Internet Horror

Internet Horror Series

I've been on the Internet since the late 2000s. Some of my most salient memories are of Internet horror. I lived in fear of randomly encountering the Jeff the Killer image. I believed to some degree that Slenderman was real and out to get me. I remember messaging a girl I liked about it and her panicking, rightfully. Internet horror has never been out of style, but right now we have access to more than ever before, with better tech and higher budgets. A lot of these are analog horror, but there's other kinds like digital horror in there too. I'm using the names of the accounts where you can find the rest of their work, rather than real names.

Local 58:
The original. I like Local 58 because you can show one video to freak out your friends and call it. The overarching story is there, but it's not as involved as some of the other entries on this list. You can ignore it, if you like. The videos work on their own. High production value, high nostalgia value. I think nostalgia is a key part of analog horror, and having the comforts of late-night TV turned against you is a feature here.

Gemini Home Entertainment:
The other original. On hold for now, as the creator's computer died. A story about bodysnatchers and rogue planet-eaters. My stance on cosmic horror is the "comprehending easily: Squid guy" tweet, but the body horror made me stay. The fan videos quarantine evaluation and infiltration by youngslaughterboy are great.

The Monument Mythos:
A series about the terrible things lying beneath American monuments. Refreshingly political, considering that the genre usually stays away from that. Figure-skates the line between comedy and horror. There aren't many conventional scares, but the premises, the ideas themselves, are scary enough.

Morley Grove Created by the same person as Gemini Home Entertainment, Morley Grove is a take on the Slenderman mythos that's good. Which is wild. He's been memed to death, so this can't have been easy. It also highlights a common trope in analog/digital horror I really love: focusing on the small scale. The small town of Morley Grove, Tennessee is terrorized by the Morley Man. Not even the whole town, just the kids, whom he takes body, mind and soul. Can be really sad at times, especially for those who've experienced grief recently.

Dog Nightmares by PiggySoda

Aamon Animations

FAKE DOCUMENTARY "Q" by pro9ramQ

Obelisk by lizardmeninc

The Backrooms by Kane Pixels

The Oldest View by Kane Pixels

People Still Live Here by Kane Pixels

Ted's Caving Journal by Alex Archives

Hollow Birds by Alex Archives

The Mandela Catalogue by Alex Kister

THE BLUE CHANNEL by Gooseworx

The Walten Files by MartinWalls

Individual Videos

Hell is Cold by [haruto ito]
My house walk-through by nana825763
GUEST by Finn Callan
Curve by Tim Egan
The Bells by Virat Pal
WHERE'S WALDO? by Alex Bale
Dining Room or There Is Nothing by david earle
MAN ON A TRAIN by Jack Shanks
No Through Road by indrancole3
Portrait of God by Dylan Clark
The Kid and the Camera by Braiden Ortiz
The Craigslist Cameraman | THE VLOG TAPES VOL. 1 by Molly Moon
Teaching Jake about the Camcorder, Jan. '97 by brian david gilbert
cows by Christian Szczerba
Too Pale And Thin to Be A Tree by Baddreams1985
My Dad Painted All The Windows Of Our House Black by Baddreams1985
Desiderio by Dr. Nowhere

Channel Recommendations

[haruto ito]
Baphex
_ Boisvert
Doctor Nowhere

Creepypasta, NoSleep and SCPs

Feed the Pig by Elias Witherow
The Third Parent by Elias Witherow
SCP-2852
My wife has been peeking at me from around corners and behind furniture. It's gone from weird to terrifying by Maliagirl1314
Anansi's Goatman Story by Anansi

Other Media

Mystery Flesh Pit National Park by Trevor Henderson