Now, I know you didn't miss us too much, did you? We couldn't just sit back and leave you hanging.
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We prepared another special something, just for you. You know what to do.
There are hundreds and hundreds of web-series,
alternate reality games, and
cryptic websites out there on the internet, and many of them appear to recycle the same old tropes that have been tried and tried again.
This essentially creates an oversaturation of channels doing what seems like the exact same thing.
Rarely does a webseries come around that genuinely puts a smile on my face the entire time I'm watching it.
This isn't a content, calm smile either.
This is a curious, weirded out, and fully engaged sense of excitement that just leaves me wanting more.
Enter "Slaughter Me Street": The land of your worst nightmares, and the strangest little animatronics that you've ever encountered.
The series starts off on a very obscure foot.
In the first episode, titled "The Green Children", we see nothing more than a strange animatronic reading a book aloud for all of us.
"It's time for a story."
"Won't you join me?"
*inaudible*
"Turn the page!"
"A long time ago, during The Middle Ages..."
"Two small children, a brother and a sister abruptly appeared a small village of Wool Pit, England."
"Turn the page."
"A villager spotted the two children stuck in a wolf pit, wearing unusual clothing
and speaking an unfamiliar language
and appearing to have green skin!"
*slightly garbled* "Turn the page."
"When taken through the village, both children..."
"They di-didn't eat for a week *inaudible* devouring...store that raw beauty..."
"Turn the page."
"Need a sacrifice..."
*slowed down* "Need a sacrifice...."
*slowed down even further* "Need a sacrifice......"
"Need a-"
The Slaughter Me Street Channel primarily focuses on four main characters,
those being Osfoc the Bear, Cirrhosis the Wolf, The Follower, and The Greeter.
We follow them on all sorts of strange and bizarre adventures in a show that the creator has titled, "Odd Stories for Odd Children".
Now, Osfoc appears to be the most logical and sensible character of the bunch.
We primarily focus on him in each episode, and throughout the course of Odd Stories for Odd
Children, whom Osfoc is named after, we encounter the other three characters and various others.
Cirrhosis the Wolf appears to be the second most prominent character that we encounter. He seems to serve as the annoying sidekick
and is a welcome form of comedic relief for this bizarre series.
They have some pretty interesting
adventures, and they all seem to have a horror-comedic spin on simple, everyday tasks, such as
reading a book, watching TV, going to a pizza parlor, and even as far as going to a club.
Yes, you heard that right. A club.
Osfoc: "This sure is a great club. I sure love this club."
"Yeah."
"Yeah, I can get into this right here. Hey baby."
*garbled audio* "How are you doing?"
Cirrhosis: *stammering*
"Garage sales...*inaudible* flea markets are fun!"
*inaudible*
*inaudible* "This book...it looks pretty interesting, I don't know, maybe cool."
"It says..."
"...something about...I think it's a recipe book."
"Aight, it might be a recipe book. *garbled audio* there's something about...something about..."
"...bringing...ooh! Ooh!"
Ted Koppel: *high-pitched yelling*
*throaty sounding* "Euuuugh, this is Ted Koppel, eeeeehh, eeeehhh, we're just reporting today
eeeeeeeeh, that, there's
a zombie outbreak
*more throat noises*
and we've gotta do something about it."
*more annoying throat noises*
"I dunno what the hell to do! Eeeeeeeh, the police have reported all that's happening,
eeeeeeeeeeh, I don't.......my peoples are gone!!" *inaudible*
*garbled audio*
"But understand what I'm saying no more."
*inaudible* *some sort of scream*
"But don't *????* zombies!
Eeeeeeeeeh!
My kids in the, eeeeeeeeh, woke up this morning and I gave them *inaudible* coffee. *inaudible* guy, this guy..."
*wtf?*
(thank God)
Osfoc: "All right. Well, I'm putting an end to this right now."
"Gimme that book. Emerson...
Blake...
and Palmer!"
*small explosion noises*
Cirrhosis: "Eugh!"
"Well, that's a big difference! Yeah, I like this much better!"
*garbled audio, followed by explosion and screaming*
Some of the episodes are darker than others, and this was absolutely done on purpose.
It gives us something that we would want to watch, and gives us an unorthodox approach to an otherwise dark and twisted universe that exists
as Slaughter Me Street.
For instance, in the episodes titled, "CURSE TV!!" and "...", we can see a clear change in tone.
*it's just garbled audio playing in reverse on a loop*
If you somehow haven't made the connection yet, Slaughter Me Street is an obvious reference to the children's show, Sesame Street, with horror
inspiration seemingly drawn from the game, Five Nights at Freddy's.
It's a no-holds-barred version of the show where anything can happen, and the more we watch of it, the more blatant this point becomes.
Now, what exactly is Slaughter Me Street, and how was the show, "Odd Stories for Odd Children",
connected to it?
Well, after doing some digging on the name in the opening screens,
Slaughter Me Street appears to actually be based off a video game of a similar name, that being "1 2 3 Slaughter Me Street".
It's a horror series that was created by John Kolbek himself, and
in the first game, we play as a criminal who's on the run from the law.
While on the run, he finds himself falling through the floor of an old
apartment, to where he's met with endless corridors that he has to traverse through to escape.
This initially wouldn't be an issue, however, there are demented animatronics haunting and stalking him throughout his entire trek out of this building.
There is one more entry in this game series, namely titled, "1 2 3 Slaughter Me Street 2", and
the most recent third entry is currently being planned.
So why exactly is this channel a thing? After reaching out
to John and asking for his input on the
web-series, he informed me that it was essentially created due to overwhelming demand from fans of the game.
So he took the time to put together
animatronics, and then composed a show to complement this game and give it more of a background story.
To some people, this could turn them away from the series, since it essentially reveals that the entire purpose of this channel is to
complement this video game.
However, for myself, it makes it so much better.
If you initially stumble upon the channel, without knowing what you're looking at, you would absolutely be confused and intrigued,
especially with the pilot episode being laid out in the format that it is.
The characters initially appear to be dark and uncanny.
However, as the show progresses, we begin to warm up to each of them, in a manner that makes them completely
likeable in their own way.
I believe that this was done on purpose to hook the audience with their
curiosity, and lead them into a show that would very much leave them coming back for more.
In one of their uploads, we can see Osfoc, himself, playing Slaughter Me Street, and this ultimately begins our tie into the real world.
This fictional universe is being blended with ours through an episode where Osfoc shows us some of the cool, new modes of Slaughter Me
Street, and he succeeds in keeping it interesting throughout the entire playthrough, while Cirrhosis the Wolf is joining us on that video as well.
Osfoc: "Play Mode hasn't got a game option mode...
but it's called 'Lights Out'.
And, um...
apparently, there are no safe zones, and in order for you to get away from these creatures,
you simply have to turn off your flashlight and not move."
"Which is easier said than done."
"Um, we're gonna try Level 6 and see how this goes. I'm really not...
I don't play video games often, I, uh...
Hey, I think I know these guys."
"These might be distant relatives of mine!" Cirrhosis: "Huh, that's funny." Osfoc: "Anyway, ooh!"
"Well, first off, I could tell you it's very dark. I guess you kind of need your flashlight to see around."
Cirrhosis: "You know, as wolves, we don't need flashlights. We have very good, um...*stammers*
eyesight in the dark."
Osfoc: "Huh, what do we have here?" Cirrhosis: "Yeah, see, that is what you call a well-stocked closet. You got your, uh...*inaudible* and your...
whatever the heck that says." Osfoc: "They can't read, okay?
Oh, hide!"
Cirrhosis: "Games like this normally don't scare me, but I'll admit those footsteps are a little unnerving. I mean, that's for sure."
Overall, I love what the series is doing. In the existence of a game to tie along with it, or vice-versa,
leaves us with an incredible new universe to delve into and experience. Slaughter Me Street is a game that's dark,
twisted, and full of secrets, and many of those secrets can be experienced through Odd Stories for Odd Children.
The characters are lovable, yet inherently weird,
hilarious, and concurrently disturbing, and the series, as a whole, is diving into the very narrow niche of dark comedy in a
confidently, charming manner.
Osfoc, Cirrhosis the Wolf, The Follower, and The Greeter are all disturbingly charming characters who I
definitely recommend you to join as they take on new and outlandish adventures.
Odd Stories for Odd Children is going to go places,
especially with a creator, like John, putting this much effort and heart into creating an entire universe for us to enjoy.
There are so many other characters from this game series that could be included in this, and I'm stoked to see which ones get introduced
in their future uploads.
Lastly, I will say I now know the new game series that I'll be downloading and playing this coming October.
I wanted to thank you all for joining me in my explanation of Slaughter Me Street, and also for joining me in Nightmare Expo Weekend.
I hope you enjoyed this small journey that we've had for these past two days, and I'm ecstatic to see where any will go from here.
Anyway, I want to say that I've been getting so many recommendations
for incredible content, and I'd like to thank you all for suggesting them to me. You guys are incredible. <3
Also, go give some love to Swamp Dweller for serving as our host for this mini-series.
He definitely killed it.
Lastly, and once again, thank you so much for watching. I'll see you in the next one. I love you all, and, as always,
Good Night.