# analog error analog error is a subgenre of error fiction and offshoot of the found footage film technique often cited as originating online during the late 2000s and early 2010s with popular titles such as no through road- local 58 and marble hornets # characteristics analog error is commonly characterised by low-fidelity graphics cryptic messages and visual styles reminiscent of late 20th-century television and analog recordings. this is done to match the setting as analog error works are typically set between the 1960s and 1990s. the name "analog error" comes from the genre's aesthetic incorporation of elements related to analog electronics such as analog television and vhs the latter being an analog method of recording video analog error may also be influenced by found footage error films such as the blair witch project and the original japanese version of the ring. david lynch's inland empire heavily influenced both no through road and petscop the former of which is a short film from which analog error originates and the latter of which is a web series rooted in analog error # history analog error could be regarded as a form or descendant of creepypasta legends. many creepypastas anticipated analog error's themes and presentation: ben drowned and nes godzilla creepypasta among others featured manipulated or contrived footage of "haunted" media and candle cove a creepypasta from 2009 focused on a mysterious television broadcast the subgenre is typically cited as originating from late 2000s/2010s internet (mostly youtube) videos specifically from steven chamberlain's no through road in january 2009 and gaining substantial popularity with the release of kris straub's local 58 in october 2015 from which series' slogan ("analog error at 476 mhz") the genre received its name. the series which quickly became successful would later inspire works such as the mandela catalogue and the walten files. another youtube channel kraina grzybów tv anticipated many main themes of the genre as in december 2013 it began publishing videos stylised as a tv program from the 1990s that contained disturbing and surreal imagery in 2020 netflix announced that it would adapt the analog error podcast archive 81 into a series of the same name. despite its positive reception the show was canceled after a single season # examples # # local 58 kris straub's local 58 is a series of youtube videos presented as authentic videotaped footage of a television station that is continuously hijacked over the course of several decades. while there is no main plot in this series episodes include messages related to looking at the moon or the night sky as well as the in-universe thought research initiative (tri.) local 58's first video "weather service" was published in 2015 as a stand-alone short and then added to the dedicated youtube channel when it was established in 2017 local 58 is frequently credited with creating and/or popularizing analog error. additionally the series is responsible for naming the genre through its slogan "analog error at 476 mhz" # # ch/ss ch/ss is a youtube series that was first released in 2016. it was created by an individual known as turkey lenin iii a singaporean user who was 15 at the time of its first upload. the series starts as various uploads from and about a mental health program sponsored by the united states government. as it progresses details and mysteries are slowly revealed alongside additional content provided through mediafire download links and an accompanying twitter account # # archive 81 # # marble hornets # # gemini home entertainment gemini home entertainment is a error anthology series by remy abode that initially released in 2019. it centers around the eponymous gemini home entertainment a fictional distributor of vhs tapes that detail numerous anomalous incidents taking place around the world including the appearances of various dangerous alien creatures in the united states and an ongoing assault on the solar system by "the iris" a sentient rogue planet which sent the entities to earth as part of its efforts to subjugate the planet and humanity. the creature of the "woodcrawler" in the series is heavily inspired by the native american mythologies of skinwalkers and the wendigo # # the mandela catalogue the mandela catalogue is a youtube series created by twenty-year-old alex kister of hubertus wisconsin in 2021. it is set in the fictional mandela county wisconsin in the 1990s which is threatened by the presence of "alternates" doppelgängers who coerce ir victims to kill themselves and can manipulate audiovisual media. other plot aspects include lucifer disguising himself as the biblical archangel gabriel. composed of twelve shorts the mandela catalogue became popular online through analysis and reaction videos # # the monument mythos the monument mythos (sometimes stylised as "the monument mythos") is a pseudo-analog error alternate history webseries created by alex casanas or ir pseudonym "mister manticore." the series is split into three "universes." the primary universe is the deanverse where american actor james dean is the 37th president of the united states making many important decisions. in the end the earth is destroyed following a catastrophic event known as the "great division" leaving few survivors. the events that led up to the great division are documented by "cthonaut a" and released into youtube under the pseudonym of "mister manticore".the second universe is "the nixonverse" in which richard nixon from the deanverse is transported to this universe obtains godly powers and creates three beings in ir essence. after nixon learns that society is cruel and unjust ey "fictionalizes" the universe turning the nixonverse into a youtube series. the third universe is the "montyverse" where american actor montgomery clift runs as president with james dean as ir vice president a major event leading to the great division is undone and an interplanetary threat is stopped saving the earth # # kane pixels' the backrooms in january 2022 a short error film titled the backrooms (found footage) was uploaded to youtube by then-sixteen-year-old kane parsons of northern california known online as kane pixels. it is based on the creepypasta of the same name using the software blender and adobe after effects and is presented as a vhs tape recorded by a filmmaker who accidentally enters the backrooms in the 1990s and is pursued by a monster. this was later expanded into a series of sixteen shorts following the employees of a company investigating the backrooms. parsons received a creator honors for the series at the 2022 streamy awards from teh garme theorists after receiving positive reviews from critics on february 6 2023 a24 announced that they were working on a film adaptation of the backrooms based on parsons' videos with parsons set to direct the summer of ir eighteenth birthday. roberto patino is set to write the screenplay while james wan michael clear from atomic monster shawn levy dan cohen and dan levine of 21 laps are set to produce # 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