What the Hell is White Door Opened? Analog Horror Analysis

[@WobblesandBean]

The thing I love about WDO is that it rewards you for figuring out its secrets. Because it's still being made, if you find a hidden spectrogram or something, the next episode will insert the complete spectrogram to show you that, yes, you weren't seeing things. But Tex will only do that *_if you found the spectrogram._* He's very interactive with the fans in that way. He doesn't talk in the comments, he will just confirm things in the next upload once people figure it out. I really like that.

[@williamkegg447]

So he chooses to limit the output of the story based on interaction...? That just seems like a way to guarantee something gets missed, lmao Edit: Yes I know what an ARG is, I just think waiting to release all the pieces of a puzzle is silly for a couple of reasons. What if you don't have the energy to finish the project? Leave everyone in the dark?? Man that's awesome, make a story everyone loves then kill it in the cradle like so many others. What if you lose the files? The video gets corrupted in a way you can't turn around for aesthetic? There's just so much working against that way of storytelling. I'm not saying he has to finish the project before uploading it or anything, I'm just saying having SOME of the puzzle available and not ALL of it is a great way for people to either lose interest over time or get frustrated with the lack of new content. Other ARGs might not be "complete" yet, and that's fine, but if their content is only tiny fragments at a time that won't make a big picture until like a year from now, leave us out of it until it's all done. I don't want to put effort in just for it to be an ambiguous ending that asks more questions than it answers. Mysteries get incredibly boring when they drag on where they don't have to, and a lot of ARG creators seem to think the mystery not having a conclusion is awesome cuz its more mysterious; not really. It just makes finding the pieces and putting them together extremely tedious since the "answer" you get isn't an answer, but just another mystery that may or may not have a solution.

[@andyghkfilm2287]

@@williamkegg447you’d be surprised just how hard people will scour a project for secrets if they know they’re there to find.

[@wrazzberrie1197]

@@williamkegg447 This is a pretty normal way to run an arg. It helps if you the creator of the arg like a dungeon master. They're their to craft the story and drop the hints for the players, but ultimately the players do need to actually solve the puzzles or piece together the clue for the story to progress. It's a balancing act, but generally if a key clue or piece of information isn't solved, additional materials, puzzles and hints are created to nudge players in the right direction. As an example, Marble hornets had a few road bumps. The biggest being cryptogram that stumped the community for weeks, even with additional clues. If I'm remembering correctly, the creator even got into contact with professional cryptographers and they couldn't even crack it. Had to pretend to solve it in character.

[@nemesissombria]

@@williamkegg447 someone doesn't seem to know how ARGs operate.

[@williamkegg447]

@@nemesissombria I know how they operate...most of them don't require you to interact with it for the pieces to be available, as described above. It's one thing to need to put the pieces together, it's another to only put out 75% of the puzzle in the first place and wait for that to get "solved" before letting out the rest.

[@bonebrokebuddy5248]

One of my friends has tech that allows him to record videos onto VHS & the first thing he did was edit and put his own Jerma clip compilation onto a VHS and it’s his pride & joy

[@sillycookie]

Honestly that sounds like the greatest way to use that tech

[@jadetheshade]

jerma mentioned!!!!!

[@TheMrJaws826]

God I need to look into that because it would be awesome to watch analog horror on analog

[@xXREDstoneMANXx]

jerma analog horror

[@Kacszu]

As a polish person I feal bad for those anomalies. Nobody deserves to be sent to Łódź.

[@Sch1sMx]

im sorry for asking but can you give a dumb american context? i want to understand the joke so bad

[@Arashii777]

​@@Sch1sMxI think Łódź is kinda like Polish Detroit

[@madnesscote857]

at this time I think it is a meme, but overall, great industrial history & a lot of poverty after. It is much better now, still have problems, but I can see changes now (not live there rn)

[@Kacszu]

@@Sch1sMx łódź is a city in Poland as you might suspect. Matter of fact it's one of the biggest cities and another fact is that Łódź is the crack head central of Poland. Additionaly łódź is one of the worst looking places after what fucking comunists did to Poland. In other words it's a place where you can get narcotics as easy or even easier than breed, looks like shit and living conditions are also shit together with people. Additionaly you can't have shit in there because Polish crack head didn't develop crack head strength. No those bastards developer crack head smarts and are able to steal, and than take a part anything to get some money for drugs. Sorry for my bad english not my first language and have a good day.

[@phillo3669]

Tim and Mark. The most Polish names you could imagine.

[@jamesbarefoot4989]

I don’t care if it was an evil entity that screamed or the woman it was guttural, scary, and awesome. Props to whoever it was that did the scream for the video

[@bonebrokebuddy5248]

No kidding, it was an Amazing death rattle. I’d absolutely kill my throat trying to reach that level of scream lmao

[@kasocool2812]

I always worry that the VA for stuff like horror series on KZbin are going to have the cops show up at their door.

[@CainEverest]

​@kasocool2812 its probably happened a lot 😂

[@AnAverageGoblin]

@@kasocool2812 Don't voice actors record audio in padded rooms?

[@kasocool2812]

@@AnAverageGoblin think it all depends on the professional level. If your working on a proper professional project you might be in a both but if you are just a guy record stuff for KZbin you might be just in your bedroom

[@whitedoorhasbeenopened]

Oh man! That was incredible! I really like the way you approached this series, plus I can confirm that your "cycle theory" is bloody correct so I know you're on the right track with your analysis of the clues and secrets. I didn't expect to see such wonderfully prepared material, it turned out really great! I'm very happy that you liked the series and wanted to discover its story. Also, I really like the design of the White Door Opened VHS packaging, it adds a great sense of nostalgia and nicely enhances the immersion. Thank you for immersing yourself in this world... Like totally - *Huge Thank You from all of my heart.* ✨

[@Dgeji]

I'm glad something like this was made because this series is impossible to follow on mobile

[@PaganValley]

It was an absolute pleasure to watch your work! Can’t wait to see what comes next! ❤️

[@AlyceMalyce]

​@PaganValley I think it's a wonderful idea to make hard copies of analog horror as so many just disappear after they end. Or get taken down because youtube politics. It's such a nice visual as well, as each one slowly becomes part of the background of your "set", it's so nice that making a personal copy can be used so many ways. Who knows, some creator's might be interested in such an idea, so that people could eventually purchase DVD or VHS of their analog horror projects, especially as if they plan on multiple seasons then they can build some capital to be able to reinvest in their project.

[@kasocool2812]

​@@AlyceMalycei miss the good old days of going through my stepdads collection of old tapes. Used to watch his collection of red dwarf recorded off the TV

[@cephaleaorion4888]

IT'S THE DOOR

[@jollythejackalope]

Ain't NO ONE in Poland named Mark or Tim 💀

[@boneitch]

I know a guy from Kielce named Tim 😭

[@AdamMichalMarkowski]

Marek i Tymoteusz 🤣

[@Shythalia]

Now THAT'S an anomaly.

[@mateuszcielecki9050]

​@@AdamMichalMarkowski XD

[@LarryXLR]

The Opressor will get his rent once he fixes this damn white door

[@AmericanMetalhead100]

Damn slumlords... Makes me wonder what the hell my rent is paying for...

[@Imsleepeebruh]

rent?

[@Pending-Title]

I can't believe they opened the white door thats absolutely mental

[@calamitalcomputers]

The enciphered quote at the start is actually “Bring me your head, children,” not “Bring me your dead, children”

[@AydenJacov]

You are one of the funniest horror youtubers out there and it's very subtle. Loved the no head bit. Keep up the great work man

[@PaganValley]

Thank you!

[@miken8876]

I wish he could start working with some of these creators and start collaboratively sell those home made vhs tapes as merch

[@grigorikarpin]

Whole lot of this series seems significantly inspired by SCP, even borrowing some terminology explicitly. Very similar vibes to stuff we've been doing on the wiki for years (this is not a bad thing at all, I really enjoyed it all)

[@horacevonbergamot5093]

Those VHS Tapes look great! They remind me very much of your old Intro with the little TV - definitivly could be a fun video prop, where instead of just doing the old *inserts video tape* stock footage, you can do it for real! I think its a great way of honoring these creators work!

[@LactoseFather]

THAT WAS THE THE THE COD ADAVNCED WARFARE ZOMBIES "Door open" SFX

[@DESARD12]

The sudden lack of capitalization really adds to the funny on this comment, very good.

[@Urmeema]

this channel is the only channel that helps me sleep so thank you for giving me the best naps ever

[@kingparker42]

The king has yet again graced us with his presence. Also 5:29 perfect use for that meme 😂😂

[@OG_MrRubberDucky]

Never expected to see Poland in an ARG before, caught me by surprise

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

It's great to see Polish media breaking into "the West". We got a lot of pretty cool stories to tell. We had CD Projekt RED carry the crown until the shareholders decided to gamble the prestige of the company. It took a beating but I think they're recovering, and I hope it doesn't happen again; it's difficult enough to get Eastern European stuff noticed, appreciated, and ultimately loved. Because other than that we're kinda stuck dragging Bloober Team around behind us. I'm not...exactly enamored with their output and they don't give Poland the best representation in my opinion.

[@jkb1O5]

I’m just having paczki for the first time! - saw em in the grocery store all stacked high in their own display… and I was like hmmm… bought a pack , they’re apple filled & very deliciousssss

[@Wired_User]

You might like Kraina Grzybów TV. It’s a super old web series/ARG, but it’s also Polish!

[@memelescream4796]

polish people when the horror movie monster is named zxxcxyxzvxysvxxysydysdxxcczzkxkzkx.

[@OG_MrRubberDucky]

@@memelescream4796 americans when they make a horror movie where they named the killer jeff

[@May-scribbles]

Hey man, I appreciate the analysis, but it would be super helpful if you showed the captions that appear in English during the original videos on the White Door channel that have non-English audio! A note for next time, if captions are necessary to understand what’s being played.

[@GriffRunning]

This has been one of my favorites for a while!

[@deadhead2355]

Actually 36:50 isnt polish and is russian or some other slavic language or at least the voice isnt polish.

[@НиколайТрофимов-е9в]

Yeah, it's russian.

[@KarmaWalker]

1:01:27 When you read it front ways again, you completely left off the last word. "The void will devour all."

[@Itz_just_VICTOR]

45:05 Bro that Tranzit intro music got me some flashbacks

[@n3wdivide71]

Raaaahhhhh🎉🎉🎉🎉 black ops 2 mentioned🎉🎉🎉 what's a bad game

[@donutwastaken718]

Bo2 is a great game 💀 one of my fav cods atleast ​@@n3wdivide71

[@littlehappygamers]

I LOVE White Door Opened and have been a fan of it for a while, it really deserves more coverage and I'm glad it's getting that! Everyone should really look at the original channel it's soooo underrated but sooooooo good!

[@scribbly07]

I hope you analyze the future episodes!! This was wonderful to watch.

[@WobblesandBean]

I know! White Door Opened is one of my favorite ARGs and yet no one's talking about it. The channel has uploaded so many new episodes since this, and I really hope PV does an update. He's way better at cracking these codes than I am.

[@lighthouse-witch]

Dude, the whole thing with your VHS set is straight up delightful! I was definitely born at a time where the transition from VHS to DVD was starting to go hard, but that still took a while to reach us as country and family, I reckon, so I personally still have a lot of VHS tapes that I refuse to let go of (especially my Jurassic Park 1 & 2 boxset and my E.T. tape), even if we can't actually watch them anymore because we have nothing to play them on, and quite a few are scratched at places. So seeing all that work you put into making your own tapes much like some folks bind their own book versions of stuff like fanfic or web published novels and short stories? Love that so much, best of lucks with that little venture!

[@vencja]

oh hell yes another delicious video! surprising seeing Poland so prominently featured in a series like that. also i think that's the first time I'm seeing you and damn mr valley you cute as hell

[@josephforjoseph]

Appreciate you coding abilities my guy and your tv is so cool! Great idea and nice to see how much you enjoy args

[@zisaletter4602]

the _only_ qualm i have with WDO is the lack of real VAs. I feel the that the text-to-speech kills a lot of the potential impact of the spoken segments, specifically those that are meant to sound like real people. god i wish i could just VA for these various series on yt for free or something, they deserve voice talent that matches the quality of the craftsmanship

[@FinalBossOfCanada]

“Red Liquid that turns into smoke…” *_ATTACK ON TITAN CONFIRMED!?!?!?!?_*

[@santerisaatana2583]

small nitpick but could you try mixing your audio a bit differently ? having the video go from quiet talking to analog horror earrape is really annoying

[@WobblesandBean]

YES!!!! I've been requesting that you cover this series for ages!! Yay 💜

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

I don't get to take a vacation often, but when I do I prefer to stay in Pagan Valley.

[@scaleonkhan183]

Not gonna lie that Dippity Doo jumpscare got me super bad

[@WobblesandBean]

Me too. I forgot it was there and I'm a little upset.

[@mcdt009]

When i see that Pagan has a new video, i get happy and now it´ll be awesome Makes my day better!

[@Gamma_Churchill]

Pagan this video is really great, also the finale for the final season of Monument Mythos came out and ik you havent covered the Nixonverse (i recommend checking out the Absolute Nixonverse as it adds more info), season 3, and season 4 aka Monument Mythos: Modern Day, I hope someday you cover the rest as so much has happened

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

WHAT!? How did I miss a new Monument Mythos drop!?

[@AnAverageGoblin]

the creator of MM *abused his girlfriend and tried getting sympathy by saying he did it because he was grieving *I'm not allowed to say what kind without youtube deleting/ghosting my comment

[@KenanTheFab]

I sure do love it when analog horror tries to be scary by loud noises!

[@harrisonhaine1199]

love your vids pagan keep up the good work

[@ajzorger93]

this whole series is really dope. and making the videos into actual VHS tapes is such a cool idea.

[@TylerFoxtrot]

The scare at 50:07 littarally made me cackle on the workfloor very loudly, scared me but the transition was halarious

[@incarnateflame3462]

I subscribed to texmoon in the first half of the first season and its shocking to see how few subscribers he has but i hope through your coverage and the same from others will help his channel blow up the way it deserves to.

[@ICountFrom0]

You made, a cursed horror tape.... PUT that THING back where it CAME from... SO HELP ME!

[@EDEN-xj3qm]

The message in Blind Sphere is in Russian not Polish.

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

Eh, both Russian Cyrillic and Polish melt most people's minds. It's the 50 consonants in a row with barely a bowl vowel in sight, and the million accent marks; they scramble the eyes. Mistakes happen.

[@vittiosus1557]

Man, the smurfs have had a rough time, apparently..

[@TindraSan]

15:30 ok but the idea that something inhuman casually walked over (wearing something like dress shoes or loafers, by the sounds of the steps. or who knows, maybe hooves) to open a door and scream at a crying woman is rly funny to me XD

[@Parzivle]

I was bout to go to sleep but now I gotta stay awake a couple more hours

[@shadowfyst997]

09:34 would have really appreciated a translation of the announcement, as well as a more in depth explanation of the two agents. Don't speak polish, so it was just 3 minutes of listening to Polish with only a handwave of what the second part was about. I get that maybe these weren't super important, but then why show them at all, instead of briefly glossing over them? Only 13 min in so far, but just wanted to voice my frustration with that part.

[@_albatrocities]

2:01:24 Dude. My dude. This is the coolest thing ever omg

[@WobblesandBean]

Yeah! I hope more people check White Door Opened out, I want the tape to be mass released so more people see it. I love this series and I want more people to appreciate it like I do.

[@Cirkaethebest]

another fantastic video, I am always on the lookout for your next post. my girlfriend and I watch you often and always have a great time.

[@AdachiVsLife]

I think you mean OUR girlfriend. As we watch it with her and you watch us.

[@deanjenkins3077]

I'd like to ask you to balance the volume next. Your speech is quiter than the videos, so each time video jumpscares my ears are hurt. I usually listen to videos than watch them. P.S. Lutanic is anagram of Lunatic

[@sazabidi3856]

Not sure if youll read this but “Vigenère” is probably pronounced vee-zhuh-nair (“zh” = the s in “pleasure” or “vision”). If its helpful as a tip: if you dont know how to pronounce a foreign word or name (like French in this case), you can google “French to English” and google translate with those two languages should show up. If you copy paste that text into the French text box, a speakerphone button on the bottom should show you the pronunciation. It works alright with most languages but id be careful using it with Japanese bc Kanji are not phonetic and sometimes counterintuitive (use katakana and hiragana/phonetic scripts with those instead)

[@pipisochkaaaa]

The sphere video wasnt in polish, it was in Russian. Maybe the name in that video is a russian scramble cipher? It could also be a Caesar's cipher, but that sounds way to obvious nowadays

[@pipisochkaaaa]

Caesars on Cyrillic doesn't seem to give any comprehensive results, sorry

[@Lord_Cryptid]

1:23:51, there's a flash frame of an anomaly, looks a bit like a leech with legs

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

This series. Man it haunts me, in a good way. Its some good sh

[@Shythalia]

I believe the word censored in the altered Copyman file was "harvest".

[@Nono-hk3is]

So now you have to make the decision whether you are going to record the youtube ads or attempt to pause and resume the recording to edit out the ads in realtime.

[@FirstLast-jf8yp]

I really like your channel. I listen to it while going to sleep but I think you could condense some of the raw chunks of a series in favor of some tighter analysis. Looking and listening at a full 5 minutes of grainy polish is just wasted time because we don't speak the language. Just a weird thought I had best of luck.

[@abandonedmuse]

I cant take those blue monsters seriously lol it looks like janky-ass looking ai art. The storyline is great though and sound design top notch

[@magnusarsmagna5896]

I can't believe Jeremy woke up one day and chose extreme violence.

[@TalleyBellum]

45:16 holy shit the Tranzit loading screen song

[@10Gpixels]

Watching analog horror on a CRT would go crazy. Would be a sick way to host analog horror watch parties or something.

[@thesewinggeekmiri9029]

45:05 ...is that...*Earth Angel* by Marvin Barry and the Starlighters?!

[@liamriddell8461]

Gotta love the random tranzit music section

[@Donduinthedeathjester]

Just a average day in poland

[@sanityscraps]

I can't tell if this is because of KZbin itself or not, but the shots of you talking seem out of sync audio to video? I tried refreshing... Gonna try and ignore that while watching.

[@nyxtheking1781]

As a Norwegian it actually almost made me jump to suddenly hear Norwegian

[@shadedboi4722]

fun fact the real song name of the tranzit theme song is (Lovesong For A Deadman)

[@Bod8998]

Excellent What's the name of the first tune playing.?

[@BearlyAwake13]

I don't know if this comes up again later in the video/series or if I am just misunderstanding something, but it makes more sense if the "He's Awake" video is filmed in the Arctic rather than Antarctica. I think this bc the dude in the video is definitely speaking norwegian. It could also be filmed in norway itself i guess, considering that the line seems to go there too. But afaik there's no reason to assume the person speaking norwegian is at the south pole

[@Rubyruthings]

What’s the opening song in the video? That was genuinely really good, had me vibing for real

[@PLATINUM12x5]

what is that synth wave you used between the videos?

[@NovemberXXVII]

The headless are the embodiment of the word "Bro?!"

[@ihatemyself8411]

Hi there, can someone tell me which three analog quarters are considered like the big three because I know local 58 is up there by a lot of people list I just wanna know the other two I’m starting to get back into analog horror and I need some help

[@Skarwind]

Winter of 83 is fun.

[@eggyboi3524]

Didn't have to do Pagan dirty at 54:07. But all im'ma stop midway through and make this comment as my anchor.

[@maestroboy]

31:05 cought me off guard.. someone speaking my language in a video like this is very cool. And very weird. Such uncanny way of speaking...

[@JackDWhiskers]

yayyyy this is going to be a banger! missed you bro!

[@T-34-85_Enjoyer]

9:50 POLAND MENTIONED RAAAAAAHHHHH

[@Markm8]

1:46:00 ok so you need to start it at midnight AND do the know thing at exactly midnight that doesn’t make sense

[@JDM-is-my-name]

Either it take 24 hours or the original copy pasta maker didn't catch that, haha

[@Markm8]

@@JDM-is-my-name lol

[@thewall915]

Wait wtf happened to the channel link? Is the channel gone?

[@SorasShadow1]

looks like it's gone completely, it might be due to their use of AI (which is essentially art theft and really bad form) AND this project sounds like an SCP Foundation project with the serial numbers filed off. i swear that bone thing is just an SCP called the Crooked Man, Volgun has a long form video reading that article.

[@morpheus_uat]

I would have liked them to have used voice actors instead of TTS or AI TTS

[@hadesmcfadden2982]

no offence but does everyone who covers analog horror or horror games copy the same monotone cadence in speaking?

[@_NO_ONE_410]

Two months of waiting payed off

[@richardbalmer7536]

When are you going to do season 2

[@valentinvasquez761]

Pagan! Start your own side business where you make a deal with the creators of the analog horror series you cover to have their series put on vhs and dvd for a slice of the profits. Or see if they will license distribution rights so everything is legal. I mean as long as it wouldn't take too much time away from you making your videos that is.

[@bitterlucy8212]

A Pagan Valley long form vid. This will make my whole evening awesome

[@larryconnon4898]

Is it me or the first thing that comes to mind when you see/hear Lutanic is the word lunatic? Play on words or just a coincidence?

[@Hawkeye1128]

33:33 i dont think it is the pyrimid thing i think its a larger creature and it looks like the cloverfield monster but i think that large creature is Jeremy

[@NordicTobz]

The norwegian is a little wrong in places, but still made pretty good for someone that (probably) dont speak norwegian. ps. was playing games while listening and thought I got an ad for something ( the voice used sounds like a lot of tv ads we get) lol

[@charliebeareuwu]

What’s the song in your intro? I wanna add it to my playlist

[@Mirai-g6r]

POLAND MENTIONED AYYY 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@simple__sigma3287]

15:30 what if the woman was the one who caused that scream, thst bring she isnt human but a mimic trying to get someone's attention, being whoever opened the door.

[@gamerexe7605]

1:53:01 what if it’s not a side effect, and it’s not even the drug that’s making it happen. Maybe lutanic is saying that it’s a side effect to cover up that an external force is the real cause. That’s why so few people float in comparison to how many SHOULD float if it was really just a side effect of the drug. Idopgot is making people fly up, and lutanic is just blaming the drug as a cover

[@subjectvalence7260]

This series has so much potential, but its overuse of ai and broken story beats kind of make it lower on the list for me. Its a neat concept though, I just don't think its as ground breaking as previously stated

[@RaymondTracer]

that audio/video desync is messing with my head

[@jtotheroc]

Why do i feel like this is a Gemini Home Entertainment copy, except the moon is the villan, not the iris or poor mutated Neptune.

[@not-here-at-all9128]

Naah dude I was listening to this while making lunch and I legit got jumpscared by the sudden Polish xd (I'm from Poland btw)

[@GamerAF2]

Every new analog horror series essentially copies the Mandela Catalogue. I wish someone produced a new and original series

[@AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHs]

and mandela is a copy of gemini home entertainment

[@kulichplayer3277]

53:45 the bright Blue light Is a microwave laser from a youtuber named styropyro

[@daugintas1]

Average day in Poland

[@kintustis]

nothing screams "authentic analog horror" like 2020s Ai-generated voices and images.

[@Akideoni]

Is your video feed supposed to be desync from audio?