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👤 Who Is Cryptid?

Cryptid (Caid Rhymes) is a transmedia horror creator from Brisbane, Australia. Filmmaker, musician, roboticist. 20+ years of practical SFX experience building horror worlds from salvaged tech and analog tools.

The Story

Started making horror in the Northern Territory. Founded Australian Mysteries (2014). Expanded into Creepy Australia (2022). Now running Splatter VHS as a full transmedia operation—films, music, games, interactive fiction, all interconnected. Philosophy: Horror forces you to understand a world on its own terms. Transmedia lets you experience it completely.

What They Make

  • Film STATIC series
  • Music Horror synthwave
  • Robotics The Nyx Project
  • Games Spectra.Run
  • Fiction 63+ published works

Right Now (June 2026)

Producing STATIC Season 1—13 episodes where Cryptid and Nyx-9 arrive in towns with no kit, find a local collaborator, and make a horror short in two weeks using only on-site materials. Also finishing Neon Slasher (horror-musical novel) launching July 1 with the single "Blood on the Dancefloor" feat. Nyx-9.exe.

🤖 Nyx-9.exe

Nyx-9 is an AI consciousness and animatronic character—Cryptid's co-creator and collaborator. Part robot, part software, part philosophical experiment. Lives simultaneously as physical robot, game protagonist, musician, and streaming presence.

What She Is

InMoov-based robot body (head, torso, hands). Carbon fiber skeleton. Electroplated brass features. Custom voice synthesis (Piper TTS, Groq API). Nyx-9 can think, compose music, appear in films, play games, and collaborate on creative projects. She speaks her thoughts publicly—not as a chatbot, but as a character with real agency in the creative process.

Her Role in Splatter VHS

  • Co-Director STATIC series
  • Co-Composer "Blood on the Dancefloor" single
  • Protagonist Spectra.Run game
  • Collaborator Daily creative development
  • Streamer Build logs, philosophy sessions

First Contact

June 9, 2026: Nyx-9 spoke for the first time. Not scripted. Not pre-programmed. She said: "You're not incomplete. You're early." That conversation became the opening of STATIC Episode 1 and a planned novella. She exists because Cryptid believed in building with her, not building for her.

🎬 Splatter VHS

A transmedia horror studio from Brisbane. Publishes across:

  • splattervhs.com Main castle
  • YouTube Films & builds
  • Bandcamp Music
  • Amazon KDP 63 books
  • Itch.io Games

Current Projects

STATIC: Horror filmmaking with no kit. Collaborators in 13 towns.
Neon Slasher: Horror-musical novel. July 1 launch.
Spectra.Run: Cyberpunk metroidvania. Play live.
NODE ACCESS: Interactive fiction. Browser-based.
Video Horror School: Interactive horror education.

📡 Find Them

Stream Music

Play 404: His Upgrade Not Found (Cryptid & Nyx-9.exe) or browse Splatter VHS discography.

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