--- title: Paul Gale: Millennials Halloween Horror Spoof description: Comedian Paul Gale created a horror spoof short that reveals millennials' true Halloween nightmares canonical: https://time.com/3546508/halloween-horror-movie-spoof-millennials/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-29T19:39:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:11.133Z og:title: This Horror Spoof Breaks Down Millennials' Actual Halloween Fears og:description: "Who builds a mansion without any power outlets???" og:url: https://time.com/3546508/halloween-horror-movie-spoof-millennials/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Horror Spoof Breaks Down Millennials' Actual Halloween Fears twitter:description: "Who builds a mansion without any power outlets???" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Horror Movie Spoof Shows What It Would Actually Take to Terrify a Millennial This Halloween by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 29, 2014 7:39 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 29, 2014 7:39 PM UTC Comedian Paul Gale created a horror short in which you actually wouldn’t be sad if any of the main characters died. “What Terrifies 20-Somethings on Halloween” riffs on what actually would scare millennials trapped in a haunted mansion “without any power outlets!” Welcome to a world of no service, inexplicably fleeting battery life (“Oh my God it’s dead — I had 25%!”) and Tinder matches you will never be able to follow up on. Happy Halloween! Everything is terrible. (h/t: [Daily Dot](http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/what-really-scares-20-somethings/)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3546508/halloween-horror-movie-spoof-millennials/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3546508/halloween-horror-movie-spoof-millennials/"},"headline":"This Horror Movie Spoof Shows What It Would Actually Take to Terrify a Millennial This Halloween","datePublished":"2014-10-29T19:39:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:11.133Z","description":"\"Who builds a mansion without any power outlets???\"","url":"https://time.com/3546508/halloween-horror-movie-spoof-millennials/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","video","millennial","halloween"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3546508/halloween-horror-movie-spoof-millennials/","name":"This Horror Movie Spoof Shows What It Would Actually Take to Terrify a Millennial This Halloween"}}]}] ```