15. Pencil Face SCAD Shorts is a channel that was active around
2007 to 2008. Their description reads "A monthly series of shorts by the Dandy Dwarves".
Nearly every video posted to their channel is disturbing, confusing or weird in some
way. This video posted in May 2008, however, is one of their most popular and most disturbing.
The video currently holds over a million views and has made the rounds through Reddit, 4chan,
and even Facebook. The short 3 minute video begins with a young girl in an empty lot who
comes across a lifesize pencil with a scrunched and shocking face. A slow child-like song
plays over the scene as the girl picks up the pencil and draws a large cake. The cake
becomes real and she squats down to eat the dessert. Next she creates a kite which she
plays with for sometime. At this point while the video does create a sense of suspense,
nothing bad has happened. It seems more a questionable short on child-like imagination.
Things take a dark turn when she draws out a large lollipop. Instead of her quick sketch
turning into a large brightly colored candy, though, a black cone of some type is created.
The large black circle with a pointed back, makes the sound of a large drum. The girls
walks forward to inspect the dark mass. She looks back at her pencil friend with disappointment
clearly sprawled on her face. When she turns back toward the black hole she is pulled in
by some force of suction. The remaining seconds of the video feature Pencil Face silently
looking at the black hole with his disturbing and somewhat comical smile.
14. The Squidward Tape
One of the most popular aspect of online horror is creepy pastas. The creepypasta wiki has
made it simple for anyone to log in and write a bone chilling horror story. Most of these
shorts go viral, turning from a work of fiction to an urban legend. Jeff the kller, Slenderman
and many more modern legends originated on the Creepypasta wiki. Another great aspect
of creepypastas is all the fan art that comes out of them. Users all over the web paint,
sketch and produce artwork in honor of their favorite scary stories. Squidwards siucide
is a popular story from a few years ago, that claims that a Nickelodeon Studios intern came
across a lost tape from the animated series Spongebob Squarepants. The tape was labeled
Squidwards siucide and the episode was apparently horrifying. Squidward plays a concert that
doesn't go well and later he has a sort of mental breakdown. In between frames there
was allegedly pictures of a lifeless child. By the end of the disturbing and distorted
episode, Squidward places a shotgun in his mouth and pulls the trigger. Of course it's
safe to assume this was just a brilliantly made up story, by a creative writer. There
are several fan made versions of the supposed lost episode. While they are all disturbing
in their own way, this uploaded by The7Hahn titled "Red Mist: Lost Episode (aka Squidward's
siucide)" is perhaps the most unsettling and realistic. The quality of the footage,
the audio and the images presented are enough to fuel your nightmares, for at least a month.
The distorted and confusing nature of the video puts the viewer at unease. The fact
that this is a beloved cartoon that many grew up with, makes it even worse.
13. Haunt This short 4-minute video was created by YouTuber
emperorglenuff who describes himself as "a young man from West Sussex in England. Into
writing, acting and directing films or animations." Haunt was uploaded in 2006 and currently has
over 500,000 views. The video follows a doll with dark eyes locked away in a small cottage.
The doll seems upset or distraught, although it is unclear why. From her bedroom to a dark
hallway we follow the doll as a slow acoustic version of Pink Floyds "Is there anybody
out there" plays over the scene. Eventually the doll opens a door to a bedroom. The music
changes to a low wavy melodic tune as she enters the room and looks around. She climbs
into her bed and continues looking around before things pick up. The doll looks outside
and there's a sharp sound which elicits a jump scare. She seems horrified, covering
her eyes and sobbing. Through the bedroom window, a terrifying dark figure with wiry
hair and a white dress or shirt peers into the window. The figure runs from the window
and the doll begins to panic. The next shot shows the dark figure standing in the hallway
beyond the dolls open bedroom door. She turns over and pretends to be asleep as the terrifying
figure makes its way down the hall. The screen cuts to black and a few seconds pass before
a successful and bone chilling jumpscare. The creator mentioned in the description that
this stop-motion short was based on the nightmares of his younger brother.
12. Light is Calling This film originally made the rounds as a
disturbing found footage. Of course there was probably a rumor at some point that watching
the short video would curse you, as that is common with popular scary videos. However,
this short film was created by filmmaker Bill Morrison. The film was released on January
16th, 2004 and currently has about 63,000 views. The experimental film is described
as "A meditation on the fleeting nature of life and love.". On the YouTube upload
of the 8-minute film, the description reads "A scene from a deteriorating print of James
Youngs The Bells (1926) was optically printed and re-edited to Michael Gordons 7 minute
composition. A meditation on the nature of random collisions.". Despite the initial
horror of this being a found footage, the art style and vintage feel does add a disturbing
factor to the short. The haunting music and poetic description also give the viewer a
sense of uncertainty and horror.
11. Possibly in MichiganThis clip is an excerpt from a short film created
by Cecelia Condit in 1983. The full film is about 12 minutes long. This clip begins in
a shopping mall, as a catchy song plays which sings "I bite at the hand that feeds me,
slap at the face that eats me. Some kind of animal, cannibal.". Next two women in the
mall meet up as a narrator describes the scene. A man wearing a disturbing mask and clean
suit follows the women. The narrator explains "Arthur was similarly disposed. The three
of them had two things in common, violence and perfume.". As the short clip goes on
it seems more like a confusing music video, than a film. Despite a slightly comical and
light hearted feel, the video is still disturbing. The scene changes countless times, the voices
feel distant from the actresses and there doesn't seem to be a continuous timeline.
Our terrifying masked stalker shows up behind in the women in several different scenes and
even seems to approach one woman in her home. Close to the 3-minute mark the song changes
to what was played in the opening scene as short clips of the two women dancing with
masked men plays. Some shots seem to be videos of a TV screen. The women are shown running
in the forest, in the mall and toward their car. A building collapses and one woman is
seen laying on a white sheet with flowers around her head as though she's deceased.
The end of the clip shows the women saying goodbye to one another as their stalker, Arthur,
stares from a distance. The message here is unclear but it's likely one of those rare
internet oddities that terrifies the viewer with it's aged and confusing nature. Be
warned that after watching this video it is impossible to get the eerily catchy tune out
of your head.
10. The Night Stalker Voicemail
Though the night stalker pseudonym has been used for several kllers and characters in
modern media, the original night stalker was a rpist and serial kller active from 1978
to 1986. Also known as; the East Area Rpist, The Diamond Knot kller and the Golden State
kller, this unknown deviant was active mostly on the East Coast. During his spree he rped
and abused over 12 women. In addition, he mrudered over 50. This notorious kller was
never captured or even identified. Either this kller got away with his crimes and went
on to live a normal life, or he continued claiming victims while on the run. Either
way he certainly never got what he deserved. In 2013 there was an increase of the reward
for his capture. The reward was a promised 50,000 dollars, but still no tips have been
reported. This audio recording comes from answering machine of a victim of the Night
Stalker. He breathes deeply into the receiver and whispers "I'm going to kll you, btch"
repeatedly. In the background of this voicemail other voices can be heard, implying it was
sent from a public place, or around witnesses that knew of his crimes. It was likely that
he used a payphone to prevent the number being traced directly to him. The reason behind
the voicemail was simple. Rpists and serial kllers love haunting their victims after the
fact. He was deeply satisfied knowing his victim had to hear his voice and was distraught
by it.
9. Ted Bundy This serial kller has become a household name.
It's rare to meet someone that doesn't know who the notorious Ted Bundy is. In case
you're one of the few, though. Ted Bundy was an American serial kller, kidnapper, rpist,
burglar, and necrophile. He confessed to klling over 30 young women and girls, though the
actual victim count could be much higher and is unknown to this day. A sick mind like this,
that goes down in history, is more rare than you'd think. To this day there are people
that adore and deify Ted Bundy, despite his twisted crimes. Bundy was sentenced to daeth
in July 1979. Nearly 10 years later, before his execution, Bundy gave this final chilling
interview. In this interview Bundy explains that he was the all American boy with a dark
secret. When victims met him he was clean, polite, friendly and approachable. "I wasn't
the bum hanging out around the bar, I wasn't the pervert. I was a normal person." Bundy
states in the interview. He goes on to explain that the motive behind his crimes was a severe
addiction to ex and violence. He claimed that the media influenced a desire to be exual
and violent. Bundy was addicted to prnogrphy for many years before the outlet no longer
satisfied his fantasies. He eventually acted on his dark lustful thoughts which led to
his actions spiraling out of control. Of course these could be easily brushed off as excuses
for his inner evil, but it does make one question everyone around them that they consider to
be "normal".
8. Black Magic
This video comes from a short National Geographic documentary on the Sonora witch market. The
market, located in Mexico City, is a vast outdoor bazaar dedicated to witchcraft, potions,
rituals, ex and art. While most of the scenes in this short film are just of the market
itself filled with food and affordable witchcraft materials, there are some scenes that many
may find unsettling. Once the crew travels into the mountains they discover over a hundred
items wrapped and buried as part of rituals. Many of the objects were related to hex rituals.
Which are used to bring bad luck, bad health and tough times upon victims of the rituals.
Every object buried represented one person affected by the hexes. If you believe in black
magic, it is a disturbing sight. Even if you don't buy the bit of witchcraft, imagine
all the people that traveled to the Sonora Market in search of a ritual to deeply afflict
someone that did them wrong.
7. Types of Schizophrenia - A day in the lifeMore popularly known as the Schizophrenia Simulator,
this video was created by Janssen, a pharmaceutical company, in an effort to raise awareness and
show the importance of schizophrenics sticking to their meds. The video is filmed in the
first person point of view, and starts out innocently enough. A man is waking up and
getting ready for his day. He brushes his teeth, reads the paper and has a cup of coffee.
Passing cars, children outside and a light hearted music can be heard over this bright
morning. The scene cuts to the man lying in bed in what seems to be the middle of the
night. Voices can be heard saying "He's waking up now. You're useless. Worthless.
The phone woke him up" The phone rings in another room and the voices go on warning
him not to answer and continuously put him down. He answers the phone though the call
seems distorted. A woman is heard on the other end talking about rain and pizza but it's
unclear her exact message. The audio of the phone call and the voices begins to overlap.
He sits down to watch TV. A news anchor describes two suspects in a robbery. The voices exclaim
"they know about you" despite nothing in the report being about our main character.
A single voice chimes in "it's time for meds" but the other voices argue that he
should not take them. He walks into the kitchen and picks up the same paper from the morning
before, the headline has changed to read "Don't Leave The House". Even the photo of a man
that was smiling before, seems to be scowling or frowning now. The voices overlap more,
a cup of coffee transforms to black sludge. The weather man on the TV even looks toward
the camera and calls the man worthless. A pizza man knocks on the door, likely this
is what the caller was explaining. However, as the call was very unclear the voices exclaim
that he did not order pizza and this person is there to hurt him. Despite the voices he
accepts the pizza and the voices warn the pizza delivery man is "part of the plot".
He returns to the TV where the News Anchor continues to shame the man. Someone begins
unlocking the backdoor as the voices overlap more. The scene is dark and the man can be
heard breathing heavily. A woman comes in with a bag of groceries and explains that
she called earlier to tell him she ordered pizza. She notices he has missed his dose
of medication. "It's not too late to take it now, let's get back on track" she says
as she grabs his pills. She walks into the other room and opens a window while discussing
what a beautiful day it is. The scene brightens up as the voices are silenced. The most terrifying
part of this video is that it's not some horror film from hollywood, it's not even
a fictional scary story. It's an example of what some people are living with everyday.
Useful resources for mental illness will be linked in the description.
6. Psycho Child This 12-minute clip was taken from the 1990
documentary titled "Child of Rage". The documentary followed a young girl named Beth
Thomas. Beth was adopted after being removed from a severely abusive home. After her adoption
she showed signs of rage and violence towards others. Beth was diagnosed with reactive attachment
disorder, a disorder that often portrays children as mruderous psychopaths. However, the disorder
is described as a childs failure to form normal attachments to primary caregivers in early
childhood. Abuse or neglect can often lead to reactive attachment disorder and while
many show signs similar to Beth Thomas, other signs are unusual reactions to social situations.
Such as not forming healthy bonds, or forming overly close bonds with strangers. In this
case, Beth abused her brother so badly that he was sent to the hospital multiple times,
often from stab wounds. In this clip she explains that she wants to mruder her brother, stick
pins into her adoptive mother and father, kll her pets, and she even admits to klling
several baby birds. At
one point in the interview, she states "I was hurt so bad, I don't want to be around
people.". While many see this video and believe Beth to be evil deep down, these behaviors
are only a result of long-term abuse. Beth was beaten and exually abused for most of
her young life. Luckily after intense therapy, Beth went on to recover from her disorder.
She fully turned things around and was able to never acted out violently again. Today
she's an award-winning registered nurse that works closely with children who suffer
from similar disorders.
5. Spoilsbury Toast Boy
It seems every creepy video list we create, David Firth always lands a spot. The famous
creator of Salad Fingers and Crooked Rot brings a twisted, sick, confusing, yet highly entertaining
form of art that hasn't ever been seen before. Though the animators YouTube channel only
has about 700,000 subscribers, his videos rack up millions of views and he has been
recognized for his work on Adult Swim and other mainstream platforms. This video "Spoilsbury
Toast Boy" was created in 2004 and uploaded to Firths channel in 2009. While it is not
one of his more well known works, it still has over 2 million views. The comments are
filled with horrified and intrigued viewers both praising and damning Firth for his ability
to unsettle even the bravest of horror fans. The 3 minute long video features a young boy
interacting with his shaky decrepit grandmother and what we can assume to be hallucinations.
The young boy walks into a room where his grandmother sits i a rocking chair. There's
a low classical song as background music that throws the viewer back to a time they don't
remember. The boy drops what appears to be a pill bottle and his grandmother asks for
a big sloppy kiss. The roach-like humanoids in sweaters pop into screen and tell the young
boy not to listen to his grandmother. "She is a witch" they say in deep, distorted
and wavy voices like something from a fever dream. The video glitches and the scene turns
bright red. We zoom into the child who seems distraught and even horrified. The short goes
on and the boy travels out to get special leaves for his grandma. When he comes home
their small home is filled with smoke. The boy ventures into the house, stopping to puke
a black substance. He discovers that his grandma has been pushed into the fire. The roach pops
out to exclaim "I did it!" The scene transports to a white room full of openings. The roaches
pop out of cubicles and question the boy about his hallucinations. They go on in a conversation
that seems to be like a doctor making an over the phone appointment. While they are offering
help, the way they speak creates a sense of mischief. The video ends there but of course,
this is only the first in a deeply disturbing series. One YouTube commenter even said "i'm
schizophrenic and this is pretty much horrifying yet it reminds me of myself".
4. Val Val Val This filmmaker has not been active in over
a year, though the content on his YouTube channel is highly underrated. Ben Wheeles
YouTube channel has a handful of disturbing animations. Despite the confusing and visually
horrifying nature of these videos, they only have about 20,000 or less views. Those that
do seem to frequent his channel have stated that these works make David Firth's creations
look innocent. This particular video, Val Val Val, was uploaded in 2009 and has over
168,000 views contrary to other uploads. The 2-minute animation is an array of blocky 3D
characters, disturbing audio, a bit of cartoon gore and quickly changing scenes. It's a
bit hard to go over every detail of this film, as there's a lot to it. Just know that it's
another film which resembles a fever dream or LSD induced nightmare. The imagery used
is unsettling on it's own, but the added movement and audio make the short truly horrifying.
However, a few scenes are actually more funny than scary which really changes the feel of
the video and makes those few terrifying scenes all the more chilling. While Ben Wheele does
have a website at benwheele.com, there doesn't seem to be much more information on him. His
website immediately opens with an unsettling animation and deep ringing noise and the only
links featured lead back to his YouTube uploads. If you have any more information on this creative
filmmaker feel free to share it with us.
3. PoppyThis YouTuber has a combined 97,985,645 views on her channel. In her videos she wears
stylish pastel clothing, has long blonde hair and wings her eyeliner. From the outside she
seems like your average hipster blogger, beauty guru or aspiring popstar. Which is exactly
the persona she conveys. Apparently Poppy is an upcoming popstar using YouTube has a
platform to share her music and her inner most of thoughts. Of course, her videos are
deeply upsetting, confusing and creepy. Earlier this year Poppy took off in the horror community
because of her video "Am I Okay?" which has close to 3 million views. The Film Theorists,
ReignBot, YouTube Explained, Night Mind and Ally Hardesty, just to name a few, have all
made videos explaining or exploring the concept which is Poppy. To make a long story short,
Poppy is either a new and upcoming ARG or a complex art project, though both seem equally
likely. In this video "Am I Okay?" Poppy stands in front of her pastel background,
barely moving a muscle. She says things like "Do you ever wish you could restart? What
if you could reboot yourself? This planet makes sense to me." She speaks in a soft
and monotone voice while staring into the camera and smiling. Under the audio of Poppy's
questions a deep ringing ambiance is played and around the 50 second mark, Poppy goes
completely quiet so that all we are left with is her blank stare and the suspenseful music.
Most of her videos carry this same template of her hardly moving and speaking commentary
that doesn't make sense but also makes you question your life. In one video titled "Does
It Go To A Million?" Poppy asks "How high can they count at YouTube?" and "What
would you do for a million?" which lends to the idea that this is a commentary or artistic
statement on the modern craze to be famous, even on the internet. Of course there are
many other videos and details that support this theory, and there are many other theories
around the web. Either way watching this young girl say "I am poppy" for 10 minutes straight
is a unique take on horror that gets a message across while making your hair stand up.
2. Reanimated Dog's Head The earliest YouTube upload of this video
was in 2009, although it's uncertain who originally uploaded the clip. This particular
upload by user "happy smelly fish" wrote "Experiments in the Revival of Organisms
is a 1940 motion picture which documents Soviet research into the resuscitation of clinically
dad organisms. The British scientist J. B. S. Haldane appears in the film's introduction
and narrates the film, which contains Russian text with English applied next to, or over
the top of, the Russian. The operations are credited to Doctor Sergei S. Bryukhonenko."
This nearly 10-minute clip shows a group of scientists and surgeons working with different
organs. For example the lungs, stomach and even heart are shown to have been reanimated
to an extent. Though slightly unsettling it seems to be the usual informative medical
research film. Things take a dark and arguably unethical turn when a pump is used to reanimated
the decaptiated head of a dog. The pump is meant to mimic the functions of a heart, which
pumps blood to and from the brain. After the pump is connected to the dog head external
stimuli are used to elicit a response. The dog head is poked and tickled with a feather
to which is slightly twitches. Then small swabs of citric acid are rubbing on the dogs
nose and mouth, after which the dog opens its eyes and licks around it's snout. Seeing
this movement on a dog with no body is eerie to say the least. When a hammer is slammed
on a surface the dog responds by looking toward the noise. A similar process is used with
another dog in a later scene. In this case the dogs body is fully intact when the pump
is connected. The dog is successfully reanimated via the pump before they allow the dogs body
to function by it's own resources. If seeing ded dogs move around on a table isn't enough
to make you uncomfortable, just think what this technology could do for humans. On one
hand, yes it could be used to save lives, on another it could be seen as quite evil
and even scary.
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1. He Took His Skin Off For Me
This short film, while disturbing, is actually a powerful work of art. The 11 minute film
was created by Ben Aston based on a short story by award-winning writer Maria Hummer.
The synopsis of the film reads "The story of a man who takes his skin off for his girlfriend,
and why it probably wasn't the best idea… In this twisted modern-day fairy tale, a man
removes his own skin for the woman he loves, believing it's what she wants him to do.
And she does… at first. But his action soon proves to have dire consequences. Small things,
things like stains. Things they can handle. But before long it becomes clear their relationship
will never be the same again…" There have been countless re uploads of the short, but
the official film was posted to Ben Aston's Vimeo page in 2015. That upload currently
has about 2.4 million views, plus the millions of views scattered across YouTube reuploads.
The film, despite being more horror based, is set up to feel like a slow moving romantic
story. The narration is sweet and clear, the scenery is welcoming and the explanations
of the woman seem more like describing a small hurdle in an otherwise perfect relationship.
Which aides in making the short so unsettling. Despite the viewer being appalled by the concept
of someone removing their skin, the woman seems unphased. In fact, she seems almost
offended by people questioning her lovers choice to remove his skin and expose himself.
Deeper problems begin to arise. The man has trouble connection with others, as he feels
he's already saying all that he can. He begins to admire his skin from the closet,
hanging up like a suit. It's clear he is unhappy and longs for the safety of his skin.
The woman is upset by these revelations and becomes distant as well. The couple have a
silent dinner before lying in bed together. He caresses her skin and looks at it longingly
before tugging at it. Her eyes fill with fear as he pulls even harder and the film abruptly
ends. Everyone has a different theory about this message of this film, and the result
of it's end. We suggest you view it for yourself and form an opinion on this sinister
yet perplexing short.
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