2 a.m.
Scary story shorts maker
Vertical Shorts of creepy true stories and urban legends, on flickering film.
Horror story video maker
After Midnight is for long horror and folklore stories that build dread slowly. Your narration is pictured in high-contrast ink, with mist and a cold, grainy finish.
Start free, no card needed. You can change everything after you start.
Who it's for
Folklore, ghost story and creepypasta channels who want slow dread more than jump scares.
What the video looks and sounds like
Noir graphic novel pictures: deep shadows, hard angles and one cold accent color. Mist and embers drift across scenes while a calm voice reads at a steady pace. Titles give the place and year, and chapter cards split a long tale.
What the template sets up
- Visual Style
- Noir Graphic Novel
- Voice
- A calm AI voice
- Pace
- Fewer, longer scenes
- Turns on
- chapters, titles, music and sound effects
- Also sets
- The finish, transitions, camera movement and the look of titles and graphics
Everything can be changed once you start.
Example opening: The Black Rock Light
The first scenes of a After Midnight video: what the narrator says, and what's on screen.
- 00:00
Title: Winter, 1899. The Black Rock Light
The keeper's family in the doorway of the lighthouse cottage.
- 00:09
“The relief boat reached Black Rock three weeks late.”
The lighthouse on its rock under a low sky.
- 00:24
“The keeper's wife met them at the door. She said the children had stopped sleeping.”
A woman in a lit doorway, two children behind her.
- 00:43
“Every night at two, she said, someone climbed the stairs to the lamp room.”
The spiral stair from below, one lamp burning at the top.
How to start
Open the template
Use this template to sign up free and open a new project with After Midnight already set.
Add your story
Upload your voiceover, paste a script or start from an idea. Horror reads best slowly, so leave pauses in your script or your recording. The template keeps the pictures dark and changes them less often.
Check the scenes, then make the video
Read the scene plan, remake any picture you don't like, and export. Credits and plan limits are on the pricing page.
After Midnight questions
Can I make scary story Shorts with this?
Use the 2 a.m. template for vertical scary story Shorts. After Midnight is for longer stories in landscape.
Does it add jump scares?
No. It keeps a slow pace with quiet music and suggested sound effects. You can add, move or remove any effect.
Related templates
Cold Case
True crime video maker
Cases and investigations, with case files, dates and quotes in a bleached film look.
Start your first After Midnight video
Sign up free and your first project opens on this template. No card needed.