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. Before we get to number 1, my name is Chills
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because we upload new countdowns every Tuesday and Saturday. 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
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