# First horror story written by bots

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-horror-story-written-by-bots/952498>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [October 14, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-horror-story-written-by-bots/952498 "2021-10-14T17:14:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-horror-story-written-by-bots/952498/1 "2021-10-14T17:14:22Z")

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I just stumbled upon this great short horror film. It was written by a bot after watching 400,000 hours of horror movies. If you know your horror movies there are some interesting shout outs to them. A lot of good one liners too, but I don’t want to spoil anything right now. So for you entertainment I give you:  
Mr Puzzles Wants You to be Less Alive!

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WZzbxNoMjGM/maxresdefault.jpg "The First Horror Movie Written Entirely By Bots") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZzbxNoMjGM)

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-horror-story-written-by-bots/952498/2 "2021-10-14T17:23:36Z")

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That is just AWESOME!

ETA: gotta love the name Mr. Puzzles.

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-horror-story-written-by-bots/952498/3 "2021-10-14T18:47:50Z")

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Did _not_ see that twist coming.  
I want to be a poltergeisha when I become less alive!

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-horror-story-written-by-bots/952498/4 "2021-10-14T19:38:42Z")

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There’s no chance the story was written as a whole like that. The bot must have written lots of segments that received extensive picking and choosing and patching together by one or more people, as in previous claims of scripts written by bots.