High Strange Streams #11 - Room 202, Golgotha, Laundry Night and More!

What this episode is about

High Strange Streams #11 explores seasonal recommendations for Halloween viewing, highlighting the atmospheric films produced by Hammer Horror, particularly focusing on "Twins of Evil." The discussion includes gaming updates, channel news, and the transition from summer to fall, setting the stage for a spooky viewing experience.

Key takeaways

• Forget summer blockbusters—Hammer Horror's "Twins of Evil" proves autumn is when true cinema rises from the crypt.
• Creepy pastas are like good horror: some whisper, while others scream; thankfully, Dark Somnium amplifies the right whispers.
• Netflix's 'In the Tall Grass' shows cosmic horror can be as disorienting as getting lost in a corn maze.
• Even a poorly reviewed sequel can rise from the dead—"Ouija: Origin of Evil" redefines what a prequel can be.
• Scooping ice cream shouldn’t turn sinister; yet, urban legends remind us that the scariest monsters lurk in our neighborhoods.

Who speaks in this episode?

• GNA (Host) · 1 h 13 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 10:00: Twins of Evil, Creepy Pasta
2. 10:00 – 20:00: Connie Stephen, In the Tall Grass, Joe Hill, Ouija

Notable quotes from "High Strange Streams #11 - Room 202, Golgotha, Laundry Night and More!"

• And Frankenstein movies a lot of vampire movies in general of which this is one this is called twins of evil and I just threw it on the other night I was not expecting much and…

  about Twins of Evil · at 7:42

• A high pedigree of writing so HP Lovecraft obviously invented the genre and then you got like Stephen King doing HB Lovecraft style stories every once in a while and a few…

  about Connie Stephen · at 10:04

• The movie Cube which is a cool weird sci-fi movie in the tall grass is a adaptation of a Stephen King in Joe Hill short story they wrote it together Joe Hill is Stephen King's…

  about Joe Hill · at 11:17

• Girlfriend in a big plantation house in the middle of nowhere Ouija origin of evil this is one of my favorite horror movies it is a prequel to a terrible movie called Ouija…

  about Ouija · at 12:41

• History to it that they were not previously aware of and it's terrifying this movie always it's one of these Blum House movies it's kind of a PG-13 sort of Haunted House movie…

  about Blum House · at 13:29

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Connie Stephen — Person · Referenced author (genre benchmark) · 2 mentions · first at 10:08
  Cited as a high-pedigree cosmic-horror writer and as co-author of the short story adapted into the film recommendation "In the Tall Grass."
• Joe Hill — Person · Referenced author (co-author; family relation noted) · 1 mention · first at 11:21
  Mentioned as Stephen King's son and as co-author (with King) of the short story that the recommended Netflix film "In the Tall Grass" adapts.
• HP Lovecraft — Person · Referenced genre originator (cosmic horror) · 1 mention · first at 10:04
  Used as the foundational reference point for cosmic horror, contrasted with lower-quality creepypasta attempts in that genre.
  Down for me when it comes to Cosmic cor I pretty much just want like really a high pedigree of writing so HP Lovecraft obviously invented the genre and then you got like…
• Mike Flanagan — Person · Referenced writer-director (of recommended film) · 1 mention · first at 12:58
  Credited as writer/director of "Ouija: Origin of Evil" and referenced for his broader horror TV/film work (The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, Oculus).
  Great movie this movie is fantastic though is written and directed by Mike Flanigan who went on to do The Haunting of Hill House midnight mass which is incredible I think I…
• Vincenzo Natali — Person · Referenced director (of recommended film) · 1 mention · first at 11:08
  Identified as the director of the recommended Netflix film "In the Tall Grass," with additional credibility via his earlier film "Cube."
  Check out that one okay dark somnium fantastic another movie in the Tall Grass this is a Netflix movie directed by Vincenzo Natali he directed the movie splice Cube was his…
• Patrick Wilson — Person · Referenced actor (cast of recommended film) · 1 mention · first at 11:46
  Mentioned as starring in the recommended film "In the Tall Grass" and contextualized via his horror credentials (The Conjuring, Insidious).
  Out it's it really just like kind of came and went a super underrated movie stars Patrick Wilson of The Conjuring and Insidious the long night so I don't know if this is a recommendation it had a good vibe this is a shutter original.
• Scout Taylor Compton — Person · Referenced actor (cast of discussed film) · 1 mention · first at 12:18
  Named as the star of the Shudder original "The Long Night" and described as a 2000s-era scream queen associated with Rob Zombie's Halloween remakes.
  The plot just kind of just stretches at the end and nothing really happens for a long period of time but this Stars Scout Taylor Compton who's kind of like a lowbudget scream…

Companies & orgs

• Blum House — Company · Business focus · 1 mention · first at 13:34
  Mentioned as the production company behind Ouija: Origin of Evil, known for horror movies.

Products & tech

• Twins of Evil — Product · Recommendation · 2 mentions · first at 7:46
  Recommended as a favorite from the Hammer horror catalog, fitting the Halloween vibe.
• Ouija — Product · Recommendation · 1 mention · first at 12:51
  Recommended as a classic haunted house story and ghost story, part of the spooky season content.
• In the Tall Grass — Product · Recommendation · 2 mentions · first at 11:06
  Recommended as a Netflix movie adaptation of a Stephen King and Joe Hill short story, with cosmic horror elements.
  Movie splice Cube was his first movie the movie Cube which is a cool weird sci-fi movie in the tall grass is a adaptation of a Stephen King in Joe Hill short story they wrote…

Concepts & topics

• Creepy Pasta — Concept · Core topic · 3 mentions · first at 9:00
  Central theme of the discussion around The Dark Somnium's content, highlighting urban legend style stories.
  That I personally like there's a lot more Cosmic horror and sci-fi and personally when creepy pastas are in the cosmic horror genre it's usually let down for me when it comes…

Full transcript with timestamps

0:08 is you check check check check check whoa Frozen for all right there we go I don't know what just happened what's up y'all welcome to another week of hi strange streams hey what up Olf first in the chat all right so I did cook up some recommendations for this week so we'll get started with that and then I got a little bit of news about the channel not sure when I'll tell you guys about that um and then we'll start gaming speaking of which I'm GNA just start the game up because I haven't tested it yet see how that goes all right recommendations so the summer is ending things are winding down for the Heat and the fall weather is coming in and it's time to start watching some spooky season stuff and if you're looking for that spooky spooky Halloween Vibe I uh highly recommend the films of hammer which is a British production company also known as Hammer horror um they made a lot of like Dracula movies

7:42 and Frankenstein movies a lot of vampire movies in general of which this is one this is called twins of evil and uh I just threw it on the other night I was not expecting much and I think it's actually my favorite of the entire Hammer catalog that I've seen I've seen like 10 of those movies um check out twins of evil so it's like the exact Vibes you want during Halloween where it's like a Gothic tale it's a old 16th century uh uh Ryland uh Village out in the middle of nowhere dealing with uh Witch Trials and then sure enough The Witch Trials may have been more correct than they thought though they also take out some uh innocent bystander along the way but twins of evil amazing cinematography all like studio built stuff so there's just like creepy graveyards with old trees with no leaves on them and spooky fall Autumn kind of Vibes to it twins of evil and you'll get a lot of that with um

8:49 hammer movies and I don't know what's next on the slides show let's find out it's a surprise okay the podcast so this is a podcast SL um you YouTube um Creepy Pasta narration Channel called the dark somnium and this guy see I checked the dude last time I checked how many uh subscribers The Dude I recommended last time had let me check dark somnium um this guy does a great job narrating creepy pastas he really turns them into more of a theatrical kind of vocal performance um really elevates a lot of stories um of which creepy pastas you get mixed bag you get some good you get some bad and uh he'll take uh even the bad ones and make them a little bit better it's got 830,000 subscribers um so pretty big uh compared to my channel and um not the biggest though but he's fantastic he doesn't always pick the exact kind of stories that I personally like there's a lot more Cosmic horror and sci-fi and

9:55 personally when creepy pastas are in the cosmic horror genre it's usually let down for me uh when it comes to Cosmic cor I pretty much just want like really a high pedigree of writing so HP Lovecraft obviously invented the genre and then you got like Stephen King doing uh HB Lovecraft style stories every once in a while and a few other people um so he does a lot of cosmic horror if you're into that but uh one of my favorites I believe is called let's see which one was it I think it's called if you see an ice cream truck in your neighborhood go inside and lock your doors I believe that's the one the there's two ice cream man stories because these are creepy pastas we're talking about and one of them is just terrifying it's the first story I listened to him by him and it was incredible it's just that exact kind of thing you want from a creepy pasta where it's kind of like an urban legend style

10:54 story um sort of an inexplicable uh source of horror uh attacking a Suburban neighborhood um so check out that one uh okay dark somnium fantastic uh another movie in the Tall Grass this is a Netflix movie directed by Vincenzo Natali um he directed the movie splice Cube was his first movie the movie Cube which is a cool weird sci-fi movie in the tall grass is a adaptation of a Stephen King in uh Joe Hill short story they wrote it together Joe Hill is Stephen King's son and um basically it's people go wandering into tall grass on the side of a desolate Highway and get lost and they can't find their way out and there is some Cosmic horror to this um again it's a Netflix movie so it's easy to find um check it out it's it really just like kind of kind of came and went a super underrated movie um stars Patrick Wilson of The Conjuring and Insidious the long night so I don't know if this is a recommendation it had a good vibe this

11:57 is a shutter original um it has issues in my opinion but um did a lot of cool imagery uh really well it has a really great first twoth thirds by the end it really just kind of slows down that's its main issue there's like the plot just kind of just stretches at the end and nothing really happens for a long period of time um but this Stars Scout Taylor Compton um who's kind of like a lowbudget scream Queen of the 2000s um she's also been in some of the big horror remakes of uh Halloween and stuff like that um the Rob Zombie ones uh the long night it's about a cult basically terrorizing a boyfriend and girlfriend in a uh big plantation house in the middle of nowhere Ouija origin of evil this is one of my favorite horror movies it is a prequel to a terrible movie called Ouija um well I won't say terrible but a not great movie uh this movie is fantastic though is uh written and directed by Mike Flanigan who went on to do The

13:02 Haunting of Hill House uh midnight mass which is incredible I think I recommended midnight mass once um and uh another one of my favorites Oculus which I also recommended done here but Ouija is a classic Haunted House story classic ghost story U basically they start messing with the Ouija board and uh something comes through and tells this family where to find this money that was suspicious suspiciously stashed in the wall and they find out their house has a history to it that they were not previously aware of um and it's terrifying this movie always it's one of these Blum House movies it's kind of a PG-13 sort of Haunted House movie but it always after it ends I'm listening to every little sound in my house and looking down dark corridors very suspiciously Ouija origin of evil and I think that's it yeah did a couple more extra recommendations CU I didn't do any last week uh but we'll get game in here first

14:01 game is called room 202 and I don't know if okay there is sound cool check my own sound and again I'm wearing a hat because my hair is too long and I need to get a haircut you were tired after a long trip it's getting late you decide to spend the night something somewhere missed

14:39 it nice and nice and smooth and slow it's a slow boy game this is the fastest I can move this is incredible I take it over the super jittery games that we've been playing lately is hotel clerk hello hello sir would you like a room for the night are his eyes bleeding or are those birth marks yes please just for one night please please of course sir I will get your a room key who's in there why is the crucifix upside down fix it that's evil what's this pizza disgusting downtown bombing I'm guessing that's not my room least I hope it's not don't mind that door it's just the wind anyway here is your key did I not oh I didn't grab the key room 203 I thought it was room 20 to be like a 1408

16:09 situation nothing to see here sir all right I thought I had to maybe try that to keep the story going try it again yeah yeah nothing to see here oh man the game is not playing there we go sorry about that that's embarrassing well I'm still working I'm still ironing Out The Kinks I guess after 11 streams for all of you who missed the first part of this game all that happened was I walked up to a desk and there was a creepy guy I'll just restart it you know

17:10 uhoh it's only fair you're tired after a long trip it's getting late you decide to spend the night at a hotel r Rim 202 all right we're getting we're getting in the flow again there's my volume so I picked this because it looked legitimately creepy from the the little bits that I saw hello sir would you like a room for the night yes please just for one night please decided this guy sounds like Ri Ra from Rocky of course sir I will get you a room key

18:42 nothing to see here sir don't mind that door it's just the wind anyway here's your key room 203 thank you I'm going to very very I'm so tired I guess I'm going to just slowly make my way to my room okay guess that's not it the slowest man alive they said he couldn't do it they said he couldn't be any slower but he showed them all what

19:56 for uh room 203 tree looks like a standard hotel look at my ancient suitcase I should take a shower before I go to bed why you talking to yourself Bozzo okay effective shower okay nice and clean okay okay oh did that just move no I'm going to close my door there we go there we go nobody's getting in here then I'm going to go to sleep yes indeed hopefully I'll have a little more pep in my step after I wake up but I doubt

21:45 it oh for F's sake what is that noise sounds like it's coming from the room across the hall can I grab this what's up with this video camera that wasn't there before guess I got to explore the room across the hall first

22:34 turn down that noise some people trying to sleep I can't help but feel whatever's happening is somehow my fault I need to call the hotel ction something is not right here let's close that door I don't want to talk to that freak down at the desk there we go satisfying phone

23:28 Hotel reception what can I do for you sir room 203 here there was something very wrong going on in room 202 you are in room 203 sir that can't be right room 203 is vacant okay that was weird wait hello hello the uh text text boxes are all Wonka do

24:45 hello ah you know it's kind of into the just regular old view that we had before but now we're back looking through a camera kind of a contrived reason to pick up the camera too o does that say eat what's that say it's an alien that is an alien right there for sure I don't know what the rest of this is H

25:41 oh what the okay I'm out bro peace why is the text and the camera doing that what did I just make that noise dude I'm so slow imagine that happening and then just walking away this slowly that was really creepy though really enjoyed the spook f of that oh no oh good gravy what Max horror

27:11 I guess maybe the the the the slow slow speed is to make sure that you actually like see everything that they rendered what don't turn around bro oh run man oh I can run now I can run this is my this is me

27:48 running uh I got nowhere I can run to just endless hallway I door thank him oh no I'm trapped trapped like a rat well poopy okay can I click for your life so far as I can tell there is nothing I can do I am simply existing I am the opposite of Patrick bitman I simply is this the end

29:38 stand in the middle what do we think is this the end okay this is not supposed to be the end but I don't know what I'm missing something is clearly messed up well it was pretty good until it just didn't have an ending I was really digging it that's all

31:19 right see did I download the other one oops got another little free guy all right this one's called late laundry H I should have checked the options it's going to be super high sensitivity isn't it here we are

32:20 yep here we are at the late laundry by handsom lless King or something like that it's laundry time baby what do I just pick one this one damn it forgot my cleaner juice maybe I can get one here cleaner juice no one's around I am an employee now what's the cleaner juice show me the cleaner juice

33:04 back here that it aha it's the same as the other one what happened look at that laundry go H what what the light went out where am I supposed to get a working fuse well thanks mysterious entity now the switch power must flip flip the switch

34:39 I don't know where the dang power switch is what am I a dang idiot I don't know where the power is aha oh what all right all right these games you better believe I'm going to be looking up how to do it

36:36 Power's Out flip the switch this is how we play games here oh yeah so nobody would ever get that there we go blood we're cooking now baby I don't care what it is I'm just doing my laundry I'm getting the heck out of here wrong game fine I'll go find out what that was ah something back

38:23 there crowbar okay I'm not going to grab it all right just going to leave it there my laundry whoa oh can I really need to get out of here to my car I'm going to grab that crowbar though Frick that's the stuff baby oh I died all right give me that crowbar I'm determined now my

39:50 stuff people on the internet love a good wind to go to me just looks like a deer not very scary what do I do with this no run stupid when to go ate me to watch this every time damn it why don't they start me when I'm supposed to get the

40:42 Crowbar stupid old wind to go all right I'm got to go to the left this time the left to the left open it oh sniky all right there's no way to get around it there's literally no way do I Sprint yes okay I have Sprint I'll save that up save up my Sprint and then what hook it back inside no I can't make it back inside

41:36 got to get to my car sound effects are good it's too hard I give up I got no patience for that listen at least it was serious I'm getting tired of all the silly games speaking of serious we're GNA play a game called gol gotha gol Goa which is a game that I found on YouTube should be a little bit longer

43:19 all right let's see how it goes 1942 Blackwater station was overcome by toxic and poisonous fog that killed thousands of people as a SL slept in the tunnels and platforms of the station to escape the war after the horrific ordeal the authorities closed the doors to the black Waters and sealed it off to the public in 2003 the station was officially reopened to the public but after several freak accidents and unexplained deaths it was again closed for Good it has been abandoned and undisturbed for over 20 years until now

44:09 okay okay there we go I I forget where this where I found this game someone on YouTube was playing it quite a loading screen okay there we go whoa there we go o Aesthetics no not going in I'm already terrified I guess I just explore lady stabbed to death in station man leaps in front of train station closed due to Suicide

45:54 suicide see if I can get it to run a little smoother whoa does it seem even crazier sensitivity game devs love their fast sensitivity oh boy literally can't see anything run just going to keep going to whatever I can see cuz it's so dang dark I don't even know what I'm looking at oh boy okay Into the Night whoa down an escalator is it supposed to be this dark it's pretty

47:17 crazy oh boy cannot see a dang thing there's no way it's supposed to be this dark right I guess so literally really just a black screen right now this can't be right is there a flashlight that I have to no I don't have a flashlight I'm picking some bad games

48:50 lately this cannot be right if I one more shot no game should be that dark the darkness was overwhelming hey y'all if you're in the chat sound off it's the long was a strangely designed game say that

50:08 I don't even know where I got this game to be honest when I'm looking up I can't even find anything about it oh here we go see if they have the same level of Darkness okay well this guy got a lantern immediately somehow so I must have missed something yep I'm wow whoa let's get that sensitivity down we go high but we will disable all of this oh good lord

51:04 tab for inventory one to equip Lantern Escape pause menu boom now we're seeing suddenly we can see all right let's explore these bathrooms eh nope can't go in that one only go in the Ladies Room can't hit the lights can't open the Stalls just to oh we understand that you're aware of what happened on Thursday evening everybody uh Terry we understand that you're aware of what happened on Thursday evening everybody here at Blackwater station all immensly devastated after hearing the news on what happened to our beloved friend and colleague Bobby Fletcher we know that you were good friends with Mr Fletcher and we cannot imagine the emotions you're are feeling right now the management team are willing to offer you time for grieving if necessary and time to reflect away from the work environment if required please don't hesitate to come and speak to us if you have questions and concerns thank you

52:16 Kevin Smith the director okay don't know what that means don't you mess with me don't you mess with me what was that what was that turn it off thank you thank you I hear you it's locked I need a security

54:23 card H e this music's getting me this seems like a really vast map and am afraid I'm missing stuff oh now I can see everything I was not seeing before why bother about the Germans invading the country invad it self by underground and motorb M motor bus okay London history at the London Museum

57:26 hey don't know buddy ease up with that security card should I go back I'm going to go back cuz they're going to trick me into going forward what's happening pH I don't even know where that door was was so long ago really making

59:12 backtrack okay k jeez those are some unsettling noises I have a security card bro oh there we go okay so there's like electronic security cards and stuff but I have to use a lantern oh that looks like Bou spooky spooky spooky and spooky oh snap oh snap that guy wasn't there that guy wasn't there by the subway no he wasn't okay what do I do now I need a key of some kind is that a key no it's so dark

1:00:58 oh [ __ ] where is that I can't tell what that is yeah that's the TV isn't it okay yeah it's so dark I can't tell if there's something I'm supposed to do in here what was that what was that what the freak was

1:02:05 it you don't belong here rude I guess I go back this way even I don't have a key look how little my Lantern is doing man just feel like I'm missing stuff got to go all the way back again the backtracking final warning

1:04:12 hello what are you doing here oh you have a key for me e and I knew there was it's a little hard to navigate this here game what are you doing that's some [ __ ] I made some frustrating pics got to backtrack again bro I ain't backtracking again I'm cheating let us cheat

1:06:54 for for where is this guy so he goes back to the security room he looks around he looks at the TV he goes out turns around he goes left he goes right goes left wait what okay okay are you kidding me we backtracking again and we're going low

1:08:44 quality that doesn't help up the escalators up the second escalator through the train station the very long train station wonder if this is based on a real train station and that's why it's so specifically

1:09:44 large all the way back wait what what room is this this a bathroom where's the hallway there it is all right so according to my calculations yes there's a locker room and in here is found the key forgive me Jillian some people are not cut out for the life they are given I'll make sure to come back please don't hate me I'll give you our love to Juliet when I see her okay beside this curtain and it's a Skellington and a key yay what about over here nothing the music is good it's just always like too much I also wish I had a

1:11:07 flashlight ghost train ghost train getting foggy real foggy ouchie I got attacked by a vengeful ghost all right we're booking it jeez Louise oh you could have saved him man don't listen to them come find us we're waiting

1:13:16 please don't go down there please don't go down there you'll die well guess I'll go what's happening I saw that I saw you down there is going to give me copyright struck waa oh so I'm guessing this is like a bomb shelter during the war in London

1:17:12 say this is pretty effective just oh on account of it being so dang dark I don't even know what direction I'm going now there we go if I have to backtrack from here it's over Army of skellies run run

1:18:25 climb baby Climb come back don't what go gotha there you go oh that was spooky I couldn't see a dang thing the whole time but it would tell you loose sub well I'll call it there got a quiet quiet quiet chat today so I'm just going to call it but um I did say I would have an announcement for the channel I am working on a new analog horror project um it may or may not be immediately well it won't be immediately viewable it is part of a larger project that I'm involved with with that I can't talk about um but if all goes well it will be viewable Halloween day it's a super exciting opportunity that I have um and I'm really really grinding right now editing like crazy I've been editing all day all y well not all yesterday but all day today um trying to get this thing done before Thursday when I have to submit it um so cool a really cool thing it's going to happen in October I will be able to tell

1:20:21 you about it then I believe um the details I have now are that I cannot talk about it but I will say I am making another analog horror project that I'm super excited about super spooky um but yeah if y'all are watching thanks for watching uh I'll be back next week and uh have a good night

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "High Strange Streams #11 - Room 202, Golgotha, Laundry Night and More!"?

GNA (Host).

What is "High Strange Streams #11 - Room 202, Golgotha, Laundry Night and More!" about?

High Strange Streams #11 explores seasonal recommendations for Halloween viewing, highlighting the atmospheric films produced by Hammer Horror, particularly focusing on "Twins of Evil." The discussion includes gaming updates, channel news, and the transition from summer to fall, setting the stage for a spooky viewing experience.

What is mentioned in this High Strange TV episode?

12 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Twins of Evil, Connie Stephen, Joe Hill, Ouija, Creepy Pasta, In the Tall Grass. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "High Strange Streams #11 - Room 202, Golgotha, Laundry Night and More!"?

The episode runs 1 h 21 min; the transcript is about 4,263 words in 52 timestamped sections.

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