Analog Horror explained

A side blog where I explain Analog horror series 

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Welcome to Analog Horror Explained: the place where I talk about Analog Horror series and share some fun facts

THE ASK BOX

Send me messages here. You can ask about theories, plot points, or just send me messages in general there. Please be respectful tho. Do not use the Ask Box as an avenue to send me sexual/creepy messages. 

ASK BOX RULES:

Please do not send me sexual asks or asks that would be considered ‘creepy’ to most people

Do not use slurs in your message

Please do not use my ask box as a place to discuss your headcanons (theories are fine, but I want to stick to things that strictly relate to canon)

Do not try to gamejack or hijack the stories I cover

Do not send me asks regarding horror series that are not part of the analog horror genre (this is an analog horror specific blog)

BE RESPECTFUL

If you are an Analog Horror creator hit me up

This invitation is extended to all Analog Horror creators. Want to do an interview? Have some things you wanna share about your series? Want to fact check me (I'm not perfect)? Hit me up! I would love to talk to you. 

General DNIs

DNI if: 

You are a minor or have the word “Minor” ANYWHERE on your page

You are some form of stan (of anything)

You are only interested in discussing ships or sexual topics

You are in general sensitive to horror content or have issues with discerning reality of fiction (This blog is entirely based on fictional things and I don't want anyone to be pushed off an edge due to reading my posts) 

You are gonna be hateful in the comments or ask box 

Horror series I have watched 

Recollections of Brookerton Ridge, PA

Vita Carnis

Gemini Home Entertainment

Mandela Catalogue

Local 58

The Vintage 8 channel

Mystery Flesh Pit

The Walten Files

The Monument mythos

UrbanSPOOK

Petscop

Chezzkids

Welcome Home

Blue Channel

Gilbert Garfield

lasagna cat

Daisy Brown

This Is My Milwaukee

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TOE: The puter thing

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The boiled one was not nearly boiled enough for me so I blasted it with radiation.

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I feel like I must do this every few months but here we are.

YOU SHOULD NOT BE CONSUMING ANALOG HORROR, UNFICTION, OR MOST TYPES OF INTERNET HORROR CONTENT IF YOU ARE A CHILD OR HAVE A MENTAL CONDITION THAT MAKES IT HARD TO DECERN REALITY FROM FICTION.

No, you are not mature for doing it.

No, you are not immune from being triggered by the content you watch, no matter how often you expose yourself to graphic, violent, or sexual material.

Yes, the content can make whatever condition you have worse and be bad for your mental health.

No, creators should not have to make their series more "minor" friendly or toned down to accomidate for people easily triggered by horror/the subject of the series.

No, minors should not be in these spaces at all.

No, I am not gatekeeping by saying this.

There is a profound difference between calling out series and their creators for their haphazard and lazy use of shocking subjects such as child abuse, sexual abuse, etc for the sake of "oooo scary" and setting the boundary that keeps mature genres for mature audiences and draws a concrete line beween fiction and reality. If you are a child (this is even more true if you are 15 or younger) you should not be regularly consuming this type of content at all. The "I turned out fine" excuse is absolutley bullshit. I know many of us older folks who were the first to grow up with the internet were also kind of left to run wild, but that does not mean we did either. This isnt some race to be mature and we do not need to keep encouraging and welcoming kids into spaces where they should not be.

The same thing goes for people who suffer from conditions that cause delusions, psychosis, hallucinations, etc.

You should generally not be consuming content that triggers your illness or that is greatly distressing to you. This isnt to say mentally ill people cant consume this content at all and enjoy it; but the defining word here is "enjoy". You are not enjoying something if it begins to consume your life and manifests as part of your condition. You are not enjoying something if you are in actual fear for your life or think things are out to get you. You are not enjoying something if it takes you back to a very dark place. Analog horror, unfiction, and other forms of horror are no different than the movies you see at the theater or TV. The thing that makes them extra "potent" is the fact that 3rd person prospective is removed. That line between viewer and character is removed. Its easy to get sucked up in that if you are already struggling.

Sometimes things are just not made for you. And thats fine. They might be for you in the future but not now. Maybe not even ever. But forcing it and warping your sense of personhood and reality isnt how you cope with that.

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Im reblogging this because I just saw a post on reddit seriously claiming the boiled one was real and tormenting them in their dreams. This is like that creepypasta thing all over again.

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I feel like I must do this every few months but here we are.

YOU SHOULD NOT BE CONSUMING ANALOG HORROR, UNFICTION, OR MOST TYPES OF INTERNET HORROR CONTENT IF YOU ARE A CHILD OR HAVE A MENTAL CONDITION THAT MAKES IT HARD TO DECERN REALITY FROM FICTION.

No, you are not mature for doing it.

No, you are not immune from being triggered by the content you watch, no matter how often you expose yourself to graphic, violent, or sexual material.

Yes, the content can make whatever condition you have worse and be bad for your mental health.

No, creators should not have to make their series more "minor" friendly or toned down to accomidate for people easily triggered by horror/the subject of the series.

No, minors should not be in these spaces at all.

No, I am not gatekeeping by saying this.

There is a profound difference between calling out series and their creators for their haphazard and lazy use of shocking subjects such as child abuse, sexual abuse, etc for the sake of "oooo scary" and setting the boundary that keeps mature genres for mature audiences and draws a concrete line beween fiction and reality. If you are a child (this is even more true if you are 15 or younger) you should not be regularly consuming this type of content at all. The "I turned out fine" excuse is absolutley bullshit. I know many of us older folks who were the first to grow up with the internet were also kind of left to run wild, but that does not mean we did either. This isnt some race to be mature and we do not need to keep encouraging and welcoming kids into spaces where they should not be.

The same thing goes for people who suffer from conditions that cause delusions, psychosis, hallucinations, etc.

You should generally not be consuming content that triggers your illness or that is greatly distressing to you. This isnt to say mentally ill people cant consume this content at all and enjoy it; but the defining word here is "enjoy". You are not enjoying something if it begins to consume your life and manifests as part of your condition. You are not enjoying something if you are in actual fear for your life or think things are out to get you. You are not enjoying something if it takes you back to a very dark place. Analog horror, unfiction, and other forms of horror are no different than the movies you see at the theater or TV. The thing that makes them extra "potent" is the fact that 3rd person prospective is removed. That line between viewer and character is removed. Its easy to get sucked up in that if you are already struggling.

Sometimes things are just not made for you. And thats fine. They might be for you in the future but not now. Maybe not even ever. But forcing it and warping your sense of personhood and reality isnt how you cope with that.

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I cant believe Wendigoon, the man himself, made several of the same criticisms I have about URBANSPOOK. I feel vindicated to be backed up by literally god himself

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This blog is a minor free zone

If you are below the age of 18 please leave. Yall should not even be consuming this type of content in the first place. Go, begone

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Local 58

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Random Analog Horror Fact

Gilbert Garfield’s week (the in-universe NES game of the show) is based on the actual Garfield NES game "a week with Garfield". The game is a 1989 Famicom title starring Garfield and was released exclusively in Japan.

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Random Analog Horror Fact

The name of the production company of Gilbert Garfield is "Faraone". This is the Italian word for Pharoh

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Random Analog Horror Fact

The Aliens in Gilbert Garfield are speaking Italian.

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Random Analog Horror Fact

Despite being a special episode of the Garfield and Friends show, Gilbert Garfield takes place over a year before the actual show released. Gilbert also references a lot of properties (like the minority report for example) that were released decades after the show itself.

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Random Analog Horror Fact

The Suez Canal Crab was confirmed to be "a climber"

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Random Analog Horror Fact

The first episode of the Walten Files was briefly taken down due to copyrighted footage although it was later reuploaded with said footage changed.

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Random Analog Horror Fact

ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE was released on February 22, 2022 (2/22/22), which not only is an alliterative date, but is also when The End of the World as We Know It in-universe happens. It also happens to be the exact day George Washington was born, 290 years ago.

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Random Analog Horror Fact

One of the locations the Air Force One Angel visits is the Statue of Liberty, and a photograph of Air Force One flying over the monument is shown; in reality, this image caused quite a stir in real life, and served as the basis of a scandal in 2009 after the jet flew low over New York unannounced to take part in a photo op, terrifying thousands of New Yorkers who feared an attack on the city in the style of September 11th, 2001.

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False profits