Hat Films are a trio of English YouTubers known for the way they highlight their video production skills and musical ability through completely outlandish and (often explicit) concepts.

They consist of Alex Smith, Chris Trott and Ross Hornby. This explains the first part of their name as it was originally “H.A.A.T”: an acronym for “Hornby, Ashman, Adams and Trott”. Nathan Ashman and Ben Adams left the group when they collectively finished their time at university. Alex Smith, Trott’s friend, was willing to join the group making it “H.A.T. Films” (Hornby, Alex and Trott).

After a few years of success as YouTube content creators, they joined the Yogscast network in 2013 after appearing on the Christmas charity live streams. Speaking of which, they’ve produced two full-length albums (“Pleasureville: Population You” and “Destination Drumpf”) live on Twitch – you can see vods here.

The trio mainly make gaming content, although every now and then they produce skits and release music. They’ve even capitalized upon their skills in video production to make high quality content such as trailers for Minecraft.