YouTube is offering a slate of short, strange videos for viewers closing out the Halloween season, assembled as a final installment of spooky-season recommendations. The picks range from surreal art-house shorts to cosmic horror and classic viral clips. The list is aimed at people who want something creepy, disturbing or simply odd rather than a single horror film or unsettling album.
Among the selections is Possibly in Michigan, a 1983 short film by Cecelia Condit. The 12-minute work found its audience more than 30 years later after being uploaded to YouTube and eventually reaching Reddit. The article describes it as a feminist musical about cannibals in the manner of a David Lynch film. Its unsettling imagery has inspired hours of YouTube videos dedicated to analyzing its meaning.
Homemade Gatorade is included for blending horror and comedy. The short is described as bizarre, uncomfortable and uncanny, mixing stiff animation with heavily processed video. It follows a road trip and leaves viewers unsure whether to laugh or recoil.
Portrait of God is cited for restraint in cosmic horror. The article notes that big-budget films in the genre often err by showing too much, while this short recognizes that less is more. Much of its runtime is spent staring into an empty abyss, or what may be empty.
Heck is the short that was eventually turned into the experimental horror Skinamarink. The article says Skinamarink is not for everyone, since 100 minutes is a long time to spend staring into staticky corners of a drab suburban home. Heck delivers the same quiet tension-building in 29 minutes.
The final pick is a one-minute loopable short from David B Earle, described as abstract creepiness and nightmare-fuel visuals of the kind that performed well on early YouTube. The article notes a four-hour looped version for use at a Halloween party.
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