analog horror

Analog horror is a genre of horror fiction, typically found in online videos, that mimics the look and feel of degraded analog media from the late 20th century—VHS tapes, public access television, educational films, emergency broadcasts.

The aesthetic of tracking errors, grainy footage, and outdated graphics creates unease by corrupting familiar, once-trustworthy formats: The YouTube series presented itself as recovered footage from a 1980s children's show.

The genre emerged in the 2010s with works like Local 58 and The Backrooms.