# Scariest YouTube videos. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543 "2016-09-21T23:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543/1 "2016-09-21T23:17:02Z")
There are plenty of funny video threads. In fact, there’s a bumped zombie thread that got me thinking of this. What youtube video scared the crap out of you? I don’t mean ‘jump scare’ videos. You know the ones-- pleasant or innocuous visuals and then BAM! loud monster face. No, I talking about scary or creepy or heebie jeebie inducing videos. The one video that I saw once and never, ever want to see again is [Lights Out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNbJE0y29_c). I hear they made a movie out of it. I’m turning out the lights now. . . what should I watch? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543/2 "2016-09-21T23:21:39Z")
I can’t think of any scary ones, but I’ve seen disturbing videos (not on youtube, more on gore sites). Not posting them though. Maybe this ghost running gif. ![](https://media.giphy.com/media/rWMkSuxUSEjyo/giphy.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543/3 "2016-09-21T23:25:32Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I can’t think of any scary ones, but I’ve seen disturbing videos (not on youtube, more on gore sites). Not posting them though. > > Maybe this ghost running gif. > > [black and white ghost GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY](https://media.giphy.com/media/rWMkSuxUSEjyo/giphy.gif) Please, _ **please** _ no gore! Well, if it’s part of a scary video then sure. But no gore site nastiness. PLEASE! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543/4 "2016-09-21T23:32:49Z")
I found that one called “Transfiguration” to be unsettling. “Transfiguration - performance Olivier de Sagazan” if you’re curious. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543/5 "2016-09-22T00:38:30Z")
[Bedfellows.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z6xGU2_g9s) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543/6 "2016-09-22T00:43:40Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I found that one called “Transfiguration” to be unsettling. “Transfiguration - performance Olivier de Sagazan” if you’re curious. There are a lot of videos with this name. Should I watch the longest one, which is about 40 minutes? There is also a 15 minute one and a 5 minute one. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543/7 "2016-09-22T00:55:59Z")
The Cat With Hands [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/n4PR9NZlAB4/hqdefault.jpg "THE CAT WITH HANDS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4PR9NZlAB4) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543/8 "2016-09-22T01:00:43Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > [Bedfellows.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z6xGU2_g9s) Aaahh! Also, opted for the long form Transfiguration. Shoulda watched the edited version. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543/9 "2016-09-22T01:04:52Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > The Cat With Hands > > [https://youtu.be/n4PR9NZlAB4](https://youtu.be/n4PR9NZlAB4) The cat got the tongue and my own cat started caterwauling and scared the bejeezus outta me. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543/10 "2016-09-22T01:13:50Z")
Probably NOT what you’re looking for, but here a link to a 13-minute BBC short film based on the short story “The Cicerones,” by the late great Robert Aickman. It captures a good deal of the weird creepiness of the story. If you like weird, creepy stories, get yourself some Aickman. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yZefDTNt2u4/hqdefault.jpg "The Cicerones (short film)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZefDTNt2u4) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543/11 "2016-09-22T02:34:39Z")
Not as OT as one might think: Check out Rain Florence’s channel. She breastfeeds her 4-year-old son on camera and has referred to her enema bucket as her best friend. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543/12 "2016-09-22T02:40:33Z")
[Tuck me in](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNQIdEv-Emo). ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543/13 "2016-09-22T03:03:45Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > There are a lot of videos with this name. Should I watch the longest one, which is about 40 minutes? There is also a 15 minute one and a 5 minute one. Watch the long one. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-youtube-videos/766543/14 "2016-09-22T03:06:40Z")
Columbia Pictures 1953 short “The Telltale Heart.” Written by Poe (one his most disturbing “madman” stories), narrated by James Mason, animated by Giorgio de Chirico, music by Satan Himself. Also VERY creepy…no idea what 1953 audiences expecting a Bugs Bunny short would have thought of this… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/flKOtXC4oyM/hqdefault.jpg "The Tell Tale Heart - 1953 narrated by James Mason") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flKOtXC4oyM)