Your first screamer?

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Your first screamer? May 28, 2024 19:11:37 GMT via mobile Azuki<3 likes this

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Post by missacorn on May 28, 2024 19:11:37 GMT

Hi everyone! :3 Hope you're all having a good day. Or night, depending on what time you're seeing this.

What was the first screamer video that you saw online? Or game? That you can personally remember.

Mine was the Michael Jackson ghost video, back in 2010. I developed an obsession over MJ at the time, so I was practically binging every video I could find. I stumbled upon the video, and yeah I got scared from it. Even worse, I was all alone in my basement. Fun times....

So, what was yours? I'm kinda curious

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Your first screamer? May 28, 2024 19:30:34 GMT

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Post by kinnikubuster on May 28, 2024 19:30:34 GMT

Very likely the Scary Maze Game or that Ghost Car video. I had a strange fascination with ghost videos on YouTube, regardless how obviously fake they were. Early YouTube had its charm but it was not too fun for little me, considering how easily scared I was and the fact that there was a peak in screamer videos at that time.

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Your first screamer? May 28, 2024 20:12:26 GMT via mobile extremewreck2000, ModWalletGuy, and 1 more like this

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May 28, 2024 19:15:49 GMT ModWalletGuy said:

Weirdly, I have never clicked on one of these types of videos.

lmfao, you're lucky then. These were everywhere back in the day. They were hard to avoid if you weren't careful enough. Even I, who knew about them prior to my first screamer, fell victim.

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Your first screamer? May 28, 2024 20:13:47 GMT via mobile

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May 28, 2024 19:30:34 GMT kinnikubuster said:

Very likely the Scary Maze Game or that Ghost Car video. I had a strange fascination with ghost videos on YouTube, regardless how obviously fake they were. Early YouTube had its charm but it was not too fun for little me, considering how easily scared I was and the fact that there was a peak in screamer videos at that time.

Oh for sure. Yep, when YouTube introduced that little window thingy where you can scroll and see parts of the video, I used that to my advantage.

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Your first screamer? May 28, 2024 23:56:20 GMT

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Post by Azuki<3 on May 28, 2024 23:56:20 GMT

In 2009 when I was sitting in a library, I heard a CRASH of a chair falling over and a shriek from some girl near me. She had seen the Michael Jackson ghost video haha. While it wasn't me, I can say that it was one of the earliest jumpscare videos that I was exposed to!

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Your first screamer? May 28, 2024 23:59:29 GMT

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May 28, 2024 20:13:47 GMT missacorn said:

May 28, 2024 19:30:34 GMT kinnikubuster said:

Very likely the Scary Maze Game or that Ghost Car video. I had a strange fascination with ghost videos on YouTube, regardless how obviously fake they were. Early YouTube had its charm but it was not too fun for little me, considering how easily scared I was and the fact that there was a peak in screamer videos at that time.

Oh for sure. Yep, when YouTube introduced that little window thingy where you can scroll and see parts of the video, I used that to my advantage.

No doubt the little window bit really helped. I find myself often browsing the Screamer wiki just for the fun of it and looking at all of the old and new screamer videos that just so happen to pop up on YouTube. I'm surprised there's that many.

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Your first screamer? May 29, 2024 0:55:38 GMT ModWalletGuy likes this

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Post by extremewreck2000 on May 29, 2024 0:55:38 GMT

May 28, 2024 19:15:49 GMT ModWalletGuy said:

Weirdly, I have never clicked on one of these types of videos.

Me too: the only ones I ever clicked on were for .exe games & a scary maze game video compilation, which meant they were obvious. Most of what I watched were YTPs, sparta remixes, "scary" logos, gameplay of old school games, etc., but I never encountered a screamer video.

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Your first screamer? May 29, 2024 17:24:48 GMT ModWalletGuy likes this

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Post by rowler on May 29, 2024 17:24:48 GMT

Probably 2005, when Ghost Car was first posted.

On a somewhat related note. At my old job where I worked with 8mm film. I found one where someone made their own screamer-like reel. No sound, but it was similar to Ghost Car where it started out with trees and suddenly cut to a creepy image of a girl. I think the reel was from the 70s or early 80s.

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Your first screamer? May 29, 2024 17:27:47 GMT

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May 29, 2024 17:24:48 GMT rowler said:

Probably 2005, when Ghost Car was first posted.

On a somewhat related note. At my old job where I worked with 8mm film. I found one where someone made their own screamer-like reel. No sound, but it was similar to Ghost Car where it started out with trees and suddenly cut to a creepy image of a girl. I think the reel was from the 70s or early 80s.

Is it lost? I wonder what it looked like?

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Your first screamer? May 29, 2024 18:14:39 GMT ModWalletGuy likes this

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Post by rowler on May 29, 2024 18:14:39 GMT

May 29, 2024 17:27:47 GMT ModWalletGuy said:

May 29, 2024 17:24:48 GMT rowler said:

Probably 2005, when Ghost Car was first posted.

On a somewhat related note. At my old job where I worked with 8mm film. I found one where someone made their own screamer-like reel. No sound, but it was similar to Ghost Car where it started out with trees and suddenly cut to a creepy image of a girl. I think the reel was from the 70s or early 80s.

Is it lost? I wonder what it looked like?

It was someone's home movie, I don't think that counts as lost media.

My job was to scan it to digital and give it back to them, so they have a scanned copy.

The only part that would maybe be "lost media" was the creepy image of the girl, it must have been taken from a book or magazine. But I sort of don't want to send people on a goose hunt looking for a staged image of someone being hanged. That is a bit too disturbing.

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Your first screamer? May 29, 2024 21:36:29 GMT extremewreck2000 likes this

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May 29, 2024 17:56:48 GMT SilentCrowd said:

there was a video of a little girl dancing and twirling and the title recommended full screen, i listened and go jumpscared

I immediately was familiar with the video just from the brief description. Honestly one of the more terrifying screamers.

One major rule about screamer videos is to not do what the uploader tells you to do (get closer, go fullscreen, turn up your volume, etc). I've managed to learn that the hard way.

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Your first screamer? May 30, 2024 2:00:29 GMT

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Post by cheesypizza2000 on May 30, 2024 2:00:29 GMT

I was around 10 years old, possibly a year younger or older. It was a short video that started with part of the intro cutscene of my favourite videogame The Dog Island, but it cut to what I think was a damaged porcelain baby doll. I was terrified

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