In this regard, analog horror is almost a descendant of Orson Welles' famous 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, but brought to the internet age and using media rooted in 1960s-1990s technology.

Updated January 27, 2025, by David Heath: Analog horror is an established genre now. It's no longer a bunch of ARGs or quirky one-offs like Local 58 or CH/SS. Today, if people search for the term ...

The legacy of analog horror—whether in its codifiers as an internet sub-genre like LOCAL58, or the more traditional films that came before and after it—will always be a difficult thing to define.