The PAYNEful PodSPLOSION #06 – Creepypastaganza
It’s a funny thing, Halloween. It’s an American tradition that, through copious amounts of exported television, has embraced our dank British shores and seems to have taken root like some sort of gnarled evil tree.
Personally, I actually hate scary things, and yet I have a contradictory interest in the creepy or macabre1. One of my particular fascinations is with the popular internet phenomenon of “creepypasta“, of which I have penned2 two: “The Pained Man” and “Pulling the Plug” (make of them what you will, your mileage may vary).
As a bit of fun, I sat down with Sam to read some random creepypastas culled from the online cesspool of the web. We cast scorn as appropriate. I’ve linked to them all below if you want to read along!
This week’s video accompaniment is from the recently-released horror game The Evil Within. Enjoy as I get chased by a maniac with a chainsaw!
Listener beware…you’re in for a scare…3
Read along with Sean and Sam, story links below:
- The Masterpiece
- The Strangest Security Tape I’ve Ever Seen (by powerhawkmash)
- Short Creepypastas on I Know You’re Awake Tumblr
- They’re Everywhere
- Normal Porn for Normal People 4 (by Cosbydaf)
- Bad Dream
- Don’t Close Your Eyes
- The Whistling Man
- The Railroad (Website NSFW!)
- Sarah O’ Bannon (Website NSFW!)
- Wristbands (Website NSFW!)
- Random Creepypastas on TVTropes
- Home Cooked Meal (by Terminal Dogma)
Related links for things mentioned in the podcast:
- Tales of the Unexpected – terrible British drama with “shocking twists” (the Richard Briers episode was apparently called “The Verger”).
- Memory Hole – weird, creepy videos…dare you watch?
- Terrifying image of ghost girl on Encyclopedia Dramatica that freaked Sean out (Website NSFW!)
- Junji Ito’s Uzumaki (the manga about spirals! SCARY spirals!)
- Junji Ito’s The Mystery of Amigara Fault (DRR! DRR! DRR!)
- John Dies at the End – the best horror story ever.
- This Book is Full of Spiders, Seriously Dude, Don’t Touch It – the sequel to the best horror story ever.
- The Bay – terrible faux documentary about people being eaten from the inside by fish parasites (no joke!).
- Cabin in the Woods – it’s good, despite Joss Whedon!
- Tucker & Dale vs. Evil – hilarious!
- Resident Evil 4 – best horror game ever, and you don’t need knowledge of the series to enjoy!
- Chilling Tales for Dark Nights – professionally voiced creepypasta and horror fiction.
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- This might stem from the fact that I used to read/watch Goosebumps, and I was also quite fond of Are You Afraid of the Dark and Eerie, Indiana. My family had Sky TV, I was a lucky kid! ↩
- “Pen” is a loose term these days, and is the fancy shorthand for “tapped out quickly on a computer keyboard”. ↩
- Also please don’t sue us R. L. Stine, ta! ↩
- Incidentally the website actually exists, and no I’m not linking to it. I don’t think my Google rank can get lower than it is but I don’t want to try! ↩
Post by Sean Patrick Payne+ | October 31, 2014 at 9:00 pm | Halloween, Podcasts, The PAYNEful podSPLOSION | No comment
Tags: creepypasta, Goosebumps, Halloween, horror, John Dies at the End, Junji Ito, The Evil Within