History Main / AnalogHorror

* ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'': The movie itself wouldn't count (analog horror is an Internet-based genre), but its official website ''would'', making it a [[UrExample precursor to the genre]]. The creators marketed the movie as real FoundFootage and uploaded various videos onto the website, including the protagonists' [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160919152426fw_/http://www.blairwitch.com/project/legacy.html final footage]] and the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160919152423fw_/http://www.blairwitch.com/project/aftermath.html public search]] for the missing filmmakers.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCqI_3RkLrwrOLAPS5l3Ep4rkU047Smln Dreams of an Insomniac]]''

* BlackMarket: [[WebVideo/EASScenarios EAS Scenario]] creator Harvester's video ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaUObk1igsQ The Service]]'' has this played out to a shocking degree; a criminal syndicate based in the South of England is using a modified version of UsefulNotes/{{Teletext}} to conduct their dealings, including the trafficking of children, distribution of illicit films, and the sales of medicines, recreational drugs and, worryingly, the chemical weapon Cyclosarin. Scarier still, this syndicate's operating almost in plain sight, with the footage shown only being possible because a viewer happened to be watching television with a dodgy satellite dish, allowing them to accidentally gain access to the Teletext system the syndicate uses.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/@thisplaceisnothappy6278/featured Happy Meat Farm]]''

If a series has its own TV Tropes page, then the links are to that. If not, the links are to the Website/YouTube channel (or whatever video hosting site it's on)

Analog Horror is a {{Horror|WebOriginals}} WebOriginal subgenre of {{found footage|Films}}. As the name implies, Analog Horror typically revolves around emulating the look of analog media in the late 20th century, such as [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS tapes]], FM radio, cathode-ray tube televisions, ''et cetera''. Unlike most found footage films, it's far rarer for Analog Horror to feature visible characters recording the footage. Instead, the footage is often made to resemble "official" (albeit often local) media, such as television broadcasts, employee training tapes, and police archives. If human protagonists are present, they're often the ones who are ''finding'' the footage, deciding to share it with the audience with their own commentary. Many Analog Horror series invoke an unnerving atmosphere through footage being corrupted or hijacked (such as through [[EmergencyBroadcast government interference]] or sometimes [[HauntedTechnology more supernatural means]]), and some feature [[BreadEggsMilkSquick eerily casual descriptions of unnerving phenomena]] as a core element. A common theme of Analog Horror is to begin a video [[DisguisedHorrorStory relatively normally]] and slowly reveal more disturbing elements as it continues. Unlike most [[DisguisedHorrorStory Disguised Horror Stories]], though, it's usually made very clear from the beginning that something is "off" in order to build suspense.

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[[folder:Examples of Analog Horror series]]

* ''WebVideo/TheInvasionOfGodzilla''

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCpcoNKGHbQCqwz_36QrVJhMqWzcHgrpw The Campbell Reels]]''

* "[[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvMQgpOx8WMIXnTOc9ydoIev3ExSyGEzG&si=bKhTlBTywcQdxk5D Basswood County]]"

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* "[[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvMQgpOx8WMIXnTOc9ydoIev3ExSyGEzG&si=bKhTlBTywcQdxk5D BasswoodCounty]]"

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