After working my way through The Mandela Catalogue, which Dread Central has referred to as “the supreme [example] of what analog horror looks and sounds like,” I have thoughts on why this subgenre would change the game if exposed to a larger audience.
Repurposing old public service announcements and archival footage, a new narrative is constructed and folded into a disturbing tale about shape-shifting creatures known as “alternates,” who psychologically torture their subjects to the point of suicide. Audio/visual glitches are used aggressively, but not egregiously, in a way that makes everything seem just ever-so slightly removed from the reality that we live in.
Through the use of these public service announcements, found footage in the form of security cameras, warped biblical cartoons, and old online chat and call logs, The Mandela Catalog will feel like a nightmarish version of something you’ve seen before, but have never actually seen. The best way I could describe the viewing experience is waking up to a glowing TV sometime in the ’90s, staring the screen in a daze, and not knowing for certain if what you’re watching is an actual broadcast, or something you’re conjuring up in your own mind while trapped in a state of sleep paralysis.
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