Supernatural Intrusion

Lore & Background

It also describes 'Abandoned by Disney,' where a protagonist finds a Donald Duck head with a human skull inside a 'mascots only' room, and 'The Rake,' a creature resembling a naked man or hairless dog reported on four continents since 1691. The source notes that 'The Backrooms' expanded into a mythos with new levels and entities added by online writers over time, but it does not attribute these elements to an overarching A24 theme named 'Supernatural Intrusion.'

In Their Own Story

For instance, the story of 'Funland' centers on three friends visiting an abandoned amusement park where an animatronic dog comes to life and chases them. In 'The Expressionless,' set in June 1972 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a woman with a face like a mannequin massacres staff after being sedated. The story of 'Jeff the Killer' follows a teenager named Jeffrey Woods who disfigures himself and kills his family to become a serial killer. None of these stories are linked in the source to a collective A24 narrative called 'Supernatural Intrusion.'

Reader's Guide

It does mention that Kane Pixels expanded his 'Backrooms' lore with videos following a company named Async, and that his film adaptation began filming in Vancouver under the working title 'Effigy.' The text notes that 'The Midnight Game' was adapted into videogames, books, and movies, and that 'The Rake' received a poorly reviewed film release on Tubi and Amazon Prime in 2018. However, there is no information regarding A24's specific filmmaking techniques, pacing strategies, or tonal shifts related to the undefined concept of 'Supernatural Intrusion.'

Did You Know?

• The Backrooms story originated in 2019 on 4chan's /x/ board as a caption for a photo of a hallway with yellow carpets, which was later identified in May 2024 as a 2003 blog post about a HobbyTown renovation in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
• Kane Pixels' film adaptation of The Backrooms, titled 'Effigy,' began filming in the summer of 2025 and released on May 29, 2026, receiving an 88% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.
• The creepypasta 'Abandoned by Disney' was written by Slimebeast in 2012 and later adapted into a copyright-free ebook named Dandyland in 2018.
• Cartoon Cat and Siren Head were both created by Canadian horror artist Trevor Henderson, with Siren Head becoming particularly popular online in 2020.
• The earliest known account of The Rake dates back to a mariner's log from 1691.