Gemini home Entertainment

Gemini Home Entertainment is a horror anthology web series created by Remy Abode and periodically released on a YouTube channel of the same name. It is regarded as a foundational analog horror series. The main series, also known as the Full Boxset, is ongoing. Further videos have also been released since as part of the spin-off series Library.

The series, taking place in the 1980s and '90s, is presented as a collection of clips from VHS tapes produced by a number of fictional companies and distributed by the eponymous company Gemini Home Entertainment. It combines elements of cosmic horror, surrealism, body horror and Native American mythology. The clips tell an overarching story of extraterrestrial invasion and an impending apocalyptic event.

The story is told through a series of clips presented as VHS tapes[1] distributed by the fictional company Gemini Home Entertainment.[2] The tapes are a mixture of educational clips, commercials, public service announcements and home videos,[3] produced by various fictional companies such as Regnad Computing, Harbinge Technologies and Optica! Video. The motivations, morals and content varies between the companies.[4] The videos are complete with lo-fi music reminiscent of similar real-life videos.[4]

The different episodes are superficially self-contained, exploring topics such as wildlife, artificial intelligence and the Solar System, but together they build a cohesive narrative and serve to document the impending end of the world.[5] The storyline of Gemini Home Entertainment features extraterrestrial invasion and parasitism[1] and combines elements of cosmic horror, body horror and Native American mythology.[3] The series includes threats such as extraterrestrial creatures ("Woodcrawlers") using humans as "vessels", a fictional infectious disease called "Deep Root Disease", and a fictional plant or fungus called "Nature's Mockery" that mutilates people it comes into contact with.[4] Videos typically begin in a mundane way before incorporating horror elements.[5] The series's central antagonist is The Iris, a sentient planet or planet-like entity which is masterminding an invasion of the Solar System and is influencing life on Earth.[6]

The main series of Gemini Home Entertainment began in 2019 and appears to be ongoing.[1] The episodes were later organized into a playlist on the official YouTube channel under the title Gemini Home Entertainment Full Boxset.[4] A spin-off series, Library, premiered on the same YouTube channel in 2021. Library contains shorter and "secret" episodes that do not follow the format of the main episodes and focus on exploring some of the more misunderstood and confusing concepts introduced in the main series.[