#Sy-Fy Movie

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File: Sharktopus

SCP#: AHC

Code Name: The Sea Chimera

Object Class: Neutralized

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-AHC was neutralized by Interdimensional Group of Interest: The Shark Punching Center. It's believed they did this for the sole purpose of testing out a new SPC to help with their goals. Because of this, no containment procedures could be made. 

Description: SCP-AHC is a Weaponized Military Anomaly or a WMA for short. It was created to be the ultimate biological hybrid of an octopus, a squid, and a shark all in one. It possesses the top port of a shark with sharp teeth and the same biological ability to replace its teeth though to a accelerated scale. Its lower body is replaced with squid like tentacles all of which have blade like tips capable to slashing and cutting anything they slash through. The squid tentacles are reinforced with the muscles of octopus tentacles allowing the organism to stand on these tentacles not only using them as weapons, and common tentacles, but also legs as well. SCP-AHC's body as a whole allows has a durable body able to repel the heaviest and sharpest physical attacks. It can also regenerate from bullet wounds and even energy-based attacks quickly making it not only extremely resilient but also a military based Apex Predator. 

SCP-AHC was discovered in 2010 when it went on a rampage, killing the resort area of [data expunged], Mexico. Foundation agents were able to pinpoint where SCP-AHC was heading and attacked it before it could hit any densely populated areas. Mobile Task Force Demeter-7 "Chimera Slayers" was created and deployed to contain or if deemed necessary destroy SCP-AHC before it could harm anyone. However, before they could do anything a portal manifested and out came Marine Fighting Team Whale-58 "Nose Strike" form Group of Interest: The Shark Punching Center. 

There were able to quickly kill SCP-AHC and return to their reality by (how else?) punching it to death. The Foundation was unable to get any further data on SCP-AHC or the SPC the Shark Punching Center utilized. Though it seems that as an apology the Shark Punching Center later sent a file explaining the SPC and how it killed SCP-AHC. Please see Addendum X-48 for details. 

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Addendum X-48

The following is a file created by the Shark Punching center regarding the SCP-AHC incident. 

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SPC#: ZCH

Code Name: THE SHARKITE PUNISHMENT

Selachian Pugnātorial Capabilities: SPC-ZCH is to be used to help combat the recently growing Sharkite threat. New clans have been forming out of Surface Skarites while more ancient Abyssal Sharkites are coming to the surface. As such, SPC-ZCH was created specifically to be used to combat the vile Skarites and any Deviants they have created. 

Project Component: Is a gauntlet designed to release a electromagnetic pulse that is harmful to a Hybrid Flesh Deviant or HFD for short. Upon punching the electric waves burn the skin of the HFD and continue to burn more after every following punch. The way how it works is that there is a piston mechanism within the gauntlet that extends alongside the arm of the fist. Once contact with the punch is made it will slide back into itself and connect the two main components of the electromagnetic pulse device. 

This device is made to be of two components that will only activate when physical contact is made from the piston sliding in from the recoil of the punch. The resulting pulse not only fries the flesh of HFD's but adds extra force to the punch ensuring even the strongest of Sharkites cannot defend from a punch. 

This last part is not essential but because of the piston it's also able to extend an extra inch forward so the wearer can punch a shark without having to move. Pretty cool, right?

Deployment Record: SPC-ZCH was deployed first in 2010 within Universe Alpha-20, one of the realities where the SCP Foundation resides. For those that don't know, the SCP Foundation is an multiversal variation of the Shark Punching Center, most likely caused by a spelling error by one of the Gods (though if you ask them, they'll say we're the spelling error variant). Unlike our reality which is devoted to preserving the normalcy of the world by getting rid of the deviants of the world known mostly as Sharks. The SCP Foundation is full of various other Deviants that consist of Sharks but many other monstrosities that makes you wonder how the SCP Foundation is still alive or why they never kill their Deviants as often as we do.

Regardless, Alpha-20 in particular is a unique variant of the SCP Foundation in that is has a massive abundance of Deviants that even other SCP Foundations are not familiar with. They seem to believe this is the result of a massive shift in their reality quite similar to ours which we have dubbed "The Ouroboros". As such ORACLE has given the order to use their shark related deviants as test subjects to help with our Shark related issues. Plus doing so will be like helping them so its honestly two flying fish with one stone if you think about it, I'm sure the SCP Foundation won't mind if we punch their sharks for them... yeah...

And SCP-ZCH was one such device used to punch one nasty shark! used it to save a group called Mobile Task Force Demeter-7 "Chimera Slayers". Still don't get why they use guns and nets to attack Deviants, neither are good alternatives for punching but whatever, I guess. They did look pretty mad when the shark died but I'm sure they'll get over it... right?

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The O5 Council was furious and made their wrath public when the file was made public to the rest of Foundation staff. A Mobile Task Force that can repel the Shark Punching Center is being considered to be made should they interfere with Foundation affairs again. 

It was also found out that SCP-AHC was later artificially created by the Navy Division of PENTAGRAM. Those involved were surrendered to the Foundation, originally, they were going to be sent to Mobile Task Force Sigma-66 "Sixteen Tons". However, since their greatest creation was a shark with tenacles it was concluded that they had nothing the Foundation would want. They were all instead assigned to D Class and used for experiments with SCP-AAY.

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SCP: Horror Movie Files Hub

[adriheavymetal]

🎥Watching again yesterday🎥☺🔝The real reason I love this movie so much is that for years every time I woke up and had my coffee, this movie was on TV That's why I loved it so much❤🎥 and yes it is a classic, and yeah GnR you could be Mine, the most badass woman ever Sarah ConnorI loved this movie till the death🔝🎥👌 The most Cool Badass Movie ever . . . #terminator2 #again #thousandtimes #lovethismoviesomuch #myfav #myhistory #terminator2thejudmentday #cinema #classicmovies #1991 #syfy #action #thriller #jamescameron #arnoldschwarzenegger #lindahamilton #EdwardFurlong #robertpatrick #motherofthefuture #astalavistababy #classicmovies #classic #bestmovies #fandom #90smovies #gunsnroses #youcouldbemine #ilovethismoviesomuch #terminator2

[deviantartdramahub]

It got so bad that he very much has said 'he is moving on from me' more than once only to talk about me, oh yeah I guess the 'Nathan Document' was a lie because he clearly did not mean it. Oh well, if he doesn't move on, at least we know we aren't likely to get a 'Nathan Document 2: The Sequel' 'Nathan Document 3: The Sequel That Isn't As Good As The First Two' 'Nathan Document 4: The Sequel That Goes into Comedic Territory' 'Nathan Document: In Spaaaaaaaaace' 'Nathan Document: In Da Hood' 'Nathan Document 5: The Sequel That Is A Total Departure From The Original Because It Is A Comedic/Goofy Movie and Not Like the Previous Movies' 'Nathan Document: Back To Da Hood' 'Nathan Document: The Final but not really Final chapter in the series because the final is there for advertising reasons' 'Nathan Document: The Meta Supposedly Last Movie In The Series' 'Nathan Document: The Made For TV Cheap/Straight to DVD Movie With None of The Original Cast Returing' 'Nathan Document Remake: The Remake Nobody Asked For' 'Nathan Document Remake 2: The Sequel To A Remake Nobody Asked For' 'Nathan Document Sy Fy Produced Non-Canon Re-Quel in Which Nathan Comes Back From The Dead AGAIN Even Though It is established in the actual canon movies that Nathan died after the events of the third movie' 'Nathan Document: Look, We're Desperately Trying to Reboot Horror Franchises That Weren't Even That Good To Begin With, So HERE's A Not-So-Blatant-Attempt-At-Making-A-Modernized-Re-Imaginging (in which the original actors either turned it down and did not want to be involved in it, or some of them died and so we have to replace them with new characters who are made to be similiar). It got so bad to the point I went on suicide help reddit despite the fact I actually am not suicidal.

Also I did go after these guys friends and tried to explain myself but like their friend, they all thought of me as a 'creep', it got so bad I had to go on Knowyourmeme of all things, yes...the lows I will stoop to just to make up for something even though I don't know if I should feel sorry for them given how they act like i'm lying when i'm trying to defend myself.

[guillemelgat]

Solomon a Gaenor (1999)

1h40m | Welsh, Yiddish, & English

Y wythnos diwetha', nes i weld y ffilm 'ma. Mae hi'n am Solomon Levinsky, sy'n dod i'r Cymoedd De Cymru o Rwsia efo'i deulu, a Gaenor Rees, sy wedi byw yna ei holl fywyd. Mae Solomon a'i deulu'n Iddewon Uniongred, a mae Gaenor yn dod o deulu Anghydffurfiol, ond mae'r dau'n disgyn mewn cariad. Mae'r stori'n dipyn bach fel Romeo a Juliet, ond mae hi'n wahanol hefyd—mae'r cymeriadau'n mwy cymhleth, yn fy marn i, ac yn y diwedd o'n i ddim yn siwr beth i feddwl amdanyn nhw. Er hynny, mae'r hanes yn ddiddorol iawn, a mae'r ffilm yn sôn am y streiciau yn y Cymoedd ac am hanes Iddewig yng Nghmyru. Mae'r sinematograffi'n wych, ac o'n i'n licio'r trac sain hefyd, ond dwi'n dal i drio penderfynu am y plot. Rhaid i chi'w gweld a deud beth ydach chi'n meddwl!

Last week, I watched this film. It's about Solomon Levinsky, who comes to the South Wales Valleys from Russia with his family, and Gaenor Rees, who's lived there all her life. Solomon and his family are Orthodox Jews, and Gaenor is from a Noncomformist family, but the two fall in love. The story is a bit like Romeo and Juliet, but it's different too—the characters are more complex, in my opinion, and at the end I wasn't sure what to think about them. The history was really interesting, though, and the film talks about the strikes in the Valleys and about Jewish history in Wales. The cinematography is great, and I liked the soundtrack as well, but I'm still trying to decide about the plot. You have to watch it and tell me what you think!

Geirfa - Vocabulary

(Note: The movie is set in South Wales, so some of these are Southern Welsh variants)

swllt - shilling cefn gwlad - countryside cenhadwr - missionary perthyn i - belong to, be related to pai' bod yn ddwl - don’t be silly rhywpryd eto - another time tost - sick moddion - medicine damwain - accident twymo - to heat up darn - passage tlawd - poor cwlwm - knot siort - type pobi - to back carthu - to clean bod mas o gyrraedd - out of reach of, past main - fine cyhuddiad - charge, accusation dieithryn - outsider cosb - punishment disgwyl babi/plentyn - to be expecting a child, to be with child cywilydd - shame bradychu - to betray gwlân - wool sodli - heel gweddi - prayer rheol - rule haearn - iron lliain - towel pyped - puppet dere ymlaen - come on, let’s go carchar - prison cyfeiriad - address gwau - to knit

Os ti isio gweld y ffilm, mae hi ar Youtube // If you want to watch the movie, it's on Youtube:

Fersiwn Gymraeg (heb isdeitlau/isdeitlau i'r Iddew-Almaeneg yn Gymraeg) / Version in Welsh (no subtitles/subtitles for the Yiddish in Welsh)

Fersiwn Saesneg (y rhan amla' yn Saesneg efo rhannau yn Gymraeg a Iddew-Almaeneg/isdeitlau i'r holl ffilm) / Version in English (mostly English with parts in Welsh and Yiddish/subtitles for the whole film)

[curioussubjects]

If you haven't already seen it, I'd recommend 12 Monkeys (Sy Fy, Hulu) to ya! It's sci-fi, apocalyptic, similar pairing to Starpollo but with more blatantly romantic undertones. It's a show based on a movie (that admittedly I have not seen) and is pretty well done IMO!

(It's where us dehydrated spiteful Bellarke shippers from the 100 fandom went for peace)

im familiar with the movie...sort of. i think i've watched bits and pieces of it over the years lol

never watched the show, though, so i'll put it on the list. thanks for the rec!

[dreamsofalifeold]

"Sy Fy original movies are just Hallmark movies for dudes, but y'all aren't ready for that conversation yet."

[monstermaster13]

A Different Kind Of Man-Beast. Mel to Roman Craig (The Great Outdoors) FTM TG/Were-theme. Featuring that Werebelushi In The Shades, speaking of that character this story gives us a little bit of a history behind him...specifically a history of being a former trouble-maker. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mel the koala-girl and her best friend Eucalyptus were an adorkable anthro koala duo that fangirled over a lot of different actors and characters,  and in Eukie's case it was Dan Aykroyd. If you were to ask Eukie which actor she'd consider dating or falling in love with -  you'd hear 'Oh definitely Dan Aykroyd.'  In her half of the apartment, you'd find a ton of Dan Aykroyd movies and merch including homemade ones.  One night the two of them were in the media room part of the apartment, sorting out the movie collection.  'This is definitely better than the selection at the Monster Mart video store.'  'How so?'  'At least this one has a comedy section where the comedians are listed by names.' 'I couldn't even find the Dan Aykroyd section when I went last week.'  'I don't think there is an Aykroyd section.'  'No Dan Aykroyd section?  That's a crime that is.' 'How so?' 'When I was looking in the comedy sections for movies that have Aykroyd in them.  All I found was a section that had I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Pixels. Sandler movies! I shouldn't have to dredge through the Happy Madisons, the bad parody movies and American Pie knock-offs in order to get to my beloved Aykroyd movies.'  

Matthias aka That Werebelushi In The Shades nodded in agreement. 'As much as I love buying movies and shows from that store...ugh, I agree. Going through the horror section was a chore for me. I always attempt to find some good 80's or 80's-esque horror movies to talk about on my show, but sometimes I just get bogged down with all the Sy-Fy channel movies and the Asylum films.  Yes occasionally I get Full Moon movies like Gingerdead Man, but most of the time...Asylum, Asylum, Asylum.  Seriously they put up a whole damn Sharknado section.' The John Belushi-esque monster with shaggy black fur had been perusing the Monster Mart video store for several weeks and even he had to admit that the selection was poor.  'So you agree?' 'Oh absolutely Eukie.' 'Thank you for helping out with movie night by the way.'  'No problem.'

The two of them had called him over for help on their movie night,  Eucalyptus planned for an Aykroyd marathon with Mel and Matthias but she had to be extra cautious, mainly because of how the moon along with whatever show or movie Mel was watching at the time affected her.  'However we are going to be extra careful. You know, it's a full moon and when you have a movie night on a full moon and Mel and I are involved.' 'Say no more...I remember the last time that happened, we had a Jaws marathon and Mel turned into a monstrous shark-girl and tried to stalk my roommates when they were in the pool.' 'Oh yeah...and when she got turned into a Freddy Krueger-like version of herself after watching the Nightmare On Elm Street movies.' 'We have to be careful. Just in case..' 'This isn't going to turn out like that time she watched all the Howling movies and turned into her werekoala form is it?' 'Of course not. Besides, it's an Aykroyd movie marathon...what could happen?' 'She could become part conehead.'  'That would be adorable seeing her as a conehead.' 'Or worse...she could turn into that Aykroyd ghost from the Twilight Zone movie.' 'You mean the ghostly hitchhiker?'  'Yes.'  'Or she could...get were-celeb powers from it again and become a Were-Aykroyd.'  'She already does have those doesn't she? Of course she does.  Although it wouldn't be so bad would it? I mean if she turned into Aykroyd or an Aykroyd character it would be the most precious thing ever.'  'To you maybe Eukie,  but if she turned into say J.P Valkenheiser from Nothing But Trouble or Vic from Neighbors, oh boy would I have trouble trying to remain sane with either of those two.'

Eukie giggled as she called the two of them over to the sofa and she started the Aykroyd movie marathon up with the Blues Brothers, followed by Neighbors,  Spies Like Us, Doctor Detroit and Trading Places.  Mel seemed fine during the first half of the marathon but once it got to the double bill of My Stepmother Is An Alien and the Great Outdoors she started clutching her stomach as if she had eaten something awful. 'Eukie...I don't feel so good.'  'Really? But you were fine earlier...' Eukie took a glance out of the window and saw the full moon about to peer from behind the clouds. 'Please excuse me for a second...'  'Alright,  you're excused.'  Mel hurried over to her half of the apartment and braced herself, fearing what was going to happen to her...was she going to transform into a monster, or into a version of herself based on a character from the movie?

As the moon peered out from behind the clouds and the light shined through the windows and onto her,   she felt a rather uncomfortable sensation jolting through her body,  she groaned in anguish as she saw her chest and torso slowly broadening and expanding,  her grey and white fur slowly transitioning away except for a few parts that darkened and grew across her chest and downward to almost navel length. 'Oh that's just great, i'm getting more hair than usual and i'm already furry. I hope i'm not turning into the bear from that movie.'  She groaned a few more times as her breasts slowly retracted into her chest and then screamed. 'No nooo...noooo!'. Her dark blue tank top was getting a little bit tight as her stomach slowly pumped itself up, inflating and growing.  'Ugh..i'm getting hairy AND also gaining weight? I ask... could this get any worse?'.  

She had always prided herself on her athletic physique which she had gotten from naturally being a gifted athlete and crime-fighter as musculature developed on her chest, torso and stomach. She gasped as her arms contorted, altering as her hands enlarged...her tank top's buttons popping off rapidly one by one and flying all over the place. 'If this tank top gets ruined, someone is going to get their ass kicked tonight.'  Looking at her tank top, she expected it to rip at any minute but instead it slowly turned into a checkered overshirt while a white undershirt materialized underneath, she scratched her back for a bit, feeling a bit of hair sprouting a little bit on her lower back.  'Well thank goodness for that'. She was relieved but still a little bit shocked and horrified as she tried to see if her koala-like tail had changed, she felt around and touched her rear...watching as her tail retracted.

Her jeans slowly turned from blue to brown as her feet enlarged, her legs stretching in the process.  Her privates altering into the more masculine variant while her hip shape altered, losing the aspects of a female pair of hips and restructuring into a more robust mannish pair,  she gasped as two of the middle toes on both feet shifted and merged to give them a slightly webbed appearance. 'Well at least i'm not turning into a bear...if i'm not turning into the bear, then who am I turning into?  Hang on...the outfit, the odd-looking webbed toes...i'm going Aykroydian aren't I?'.  She gasped as she examined her body,  her back broadening as her shoes darkened and turned red.

The koala-girl's back slowly broadened as her shoulders followed suit as she slowly elevated in height to 6'1, a jacket similar to the one the character Roman Craig wore materialized over her shirts as her neckline altered.  While her hair shortened and fluffed up, darkening to a darker shade of brown and a pair of short clean-shaved sideburns sprouted on her cheeks,  her eyebrows arching and thickening as her eyes widened, one eye turning from brown to green while the other remained brown.  giving her eyes of two different colors.  Her koala-like ears shrank into her wavy hair and shifted into a more human looking pair as her cheekbones sharpened and her nose enlarged and altered in size.  Her heart skipped a couple of beats as she gazed at herself in the mirror.

Her lips altered in appearance while her teeth brightened, her facial features slowly morphing and reshaping into those of the character...that character being Roman Craig, as her jawline altered and her appearance became less recognizable to her.  'I look like a Dan Akyroyd character!'. She screamed as her voice deepened and altered, becoming masculine and very manner of factly in terms of mannerisms as it altered to match her appearance,  becoming Roman's voice. 'Now I sound like an Aykroyd character too?'.  The koala-girl held her head as her personality and memories altered, she was starting to remember she was male but more than that...that she was named Roman Craig, and that he has the brother of Chet Ripley,  she attempted to keep his personality at bay but his influence over her was intoxicating, she couldn't help want to give in.  Eventually as in a few seconds later,  Mel gave in and Roman officially took over...the transformation had completed itself.  Roman strode over for a few seconds before admiring himself. 'Not bad, I clean up well.'

Matthias/Werebelushi looked over for a few seconds as Eukie went to go in and inspect what had happened. 'I have got good news and i've got bad news. What do you want to hear first?'  'The good news.'  'Alright, the good news...Mel has not turned into J.P Valkenheiser.' 'Thank goodness! I wouldn't want to end up on that Bonestripper rollercoaster!', 'And the bad news?' 'She's a much worse Aykroyd character.' 'Which one? It's not Vic is it?'. 'Roman...' He gulped, as he braced himself for Roman's arrival...a few seconds later the new Roman Craig showed up,  chuckling to himself as he looked over at him.  'Hello there Werebelushi, wanna wreak some havoc together?'  'I told you Roman, I don't do that..i'm not that kind of monster.  And besides, we all know that I have sworn off that for good.'  'Don't tell me you've gone soft on me now.'

"No I haven't gone soft,  I am just saying that I don't think it's safe for us to do it. Besides, we all know you have a different version of fun than I do.  And I'm just saying you're a bit too chaotic for even me. It's difficult to keep myself sane with you, the only character crazier than you is Vic."

"Crazy? Me? Why, rejecting my suggestion to have an absolutely fun-time causing havoc is the craziest thing i've ever heard if you ask me.  But hey, who am I to judge?  Despite how different your views are from mine,  I respect ya. Plus I wouldn't want to mess with you especially not after I heard about your wrestling skills."

"Not just wrestling but also martial arts.  You forgot i'm a kung fu master."

"I bet if you paired up with me we'd make a good tag-team in a battle."

"We'd make a great team, yes...but i'd have to keep you under control."

Roman cackled in his signature way, laughing at Matthias's remarks and responding with a few quips. Both of them were troublemakers,  but Matthias was a reformed troublemaker who had worked with Roman in the past and after one incident he decided to change his ways and to reform,  that and his anger issues at the time combined with his powers were two benefactors in that case,  specifically in the instances where his inhuman strength accidentally resulted in injuries,  most of the injuries were not fatal but some did have quite a few broken bones as a result.  The two buds rekindled their relationship with a hug as Eucalyptus walked over to them.

Thus with that Matthias, Eucalyptus and Roman continued the Aykroyd marathon and had a good time doing it and later that night they celebrated their friendship.  It is unknown if Mel managed to morph back to being herself afterwards, but she did learn a lesson and that lesson is...sometimes even if you know it's going to be bad, you have to give things a chance to see how they play out.  And to the new Roman Craig,  this was only just the very beginning.  Reuniting certainly did bring Roman and Matthias together in lots of ways.

[animalmontmblr]

hey guys! So I know it’s just a website where I hire someone or something.. but why not I’ll have this as both! (Business and fun daily website!) so anyways I wanted to ask one of yall somethin’ where can I watch the banana splits movie for free? It was usually on sy/fy 4 years ago but right now I want to know where I could watch it.

[cinematicthrowbacks]

Currently, I’m re-watching what I consider a cult classic. “Children Of Dune (2003)” mini-series. I vaguely remember this show. I had forgotten just how many big name actors where in this epic. Well, if some of these actors weren’t big then, they certainly became a huge name after appearing in this 3 part classic. Julie Cox,  Susan Sarandon, James McAvoy, Alec Newman (he looked so good when he was younger), and so many more legendary actors. Two more episodes to go!!

[bloodgnomes]

The Lair of the White Worm

[bri-is-thename]

Why is it when Harry Potter plays on tv I see scenes I’ve never seen before having bought the movies years ago?!

[movieandarts]

by Mainger Germain

[yass-natrasha-universe]

The colour blocking of primary colours in Hollywood has become a staple within the sy-fy/dystopian genre.

[grimrester]

Sara's Big Review of Found Footage Horror Films You've Probably Never Seen

Tired of googling "found footage movies" and being told to watch Blair Witch or V/H/S again? Already watched all the highly recommended “obscure” films? Me too! I have trundled through the depths of Tubi and The Found Footage Critic to find some stuff that you've probably never heard of before. Now you too can reap the benefits of my obsession with this curated list of hidden gems!

The list is in no particular order, but there will be a secondary list of "honorable mentions" at the end, for movies that I feel don't quite fit the genre or I can only half-recommend. 

Accessibility note: Tubi is great about including closed captions/subtitles, so most of these have full subs. I’ll make a note of any entries that have no or limited subs.

Death of a Vlogger

A vlogger accidentally captures paranormal activity on film and goes viral. He teams up with a popular (and possibly fraudulent) ghost hunter to ride the wave of his recent fame. This one is set up mockumentary style rather than solely found footage.

A lot of found footage is more about scares than story, but this is one of the few films I watched with a genuinely compelling story arc. Without spoiling too much, I had some real trouble guessing the ending of this one. It's a fun ride and there's some good scares. There's also some novel camera shots, like a "360" video that's been edited for a flat viewing experience.

trailer | available for free on Tubi

Rorschach

Two skeptics meet up with a single mom and her daughter to investigate the supposed hauntings they’ve been experiencing in their home. Imagine if Paranormal Activity was filmed by someone actively trying disprove the ghost instead of just catching it in action.

I’ll admit this one feels almost directly targeted at me, as a diehard skeptic. It’s a fun perspective to approach the story from and while a few other movies I watched did this, this one felt the best executed. Not terribly scary but pretty believable, which is my favorite trait in found footage!

Accessibility note: no subtitles, only auto-cc.

trailer | available for free on YouTube

(Bonus: if you like this concept but prefer aliens to ghosts, check out Case 347. It was pretty good but didn’t personally appeal to me.)

Hollows Grove

Did you like Grave Encounters? Great news! This one has a similar premise - fake as hell ghost hunters show up to film their show and get a real haunting instead.

I won’t pretend this one is offering anything more than a carnival ride of scares. But they’re pretty competent scares, and at points the acting is genuinely impressive.

trailer | available for free on Tubi

Catskill Park

What if Blair Witch was about aliens and had the budget and special effects of a Sy-Fy Channel Original Movie? That’s Catskill Park.

The actors are all giving off “small time actor doing their absolute best for their highlight reel” vibes, which I actually found kind of charming. And there’s a couple of scenes that genuinely impressed me with how they were shot and the energy the actors brought. I didn’t necessarily find it scary, but it was definitely interesting.

trailer | available for free on Tubi

The Andy Baker Tapes

A high-strung, quick to anger YouTuber meets his eerie, awkward half-brother for the first time. They promptly go on a road trip together.

This is the only psychological thriller I watched that was actually executed well. The tension in this one is absolutely on par with more popular found footage thrillers like Creep. I think if I had to give someone just one recommendation from this list, it’d probably be this one.

trailer | available for free on Tubi

The Unknown Visitor

This is one of the few I watched a trailer for before watching, and I was pretty sure it would probably make this list based on the premise alone.

This one’s a pretty good little ghost story... told entirely through a stationary doorbell cam. This is arguably a movie that shouldn’t work without some pretty smart finessing, but it’s honestly pretty effective! It’s also the shortest watch on the list, so it’s great if you’re looking for just a quick spooky movie.

trailer | available for free on Tubi

Honorable Mentions

Bed Eater: The Movie

I don't know what the fuck this was. It isn't horror, that's for sure. But it sure as fuck was weird.

Bed Eater is a "successful" "blogger" (and also a real Instagram account which exists) who posts pictures of herself eating in bed. Daniel is a film student who is enamored with her work and wants to film the process of making her final post.

If that sounds like some dumb shit, that's because it is. As a former art school kid, I innately understood every single character in this.

I could not find a trailer for this movie when I googled it. What I found instead was the entire film.

Accessibility note: no subtitles.

watch the whole thing on Vimeo

#Screamers

An up-and-coming video streaming site gets an anonymous submission and react as though they've never seen a screamer video before. After uploading it, it goes viral, and they become determined to track down the submitter to pay them to make more videos.

Okay, look. I'm not going to lie, this one is silly, a little dull in the middle, and ALL of the scares are literally just screamers. But the fake-website-talk and random hacking scene are REALLY funny. The actors really put on their best "Sillicon Valley weirdos" impressions.

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The Last Broadcast

Did you really enjoy Lake Mungo? Replace that movie’s troubled teen with a cast of local celebrities and the themes of loss and family with the theme of levels of deception in media and you’d get The Last Broadcast. They have very similar vibes and structures. It really kept me hooked the whole way through.

This one hurts me to put on the honorable mentions, because I genuinely enjoyed most of it. However, the ending makes such a baffling and abrupt tonal/editing shift that I can’t really recommend it without including that as a caveat. 

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Deprivation

Three dudes drive up to a cabin in the middle of the woods to film an experiment where they stay awake for 7 days.

For a movie without a lot of actual scares, this one sure had me on edge! The three stars do a pretty believable job of playing off each other. Once the deprivation sets in, it’s hard to tell who might snap and what’s real or not.

It’s in the honorable mentions for the same reason as the last entry. Why do these otherwise competent filmmakers not know how to end a movie???

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[inlovewithquotes]

"So this movie, how does it end?"

"Pick your favorite sy/fy trope. We could, um, detonate the asteroid heading towards earth, shoot down the giant lizard destroying the city, or it can end with a twist. Michael Guerin, will you marry me? This isn't where I imagined our engagement photos either but, I couldn't wait. We've already spent too much time apart. So?"

"I can't wait to see Sanders in a tux. Yes! Yes. I am so in love with you it's embarrassing."

[monstermaster13]

Were-Aykroyd From Planet Dum Dum.

Nathan Forester had a peculiar problem, you see he was a Were-aykroyd and he kept having masters who either weren’t exactly trustworthy or just got taken over by their own Were-Aykroyd sides, and one evening he was dealing with a problem that was brought on by transformative cookies.

A dum dum were-aykroyd invasion was taking place in the town of Oakendale and he thought he could make peace with the dum dums when they arrived at his apartment, only to transform, luckily though he never completed the transformation since he rarely did mental transformations. That evening he was looking for movies to watch on the television when he saw that Sy Fy was showing a schlocky b-grade horror comedy movie.

His were-aykroyd alter-ego Dan thought it would be a good idea to watch this movie, this movie was titled…’The Were-Aykroyd from Planet Dum Dum’ and had a monstrous plus sized were-aykroyd monster rampaging around in an American city, roaring like a maniac and being gross and stupid.

Dan was enjoying it…’How can you honestly like this movie, you’re a Were-aykroyd yourself, you’re supposed to be better than this.’ ‘Maybe you think it’s stupid but I enjoy this movie. Come on, let’s watch it together.’ ‘I don’t know, this might give me nightmares.’ ‘Since when do you worry about nightmares? You’ve got me.’ ‘True, but everytime i’ve had a dum dum moment it’s nightmares brought on by either you or another were-aykroyd.’

“It will be different I swear. Come on, it will be fun.”

“The movie looks stupid to me but i’ll watch it with you.”

Nathan sighed and sat down as he and Dan watched the movie, half-way through the movie, Nathan couldn’t stand the movie and how offensive he thought the were-aykroyd portrayal was, like he thought the director of the movie thought the were-aykroyd was meant to be a race of morons. ‘How can you just sit there and watch your species be portrayed in that way?’ ‘I know it’s offensive, but I don’t think the director intended for were-aykroyds to be portrayed as stupid.’

‘Did the director intend to give were-aykroyds a farting gimmick like Wario as well?’ ‘I don’t think so. It’s just a movie, relax.’ ‘It’s just a movie, relax…’ ‘One of these days Dan, you and I are going to look for a master who is going to help us with my little problem of turning into you, not make it worse.’

After being bored by the movie Nathan drifted off and had another one of his Were-Aykroyd visions, this time he dreamed he was in his home when he saw the leader of the Were-Aykroyd Dum Dums, the leader was looking for him. ‘Hello Nathan.’ ‘Oh no, not you.’ ‘Oh yes, it is me, we have some unfinished business.’

“What do you mean by that?”

‘You didn’t finish your transformation and now we have come to finish it..either you turn or we will make you do it.’ ‘But I don’t like my fat were-aykroyd form.’ ‘That is too bad because we will make you love it and you will love being so gassy and stupid.’

Hordes of dum-dum Were-Aykroyds stalked Nathan as they lumbered towards him, all with a ridiculously mindless look on their faces, they were just like the Were-Aykroyd in the movie. He freaked out as they lumbered towards him. ‘Join us, Nathan, be a dum dum like us.’ ‘Having no brain is fun.’

Nathan began to make a run for it as he headed downstairs and headed into the lab, he was desperate to find a cure or a way to stop himself from becoming like his previous master had. The dum dum were-aykroyds chased him along with their leader.

Even though these were all comically goofy clones of Dan the Were-Aykroyd, Nathan noticed that they weren’t at all stupid and could smell where he was. He tried to call for help but the leader of the dum dums wanted him to join them no matter what. ‘You never were meant to be a human, you were supposed to be a dum dum were-aykroyd like us.’ ‘I believe that you are lying.’

“Say it, say I am a dum dum were-aykroyd.”

“You are a dum dum were-aykroyd.”

“No, I said I am a dum dum were-aykroyd.”

“That’s what I said.”

“Ugh, enough…i’m going to turn you.”

The blubbery were-aykroyd leader clearly had enough of Nathan’s insults so he charged towards Nathan, getting bigger and fatter as he did so, stomping towards him, eventually becoming so big that he burst through the door. And now he couldn’t even move, at least not as fast as he normally would.

Nathan decided to poke him a few times before tossing him on his stomach and making a run for it but he felt bad for him so he decided to eat with him and be his friend. Little did Nathan realize that this was part of the leader’s plan, for as he ate he began to feel strange, he suddenly felt compelled to eat more and more, as his stomach grumbled loudly. His stomach gurgled as it began to grow, pushing against his shirt, he held his stomach and groaned as he witnessed its growth.

His stomach inflated and grew, pushing against his shirt and causing the buttons to pucker and some of the buttons even popped off as his shirt tightened, he attempted to remove his shirt but his chest and torso expanded just like his stomach was, filling with fat as did his stomach.

Brown hairs slowly sprouted on his arms and on his hands, which enlarged, and his skin matured and bubbled, filling up with fat as his fingers thickened, fattening up, giving him fingers that looked quite plump as he looked at his much larger hands. ‘What is happening to me?’ ‘You’re becoming like me. You will be a fat dum dum were-aykroyd who loves to be fed.’

“But this cannot be happening.”

“Oh but it is, you saw it all yourself.”

‘Yes I did see it all myself, the cookies that turned everyone into dum dum were-aykroyds, the were-aykroyd lair, the plague, the gas, you’re doing this and i’m going to stop you.’ ‘You won’t be, at least not for long, you will join us as a dum dum, you have seen it all yourself, you let a dum dum were-aykroyd into your house, you are going to become one yourself.’

Nathan panicked as he saw his shirt slowly ripping apart as his back and shoulders expanded, he couldn’t help but rub his rapidly growing stomach as he wanted more and more food, he couldn’t help but let out a few belches, he covered his mouth out of embarrassment. The fat continued to pile until it spread to his legs, causing his belly to slowly push against his belt, his belt slowly began to get tighten and unbutton itself as the buttons off the fly of his pants broke and popped off, his rear slowly fattening up as it pushed against his jeans.

His rear fattened up more and more as it pushed his jeans while his belt buckle broke apart, unbuckling as his stomach grew even larger, popping it open, he gasped as he looked over at his stomach which was tremendously round. A loud fart erupted from his behind and he was so embarrassed by this.

As horrifying as this was, he couldn’t help but oddly be entranced as he let loose another fart, and another fart after that. He watched as his jeans ripped open, leaving him in his shorts. ‘Those human clothes look oh so silly on you, you don’t need those do you? Of course you don't, my big fat dumdum needs to wear nothing at all or possibly the dumbest things ever.’

The were-aykroyd leader taunted Nathan as his big fat were-aykroyd butt continued to grow but it didn’t rip his shorts, his shoes however burst open to reveal his feet which were growing much larger and thicker as the toes on Nathan’s toes shifted to look webbed and also thickened, becoming fatter like his fingers had. ‘Yes yes, there we go…be so very fat for me, my dumdum ,eat so much, fart for me, you are not human, you are a dum dum were-aykroyd.’

‘No i’m human, you’re controlling me into doing this.’ ‘Oh but we all know your human self is a lie.’ ‘If I had a nickel for everytime a master of mine told me my human life is a lie I would probably have more than enough to buy me a new lab.’

‘You don’t need that do you?’ ‘Yes I do.’ ‘Nonsense, dum-dum were-aykroyds do not need human things, they just need to be fed and fattened up and to be so mindlessly happy with their gassy selves.’’I can’t imagine anyone being happy with that.’ ‘Oh but I can and I know a big dum dum who just loves it.’

Nathan hated this, he hated the idea of being turned into a dum dum were-aykroyd and being forced to join them, but still the only options he had before were: Either eat with the leader and be transformed, or be eaten/absorbed by said were-aykroyd leader and be spawned out as a were-aykroyd in that way, so ultimately decided to befriend him and eat with him because he felt bad for the leader.

“I only agreed to do this because I felt bad for you.”

“And now you get to be like me, forever.”

“Forever?”

‘Yes, every night for the rest of your life you will become a dum dum just like me.’ ‘Noooo…I don’t want to be a dum dum were-aykroyd forever.’ He tried to escape as he headed over to the door only to be stopped by the leader, who made him eat more and more. ‘You cannot escape this, this is your fate, this is what you get for not completing your transformation.’

Nathan detested the stereotype of ‘dum dum’ were-aykroyds because he always knew Were-aykroyds to be a smart species, yet this were-aykroyd was telling him that wasn’t the case. As if he was lying to him and telling him that what he had heard wasn’t true. He looked at himself and groaned as he grew in height to 6’1 as his neckline altered, also gaining some fat on it while his hair lengthened and his forehead elevated higher up and his eyebrows thickened and arched, one eye turning from brown to green as both eyes widened and his face plumped up in the same way as the rest of the body, his nose broadened, developing a cleft in the middle as his features shifted to look Aykroydian.

His voice deepened and shifted to match, but also becoming comical sounding and sounding like he was doing an impersonation of a stupid person as his voice sounded so stupid it warped to sound like he was speaking in the Ollie North impersonation type of voice Dan Aykroyd used in Caddyshack II, he attempted to keep his human memories and thoughts from being altered but he felt headache after headache happen to him as he held his head…’My name is Nathan, right? I’m human, right?’ ‘No, you are dum dum, you are a dum were-aykroyd who is proud of their gassiness and fatness, you want to grow for your master and feed others, make them into dum dums too.’

He attempted to resist those words and to keep any traces of his human side, and he tried calling for help and he called his friends to help him only for his friends to run away from him, not wanting to catch the dum dum were-aykroyd plague from him. He cried out in horror as his transformation finished, signified by the partial draining of his intelligence, making him a comical goofy were-aykroyd who loved being stupid and fat who also loved breaking wind, as he let out a louder than humanly possible burp and dangerous flatulent were-aykroyd farts that created another gas cloud that spread through his neighborhood, turning his friends and closest acquaintances into dum-dum were-aykroyds just like he had.

Luckily though he had recovered enough of his intelligence to snap out of it and he broke down in tears and he cried, he was horrified at what he had done. A couple of seconds later, the vision ended and he woke up with a scream. ‘What a horrible nightmare that was.’ ‘What’s wrong, Nate?’ ‘Dan, I had a nightmare about turning into a massive fat stupid were-aykroyd.’ ‘There there, it’s okay. The were-aykroyd dum dum plague will not get to you or me.’

He looked over at Dan…’That’s good.’ ‘Sorry that had to happen to you.’ ‘I know, that stupid movie gave me nightmares.’ ‘It wasn’t that bad was it?’ ‘Oh yes it was and it’s your fault…’ ‘How is it my fault?’ Dan responded, inquiring as he looked over at Nathan, wondering why it would be his fault.

“Dan, sometimes I question your taste in movies.”

“Why? It wasn’t that awful was it?”

“It was the worst Aykroyd or Aykroyd themed movie i’ve ever seen.”

‘I thought it was kind of funny, then again it is a Sy Fy channel movie. And Sy Fy isn’t known for their quality.’ ‘Yeah, but even the Sharknado franchise is better than this movie. Why couldn’t we just have watched Mansquito instead?’ ‘I’m sorry that had to happen to you, I just wanted to have a movie night with you and well I thought it would be fun if we watched Were-Aykroyd from Planet Dum Dum and made jokes about it.’ ‘But what you did was a big mistake, next time i’m picking the movie.’ ‘Is it really my fault?’

“Yes.”

“How is it my fault just because of the movie?”

“Let’s watch Were-Aykroyd from Planet Dum Dum, you said. It’ll be fun, you said.”

‘Honestly if you knew that the movie would have that effect on me you wouldn’t have picked that movie.’ ‘Yeah I know and I am sorry, I just used my were-aykroyd powers to mess with you a little bit by making you reenact a scene from the movie, I didn’t meant to give you a vision of turning into a fat dum dum were-aykroyd.’ ‘Your powers are dangerous sometimes, especially when it comes to visions and dreams.’, Dan reached for the remote and switched the channel, this time it was showing an episode of South Park on Comedy Central which Nathan loved.

“I know that and I am very sorry for that.”

“Apology accepted, just don’t do it again.”

And so Nathan hugged Dan and Dan told him that he felt bad for what happened to him so he decided to spend the next day with him doing Nathan’s favorite things and helping him to make up for the problems that had been brought on by the movie and the vision, Nathan never had to deal with being a fat dum dum were-aykroyd ever again, at least not that he knew of.