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Digital Horror: Rebirth of Creepypasta

Sagan Hawkes

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Today we'll be discussing the history and evolution of Creepypasta, from its origins in the 80s and 90s, to its disappearance in the late 2010s, to its recent 'rebirth'... but was it ever really gone? And what really makes something a 'Creepypasta'? I'll be attempting to answer those questions, as well as discussing and analyzing some modern Digital Horror web-series which seem to take special inspiration from the Creepypasta of generations past.
Morley Grove: @remy-abode
Chainmail Chasers: @chainmailchasers
We're All Going to the World's Fair
Speedduo64: @shutupjojo_
VibingLeaf: @vibingleaf
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Opening: (0:00)
Morley Grove Breakdown: (2:46)
Morley Grove Analysis: (16:53)
Chain Letters: (26:15)
ChainmailChasers Breakdown: (28:45)
ChainmailChasers Analysis: (1:12:55)
We're All Going to the World's Fair Breakdown: (1:28:19)
We're All Going to the World's Far Analysis: (1:37:47)
A History of Creepypasta: (1:52:05)
Defining Creepypasta: (2:23:52)
Ending: (2:34:53)

20 Comments

@cdm966 1 year ago

The evil computer demon saying "do you really think you have the *audacity*" and then pulling up a desktop shortcut to Audacity is actually so fucking funny

@wubwubdododo5656 2 years ago

Okay but the line "Your brain stores images too." is really fucking cool, because its true! Images are saved physically on our body in some capacity.

@AurorasAura4417 2 years ago

Chainmail Chasers is crazy bc it goes from "What are the origins of these classic creepypasta images?" to "Memes are beacons of Hell itself and will cause the rapture"

@HawkTeevs 2 years ago (edited)

Morley Grove is genuinely the most haunting iteration of Slender Man I have ever seen.
Children don’t just get taken. They are forgotten. And they are forced to watch as they are erased from history entirely. They see their faces fading from the minds of their loved ones, and even from their own photos. Until eventually, it’s just them. All alone with the Morley Man.

@Captainhogthrob 2 years ago

"Ice cream Monkey Fan became the Bisected King" is a line that made me question what I'm doing with my life

@corey_clip 2 years ago (edited)

Okay, Dustin's face being blurred in photos then having a blur in the dark corner of that kitchen is one of the most genius and effective things I've ever seen in analog horror. No jumpscare, no really scary visuals even. Just the knowledge that something is there...

@boogamandan7275 1 year ago

the dragon/smiledog could not affect me bc id move my cursor around on its head like im petting the doggie and it has no comeback on that its just over for him at that point

@Bonkpunktexe 2 years ago

"im not talking to a jpeg" is honestly one of my favourite quotes ever and i think that chainmail chasers, even if it is a little goofy at times, is just great for having moments like this. it's genuinely kinda spooky at times, but it also has the capability to be funny as well

@LilacStarbloom 2 years ago

25:18 "everyone is destined to fade"
Ea-nāṣir, who sold shitty copper over 3000 years ago: "well obviously fucking NOT"

@fluxbird 1 year ago

"im not talking to a jpeg" "ok turn me into a gif then"

@shockdoggo6889 2 years ago

The morley man wont be able to erase me if i eat the mona lisa

@Notnotnotnotnotnotnotnot 2 years ago

No wonder slender man teleports, if he’s twenty feet tall could you imagine how goofy he’d walk with those cartoonishly long legs?

@chadlancer6107 2 years ago

1:17:00 the implication that jerma is a demon is the funniest thing to me.

@Clairevoyant101 2 years ago

i cannot take the "Hi my name is Carmen Winstead" thing seriously because of the avengers ass line "did i mention that i'm dead" like cmon thats silly

@FaLIStaff 2 years ago (edited)

How does Chainmailchasers go from a creepypasta about memes to a battle manga about ancient demons and angels across time?

@myfriendkirby 2 years ago

YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HOW FUCKING HAPPY I AM THAT THIS IS A SERIES

@nothingrhymeswithorange5294 2 years ago

Sorry babe, I can't tonight. Sagan Hawkes just uploaded a feature length video about things I haven't heard of before

@Sunny64123 2 years ago (edited)

As a kid I was traumatized by the “don’t speed” PSA video where a guy loses his control on his car and crashes into a preschooler group

@AkariEnderwolf 1 year ago

Herobrine had an existance outside the creepypasta stuff too. many of us Alpha players simply blamed glitches on Herobrine for the fun of it.

@Toy_Tomb 1 year ago

8:33 dude I could hug you, the implication of someone’s “sunshine” being taken away has always seemed insidious to me. It literally used to make me cry as a kid.