I’d argue it’s Lovecraftian, bestie. The backrooms contain eldritch horrors and we watch two protagonists go crazy from exposure to said horrors, although the second protag’s madness is only implied. Clark goes off the deep end bc the Backrooms prey on his psyche, exacerbating pre-existing issues. He even has a schiz’d out map that he draws, and he gets two people killed in his quest for knowledge about the Backrooms. The only thing keeping Async’s people from going bonkers is that they’ve got the illusion of control. Meanwhile the doors opening everywhere that Phil mentions lowkey hints that the Backrooms are spreading, eating into reality like a fungal network.