- 6 weeks ago
Sleep isn't an option after watching these... Join us as we count down our picks for the most unsettling videos ever posted to YouTube. From creepy animations to disturbing found footage, these clips will haunt your nightmares long after viewing. Proceed with caution - some of these internet horrors are not for the faint of heart!
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most unsettling videos
00:12ever posted to YouTube.
00:19Number 30. Illusion of Bias. A haunting moral told in a genuinely unnerving way.
00:25Who could ask for anything more?
00:30Illusion of Bias follows the fictional story of a young girl who loses the ability to see her face
00:37following an emergency brain surgery. She dreams of being able to see herself,
00:42and her subconscious seemingly listens.
00:49Through it all, the viewers are treated to unsettling moments like her featureless head
00:53and the eruptive voice in her dream. The final blow comes when she peers into a mirror,
00:58and she and the audience are met with her disfigured face. The story ends with her being
01:02sick every night, alongside a warning to those watching to appreciate what they have,
01:07because the alternative may be far worse.
01:13Number 29. Everywhere at the End of Time. Though supernatural horrors are scary,
01:18some of the worst fears come from real life. There are few things that are more terrifying
01:23than the slow degradation of the mind, which is captured perfectly in Everywhere at the End of
01:28Time from English electronic musician James Leland Kirby, a.k.a. The Caretaker.
01:39The piece lasts over six hours, spanning the various stages of memory loss. It starts out deceptively
01:45happy, using ballroom music as a way of evoking feelings of a bygone era. As it progresses,
01:51it becomes more distorted and frightening.
02:01The final movement is the peak of existential horror, with the previous music nearly disappearing
02:06in favor of an unending ambient void. It's a gorgeous piece, but engage at your own risk,
02:11as you may walk away from it with newfound fears of the future.
02:19Number 28. Who is behind our face? Special effects and carefully chosen music can both
02:26help curate an unsettling vibe, but this is proof that you don't need either to do so.
02:30With just clay and paint, Olivier de Sagazan transformed himself from man into an unrecognizable
02:45beast. With just a couple of layers, the viewer is thrown into the uncanny valley at the sight of
02:50his now disfigured features. The music is non-existent, only the occasional sounds of him
03:06working. At one point, he begins to desperately change himself. The piece as a whole serves as a
03:12creepy yet powerful nod to our never-ending attempts at finding ourselves in a world that
03:16seems to demand constant change. Number 27. Paris Catacombs lost man footage. Getting lost is scary
03:27enough, but imagine the fear that comes with being hopelessly confused in a 150-mile underground
03:33cemetery. So basically, he's filming what he's seeing, very deep inside the catacombs. Many got
03:38to see it for themselves when footage from a 2000 episode of Scariest Places on Earth resurfaced
03:43online. It depicts a person wandering through the halls of the Paris Catacombs and observing bones
03:48before suddenly running away from an unseen danger. He's running faster and faster and faster and
03:54deeper and deeper into the catacombs. The clip ends with his camera falling to the ground,
03:58indicating that it was dropped or that he fell. Throughout it all, his actions are narrated in a
04:03tone that seems to match his panic, creating even more tension. Though there's speculation this video
04:08isn't as authentic as it appears to be, something that can't be faked are the chills it sends down
04:14viewers' spines. And all of a sudden...
04:17Number 26. If. If everywhere at the end of time didn't strike existential fear into you,
04:24then surely this will. Michael of Vsauce is no stranger to intense videos. He outdid himself with
04:30If, which focuses on figurative situations that are still planned for as though they're going to happen.
04:35To us, the universe is full of...if...but all things considered, we are pretty good at predicting
04:43the future and preparing for it. For example, he takes the audience through a simulation of a
04:49nuclear strike on the United States, including the never-before-broadcast emergency alert system.
04:54We interrupt our programming. This is a national emergency. The following message is transmitted
05:00at the request of the United States government. This is not a test.
05:04He takes us further down the rabbit hole as he explains the moon disaster speech,
05:08a statement written for President Nixon in the very likely case that the astronauts had to be
05:12abandoned and take their own lives. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin,
05:18know that there is no hope for their recovery, but they also know that there is hope for mankind
05:23and their sacrifice. Though it isn't loaded with jump scares, it's a piece that will force you to
05:28recognize that nothing is guaranteed. Number 25, Kay Fee, car commercial. There's nothing quite like
05:35a classic. Unlike several other videos on this list, there's no greater story. It simply depicts a car
05:41driving down a country road before a zombie suddenly pops up from the corner of the screen
05:45and jump scares the viewer. Since being uploaded in 2006, it has startled countless people at least once.
05:53This isn't the only one of its kind, however. The company, Kay Fee, made several commercials in this
05:58screamer format, but none have taken off as much as this one. It's a relic of a bygone era of the
06:03internet, but it still hits as hard as it did when it was first posted almost 20 years ago.
06:16Number 24, my dead great-grandma's coffin in my own backyard. Just from the title alone,
06:22you know you're in for an unsettling time.
06:29My great-grandma's coffin in my own backyard, from YouTuber DJ Def Joey, was filmed in 2008,
06:36making the body of his deceased relative 45 years old at the time. She ended up in his possession
06:41following the closure of the cemetery she was originally buried in. That left her in his care,
06:46and at his whim to film. He then reveals her, giving the viewer a front-row seat to his macabre show.
06:52He then takes things up another notch by proving just how much he loves his great-grandmother.
06:56In an otherwise discomforting video, this manages to somehow be the most horrifying part,
07:01and the moment that's most likely to stick with you after watching.
07:05Number 23, grave robbing for morons. Some scary clips predate YouTube by several years.
07:11Grave robbing for morons is believed to have been filmed sometime in the late 1980s,
07:16which is corroborated by the VHS camcorder footage.
07:19Try and keep the realty then.
07:21It opens with a human skull being presented to the camera. It's a jarring start,
07:25and it only gets more twisted from there. He ropes the viewer into a lesson they'll never forget,
07:30teaching them how to remove bones from their resting place and how to tell the age of the
07:35body you're stealing from. Though some are quick to call it fake, others have pointed out that the
07:39remains shown are too detailed for that to be the case. With that in mind, the video suddenly goes
07:44from creepy to downright horrific. Number 22, 2 AM, The Smiling Man.
07:52As if walking home alone at night wasn't already terrifying enough,
07:552 AM, The Smiling Man is a masterclass in capturing tension.
08:02It opens with our main character walking home, when he suddenly comes across a man dancing towards him.
08:08He decides to cross, only to be followed. Just when you and the character are lulled into a false
08:13sense of security, The Smiling Man suddenly rushes the camera.
08:21The sound kicks into high gear, making the viewer feel just as terrified as the protagonist.
08:27The last thing either of you see before the video suddenly cuts is the antagonist's wide,
08:31unfeeling grin. The ambiguous ending makes it all the more scary,
08:35leaving you wondering what possibly happened afterwards.
08:38Number 21, Happy Anniversary. After accidentally crashing her car on February 9th, 2004,
08:47Maura Murray called for help. By the time the authorities arrived, she was already gone.
08:51Murray was last seen on surveillance video at an ATM in Haverhill.
08:55Years later in 2012, a video was uploaded on the 8th anniversary of her disappearance.
09:00This was no ordinary tribute, however. It depicted an older man in a dark room,
09:05laughing maniacally at the camera, leaving many viewers with the horrible feeling that he'd done
09:09something awful. The kicker? The user, 112Dirtbag, based his name both on the road she had disappeared
09:18from and the descriptor used by her stepfather to denote those who kidnapped her. There were so many
09:23coincidences that the police got involved, but they eventually found he didn't abduct her.
09:28He just wanted to pretend he did.
09:30Number 20, Pencil Face. Uploaded by Scad Shorts in 2008, Pencil Face is a popular video that has
09:37amassed nearly 2.5 million views. A bizarre but creative work, Pencil Face shows a young girl
09:43interacting with a giant pencil. Said pencil has a creepy face and allows the girl to conjure objects out
09:55of thin air. Let's just say it doesn't end too well for the pencil's poor victim. It's a
10:00very well-made video, especially when it comes to early YouTube.
10:13It's filmed well, the design of the pencil is incredibly eerie, and a disturbing musical motif
10:18repeats throughout the video, putting the viewer in a near-hypnotic trance. The mood it creates is one
10:25of extreme uncertainty.
10:27Number 19, The Sounds of Hell. Scour YouTube for a minute and you will find dozens of videos on the
10:33Siberian Sounds of Hell. These videos have received millions of views, all of which tell the same
10:38story. The legend goes that Soviet engineers drilled a nine-mile hole into the Siberian ground,
10:44and when they lowered a microphone into the hole, they captured the literal sounds of hell.
10:49Unfortunately, this story has proven to be fake, and the sounds of hell are just spliced together
10:59sound effects. Fake or not, the noises are still incredibly chilling, and we have to give major
11:05props to the talented editor who made it. They truly did capture the sounds of hell, or at least what we
11:17would imagine hell to sound like. Number 18, 11bx1371. There are cryptic YouTube videos, and then
11:25there's 11bx1371. Even its title defies sense. The video was originally uploaded in May 2015,
11:33before being re-uploaded under another channel in October.
11:36A person in an old Plague Doctor outfit stands inside an abandoned building and performs many
11:47puzzling actions, none of which can be properly deciphered. Harsh, distorted noises can also be
11:53heard throughout the video, which helps aid in its confounding tone. Viewers scoured the footage to
12:03decipher its meaning, with many even conducting frame-by-frame analysis. In 2016, creator Parker
12:10Wright gave an interview with the Daily Dot, and revealed that the video was made as a creepy art
12:14project. Maybe there's no greater meaning behind it, but it sure is scary. Number 17, Cooking Idol.
12:21We, um, we really don't know what's going on in this video, but we do not like it. It was uploaded
12:27back in September 2010 by a user named Nana825763, and has since amassed over 3 million views.
12:34It begins with a fantastic jump scare, as creepy whispering and demonic noises are followed by a
12:40doll's face slamming into the camera. What follows is a pure surreal nightmare, as the doll cooks,
12:52dances, and just kind of jiggles around. We don't know what's scarier, the bizarre visuals bathed in
12:59red, or the disturbing sound effects that are played throughout the video. But we do know that both
13:10combine to create a truly unforgettable YouTube experience. Number 16, Sad Satan. On June 25th,
13:182015, a user named Obscure Horror Corner uploaded gameplay of a PC title called Sad Satan. The user
13:25claimed to have found the game on the deep web, and it proved deeply upsetting for many.
13:36As the player walks down darkened corridors, audio of serial killers can be heard, and disturbing
13:42images continuously appear on screen, most of which reference horrific criminal acts. What makes this
13:48even scarier is the fact that we don't know much about it. Obscure Horror Corner disappeared after
13:53uploading the gameplay, and not much is known about Sad Satan.
14:04Some believe it was created by Obscure Horror Corner themselves. Others are not sure what to believe.
14:10It is an internet legend, and one that has never been solved.
14:14Number 15, Chasing Alien Through Aussie Woods. There are literally countless videos out there
14:20purporting to show alien encounters. This is one of the best. The user has uploaded a number of
14:26supposed alien sightings to his channel, but this is by far the most popular, generating nearly two
14:31and a half million views. He and his buddies panic after seeing an alien, and chase it through the
14:44woods, resulting in some good Blair Witch-style scares. Even though it's likely scripted, it's still a
14:49great bit of film making, and does a fantastic job in building tension.
14:54Yeah, right here, right here.
14:56We were here last time.
14:57I know, exactly, coming through here. I know where we're going.
15:00It just goes to show that you don't need a lot of money to create an unforgettable short film.
15:05Number 14, Idaram Singh's Pretty Woman.
15:08Idaram was a very popular YouTuber in the late 2000s, known for his eccentric videos and somewhat
15:14creepy appearance. In this famous one from January 2009, the wild-haired Idaram dances for the camera
15:20and lip-syncs to Roy Orbison's Oh Pretty Woman.
15:30The video alone is creepy enough, as it has an unsettling air of weirdness to it, but the context
15:36makes it even more disturbing. Idaram was a man named Edward Mascari, who served 18 months in prison
15:42in the late 80s for sexual battery. It was these YouTube videos that eventually got Mascari re-arrested,
15:48as he was prohibited from owning a computer and uploading content.
15:52Pretty woman, yeah, yeah, yeah. Pretty woman, lift my way.
15:59He was sentenced to five years in prison, and died in custody.
16:03Number 13, 14 Horror Stories Animated.
16:07If Halloween season rolls around and you have nothing new to watch, try giving this video a try.
16:11It was uploaded by YouTuber Llama Arts, and it sees them animating 14 unique scary stories.
16:18I looked up one last time before driving off.
16:21The blinds to the window I had peeked into had been shut,
16:23but I could see two of the blinds bent open.
16:27Somebody was at that window watching me.
16:29Running nearly one hour in length, the video is a wonderful bit of horror filmmaking.
16:34The stories are freaky, the narration is suitably haunting,
16:38and the accompanying animation visualizes the terror in a distinctive manner.
16:42The last thing I saw was my alarm clock flashing 1207,
16:46before she pushed her long, rotting nails through my chest,
16:49her other hand muffling my screams.
16:52The video proved incredibly popular, and as of 2023,
16:56it's been seen by nearly 22 million people.
16:58It speaks to the talent of Llama Arts, and the quality of the stories in question.
17:03Number 12, The Swedish Rhapsody.
17:06In January of 2011, YouTube channel The Conet Archive uploaded a video titled The Swedish Rhapsody.
17:12Despite its title, the audio was taken from a radio station broadcasting out of Poland.
17:17It consists of a repeating piece of music,
17:27and what sounds like a small girl's voice speaking in a cryptic and robotic manner.
17:31Just imagine tuning into this in the dead of night,
17:34not knowing what it was or where it was coming from.
17:36You may think the world is ending.
17:47Well, that's kind of what it was for.
17:49This audio was taken from a number station run by Poland's Ministry of Public Security,
17:53and it was broadcast to spies during the Cold War.
17:57Number 11, Spoons.
17:59We're going way back with Spoons,
18:01the first video in the famous Salad Finger series.
18:04Spoons was first published on Newgrounds on July 1st, 2004,
18:08and made the transition to YouTube in 2007.
18:11Hello.
18:14I like rusty spoons.
18:17I like to touch them.
18:21The animated short was a major success on both platforms,
18:24and has since garnered over 40 million views on YouTube.
18:27It's an all-time classic bit of internet horror,
18:30featuring unforgettable visuals,
18:31an uneasy storyline,
18:33and a wonderfully eerie vocal performance from creator David Firth.
18:37I see.
18:39Then I must leave.
18:41It was truly ahead of its time,
18:44and even to this day,
18:45Spoons remains a wickedly creepy little video.
18:49Number 10,
18:50mass of daddy longlegs in a tree.
18:52Kill it with fire.
18:54In this video clip,
18:55someone from Arizona felt compelled to disturb a cluster of daddy longlegs gathering together,
19:01for whatever reason.
19:02Anyone with serious arachnophobia watching this,
19:05avert your eyes.
19:06While daddy longlegs aren't necessarily a harmful arachnid in comparison to other spiders in the world,
19:12the manner in which they scatter across the tree with those freakishly long legs of theirs
19:16definitely unsettles us.
19:19The second the person filming pokes them with a stick,
19:21they scramble into every possible direction.
19:24And even though we know there's a computer screen separating us from the creepy crawlers,
19:29we cannot help but be nervous that they might overflow right onto our laps.
19:33Number 9,
19:40hand thing.
19:41Hi.
19:42Hey, what is it?
19:43Have you ever done the hand thing?
19:45Neither have we,
19:46and we doubt we ever will after watching this creep fest.
19:49In this video,
19:50two people that have dressed themselves up to look like giant dolls
19:53speak to each other in very squeaky voices,
19:56while talking about and performing the hand thing.
19:59God, I heard you're doing the hand thing.
20:01Ahoy.
20:02Ahoy.
20:03They make incredibly strange noises
20:06as they repeat the same hand movements over and over again.
20:09The repetitive nature of the video generates a heavy sense of madness,
20:13as we're sucked further and further into this mind-numbing
20:16and off-putting cycle of unparalleled insanity.
20:19It may not have grotesque monsters or unexpected jump scares,
20:23but hand thing proves that a descent into pure, inexplicable lunacy
20:27can sometimes be more effectively terrifying than anything else.
20:31Ahoy.
20:32Ahoy.
20:35Ahoy.
20:35We feel anything but fantastic after watching this one.
20:49In this disturbing video,
20:51a mannequin is dressed up in a variety of different outfits
20:54and placed into a plain-looking room.
20:56Seems more weird than scary with just the visuals alone,
20:59but it's the combination of both the offbeat imagery and chilling audio
21:03that truly sells the scares this time around.
21:05The eerie soundtrack provides a calm but altogether unnerving atmosphere,
21:10as the lifeless doll does little but stare at you while the strange melody continues on.
21:15While we're at it, what the hell is up with that video description?
21:25It brings up Greek mythology and the philosophies of what true beauty are.
21:29It makes us feel like they're confusing the terms
21:32It makes us fantastic and frightening a little here.
21:39Number 7.
21:40The Disneyland Ghost
21:41Who's up for something a little more lighthearted to take a break from all this horrifying material?
21:46How about a trip to Disneyland?
21:48Disneyland is the exact opposite of spooky.
21:50It is the most approachable, friendly, charming place we can think of.
21:54And what was that?
21:56Unfortunately, it seems like not even the wonderful world of Disney
21:59is safe from the supernatural entities of our universe.
22:02We've reimagined the hitchhiking ghost scene using our newest, most innovative technologies.
22:07It now allows for the hitchhiking ghost to interact with guests directly,
22:10placing them at the center of the story.
22:12Some people have hypothesized that this is the spirit of the man himself, Walt Disney.
22:17Whether it's an actual ghost or just a video glitch,
22:20the image seen here will not be leaving our subconscious anytime soon.
22:25Number 6.
22:25Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared
22:27What's your favorite idea?
22:29Mine is being creative.
22:31How do you get the idea?
22:34I just try to think creatively.
22:36How could a video featuring colorful, happy-go-lucky puppets
22:40gathering together to get creative be even remotely scary?
22:43Well, let's just say that Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared
22:45is the very definition of expecting the unexpected.
22:49Everything seems to be calm and collected at first,
22:51but the slow burn of the terror to come begins to build until the ending,
22:55where the intensity reaches a fever pitch and things get nuts.
22:59Shocking split-second shots of hearts, bloody pies, and thunderstorms
23:10are accompanied by an ear-scratching soundtrack,
23:12all of which results in an incredibly disturbing experience.
23:16We never expected a seemingly Sesame Street-style video to get so dark so fast.
23:21Don't follow the instructions in the video's titles.
23:24Please hug us, we're scared.
23:25Number 5. Obey the Walrus
23:34Also known as Obedete a la Morsa
23:36This entry defies any sense of logic or explanation.
23:45After the brief and inexplicable inclusion of the villain Andross
23:48from the Star Fox video game series,
23:50the video suddenly bombards the viewer with a kaleidoscope of colors
23:53and visual patterns before the main attraction begins.
24:01The video is apparently a product made by a Latin American cult of people
24:06who worship an otherworldly entity known only as the walrus.
24:10Whatever the individual dancing around has to do with this walrus is anyone's guess.
24:14Supposedly, bad luck will follow anyone shortly after they witness this video.
24:19If your life gets crappy shortly after watching our countdown,
24:22we're sorry for dragging you into this.
24:30Number 4. Body of a Pig
24:32Let's play count the nopes, shall we?
24:42Nope, number 1.
24:44The cameraman and his colleagues are exploring a dark and desolate environment.
24:48Nope, number 2.
24:49Said environment was highly rumored to be haunted.
24:52Nope, number 3.
24:54And this one is the kicker.
24:55They decide to open a big red metallic door to see what's on the other side.
24:59Almost immediately upon opening the door,
25:07a grumbly voice is just barely audible,
25:09with the video repeating the sound several times just in case you don't catch it.
25:14After being slowed down and cleared up,
25:16a voice can be heard saying,
25:17I have the body of a pig,
25:19just before making grunting sounds.
25:22What they heard, however,
25:23is nothing compared to what they saw.
25:25Number 3. Bedfellows
25:34We can all take some comfort in knowing that this video is 100% fake,
25:39as it is a short horror film identifying itself as a work of fiction.
25:44However, this doesn't make it any less scary.
25:46A woman lies in bed next to who we can only assume to be her husband,
25:50due to the numerous photographs of them that we are shown throughout the video.
25:53However, things take a twisted and unexpected turn
25:56when the woman gets a phone call from her significant other,
25:59who is just letting her know that he went for a little walk.
26:06Well, that's all well and good,
26:09but if that's her significant other on the phone,
26:11then who's lying next to her?
26:13Cue the heart-stopping jump scare in 3, 2, 1.
26:18Number 2. Dining Room or There Is Nothing
26:21Upon clicking the video,
26:28you are immediately shown a pale woman in drab clothing
26:32while a fire rages behind her.
26:34Things only get creepier from there
26:36as the woman stares blankly into the camera.
26:38As it pulls back,
26:39it reveals an empty-looking room
26:41and what appears to be a bowl set for someone sitting opposite of her.
26:45She also says phrases that can't really be understood in her eerily monotone voice.
26:50We can't help but jump in our seats when she suddenly smashes her face into the bowl.
26:54We aren't really sure what's happening here,
26:56but horror does work best with that element of the unknown.
27:00And this video has it in spades.
27:02Before we continue,
27:13be sure to subscribe to our channel
27:15and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos.
27:18You have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them.
27:22If you're on your phone,
27:23make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications.
27:261. Girl Goes Psycho During Makeup Tutorial
27:32So we're gonna just start here.
27:45Scary. Horrifying. Disturbing. Creepy.
27:49Take your pick over which words you use to describe what happens in this video.
27:52Because by the end, it left us completely speechless.
27:55It starts off innocently enough,
27:57with a woman providing helpful hints and suggestions for makeup advice.
28:01Work it. Work. Work.
28:03Fabulous.
28:04However, if Don't Hug Me I'm Scared taught us anything,
28:08it's that even the cheeriest setup can go south very quickly.
28:11The woman is proceeding to demonstrate various makeup techniques
28:14when, out of nowhere,
28:16her live feed is interrupted by what looks like a darkened room.
28:20After this, she seemingly becomes possessed by something,
28:23loses control of her own body,
28:26and proceeds to violently smash her face into a bloody and broken mess.
28:35Which YouTube video do you find the most chilling?
28:38Let us know in the comments below.
28:39Let us know in the comments below.
28:41Let us know in the comments below.
28:42Let us know in the comments below.
28:43In the comments below.
28:44Well, just in the comments below.
28:45Welcome to DocCast.
28:47Perfect work.
28:49Let us know in the comments below.
28:51euremoiz själ.
28:51Ready?
28:52見!"
28:52I want you to know?
28:55I want you to know in the comments below.
28:56Can you hear that?
28:57I know.
29:00I know.
29:01It's not what we should do.
29:02It's not gonna beler.
29:04I know.
29:04I know.
Recommended
36:34
|
Up next
0:37
17:29
41:43
40:48
1:10:35
28:34
10:52
2:07:16
10:58
1:42:26
10:45
34:34
10:57
11:06
21:25
12:31
9:15
10:32
Comments
1