Feedback

"The camera sees everything. Especially what's right behind you."

A viral urban explorer discovers that some signals aren’t meant to be captured—and once you’re in the frame, you never truly leave it. Jax is a rising star in the "dark tourism" corner of the internet, known for his high-production livestreams from the world's most haunted locations. Desperate to hit ten million subscribers, he breaks into the abandoned Blackwood Broadcast Station, a facility shuttered in the 1980s following a string of unexplained, violent disappearances. During his solo midnight stream, Jax discovers a modified, vintage action camera that seems to be recording a reality slightly different from his own. As the "likes" pour in, the digital distortion on his screen begins to manifest in the real world. Black, ink-like veins crawl up his skin, and his eyes—the very windows his audience uses to watch him—turn into bottomless voids of static. Jax soon realizes the horrifying truth: the station wasn't broadcasting to the public; it was a cage for entities that feed on observation. The more people who tune in to watch his descent, the stronger the "Feedback" loop becomes. With his body being overwritten by a demonic signal and the ghosts of former broadcasters screaming through his monitors, Jax must find a way to cut the feed before he becomes the ultimate digital vessel for something that wants to be seen by everyone.

Story added by elzmull on May 17, 2026