The SCP FOUNDATION!
Has Returned.
Oh boy--well, as you may have noticed guys--it’s been quite a while since we’ve peered our
heads through the dusty filing cabinet of the SCP Foundation--filled to the brim with
some of the most terrifying anomalous entities and mind-boggling nasties ever written by
the human hand.
Really, the SCP Foundation is an awesome demonstration of what can be achieved when you essentially
crowd-source horror--harnessing the hive mind of some wild and vivid imagination--and giving
life to some of the craziest creatures ever created.
And, in that case--there are some SCP Entries that we really need to talk about.
Let’s take a look.
Hello horror fans, what’s going on--and once again welcome back to the scariest channel
on YouTube--Top 5 Scary Videos.
As per usual, I’ll be your horror host Jack Finch--as today, we curiously take a look
at the Top 5 SCP Monsters--You Really Need To Read About.
Roll the clip.
For the curious amongst you, of course, that clip was from 2012’s horror extravaganza--The
Cabin In The Woods--which coincidentally, has become the perfect cinematic description
for detailing the SCP Foundation as a whole.
Also, it’s an awesome movie--so yeah, any excuse really.
And even more also, but if you’re scratching your head thinking--what the hell is an SCP
Foundation--then please, take a look at our Lore Explored video where we take a much deeper
dive into the head canon--and all will be revealed.
Hopefully, anyway.
Let’s begin, shall we?
Kicking off at Number 5--SCP-2490
Now, whilst it is certain that there are literally thousands upon thousands of vile and terrifying
creatures lurking in the confines of the SCP Foundation--thankfully for us, there are also
a whole host of brave and capable personnel trying their utmost to keep them all at bay.
For fans of the Foundation, then I’m sure you’ll all be aware of the many Mobile Task
Forces that have since been detailed--who make up incredibly capable special forces
that specialize in anomalous entities and risk life, limb and their own sanity to battling
the forces of cosmic evil.
But—-eh.
This entry--SCP-2490, yeah, this one has something to say about that--essentially subverting
the safety of what a Mobile Task Force is meant to deliver--and instead, hope to high
heaven that we’ll never be stalked by this horrifying hunter.
That’s only if you work in the Foundation, by the way--civilians, yeah--you’ve got
other stuff to worry about.
As the record states--SCP-2490 refers to a modified human being, believed to previously
have been Chaos Insurgency Special Operative Alpha-19--who has long since stalked countless
Foundation employees throughout the 20th century.
The thing is though…
SCP-2490’s head is composed of a single, oblong--beige capsule--of which two eyes have
been painted with no other facial features being present.
As it approaches its victims--2490 is reported to scuttle toward them like a crab--reportedly
without moving it’s legs.
And once it locks onto it’s victim--there is no turning back, as once it’s locked
in--it drills into their targets skull, leaving behind small puncture marks--as it drains
fragments of their brain tissue and cerebral cortex--replacing them with the same strange
liquid that it secretes.
Following an attack--2490 will also disappear into thin air--taking with it a random SCP
that it previously worked with--where the both of them seemingly vanish from existence,
before it appears again to hunt it’s next target.
Why?
No one has any idea--but once it locks on, it locks on--and a horrifying, pill head shaped
humanoid drains your brain matter.
No thank you.
It's a good job I don’t work for the Foundation… anymore.
Swinging in at Number 4--The Daeva
And, it’s no secret that over here at Top 5 Scary Videos--we love ourselves some ancient
civilizations and long-buried mysteries of time forgotten.
It just goes without saying really--and if that’s the particular flavour you’re looking
for--then look no further than this report on a horrifying cannibalistic theocratic civilization--The
Daeva--otherwise known as SCP-140.
Which, thankfully for us--isn’t exactly a monster per se--but instead, a book about
a monstrous civilization, that also desires to return to our world… if it had the chance
to.
You see, SCP-140 manages to portray so many horrifying creatures and creations--that if
they ever *were* real, then we’d probably need an entire Foundation just to contain
them.
So, let’s count our lucky stars that they’re not, right?
And instead, it’s just a haunted, cursed book passed from curious historian to curious
historian--who are driven mad by the ancient blood magic bound into the ink.
Oh, yeah.
I forgot about that point.
As the record states, SCP-140 is a hardcopy book with an unremarkable black binding and
an unknown number of white pages.
It is titled, A Chronicle of the Daevas--and readers admit to feelings of paranoia, unease
and nausea whilst reading it--but are also compelled to keep reading by some anomalous
curiosity.
The book itself details an ancient civilization, referred to as The Daevas--who originated
in what is now south-central Siberia--a civilization that demonstrated fierce militarism, conquest,
ancestor worship--and most importantly, gruesome human sacrifice.
Throughout their reign, through efficacious thaumaturgic rituals--the Daevite’s produced
a wide variety of horrifying relics and creatures--many of which bear a startling resemblance to several
other SCP entries.
Essentially, although it’s purposefully left ambiguous--SCP-140 are potentially the
anomalous creators of many SCP entities--a cannibalistic civilization of monstrosities
that ushered in an age of pure, terrifying evil.
Thankfully for us, it’s just a book.
Right?
Next up at Number 3--SCP-1461
And who needs just one single monster--when you can have an entire English Manor full
to the brim with them.
Well, 57 of them to be precise.
The Soul Inhabitants of The House Of The Worm, that would make any horror movie wince at
the thought of roaming through it’s decrepit corridors--in fear of being cannibalised by
these poor, helpless--machine men souls of sorts.
Yeah, the basic premise for SCP-1461 is pretty damn harrowing actually.
Essentially, as the record states--1461 is an English Manor built roughly around the
year 1890--that came to the attention of the Foundation back in November of 1941--after
the dwelling and its sub-level facilities vanished out of thin air.
However--after an 11 day period of it’s absence--it rematerialized back into the world--although,
as you may imagine--it was… changed, somewhat.
You see, as the Foundation discovered, the manor was owned by an undisclosed World War
One veteran--who after being injured during the Battle of the Somme, returned back to
England with an incredibly nihilistic view of society.
There, essentially--he went mad, and he reorganized his staff members into a bizarre cult that
worshipped a creature known only as the worm.
Uh.
Yeah.
And it gets worse.
Because as the record continues to reveal, in the confines of the manor, SCP-1461 contains
approximately 57 humanoid entities--which, through an unknown process, have been augmented
with a series of crude mechanical implants of an otherwise unknown origin.
Each of them have been uniquely augmented with metallic teeth and claw-like protrusions
from their hands--giving them lethal close quarters combat abilities.
The majority of them have reinforced spinal columns, and nearly all of them have had their
organs replaced with prosthetic equivalents.
As you may imagine, they appear to possess little to no higher brain functions--or even
retain any sense of self--and instead, act entirely on canine-levels of instinct and
intellect.
Within the confines of the manor, they build easily hidden and defensible nests--and spend
their time roaming the anomalous corridors hunting for scraps of food--or cannibalizing
the flesh remaining on the other 56 counterparts.
And not only that, but it’s theorized that the house itself is controlling them through
some anomalous means--and yeah--as if SCP-1461 wasn’t already terrifying enough.
Coming in at Number 2--SCP-701
Anddd of course--what better way to combine our shared passions for the horror form--than
to highlight the SCP Foundation’s own version of a pretty iconic anomaly in it’s own right.
Essentially, to cut a long story even shorter--SCP-701 is the Foundation’s version of The Yellow
King--but in classic SCP Foundation manner--this one is equally terrifying in it’s own right.
Let me introduce you to The Hanged King--the last thing you ever want to see if you somehow
find yourself watching an anomalous theatre production.
Yeah, the brilliance behind this Foundation entry, is that it takes the essence of fear
that was laid out in Robert W. Chambers remarkable cosmic horror novella, The King In Yellow--and
brings with it a facelift of a much more physical kind.
Also, the Foundation’s version--The Hanged King--is just freakin’ creepy--so yeah,
there’s that too.
As the record states--SCP-701--AKA, The Hanged King’s Tragedy--is a Caroline-era revenge
tragedy performed in five acts.
However, as is the case with many things SCP Foundation--all is not as it may seem--and
performances of the play are associated with sudden psychotic and suicidal behavior amongst
both observers and participants--resulting in the manifestation of a mysterious figure--classified
as SCP-701-1--AKA, The Hanged King.
And since the plays creation over three hundred years ago--SCP-701 has claimed the lives of
thousands of individuals.
However, not all performances of the play end with an outbreak--and only around 36%
of performances have actually ended with SCP-701 events.
As it appears most commonly, The Hanged KIng will emerged during the banquet scene of Act
V--where then the cast will either murder each other or commit suicide--where afterward,
rioting will break out in the audience, tearing each other to shreds--and any survivors of
the event will be permanently comatose or psychotic.
As you may imagine the Foundation has gone to great lengths in destroying all known copies
of The Hanged King’s Tragedy--and yet still, curious playwrights across the ages seem anomalously
drawn to it.
Yeah, not gonna lie--but this one is one of my favourite SCP entries of all time--so,
give it a read.
And finally, coming in at our Number 1 spot--The Varsna of Sarvi
And talking of my favourite SCP Entry of all time--This one *is* exactly that.
Really, although this is a case study and part of a wider grouping of texts in the Foundation
known as the Sarkic Cult--the Varsna of Sarvi are my favourite all time entry on the SCP
Foundation--and I would implore anyone that hasn’t yet taken a look at it--to read it--because
if it’s anomalous ancient practices you’re looking for, steeped on top of some remarkably
well written anthropology--combined with a surreal and bizarre depiction of a cult of
people that would make both The Wicker Man and Midsommar blush--then please.
Read this entry.
If you know anything about the wider canon of the Foundation, then you’ll know that
there are two groups of ancient religions--known as the Sarkics and the Mekhanites--that have
been at war for time forgotten.
Also, side note--read about them too, if you haven’t--because they’re equally complex
and terrifying.
One facet of the former religion though--with the Sarkic’s--is that they’re obsessed
with bio-organic matter--otherwise known as The Flesh.
Some of them are entirely evil--hellbent on homogenising organic matter into one single
pile of nothingness--but a particular tribe of them, otherwise known as the Vasna of Sarvi--are
completely different.
Now, I can’t really do this piece of literature justice in such a small segment--but the matter
of fact and incredible attention to detail in this document exemplifies exactly what
is so compelling about the SCP Foundation as a writing project.
As it states, the Vasna of Sarvi are a group of indigenous Finno-Ugric people that inhabit
the Arctic area of Sapmi--a region which encompasses Northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola
Peninsula of Russia.
Now, at first glance, these Varsa are no different to the local Sami people--but when you peer
closer, holy moly--these guys are an entirely different type of curious.
The thing is, what the Varsna seem to exemplify--is taking the horror concept of using human flesh
as a vessel for inspiring fear--but then somehow, it makes it… convincing.
Which is a really weird feeling.
Honestly, this case study is so damn convincing that you’ll find yourself drawn to an indgenious
group of people that worship flesh so much so that they construct entire buildings out
of it--and after reading it, strangely enough--you may want to join them.
It’s like the ending of Midsommar--just, with more… reason.
I don’t know, it’s weird--but brilliant.
Read it.
Well, there we have it guys--my recommended list for some of the most terrifying SCP Monsters
that you need to read about it.
What do you guys think?
Do you agree?
Disagree?
Have any more to add on this list?
Then let us know your thoughts down in the comment section below, as well as any choice
picks of your own.
Before we depart from today's video though, let’s first take a quick look at some of
your more creative comments from over the past few days.
First up, Richard Clark says—
Cabin in the Woods AKA SCP Foundation the Movie.
— See what I mean?!
And also, on that point--the trailer for 096--the first independent SCP Foundation feature length
movie, dropped a few days ago--and it actually looks pretty damn good.
Check it out.
And finally, Enzo Felipe says—
Talk about a blast from the past, Jack, Hawthorne Heights?
Thank you so so much for reminding me about them.
Do I Dare have an early 2000’s screamo night?
Senses Fail, Thursday.
Who else shall I add to this nostalgic playlist?
From Autumn to Ashes, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, The Fall of Troy, Armor for Sleep, Thrice.
And finally--the greatest--the greatest ever underappreciated screamo band of the 2000s.
Boys Night Out.
Thank me later.
And on that note--unfortunately, that’s all we’ve got time for in today's video--cheers
for sticking around all the way until the end.