“All of My Enimes” The Super Market Monster – 31 Spooks

I have covered a lot of unusual stories for October, but this might just be the most unusualist. Is this just a thinly veiled excuse to share a video I found amusing ............................................................................................................................................................................... Maybe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDI0d8E3tZk I miss the world of Creepy/Crappy Pastas, not the best written stories, but a fun time of an abundance of …

The Sandman – 31 Spooks

Haven't we already done sleeping theme spook....yes. You're very observant hypothetical reader. Allow me to explain. I was chatting with my residential sleep expert, The Moyatorium and the conversation went where it usually goes... moon children and castration anxiety. Of course this was in the context of E.T.A. Hoffman's short story depiction "The Sandman" and …

‘Slut’ Short Horror Film – 31 Spooks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEqAqrLpRHg Directed By: Chloe Okuno A retro aesthetic with a very contemporary message. Horror has always been a genre drenched in commentary. It's often displaying a ridged morality and show social ills as horrific. I think one that's certainly become prevalent or more apparent in recent news is that of grooming and manipulative behavior. Self-confidence …

Bubnoff and The Devil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e3no_sZ458 One of the most intriguing setups is that of a Faustian bargain. Making deals with the devil and what consequences it make bring. What happens when this Russian with a literal Napoléon complex makes such a deal? Ivan Turgenev, the Russian realist writer actually indulges in quite a humorous depiction of the devil. Some …

‘Childer’ Got Me Bewildered – 31 Spooks of October

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRCK3umiKQQ Beware, beware the childer come. Into the forest, and you become one. Have you ever wonder what it would be like if Wes Anderson and Ari Aster made a horror flick together. I mean I'm gonna ignore the fact that this role is suited for a great Toni Collette performance and say that this …

Make Me a Sandwich – 31 Spooks of October

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfGEdmZyVyY Glad to see Shoenice is doing well. What an uncomfortable conundrum. This man is obviously a human trash can and should be served 20 sandwiches at a time. It's a good use of older actors, it's a nice rarity given that most shorts are done by young folks. The sound design of hearing that …

31 Spooks of October – 2019 Box Set

Do you like short films, and do you like them spooky? Let’s rewind, get shameless, and dig up my past that… really should remain buried. Now in one convenient place it’s the 31 Spooks of October [2019 Edition] viewed how it was meant to be viewed……. in September. If you want to see the horrific …

Horror Stories That Are Really Weird…

Sometimes the horrible things we find to be so terrible, is what we can't comprehend. Here's a few tales that I feel safe in calling... weird. Good Country People O’Connor, Flannery. “Good Country People.” Dark Descent, by David G. Hartwell,Grafton Books, 1992, pp. 576-590. Good Country People centers around Joy and how through an encounter …

Is ‘Ring Ring’ Worth Picking Up? – 31 Spooks of October

Ring Ring is a 2019 Indie film that is sure to make you feel… meh. For a film on a decently cheap budget you are sort of impressed by the film’s bolstering of a 6.9/10 on IMDb; of course until you realize most of the accounts are only a couple months old, have only reviewed …

Kakurenbo

For today’s entry I watched Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek, the cel-shaded animated short featuring children running around some dystopian future city playing a mysterious and potentially deadly game. Released in 2005, the film directed by Shuhei Morita premiered at the Tokyo International Anime Fair and later played Halloween night on adult swim. The 25-minute short …

Scooby Doo Series Tier List

As I explained earlier this month, I am a Doo kid, I grew up with the Doo. That said I've watched I believe most of these series and why not tier list them so we can all yell at each other. If you've never watched the Scooby I will hook you up with what series …

Scooby Doo Films Tier List

So this might come off as a shock to people but... I'm a Doo kid! I grew up watching... a lot of Scooby. I had a bunch of toys, board games, I had a fold-able mystery machine tent, and my earliest memories on the internet was playing Scooby Doo flash games. Therefore since I've seen …

Spooky Tales of Supernatural Horrors

Drifting Snow Derleth, August. “Drifting Snow.” The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories, by Alan Ryan, Penguin, 1989, pp. 311-321. Synopsis: Derleth’s The Drifting Snow shows a haunting ordeal of being faced with the unknown and trying to remain ignorant of it. Derleth opens with Aunt Mary scolding Clodetta that the window is to remain undrawn. Her …

Suspicious People Are Spooky

The Crowd Bradbury, Ray. “The Crowd.” Dark Descent, by David G. Hartwell, Grafton Books, 1992, pp. 167-174. Synopsis: The Crowd refers to a strange phenomenon in which Mr. Spallner tries to learn of strange individuals who always appear at traffic accidents. Mr. Spallner crashes his car after driving at high speeds; his body lays in …

The Spookiest Name is Emily

What comes to mind when you think of a name that feels "spooky". You might think of cacophonous sounds or blunt like Lucifer or Vlad or Billy. However, in my reading of multiple horror anthologies I came across something serendipitous. 2 tales, both with a titular character named Emily... a name that doesn't sound that …

Solving YouTube’s Spookiest Riddles (Part 1)

What am I doing, hey y'all hope we are having a good one. I don't know why but there's these riddle channels on YouTube and they're pretty awful but undeniably riddles are fun. So I challenge you to solve this spook-tacular riddles (why is every riddle about murder... IDK?) and I'm also giving you the …

Vampire Tales That Will Leave You Spooked!

The Vampyre Them Twilight Vampires have nothing on my Danny DeVito looking guy, now that's a good looking vamp. Polidori, John “The Vampyre.” The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories, by Alan Ryan, Penguin, 1989, pp. 7-24. Synopsis: John Polidori’s romantic fiction, The Vampyre produces a hellish creature meant to highlight the folly of human mortality. The …

The Fantastic Works of Mr. Edgar Allan Poe

I'm sure everyone has heard of Poe's work before, but today we are going to be going over some you may or may not be familiar with. Instead of: The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, or The Cask of Amontillado here's some of Poe's others work so you can spend this …

Foxed!

https://vimeo.com/138706287 Don’t you just hate dealing with a conniving fox and their malicious intent. James Stewart and Nev Bezaire perfectly capture such a predicament in their short film Foxed! The endearing doll like designs of a Rankin/Bass special meets the dark and eerie designs of Laika in this stupendous display of stop motion. While the …

Return to the Carnival of Souls [31 Spooks of October]

I considered this lost media... but here we are. I made a video a while ago on the cult classic, public domain, spooky horror flick Carnivals of Souls. I had fun making it but ended up finding it a conceptually large review, and didn't enjoy it enough to edit the planned multiple videos for it.... …

31 Spooks of October – 2018 Box Set

Do you like short film, and do you like them spooky? Let's rewind, get shameless, and dig up my past that... really should remain buried. Now in one convenient place it's the 31 Spooks of October [2018 Edition] viewed how it was meant to be viewed....... in September. If you want to see the horrific …

A Puzzle….

ALWAYS WATCHING. ALWAYS WAITING Carnival. |Unfinished. Chrome. Corgi| Syringe. Invader. Fox. Naughty. Redneck Zombies. Pluto. Viol. Mystery. 50th. Hide and Seek. Emily. Tapestry. |Momo. Clown. Genius| Spiral. Dance. Smile. First. Whipped Dogs. Snow. Eggs. Ash-Tree. Snails. |Teeth. Dog Killer| Firework. Featured Frights: If you’re confused, consider taking a gander at the first tease. Basically, this …

Missing Halloween – 31 SPOOKS of October FINALE ( HAPPY HALLOWEEN!)

We finally made it Halloween everyone, the spookiest day of the year. To celebrate the occasion, I just don’t have final animation, but arguably one of the best, that from the very beginning I knew was going to be in the 31 Spooks, was arguable one of the convincing few that convinced me to make …

On Halloween Night – 31 SPOOKS of October

I was originally going to have the most popular creepypasta animation by Strawberry Nightmare on here, which is “I Found a Boy Inside My Walls” but I thought the story was kind of dumb. Boy? In my wall? It maybe more common than I think but how did the dope get in there in the …

Horror – 31 SPOOKS of October

Thanks to Mike for letting me take this one, I guess I got to be funny to get that laugh energy. So… What’s the deal with the title of this short? I mean could you be any lazier, hope you didn’t stare at “untitled horror project” for too long before this eureka moment. I think …

Lora Vicious – 31 SPOOKS of October

Some of these horror shorts can be such downers, I guess I found it appropriate to bring in a bright and bubbly personality to calm your nerves and who better than Lora Vicious. Lora Vicious is kind and friendly vampire waifu girl created by Kryssen Robinson over at YowLife Productions. Lora was created for Halloween …

Greed – 31 SPOOKS of October

Where’s the 3D animation at? Well right here, Greed is an animated short final project by Alli Sadegiani. I’m not going to lie to you I have no clue how to interpret Greed, there’s obviously some sort of warped and twisted self-reflection in the form of a demented allegory… but when I got to interpret …

Zero – 31 SPOOKS of October

I need a zero! I’m holding out for a zero at the end of the ni-ght! Welcome to Zero, not going to  waste too much time introducing the creators of the short because if you’ve been following along Zealous Creative was featured before and I talked about all there works when I talked about the …

Voodon’t – 31 SPOOKS of October

Okay so voodon’t get confused, because I voodon’t want you to be confused. Voodon’t think the main image are the primary animation discussed today is VooDon’t a character animation demo from Kris Rizardo. VooDon’t is not Voodon’t the 4-minute animation about a voodoo doll that comes to life by Deanna Werthauer. So to summarize voodon’t …

The Backwater Gospel – 31 SPOOKS of October

I miss Telltale Games. With 3 million views on YouTube Bo Mathorne’s Bachelor film project is a special caliber of animated short. I think this is so masterfully done from how deep rooted the story is, how unique the visuals are, and how thrilling the entire thing ends up being. I will warn you (NOT …