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Analog Horror Name Generator

Series titles, fake stations, and cursed tapes

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Generate names for analog horror series, fictional TV stations, corrupted training tapes, and the entities behind the static. Styled after Local 58, The Mandela Catalogue, and Gemini Home Entertainment without copying them.

About analog horror names

Analog horror is a found-footage subgenre built on the aesthetics of late-20th-century broadcast media: VHS tapes, public access television, emergency alert crawls, corporate training videos, and children's programming that has gone wrong. Series like Local 58, The Mandela Catalogue, Gemini Home Entertainment, and The Walten Files established the conventions, and their titles show what works. The best analog horror names sound mundane first and sinister second. A regional TV station's call sign, a home video company, a numbered tape, or a friendly mascot's name is more unsettling than anything called 'The Nightmare Broadcast.'

That mundanity is the key. Real broadcast call signs (four letters starting with W or K in the US) make a station feel like it could exist. Fictional towns with plain Midwestern names anchor a series in a specific place. Instructional titles like 'Household Census 1996' or 'Sleep Instructions' imply an authority that should not be issuing them. Entities are often named by their function (The Alternate, The Custodian, The Weatherman) rather than given monster names, and mascots keep their cheerful names even after the tape starts to rot.

This list mixes fake stations, production companies, tape labels, town names, entity titles, PSA-style warnings, and technical terms borrowed from real VHS degradation, so a creator can name a whole series universe from one page.

Tips for choosing a name

  • Pick a naming layer for each element of your series: a station or company for the frame, a town for the setting, numbered tapes for episodes, and a functional title for the entity. Consistency across layers sells the illusion.
  • Use real broadcast conventions. US call signs start with W east of the Mississippi and K west of it; adding a channel number (Local 41, KHRM Channel 6) makes it read as authentic.
  • Keep entity names bland and bureaucratic. 'The Substitute' or 'The Orderly' will scare an audience more than a name that announces itself as evil.
  • Date-stamp things. A year, a tape number, or a 'Revised' tag suggests a paper trail and invites viewers to piece the timeline together.
  • Avoid names too close to existing series (Local 58, Mandela Catalogue, Gemini Home Entertainment); the community notices, and platforms may flag it.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a good analog horror series name?

Names that sound like real broadcast artifacts: a station call sign, a media company, a numbered tape, or a PSA title. The horror comes from the contrast between an ordinary label and what the footage contains, so the name should be believable before it is creepy.

How are analog horror entities usually named?

By role or appearance rather than by monster name. Alternates, Intruders, the Tall Neighbor, or the Custodian follow the genre convention of describing what the thing does or how it looks, which keeps it ambiguous and lets viewers fill in the rest.

Can I use these names for a YouTube analog horror series?

Yes. All the names here are original and free to use in videos, games, ARGs, and stories. Just double-check that any call sign or company you choose does not belong to a real broadcaster in your area.

What is the difference between analog horror and creepypasta?

Creepypasta is short-form written horror shared online, while analog horror is a video format that imitates degraded VHS and broadcast footage. Many analog horror series began as or were inspired by creepypasta lore, and the two genres share fan communities.

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  • Local 41
  • Channel 9 Sign-Off
  • WKRT Public Access
  • KVLT Nightly
  • WNGT Broadcast Standards
  • Station 12 Off-Air
  • Regional Broadcast 3
  • Cable Access 27
  • WBLR-TV
  • KHRM Channel 6
  • Harmony County Public Access
  • Sunfield Cablevision
  • Meridian Home Video
  • Pinecrest Home Entertainment
  • Blue Ridge Home Media
  • Greenway Educational Media
  • Larkin Instructional Films
  • Halcyon Video Library
  • Overbrook Media Center
  • Palisade Learning Systems
  • The Ashford Tapes
  • The Wexley Recordings
  • The Kessler Files
  • The Bellwood Broadcasts
  • The Hollister Incident
  • The Marlowe Transmissions
  • The Danforth Archive
  • The Corvin Cassettes
  • The Aldritch Reels
  • The Whitmore Footage
  • The Sundown Catalogue
  • The Meridian Directory
  • The Ossuary Index
  • The Vessel Register
  • The Lantern Protocol
  • The Threshold Program
  • The Sleep Study
  • The Watchman Initiative
  • The Custodian Project
  • The Fold Report
  • Emergency Alert: Remain Indoors
  • Do Not Look at the Moon
  • Please Stand By
  • This Is Not a Test
  • We Are Experiencing Difficulties
  • Return to Your Homes
  • Turn Off Your Television
  • Do Not Answer the Door
  • There Is No One Outside
  • Stay in Your Vehicle
  • Weather Service Bulletin 5
  • Civil Defense Recording
  • Public Health Notice 1987
  • Community Safety Reel
  • Boiler Room Instructional
  • Home Safety Segment 4
  • Family Preparedness Guide
  • Late Night Weather
  • Overnight Test Pattern
  • Sign-Off Prayer
  • Tape 3: Contingency
  • Tape 7: The Visitor
  • Tape 11: Corrected
  • Tape 19: Unlabeled
  • Reel B, Side 2
  • Cassette 0
  • Master Copy (Damaged)
  • Dub of a Dub
  • Recovered From Basement
  • Property of Larkin Films
  • The Intruder Frequency
  • The Alternate
  • The Substitute
  • The Understudy
  • The Replacement
  • The Wrong Face
  • The Tall Neighbor
  • The Man in the Doorframe
  • The Man Who Waits
  • The Smiling Anchor
  • The Weatherman
  • The Night Presenter
  • The Puppeteer
  • The Custodian
  • The Chaplain
  • The Orderly
  • The Attendant
  • The Counselor
  • The Choir
  • The Congregation
  • Mister Sunny
  • Uncle Bright
  • Auntie Marigold
  • Officer Friendly
  • Doctor Halcyon
  • Nurse Meridian
  • Professor Owlet
  • Captain Cheerful
  • Grandpa Static
  • Little Wick
  • Sunny Days Learning
  • Bright Beginnings Daycare
  • Happy Hearth Kitchens
  • Wonderland Fun Center
  • Bumble Bee Preschool
  • Merry Meadow Playhouse
  • Rainbow Ranch
  • Sparkle Time Studios
  • Kiddie Corner Hour
  • Playtime With Pals
  • Ossuary Falls
  • Bellwood, Ohio
  • Marrow County
  • Sundown, Nebraska
  • Greyfield Township
  • Larkspur Heights
  • Cinder Lake
  • Hollow Creek
  • Wexley Station
  • Fort Corvin
  • Halcyon Pharmaceuticals
  • Vessel Industries
  • Threshold Systems Inc
  • Meridian Biologics
  • Corvin Aeronautics
  • Aldritch Dental Group
  • Larkin Sleep Clinic
  • Bellwood Water Authority
  • Greyfield Correctional
  • Ossuary Mining Co
  • Sleep Instructions
  • Correction Notice
  • Retraction
  • Errata
  • Amended Broadcast
  • Second Reading
  • The Corrected Version
  • Version 2
  • Final Cut (Not Final)
  • Redacted for Broadcast
  • Vertical Hold
  • Horizontal Sync
  • Tracking Error
  • Chroma Bleed
  • Ghost Image
  • Burn-In
  • Rolling Picture
  • Snow
  • Head Clog
  • Tape Hiss
  • It Was in the House the Whole Time
  • Something Is Wrong With the Sun
  • Count the Faces
  • There Should Be Five of Us
  • Do You Remember the Old Anchor
  • Say Its Name Back
  • Look Behind the Camera
  • One of Them Is Not Your Father
  • Have You Seen This Child
  • We Never Aired This
  • Angel Report
  • Bureau of Angelic Affairs
  • Vessel Sighting Guidelines
  • Intruder Alert Protocol
  • Look-Alike Advisory
  • Face Verification Test
  • Household Census 1996
  • Head Count
  • Occupant Registry
  • Missing Persons Reel
  • Cinder Lake Broadcasting
  • Hollow Creek Public Radio
  • Marrow County Extension Office
  • Sundown Community Church
  • Greyfield Elementary Media
  • Larkspur Regional Hospital
  • Fort Corvin Recruitment Film
  • Wexley Station Safety Video
  • Ossuary Falls Tourism Board
  • Bellwood Fair 1979
  • Static Choir
  • Dead Air Hymn
  • The Sign-Off Song
  • The Test Tone
  • Signal Bleed
  • Blank Frame
  • Frame 24
  • Wrong Frame
  • The Missing Frame
  • Overscan
  • Larkspur Groundbreaking Ceremony
  • Do Not Go to Sleep
  • Transmitter Site 3
  • Have You Locked the Door
  • Frame Drop
  • Danforth, Michigan
  • The Greeter
  • Cover Your Mirrors
  • KSDN Late News
  • Hollister Falls Chamber of Commerce
  • Basement Safety Guide
  • Weak Signal
  • Tri-County Broadcasting
  • Please Report Any Faces
  • Phosphor Burn
  • WCNL Public Access
  • The Listening Program
  • Please Disregard the Previous Message
  • The Test
  • Harmony Video Duplication
  • Do Not Trust Your Reflection
  • Hollister Falls
  • Why Is the Sun Wrong
  • Palisade Dental Associates
  • The Understudy Reels
  • Tape Rot
  • Closed Caption Error
  • Four Rivers Public Television
  • The Basement Protocol
  • Count the Chairs
  • Remain Still
  • We Can See You Watching
  • Kitchen Safety Reel
  • The Deacon
  • Local 63 Late Edition
  • Alternate Version
  • Professor Puddles
  • Wren Street
  • Look Behind You Now
  • It Is Wearing Your Face
  • Neighborhood Watch Bulletin
  • The Ossuary Recordings
  • Greyfield Sanitation District
  • Halcyon Water Filtration
  • Reel 5 (Missing)
  • Why Are There Two Anchors
  • Miss Merry
  • The Whitmore Catalogue
  • Shelter Procedures Guide
  • Cousin Cheerful
  • The Visitor
  • Jitter
  • The Anchor's Hymn
  • Pinecrest Optical
  • Clarification Reel
  • The Long Man
  • Clearview Video Library
  • There Are Too Many People in This House
  • The Parishioners
  • Moon Report
  • Wren Street Studios
  • Static Prayer
  • The Census Protocol
  • Tape 27: The Choir
  • Ministry of Sign-Off
  • Look Under the Bed
  • The Director
  • Morning Sign-On
  • Wow and Flutter
  • Corvin Springs Fire Department
  • Do Not Look Directly at It
  • Loss of Signal
  • Pulled From Air
  • Wexley Grain Elevator
  • Ashford Regional Airport
  • Overbrook Behavioral Health
  • Uncle Wink
  • Episode 0
  • Evergreen Instructional Media
  • The Audience
  • Not for Distribution
  • Please Do Not Move
  • The Woman in the Window
  • Behind the Static
  • Side A
  • Lakeshore Cable Systems
  • The Tutor
  • Cassette 13
  • The Other Host
  • Department of Family Verification
  • Say Goodnight to the Anchor
  • Vertical Roll
  • The Oakhurst Footage
  • Hum Bar
  • Rewind Before Returning
  • It Counts Along With You
  • Oakhurst Weather Station
  • The Wakefulness Study
  • We Are Aware of the Problem
  • This Message Cannot Be Interrupted
  • The Late Host
  • Larkin Optical Labs
  • The Homecoming Protocol
  • Bureau of Household Safety
  • Snow Storm
  • Corvin Springs Public Radio
  • Return the Tape
  • Interstate Broadcasting Service
  • Household Inventory
  • Twin Pines Sanitarium Reel
  • The Groundskeeper
  • Tape 5: The Visit
  • Chroma Shift
  • Sunfield Grange Hall
  • Block Census
  • Employee Orientation Tape
  • The Window Study
  • Whitmore County Extension
  • Tape 23: Recovered
  • Watchman Alarm Systems
  • We Apologize for the Interruption
  • Civil Preparedness Reel
  • The Pastor
  • Bars and Tone
  • The Man Who Smiles
  • Countdown Leader
  • Tape Stretch
  • Channel 17 Community Hour
  • Grandpa Fuzz
  • Volume 3 (Withdrawn)
  • Auntie Pearl
  • Dawn Block
  • The Replacement Protocol
  • No Signal
  • The Northgate Files
  • The Off-Air Anthem
  • We Have Always Been Broadcasting
  • Repeat Transmission
  • The Others
  • The Man in the Static
  • Return to Your Beds
  • Reissued Without Comment
  • Little Sprouts Preschool
  • It Is Standing Behind You
  • The Hostess
  • The Other Weatherman
  • Meridian, Nebraska
  • Do Not Approach the Tower
  • Sleep Hygiene Segment
  • The Physician
  • The Tall One
  • Please Remain Calm
  • Episode 6 (Unaired)
  • Tape 10: The Basement
  • Master Tape (Missing)
  • Local Cut-In
  • Bellwood Bowling Lanes
  • The Teacher
  • Marrow County Grain Cooperative
  • That Is Not Your Mother
  • There Is No Weatherman
  • Larkin Heights Cemetery
  • Doctor Merryweather
  • Sixty Cycle Hum
  • Table Manners Instructional
  • Vestibule, Missouri
  • The Wrong Neighbor
  • Rental Copy
  • Greyfield Media Services
  • Home Sweet Home Realty
  • There Were Only Four of You
  • Miss Sunshine
  • Pink Noise
  • Under the Test Tone
  • The Basement Song
  • Prairie Wind Broadcasting
  • There Is Someone in the Studio
  • The Dispatcher
  • Channel 58 Test Broadcast
  • Do Not Rewind
  • The Wrong Man
  • Did You Hear the Knock
  • Frame 0
  • Duplicate Master
  • The Narrator
  • Emergency Alert: Do Not Go Outside
  • Mister Whiskers
  • Northgate Correctional Orientation
  • Have You Seen Our Anchor
  • Do Not Open Your Curtains
  • The Woman in the Test Pattern
  • Custodial Training Tape
  • Ghost Signal
  • This Is Not the Weather
  • The Dentist
  • Test Card F
  • Snack Time
  • We Now Return to Regular Programming
  • The Caller
  • Recovered From Attic
  • The Second Anchor
  • Mister Marbles
  • Kessler Memorial Hospital
  • The Sable Ridge Incident
  • The Neighbors
  • Greyfield Church of Christ
  • Office of Public Reassurance
  • Slate
  • Signal Intrusion
  • Hymn for the End of Broadcast
  • The Warden
  • The Hour of the Weatherman
  • Larkin Heights Recruitment Video
  • Homestead Video Club
  • Attic Access Instructional
  • Whitmore Educational Films
  • Meal Time Guide
  • The Man in the Yard
  • Keep Watching
  • Cassette X
  • Northgate, Iowa
  • Caption Overrun
  • Riverbend Reservoir Authority
  • End of Broadcast Day
  • Sticky Shed
  • The Copies
  • Halcyon Home Shopping
  • Marrow Home Entertainment
  • Corvin Springs
  • Alternate Ending
  • Studio B
  • Municipal Channel 9
  • The Second Voice
  • Rosie the Rabbit
  • The Instructor
  • Mister Giggles
  • The New Neighbor
  • Sundown Founders Day 1985
  • How Many Are in Your House
  • Frame Roll
  • Original Recording (Lost)
  • Please Remain Seated
  • The Voice
  • Department of Occupancy
  • Penny the Pig
  • Do Not Play After Dark
  • The Congregant
  • Puddles the Puppy
  • Officer Sunny
  • Static Burst
  • There Was Never a Channel 58
  • Ashford Community Access
  • Have You Checked the Basement
  • This Message Will Repeat
  • WBRN Nightwatch
  • Whitmore Public Access
  • Family First Insurance
  • Uncle Buddy
  • Statement of Clarification
  • Overnight Block
  • Recovered From Landfill
  • Wake-Up Procedures
  • Print-Through
  • Recorded Off-Air
  • The Studio Door
  • Do You Remember the Old Weather
  • The Caretaker
  • Do You Know Your Family
  • The Compliance Program
  • Community Awareness Segment
  • The Sign-Off Host
  • Corvin Springs Visitor Bureau
  • When Did You Last Count
  • Sign-Off Lullaby
  • The Off-Air Choir
  • This Program Has Been Corrected
  • Office of Weather Correction
  • Wrong Subtitles
  • Chore Time Reel
  • For Training Purposes Only
  • Station 7 Overnight
  • Meridian Radio Tower
  • Cinder Lake Boat Launch
  • Reverse Speech
  • Whiskers the Kitten
  • Farmer Friendly
  • Committee for Household Census
  • Color Bleed
  • Afterimage
  • Dropout
  • Marrow County Fair 1986
  • Miss Honey
  • Tape 44: Unfinished
  • Learning Is Fun
  • Signal Interference
  • Cornerstone Educational Video
  • Night Shift Instructional
  • The Doorway Song
  • The Overnight Studio
  • The Family
  • Master Control
  • Time to Say Goodnight
  • Riverbend Video Rentals
  • Stay Quiet
  • Skew Error
  • Volume 1
  • KPNC Farm Report
  • The Cellar Door Reel
  • Do Not Feed the Neighbors
  • Greyfield Bus Terminal Safety Film

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