Nexpo/YT Horror Channels - Do they all suck

[The Spoils of War]

Are there any other critiques of current Internet """horror""" series, or the genre as a whole?

No, as far as I know. I think it's more profitable to praise these series rather than criticize them for their glaring issues.

From everything I seen, it is just FNAF beat for beat.

It is FNaF but with coomerbait robots.

 

[MoffAlbert]

It is FNaF but with coomerbait robots.

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So it's the later FNAF entries. Got it.

 

[FILTH Tourist]

No, as far as I know. I think it's more profitable to praise these series rather than criticize them for their glaring issues.

Definitely. Even if the series isn't good there is a certain punching down aspect that can leave a bad taste in people's mouths. Unless of course you are Spooks, then you are free game for any and all criticism legit or not. I think the harshest non-spooks related review of a series by a big youtuber I seen was NightMinds peaceful watcher video. Even then he tried to be constructive in his usual creepy step-dad kinda way.

 

[scallion]

No, as far as I know. I think it's more profitable to praise these series rather than criticize them for their glaring issues.



It is FNaF but with coomerbait robots.

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This shit looks like it was drawn by a child

 

[Colon capital V]

Postal does a much better job at setting up atmosphere, immersion, and a sense of unmitigated impending dread than whatever these gender special kids are shitting out called """horror""" nowadays, and all it is is a topdown shooter.

 

[The Spoils of War]

Definitely. Even if the series isn't good there is a certain punching down aspect that can leave a bad taste in people's mouths.

I wouldn't call it punching down when these series are put on a pedestal by every grifter on YouTube like Nexpo and Night Mind. Personally, I like the feeling of schadenfreude when someone tears apart a terrible film, game, or series, but that's seen as toxic unless the creator has—or is suspected of having—politically incorrect opinions. The closest thing there is to criticism of the genre is a belief that it was once good but has fallen from grace. Raymundo 2112 has posted a video where he shares this view, rambling about the golden age of Popular Thing™ and how it sucks now.

 

[Clorox Cowboy]

Legit question, does Walten Files do anything original? From everything I seen, it is just FNAF beat for beat.

In my opinion the most interesting thing Walten Files does is everything involving Felix and the car crash that killed the two children. Considering that most analog horror series revolve around murderers I do think it sets the series apart to have a family tragedy as the central element. That being said there's only 4 episodes total I think? It's way too early to fully decide if it's good or bad and I have a sneaking suspicion it will never actually finish given the creators pace.

I also want to add while we're on the topic that it doesn't even really feel like an analog horror since it's really, really, really bad at aping found footage or attempting to be a previously lost VHS tape. Stuff like Bunny Farm in particular has the framing device of the arcade cabinet, but no one is recording the "footage," it's just gameplay with the most unphased narrator of all time. The analog horror videos on the channel are almost indistinguishable from the cartoon shorts like Pumpkin Rabbit and I feel like Walten Files would be stronger if he didn't even make the effort to include the analog horror elements and just fully made them scary animated shorts.

 

[Cave Fisher]

Are there any other critiques of current Internet """horror""" series, or the genre as a whole?

None, unless they're talking about one that isn't advertiser-friendly enough for them to steal, so the community dogpiles on it for things they've praised other videos for doing, even when they're the exact same thing.

Legit question, does Walten Files do anything original? From everything I seen, it is just FNAF beat for beat.

It's just FNAF but with way too much time in between each entry.
It's most obvious in how Bon is literally just Toy Bonnie with different proportions.

 

[FILTH Tourist]

I wouldn't call it punching down when these series are put on a pedestal by every grifter on YouTube like Nexpo and Night Mind.

I didn't have a better word for it. Most new Analog Horror is made by people who are pretty young and it is usually their first attempt at making a series. So even if the series is genuinely bad, big youtubers would just not cover it to not be seen as a bully to their community.

unless the creator has—or is suspected of having—politically incorrect opinions.

Or get a little too spicy with their plot like with EMC. Dispite constantly sucking each other off, creators will never stick their necks out to protect other creators even if it is in the name of protecting artistic expression. MC or TWF are a hair trigger away from pissing off their fans and becoming canceled. It's why MC remade their first episode and removed the bit about suicide.

I also want to add while we're on the topic that it doesn't even really feel like an analog horror since it's really, really, really bad at aping found footage or attempting to be a previously lost VHS tape.

That is what modern AH is. People gave up on the aspect that they are supposed to be old tapes that people found and uploaded to YouTube. If it has a grainy camera it is AH regardless of presentation or context.

In my opinion the most interesting thing Walten Files does is everything involving Felix and the car crash that killed the two children. Considering that most analog horror series revolve around murderers I do think it sets the series apart to have a family tragedy as the central element.

Didn't a family tragedy involving Afton's son dying trigger the events of FNAF? It's cool that they are trying to expand on elements from FNAF, but it is hard to get into the series that is aping its inspiration so hard that it is basically plagiarism. They either should have just been a fan project with their own spin like the VHS series or did more to distance themselves from FNAF (like with your cartoon suggestion). Right now it's this awkward middle ground.

 

[Xerxes IX]

Didn't a family tragedy involving Afton's son dying trigger the events of FNAF?

Maybe? The timeline's been so ruined by constant retcons and "lore" additions I don't know if he's meant to have murdered his friend's daughter before or after his son's death. Alternatively his own daughter may have already died to one of his child abductor robots before then. FNAF canon seems to be pointing at Afton already being a murderer/mad scientist, it's mostly people trying to fix the sloppy story and timeline making his son's death the catalyst

 

[Cave Fisher]

Walten Files is keeping itself juuust distinct enough so that it can legally sell merch and only post episodes when it's time to make more, but simultaneously juuust derivative enough to appeal to fnaf fans who are sick of the series' spaghettti Youtuber-bait lore. (Even though the story REALLY doesn't translate well to the "analogue horror" format, especially when it runs into the age-old question of just who is even bothering sitting down and editing the tapes to be like this?)

 

[VariableOverflow]

By the way, this guy is still working on Andy's Apple Farm, even though I remember it getting harsh criticism when it released. I would just move on and try making something original, but this generic horror game that seems innocent but is actually evil is apparently his pride and joy.

There's this weird kind of respect I feel towards people like that, doing what they love despite the pushback. Another good example is Urbanspook of course.

 

[Pets.com Sockpuppet]

Legit question, does Walten Files do anything original? From everything I seen, it is just FNAF beat for beat.

FNAF is so convoluted and vague that everyone's 5+ hour long timeline essay varies pretty wildly from one another from what is even happening in those games. There are channels that have made careers out of being able to put out weekly 30+ minute videos about small details on a character models from a $5 indie game released a decade ago and get 200k+ views or more weekly no problem.

Everything in Walten Files is explicit and spelled out for you. There are actual human characters as opposed to FNAF where humans are more plot devices than characters. The core concept is similar but the angle it goes for and the story it tells is pretty far removed from FNAF. It also sticks soley to the supernatural where FNAF is a weird mix of Sci-fi with the supernatural.

Both have unsettling imagery but neither is good "horror", The gameplay portions of FNAF 1 and 3 getting the closest to something good but not quite hitting the mark.

That being said I have a lot of respect for Scott taking his little indie scare bear game he made by himself and making it into a book series/ movie franchise financial powerhouse.

 

[DenseDeerFather]

New Dire Trip with a rather...curious tale. Got the feeling it was already going downhill when the girl cheated on her husband with his best friend and the one who officiated their marriage...only to marry him after his actual wife revealed what an absolute piece of work he was.

Spoiler: Lunacy

A sex pest, alleged pedophile, and serial cheater with "an addiction to prostitutes" and constantly saying how wifey makes him "want to hurt her" because he gets mad at her and doesn't know how to handle emotions like a functional human being.

"Yeah I'm gonna post revenge porn of you for talking about my past controversies!"

The sex addiction and pedophilia allegations were revealed when the affair came out and she still stayed with him. She was also a bit mentally ill but in all honesty, the husband seemed like a complete fucking ass, who may have been grooming her from age 10 so it's not a surprise that he completely fucked her mentally by taking advantage of her.

Edit: It gets worse. The bookkeeper for some tiktok group that offered to help raise funds for the family of Mica grifted money into her own pockets. Imagine grifting money meant for a dead girl to yourself for booze and hookers. So-called Mess is a fitting name for the group. FFS, man...

 

[BIG SHOT Autos]

I enjoyed this one, hope there will be more like this form the creator.

It reminded me of some horror ARG (?) that I can't remember the name of. Basically the storytelling was in the format of going through developing tools of some unreleased video game. I can't remember all the details, only that developing crew went insane, which was shown in these game files. The game had medieval/fantasy vibes, similar to the game Gothic or TES. Featured low poly graphic just like in the video, and if I remember correctly, one part of that game was actually "playable" through NES (or was it SNES?) "emulator" but it wasn't an actual emulator, just carefully crafted exe to mimic one.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Sorry if it's extremely vague, but the ARG was popular a year or two ago, so I'm thinking someone might know what it is. Googling shows me generic stuff like Petscop or Catastrophe Crow, but it's not what I'm talking about at all.

 

[True Boss of this Gym]

It reminded me of some horror ARG (?) that I can't remember the name of. Basically the storytelling was in the format of going through developing tools of some unreleased video game. I can't remember all the details, only that developing crew went insane, which was shown in these game files. The game had medieval/fantasy vibes, similar to the game Gothic or TES. Featured low poly graphic just like in the video, and if I remember correctly, one part of that game was actually "playable" through NES (or was it SNES?) "emulator" but it wasn't an actual emulator, just carefully crafted exe to mimic one.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Sorry if it's extremely vague, but the ARG was popular a year or two ago, so I'm thinking someone might know what it is. Googling shows me generic stuff like Petscop or Catastrophe Crow, but it's not what I'm talking about at all.

Gotchu big fella.

NOTE: It was made by the same guy that made Spooky's and Lost in Vivo, so it's unsurprisingly a nice ARG.

 

[Maggots on a Train v2]

I saw this thing today. Relatively well done, except the Bill Clinton deepfake failed to capture his accent, and just sounds like a random generic guy. The evacuation stock footage does feature one vintage video camera artifact that everyone making analog horror misses,

Spoiler

trailing burn-in from bright light sources. And they render low light scenes (anything not bright daylight) like modern HDR, instead of a blurry mess.

And there aren't palm trees in Kentucky.

 

[Clitonium]

I absolutely hate this video. Imagine spending all this time researching a European sado-massochistic pedophile ring only to censor out a majority of the script.

I find it pretty despicable that this guy very obviously attempts to monetize such an awful tragedy. You don't just censor out a majority of your script for the sake of posterity. You just don't.

I hate this fat faggot. Simple as.

 

[Shek$il]

Gotchu big fella.

NOTE: It was made by the same guy that made Spooky's and Lost in Vivo, so it's unsurprisingly a nice ARG.

I will forever wonder why the developer/creator thought his nasally, gay ass voice wasn't a sliced artery toward suspension of disbelief. Your post brought me back, because once again, at 06:51 I was reminded just how out of place that voice was.

Amazing he thought bitcrushing would do the trick.

This dinosaur horror game remains the peak of unfiction, and I highly recommend it to anyone new to the thread/lurking.

 

[Dang dirty Pidgeons!]

Drag me to hell was the last horror movie that actually grossed me out in a good, fun way... absolute retardation done well.

I think you can rent it on youtube, so it counts. No saying you should tho... there's other ways.