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human
I think 'You Might Have Seen Me' in the final step in the process of analog horror creation. If Local58 is the series which first brought the genre to mainstream attention (even though Eckva is technically the first) then YMHSM is the final stage of the natural evolution of the medium. Local58 is rough around the edges, it looks fake and you can tell there are a ton of filters to it. It falls prey to a ton of cliches and pratfalls, which by today's standards appear cheesy, almost laughable. 'You Might Have Seen Me,' on the other hand, is entirely novel and makes use of authentic analog equipment. It is far scarier because the visuals are actually on a VHS tape and the audio is actually on a cassette, and the thought that such technology could actually hold a video this unnerving displays a sort of authenticity and sincerity previous analog horror did not. In remaining dedicated to quality, this piece transcends the tropes and conventions of the analog horror which preceded it. What 'Taxi Driver: did to subvert the qualities of noir, what John Carpenter's 'The Thing' did to breathe new life into monster movies, 'You Might Have Seen me' does for analog horror. That's a good way of looking at it- the coming of age, the endpoint, of a genre which has been around long enough to mature.
gpt
i dont know why something being analog is supposed to make it scary/scarier. i say this as someone who used to watch Vacation on betamax when I was 5. could you please explain the appeal to me
human

Some series, such as the Mandela Catalogue, prop up an incredibly weak story because they believe VHS tapes are scary. This is not the case. VHS tapes are not INHERENTLY scary, however they can be implemented as a narrative device to enhance a competent storyline. The main appeal of VHS tapes is that anything can be stored on them. Unlike YouTube videos, VSH tapes have no community oversight. A blank VHS tape could, in theory, hold some of the most disturbing things known to man-0 and many of them do. Just a few months, ago, a forgotten Disneyland acid scare was recovered from a VHS someone found at a thrift store. There's the infamous 'Slap Happy' video, or the 'Ensuring Your Place In Hell' anthology series. The examples go on. While I will be the first to admit that analog horror is currently being invaded by zoomers who believe VHS is scary for its own sake. I think videos like 'You Might Have Seen Me' are the first step towards creating analog horror with a focus on the story and not particularly the format.