Backrooms was… ok?

!!WARNING!! !!SPOILERS!! So… I watched Backrooms in theaters this Monday. It was… Ok? It is a short movie, just 1h 45m, and you notice because it leaves you with the feeling something is missing. I think some things were not properly developed. I wanted more screen time of the guy with the camera, they should have explored more together, it would have made things more interesting by the end. We should have had more time with Clark, exploring his character and his connection with the backrooms. I think the thing I disliked the most was the “monster”. The parallels between isolation/losing touch with reality and the Backrooms were good. The concept of getting stuck in a cycle: every path you take, even if different, is slightly familiar; You have been here before, you have done it before, but things don’t get better, they get worse and worse; The more you walk, the more the path swallows you. I really like this concept. But then the monster… The place being a parallel, a metaphor or…