Get in the spirit with these horrors from YouTube

For the penultimate installment of spooky season recommendations, let's explore a selection of eerie, unsettling, and odd videos from YouTube. There's something for every taste and preference. Whether you enjoy surreal art-house films, cosmic horror, or classic viral clips, you'll likely find something below that will get you in the Halloween spirit.

Perhaps made in Michigan, this 1983 short by Cecelia Condit gained popularity many years later when it was uploaded to YouTube and later shared on Reddit. If you've ever wondered what a feminist musical about cannibals directed by David Lynch would look like, then "Possibly in Michigan" is for you. At just 12 minutes long, it's packed with deeply unsettling imagery and meaning that has inspired countless YouTube videos dissecting its mysterious origins.

"Homebrew Gatorade" cleverly straddles the line between horror and comedy. With its bizarre, uncomfortable, and uncanny blend of stiff animation and heavily processed video, every turn this road trip takes will leave you squirming in terror or laughing. It's difficult to tell which reaction is appropriate.

"Cosmic horror" films often make the mistake of trying to show too much. But "Portrait of God" nails it by knowing less is more. Much of its runtime is spent staring into an empty abyss, or is it? The short's tight runtime focuses on the emptiness and lets your imagination fill in the rest.

"Heck" is the precursor to the experimental horror "Skinamarink." While Skinamarink is loved by many, some may find it too long for their taste. "Heck" delivers similar tension-building quiet but in a much more digestible 29-minute format.

Finally, for those who enjoy abstract creepiness and nightmare fuel, "Dining Room" is the perfect one-minute loopable short. Made by David B. Earle, this video is all about abstract visuals and nightmare-inducing imagery. If you want to create an eerie ambiance at your Halloween party, set this video to loop on your TV and let it play for hours. And to round out the spooky season, "Spirit Halloween Theme" by Nick Lutsko provides a bang-up soundtrack to complete the experience.