The Paramount Tape

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One day, I tried to find some SpongeBob VHS tapes from eBay, when I found a listing in which it’s title was “Unknown SpongeBob VHS (2000)?” I was unsure if this was real or not so I bought it. A few weeks later, the package arrived at my door. I opened it to see the VHS was inside. I looked at the cover. it was a blank vhs cover. “That’s weird, why would Paramount release a VHS in a blank VHS cover?” I said as i looked at the spine. I saw “SBSP SS” written in black Sharpie. I thought, ”Could this be a prototype that Paramount misplaced?”. Then I realized that the writing is an abbreviation of ”SpongeBob SquarePants Sea Stories”. This must be a prototype version of the SpongeBob Sea Stories VHS from 2002 with different episodes.
Trailer and Logos
 I hesitantly inserted the tape into my VCR. What i saw first was a messed-up version of a trailer for a BBC film with a timestamp that read‘ “06/31/1999” This lasted for about a minute before the screen cut to color bars. Then a bloody wall appeared on the screen, with text in a bloody font reading “STAY TUNED FOR A SPECIAL PRESENTATION AFTER THE MOVIE”. The bloody wall dissapeared, then an unsettling face slowly faded in, giving a chill down my spine. Then suddenly, a moving figure appeared with a loud noise, scaring the shit out of me. I ran for the covers and hid. I heard static so I lifted the covers to see the Paramount feature presentation screen, but the logo was different this time. The whole logo was red, the logo had no stars, the Paramount text was in a scratchy font, and there was no byline, the block holding the logo lifted up revealing the ”FEATURE PRESENTATION” text appeared, but the text was in a script font, and was also red. The text zoomed in as always, but just before the copyright screen, the screen went to “NO SIGNAL”. I thought that this nightmare was over, but it was just the beginning.
Just then, the copyright screen appeared, but it was the same as the special presentation screen, bloody wall, bloody text. Then, a green figure ran by the screen, which shocked me. Then, a broken, damaged animatronic rabbit character chased the green figure. This went on for 2 minutes, until the green figure came out with a gun. When I looked closer at the green figure, i noticed that it was the popular video game character Sonic the Hedgehog. I wondered why he and the animatronic character were in this tape. The animatronic character came on-screen. The green Sonic shoots at the animatronic character, but the character turns red, causing the green Sonic to run away. Then there was static and another screamer. I ran across the room, hiding in fear. I came back to the television. There was the same bloody wall and bloody text, but the text was for the modified screen warning. I thought nothing of this. Then the Paramount logo came on, but the differences were that the sky was red and there was a distorted version of the fanfare. I started to get fearful again. 
Then the Nickelodeon fish logo came on, but it was red like everything else. There was no audio. The Nickelodeon text’s font was a dripping, black font. The fish’s eyes were gouged out, and the mouth was wide open with sharp teeth. The fish swam to the screen rapidly. I was sweating buckets at this point. Then the fish looked at the camera, and came towards the screen with another loud noise. I almost shat myself in terror. 
The Feature Program
Then the “show“ started. It faded to a black screen with a single light on. I realized this wasn’t SpongeBob SquarePants at all. The lamp darkened until it shut off, then static went to a black screen. I was terrified and ready for another screamer, but there wasn’t. 7 minutes later, the screen cuts to a room that is neatly decorated and has a blue tint to it. Nothing happened in the room for 3 minutes, until the door opened by itself, I was trembling in fear because of all the anxiety i had when watching this tape. I quickly wondered, “What kind of fucked up person would label this nightmare of a tape with a kid’s show like SpongeBob Squarepants?”. Then i saw a shadowy figure appear in the room, then the screen cut to black.
Then red text appeared, saying “THERE IS NO ESCAPE”, then faded out. I wanted to think to myself, but I was cut off by more text, this time saying “YOU WILL DIE NOW.” I wondered to myself, ” How can a tape like this kill me, that isn’t even possible...” Then another screamer appeared and made me scream like a banshee. This time it was a demonic version of popular kid’s character, Barney with sharp claws and teeth. Then loud, red static shook on my screen. I was mortified by this sight. I was figuratively white as a ghost. Then a glitchy screen appeared, with bloody text saying “THE END”. I said loudly “I’M REALLY FUCKING GLAD THIS SHIT IS OVER!” I quickly went to eject the tape, but the VCR wouldn‘t eject. I had no choice but to wait for the “Special Presentation”
The Special Presentation
Then the screen cut to a bloody version of the Mona Lisa, with a message in German. I put this text into a translator, but i ended up with nothing, because the text was hard to read.
It’s Finally Over
The tape then ejected by itself. Suddenly the tape lauched at me, but i ducked before it would hit me. The tape smashed into the wall, destroying it. I went to pick up the remains of the tape, but when i touched the remains, they were burning hot. I yelped as I went to my sink and poured water on my hand. Then, i grabbed some oven mitts, picked up the tape and took it outside where I threw it on the ground and smashed it with my sledgehammer. Then i threw the tape in the garbage can. I went to my room and went to bed, forgetting about this whole nightmare that unfolded before my eyes.
Epilogue
I woke up the next morning, wondering if the remains of the tape were still in the garbage can. I went oudoors to look inside the garbage can, but the remains mysteriously dissapeared. I went to eBay to report the listing for shocking contents, but the seller was terminated from the site, I turn off my laptop and I was glad that all of this was over.
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