Tubi Thursday: Something Scary (2016)

 Back when I was new to Tubi, I watched all of these Episodes.
This was later a Podcast that adapted Stories from real legends, Creepypasta and other sources.

It was...

With Hostess Sapphire Sandalo, the Episodes are a compilation of the various Shorts with limited/stylized animation.

To give you a sampler, you get Stories that allege to be real, like the horror of the Torture House in New Orleans.

Freaky stuff there.

You also get various tales that usually involve Children and strange creatures.

They range from TV scares- like Candle Cove- to a Wendigo and to even one of my favorites- Mr. Widemouth.

He just wants you to have fun...and die.

Another gem involves the widely-spread story about a Japanese Spirit that is 8 Feet Tall.

One thing the Show does is simplify and consolidate some information in the tales, usually for the better.

This one, for instance, as a last section in the original Story that is so silly that it affects the rest of the tale...so they cut it.

It's hard to talk about the Show without going too deep into some of the tales, which would ruin them.

That said, I'll give you one good Ending shot to let you know how these can be...

A fun bit of scary never hurt anyone, did it?  I don't think so.

The Stories range from outright scary to creepy to just plain weird.  They don't all end in death.  Alot of them end in 'you got lucky that X didn't do Y.'  It's certainly not tame, in case that last picture didn't dissuade you of that notion.

As a series of Shorts, it can be inconsistent in tone, other than the general 'scary' vibe.  That can be good or bad depending on your point of view.

You want 4 Ghost Stories in a row- it's bad.
You want 4 strange tales in a row- it's good.

After going through these a few years ago, I keep finding myself going back.  They did some good stuff, like getting me into Candle Cove in time for Channel Zero.  It's not complex animation.  It's not all the greatest stories.  And yes, they did get in on the Krampus craze.

If you're a fan of weird, scary and sometimes very unsettling, check these out.  They're bite-sized, so enjoy a few...or eat the whole bag in one go.