Annihilation (ENDING + THE SHIMMER) Explained

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Annihilation is a 2018 science fiction horror film written and directed by Alex Garland, based on the novel of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer. The film follows a team of scientists who enter ‘The Shimmer”, a mysterious quarantined zone of mutating landscapes and transforming creatures, hoping to better understand it before it grew to encompass everything.
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@fantasticfail1796 5 лет назад

That bear is pure nightmare fuel

@damianstarks3338 5 лет назад

Yes it is.

@aurorajones8481 5 лет назад

Disturbing the core really

@adamgray1753 5 лет назад

Darn skippy, Dustin Her! Oh man... that entire bear scene was deeply disturbing, but it was the first person perspective part when the bear opens it's muzzle and screams at the top of it's lungs is what got me. 11/10 for true horror right there!

@damianstarks3338 5 лет назад

@@adamgray1753 agree with you here.

@alexanderjakubowski6183 5 лет назад

When I realized the implications of what was happening I was even more terrified. Although I feel like it could have been dialed up a lot afterwards for extra impact. Nothing leading up to that or afterwards is particularly frightening.

@randomizer7995 5 лет назад

This movie was trippy. The scene with Lena staring into the light had given me an existential crisis by itself. Gave me chills all throughout, 9/10 for me.

@espio194 5 лет назад

The bear scene was fantastic and incredibly creepy.

@damianstarks3338 5 лет назад

I know right can't get that scene out of my head.

@Carols989 5 лет назад

i think it's because they didn't exactly replicated her voice, the fucked-up-ness of it makes it even scarier

@damianstarks3338 5 лет назад

@@Carols989 true statement here.

@Blazingfireball977 5 лет назад

yup

@smiler6110 5 лет назад

GroovingGecko so much suspense

@twisteddman 5 лет назад

something not mentioned here is that Annihilation has two meanings. Both of which are relevant noun: annihilation 1. complete destruction or obliteration. 2. the conversion of matter into energy

@davidsirmons 5 лет назад

Cosmic horror is a rare thing to see done well. This movie was intense.

@shainewhite2781 5 лет назад

That Bear was so creepy and scary that it has a human like face on the left side, and has the ability to imitate human screams!

@sarahpusey9052 5 лет назад

I totally agree. The sounds of the screams coming from it were haunting!

@sarahpusey9052 5 лет назад

I totally agree. The sounds of the screams coming from it were haunting!

@smiler6110 5 лет назад

John Browser well Josie hypothesized that when the bear killed Cassie that it wasn’t imitating her voice, part of Cassie’s consciousness had merged with its brain

@smiler6110 5 лет назад

Shaine White well Josie said that when the bear killed Cassie that, part of Cassie’s consciousness had merged with its brain when it killed her but what I think is scarier about the bear than the voice was it seemed to be very sadistic and it was intentionally walking around scaring the people who were tied up as much as possible

@incendiary8470 5 лет назад

sCp - 999

@BEXASTORIA 4 года назад

“Incomprehensibly beautiful ecological and genetic nightmare of extraterrestrial origins” What a luxurious sentence. I love it

@daniellee5147 5 лет назад

The bear scene was the scariest thing I've seen in a long time.

@FutureDeep 5 лет назад

It was seriously creepy. Made me hold still so it wouldn't eat my face.

@dromeaetherium211 3 года назад

I have a fear of clowns and IT did not scare me this.... THIS IS NIGHTMARE FUEL HELL IMA HAVE NIGHTMARES OF IT

@stoptrudeau42 3 года назад

You havent seen my mom angry

@edwardbarillas7263 5 лет назад

This film felt like a live-action adaptation of an SCP entry!

@krysc3278 3 года назад

Like a way less meatty adaptation of scp 610 in a movie

@yourinnerlawyer4035 3 года назад

What is scp?

@salaciousBastard 3 года назад

@@yourinnerlawyer4035 Difficult to explain. It's like a fictional collection of dossiers on supernatural and alien entities/objects monitored by this black book government organization to my understanding. Each scp has a number. So scp-450 might be some hostile alien with incredible abilities that make it extremely dangerous. I can't really offer an example because I haven't read that many of them, but as a hypothetical "the thing" or room 1408 could have been an scp. And they only get far more dangerous from there. And I mean FAR MORE dangerous.

@wilmagregg3131 3 года назад

@@yourinnerlawyer4035 and out of universe is its a massive community arg writing project based around the lore explained by the gentle man above me imagine a more well curated and well ordered version of creepypasta stories anyone can write a entry then the community decide if its worth becoming a new offical scp there are around 4000 at current date and it has been around for about 10 years just go to the scp website its all based there themed as the actual SCP foundation database. and because of it being so massive and being free to use by anyone there also is multiple "canons" and universes its honestly quite good like a horror comic book universe.

@NicoleCarnx-wo5su 2 месяца назад

Definitely

@SaroDantra 5 лет назад

Man I loved this film! I was so disappointed it didn't get a cinematic release here in the UK. The lighthouse scene was just awesome. Plus this is a fine example of an all-female cast that didn't feel forced or contrived. I really hope they make the sequels but I don't think that's going to happen.

@adriannaranjo4397 5 лет назад

Jesus you're right, I hardly even realized they were all female when the movie didn't shove it down my face and call me sexist. They're just good actors who happen to be women

@ascendchan 5 лет назад

exactly, well said!

@declaringpond2276 5 лет назад

@@adriannaranjo4397 Ironic, you people claimed this movie had a feminist agenda when the trailers came out, and attacked said actors for being women. Theres a reason people call you sexist, probably because you are

@declaringpond2276 5 лет назад

@@adriannaranjo4397 Ah there it is "Sargon" hmm no wonder people call you sexist

@declaringpond2276 5 лет назад

@@adriannaranjo4397 Wild smile too? Surprised you didn't have mr facts dont care about your feelings

@regiman222 5 лет назад

This concept feels like something out of SCP

@sabithasajan5564 3 года назад

True

@VersatyleTV1 3 года назад

What's SCP?

@chrispy_091 3 года назад

@@VersatyleTV1 SCP - Secure, Contain, Protect. There's an entire website (SCPwiki) with thousands of anomalous entries and the stories around them. Most stories on the website are trash, upvoted by other horror enthusiasts in an echo chamber unable to see the flaws in their own writing (most internet communities are echo chambers though). However, some stories are great examples of horror that rival anything ever published in a book.

@jamesasterwolf584 3 года назад

XK CLASS EXTINCTION EVENT IN PROGRESS | ALL PERSONNEL ARE TO REPORT TO SECURE BUNKERS

@lordsathariel4384 3 года назад

@@chrispy_091 give me a movie about the scarlet king or the black lord over what comes out of Hollywood these days some scp writing is awful but some is Stephen king level

@ReStOrEdLiFe88 3 года назад

I watched this one yesterday and it was very, very good. IT left me with the sense of fear mixed with curiosity, like, I want to know more, what else could the shimmer create, the nature in it was beautifully grotesque, even the skeleton they found in the pool was somehow aesthetic in colours and shapes like Hieronymus Bosch and Salvador Dali did a collab on the scenery for this movie. Simply amazing.

@ElectricIguana 2 года назад

I think there's a theme here about how when a landmark event happens in your life (or even simply the passage of time) you can deal with it in a number of ways besides self destruction. You can accept it gracefully, face it, fight it, etc. In the end, we all become different people, often unaware of the transformation.

@solidmoon8266 3 года назад

It seems more like The Shimmer was a force of change, it breaks down, mixes and recombines everything in its influence. The changes are completely random and apparently in a constant stat of flux even after being supposedly being a new creature, like a part of a persons mind being fused into the altered bear as a part of its voice. This movie is a really disturbing take on how far you can change something till the boundaries of what things it used to be are no longer recognizable.

@sethwatson6569 5 лет назад

The movie is basically about cancer. Everything in the shimmer is refracting and changing

@SebHaarfagre 3 года назад

Kind of but not quite, but I'll still give a thumbs up for it I guess.

@JillyBean860 4 года назад

Like someone else said, this movie was about cancer. Cancer tends to mimic certain cells while it is spreading. Much like that creepy bear did when it mimicked that woman's screams to lure his prey.

@mdtalhaansari1096 3 года назад

The most terrifying words of the movie: "I don't know what it wants... or if it wants."

@royprovins7037 2 года назад

But it will grow

@TheJigma 5 лет назад

That bear was honestly one of the scariest yet interesting things ive ever seen in a movie.

@rainbowleet9279 5 лет назад

I’ve been thinking about this movie in the shower ever since I watched it on a plane last month, and it just so happens that you uploaded something about it! Needless to say, I’m very happy about this!

@influenzaz1012 5 лет назад

Lmao i watched it on the plane too, i was a bit disappointed but I'd give it a 6/10.

@poopandfartjokes 4 года назад

Hope you made it out of the shower

@Heartatkcell 3 года назад

Wait a moment. How is it possible this horrifying shit is viewable on flights lol.

@nigelmonteiro1260 2 года назад

@@Heartatkcell they obviously watched it on their personal device. Not like the airlines would want their passengers to have panic attacks 35,000 ft. in the air lmaoo

@booqueefious2230 2 года назад

@@poopandfartjokes i don't think it was THAT kind of shower

@MelindaGreen 4 года назад

I'm glad you mentioned the soundtrack because that's what really haunted me. I would love to learn more about how it was created and used.

@JillyBean860 4 года назад

The soundtrack suited the movie perfectly. It was haunting and creepy.

@M4gicMark 4 года назад

The soundtrack sounded like it was mostly produced with a lot synths (more specifically pads, as a drone type of sound), to give an other worldly feel, not your typical soundtrack with conventional instruments. I don’t know the exact way they did it because I’m still studying for my music degree.

@flipchute Год назад

The soundtrack was so good and suited the movie beautifully!

@soulgamer612 5 лет назад

The video ended EXACTLY at 10 minutes. Delicious

@magnetman5933 3 года назад

Ikr

@BaskiHighT 2 года назад

Why does nobody understand or point out that her duplicate looks metallic because she shot at it ? It's a very important part that further explains how the entity can absorb and transform everything. Her duplicate became infused with the bullets.

@eddiegreencheez Год назад

I can't tell just how many times I've rewatched and paused the scene of them entering the shimmer. There's a lot of interesting designs and patterns in the barrier.

@MichaelCravatt 5 лет назад

EPIC CHALLENGE: Explain the movie "Primer". ;-)

@filmcomicsexplained 5 лет назад

No worries Michael, adding it to the list now, thanks :)

@MichaelCravatt 5 лет назад

@@filmcomicsexplained All I can say is... GOOD LUCK! :-D

@CHEEEZ-UK 3 года назад

Beautifully haunting visuals and score. This movie stays with you for a while afterwards. Why can't all sci-fi be this good?

@sakeviyokoyama9253 5 лет назад

When you said phosphorus Grande that was used in the Vietnam war to burn viet cong tunnel . When white phosphorus touches you you can't take off with water you burn a live .

@TookieMacSpookie 5 лет назад

That movie blew my sci-fi mind, its was beautiful from start to finish. Then I read the books. Excellent upload

@VindictiveShadowWolf 4 года назад

Care to elaborate on the books? How are they similar? Do the books go more indepth on the shimmer? I'm actually interested in reading The Colour Out Of Space because I generally enjoy Lovecraft, but I may give the books Annihilation was based on a try too.

@ImNotJust 3 года назад

It honestly seemed like an acid trip. from the visuals to the destruction of oneself from within.

@shainewhite2781 5 лет назад

Thanks for referencing Lovecraft and the Color Out Of Space, because there similarities to the story and the film.

@rlm6213 5 лет назад

To me, "Annihilation" is the finest cinematic adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story to date. When I first saw it, I immediately thought to myself, "Hey....it's 'The Colour Out Of Space' on the big screen".

@DREADLURKER 4 года назад

@@rlm6213 little did they know a full adaptation of the color out of space would come out almost a year later

@sarahpusey9052 5 лет назад

This is my favorite sci-fi film of 2018!!!! The movie is just beautifully done and the story just pulls me in. Thank you! Would love to see more videos on this movie! Great job

@sarahpusey9052 5 лет назад

I don't know why the reviews were as negative as they were.

@01qp68 5 лет назад

i never understood how josie died until now

@twindra 4 года назад

0:00 me and the boys walking up to the zone to reach the monolith first

@janglenutter3820 5 лет назад

"I made with film with aspects of the book" really means, "I used just enough of the book to claim it's based on the book and not get sued."

@chrisreynolds2565 5 лет назад

You’re still making great content! I thought of the shimmer as an SCP anomaly while watching the film, and really enjoyed it!

@shainewhite2781 5 лет назад

The film had elements of body horror similar to the works of David Cronenberg.

@BewmBeatz 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for this! Me and my friend watched this movie and completely missed the undertone of self destruction and all the rest you mentioned. We tried understanding it from a solely rational perspective when we were done and could not for the life of us figure out the ending.

@jjtay97able 5 лет назад

This is the kinda of movie that I love but also confused me but still enjoyed the movie

@Fortunateis4luck 4 года назад

j t Completely with you in that one. The basic plot is quite easy to understand for me but there is the nagging feeling that there is a deeper meaning underneath it all. Not the elitist pseudo-psych stuff that some of these sci-fi movies peddle. There’s just something special about this one.

@nigelmonteiro1260 2 года назад

Fellow Nolan fan spotted

@Timboslice475 5 лет назад

That bear scene was absolutely horrifying.

@levizinck3139 5 лет назад

Man, your summaries are always so spot on. Big ups, my friend.

@tolbertgaming2752 5 лет назад

hey! I asked you to make a video about this movie as i found it to be very interesting and i love your videos. Thank you for making this one

@filmcomicsexplained 5 лет назад

No worries buddy!

@festivemutemain8996 5 лет назад

I was watching one of your older videos and I saw this one

@ThanksIfYourReadIt 4 года назад

As I can agree everything in this, me and my friend were looked at this differently. The main lead for our theory was the intesties twirling in the guys body. It very much represented a 4 dimensional loop. Giving us the idea that this shimmer simply enabled our 3D world to use the 4th dimension, causing life to seamlessly cross with itself, and also easilly make leaps in time too that allowed for some of the accelerated progression of life and natural selection that would needed to take much more time in the regular static 3D timescale. The alien in the middle is a bit dodgy. It could be something mainly living in the 4th dimension or was just a resoult of whatever it encountered thus far or simply just a desprete attempt to end the movie with something at least. DUnno I think without the brain fuck at the end it would be still a complete movie.

@redohealer2 5 лет назад

They look like a ghostbuster team

@masterpepe3641 5 лет назад

DarkHatred but the new ghostbusters was utter shite

@paulturbo7563 5 лет назад

At least they aren't as bad as the new one. Which was horrible.

@hurk_lifeless_explorer7718 5 лет назад

2016 Ghostbuster's team: Who are you guys? Annihilation team: I'm you guys but bigger and better.

@damonwalker2988 5 лет назад

Something strange crashing into earth, who you gonna call?

@hurk_lifeless_explorer7718 5 лет назад

@@damonwalker2988 The SCP Foundation

@svijj_ 5 лет назад

Thank you! I was really looking forward to this video! :)

@spacemarines1371 5 лет назад

I got an ad for a 1 and a half hour trailer

@ShipFantastic 5 лет назад

It was a trailer for Lego movie 2 and then showed the first Lego movie in its entirety.

@ShipFantastic 5 лет назад

@Cool Breeze Yep, watched it too! Lol

@justanaveragesukhoi3349 5 лет назад

So the earth got a tumor??

@bencanevari4056 5 лет назад

I saw the movie and it was beautiful. I'm now working on the the book. The bear was equally terrifying and amazing. Please keep up the good work, Niyat!

@TheFallenAngel187 5 лет назад

THANK YOU! This made my day :) awesome video once again man

@maggs131 2 года назад

This movie is so.......trippy and fu*king amazing. This film forces you to think differently about aliens and how disturbing they could be and how they share nothing with our perception of reality.

@RyuKimGaming 5 лет назад

FINALLY AN EXPLANATION OF THIS. THANK YOU BRO!

@mixaila9148 3 года назад

Great explanation mate

@stephenjacewicz4594 5 лет назад

Annihilation is gorgeous and creepy. Thank you for this upload!

@levelstotechno1094 5 лет назад

Thank you for covering this!! I like hearing your thoughts and opinions on movies that are hard to decipher! Everyone has their own thoughts but grounded opinions are few and far between. THANKS AGAIN

@waltermitty6971 5 лет назад

So happy you covered this film; best ambiguous ending ever, and perhaps the best ending ever. Thank you!

@Truck--kun 5 лет назад

This kinda reminds me of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.S

@fbi6179 5 лет назад

Such is life in the zone...

@the_Kutonarch 5 лет назад

*Get out of here stalker!*

@hurk_lifeless_explorer7718 5 лет назад

Ah nu Cheeki Breeki Iv Damke!

@voldo18 5 лет назад

@@fbi6179 *The N.S.A would like to know your URL*

@SirDankleberry 5 лет назад

*INNER GOPNIK INTESIFIES* GET OUT OF HERE STALKER IV DAMKE!!

@DtheMan112 5 лет назад

It was actually a really great film. You did an amazing job breaking down the movie and its meanings

@jasoncaldwell5627 5 лет назад

Great breakdown! When watching this, I also thought "It's the Colour Out Of Space"! And thought they were using the lighthouse as the well from that story. Now I'll have to get this book to see if the author was going somewhere else.

@jomorkenstrseth3526 3 года назад

That bear was soo frightening and unsettling. I really like how close they got to a strong Tryptamine trip. Someone with experience in psychedelics must have been involved in the visual bit. The way the forst feels and the coouring is very tryptamine like

@themurrrr 5 лет назад

Just when I had started to lose all hope in good movies being made.... this movie was.... stunning, breathtaking, frightening, saddening and so much more.

@damianstarks3338 5 лет назад

This movie was crazy.

@dontmindme1681 5 лет назад

I just assumed they'd done gone and marched into the Fae-wild.

@One-Hundred 5 лет назад

Dope!! Great vid m8

@damianstarks3338 5 лет назад

My thoughts exactly !

@Mark-md2cq 5 лет назад

Annihiiliation more like it

@gregvs44gaming94 5 лет назад

Omg thanks for doing this vid man

@churro.-.4077 5 лет назад

Why did I get an hour 44 minute ad? Edit: the ad was the Lego movie in its entirety Edit two: I was watching this on desktop and the movie on mobile AND I GOT THE MOVIE AGAIN

@uwezoalexis6438 5 лет назад

Did the ad have a skip button?

@churro.-.4077 5 лет назад

@@uwezoalexis6438 I'm still watching it rn, I was on mobile but I'm on desktop replying, yeah it has a skip button

@vshazam 5 лет назад

Lol, The Lego Movie was available free on RU-vid in the US for 24 hours today. That's weird you got it as an ad though

@churro.-.4077 5 лет назад

*SHAZAM* I got it twice LUL

@churro.-.4077 5 лет назад

*SHAZAM* googled it, it was a promotion

@ragingwanderer7422 5 лет назад

Love all of your videos, think you could start doing videos on the creatures from the metro series in the future? I’d love to see your take on those and what info you can give on them

@ChiangKaiShizzleMaNizzle 5 лет назад

Great content man!!

@cameronwilson9588 5 лет назад

Finallllly! Thank you so much fce! I was so confused from this movie!

@Nogdog945 5 лет назад

Amazing work as always Nyat :) mind if I request Deathwatch? I think it’s a great psychological war movie and really would love to hear your thoughts

@amansaxena6798 5 лет назад

Nice explain

@sakeviyokoyama9253 5 лет назад

Nice video my dude

@filmcomicsexplained 5 лет назад

Thanks :)

@Holdmymawashi 5 лет назад

Thanks so much 👍

@shainewhite2781 5 лет назад

This movie raised more questions than answers, right til the end of the film, making us wonder about our own humanity.

@grex951 5 лет назад

I love how theres a one hour lego movie ad before this video.

@gamereditor59ner22 5 лет назад

Interesting video!!

@onlyonewhyphy 5 лет назад

The "unsettling scene" was maybe the single most unsettling moment I've ever seen in a movie. There was layers of messed-up, in that moment. I doubt most people could have been in that situation and remained mentally ok.

@alexandrumarius5042 5 лет назад

4:53 looks like the cordyceps fungal infection from The Last of Us

@succ4171 5 лет назад

Yaasss niyant finally does annihilation

@JamaicaSugar 5 лет назад

Loved this film and the self destruction theme/motif was very different and well done.

@Cowboy-Pug 5 лет назад

Hey man. Great video. Just a heads up im done with the fan art so your video sould be up sometime next weak

@MuvvLuvv 5 лет назад

I was waiting for this.

@skyemorningstar166 5 лет назад

Love it! Ty for doing this movie :3

@Grunt_007 5 лет назад

I think this was an amazing movie, really enjoyed watching it!!!

@BanilyaGorilya 5 лет назад

Probably my favorite recent entry into the sci-fi/horror movie genre.

@g0urd_dude246 5 лет назад

I found this one to be really neat

@Jredizzle1 5 лет назад

Movies like this always blow my mind from a scientific view point. The fact that the shimmer was essentially splicing the dna of every living thing is crazy. It also made me question why certain organisms mutated in different ways. I kinda want them to go into way more details bout it.

@Mrcrarfter 5 лет назад

Just got done watching the movie when you uploaded this....

@vuppet5684 5 лет назад

This movie had its hits and misses, but overall, it’s a fun movie to watch if you’re bored

@mikhailromanov4627 5 лет назад

I bet she took the kids,Huh?

@joenuts1034 5 лет назад

Mikhail Romanov Nah

@nottheilluminati1880 5 лет назад

@alanwake8275 5 лет назад

Can you do Inception?! I know it’s kind of old but still my favorite movie. Love your content. Huge fan. Keep up the amazing work.

@SanguineThor 5 лет назад

You should do a little deeper of a dive on what all the themes and events might mean in a philosophical context :D

@TheIstellar 5 лет назад

I like the movie too but your video makes me understand what the real story is about. Thanks for making this video 😄

@kennethsatria6607 5 лет назад

The monster designs were amazing, like supernatural mutations with impossible features with no reason for being there like the crocodile's teeth or the Bear's mimicry, they're all there and the lack of reasoning is frightening to me

@johnsonblazkowicz721 5 лет назад

i wouldn't say the bear absorbed her consciousness, i think it imitated her voice as a lure to get pray and is purely a ambush tactic

@EvanMe 5 лет назад

Based on the themes of the movie, it's pretty clear that it did absorb her consciousness to a degree. The organisms in the Shimmer were all starting to absorb traits from one another. They even mention in the film how horrible it must have been for your last minutes to be filled with terror and pain, and then for that part of you to keep on living after the rest of you died. Which is WAY scarier to think about than it just being an ambush tactic.

@sativa-sloth6099 4 года назад

Watching this movie while tripping on Shrooms was quite the experience

@poopandfartjokes 4 года назад

Fuck that! My brain would have melted when the bear started screaming. But yeah, the visuals in this film were crazy.

@loonylenny 5 лет назад

I just got the Lego Movie as an ad. I’ll watch your video after the ad.

@samhaines8228 5 лет назад

was thoroughly enjoyable. Thanks for the H.P. Lovecraft tie-in!

@nohabloemojislosiento4930 5 лет назад

Can you explore the 2001 Bill Paxton directed movie Frailty? Its one of my favorites and not enough people have seen it! Matthew McConaughey's best movie, and a very good story.

@heracles67 5 лет назад

Yes!!! That was a phenominal movie

@The_Mup 5 лет назад

Has anyone realized that the film basically depicts an alien that feels totally fine after absorbing 11 teams of men, but as soon as it has to deal with five women it kills itself.....