktok trend/series, kind of how it is in our reality

@ColoreFaied

8 ай бұрын

@@amirakitty oh I thought it could still exist, since yet again anything impossible can be possible

@benaseervatham8092

8 ай бұрын

wait i missed it, whens the time stamp when its mentioned

Kevin Obregon, the artist who created the real-world Julien puppet, made a Facebook post referencing this video on the day it was released, and later shared the video itself. So it’s safe to say he’s in on this whole thing.

@TheBroGamer14082

8 ай бұрын

lol nice. you got a link to that post?

@Steve.Matheus

8 ай бұрын

​@@TheBroGamer14082youtube deletes off-site links on comments.

@Steve.Matheus

8 ай бұрын

As far as I know.

@DealwithitHand

8 ай бұрын

@@TheBroGamer14082 its the first thing that comes up on google if you search Kevin Obregon

@JasonPF

8 ай бұрын

It's on his Threads, he reposted the video on there. Pretty cool.

Corridor Crew brought me this video. So original, creepy and scary. Well done Kane Pixels!

I come back to this vid from time to time. It amazes me how well it captures the feeling of a nightmare. Like it's not a scary video in the traditional scary movie sense, it's like watching someone's nightmare. The sense of isolation, being alone, things being normal but not quite normal, sounds and vision changing as you move along, being defenseless and chased. So good!

I love that this monster is not a dumb monster that just runs at you mindlessly, but it actually deceived Wyatt 2 times and even watched it's prey before attacking, and the way it was able to lead him into traps and block off his exits and even teleporting him outside to lure more people in the mall shows that this thing has some level or complete control over this place once you enter the hall of the mall, it's not that patiant because it wanted to show him that your only exit is now blocked off before he could finish exploring and find it himself also it seems as it was just playing with him like a cat because it had many chances to catch him but it chose to not do it instead give him false sense of hope for an escape and then make him fall to his death after seeing a possible escape (stairs), it's especially scary that thing can go outside it seems like.

@churlesnd21

8 ай бұрын

im pretty sure the things it did that you perceive as trying to "scare him" had an ulterior motive. I don't think its sole purpose of being in that mall is to just kill people.

@cakesteak

8 ай бұрын

Pretty sure that trashcan full of paper machete and branches just wanted to get emptied.

@BlazRa

8 ай бұрын

The thing doesn't have use of his arms if you haven't noticed so it's only way to kill him is to basically scare him into killing himself

@BlazRa

8 ай бұрын

I like that the Explorer died because he was trespassing breaking and entering setting up illegal surveillance We got laws buddy I'm talking rules and regulations!👮

@Royal-94

8 ай бұрын

The Giant cardboard characters here, do get a bit quirky at night

I love how smart the Rolling Giant seems to be. It deceives Wyatt first in the dark, not moving and kind of just appearing in the background in 18:16, but then deceives him again as it tricks Wyatt into thinking it can't move while observed at 31:30. THEN AGAIN, it tricks Wyatt into believing it can't go up the stairs and goes up them later on. The fact that it can even trick people is already terrifying, changing the rules that you thought you knew. Beautiful work man.

@youngreal1101

8 ай бұрын

Another thing too is at the end he waits by the stairs when everything turned plantlike. 42:30

@MrMelonsz

8 ай бұрын

@@youngreal1101 YEAH! Because it knows that Wyatt thinks the stairs are a safe place!

@dronespace

8 ай бұрын

Somewhat different, in Dr Who I believe the original Daleks couldn't go up stairs, a later version of them then could which was terrifying

@umamifan

8 ай бұрын

It straight up shows him a vision of... Unalive things on the ground too when Wyatt asks it what it wants from him. The thing is not only sentient, but intentionally malicious, and potentially mocking too.

@-Seaheart-

8 ай бұрын

It’s not just the monster, the whole horror revolved around giving hope and taking it away. First he gets scared and runs back because of the loud noise from the door (so at first there is a sense of “I can go back if things get dangerous) but then the stairs are gone. Later there is the hope from the map suggesting that just like a real mall there are other exits and then these exits do exist but are blocked too, then finally there is one exit that really can take him out and the giant can’t follow him all the way, he is almost there and then he falls

I like how he doesn't even mention that the potted plants are somehow still alive with no light or water

@DogeFan67

18 күн бұрын

The rolling giant boutta be pouring water into them when kane pixel leaves

@Megalania1

15 күн бұрын

@@DogeFan67the water giant

@DogeFan67

15 күн бұрын

@@Megalania1 the water giant:kills you with 1 drop of water

@Megalania1

14 күн бұрын

@@DogeFan67 the water is secretly full of bacteria that will kill you

I think it’s awesome how this guy made a whole new era of horror by creating the backrooms found footage tapes. The amount of game developers using this guy’s amazing style and liminal terror is just mind blowing knowing that this guy is like 18 or 19 years old. A damn legend you are

the detail in that the giant only begins acting in a more aggressive manner after wyatt states that he's leaving is interesting, especially so considering the history regarding that mall and the statue, like a traumatised creature not wanting to be abandoned again

@Draganox25

5 ай бұрын

What is the history of the mall

@WhoLegitness

5 ай бұрын

@@Draganox25 it died then got shot after it died and closed

@luckygaming2156

5 ай бұрын

​@@Draganox25^

@billblaski9523

5 ай бұрын

Nah sorry

@WhoLegitness

5 ай бұрын

@@billblaski9523 bro what

Spoilers because I didn’t realize this would end up becoming top comment: I love the way the Rolling Giant intentionally deceives Wyatt. First, it acts like it can only move when not being watched, then it acts like it can't go up the stairs, turns out it can do both.

@thierryeubanks3586

8 ай бұрын

Gives you the impression that it’s doing it for fun

@TheAmazingDoorknob

8 ай бұрын

I like to think it just took the escalator

@BarbieDreamDungeon

8 ай бұрын

Me and my partner watched this together and joked about it menacingly going up an elevator, politely putting its arm in front of the door so another giant creepy thing doesn't miss it

@zonilo1

8 ай бұрын

@@thierryeubanks3586 It also shows it's pretty smart or rather cunning playing on the victim's expectations and using them to it's advantage which probably makes it far more dangerous.

@daniilfilms

8 ай бұрын

The rolling giant does a bit of trolling…

The little detail of the final light in the tunnel being the only one that was out gave me chills for some reason

Run and never look back😢😢😢

It's insane that this man literally got out the first time. And walked up all those stairs and said to himself, "I gotta come back here." He had this coming.

@IhateIsrael688

8 ай бұрын

From his point of view, this was a large abandoned mall with no purpose. I mean, obviously a ton of smart people wouldn’t let curiosity get the best of them, but no average person, especially a vlogger, would expect the exit to get completely blocked off behind them, and a giant intelligent statue monster thing out to get them. That’s some incredible paranormal-Backrooms stuff.

@animeloveer97

8 ай бұрын

yea but it was in the middle of the woods,in a hole lmao@@IhateIsrael688

@omgheather1

8 ай бұрын

ALONE no less 💀

@LakesideTrey

8 ай бұрын

@@IhateIsrael688A mall A MILE UNDERGROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. At the very least a powerful and secretive organization made it and is still maintaining it.

@stdesy

8 ай бұрын

@@omgheather1seriously, at least bring your buddies

42:32 what i love about this second run in with the giant is that its not doing anything that loud or hasty unlike a typical jumpscare, its just moving forward. Really makes this absolutely terrifying

@snuffs.

8 ай бұрын

The scary part is it showed intelligence by camping the stairs, which was seemingly the safe point.

@eduardocarranza4333

7 ай бұрын

This thing might move incredibly fast due to it disappearing behind the pillar at that one scene, it's trolling him from beginning to end..

@aesthetic8780

7 ай бұрын

​@@snuffs.Poor Giant... He only wanted him to find the way out. I think the giant was protecting him against a hidden threat. He never showed aggresions or Hostile behavior. He even helped him to find the real exit.

@siqxyre8473

7 ай бұрын

@@aesthetic8780yeah 😢… hopefully it wasn’t in vain and the giant managed to catch him after he fell!

@Remiss-Blizzard

7 ай бұрын

​@aesthetic8780 hmm...you could be right because it didn't show any aggression, but then again just imagine that thing chasing you around the mall.I would probably have a heart attack a couple times if i was there.

This is probably one the best thing to come out on any platform in a while. Good work

Dude ive seen the last two and im about 34 minutes into this one and holy crap, this is so good please keep it up

Introducing it like it's a weeping angel type of monster and then subverting expectations by having it chase him was great. Truly scary shit, I was tired when I started watching the series and started falling asleep but when the statue was first shown and then having the exit blocked off was enough to jolt me awake.

@trentnordhagen

8 ай бұрын

It goes from 'wow that's creepy but it's just a statue' to ''it can move but only when I'm not looking' to 'it can move but it can't go up the stairs' to IT CAN USE THE ESCALATOR AND IS GOING TO KILL ME

I love how I hate how terrifying this concept is. Alone, DEEP underground, in a place where you feel you're not alone, paranoid that a big, at first glance, seemingly inanimate puppet chases you through the mall. Eventually causing you to go somewhere claustrophobic as the giant inches itself closer to you any way it can.

@HankMFWimbleton

8 ай бұрын

Deep underground? Big rolling giant chasing you later? Terrifying? Pikmin 2 got you covered

@PIGselGames

8 ай бұрын

​@@HankMFWimbletonhell yeah!

@flipsfruitland9853

Ай бұрын

​@HankMFWimbleton I still have flashbacks to the water wraith. Everyone does.

More of this please. You're a genius at this kind of art.

32:26 bro was just like ‘darn, you’ve discovered my weakness. ggs!’ And just rolls away like a gentleman.

@Nanook32

11 күн бұрын

How polite of him

I actually REALLY like this monster. He's constantly trying to deceive the protag on his abilities. When you first meet him, he has the vibe of your standard look-at-them monster, the kind where he only moves when you arent looking. However, the moment the protag starts exploiting that, he breaks his own rules and starts to give chase regardless of sight. He eventually gives up when they reach the escalator, but later towards the end when they run up it again, he uses his control over the mall to power the escalator and ride up it. Then, after he rams into the exit staircase, he goes away as the protag is climbing to the exit, but there's a problem noticed by another comment: *he left his roller behind.* If he isn't really so limited in his movement, why did he leave the protag be? This whole time, he was toying with them. There was never a chance that they could leave, because the giant had complete control over the mall. He was never leaving in defeat; *he was going back down to reach them after they fell.* In fact, there never really was just one giant. Look at the sign you see with him printed on it. "We're back." *WE'RE* back. 42:42 is where, just for a split second, we see *more* giants. None of them ever intervened until the protagonist had a fully open route to run down that wasn’t where the giant wanted them to go. They knew what was going to happen. This whole time, he was just playing with his food.

@chillworksdev4145

8 ай бұрын

Incredible analysis! Amazing to see.

@mychannelisoverrated4262

8 ай бұрын

Why are you saying “them”? It is clear the main character is a man due to the voice no offence just correcting

@saveforth

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, idk if there’s multiple though, I’ve heard people say that and it’s a bit weird, it is the rolling giant, not rolling giants. And the we’re back sign is an actual sign from the real mall irl that just means the people who made it are back. I also can’t really see multiple giants, maybe there’s one, but he can teleport, so that doesn’t mean that there’s multiple. Also I don’t think they had to close him off, Wyatt intended to go up the escalator from the start, he read that the AMC level was where the emergency exit was from the map.

@thegoldenkitsune6863

8 ай бұрын

@@saveforth I think there are multiple because of the mentioned timestamp, where while the protagonist is running they come across multiple large shadowy figures when the lights turn on in one spot. The figures don’t really look like they would have any place if they weren’t Giants, and there’s more than one Giant-shaped figure. As for the exit, even if that was their main goal, I doubt that the Giant knows about their plan. He still wants to catch them, so leaving multiple routes open isn’t the best idea. If they didn’t want to go up the escalator for whatever reason, avoiding his trap, they would have a huge opportunity to escape and hide somewhere again if that route was open.

@saveforth

8 ай бұрын

@@thegoldenkitsune6863 that’s fair, it is true that the giants wouldn’t necessarily know that he knew the exit. Then again, the giant was waiting at the escalator to cut him off, which could be a sign that he knows, but that’s not definitive. So you do make a fair point. I think it boils down to: A. I don’t know why there would be multiple, especially since we only see one mask made in the other video. And B. I think the video is too blurry to make out multiple. But maybe that’s just my poor eyesight, I’ve paused it but personally fail to see more giants. Once again, could really go either way imo.

I love when the thing starts moving, pulling the weeping angle trick, it doesn’t do it for very long, only *just* long enough for you to get used to the rule before subverting it immediately.

@HogBurger

7 ай бұрын

It’s a trickster. It made it seem like it can only move when not being observed, but breaks that rule. It establishes the idea that it can’t go up an escalator, but it breaks that too. It establishes the idea that it needs rollers, but, of course, it breaks that too.

@tewkie7955

7 ай бұрын

@@HogBurgeri wonder what els its established🤔, i think there is defiantly more then one

@veteranpg3d156

7 ай бұрын

@@HogBurger And at first it doesn’t move at all

@artimus4198

7 ай бұрын

@@veteranpg3d156good point it’s first introduction we don’t even realize it’s a creature it’s just a set piece

Nowadays its hard for me to sit still and watch a 10 minute vdieo, let alone a 46 minute one, and not want to multi task something, amazing job i couldnt look away 🙌🙌🙌

My therapist: "PlayStation 1 Hagrid isn't real, he cant hurt you." PlayStation 1 Hagrid:

The way the giant moves is absolutely terrifying. Something about it’s lack of any movement other than, of course, rolling, makes it completely horrifying to see. That, and it’s just overall uncanny-ness

@uppast420am

8 ай бұрын

he's just like a dolik fr

@Senteza

8 ай бұрын

and he's actually never been relying on the rollers

@schizoidmeme5470

7 ай бұрын

@@Senteza ? Are you talking about when it rode the escalator?

I think one of the reasons this is so terrifying is that it is structured kinda similar to a nightmare. Time, physics, geometry etc. work as normal... until they don't. And suddenly a doorway isn't where it was before, or a new doorway is where a solid wall used to be, and a thing chases you endlessly and should catch you but doesn't quite... or even just the whole idea of a deserted shopping mall that's supposed to be on the surface somewhere in Dallas Texas, being instead buried about a thousand feet underground in some random part of... somewhere in America. All of these things remind us of nightmares that we have all had at one time or another.

@Razumen

6 ай бұрын

Definitely lots of dream logic here, like the weird entrance, to the normal exits simply not existing and the other remaining exit being in the most illogical and hard to reach location possible.

@petertench-zw2ti

6 ай бұрын

@@RazumenYeah, this is inspired by House of Leaves for sure

@Morrisseys7thFriend

6 ай бұрын

I've definitely had nightmares about being trapped in a maze of a building where all the rooms are constantly changing.

@LtSprinkulz

6 ай бұрын

Yeah it made me feel like I was asleep that's for sure.

@-Seek-17

6 ай бұрын

As someone who had a nightmare about this exact thing an hour ago. I agree 100% being chased by that thing is terrifying I was absolutely mortified😂

This is nuts! These videos just keep getting more amazing. And more freaky! This was still made in blender? Wow!

I love your stories Kane, thank you

I remember being an apprentice about 12 years ago at a manufacturing company. I was in the maintenance team, and the company had just expanded by buying a neighbouring building that used to belong to a different company. It was a large multi-story building with the exact aesthetic of these old liminal spaces. Lots of abandoned office space, old carpets, beige walls, ceiling tiles and buzzing tube lights. Often times it was just me and my mentor in there, inspecting the electrical installations and getting the place ready. We'd go and explore the emptied out offices. The place was largely emptied out, but sometimes we'd find desks with paperwork, or old cabinets, printers/computers left behind. It was such an eerie place, but I felt strangely drawn to it. I felt both uneasy and at peace there. I still think about it to this day. These videos really bring me back to that feeling.

@sheepethelegend902

8 ай бұрын

Wow, it's like when me and my buddy had the highschool gym to ourselves but on steroid

@the-potato-warrior

8 ай бұрын

I love finding abandoned papers and prints. It’s interesting to me to see stuff from the 50’s

the fact he could model an ENTIRE mall 1 to 1 is INSANE

@karamel3D

8 ай бұрын

look at the desc.

@Notpies

8 ай бұрын

The mall once Was real until It Was demolished

@Notpies

8 ай бұрын

Still many are still Made by kane

@NeverGonnaG

3 ай бұрын

To be honest, it’s not 1 to 1 a lot of furniture/decorations was removed + the only floor that was completely worked out was the first one. Anyway, it's a pretty amazing piece of work.

@TRCSWAY

2 ай бұрын

@@NeverGonnaGyeah by the elevator by amc where it says el Mercado on the wall in the real mall there’s no wall

I will surely be looking out for a new Kane pixels video. This is the best cgi I have ever viewed. This is movie-level cgi no joke

Im not that far in and I have almost never played or watched things of horror genre, but you are a master of horror, I'm so scared RN and I keep having to pause and look around to remind me that I'm not really there

I don't know what the overall story is, but honestly I like it that way. this to me is the magnum opus of liminal horror, no explanation, no cheap scares, and a character who is actually somewhat reasonable in their decision making. this is stellar work mate.

@MatchaTheVibeking

8 ай бұрын

He's reasonable, but that still doesnt save him :^) Terrifying.

@VikingTeddy

8 ай бұрын

I generally keep the volume down on creepy videos. But his quiet mumbling forced me to nakevut louder. I don't know if it was intentional, but having to crank up the volume made it so much worse.

@ohrliburli

8 ай бұрын

Ah yes, reasonable "Hey, I found this really creepy looking hole with a seemingly infinite staircase inside of it on someone else's private ground. I'm going to record myself going in there alone, without telling anyone about this location."

@-_XD

8 ай бұрын

@@ohrliburli😂😂😂

@starry3459

8 ай бұрын

@@ohrliburli you underestimate human curiosity, once he was there he made completely rational choices, and when things started to get weird (well weirder) he immediately tried to leave. As for the going down the stairs, in the video before he makes it to the shop that leads into the store before turning around, as far as he was concerned the only thing to be afraid of was the property owners. Even in a situation that doesn’t necessarily make sense, the default conclusion is never that a giant statue is going to crush you, or really anything paranormal to begin with. And especially when the monster does appear, he’s more cautious, and methodical about his trying to escape, and even uses blueprints to find an exit, something I don’t think even most people would’ve thought of. He was smart enough that had it not been for the steel beams breaking under him, he would’ve made it out completely unscathed.

The fact this is all made in Blender fucking boggles my mind. Absolutely amazing stuff Kane, you knocked it out of the park with this. I’m legit freaked out now this is horrifying.

@quandaledingle2107

8 ай бұрын

Or we could say knocked it out of backrooms with this

@jimmyhoke

8 ай бұрын

A lot of this was filmed in an abandonment mall 20 minutes from where I live.

@femboygaming1827

8 ай бұрын

this is all BLENDER?!

@femboygaming1827

8 ай бұрын

nevermind it's an abandoned mall

@pochoclo895

8 ай бұрын

the amount of realism you can achieve with dense meshes, image noise, realistic textures and camera shake is incredible, and the audio is very well done

Wow. Absolutely loved this! Great work.

This is wonderful. Congratulations!

I took a picture next to that puppet when it and the mall still existed. They just had it placed in random parts of the mall during the art shows and people would move it around. It was ridiculous how unnerving it was both close up and from far away. I never thought I'd see it again, I couldn't believe it when I saw the thumbnail. I guess I and everyone else who was there in that moment in time are the perfect audience. Where a liminal space isn't just familiar, but may as well be a one-to-one recreation of a memory of a place that once actually existed but no longer does, as if from a dream, or in this case, a nightmare. The ideal liminal horror. That's honestly what I believe "the backrooms" should be as a concept, a place in between the cracks of space and time where all the forgotten places and memories of mankind come to founder, sinking to the bottom of reality. The way they manifest being an accumulation, or really amalgamation, of the memories of those who once inhabited these now sunken places, absorbed into the very foundation of each space. An extra-hyparxic time capsule, captured in layered moments where time itself seems to be in a constant state of collision as much as it is at a standstill. Purely ineffable and unpredictable in nature. Equally as terrifying as it is beautiful and nostalgic.

@MDProductions5772

8 ай бұрын

are you telling me that the whole mall was actually a real place?! That adds a whole new level to this! incredible!

@ConnerAnderson

8 ай бұрын

@@MDProductions5772 He clearly used a lot of good source photos / footage. I've been to that mall many dozens of times, and the way he portrayed it is extremely recognizable.

@justifan

8 ай бұрын

I thought of the Backrooms as something very similar: a physical manifestation of the collective subconscious of all 6 billion people on the planet. Whereas the seeming strange, irrational, and illogical appearance of much of it is just the same manner as our dreams would be. There may be a logical reason for all of its actuality, but it is subsumed within the conflicting thoughts and emotions of everyone everywhere. A lone pillar, strangely colored walls, conflicting materials, themed areas going on for miles may mean something, but it is like trying to describe a fading memory after waking up from sleep. It may be logical and have meaning to someone somewhere, but heck if the people there can figure it out.

@alexisw6764

8 ай бұрын

Yes a real mall. It remained open with a few stores until earlier this year and was only torn down less than 6 months ago.

@MM-jf1me

8 ай бұрын

Beautiful comment, SodiumVaporDreams. This video had me caught up in its suspense all on its own -- I can't imagine how mind-boggling this video is to those of you who were familiar with this location and that creepy giant art exhibit!

I once snuck into the Valley View Center mall in Dallas to explore it with some old friends. Watching this was so unsettling cause it felt so uncannily familiar but I couldn’t place it. Finding out it was in fact based on the demolished mall and that this really was a place I remembered sent actual shivers throughout my body. It’s as if Kane found a way to bring a nightmare to life and weaponized my own memories against me. This a sense of true fear that I have not felt in awhile. This is an actual masterpiece of horror and I’m going to be thinking about this for a very long time. Excellent work my dude, but also ain’t no way I’m sleeping tonight after this. (Edit: also for those who keep mentioning it ik the giant was also real but I never saw it in person when I was there or at least I don’t remember it. Nonetheless it’s a terrifying design and learning about its history only made it more enjoyable)

@avacrews1347

8 ай бұрын

Dude, exact same experience. The moment I saw “Dallas” on the mall signs my heart stopped for real.

@Tsutsu5

8 ай бұрын

i sent this to my boys the second i read valley view, whats funny is that in the video before this when he was just showing us the mall from the outside i thought to myself "this shit reminds me of the mall... only for it actually to be the fucking mall !! kane was extremely accurate because i recall roaming the same halls towards the amc and the back of the mall in the first floor which was the sketchiest part of the mall for us, there was 100% something/ one there

@FellowTarnish

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree. I’m from Dallas. I been there. When I seen Valley View Mall & Dallas. The hairs on the back of my neck stood the fuck up.

@georgeclinton4524

8 ай бұрын

lol that's why after he finds the stairs collapsed my heart was racing the whole time and I had shivers. I've been in that mall several times as a child when visiting the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.

@jc_art_

8 ай бұрын

I am currently in dfw, and though ive never visited this mall, i will say i find it hilarious that i actually spent a bit of last and this episode wondering where it takes place, then several minutes later i see dallas texas on the signs and im like, "well not only was i completely wrong, i was as far off as i could be and its actually like not far away at all"

This was the best horror I’ve ever seen, if this is fake, HOW DID HE DO THIS, the scream, how the end casually get destroyed, and the rolling giant, THAT LITERALLY IT’S PLAYING WITH YOU. First he moves only if you watch it, then it says, fuck this shit, I’m done with games, and starts following him, then when the guy goes on the ladders the monster makes as it can’t go up, but at the next time CASUALLY GOES UP, and (thing that I already knew without watching it all) the monster goes away with probably saying “nah, he will die.” AND THE SCREAM IT’S FANTASTIC. Very good horror, 10/10

The quality of this video always blows my mind

*Fun Fact:* The statue and the mall itself is based on an actual mall in Dallas, Texas called "Valley View Mall" and the statue is one of the art projects from a local school donated to the mall for decoration. Sadly, the mall went down hill over the years and finally got demolished on May 2023. I never went to that mall, but Kane must have gotten many Dallas folks nostalgic on just looking on the CGI recreation of what Valley View Mall looked like. Another interesting fact is that the statue is based on Julien Reverchon, a French Botanist and has a park named after him in Dallas called Reverchon Park. Here is a video to see what it looked like: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aqCho6qTk9PdqJM.htmlsi=mY_u0U9ndzxWvO2P

@jwalster9412

8 ай бұрын

I was going to Google the location myself and see if it was an actual place in Dallas, but I got side tracked. Glad to hear someone got around to it and it actually existed. Sad it's gone

@glamax1393

8 ай бұрын

Am i the only one to think he looks like moist critical?

@BeastRedAsh

8 ай бұрын

@@glamax1393 Lmao, now I can't unsee that XD

@I_Am_Lt_Surge

8 ай бұрын

I wondered why it was so eerily familiar

@Corgblam

8 ай бұрын

I grew up in Texas. I have actually been to that mall. I was having extreme cases of deja vu while watching this and it made it so much creepier.

That monster was *terrifyingly* well done. The payoff of seeing it stare down the protagonist near the end was absolutely perfect, that haunting realization that the whole time it was not only toying with him, but that it was keenly aware of how the human mind worked, what they feared and what they would *think* would stop such a creature.

@ZyxieRumor

8 ай бұрын

You'd be surprised that the monster is actually based on an actual statue, and the mall itself is a real mall from Dallas, Texas, called Valley View Mall.

@jukinnovo

8 ай бұрын

​​@@ZyxieRumorwhats the statue called

@adrianpadilla7545

8 ай бұрын

@@jukinnovo it's a sculpture based on a botanist named Julien Reverchon

@adrianpadilla7545

8 ай бұрын

My heart sank at the end when we get to see it use the staircase

@jukinnovo

8 ай бұрын

@@adrianpadilla7545 ah i see

I like how you made the valley view logo representing the underground mall. So many awesome subtle details. Just wow.

@wevsitekilo9072

Ай бұрын

Nevermind lol thats the real logo. Worked out well 🤣

45:16 seeing him find the exit just to fall to his death is terrifying

Fun fact: If one pays closer attention to the video, they may soon realise that the whole video works as an evolution timeline of the Valley View Center. The beginning half shows the mall being constructed for the first time between the years 1965 and 1973. Once Wyatt first comes across the center area of the mall (all lighted-up and music playing), it signals the time in the 1980s, when the mall flourished and further expanded. However, the mall wasn't without its financial problems, which began to surface in the 1990s, (this being referred to by the entrance getting collapsed and the arrival of The Giant). After losing 'Giant and finding his way to the construction plans of the mall, it might refer to the aftermath crisis and the quick rebranding of the mall in 2004. However, it still wasn't enough to make the mall popular again as many of the stores and venues began to close their doors by early 2022, (this being signaled by Wyatt coming across the otherwise hope-giving bluish, but barely-lighted section of the center and the 2nd arrival of The Giant). After the mall begins to collapse rapidly, Wyatt tries his best to make it out alive of the mall, but ends up failing, (this signaling the day of February 11th, 2023, when the mall suddenly caught fire and was later demolished completely 3 months later. The cause of the fire is still being investigated to this day).

@milanvandenbruane6227

8 ай бұрын

Underrated comment

@MrNotSpecified01

8 ай бұрын

That's not a fact, that's your interpretation...

@TheMainElivx

8 ай бұрын

@@MrNotSpecified01 In that case, I'd say that it's more of a fact in a fact than an interpretation. :)

@Contactdecline

8 ай бұрын

I’m guessing an arsonist or somebody broke into the mall while it was near its end and either threw a Molotov, lit a flammable part of the mall on fire or electrical failure happened and something caught fire because of it.

@ghastlygavin

8 ай бұрын

So I'm guessing this mall's going through some kind of time loop

I love that slowly as the mall is revealed you start to notice all of the shops Wyatt goes into aren't stores at all. They're all construction sites, receptionist lobbies, and offices. Things you wouldn't expect malls. Well maybe you'll find construction.

@Pogueconductor

8 ай бұрын

Before the mall was closed down and torn down they tried to turn it into offices

@pietrayday9915

8 ай бұрын

And art galleries. Lots and lots of art galleries.

@samdaniels2

8 ай бұрын

They did have a Subway tbf.

@stargazerbird

8 ай бұрын

I live in Singapore where there are so many malls. The older ones that will soon be demolished are part deserted and the remaining shops are all odd ones like crystal shops, loads of small beauty services and enthusiasts selling vinyl . There is one coffee shop which is really just for the shop keepers. You are often alone riding the narrow escalators. They can feel a little uncanny. Luckily no papier-mâché monsters. Although the lions for the lion dances would make a good one.

@AngryGoats555

8 ай бұрын

And then they buried it a mile underground lol

The absolute terror I felt when I saw the stairs had collapsed! Very well done!!

It looks so real. Everything is so well made, good job!

The Giant isn't a monster that's out of control. It's BEYOND control. Any semblance of hope in the situation gets snuffed out, just beyond Wyatt's reach, and that's what makes it both compelling and terrifying. Now that I think about it, it's actually quite rare that you get to see so much of a monster in a horror film like this and the film remains scary after the initial reveal. I really like Kane's vision and I can't wait for more content from him.

@chaosinsurgency6636

8 ай бұрын

Skinamarink is one

@Bluestone775

8 ай бұрын

Bro got snuffed out

Kane is a genius. With so few tricks he manages to create an incredibly intense haunting atmosphere.

@OysterWard

8 ай бұрын

way to explain the obvious

@AltKaxREAL

8 ай бұрын

​@@OysterWard not trying to be mean but, what else can we say? there's so much we could appreciate him for

@bruhbruhson8864

8 ай бұрын

@@OysterWardCuck 🫵

@something7836

8 ай бұрын

@@AltKaxREAL There is always the option of saying nothing at all.

@basic6735

8 ай бұрын

@@something7836 This is a comment section, people can say whatever they want, regardless if you like it or not

This is easily one of my favorite films. Very well done.