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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping Rob Gavagan’s Greylock into the ol’ VCR. 

[CW/TW: gore, home invasion, infant death, assault, mutilation, and anything else that falls within these categories. Additionally, there are flashing lights and images as well as loud sounds that may be harmful/hurtful to photosensitive viewers]. 

Alrighty, friends, buckle up. I’m coming at you with another wonderful analog horror series to keep you company during the spookiest time of the year. 

I first discovered Greylock through Baz’s channel (shocker), and I was blown away. The best way I can categorize Greylock is by saying it’s like a mix of Local 58, The Mandela Catalogue, and The Monument Mythos, but different. I’ll also say that SimioDyn gives Cyberdyne Systems a run for its money. 

Greylock shows us what happens when government experiments go terribly, terribly wrong. Thoughtforms, the big bad of the series, are generated through person, or persons’, emotions, making Thoughtforms an extension of their creator(s). However, Thoughtforms can also become sentient, and it seems as though they can also become uncontrollable and malicious. 

While some Thoughtforms are similar to spectral beings, others can, uh, become physical manifestations. Which, uh, is very bad. 

There’s also some ancient and sinister entity that lives within the mountains. And, oh yeah, SimioDyn may have been responsible for JFK’s assassination, as he wasn’t down to let them run wild with all of their technology. 

Greylock is EXTREMELY well-executed. There are videos, a la Gemini Home Entertainment, mixed with “real” footage. The distortion isn’t over the top, and there’s a jump scare in TAPE 009 that made my butt physically leave my sectional. And, friends, I’m known for sitting like a rock when watching horror content. 

As of the time of this writing, Greylock sits at nine videos, and each is better than the last (this is saying a lot because each video is fantastic). I’m really excited to see how this series progresses, and I think we have another legendary entry into the YouTube analog horror series vault. 

Also, this should go without saying, but please support all of the horror content creators you love. Subscribe to their channels, share their content, and support them however you can. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: YouTube is going to play a major role in the future of horror. The success of Talk to Me has proven this. 

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to rid myself of all negative emotions to avoid birthing a sentient, nightmarish creature and unleashing it onto our world.