History WebVideo / TheWestRecords

* ShoutOut: To Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos although they make no appearance in this series. The series focuses heavily on a forest. However, [[WebOriginal/TheRake something else appears...]]

* DaylightHorror: Oh yes, quite a bit of the scariness is that whatever is stalking Randall or harassing him follows him everywhere

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* LetsSplitUpGang: Randall suggests this near the start of the logs, the person with him suggest [[GenreSavvy they DO NOT do that.]]

* BeingWatched: Whatever exists in the forest stalks whoever is unfortunate enough to enter it's territory and will [[spoiler: will imitate their voice]] to lure others to it.

* ImaginaryFriend: [[spoiler:The person Randall finds in Log 20 tells Randall that they are not real and that Randall needs to think back to who his real childhood friend was. He hands him a knife saying there is not much time left before he disappears than vanishes when Randall turns back to look at him again. This is also suggested again earlier on when Randall finds Andrew but Andrew does not recall ever meeting Randall despite Randall having his phone number. Although a couple of later video distortions suggest the Andrew he was with may have been from a separate reality or simply never existed.]]

* MindScrew: The series in a nutshell and how it also affects Randall [[spoiler:and possibly Henry since, as of chapter 3; he plans to finish what Randall started to investigate]].

* NothingIsScarier: Being trapped in the forest for days, although being there makes one not feel hungry or thirsty anymore

* TimeTravel: Randall wound up going back in time when he failed to kill himself. He's interrogated by two men asking if he is working for Woodrow Wilson or Dereleth (someone who was a close friend of H.P Lovecraft) placing him around the time of UsefulNotes/WW1 ending or near the 1930.
* UnexpectedlyAbandoned: The abandoned base, however; [[spoiler: the lights are still on at night when the crew investigates it in WR 2 and a couple of people chase them into the forest suggesting it is very likely still in use.]]

* YourMindMakesItReal: [[spoiler:"I'm not real Randall, think back to who your REAL childhood friend was."]]

The West Records is a SurrealHorror web series following the life of cameraman Randall after a trip to an AbandonedArea goes very bad. He winds up trapped in the woods for two weeks but the weather there and time suggests he was there for much longer. [[spoiler: As of Chapter 3, Randall is dead and Henry Phillips who has been watching the tapes and investigating what is on them is getting involved and saying they will finish what Randall had started to investigate.]]

* EldritchAbomination: Whatever is living in the forest near The West Record.
* EldritchLocation: The forest near The West Record and The West Record itself possibly. As evidenced in season 3, it can also warp people to different periods in time.

* {{Jerkass}}: Randall briefly becomes one when he finds the real Andrew and becomes infuriated he does not remember him or asking him to go to The West Record with him.

* UnexpectedlyAbandoned: The West Record, however; [[spoiler: the lights are still on at night when the crew investigates it in WR 2 and a couple of people chase them into the forest suggesting The West Record is very likely still in use.]]

* ImaginaryFriend: [[spoiler:The person Randall finds in Log 20 tells Randall that they are not real and that Randall needs to think back to who his real childhood friend was. He hands him a knife saying there is not much time left before he disappears than vanishes when Randall turns back to look at him again. This is also suggested again earlier on when Randall finds Andrew but Andrew does not recall ever meeting Randall despite Randall having his phone number and video records of them going to The West Record. Although a couple of later video distortions suggest the Andrew he was with may have been from a separate reality or simply never existed.]]

* AbandonedArea: The West Record and to an extension, the forest surrounding it.
%%* AlienGeometries: The West Records forest.

* WhatTheHellHero: Randall in Chapter 2 when he attacks Andrew who has no memory of ever meeting up or heading to The West Records.

* TimeTravel: Randall wound up going back in time when he failed to kill himself. He's interrogated by two men asking if he is working for Woodrow Wilson or Dereleth (someone who was a close friend of H.P Lovecraft) placing him around the time of WW1 ending or near the 1930.

* ShoutOut: To TheSlenderManMythos although they make no appearance in this series. The series focuses heavily on a forest. However, [[WebOriginal/TheRake something else appears...]]

* LostForever: Once [[spoiler:Henry]] begins to see more of The West Records, he regrets selling a couple of the cassette tapes because he did not realize they may have been very important to the investigation occurring in the video files.

* AlienGeometries: The West Records forest
* AnachronicOrder: Most of Chapter 1
* AndIMustScream: Whoever or whatever is living in the forest, [[spoiler: if the audio files are anything to go by, they technically might not exist]]
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: [[spoiler: Chapter 3 will focus on Henry continuing what Randall started.]]

* ApocalypticLog: The videos of Randall that [[spoiler: Henry Phillips]] finds on a hard drive at his pawn shop.
** The audio files as well

* BodyHorror: Whatever the thing in the forest is, [[spoiler: it can also mimic voices and has a horrifying face to boot.]]

* BookEnds: At the start of chapter 1 [[spoiler: Henry]] says he is piecing together the footage to investigate what it is and what is going on and by Chapter 3 they end up becoming part of the events after [[spoiler: Randall's suicide while trying to escape the forest.]]

* CassetteCrazy: The audio file entries

* DontGoInTheWoods: [[spoiler: Unless you want to be trapped there for weeks with something stalking you and screwing with your mind the whole time]]
** All the KEEP OUT signs and red ribbons attached to trees in one area gives a good indication that there is something there that [[TooDumbToLive should not be approached.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Randall's suicide at the end of chapter 2]]
* DrivenToMadness: Whatever Randall encountered in the forest, [[spoiler: also drives Randall to madness although he is trying his hardest to recover [[DrivenToSuicide until...]] ]]
** [[spoiler: Subverted. The first entry of Chapter 3 shows Randall survived his suicide attempt as he is found by two people that confirm he is alive and then tie him up.]]
* EldritchAbomination: Whatever is living in the forest near The West Record
* EldritchLocation: The forest near The West Record and The West Record itself possibly
** As evidenced in season 3, it can also warp people to different periods in time.

* FacialHorror: Whatever that being is, the face is horrifying to see
** There maybe two being in the forest if the video records are anything to go by

* Hallucinations: Randall's doctor suggest this might be what caused his mental breakdown
* HellIsThatNoise

* HumanoidAbomination: The human-like creature in the woods that screams and can [[spoiler: imitate voices.]]
* [[spoiler: ImaginaryFriend: The person Randall finds in Log 20 tells Randall that they are not real and that Randall needs to think back to who his real childhood friend was. He hands him a knife saying there is not much time left before he disappears than vanishes when Randall turns back to look at him again.]]
** [[spoiler: This is also suggested again earlier on when Randall finds Andrew but Andrew does not recall ever meeting Randall despite Randall having his phone number and video records of them going to The West Record. Although a couple of later video distortions suggest the Andrew he was with may have been from a separate reality or simply never existed.]]

* JerkAss: Randall briefly becomes one when he finds the real Andrew and becomes infuriated he does not remember him or asking him to go to The West Record with him.
* JumpScare: The audio distortions can often come across as this
* KudzuPlot

* LostForever: Once [[spoiler: Henry]] begins to see more of The West Records, he regrets selling a couple of the cassette tapes because he did not realize they may have been very important to the investigation occurring in the video files.
* MindScrew: The series in a nutshell and how it also affects Randall [[spoiler: and possibly Henry since, as of chapter 3; he plans to finish what Randall started to investigate.]]
* NightmareFace: Once or twice

* OminousVisualGlitch

* TheyCalledMeMad: Randall's therapist suggest this

* WhatTheHellHero: Randall in Chapter 2 when he attacks Andrew who has no memory of ever meeting up or heading to The West Records
* [[spoiler: YourMindMakesItReal: "I'm not real Randall, think back to who your REAL childhood friend was."]]

* ApocalypticLog: The videos of Randall that [[Henry Phillips]] finds on a hard drive at his pawn shop.