Midwest Angelica: Analog Space Horror Done Fresh
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Midwest Angelica - Act 1:
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Midwest Angelica - Act 1:
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Douglas County and Washington county are in Nebraska (along the Nebraska, Iowa border). Omaha is in Douglas County and Washington is north of Douglas. KMTV is one of the Omaha based news stations
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For me, the easiest to spot reference to Evangelion would have been the red on black text of "sound only" with the HOME logo in Phantoms, very reminiscent of the Seele communication screens. Really liked that reference
Cool.
That's so awesome, I never even realised that lmao
It just clicked when Nick brought it up at the end for me.
Now all we need are giant mechs to combat the alien and it’s full blown Eva (I’m just kidding but that would still be awesome)
Honestly the entirety of Phantoms was what made me realize the Eva inspo. That and the fact the morgue scene *uses the entry plug ambience*. Yes, really. I checked.
about 15 minutes in I pieced together that it might be evangelion inspired from the name and the fact that its taking place in 1999, close to the time of the second impact, but thought it could still be a coincidence. it was all but confirmed for me when I saw the seele sound only reference. that was such a cool surprise
I think Evans infected Connors which is why he was taking longer than normal to replace the water. Maybe he put cells from the alien in there or put a small drop of blood in to infect the whole facility.
Yeah this is what I was thinking too
It's blindingly obvious that that's what happened.
Placing the CGI models in flame was very clever. The bright red and chaotic lighting lights up the model in such a way that even a rougher render still looks serviceably believable.
the scene of the person hunched over with shaking hands as the gunk leaks out of their mask... fucked me up SO bad on a first viewing lol. one of the best scenes i've seen in the genre, can't get it out of my head
Along with Evangelion, I can’t help but wonder if Hellstar Remina served as inspiration, as well! The video called Azazel containing the sacrifice reminds me of the crucifixions in Remina.
This is such an incredible series, can’t wait to see more 🤩
The creator has said that Eva was a big inspiration for the series in different streams by other creators, where they've been in chat.
Well damn, now that you mention it
Eldritch space horror is extremely common in analog horror right now, people are just copying whatever the other guy is doing.
I made that connection as well!
There was no Azazel in NGE, which makes me think that USA got jealous of Japan being the center of attention for Angels and attracted their own xD
Hello Night Mind! Midwest/Wisconsin viewer here (longtime fan, first time comment maker).
Douglas and Washington county are actually counties in Wisconsin and as the title says Midwest, I am assuming this might be a Wisconsin based analog horror which makes me extra excited for it and thank you for bringing attention to such a cool unfiction.
Love your content, keep making great things, and being a great cat human entity
Actually, I'm pretty sure it's supposed to refer to Nebraska. Douglas County is where Omaha is located, and KMTV-3 is an Omaha CBS station.
@@coreyferreyra either way I enjoy the story a lot and appreciate the correlation
Looks like the counties listed in the ad are all in Southwest Iowa.
Fellow midwesterner here! (Minnesota to be exact!) and I’m just as hyped as you!
I love when the Midwest is represented in media, especially indie media! Analog Horror, Digital Horror, live action, animated, or my personal favorite: mixed media featuring all of these at once!
I’m super stoked!!!💖💖💖
I heared grand forks technical collage and thought east grand forks.
32:24 “unusual behavior” is such an understatement
Ive been hoping you would cover this series! Its such a great take on analog horror with great production quality for its size. Its got real potential to rise up in the community like Greylock did
speaking of, im wondering if nick is ever gonna do a video on greylock, seems like a project he would gush about for a good... 2 and half hours lol
@@harleyfields1664 i would love another 2 hour video its the best background noise while playing games
Glad to see someone else has been excited to see Nick cover this series
Greylock did not “rise up in the community”….
@Martin0 what do you mean?
I wonder if part of the appeal of Analog horror is an evolution of 'The Mummy's curse'. Where the past returns to make it the present's problem.
Sort of. The main reason why analog horror is so popular is because of its presentation and aesthetic. Old technology that is breaking down that was recovered, finding something that you are not supposed to find. The second reason why its so popular is that it drip feeds information which has always been extremely popular, from the show Lost to how Resident Evil hates random notes scattered about to give you some information about what is going on while you can still fill in some details yourself.
Not enough “return the slab!!!”’s
@@bigblue344 im also willing to bet that the presentation makes up for a lack of resources, meaning that the skills of art and filmmaking can shine through a bit more; its harder to see all the individual flaws in a 3D model if the camera is fuzzy, and if you can't do 3D modeling, a PSA or instructional video is as good an excuse as any to flex your graphic design or 2D artwork skills. the flaws in the art styles are hidden by the format, while the skills of the artist in question are still very visible. this was the same reason a lot of games we consider visually ugly nowadays were considered the height of realism when they released; because the lower resolution of monitors and TVs back in the day meant that the low-poly models appeared much more high fidelity, giving the illusion of realism.
@@bigblue344Also, personally, because of how analog horror is often presented through tapes of news reports and educational tapes, it is more "real" compared to traditional style horror movies. Even compared to the found footage style of something like the Blair Witch Project, the more informational style of analog horror lends a sort of in universe credibility: it's the difference between a video of monster attacking a group of people, and there being educational tapes about said monster and how to avoid it attacking you.
The Stages video makes the Starkill sound like something you'd see in a real-time strategy video game. Especially the "Self-Replication" slide: the way "altars" and "temples" are described remind me of how certain units can only be built with specific buildings in those games. If anything the Starkill reminds me of the Zerg - they gather biomass to use in their structures, assimilate life-forms into their hivemind, and specific buildings can produce specific types of units: "altars" are like their hatcheries where they can only produce smaller life-forms, and "temples" would be like their hives or greater spires where they can produce larger units.
Absolutely inspirational.
Like seriously, I never thought of it that way. It makes a lot of sense in retrospect, but also having it utilized in a visual medium outside of pure interaction like a vidya gayme is really cool!
You've been really killing it lately, Nick. I'm glad to be here for the Night Mind Renaissance ❤
Thank you so much!
The words on anyone being able to make 3d art is really encouraging. I started messing with blender to make streaming related stuff, and seeing the incineration scene makes me want to get creative with it.
This series reminds me a lot of Gemini Home Entertainment. Which can only be a good thing, as its my favorite analogue horror series of the whole lot of them.
GHE is my favorite too 🤘
Yeah it's really just a GHE rip off, not really "fresh"....
Series like Midwest and GHE are what all analog horror used to be before it went mainstream. It's what real *analog* horror should be
@@CircusFoxxoSo every series that uses the OG style of analog horror and doesn't just ripoff Mandela Catalogue is a "GHE ripoff" now?
@@Master214. I couldn't get into MC mainly because of the statue with the goofy eyes lol
Hey Douglas county!! KMTV3 is Nebraska. We're in sarpy but Washington and Douglas are just north. It's the Omaha/ Fremont area. This makes me so happy, thank you for sharing "local" analog!!
Sarpy here too! But freaky seeing it pop up in the affected counties.
They also reference pottawattamie county, which is where Council Bluffs IA is located!!
I just knew when I looked in the comments that someone was going to be here to correct this. 😆
This series gives me Dead Space kind of vibes. Weird religion connected to a parasitic entity trying to gather biomass via weird body horror stuff.
Thanks for sharing this with us. It's very interesting, definitely looking forward to where this story is going.
Yay, someone else thought of it!
i wish there was an analog horror using AI/cyborgs/mechanical stuff other than just organic body horror. I hope i can find a good version of that someday. But this one indeed stands out among the others. This is good work.
I would like to see a sub-genre shift as well. Preferably something that isn't world ending scale.
Have a look at vintage 8. They have body horror and ais and so much other stuff. Their earliest ai focused series is the Oracle but you should really start with the Tangi virus. Most of the stuff is in the same universe so it is well worth wattching everything
I'd assume it's alot harder/more expensive to make mechanical horror look non-cheesy compared to bio/body horror
Check out Vintage 8, she’s got a few featuring an AI named Oracle. Her channel isn’t getting nearly enough attention
@@Veestar88 i love their content.
possibly a weird question mr nick nocturne, but would you be willing to indicate in the future whether the series you cover are jumpscare heavy? i want to watch the different projects before your videos as you suggest, but in all honesty i can’t personally handle jump scares (which is why i came to your channel in the first place to a degree) so it would be beneficial to know whether they’re commonplace or not in the future? thank you so much for keeping this channel alive and putting out uploads so consistently, it must be so much work and i and so many others are so grateful to you!
Finally, a series I've fully watched before it got covered here.
Saaaame!
Same! Finally "beat" Nick...even tho he was prolly analyzing and writing the script for this video while we were waking to a crazy classified reality that has so many different webs to weave!
Man, this series started off really interesting to me. The corpse of a massive alien, possibly drifting between galaxies?! That was such a great start, and with the coverage coming as astronomers and astrophysicists tracking a new body was a wonderful departure from so many other projects.
Then it just becomes a pretty standard meat monster making zombies/a hive mind. The delivery is pretty interesting with the new formats, but damn, it falls right into so many "eldritch horror" stereotypes that it's just not worth watching past the first couple episodes.
I'm fairly certain that the missing sample vial was used to infect the water cooler (that's why it took so long for Evans to replace it). He then gave a cup of infected water to O'Connor, which is how O'Connor got infected. And then O'Connor infected his church through any number of means.
It's always a perfect day when there's a new Nightmind video. Have a lovely holiday season all!
You too man
Nick, you should check out Basilisk. It's an unfiction project about two games with the same title that never got released and there's some very spooky stuff in there, spooky stuff going on with the game developers as well. Sagan Hawkes has a really good video on it, but maybe you'll want to go in blind.
It's amazing the way they take something stylistically so similar to GHE and apply it to a B-movie level alien invasion, just like the movie used to introduce it.
All analog horror used to be in the style that Gemini and Midwest uses before it went mainstream. I love it so much!
I remember you talking about this but never knew what it was. I have made an entire series on my channel dedicated to good/bad Analog Horror, so this is always a great change of pace.
Cat dad feedin' his creatures of the night good lately. I was hoping to hear some coverage of Midwest Angelica from here, the project deserves all the attention it can get.
Another thing this reminds me of aside from Evangelion is actually Halo (the video game series). An intelligent infection from space that starts out slow and causes people to sprout tentacles feels awful "the flood" esque to me.
Don't you love it when the story takes place where you currently are
Nebraska is fun. First we get colonized by ants now this
@WinterFrost_MimikyuLiker Jesus I know right!
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Not for me
Man this reminds of both invasion of the body snatchers and a little bit of war of the worlds really well done!
Nick's been our Vergil in the dark for years now, but this time Midwest Angelica seems to promise its own pathways into darkness.
As for "Stages", that's totally a cancer analogy. And also kind of like The Flood.
I really enjoyed this one. My favorite scene is definitely when the original creature was being burned and it was zoomed in on one of the people in the suits.
Nick really been out here since Candy bowl making it monumentally important that pacing is so important. I know he said it was frustrating but it must have been way bigger of a deal than I originally thought. Great video.
14:17 There are 13 and 14 positions respectively in those coordinates. According to the chart in XKCD 2170, they're either tracking down to a couple hundred atoms' precision, or their database is Weird.
It struck me as weird that most of the videos that had timestamps neglected to tell you which time zone (or specify GMT).
I'm sure the series is great if you're covering it, can't wait to watch it later tonight.
An FPS game would be a very cool way to explore this story, lately I've been playing SCP 5K and the feeling of being (armed to the teeth) and helpless nonetheless is pretty scary to me. Love your videos btw Nick!
Nick has made enough videos subverting my expectations that by now, I trust when he covers something, it's probably something good (or the Mandela Catalogue.)
That being said, it still fills me with dread when I see a video title with the word "Analog Horror" in it.
Thank you for pointing out the descriptions for each entry, I always watch these playlists fullscreen and never think to check them
Absolutely amazing video! I can never get enough of the cold enticing mood you're always able to put on with your voice work it makes everything so much more immersive. While this analog horror is absolutely amazing, I think the thing I appreciated the most from this video was actually the constant care and attention that you put towards not only highlighting all of the impressive parts of the piece but using that to ENCOURAGE others to follow in the same footsteps. Even though it could take away screen time from what we're here to see causing more work for you, you still took the time to try and inspire and put the tools in others hands to so they can follow their passions which is awesome to see!
I am so glad to see you cover this one! I loved everything about Midwest Angelica, the way they tell their story just feels so fresh.
Yay!! This is a great series and I have been hoping it would start getting more attention. Thanks for covering it!
so happy this series is getting more attention, its amazing!!!
Oh, this is GOOOOOD. It's giving me Gemini Home Entertainment vibes, but with better pacing. You shoulda seen the faces I was making watching this shit! Maddest of props to the creator of this masterpiece!
midwest angelica video? you love to see it, big fan of this series and super glad you're giving it a spotlight!
Nice to see you cover it :) One of my favourite analog horrors
Love all the various approaches of media in this series!
Yours is by far the best coverage of MA I've seen so far. You have a knack, mister ❤
Minaxa did a good video on it, too. That's how I found it.
been waiting for you to cover this, i watched the series a few months back and immediately knew you would fall in love with it once you found it!
Somehow, someway, Nick always uploads on the days I always need it most. Thanks for being one of my favorite channels for almost a full decade now ❤
I knew you would be on this series early too! Your recommendation to Rapid Eyes is what led me to The Midwest Angelica! Hopefully this is just season one of the galactic opus!!
You have no idea how much I needed this upload Nick, I have had one hell of a ringer this week and this is just what I need to help me relax and calmly study for my exams. So thanks my dude :)
I'm getting very strong "The Thing" vibes from this, love it a lot!
I just found out about this last week! I’m so glad you are covering it!!!!
This type of series is why I say no idea can ever truly be overdone, there's always unique and interesting takes you can do with any sort of material so long as you have the desire to experiment and be playful with the ideas and themes core to the experience, and some outside inspiration goes a long way too.
I love seeing you cover analog horror series.
I hope you cover a series like TRYRED WITNESS ARCHIVES, CRT Anomalies, or The Painter in the near future.
Always a great time for a new NM video. MWA has always had that professional vibe to it.
Phantoms is where I kind of fell out of the setting. The wire frame graphics used in the video don't fit the period of time, and just killed all suspension of disbelief for me. Sure, you could say that an underfunded government agency would have decade old tech, but it still just feels anachronistic.
Also, the CIA cannot legally operate within the borders of the US. It would be the FBI, if it was for law enforcement purposes. But that might be too pedantic of a gripe, so I won't hold it against the creator.
Still, up to that point I really like it. It's inventive and really well made. The 3d modeling is amazing. I love the story that's being told.
As someone who was the from almost the start, your analysis let me catch several things I had missed.
So thanks for that, and for spreading word of this series in dire need of more and deserved attention
I love all of Night Mind's videos! Please keep up the great work. I appreciate it.
Oh, I've been looking forward to this video. Thank you for the early Christmas present, Nick!
Hell yea this is the first series I beat you to it’s soo good and I cannot wait to see how it develops
Yes! I’ve been waiting for you to cover this series since I first discovered it!
Getting a “Color Out of Space” vibe from this series!
Finally! One I have stumbled upon before you bring it to our attention. I've had a rough last few months, I'm gonna let myself briefly feel a bit smug on this 😊
So glad you are covering this. I was hoping you be into it so and yay 🙌
I love that the very first video not only serves as a trailer for the series, but has an in-universe explanation as the psychic effects of AZ-001 forcing someone to make a movie predicting its arrival.
I don't see many args that take place in my state, but i always appreciate them. The fact that i know where the towns are and how close in proximity they are to my town makes it a whole lot spookier.
As someone who’s name is Angelica this series is a trip.
The real question is…. are you from the Midwest?
Hey nick,
I’ve been thinking about starting up my own unfiction series recently, and I’ve been going over some of your videos and really listening to how you critique and encourage certain aspects of different projects. It’s been really inspirational to me, in fact. I don’t want to share any details on what i have planned, but let’s just say that it’s heavily inspired by projects like this and Gemini Home Entertainment. Both of those series really hit close to home because i actually live in the area that Gemini takes place in, and seeing how effective horror can be created by just about anyone really motivated me to get this project underway. I made previous attempts to start a web series, but realized i was going about it all wrong by making my clues too cryptic and having a complete lack of experience in the genre. Anyways all i wanted to say is that having someone with your experience giving advice has been a huge help to me!
I had seen this years ago but thought the 8 minute episode where the creature lands and emerges was the finale. And even then I considered it one of the best analog horrors I’d seen. I had never seen the following videos with the assimilations until today and my mind is blown! Horror with creatures and animals is my absolute favorite type and The Thing 1982 is my favorite movie of all time. So this has now bumped up to perhaps my top favorite analog horror project (so far...) Great coverage as always.
Apparently I’m having a Mandela effect because I totally remember watching this in like... 2020, early 2021 at the latest, and it being old THEN, thinking to myself “how have I not seen this before if it’s been around this long”... but apparently this all came out last year??
Thank you so much for pointing this series out!
Been waiting for you to cover this
I get so excited every time I see night mind posted! I love their videos!
Never get enough of your videos!
It looks incredibly well made, paced and seeded for intrigue to delight to scifi horror nerds like myself. but I’m going to need some more complex interactions between humans and aliens than just “worship or kill” to keep me hooked.
Either these wiggly boys are extremely flat bad guys, artfully presented- which can be fun in its own way if the story is short and very weird- or I get some interesting methods of communication and relationships that shape at least one human’s view of the world. I’ve been eating too good lately to watch another iteration of War of the Worlds.
Midwest Angelica is one of two horror projects I already have experience with.
The other is 9mm Theater's 'Zombie Radio -The Apocalypse Will Be Broadcast.'
FINALLY THIS SERIES IS GETTING THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES
AYYYYYY I was hoping you'd cover this!!! I am excite
Lesson learned, same as Napoleon, under no circumstances should you ever enter The Midwest.
New NightMind! Always a treat :)
Ironically I just finished watching Midwest before this got posted. Great analog horror series and can't wait for the future of it.
The stories coming out now with analog horror just keep improving ad showing just how far everyone wants to go and will. Thank you for covering this.
Midwest Angelica is one of my absolute favorites in the analog horror community and I’m so glad to see folks covering it lately!
Ooooh!!! I was really hoping you would cover this one.
Fresh night mind drop!!?? Heck yes! Perfect for a break from the heavy topic I'm working on currently
There is nothing more wholesome than seeing the creator of one successful ARG come in and give a shoutout to another.
I literally just watched minaxa's video on this, I'm so glad you're covering it!
Update from post-watch: Jesus christ homebound was good. If you didn't go watch it, you absolutely should. Can't wait to see where this one goes.
The day is always automatically better when Night Mind posts :)
nick, it's so good to see you again I truly hope you're well
love all the content recently!!
This was such a cool, unnerving series and, as Nick said, it's inventiveness when it comes to how it presents information really stands out. Even just a simple diagram of a dot moving on a map manages to be unsettling, which is such a big achievement.
Oh man MWA sub count about to explooooode. Well deserved for sure!! Good choice, Nick!!
This is a perfect example of what I mean when I tell ppl the analog horror genre isn't dead, nor is it dying, it's in a slump. It just needs creative originality from more content creators to pull it out of that slump. Monument Mythos, Midwest Angelica, and Greylock do this beautifully. Hell, Angel Hare, while it doesn't do anything for me personally, is still another stellar example that has gripped so many ppl with the level of creativity behind it, and rightfully so!
Playing Silent Hill and watching the Ju-On films as a kid terrified me so much, that afterwards it made me think I was desensitized to all other horror for years, since nothing hollywood, the indie film scene, nor the gaming industry has ever produced has been even remotely scary for me. So I just started enjoying horror for the plot, until that got boring.
Analog horror has renewed my love of horror, and has done it in such a unique way and I genuinely want to see it grow even more.
The VHS static as the tapes play is a nice touch of verisimilitude. This is a really great series.
When I saw this video I went to see these videos straight away... Fabulous series x
YES!! More people covering this masterpiece! I'm so happy to see it getting the love it properly deserves!
Came for the unfiction coverage, stayed for Nick outing himself as an NGE fan.
I thought it was alright. Some of the visuals were great, but other times the 3D graphics stood out from the real footage in a jarring way. More importantly though, the story never really grabbed me; it felt like a lot of things I've seen before, and what was unique to this story wasn't quite enough to capture my interest. Season 1 also felt like it ended really abruptly, right in the middle of what felt like the buildup to a climax, which seemed odd to me.
Still, it's definitely an overall solid series, and I had a good time watching it. I'll probably watch season 2, just to see where it goes, and maybe it will grip me more than the first season. I hope we get to see more of the actual Midwest Angelica movie at some point in the new season. It would be strange if the thing the series is named after only came up once.
One of the tools we use for work is referred to as home and this was giving my very tired brain fear headaches. Thank you for giving me a new thing to obsess over