Think you're the first one to cover my series so far in a video like this. Thanks so much, this video was so good and I'm glad you got a kick out of my stuff! Also the PS4 asmr is by FAR the best video I've uploaded, very underrated lol jk!

I'm so glad you covered Spectre's animations. I loved their videos and think they deserve all the praise.

Underrated note about the radio: Spirit boxes flip through dozens of channels, gathering snippets of noise and pulling them together. Your brain fills in those gaps like an optical illusion to the ears and forms words; it's *possible* to have a short chat, but consistent answers need some improv and editing. Sean is a ghost hunter though, he *knows* this, he's done this at places around a century old. Getting three coherent responses is usually the limit of a spirit box, and he got a full convo: That's bonechilling.

I believe that the "Mandatory Suicide" part at the end of the Bonnie video was written by William Afton himself. If you look more closely at the rest of the page before it was cut-off, you'd notice that the paper becomes more spiteful and threatening, stating that even if you do somehow manage to survive the encounter with the animatronic and managed to somehow escape the room, your life would still be in danger given as you now know as to _what_ was the cause of the rancid smell that was lingering from the withered animatronics.

I like the last ones ending because it actually implies that the kid was trying to save him. The kid told the guy get out because William was nearby and the kid was trying to save the guy recording everything

I love Paranormal Investigation purely for the concept alone. With a story about five dead children's haunting the bodies of animatronics, it would be insane not to believe that people with ghost hunting occupations would take advantage of this. It's such a realistic take on the setting that I'm surprised not a lot of fans have tackled.

I like the idea of Paranormal Investigation, because it's like an actual usually depicted possession. Sure, the spirits have access to and themselves are bound to their respective animatronics, but it's not that they _are_ the animatronics. They are themselves, and move these lifeless bodies around because it makes them feel like they still have one to move, even trapped within another as it is. Compared to the later FNaF games, where things get more and more robotic and it just becomes sentient robots and some guy harvesting kids in a way that the lore then explicitly states makes the possessions continuing impossible, this feels like the first possessions, when the series had a sensible and simple story that was utterly terrifying in its simplicity, and focused on the victims. Remember in FNaF 1, how the animatronics wouldn't all just be openly hostile - some would keep to themselves, like Foxy hiding behind his curtains for most of the night or Freddy patiently waiting on stage, and the others would wander aimlessly? Remember how in FNaF 1 there were various happenings, such as the circus track playing throughout the pizzeria or the sudden hallucinations, which simply happened as though the spirits were either passively or intentionally causing them without needing to use the animatronics? That sort of stuff was a major part of the atmosphere, and that's why the series has steadily decreased in its horror. Sure, the big robot that can't really be stopped by mechanical failures (tasing logically just makes the servos and motors freak out and fight whatever the spirits are doing to them, rather than directly stopping said spirits) and could tear you in half is scary, but it's the fact that you're locked in with entities who hold power over the entire area, and can _keep_ you locked in with them, but are unpredictable in what they will do and how they will go about it, that makes it scary. That's why VHS-style analogue horror has taken over so much of the FNaF scene; why FNaF Plus is so heavily hyped but Security Breach wasn't, why so many people dislike SL and FFPS for what it did to the storyline. All the games have at least some neat concepts and parts that are good, and the original games aren't perfect either - FNaF 2 is hell to play; the gameplay loop is extremely lacking - but they had a good atmosphere and a simple premise. They didn't need anything else.

Paranormal Investigation is what I wished FNAF and its fanbase touched more on. You'd think that ghost hunters would jump at the opportunity to investigate any FFP location, but instead it's hardly showcased in any official or fanmade media.

If only you had mentioned the ending of Paranormal investigation, there is so much to talk about. SPOILERS BELOW!!! So we know William Afton killed the invertigator with a gun while he was trying to escape. What many people didn't know, including me (and someone actually pointed this in the original video) was that Gabriel didn't actually attack the investigator in order to kill him, he scared him so he would run away because he sensed Afton coming and wanted the investigator to get out alive with the tapes/evidence so that the justice could be served and Afton would pay.

I just realized that the Paranormal Investigator wasn't treated with any real hostility other than Jeremy's(?) annoyance at the Spirit Box and Gabriel trying to scare him off which I think was him feeling that the man who killed them(William) was in the building and the Investigators life was in danger. This to me is a notable difference from their behavior with the guys in the other two episodes and I think that it's because the Investigator was the only one of the three not wearing a Fazbear Entertainment uniform of any kind. Don't know if that was intentional or not but it's interesting to think about nonetheless.

I was actually thinking the other voice picked up by the spirit box would be fritz, the kid possessing Foxy, mostly due to his dislike of light, possibly noise too

SPOILERS FOR THE END OF PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION In my opinion, what makes this video so damn good is its ending, because wow, it's really good. Another video like this would probably end with the person in question making it to the door, realizing it's locked, and then they turn around to see the animatronic going in for the killing bgoo. This video isn't interested in doing that though, it's gonna get unique with its end. Sean thinks and acts like a normal person would, thus when he reaches the door and realizes it's locked he doesn't just accept his fate, he smashes the closest window he can. This leads to the first brilliant part of the ending, Sean gets out. Most videos like this would have the door be the final destination, but this video teases the idea of freedom by having him actually make it out of the restaurant, only to have his hope and life snubbed out by the second brilliant part of this ending, the murderer. Other FNaF VHS tapes typically have the animatronics committing the murders, with this one seemingly going that direction with Freddy. The genius part however is that Freddy is chasing Sean not to kill him, but to scare him out of the restaurant away from the true threat, Afton. While Afton being the killer isn't unheard of in these VHS videos, having him appear at the end along with the various hints that he was lurking the entire time makes it stick out from the rest. I don't have the energy to write a more conclusive conclusion, so I'll just say that this video is really really good.

I believe the whole "paragraph four" and the tapes have been company policy since Henry's daughter went missing. Which also makes me wonder how long he knew about the Puppet.

As I’m working on a analog horror series of my own with some arg elements in a way, I find the spectra videos very fascinating seeing how a person would try to do a mix of cgi and live action

I can’t believe this series isn’t more popular. I need to check this out! Great video!

If you were still wondering, the first apparition in the third video that you had trouble seeing was in front of the window. It’s hard to see, but you can see part of the head for a bit before ducking down out of sight. Took me a few times to see it, but it’s there.

I just understood why the ghosts wanted the guy to turn everything off. They wanted him to be hidden from William. Well, until Willie caught the wind of him on the cameras or smth and shit hit the fan.

4:32 “ Damn bro that pen spin was dope “

The thing I like about this series especially Fnaf 2 is when the game isn't scary to you anymore it goes from a horror game to a strategy game.

I really wish Scott or a fan developer had made a game about this specific timeframe. A game about the restaurant before FNAF 2 with the un-withered characters, taking place during/right after the original missing children's incident.

My personal favorite is battington, but I love them all. The only reason is because I think he does a great job redesigning the animatronics in a way that is scary yet realistic. Also the way we don’t get to see them as often, which makes it more scary. For example, humans aren’t afraid of the dark, we’re afraid of what’s in the dark,(what we can’t see) so the mind conjurs up stuff 400x worse than what it actually is, and that to me just makes it much more scary and thrilling. Also, I love how he does a mixture of stuff taken on camcorders, security cameras, etc. but spectre and squimpus mcgrimpus=👌 This is my opinion, and if you have a different opinion please feel free to share, but don’t be rude Edit: I also love how spectre came up with his own story pretty much

These are the only FNAF VHS tapes that scare me, and Paranormal Investigation is just an amazing horror short in general. Love it. I like both old and new FNAF- I really don’t even mind the sci-fi, it’s fun- but I would like it to at least sometimes go back to its roots like this. It’s so scary, and sad.

The problem with analogue horror is they’re often not that well written. For example training tapes when someone fixes an animatronic e.g spectre, isn’t it obvious after something moves, you’d leave. The stories are cool but don’t make sense the character makes the most stupid decisions and should instead just leave not carry on after a possessed robot leans over them with their mouth wide open

I first saw these through Dawko, and the Freddy video was the scarest by a long shot. I was actually expecting to see Freddy around every corner of my house

I genuinely can't describe how awesome it feels knowing people are still putting tons of work into a genre of videos as niche as analog FNAF horror, and that they're still making new ones.

I hope that this is how the movie is going to be like. There should be scenes that kinda resemble the games but in doing so have sections in the movie that consist of supernatural occurrences on security surveillance, possessed arcade games that tell the backstory of what has happened and maybe brutally messed up video documentations of the children being killed or the crimes being committed. That's my idea of a negative nostalgia or nostalgia based horror movie.

In the third video, Gabriel's telling Sean to get out, because William was there.

Gabriel was trying to scare sean out of the pizzeria because he knew afton was in the building so he wanted sean to escape with the footage

I love how the third video is just phasmophonia

I remember the days where Batt and Squimp weren’t as renowned as they are today either. This man deserves much love and support

In the last video, Sean got killed by William Afton at the end. Gabriel was not trying to hurt Sean but instead trying to scare him so that he would get out because he sensed William getting close.

This is especially interesting to me because of the final tape and the fact that the spirit actually communicates to gabriel in the third tape. I personally always wondered what would actually happen if someone actually attempted to talk to the animatronics, to help them, to try to give them justice against afton, and it is interesting to see an interpretation of that, and how the spirit "talked" and attempted to help gabriel escape.

btw for any future reference, Susie's haunting classification is Intelligent Haunting. Not a Poltergeist. Poltergeist is a german term for "noisy ghost" Poltergeists are ghosts capable of manipulating objects. The door slamming shut is Poltergeist activity. The animatronics being controlled is not however, that is Posession, which is a similar, yet distinct paranormal phenomena.

The fact Gabriel warned him before attacking shows they are not entirely in control of the suits. The corruption within the suits is what’s causing them to attack.

ngl i love when fnaf arg's involve a paranormal investigator, and you get to see a somewhat more cordial relationship between the spirits and the paranormal investigator.

I am pretty sure he put the floppy disk in upside down. These videos are creepy. I love that you shared them with us!

The paranormal investigation video is the greatest piece of fan made FNAF media EVER. Analog horror tends to have diminishing returns with me, as they succumb to cliches and become memes, but Spectre's video genuinely unsettle me.

Now this is epic, good job 👍🏻

I’m so glad Spectre’s stuff is getting more attention because every one of his videos are absolutely amazing

I’am Yet to watch the Paranormal Investigation Video but I believe that Gabriel was Aggravated By the Fact He Didn’t Mention Spring Bonnie or “Bunny”, And I assume was Unaware he knew Susie told Sean that so he assumed Sean was The person in the Suit- Correct me if I’am Wrong Though-. Edit: I Have now Watched The Tape and looked at one of the Voice Actor’s Comment’s and Realized That Gabriel was aware of William’s Presence and Trying to Remove Sean From the Building-.

FINALLY SOMEONE GIVING SPECTRES VHS TAPES THE RESPECT THEY GOD DAYUM DESERVE

Yeah agreed, fnaf 1 - 3 really hit it in the horror department, fnaf onward kinda got into the silly territory with a few gaining that horror back such as sl and fnaf simulator.

In the first tape, it almost feels like chika is looking at you even though she isn't. It's hard to explain. In other vhs tapes, when an animatronic isn't looking at you, it feels like it isn't, but here it's like chika knows we're there but doesn't want to break her facade.

not gonna lie i think in this video Gabriel had every reason to be pissed off and aggressive like imagine starting to get upset and uncomfortable and telling someone to leave several times, yet they keep stubbornly sticking around continuing to interrogate you when you want to be left alone; i'd eventually start to get pretty pissed off and aggressive too

Something I noticed when watching the Bonnie salvaging tape is before bonnie attacks the employee we hear a child crying and screaming. That really chilled me to the bone.

8:03 is one of the most human reactions to something like that i have ever seen in videos like this

Your content is really good keep it up

Heroes, villains, victims, monsters, final girls (boys) etc. I find it cool to play with these aspects of horror and ti subvert tropes and see what you can stretch out and recreate

Super awesome video.

Analog horror scares the crap out of me, (uncanny valley stuff is my weakness) but you playing the Undertale soundtrack on a lot of the footage made it a lot less scary so thanks for that XD

The third video actually made me cry with fear due to how terrifying the ending was! I only found the series today, and I love it already, and I would love it to continue!

I would actually like it if phasmo had a chance to use fnaf assets to make a map like tape 3. That would be a pretty scary phasmo map in my opinion.

i really want SOMETHING that makes the animatronics not just scary monsters. is it just me?

i also loved this video because instead of the animatronics trying to kill the viewer we finally see the souls trying to get help, and also see them help the cameraman

If you're interested in more FNAF VHS content is of high-quality, then I suggest you check out The Fazbear Archives and Tog Animations. The Fazbear Archives is a small channel that is basically the FNAF version of Super Mario 64 Beta Archive. It showcases archived footage of any media that was associated with the Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria restaurant. Tog Animations is a different story, where rather than just being your average company tapes, this channel showcases orientation footage, animatronic walkthroughs, and when it gets to the Missing Kids Incident, it's shown through the perspective of all four children who were encountered by, and presumably killed by a man wearing a FredBear costume. You GOTTA check out these two channels, ESPECIALLY The Fazbear Archives, those two are really fucking good. Outside of those two, I'd also suggest you check out Fazbear Toddler Fun by Agentpman1, and ZeppelinAttack's latest video, which he uploaded not too long ago. I just wanted to bring this to your awareness, thanks for taking the time to read this.

I really like the detail that Withered Chica's scream at the end of the video has the same sort of voice effect as her voicelines in UCN.

I did not expect the "get out" from the hotboxin optimus prime meme to come from here and i burst into laughter when i recognized it

Top 3 jumpscares in these fnaf vhs tapes: 3. Chica's failed jumpscare in The Salvage. 2. Bonnie's right shoulder joint snapping in Matience Report. 1. Freddy yelling "GET OUT!!!!" in Paranormal Investigation.

This series is fucking fantastic so far. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate the new lore. I love it to bits. But it's always nice to get content that manages to recreate what makes the first game scary.

I’m here because of the auto tuned “GET OUT” and because it looked interesting

I remember watching the paranormal investigator one and honestly think Gabriel was warning the guy to get out to save him

I generally think Freddy was trying to save the paranormal inspector by chasing him out to save him from William, didn’t really work out that well

I'd wager that "paragraph 4" references the "Mandatory Suicide" paragraph from the bonnie video. Basically the company saying "You're gonna die. Don't fight it. Sorry :("

When i went to watch the episode, I was not expecting that ending

I think what spectre was trying to accomplish with his first one was tension, we know the animatronic was going to kill him, we know it’s going to move, the question is when is going to move, leading us on for a while will make us lower our guard so that when it happens, it takes us by surprise, or atleast I think that was the intention

As a psychic medium and paranormal investigator, that last video is VERY well done!! Holy crap definitely subbing to that channel! Amazing creativity

Spectrum has awesome animations but you should cover squimpuses and battjngtons fnaf series since there super impactful

The way this series looks is so good. Like.. how. It is so impressive. Oh my goodness.. And the sound too. Very realistic and scary. Just everything about this is well-made.

Glad these tapes highlight the withered animatronics a bit more, seeing most args of fnaf are either the funtimes or the usual smol ones from 1

This isn’t sarcasm I just want to start with that. Thank you for playing the undertale music because this actually freaks me the hell out and that was calming to start with

The camera slowly raising up of the camera to the animatronic makes me clench in fear

Bro u rock! Such a great video 👍

At the notion there's a peeking child around 13:33 or so, I think it's a silhouette of what looks like a head perspectively above what look to be monitor screens; and is maybe only seen and disappears *before* the flashlight turns on

saw this on my recommended... I PLAYED AMONG US WITH YOU HOLD UP

As someone who's been playing FNaF ever since its debut, and had FNaF 2 literally give me PTSD from how HARD it was back in the day, (Playing the VR game gave me a panic attack cause I kept feeling like I was putting on the mask too slowly.) I have to agree with your sentiment. This VHS content is scarier, more engaging, builds a story much better than theory-crafting ever did for the series, and is just so SO good especially when done by people like the likes of Spectre who really GET IT. By the By, on the Games, welcome to a mini-essay on Horror Game Evolution. Both Bendy and FNaF went through the exact same evolution (Bendy just did it better...) Both the original Bendy *and* Dark Revival do the exact same progression. Chapter to Chapter. FNaF does what they do but we saw it in a Game to Game evolution. Let me explain: Bendy's first Chapter focuses ENTIRELY on Horror. You barely get any story but little clues that get expanded on later. Second Chapter, still trying to jump you with the stupid little guys and Bendy makes one appearance to scare the shit out of you. 3, 4, and 5, get progressively more focused on the STORY and DROP the horror. Ever noticed that? Then go forward to Dark Revival, which is trying to jump you every 5 minutes, but when you get up to the later Chapters it focuses on Story instead of Scares. Following me so far? 1, 2, 3, and 4 were mainly horror focused, but 3 had alot of HIDDEN lore, and 4 handed it to you on a silver platter. Every game since then has been almost entirely about Story. SL had a nice lovely balance (Best game in the series cause unlike everything else I never even finished it out of fear. Good stuff.) Perhaps this is the wrong way to go about it, but if you can't make a game scary anymore with what you have, why do stupid gimmicks when you can just admit you lost it and just drop the horror? I see that as a very sound trade. But it's only flopping cause... Well... *BUGS.* But also because people EXPECT Horror, but only get Gameplay and Story. (However, granted, the Music Man sequence made me SHIT. MY. PANTS. Best part of the whole game made the whole thing worth the 60 bucks.) They both went through an evolution from Scares to Story. FNaF just did it so much slower that it was boring at times, unfortunately.

I find it goofy while your reviewing these insanely creepy paranormal tapes, you just have undertale music in the background playing like you're up against the amalgamations all video lmao Fun stuff though, definitely earned my sub!

these vids r like employees following the tutorials from the og tapes

The most heartbreaking part of this is that it shows these are still just KIDS They're just children, they're terrified because they are no longer alive but they can't be dead either, they're soul bound to the animatronics they were stuffed inside They are literally unable to move onto the next life because they've been forcefully LATCHED onto THIS LIFE! Purple Guy literally trapped them, they're unable to be free and they're LOSING THEIR MINDS OVER IT! They CANNOT be in this world, it is completely unstable for their astral forms and for their minds to handle It's ERODING their stability and they're becoming more akin to mindless monsters than genuine kids, because they're lashing out at EVERYTHING that accidentally triggers them I noticed that Gabriel was commanding the Investigator to leave, he was BEGGING for the Investigator to get out of range before Gabriel lost control, he was slowly losing control once he heard about the 'Bunny suit' which was used in murdering him and the other kids, they are literally BEGGING to be left alone because they are unable to keep themselves under control because they're unable to sustain the physicality of this realm, they're spirits, they shouldn't be here so their presence is torturing them It is just horrifyingly heartbreaking, it is torturing the kids because they're being stripped of their childhoods, of their innocence and compassion, of everything that makes them people and being left with pure feral desperation They're reacting more like a dog with rabies instead of a kid with a genuine problem, they can't handle this, they're slowly going ballistic as they're slowly eroded down into their barest components. This includes sadness, rage and hatred They just want the pain to end, and yet nobody can truly save them, because nobody truly knows how And I hate that I'm unable to help, because I can FEEL their pain and I just want to help it all stop...

The paranormal investigator is so far my favorite fnaf content out there.

the funny thing about scarecrow is that i did voice ast for them once, i am not to proud on the line i said tho. That was the first time i did voice work for some one

i also love is analog horror

I like that you are discussing lesser known channels. Thats cool

I really miss fnaf being scary so I’m glad these vhs tapes are being made to bring out the horror of the story. Seems like these days fnaf is more story driven, almost completely forgetting it’s a horror series (especially SB).

It might just be me, but when I first watched Spectre's first fnaf VHS, I noticed Chica looking at the cameraman earlier than what we might believe. Take a close look at her eyes at 2:32. I'm 100% positive that when the cameraman lowers his head, her eyes follow the movement.

And the man plays guitar like a GOD

I'd hate to say this DMuted, as someone whom has a fear of the silence (No noise), my body will freak out the moment I loose my hearing (At some point in my life, hopefully not because it would suck.) However, any kind of noise, whether silent or noisy is what gets me. While the visuals do help make it much more scarier, I always find the sound part to be the one that spooks me the most. The visuals is only half of the nightmare, the audio for me gets me. However, if I don't consume horror or jumpscares very often, I end up spooked again compared to before. And believe me, all three of these videos have made me feel tense the entire time the video was halfway through the tape. Also, i noticed two of the earlier clips were from 1986 and one from 1985...So how in the world did a paranormal investigator do the paranormal questioning a year before the employees were working on the animatronics..There must be some date mislabeling or the camera's time and date was set wrong. Either way, I did see how the third video ended, and man, it did not disappoint.

The thing that makes this VHS tapes better is the fact that all of the camera men are not even scared even an inch being next to a literal deah machine.

when Freddy screamed GET OUT i dead ass shit my pants

Gabriel chased Sean out because he knew William afton was in the building and he wanted Sean to get out while he still could. But as we see it was too late because William kills him with a shotgun

good video, i just need the undertale music to chill

I kinda assumed that the spirits in the last video weren't trying to hurt the investigator. I'm pretty sure Freddy's "GET OUT" was less a threat, more a warning that he needs to run, and when he didn't, he moved towards him to scare him into running.

I personally love Spectre's animations because of how realistic they feel, with a lot of analogue horror, it looks like it isn't real. That's not a diss to the animators, the works they created are still fantastic. With these, " Newer, " Ones, it is incredibly immersive. The Bonnie tape was where I thought this most, especially at the part where the worker removes the eyes.

Remember, camera man never dies

I love these, i feel a good emersion when watching them.

Freddy was telling at him to get out because afton was outside and trying to get in

when ur favorite song is playing at the start of the video

If was told to enter a room with that staring out me, and rest to see if I moved when I play certain sounds, I would just leave immediately

For whatever reason my laptop soft locked while I was in the middle of watching this and now I'm terrified...

Great. Now I need to risk literally not being able to sleep to actually finish the story. I understand you want people to watch the original, but please keep us cowards in mind. We don't usually stick up for ourselves.(for obvious reasons) Great vid though!

after seeing the FNIA stuff. I am happy that the VHS tapes saved this game