AI-generated Backrooms horror resonates: Gen Z's scariest thing is a dead Circuit City
toddhooper · x · 2026-09-21
A quote-tweet on AI-generated Backrooms-style liminal horror: the author finds it fascinating that Gen Z's scariest imaginable scene is a shuttered Circuit City. The reposter says the viral AI Backrooms video left them feeling the same. It's a snapshot of how AI video generation taps a generation-specific horror aesthetic built on empty, dated commercial spaces.
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