for all the people feeling scared, sometimes what helps me is thinking of it as someone’s passion project! The creators of these analog horror films must’ve put an incredible amount of work into bringing their vision to life, and just picture all the actors they needed to recruit for it! idk but thinking of it as a creative project made out of love for the genre helps me to not pee my pants at night and view it as real
Exactly! It's their art. And the fact that people are so afraid of it is the best compliment for a horror film maker. ❤ (I say this as a horror artist XD)
This is one of the reasons I love horror so much. These are people who are making something and making you feel these strong emotions. I don’t get scared anymore, because fear is not something to be afraid of
I love the ending, leaving off with the Mandela catalog "I you see anyone identical to you, run" and then having a blavk screen, so the only thing that is left is your reflection
I always thought it was a metaphor for prescription drug addiction which it still may be but I more recently discovered that anti hestimines are a delrient if you take enough of them
@@tennenyt5311 It's talking about drug abuse, addiction, as well as talking about those "mood enhancement" drugs that would be presented as replacements for actual drugs for mental health that weren't covered by the FDA that would cause people to get worse than get better. It also touches on the benadryl trips, but it all of that mixed in one messed up "commercial." Two fun facts, the "Unedited Footage of a Bear" naming is referencing her psychosis and episodes afterwards, and the 2 people playing Donna ('Normal' Donna and 'Drugged' Donna) are both Addiction Psychologists that specialize in what the "commercial" is trying to portray.
Psychological horror - fear of losing yourself Body horror - fear of losing control/being trapped in a physical hell Cosmic horror - fear of the unknown Analog horror - finding fear in the familiar
Yeah this really confused me, along with in what universe Unedited Footage of a Bear is considered "analog horror." Or the barely coherent sentence "you noticed it, but she doesn't seem to be" at 6:26. Gives me this weird feeling like AI wrote the script or something
One subgenre I know in analog horror is called "EAS scenarios". Remember those old tornado warnings with the simple screen and text, the robotic voice, the weird siren at the start and end? Well what if, some of these weren't just tornado warnings or amber alerts? What if they were something more sinister?
yeah, i watch quite alot of EAS scenario but now they just feel the same copy pasted entity. "omg look some random bs entity, stay in your home and dont try to fight these son of a gun"
Those EAS warnings used to scare the shit out of me as a little kid. In 2000-2001, when I was 5-6 years old, the warning chimes combined with the low-quality TTS voice that sounded echoey and was partially muffled by strange hums and noises in the background used to give me nightmares. I was never scared of ghosts or monsters as a kid. I didn't believe in any of that. But severe weather? People trying to break + enter to hurt us? That used to scare me a lot.
I remember watching Mandela catalog (my first analog horror) and I literally wasn't able to sleep properly after I watched it. Analog horrors makes you sit and just forced to watch every single event that happens, making you feel like you are the one that is experiencing all of it. The best thing about this kind of horror genre is that it doesn't have to be high quality to give you nightmares.
If we’re counting found footage as analog horror; then my first was The Blare Witch Project. It may not have been everyone’s cup of tea, but along with Sissy Spacek’s performance of Carrie, it’s peak horror for me. But if we’re not counting that, then….the Walten Files and Liminal Land. Those two freak me the fuck out because of how scary their sound design is. Whenever I’m alone at night after watching TWF, I can literally hear Shaa calling out “Am I still beautiful to you, SophIIIIIIIEE-“ Shivers and I won’t sleep for the rest of the night
While analog horror doesn't really scare me all that much nowadays, one video that used to unnerve me so much was Local58's "You Are On The Fastest Route Available". The concept of your GPS getting hacked and rerouting/taking you to a place that you REALLY shouldn't be is really concerning to think about.
That's one of the only ones I simply cannot watch, and I'm glad someone else agrees. There's something about that video that's just so unnerving I can hardly even think about it without tearing up and feeling icky.
Have you seen Real Sleep? It's also a Local 58 video, and supposedly it uses actual audio/visual tricks that can (temporarily!) do something to your facial recognition that leads to a higher risk of nightmares. flashed face distortion effect. I don't understand the science behind it very well, but it seems to work considering I've never seen more comments on a video claiming that it gave them nightmares + my boyfriend tried it (I'm too scared) and can confirm! (he got bonus nightmare content because we'd binged the Mandela catalogue the same day and that also leaked into his dreams lmao) Worth noting: Again, if this does do anything to anyone, it's temporary, and you have to actually follow the instructions that appear on the screen for it to do anything!
local58 was the first analog horror series I ever saw and it’s still the scariest to me (although the Mandela catalogue is a very very close 2nd). just thinking about the contingency message makes me so uneasy 🥴 the idea of a mass suicide is so creepy, and the idea of whatever could be SO bad that an entire country’s citizens kill themselves is even creepier
Some of my favourites are EAS scenarios, where its just reasonable enough that its not obviously ridiculous, and also vague enough that it can make you afraid of your own room.
I think my favorite analog horror was that Red Lobster commercial where the woman is trapped and it just keeps degrading and it ends up being a metaphor for alcoholism.
Analog horror, in my opinion, portrays the uncanny valley better than any other genre (even body horror). Maybe that's why the backrooms seem least scary
I can handle it barely. Its literally almost impossible for me to watch. It scares me more than psychological horror. Its like an evolved version of creepypastas. edit : im famous
Oh yeah, internet horror has become beyond just creepy stories now. Even the creepy stories are getting good. I feel like Unfiction/ARGs are the successors of OG creepypastas.
What tends to get me about analogue horror is not only the constant noise in the background, but the noise in the visuals as well. When things are dimly lit its all staticky and you swear you see something or dont see something, it messes with your brain. As they say the imagination is more horrifying than anything you can put on the screen.
For me, the most unsettling part of The Kid and the Camera is the Kipsneed appearing in the real life photos. It’s so hard to put into words how unnatural it feels.
I discovered this genre in probably the worst and most terrifying way possible. I was watching scary animations and i fell asleep and literally woke up in the middle of the night to blood curdling screams but upon awakening it was silent and i realized my tv was in fact still on with a still image of a disturbing face staring directly at me morphing and glitching while the eyes pierced mine. I literally thought i was having a nightmare it felt so surreal and wrong. Tears immediately ran down my face and i couldn’t even fathom why i was stuck in fear before i frantically started looking for my remote and as i looked away from the screen the screams started again i really started to think shit was really happening to me i almost lost my shit.
@@funkierblum yeah, but there’s where it doesn’t matter. My alternate wouldn’t know what to do when I hit tf out of it. It would start shitting bricks. Like there is no way in hell I’m losing to myself. Ts isn’t happening
@@funkierblum well they can fuck around and find out bc imma be vicious as hell if it's a 1v1 against myself, like you going to beat me with my own hands?, nah man you're catching these
I forgot about the Adult Swim horror skits! They would come on at 3:45 am ( if I remember correctly) and lasted like 15 mins. The sketches ( like 2 Many Cooks) would seamlessly blend into the already surreal late night tv commercials, and it would sneak up on you. Then at 4am, King of the Hill came on like nothing strange had happened. It was so unsettling, and I loved it.
I love how at the end, he played the "if you see another person that look like you run away and hide" and he put on the black screen, so that you are looking at yourself, kind of like a mirror.
IM SO GLAD TO SEE THIS HOUSE HAS PEOPLE!!!! its imo one of the best analog horror ARGs. its so in depth, theres so much text, so much footage, so many layers to peel apart! its such a fun rabbit hole to go down.
The Walten Files was my first analog horror series and is by far my favorite. I always coke back to rewatching it around winter time and it always scares me to my core. It’s perfectly realistic and uncanny. It also has a deep message surrounding it involving family and children. The pure horror is unrivaled for me. Amazing introduction to an honestly terrifying yet beautiful genre.
The creepy thing about analog horror is that it feels like an urban legend as in it's so immersive that it takes you back to your childhood where you believed in all sorts of stuff. Unlike other types of horror where you are sort of detached from it, this one tricks your brain into thinking that it's real and it's happening to you and not some made up characters.
One I really loved was something like... I don't remember exactly what it was called, something like "My House Tour" or something like that. Basically starts as a tour of a traditional Japanese home that starts normal if slightly dark and dilapidated but ends up progressing into full on decay with bizarre and creepy things scattered about as well as a physically impossible layout. All set up as being a single shot from a handheld camera.
@@Rabbit-o-witz Could be this one: ua-cam.com/video/qWXnt2Z2D1E/v-deo.html fits the bill, and it's made by a relatively established Japanese horror youtuber
Shit I don't remember the name but I know Jacksepticeye watched it in one of his "Scariest Videos On The Internet" check out all the playlist, it's pretty cool and you'll find it there. Also, the transition of "Grandmother isn't here" to "Grandmother is here" scared the shit out of me
you know, i'd consider myself a pretty avid analog horror fan but i'd never seen the kid and the camera. i was very happy to watch something brand new and super well made. thanks for bringing it to my attention. so love the rush of analog horror in recent years, i was around during the active posting of marble hornets and i have absolutely adored all of the wonderful freaky ideas that have come from all of these creative minds as time has passed. truly some of the best horror out there.
One movie that people have bashed on a lot but it truly left me terrified like no other was Skinamarink. It is very plain visually but I think thats why it is so scary for me. It sets the stage and lets your imagination go crazy. It doesnt give enough definitive answers but it creates an atmosphere of tension unlike any other horror movie ive seen.
I have never felt more pure horror and terror watching a damn movie as I did while watching Skinamarink. It was so goddamn good and I have zero desire to watch it again.
skinamarink was terrifying and heartbreaking. it made not one but two of my friends cry and one of them is a big horror fan that usually handles that stuff very well
Analog horror makes me feel like a kid again. That helpless almost giddy, ticklish sensation in your sides and spine as you run towards the bed after turning off the light. Things like windows, air vents, a strange chair your grandma uses to own, all take on horrible shapes in the twilight of your periphery. That's analog horror: the usual, out of the corner of your eye in the dark.
Local58 in my opinion is definitely one of the reasons why there is a rise of the analog horror genre on youtube . I discovered it when i was 14 during a sleepover with a friend and it scared us so much we could barely sleep for the night lol
It's not one of the reasons it literally is the reason both MANDELA CATALOG and Gemini Home Entertainment have confirmed they were directly inspired by it and since they inspired much more simular series it could undisputedly be called the rise of analog horror on youtube
A lot of Local58 was just trash, not scary at all and trying too hard. But there were some entries in Local58 that were great and very scary. The one with the GPS being hacked is a good example.
That part with the faces was traumatizing, it scared me so much I was literally shaking like a cartoon character, and the worse part was I was watching someone else react to it, and when it came to that part, the person reacting to it said to look away, but I didn't
@@zombieoutbreakprod Oh that makes sense. Candle Cove came so close to getting it right but jumped the shark with "the Skintaker" and made the story so lame. Same as Local58.
My horror? ANALOG My spaces? LIMINAL My angels? BIBLICALLY ACCURATE My anime? MATURE My sims? IMMERSIVE My cities? WALKABLE My life? VAN My emo? MIDWESTERN My portrayal of mental illness in film? REALISTIC My burgers? NOTHING
I think part of what makes analog horror so scary is how it can break the 4th wall unlike any other genre can. With most horror genres, you’re watching the spooky stuff happen to other people, but with analog horror, *you’re* the one the spooky stuff is happening to, even if it’s just images on a screen
@@matthewjones39it’s like instead of watching a movie of terrifying things happen to other people, analog horror makes it feel almost as if you are the one experiencing a horrible thing. Like imagine waking up in the middle of the night and your tv is just randomly playing an analog horror film. That feeling of dread you would feel is what watching an analog horror is. You start to wonder wtf your actually looking at and it drives your fears to overwhelming points.
ii dunno if you were born in the 90, but if it's the case it's also why it is so terryfing, it personnaly reminds me of a time when i was watching TV, VHS tapes, and it's eerie, like you subconscious relate so much of those videos from your childhood, but everything looks so alterate/distorted.
This House Has People In It (the entire version, not just the short movie) is probably the best piece of "analog" horror that i've seen. And probably the only one that managed to go beyond the passion for analog horror and actually managed to scare me a little
DUDE YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW TERRIFIED I WAS WHEN I FIRST SAW THE CLARIDRYL AD, I SAW IT LIKE 6 YEARS AGO ON ADULT SWIM AND I'VE BEEN TRAUMATIZED EVER SINCE
As a huge fan of the Mandela catalogue, the main storyline of all the characters is also just AMAZING, and as the world around them affects them it gets even more interesting. It’s just so well done, I love Alex Kister so much for the effort he’s put into the series. Recently he’s even been including live action into his longer episodes THEYRE PRECIOUS 😭❤
I remember being on acid watching adult swim and the undedited footage of a bear came on. I seriously thought I was tripping balls but I googled it the next morning and was relieved😅
Analog horror really gets me because i was always freaked out by tv static. I was sure someTHING would suddenly appear, and that it was already whispering to me under the white noise. There was also always something uncanny about old late night tv
Back when I was a kid staying at my grandparents' house they had this old CRT TV in the bedroom, which was powered off before we went to bed, of course. Yet occasionally, it would start emitting some pale green static and a low hum from the speakers. I told my grandma about it, and wasn't believed until she saw it herself. We both decided it'd probably be best to unplug it at that point, and so that's what happened. Nothing more happened after that, but to this day, I still don't have a theory as to how that thing got an image to the screen with no power.
the mandela catalogue was the first analog horror series ive ever seen, and i love it so much (if you couldn't already tell). It just makes you uneasy and the way the whole thing is set up (music, visuals, lore, etc.) is just amazing. I cant tell you how many times a chill has gone down my spine while i was watching it. The mix of body horror, phycological horror, and analog horror in that series is perfect, and i dont think ill ever get tired of it
same, tmc was my first analog horror experience! a lot of sleepless nights plagued me afterward, and i even had to sleep with the lights on in my room for some weeks. the story of adam and the alternates is so captivating while being able to make you feel fear on a molecular level.
Vita Carnis has actually been the best analog horror I've seen recently. The depictions are obviously drawn on notebook paper, but still is amazing in the digital aspect of documentation
My favorite analog horror has gotta be Gemini Home Entertainment. It takes the home cassette aesthetic and goes the long way with it, rarely pulling any cheap tricks or cliches. It’s easily the most polished Analog Horror series I’ve seen since Local 58 and it’s more recent uploads have been the stuff of our nightmare’s nightmares.
love seeing fellow Gemini enjoyer. I really loved the creators detailed world building and the cosmic horror was brilliant. Also the fact it has a fully functional game is crazy, such a great series.
In 8th grade, I wrote an analogue horror piece (for a very ver old teacher), and when he read it, he threw up. I wrote it about the gasses used in wars making peephole delusional and offing themselves. The gas made them see people as monsters (kinda like the Russian sleep experiments), but I felt proud, even if I made my teacher relive horrid memories.
I've loved analog horror since I found out about it, and unlike any other horror genre it continues to haunt me to this day. The scariest I've ever watched was Mandela Catalogue, and I almost made it through but i got too scared and had to stop 💀
For me, it's Vita Carnis. Gotta be the scariest thing I've ever seen. Just the idea that those monsters exist (even if they don't), and hunt us specifically, gives me chills.
Yeah, but when you watch it enough, it doesn't scare you. I for one have not been scared by it in a while. Just having to wait for the next season is horrifying enough.
somehow analog horror, uncanny valley and liminal spaces brings me similar feelings I have when I lucid dream, it's so similar to places ive seen in my dreams it's weird
Shame that 99% of analogue horror is just either fake safety videos saying things like 'Don't look in the mirror or the poopbutt man will take your balls' or grainy fake found footage of a stupid photoshopped face jump scaring you
Bcuz that was the succesful formula and everyone copying it. The reasons why mandela catalogue and local 67 was so successful, its because they are the early analog horror that done the formula right.
doctor nowhere is a newer creator coming out of the woodworks who does some really unique stuff imo. draxxom is a little lesser known (on youtube, anyway) and also has some similar stuff! really reviving the analogue horror genre
Brief addition for those just discovering these works for the first time, "Unedited Footage of a Bear" and "This House Has People In It" were actually both made by the same art/comedy group, Wham City! They have another scary-weird series called "The Mirror" about a cult and its odd behaviors and doctrine, and did a series called "The Cry of Mann" for adult swim where viewers could call in, talk to the characters and influence the story!
I've been looking for the unedited footage of a bear for years. It got to the point were I thought I just dreamt it. The chills that covered my body when she found her sweater. I swear Adult Swim aired that as an actual commercial years ago
6:46 I find it interesting that in the past, these sorts of things would be considered a metaphor or a clever interpretation of how we are our own worst enemies and that the true monster is us. But now, it's literally just "evil twin copy go kill kill".
Just shows that not everyone should be making art. Unedited Footage of a Bear is the epitome of style over substance. Neat idea, but they shit the bed with the execution.
THANK YOU for talking about Unedited Footage of a Bear and This House has People in it! I discovered them a long time ago and was so afraid for so long. They were the first analog horror projects I had ever seen. I considered them analog horror but never saw anyone mentioning them when talking about Local58 or Mandela Catalogue, which both terrified me as well. They deserve so much attention, they were so ahead of their time, and so insanely well put together.
Did you ever watch alantutorial? Or delve into the extra stuff for This House has People in it. Alan Resnick and Robbie Rackleff are doing an hour long movie called Dance Freak I believe, looking forward to it
This house has people in it and Unedited footage of a bear are actually from the same director, which explains how some details overlap, like people sinking into the floor. This House has an absurd amount of lore that isn't there in just the video. For both videos, if interested, Night Mind made fairly complete deep dives into it.
I feel like the reason analog horror is so terrifying is the similarities to childhood nightmares (at least for me). The sense of uneasiness and impending danger as opposed to a crazy person with a knife chasing you around really just gives me the feeling of a nightmare.
Analog Horror is something reawakened my fear of things like distortions of faces, uncanny valley, and just… so much. I can’t handle it and yet I come to watching more and more
Though I am a pretty tough nut to crack when it comes to analog horror pretty sure the only video/series I’ve actually been scared of is,”Vita Carnis” it feels so real and horrifying that it literally keeps me up at night.
I sometimes have these short phases where I watch analog horror videos, despite me being scared easily. Most recent one lasted relatively long, but ended right as I saw a video about this exact topic. The mimics were just terrifying and I couldn't watch beyond that one tape. First few days after watching it I felt this strange sensation whenever I had to go to the basement or any other dark room, like one was in the same room. Really effective at raising your anxiety
The analog horror piece that scared me the most looking back was “The Relocation Project” episode of the Walten Files. There were so many creepy moments for me specifically in that one: from Jack popping up all over Felix’s praise video, to the mechanic girl(I think her name is Ashley) being basically mutilated while her friends are in the building and we’re the only ones who hear her screams, to Banny’s whole little section with the mechanic from Bon’s Burger’s getting chased and being forced to suffocate and starve inside a robot, to finally the story behind Shaa and what happened to Rosemary. That episode was by far the most uncomfortable one for me, even compared to bunny farm. Billy the Clown listing off the names as Ashley starts to panic and shrieks in terror is peak horror sound design and no one can change my mind.
Ah yes, MarbleHornets/Marble Hornets getting onto this video! But, one of the main characters is called Jay Merrick, and not Josh and such, but anyway, The Operator ≠ The Slenderman, they're two different entities, but they could possibly be from the same species of course, but yeah Jay Merrick running away from The Operator, Alex Kralie, Hoodie-[helps Jay], Masky-[helps Jay], and TOTHEARK/ToTheArk-[helps Jay], and such is cool and I'm still really happy that you had included MarbleHornets/Marble Hornets! Edit: also The SlenderVerse/Slenderverse ≠ Creepypasta, even though it takes some aspects from it and such!
Awesome video! Bit of a nitpick but the main character in Marble Hornets is Jay, not Josh. Only noting because I was literally watching it every new entry when it came out, and am a big fan :D
What's so scary about analogue horror is how it feels personal and realistic. A lot of it takes place in familiar settings and environments, which are quickly turned into nightmares by uncanny faces and horrible imagery.
I didn't see it this mentioned, but Unedited Footage of a Bear and This House Has People In It are both made by the same creator, a guy named Alan Resnick. He's a fantastic visual artist, and if you found the works listed here interesting then I highly recommend his other works, such as AlanTutorial
I think the reason I enjoy horror so much is it offers a lot more than any other genre can offer. You usually won't ever see horror elements within a comedy, action, family, drama etc. but you can always see those elements within horror. It just adds a deeper layer to the viewing experience
this is why I LOVED the book house of leaves, it has such an analog horror-esque vibe in which you question if the events of the book are real and have actually happened. it also helps that there's so little information about the book's author. it makes you spiral and go down decades-old forums searching for answers about the book, but there never are any. still gives me nightmares years after reading it, and I never really get nightmares so 😀
Fuck I love Marble Hornets it’s just so good and feels real. Alex Kralie is just a realistic villain and I just know in that situation there would be people who could become him
I am an avid horror junkie, (been watching and reading horror content since before I was double digits) I also either listen to horror stories or watch ghost videos everyday before I go to sleep for the last half a decade. But analog horror/uncanny valley-esque horror videos and media, such as the I feel fantastic video, backrooms, etc. make me feel so uncomfortable I can not finish any of them. I can watch videos of cryptids, ghosts, creepy people or anything but watching these type of videos give me such an uneasy feeling I can not finish them. I’m not even “scared” it’s like watching a snuff movie, I’m not scared during the viewing but I just feel terribly uneasy watching it.
The first Boisvert episodes are basicly analog horror but now they became a bigger art project. But the first episodes are still very good piece of horror
I can't find stuff like the mandela catalog scary anymore because whenever I see their stretched out smiling faces I'm reminded of Jerma's "When the impostor is sus" face
Anolog horror, I love that even if there’s so many that uses the same thing of “it can get in your property and you won’t know, you can’t defend yourself” and still freaks me out every time.
local 58 is simply amazing. It's pretty famous, wendigoon covered it after I watched it, and so did matpat I think. the episode which includes the emergency alert actually left me shocked. I love it. 100% recommend
One thing about the first case, the claymation film, that wasn’t mentioned was the “stranger” convinced Kaylyn his parents would be mad at him for breaking in his camera, and emotionally manipulated him into having a “reason” to follow hi. All kaylyn wanted to do was keep his parents from being mad at him, but instead, his parents had to suffer the loss of their child and poor Kaylyn’s life was cut short. Psychological horror like this is truly scary because it’s extremely relatable; if I was in that kids shoes, I would’ve done the exact same thing and had the same fate. When you’re a kid, it’s more difficult to process the wide scope of the horrible things in the world… your parents opinion and emotion towards you is one of the most important things in your life. In the spirit of just trying to keep your parents happy, you’ve wound up with a story of tragedy and loss innocence. Truly terrifying.
Alan Resnick is one of the names that always sticks with me no matter how much time goes by. His creations are just so bizarre, and I feel like they helped to shape quite a few communities, horror or otherwise. If you liked "This House Has People in It" and/or "Unedited Footage of a Bear", then I highly recommend looking into his other works! I can't speak for his whole group, Wham City Comedy, but Alan himself definitely sticks out to me as a creator.
I'm right there with you. Usually, scary things would give me nightmares or make me unable to sleep. Analog horror, the Mandela Catalog in particular, made me afraid of broad daylight as well as the darkness.
Gemini Home Entertainment easily takes the cake as the most well developed and terrifying analog horror series i’ve ever watched. that shit shook me to the core
One of the most scary experiences i've had was in my old room, i would usually sleep in a side position and my vision would be locked into my guitar which was hanged on the wall. One day, i woke up randomly in the night and i saw the silhouette of my guitar. It looked like a person was standing in front of me, just staring. It was a absolutely frightening. When i woke up in the morning, i realized it was just my guitar.
The horror thst chills me the most is Kikuo's music beacsue it has such dark and metaporical lyrics with an absolutely awesome beat, making you completely addicted. Its also worse that you and/or so many others relate and find comfort in it. I love it so much.
Honestly Analog Horror has me playing Five Nights at Freddy's four in real life as I try to go down to my kitchen after watching it at night but I'm going to keep engaging with it. It's too good....
You leave the door open as you leave the room, carrying a flashlight. After much stress and a frightful excursion, you come back to the safety of your bedroom. The trouble is that there’s already somebody in it.
Oof. The beginning of “this house has people in it” with the daughter on the floor and the parents yelling and trying to drag her is wayyyy too real for me 😵💫 (at least in the past. things are better now luckily!)
The one that freaks me out more than anything else has got to be My House Walk-Through. Everything in it is so disgusting and run-down that even before anything officially "goes wrong" I've already been freaked out for minutes.
I think the unsettling thing about My House Walk-Through is the disconnect between the audience, and the narrator/camera operator. Right from the start, their casual commentary clashes with the unnerving atmosphere. Then, their comments start repeating, and you realise that they are walking in circles, choosing rooms to pass or enter seemingly at random, and wonder what could possibly be going through their head. As things get progressively worse, the narration **never** acknowledges it, and at the end, one is just left wondering who it was they had been following.
My two person favourite bits of analog horror are definitely Local 58 and Gemini Home Entertainment. There's something so nostalgic yet terrifying about both.
One of my favourite analog horror series is vita carnis. It is so well made with amazing puppetry and artworks. And also the realistic biological descriptions of how the creatures work and function with the ecosystem is so interesting. Highly reccomended
for all the people feeling scared, sometimes what helps me is thinking of it as someone’s passion project! The creators of these analog horror films must’ve put an incredible amount of work into bringing their vision to life, and just picture all the actors they needed to recruit for it! idk but thinking of it as a creative project made out of love for the genre helps me to not pee my pants at night and view it as real
Exactly! It's their art. And the fact that people are so afraid of it is the best compliment for a horror film maker. ❤ (I say this as a horror artist XD)
Wow this is an incredible and positive mindset. God bless you, good sir.
This is one of the reasons I love horror so much. These are people who are making something and making you feel these strong emotions. I don’t get scared anymore, because fear is not something to be afraid of
Analog horror is ruined for me, It is so non-scary, its funny.
also. the huge trope of stretching faces and eyes bore the hell out of me, its annoying.
I love the ending, leaving off with the Mandela catalog "I you see anyone identical to you, run" and then having a blavk screen, so the only thing that is left is your reflection
Oh my god that's genius, I've never noticed that before
That means you're watching it with the lights on, like a pus.
@@ねこ男の子 im watching it with the lights on because they were already on
Mf is too clever
@@ねこ男の子 whats wrong with that
8:21 it’s a combination of “Claritin” and “Benadryl”. Getting the joke helps with the horror aspect
I always thought it was a metaphor for prescription drug addiction which it still may be but I more recently discovered that anti hestimines are a delrient if you take enough of them
Ahhh, I just got that.
I thought it was just a typical drug name, symbolising the terrible impact and downward spiral of a drug addiction.
That’s called a portmanteau
🌈 the more you knowwwww 🌈
@@tennenyt5311 It's talking about drug abuse, addiction, as well as talking about those "mood enhancement" drugs that would be presented as replacements for actual drugs for mental health that weren't covered by the FDA that would cause people to get worse than get better. It also touches on the benadryl trips, but it all of that mixed in one messed up "commercial." Two fun facts, the "Unedited Footage of a Bear" naming is referencing her psychosis and episodes afterwards, and the 2 people playing Donna ('Normal' Donna and 'Drugged' Donna) are both Addiction Psychologists that specialize in what the "commercial" is trying to portray.
Psychological horror - fear of losing yourself
Body horror - fear of losing control/being trapped in a physical hell
Cosmic horror - fear of the unknown
Analog horror - finding fear in the familiar
What do you mean
This.. this deserves to be in the hall of fame of YT comments.
This has to be one of the best comments on YT
@@ThePersonWhoAsked69420 what do all these mean
@@amango8448 idk how to explain
3:41 What we hear is not footsteps but someone knocking on the window. That's why the kid goes to the window
yezs
Yeah this really confused me, along with in what universe Unedited Footage of a Bear is considered "analog horror." Or the barely coherent sentence "you noticed it, but she doesn't seem to be" at 6:26. Gives me this weird feeling like AI wrote the script or something
One subgenre I know in analog horror is called "EAS scenarios". Remember those old tornado warnings with the simple screen and text, the robotic voice, the weird siren at the start and end? Well what if, some of these weren't just tornado warnings or amber alerts? What if they were something more sinister?
omg id be so down to watch that
yeah, i watch quite alot of EAS scenario but now they just feel the same copy pasted entity. "omg look some random bs entity, stay in your home and dont try to fight these son of a gun"
@@verytuffcat Yeah, but there are a few bangers
Those EAS warnings used to scare the shit out of me as a little kid. In 2000-2001, when I was 5-6 years old, the warning chimes combined with the low-quality TTS voice that sounded echoey and was partially muffled by strange hums and noises in the background used to give me nightmares.
I was never scared of ghosts or monsters as a kid. I didn't believe in any of that. But severe weather? People trying to break + enter to hurt us? That used to scare me a lot.
there’s a lot like that in the scp community. hell, there’s even a whole channel about it. and its so cool and bizarre
I remember watching Mandela catalog (my first analog horror) and I literally wasn't able to sleep properly after I watched it. Analog horrors makes you sit and just forced to watch every single event that happens, making you feel like you are the one that is experiencing all of it. The best thing about this kind of horror genre is that it doesn't have to be high quality to give you nightmares.
That's kinda what the entire film medium attempts to do .. make you sit and watch everything 😂
Another analog horror is urban spook but it’s really messed up
Exactly. The found footage concept makes it feel so much more personal and i love it
If we’re counting found footage as analog horror; then my first was The Blare Witch Project. It may not have been everyone’s cup of tea, but along with Sissy Spacek’s performance of Carrie, it’s peak horror for me.
But if we’re not counting that, then….the Walten Files and Liminal Land. Those two freak me the fuck out because of how scary their sound design is.
Whenever I’m alone at night after watching TWF, I can literally hear Shaa calling out “Am I still beautiful to you, SophIIIIIIIEE-“
Shivers and I won’t sleep for the rest of the night
Mandela catalogue is tbh not scary at all in my opinion the faces look goofy asf
While analog horror doesn't really scare me all that much nowadays, one video that used to unnerve me so much was Local58's "You Are On The Fastest Route Available".
The concept of your GPS getting hacked and rerouting/taking you to a place that you REALLY shouldn't be is really concerning to think about.
That's one of the only ones I simply cannot watch, and I'm glad someone else agrees. There's something about that video that's just so unnerving I can hardly even think about it without tearing up and feeling icky.
Have you seen Real Sleep? It's also a Local 58 video, and supposedly it uses actual audio/visual tricks that can (temporarily!) do something to your facial recognition that leads to a higher risk of nightmares. flashed face distortion effect. I don't understand the science behind it very well, but it seems to work considering I've never seen more comments on a video claiming that it gave them nightmares + my boyfriend tried it (I'm too scared) and can confirm! (he got bonus nightmare content because we'd binged the Mandela catalogue the same day and that also leaked into his dreams lmao)
Worth noting: Again, if this does do anything to anyone, it's temporary, and you have to actually follow the instructions that appear on the screen for it to do anything!
Urban's spooks scared me the first time I watched it
local58 was the first analog horror series I ever saw and it’s still the scariest to me (although the Mandela catalogue is a very very close 2nd). just thinking about the contingency message makes me so uneasy 🥴 the idea of a mass suicide is so creepy, and the idea of whatever could be SO bad that an entire country’s citizens kill themselves is even creepier
local58 is the best anologue horror series OF ALL TIME
Some of my favourites are EAS scenarios, where its just reasonable enough that its not obviously ridiculous, and also vague enough that it can make you afraid of your own room.
The creature from the movie SMILE made me realize exactly how terrifying an actual alternate would look
Dude fr
For sure that movie really sucked but had undeniably great creature design
@@elusive-osmium yes
Personally, it reminds me of the mimics from Vita Carnis, with the bright red skin and everything
@@KemonoKonpeito I don't think that was skin, quite the opposite
I think my favorite analog horror was that Red Lobster commercial where the woman is trapped and it just keeps degrading and it ends up being a metaphor for alcoholism.
Can you send the link to that one?
@@jackpandora3160 It’s called ‘Great choice’ but I’m not sure what the link is
my friend showed me that a few weeks ago, it was actually really good but also creepy
my favorite is the dancing Micheal Jackson statue on the stairs
I absolutely fear being alone in the dark, in any kind of indoors. I feel the amount of fear you have for this bro
Analog horror, in my opinion, portrays the uncanny valley better than any other genre (even body horror). Maybe that's why the backrooms seem least scary
Analog doesn't scare me. I wish it did
@@shadowanimations__2110 you want a cookie?
@@nirvanaheights I want shit to scare me again.
@@shadowanimations__2110too many analog horror/eas content making the same repetitive boring shit.
When done well it can be really good
@@N-methyl1phenylpropan-2-amine The only good one I seen recently that isn't blatantly annoying, is the monument mythos
I can handle it barely. Its literally almost impossible for me to watch. It scares me more than psychological horror. Its like an evolved version of creepypastas.
edit : im famous
I can watch I just try to predict the shit that is gonna pop up but sometimes it's so hard to tell when it's coming lol
Oh yeah, internet horror has become beyond just creepy stories now. Even the creepy stories are getting good. I feel like Unfiction/ARGs are the successors of OG creepypastas.
I love horror
for some reason, i am captivated by it, yet it makes me very uncomfortable
It’s really not like an evolved version of creepypasta at all
What tends to get me about analogue horror is not only the constant noise in the background, but the noise in the visuals as well. When things are dimly lit its all staticky and you swear you see something or dont see something, it messes with your brain. As they say the imagination is more horrifying than anything you can put on the screen.
For me, the most unsettling part of The Kid and the Camera is the Kipsneed appearing in the real life photos. It’s so hard to put into words how unnatural it feels.
Blurring the line between reality and imagination is truly terrifying.
I think they wasted a huge opportunity to show a grotesque "real" photo of the Kipsneed.
Which part? i don’t see him
@@primordius777 It's not in this video, but it's on the original claymation towards the end.
@@Lynxez thanks for the information, not looking it up tho i gotta sleep
I discovered this genre in probably the worst and most terrifying way possible. I was watching scary animations and i fell asleep and literally woke up in the middle of the night to blood curdling screams but upon awakening it was silent and i realized my tv was in fact still on with a still image of a disturbing face staring directly at me morphing and glitching while the eyes pierced mine. I literally thought i was having a nightmare it felt so surreal and wrong. Tears immediately ran down my face and i couldn’t even fathom why i was stuck in fear before i frantically started looking for my remote and as i looked away from the screen the screams started again i really started to think shit was really happening to me i almost lost my shit.
that sucks dude hope u got over that trauma somewhat lol
what the hell were you watching for this to happen wtf
HELP HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE
bro just got alternate appear on his tv
Mandela Catalog is very well done in terms of Analog Horror so every so often if you know where to look you can find some good ones for FNaF as well.
7:20 bro, my alternate is getting absolutely slammed by me ina fight. Like no way im letting myself kick my ass.
😭🙏
Except alternates have superhuman strength and are extremely vicious
@@funkierblum yeah, but there’s where it doesn’t matter. My alternate wouldn’t know what to do when I hit tf out of it. It would start shitting bricks. Like there is no way in hell I’m losing to myself. Ts isn’t happening
@@funkierblum Nah I know myself, my alternate would be very stupid
@@funkierblum well they can fuck around and find out bc imma be vicious as hell if it's a 1v1 against myself, like you going to beat me with my own hands?, nah man you're catching these
I forgot about the Adult Swim horror skits! They would come on at 3:45 am ( if I remember correctly) and lasted like 15 mins. The sketches ( like 2 Many Cooks) would seamlessly blend into the already surreal late night tv commercials, and it would sneak up on you. Then at 4am, King of the Hill came on like nothing strange had happened. It was so unsettling, and I loved it.
Unedited footage of a bear fucked me all the way up
adult swim is elite
king of the hill will wash away any traumatizing experiences you may have.
Nostalgia
@@fluffysquirrel8385 ‘goddangit bobby"
I still think Gemini Home Entertainment was one of the scariest analog horror that I’ve watched.
god yeah it’s actually horrifying 😭 (love it to death tho)
Gemini is my favorite.
does the planet have balls? Is it a woman? We don’t know…
Is it a woman and have balls?
that’s what I think of when I watch it so it isn’t scary
@@5XOCYD These are the important questions we should all be asking ourselves.
@@RickAstley-qd8bn are we a woman that has balls?
I love how at the end, he played the "if you see another person that look like you run away and hide" and he put on the black screen, so that you are looking at yourself, kind of like a mirror.
You know it's bad when you can predict the scare and you still get scared shitless
What is the scare? Like a jumpscare?
Junji ito basically
@@_Yombo it's like a jumps care 👻
That's so true, sometimes it's so predictable but it still is unpredictable, you expect it at the moment you want to but it shows up in another moment
IM SO GLAD TO SEE THIS HOUSE HAS PEOPLE!!!! its imo one of the best analog horror ARGs. its so in depth, theres so much text, so much footage, so many layers to peel apart! its such a fun rabbit hole to go down.
I'm not trying to be one of those people but This House Has People In It is technically digital horror not analog horror
@@elusive-osmium true, but its often just bunched together as a general term yk?
I mean, the man literally used a Night Mind thumbnail in his video. It'd be a shame if they DIDN'T know about This House
Are you talking about the Adult Swim one called "This House Has People in it" ?
@@ShardstapoRotmg yep!
The Walten Files was my first analog horror series and is by far my favorite. I always coke back to rewatching it around winter time and it always scares me to my core. It’s perfectly realistic and uncanny. It also has a deep message surrounding it involving family and children. The pure horror is unrivaled for me. Amazing introduction to an honestly terrifying yet beautiful genre.
It was my first too, I still have to watch the most recent episode of it though.
Same here! It was the first one I watched all the way through instead of watching someone else’s video about what it was lol.
The creepy thing about analog horror is that it feels like an urban legend as in it's so immersive that it takes you back to your childhood where you believed in all sorts of stuff. Unlike other types of horror where you are sort of detached from it, this one tricks your brain into thinking that it's real and it's happening to you and not some made up characters.
One I really loved was something like... I don't remember exactly what it was called, something like "My House Tour" or something like that. Basically starts as a tour of a traditional Japanese home that starts normal if slightly dark and dilapidated but ends up progressing into full on decay with bizarre and creepy things scattered about as well as a physically impossible layout. All set up as being a single shot from a handheld camera.
that video fucked me up lmao, it was so uncomfortable
My house walk-through?
I want to know what that is. Did you remember the name?
@@Rabbit-o-witz Could be this one: ua-cam.com/video/qWXnt2Z2D1E/v-deo.html
fits the bill, and it's made by a relatively established Japanese horror youtuber
Shit I don't remember the name but I know Jacksepticeye watched it in one of his "Scariest Videos On The Internet" check out all the playlist, it's pretty cool and you'll find it there.
Also, the transition of "Grandmother isn't here" to "Grandmother is here" scared the shit out of me
For the record, Claridryl is a portmanteau of Claritin and Benadryl, two very well-known allergy meds.
Obviously.
@@sunbeamfactory5171 You say "obviously", when it was clearly not obvious to this video's creator.
@@sunbeamfactory5171 no it isnt, I didnt even realise that before @RealTeamTeamTeam said so
@@RealTeamTeamTeam While not obvious, it's not really hard to figure out with a minute or two of research.
@@Lanesra62905 And yet the maker of this video seemed not to have figured that out before posting this.
you know, i'd consider myself a pretty avid analog horror fan but i'd never seen the kid and the camera. i was very happy to watch something brand new and super well made. thanks for bringing it to my attention. so love the rush of analog horror in recent years, i was around during the active posting of marble hornets and i have absolutely adored all of the wonderful freaky ideas that have come from all of these creative minds as time has passed. truly some of the best horror out there.
One movie that people have bashed on a lot but it truly left me terrified like no other was Skinamarink. It is very plain visually but I think thats why it is so scary for me. It sets the stage and lets your imagination go crazy. It doesnt give enough definitive answers but it creates an atmosphere of tension unlike any other horror movie ive seen.
I'm right there with ya that movie had me sleeping with the lights on
That shit keeps you on edge for like 2 hours
I have never felt more pure horror and terror watching a damn movie as I did while watching Skinamarink. It was so goddamn good and I have zero desire to watch it again.
skinamarink was terrifying and heartbreaking. it made not one but two of my friends cry and one of them is a big horror fan that usually handles that stuff very well
I feel like not mentioning other backrooms creators or it's origins was a bit of missed opportunity. @@4Plus419
Analog horror makes me feel like a kid again. That helpless almost giddy, ticklish sensation in your sides and spine as you run towards the bed after turning off the light. Things like windows, air vents, a strange chair your grandma uses to own, all take on horrible shapes in the twilight of your periphery.
That's analog horror: the usual, out of the corner of your eye in the dark.
Analog horror makes me feel like I have schizophrenia, or like I'm losing my grip on what reality is.
me omw to check for the hundreth time if my closet has a mimic hidden in it:
i have schizophrenia and i can confirm analog horror sometimes triggers my symptoms
what grip?
what is reality?
@@ChaosEnthusiastwomp womp
Corny
Local58 in my opinion is definitely one of the reasons why there is a rise of the analog horror genre on youtube . I discovered it when i was 14 during a sleepover with a friend and it scared us so much we could barely sleep for the night lol
It's not one of the reasons it literally is the reason both MANDELA CATALOG and Gemini Home Entertainment have confirmed they were directly inspired by it and since they inspired much more simular series it could undisputedly be called the rise of analog horror on youtube
A lot of Local58 was just trash, not scary at all and trying too hard. But there were some entries in Local58 that were great and very scary. The one with the GPS being hacked is a good example.
Funfact, Local58 is made by the guy who created the original Candle Cove Pasta
That part with the faces was traumatizing, it scared me so much I was literally shaking like a cartoon character, and the worse part was I was watching someone else react to it, and when it came to that part, the person reacting to it said to look away, but I didn't
@@zombieoutbreakprod Oh that makes sense. Candle Cove came so close to getting it right but jumped the shark with "the Skintaker" and made the story so lame. Same as Local58.
My horror? ANALOG
My spaces? LIMINAL
My angels? BIBLICALLY ACCURATE
My anime? MATURE
My sims? IMMERSIVE
My cities? WALKABLE
My life? VAN
My emo? MIDWESTERN
My portrayal of mental illness in film? REALISTIC
My burgers? NOTHING
bruv what
Hotel? Trivago.
Hey I know this guy :D
Amen.
Heyo!
The Kid With The Camera is so freaky. The horror fan in me loves it but the ending is CHILLING
No it isn't
@@ridernikkolson6594everyone has their own opinion dummy
@@ridernikkolson6594 why
@@ridernikkolson6594 Fear is subjective I guess
notice how its only default profile pictures disagreeing
I think part of what makes analog horror so scary is how it can break the 4th wall unlike any other genre can. With most horror genres, you’re watching the spooky stuff happen to other people, but with analog horror, *you’re* the one the spooky stuff is happening to, even if it’s just images on a screen
What are you talking about?
@@matthewjones39it’s like instead of watching a movie of terrifying things happen to other people, analog horror makes it feel almost as if you are the one experiencing a horrible thing. Like imagine waking up in the middle of the night and your tv is just randomly playing an analog horror film. That feeling of dread you would feel is what watching an analog horror is. You start to wonder wtf your actually looking at and it drives your fears to overwhelming points.
ii dunno if you were born in the 90, but if it's the case it's also why it is so terryfing, it personnaly reminds me of a time when i was watching TV, VHS tapes, and it's eerie, like you subconscious relate so much of those videos from your childhood, but everything looks so alterate/distorted.
This House Has People In It (the entire version, not just the short movie) is probably the best piece of "analog" horror that i've seen. And probably the only one that managed to go beyond the passion for analog horror and actually managed to scare me a little
DUDE YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW TERRIFIED I WAS WHEN I FIRST SAW THE CLARIDRYL AD, I SAW IT LIKE 6 YEARS AGO ON ADULT SWIM AND I'VE BEEN TRAUMATIZED EVER SINCE
I thought it was hilarious, the show infomercials is gold
When the smiley thing in mandela catalouge said "your new friend is inside your home!" I almost killed myself.
succumbing to mad????
@@moss_fetttt yea almost, i wanted to hear it.
Nothing is worth the risk
@@Leon.K69 wdym
@@enderfrog313 nothing is worth the risk. Nothing is worth the risk. Nothing is worth the risk.
As a huge fan of the Mandela catalogue, the main storyline of all the characters is also just AMAZING, and as the world around them affects them it gets even more interesting. It’s just so well done, I love Alex Kister so much for the effort he’s put into the series. Recently he’s even been including live action into his longer episodes THEYRE PRECIOUS 😭❤
I remember being on acid watching adult swim and the undedited footage of a bear came on. I seriously thought I was tripping balls but I googled it the next morning and was relieved😅
the kid and the camera showed up on my recommended a little while ago, definitely some haunting shit. also great video, your channel is underated asf
Analog horror really gets me because i was always freaked out by tv static. I was sure someTHING would suddenly appear, and that it was already whispering to me under the white noise. There was also always something uncanny about old late night tv
Back when I was a kid staying at my grandparents' house they had this old CRT TV in the bedroom, which was powered off before we went to bed, of course.
Yet occasionally, it would start emitting some pale green static and a low hum from the speakers. I told my grandma about it, and wasn't believed until she saw it herself. We both decided it'd probably be best to unplug it at that point, and so that's what happened. Nothing more happened after that, but to this day, I still don't have a theory as to how that thing got an image to the screen with no power.
@@boxcarz Just because it was turned off doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't using any power, it was probably broken I'd say.
"The children under the house" is another good one. Can't get much more analogue than drawings and cassette tapes.
that one is really good
everything from that creator so far is good
I just went to see, it's really good wow
the mandela catalogue was the first analog horror series ive ever seen, and i love it so much (if you couldn't already tell). It just makes you uneasy and the way the whole thing is set up (music, visuals, lore, etc.) is just amazing. I cant tell you how many times a chill has gone down my spine while i was watching it. The mix of body horror, phycological horror, and analog horror in that series is perfect, and i dont think ill ever get tired of it
I can’t stand it if i see a snippet of a doppleganger i might get nightmares for 2 weeks straight
It makes me have a panic attack. But so I always skip that one
Same, and it’s probably my favorite.
same, tmc was my first analog horror experience! a lot of sleepless nights plagued me afterward, and i even had to sleep with the lights on in my room for some weeks. the story of adam and the alternates is so captivating while being able to make you feel fear on a molecular level.
Vita Carnis has actually been the best analog horror I've seen recently. The depictions are obviously drawn on notebook paper, but still is amazing in the digital aspect of documentation
i think the horror of analogue horror is that its too meta, it feels like YOU are in the horror movie watching the forbidden tape.
My favorite analog horror has gotta be Gemini Home Entertainment. It takes the home cassette aesthetic and goes the long way with it, rarely pulling any cheap tricks or cliches. It’s easily the most polished Analog Horror series I’ve seen since Local 58 and it’s more recent uploads have been the stuff of our nightmare’s nightmares.
Oh god, yes. It's actually so disturbing and I had to keep walking away from it
Yes GHE is S tier
love seeing fellow Gemini enjoyer. I really loved the creators detailed world building and the cosmic horror was brilliant. Also the fact it has a fully functional game is crazy, such a great series.
Ah yes, body horror.
Gemini Home Entertainment is the scariest thing I've ever seen.
In 8th grade, I wrote an analogue horror piece (for a very ver old teacher), and when he read it, he threw up. I wrote it about the gasses used in wars making peephole delusional and offing themselves. The gas made them see people as monsters (kinda like the Russian sleep experiments), but I felt proud, even if I made my teacher relive horrid memories.
I've loved analog horror since I found out about it, and unlike any other horror genre it continues to haunt me to this day. The scariest I've ever watched was Mandela Catalogue, and I almost made it through but i got too scared and had to stop 💀
For me, it's Vita Carnis. Gotta be the scariest thing I've ever seen. Just the idea that those monsters exist (even if they don't), and hunt us specifically, gives me chills.
i watched the video where the child and mother get eaten by the harvester at 1am while high and I don't think I've been able to sleep the same since
Yeah, but when you watch it enough, it doesn't scare you. I for one have not been scared by it in a while. Just having to wait for the next season is horrifying enough.
@@svetlanarebane I literally almost started crying to that video because of the screams and how bad I felt for the family
somehow analog horror, uncanny valley and liminal spaces brings me similar feelings I have when I lucid dream, it's so similar to places ive seen in my dreams it's weird
Shame that 99% of analogue horror is just either fake safety videos saying things like 'Don't look in the mirror or the poopbutt man will take your balls' or grainy fake found footage of a stupid photoshopped face jump scaring you
Poopbutt man stole my balls
Real
Bcuz that was the succesful formula and everyone copying it. The reasons why mandela catalogue and local 67 was so successful, its because they are the early analog horror that done the formula right.
@@cefrinaldi8060 local 67?
doctor nowhere is a newer creator coming out of the woodworks who does some really unique stuff imo. draxxom is a little lesser known (on youtube, anyway) and also has some similar stuff! really reviving the analogue horror genre
Brief addition for those just discovering these works for the first time, "Unedited Footage of a Bear" and "This House Has People In It" were actually both made by the same art/comedy group, Wham City! They have another scary-weird series called "The Mirror" about a cult and its odd behaviors and doctrine, and did a series called "The Cry of Mann" for adult swim where viewers could call in, talk to the characters and influence the story!
Alan Resnick had a hand in these projects and is the creator of AlanTutorial, which is a fantastic series.
I just started to get over the Mandela Catalogues and then this video pops up in my feed. Thanks a lot!
I've been looking for the unedited footage of a bear for years. It got to the point were I thought I just dreamt it. The chills that covered my body when she found her sweater. I swear Adult Swim aired that as an actual commercial years ago
they did! along with another resnick film: too many cooks. def recommend
6:46 I find it interesting that in the past, these sorts of things would be considered a metaphor or a clever interpretation of how we are our own worst enemies and that the true monster is us. But now, it's literally just "evil twin copy go kill kill".
ok
yeah art went to shit
The more subtle things are hidden under the more striking ones
Just shows that not everyone should be making art. Unedited Footage of a Bear is the epitome of style over substance. Neat idea, but they shit the bed with the execution.
@@YiddishDancingClown it's a shame how influential the adult swim "random/creepy/ trippy for the sake of it" ethos has been.
THANK YOU for talking about Unedited Footage of a Bear and This House has People in it! I discovered them a long time ago and was so afraid for so long. They were the first analog horror projects I had ever seen. I considered them analog horror but never saw anyone mentioning them when talking about Local58 or Mandela Catalogue, which both terrified me as well. They deserve so much attention, they were so ahead of their time, and so insanely well put together.
Did you ever watch alantutorial? Or delve into the extra stuff for This House has People in it. Alan Resnick and Robbie Rackleff are doing an hour long movie called Dance Freak I believe, looking forward to it
This house has people in it and Unedited footage of a bear are actually from the same director, which explains how some details overlap, like people sinking into the floor. This House has an absurd amount of lore that isn't there in just the video. For both videos, if interested, Night Mind made fairly complete deep dives into it.
I feel like the reason analog horror is so terrifying is the similarities to childhood nightmares (at least for me). The sense of uneasiness and impending danger as opposed to a crazy person with a knife chasing you around really just gives me the feeling of a nightmare.
Analog Horror is something reawakened my fear of things like distortions of faces, uncanny valley, and just… so much. I can’t handle it and yet I come to watching more and more
Though I am a pretty tough nut to crack when it comes to analog horror pretty sure the only video/series I’ve actually been scared of is,”Vita Carnis” it feels so real and horrifying that it literally keeps me up at night.
oh man i remember getting recommended that and brushing it off as another troll video what did i missss
@@ARCHIVED9610vita carnis. Living meat.
Feels very contrived for me.
I sometimes have these short phases where I watch analog horror videos, despite me being scared easily. Most recent one lasted relatively long, but ended right as I saw a video about this exact topic. The mimics were just terrifying and I couldn't watch beyond that one tape. First few days after watching it I felt this strange sensation whenever I had to go to the basement or any other dark room, like one was in the same room. Really effective at raising your anxiety
Bro was so scared he barely covered what his video was about 💀
The analog horror piece that scared me the most looking back was “The Relocation Project” episode of the Walten Files. There were so many creepy moments for me specifically in that one: from Jack popping up all over Felix’s praise video, to the mechanic girl(I think her name is Ashley) being basically mutilated while her friends are in the building and we’re the only ones who hear her screams, to Banny’s whole little section with the mechanic from Bon’s Burger’s getting chased and being forced to suffocate and starve inside a robot, to finally the story behind Shaa and what happened to Rosemary.
That episode was by far the most uncomfortable one for me, even compared to bunny farm. Billy the Clown listing off the names as Ashley starts to panic and shrieks in terror is peak horror sound design and no one can change my mind.
Marble Hornets was such an incredible series, followed it all the way through to the conclusion. Brilliant and iconic.
Ah yes, MarbleHornets/Marble Hornets getting onto this video! But, one of the main characters is called Jay Merrick, and not Josh and such, but anyway, The Operator ≠ The Slenderman, they're two different entities, but they could possibly be from the same species of course, but yeah Jay Merrick running away from The Operator, Alex Kralie, Hoodie-[helps Jay], Masky-[helps Jay], and TOTHEARK/ToTheArk-[helps Jay], and such is cool and I'm still really happy that you had included MarbleHornets/Marble Hornets!
Edit: also The SlenderVerse/Slenderverse ≠ Creepypasta, even though it takes some aspects from it and such!
Awesome video!
Bit of a nitpick but the main character in Marble Hornets is Jay, not Josh. Only noting because I was literally watching it every new entry when it came out, and am a big fan :D
9:26 I don’t know why but this reminds me of yet ANOTHER adult swim short called too many cooks
What's so scary about analogue horror is how it feels personal and realistic. A lot of it takes place in familiar settings and environments, which are quickly turned into nightmares by uncanny faces and horrible imagery.
I didn't see it this mentioned, but Unedited Footage of a Bear and This House Has People In It are both made by the same creator, a guy named Alan Resnick. He's a fantastic visual artist, and if you found the works listed here interesting then I highly recommend his other works, such as AlanTutorial
I think the reason I enjoy horror so much is it offers a lot more than any other genre can offer. You usually won't ever see horror elements within a comedy, action, family, drama etc. but you can always see those elements within horror. It just adds a deeper layer to the viewing experience
this is why I LOVED the book house of leaves, it has such an analog horror-esque vibe in which you question if the events of the book are real and have actually happened. it also helps that there's so little information about the book's author. it makes you spiral and go down decades-old forums searching for answers about the book, but there never are any. still gives me nightmares years after reading it, and I never really get nightmares so 😀
I'm not the type of guy who gets easily scared by fiction. But mandela catalogue left me in shivers. first time I got so unnerved by something.
Skinamarink is one of my fav movies. Despite it being 90% no dialogue it’s truly terrifying
Fuck I love Marble Hornets it’s just so good and feels real. Alex Kralie is just a realistic villain and I just know in that situation there would be people who could become him
I really like marble hornets too, happy to see someone whos seen it as I cant find many people who saw it :D
I am an avid horror junkie, (been watching and reading horror content since before I was double digits) I also either listen to horror stories or watch ghost videos everyday before I go to sleep for the last half a decade. But analog horror/uncanny valley-esque horror videos and media, such as the I feel fantastic video, backrooms, etc. make me feel so uncomfortable I can not finish any of them.
I can watch videos of cryptids, ghosts, creepy people or anything but watching these type of videos give me such an uneasy feeling I can not finish them. I’m not even “scared” it’s like watching a snuff movie, I’m not scared during the viewing but I just feel terribly uneasy watching it.
my sister and i binged the full marble hornets series together. it was fun
The first Boisvert episodes are basicly analog horror but now they became a bigger art project. But the first episodes are still very good piece of horror
going through such creepy films for a video is crazy this deserves a like and im subbing
I can't find stuff like the mandela catalog scary anymore because whenever I see their stretched out smiling faces I'm reminded of Jerma's "When the impostor is sus" face
The most scary horror is when it connects to the viewer, when it brings up details and such about them
Alan Resnick's work is what first brought me into the Analog Horror scene. I'm so glad other people are giving his films the credit they deserve!
Anolog horror, I love that even if there’s so many that uses the same thing of “it can get in your property and you won’t know, you can’t defend yourself” and still freaks me out every time.
local 58 is simply amazing. It's pretty famous, wendigoon covered it after I watched it, and so did matpat I think. the episode which includes the emergency alert actually left me shocked. I love it. 100% recommend
The mandela effect has stuck with me for over a year and its the most terrifying thing i have ever experienced. The series is phenomenal
gemini home entrainment is fucking terrifying
One thing about the first case, the claymation film, that wasn’t mentioned was the “stranger” convinced Kaylyn his parents would be mad at him for breaking in his camera, and emotionally manipulated him into having a “reason” to follow hi. All kaylyn wanted to do was keep his parents from being mad at him, but instead, his parents had to suffer the loss of their child and poor Kaylyn’s life was cut short. Psychological horror like this is truly scary because it’s extremely relatable; if I was in that kids shoes, I would’ve done the exact same thing and had the same fate. When you’re a kid, it’s more difficult to process the wide scope of the horrible things in the world… your parents opinion and emotion towards you is one of the most important things in your life. In the spirit of just trying to keep your parents happy, you’ve wound up with a story of tragedy and loss innocence. Truly terrifying.
Alan Resnick is one of the names that always sticks with me no matter how much time goes by. His creations are just so bizarre, and I feel like they helped to shape quite a few communities, horror or otherwise. If you liked "This House Has People in It" and/or "Unedited Footage of a Bear", then I highly recommend looking into his other works! I can't speak for his whole group, Wham City Comedy, but Alan himself definitely sticks out to me as a creator.
I'm right there with you. Usually, scary things would give me nightmares or make me unable to sleep. Analog horror, the Mandela Catalog in particular, made me afraid of broad daylight as well as the darkness.
Gemini Home Entertainment easily takes the cake as the most well developed and terrifying analog horror series i’ve ever watched. that shit shook me to the core
One of the most scary experiences i've had was in my old room, i would usually sleep in a side position and my vision would be locked into my guitar which was hanged on the wall. One day, i woke up randomly in the night and i saw the silhouette of my guitar. It looked like a person was standing in front of me, just staring. It was a absolutely frightening. When i woke up in the morning, i realized it was just my guitar.
The horror thst chills me the most is Kikuo's music beacsue it has such dark and metaporical lyrics with an absolutely awesome beat, making you completely addicted. Its also worse that you and/or so many others relate and find comfort in it. I love it so much.
Honestly Analog Horror has me playing Five Nights at Freddy's four in real life as I try to go down to my kitchen after watching it at night but I'm going to keep engaging with it. It's too good....
You leave the door open as you leave the room, carrying a flashlight. After much stress and a frightful excursion, you come back to the safety of your bedroom. The trouble is that there’s already somebody in it.
@@TonyTheCarrot dam bro I just wanted to sleep tonight 😔👊
Watching analog horror gives the same feeling as switching the corridor light off and sprinting to your bed when you're a kid 😭
@@lapiecelazuli7803 This is actually the PERFECT description of the feeling. So true
@@TonyTheCarrot Omg who
Oof. The beginning of “this house has people in it” with the daughter on the floor and the parents yelling and trying to drag her is wayyyy too real for me 😵💫 (at least in the past. things are better now luckily!)
my favourite thing about analog horror is that it goes hand in hand with found footage! it makes it seem much more realistic :0
9:09 you know it's bad when your situation is an analog horror
Haha I don't relate to this at all. What neglect? Haha. What dysfunctional abusive family? Hahaha.
@@SixxWolfZxhope u doin okay
@@zuzu1524 thank you.
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The one that freaks me out more than anything else has got to be My House Walk-Through. Everything in it is so disgusting and run-down that even before anything officially "goes wrong" I've already been freaked out for minutes.
I think the unsettling thing about My House Walk-Through is the disconnect between the audience, and the narrator/camera operator. Right from the start, their casual commentary clashes with the unnerving atmosphere. Then, their comments start repeating, and you realise that they are walking in circles, choosing rooms to pass or enter seemingly at random, and wonder what could possibly be going through their head. As things get progressively worse, the narration **never** acknowledges it, and at the end, one is just left wondering who it was they had been following.
If you stare into the Void long enough, it doesn't stare back; you become the Void.
My two person favourite bits of analog horror are definitely Local 58 and Gemini Home Entertainment. There's something so nostalgic yet terrifying about both.
One of my favourite analog horror series is vita carnis. It is so well made with amazing puppetry and artworks. And also the realistic biological descriptions of how the creatures work and function with the ecosystem is so interesting. Highly reccomended
I think its called greylock. When two hands pear around a corner and then a face appears but its covered with a black square