History WebVideo / SCPOverlord

* FamousLastWords:
** "1-2 and 1-4: Hold your positions. Over." [[spoiler:Lambert, prior to having his throat slit by one of the invisible cultists.]]
** "This is all fucking gibberish to me, man." [[spoiler:Besson shortly before he shoots himself upon encountering [[NothingIsScarier whatever it is he sees]].]]

''SCP: Overlord'' is a 2020 short film directed by Stephen Hancock and written by Evan Murr set within the ''Website/SCPFoundation'' lore. It is currently available to watch on [[https://youtu.be/EOxarwd3eTs YouTube]].

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Besson is driven to this by whatever he sees while using the camera in the basement.]]

** "1-2 and 1-4: Hold your positions. Over." [[spoiler: Lambert, prior to having his throat slit by one of the invisible cultists.]]
** "This is all fucking gibberish to me, man." [[spoiler: Besson shortly before he shoots himself upon encountering [[NothingIsScarier whatever it is he sees]].]]

* GoneMadFromTheRevelation: We never see what exactly it is [[spoiler: that Besson saw through the camera in the basement, but whatever it is is so bad that Besson starts convulsing before shooting himself in the head.]]
* TheLeader: Lambert. He gives the orders to the rest of the squad. [[spoiler: The position [[YouAreInCommandNow transfers to Reyes]] after Lambert's unexpected death.]]

* NumberTwo: Reyes. He takes command of the squad [[spoiler: after Lambert is killed]].

* DoorHandleScare: Followed by the door opening seemingly by itself.

* DaylightHorror: A majority of the film takes place in a cloudy, but sunny day, with natural lighting filtering into the house.

* GasMaskMooks: The squad are all wearing face-concealing gas masks, only distinguishable by their clothes and helmet decorations. Non-lethal chemicals are deployed at one point, so it's not just for show.

-->'''Pender:''' Light, darkness, up and down... are all irrelevant concepts to our overlord.

* TheMenInBlack: The Foundation briefer notes that amnesiac treatments have been given to anyone who's found out about the anomaly. Then we get to see what the MIB's SWATTeam is like.

* BottomlessPits: The team find holes with no visible bottom near the cult's headquarters. [[spoiler:They are the exit points of the tentacles of a giant InvisibleMonster beneath the earth.]]

* GasMaskMooks: The squad are all wearing face-concealing gas masks, only distinguishable by their clothes and helmet decorations.

* TheMenInBlack: The Foundation briefer notes that amnesiac treatments have been given to anyone who's found out about the anomaly. Then we get to see that the MIB's SWATTeam would be like.

* CultDefector: Lewis, apparently Father Pender's most trusted follower, realised the bas relief they uncovered did not offer the salvation Pender was preaching. While Pender was busy elsewhere, he locked himself in the strong room containing the bas relief and killed himself, so no-one else would be exposed to it.

* GoneMadFromTheRevelation: We never see what exactly it is [[spoiler: that Besson saw through the camera in the basement, but whatever it is is so bad that Besson starts convulsing before shooting himself in the head.]]

* DoomsdayCult: The cult in the story didn't start out as one though; the team note that the cult's ideology has completely flipped from their original goals, apparently after they dug up the bas relief.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Lewis, a member of the cult, locked himself in the strong room containing the inner sanctum and killed himself.

* DoomsdayCult: The cult in the story didn't start out as one though; the team note that the cult's ideology has completely flipped from their original goals.

* EldritchAbomination: "Light, darkness, up and down... are all irrelevant concepts to our overlord."

** "This is all fucking gibberish to me, man." [[spoiler: Besson before he shoots himself upon encountering [[NothingIsScarier whatever it is he sees]].]]

** Instead of a flag, Jansen has a patch on his helmet that says "The violence has escalated".
** A plate carrier has a patch that says "Cowabunga it is".

* TheAnticipator: As the team move onto the cult's property, they find the Missing Persons posters of the kidnapped victims nailed to trees on their infiltration route.

* TheLeader: Lambert. He gives the orders to the rest of the squad. [[spoiler: The position transfers to Reyes after Lambert's unexpected death.]]

* SeeTheInvisible: The video camera Kolinski finds is the only way to see [[spoiler: the invisible cultists]], at least until they use smoke grenades.

* TakeOurWordForIt: We never see what exactly it is [[spoiler: that Besson saw through the camera in the basement, but whatever it is is so bad that Besson starts convulsing before shooting himself in the head.]]