The 16 Scariest Youtube Videos You Can't Help But Click On (2024)

What Is It?Bedfellows is a short horror film directed by Drew Daywalt. It is a quick two-minute film that shows a woman lying next to her husband in bed…or at least she thought it was him.

Why Is It So Scary?This short film plays out like one of those two-sentence horror stories. A woman lies next to her husband in bed. She then gets a call, and it’s her husband letting her know he’s on his way home. The quick cut to the grotesque figure lying next to her with a smile is enough to send a chill down your spine.

Could You Watch This At 3 am?If you’re sleeping next to someone, double-check, no, triple-check, that it’s them before you watch it.

What Is It?Lights Out is the 2013 award-winning short horror film by David F. Sandberg and stars his wife Lotta Losten. It shows a woman tormented by something that can only be seen in the dark. This short film would later become a feature-length film from Warner Bros. in 2016.

Why Is It So Scary?This short film plays on the universal fear that many have, the dark. What makes it so effective in the beginning is how the camera stays fixed on the hallway, with the entity getting closer with each flicker of the light. This woman is being haunted by an entity in the one place she’s supposed to feel safe, her home.

Could You Watch This At 3 am? You could try, but then you’ll be sprinting up the stairs toward your room the second you turn off the lights before bed.

What Is It? Mirror Girl is a 15-second clip of a girl using a mirror, only for something much more terrifying to be shown in the reflection.

Why Is It So Scary? When the little girl turns around to look at the camera, the reflection then turns into something a lot scarier. It’s an example of a jump scare done right. The girl turning toward the camera creates a quick distraction before the scare catches you off guard.

Could You Watch This At 3 am? Just be sure you use the bathroom before you go to bed.

What Is It?Believe it or not, this was a commercial from 1971 by a toy company named Remco. It depicts the Baby Laugh-A-Lot, a toy baby with an eerie smile that will laugh uncontrollably. The biggest mystery is that no one objected to how creepy it was.

Why Is It So Scary? This commercial just screams, “NOPE” from the start. The smiling baby who won’t stop laughing. The girls, who seem traumatized at first, also start laughing. All of this while a weird narrator laughs along with them in a clown-like fashion.

Could You Watch This At 3 am?If your kid has dolls in the house, maybe just skip this one.

What Is It?Dining Room Or There Is Nothing is a 2006 short film from director David B. Earle, starring Lea Porsager as a girl alone in her dining room while an uncontrollable fire lingers outside her window. The girl speaks something unintelligible, followed by dropping dead on the table. She then rises back up, speaking the three words, “There is nothing.”

Why Is It So Scary? On the surface, the visuals give you chills as the doll-like girl never blinks while she stares down at the camera. The deeper meaning makes it worse since the girl saying “There is nothing” implies that once she died, she came back to warn you that there isn’t anything in the afterlife.

Could You Watch This At 3 am?No. Just don’t.

What Is It? Uploaded to YouTube from the channel devinraymond, Body Of A Pig shows two men investigating a dark abandoned building. Upon opening a vault-like door, you can hear audio from an unknown source simply saying, “I have the body of a pig.”

Why Is It So Scary? The distorted audio can catch you off-guard. Also, the jump scare which shows the picture of what they found is scarier than the actual image itself.

Could You Watch This At 3 am? Be sure to turn the volume down on your phone or TV. You’ll be glad you did.