10 Internet Horror Stories That Should Be Movies
These viral terrors need to be put on the big screen.
The internet really has changed the way in which content creators find inspiration and share around their material. Arguably no community has made better use of this freedom than the world of horror, however.
Channel Zero's adaptations of the web's creepiest stories and subreddits such as the 'r/nosleep' page are the prime examples of how the internet cultivates the best terrors together, and are also usually the examples of how these stories' influences end up extending past the boundaries of an online forum.
To be fair, horror has arguably been influenced more by the internet than any other film genre, with marketing moves and story ideas alike for certain movies coming out of forums just like r/nosleep. The Blair Witch Project utilised the growing world of the internet to spread its 'this is real' marketing strategy, Unfriended brought with it a whole style of shooting everything from the perspective of someone's desktop, and there's plenty of room for a new forum horror story to get the same level of treatment.
Here's our take on ten great internet horror movie stories that deserve to put on the big screen.
10. WTF Is Going On In Pinal County, Arizona??
First appearing as a post on the nosleep subreddit in November 2014 from user throwfarfarawayaz, this creepy case is written from the perspective of a local resident from Mammoth in Arizona. The author explains how a mysterious virus has been running rife in the town, first causing an old woman to drop down dead with blood pouring out of her eyes, before moving onto the babies and children around the town.
According to the story, the virus continued to run riot across the town and became so devastating that bodies even began piling up on the side of the roads. The authorities imposed strict rules on people being allowed in or out of the town but, according to the tale, had done a great job in keeping it from going public. Obviously it all makes for a creepy scene, but the true extent in which this tale gripped people can be really be seen in what's happened since the post went live.
Almost overnight, Mammoth's offices, businesses and residents were flooded with hundreds of calls from people all around the world, asking about the supposed pandemic and piles of corpses littering this small town's streets.
Full story: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/2lvxlw/wtf_is_going_on_in_pinal_county_arizona/