2024/10/08 by Jessica Balanzategui · 1 voice
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Aesthetics #Art #Cinema and Media Studies #Digital Games and Media #Media studies #Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology #Sociology #Uncanny
paper · pdf · doi:10.1177/13678779241273462
openalex publication_date 2024/10/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Skinamarink , the surprise micro-budget horror film sensation of 2023, gained unexpected international exposure by going viral on TikTok after the film was accidentally leaked online. The film's virality was propelled by an algorithmically driven cross-pollination between forces at seemingly oppositional ends of the taste-cultural spectrum – horror film and children's cultures. Extending theorisations of the digital and algorithmic uncanny, the article outlines how the TikTok algorithm and young platform users collaborated to position a film regarded as one of the most terrifying of the year as a participatory ‘challenge’ that adopts TikTok dynamics popular with children such as ‘intensified play’.