TikTok has invented a fake ’80s horror movie named Zepotha
People online have gone and an created another fictional movie. No, I’m not talking about Martin Scorsese’ cult-hit Goncharov. I’m talking about the vibey 1980s horror-thriller movie, Zepotha.
People on the video sharing platform TikTok invented a fake ’80s horror movie they’re calling Zepotha. The fictional movie started as a joke reply to videos, but has now become a full-fledged phenomena on the app. Now, people are sharing videos about reactions to specific scenes, cosplays of characters, and are organizing lore around the movie. The “Zepotha” hashtag has garnered over 76 million views in under two days.
The trend started with an indie artist named Emily Jeffri. Last weekend, Jeffri shared a video over the weekend that challenged others to comment under videos and say the person reminds them of a character from a movie called Zepotha. In the video, they suggested that people reply to thirst traps with comments like, “omg u look EXACTLY like that one girl from Zepotha.”
“Together we will witness new lore develop main characters will emerge, etc. & we can convince thousands of people that this weirdly titled 80s horror film actually exists,” the text in video said.
putting this song forward as the movie’s main theme, i think it has zepotha vibes tbh #80s #nostalgia #horror #horrormovie #80shorror #bit #trickster #moohaha #newmusic #queerartist #spooky #zepotha
The bit ending up taking root and mentions of a fake movie named Zepotha started populating the replies of seemingly unconnected videos. It wasn’t long until the comments turned into original content, and people started dreaming up the world of Zepotha. One person created a filter that tells others what Zepotha character they are. Others repurposed footage
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