Six unsettling YouTube videos offer varied Halloween viewing
The article recommends six unsettling YouTube videos for Halloween, spanning surreal short films, cosmic horror and early-style viral weirdness. It presents them as varied alternatives to choosing a single horror film or album, with each offering a different balance of unease, comedy and ambiguity.
The selection includes Cecelia Condit’s 12-minute *Possibly in Michigan*, which gained attention decades after its 1983 release, and *Heck*, a 29-minute precursor to *Skinamarink*. Other picks are *Homemade Gatorade*, *Portrait of God*, David B Earle’s one-minute *Dining Room or There is Nothing* (also available as a four-hour loop), and Nick Lutsko’s *Spirit Halloween Theme*.
In short
- Six YouTube videos offer varied Halloween unease.
- The picks range from surreal shorts to cosmic horror.
- *Heck* delivers *Skinamarink*-style tension in 29 minutes.
Explained simply
YouTube is a video-sharing site where viewers can watch films and clips, including work made independently of film studios. Halloween viewing there ranges from short films to music videos, and some pieces mix horror with comedy or leave their meaning unclear.
The six selections include older work, such as Cecelia Condit’s 1983 film Possibly in Michigan, alongside newer films such as Heck, made by the director of Skinamarink. They also range from a one-minute film that can be watched on a longer loop to Nick Lutsko’s take on a seasonal shop’s theme song.
The collection shows how online video can bring audiences to unusual or experimental work, sometimes years after it was made. Its different lengths and styles offer varied ways to explore unease without committing to a feature-length horror film.
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Originally published by The Verge as “Get in the spirit with these horrors from YouTube”.