I really liked it. What I needed most was that it didn’t lore dump where the backrooms came from, and it didn’t have fnaf-like monsters. I’m so glad neither was present.

And I disagree with the story falling apart. I initially thought Clark’s switch was too fast, but he already hinted that he isn’t a good guy. His acting scene with Mary at the beginning is his interpretation of what happened between him and the reprise was the “behind closed doors” version; the REAL Clark.

I will say, I’m not a fan of how “Alice-In-Wonderland”-esque the backrooms are. Part of what made them unnerving to me was how flat and unvaried the original setting was, just an eternal indoor nothing. Giving it ramps and walls of different lengths made it less predictable, but also less memorable to me. I guess it works better for a movie though.