A NEW KIND OF HORROR FORMAT

 

Analog Horror

Analog Horror is a Horror Web Original subgenre of found footage. As the name implies, it usually involves footage made to look like it dates back from the days of analog media in the late 20th century, such as VHS tapes, FM radio, cathode-ray tube televisions, etc.

Unlike most found footage, there are usually few to no characters involved. Rather, the footage is made to resemble some regular television broadcast, random documentary, et cetera, with the horror coming from the footage being somehow corrupted, hijacked (by EAS or other means), or nonchalantly describing some phenomena not of this world. These videos are usually less than ten minutes long, start out mundane, and get progressively weirder/scarier.

The vast majority of these videos can be found on YouTube and some of its exponents are:

• Catastrophe Crow
• Gemini Home Entertainment
• Happy Meet Farms
• HiImMaryMary
• Local 58 TV
• The Backrooms series
• The Mandela Catalogue
• The Monument Mythos
• The Walten Files

Analog horror is the result of years of experimentation on the internet, since this subgenre is not only based on the horror movies that everyone knows, but also on urban legends and creepypastas. Despite being content created in the form of a video, they are not limited to just being a video, since depending on how well the story is created, it can give you clues to go to news, pages and books that help with understanding and plot development.

By: Jesus Alejandro Dzul Tun