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Amidst the dead uninhabitable world of the future, the shelter of a forgotten country cottage affords a lone wanderer opportunity to acknowledge the lingering strands of her own humanity.
"Terrible Things" by Ciarán Hickey
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"Terrible Things" Credits:
Starring
CLAIRE J. LOY
Written & Directed by
CIARÁN HICKEY
Producer
CIARÁN HICKEY
Co-Producer
FINBARR CROTTY
Executive Producers (Bear Print Media)
BJORN MAC GIOLLA
FINBARR CROTTY
Director of Photography
JOE VAN VELZEN
Original Score composed by
STEFAN FRENCH
Location Sound/Sound Design
ROB FLYNN
Make-Up Artist
AMY CONWAY
Casting Consultant
BECKY McGUINNESS
Editor/VFX/Colourist
CIARÁN HICKEY
3D Modelling
NIALL BYRNE
CIARÁN HICKEY
Texturing and Animation
SHANE LYNCH
CIARÁN HICKEY
Additional Fog VFX courtesy of
LENS DISTORTIONS LLC.
Insurance
AON INSURANCE
Equipment provided by
FILM EQUIPMENT HIRE IRELAND
Catering
MA’S KITCHEN, RATHANGAN
Stock Imagery
PIXABAY
ADOBE STOCK
SHUTTERSTOCK
Special Thanks
CLEO MURPHY
EILEEN TIMMONS
IAN BURKE
DAIRE SHERWIN
FIACHRA DOYLE
FILM NETWORK IRELAND
AOIFE COFFEY
MUM & DAD
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@michaelcallari1953 2 года назад

Beautifully shot film. Perfect example of letting the viewer’s mind fill in the details. The dead body on the couch is so much more frightening because you never actually see it in the light. As it sits there in shadow you picture things much worse than any special effects could accomplish. That goes for the story as a whole as well. The post apocalyptic setting and the behemoth at the end. Was it an alien invasion? Yet the actress makes a reference of what “we” did to the world. Is that behemoth somehow the result of human machinations? The movie doesn’t end with the ending. It makes you sit and ponder it. Beautiful piece of work.

@andreaholcock8992 Год назад

It’s like if The Mist ended like the book where you don’t know if the government got control of it again. This short felt like what would have happened if the mist wasn’t able to be contained.

@lisamorales4286 Год назад

@@andreaholcock8992 I agree 100%. I believe that that's what would have happened in the movie The Mist and let me tell you it's one of my favorite books from Stephen King the book was much better than the movie the movies ending really sucked but I agree with you when you said that that's how it would have been if the government wouldn't have gotten control back I believe that those monsters would have still been there.

@omega.7534 Год назад

The answer is in the above section. The creature at the end is born out of all the pollution and chaos humankind its self created. Maybe nature and the earths answer of righting what was wrong with the world..humans.

@crespoopserc Год назад

Eh it was so so

@fluffylittlebear Год назад

@@lisamorales4286 Have you read Revival yet? I'm still freaked out from how that one ended.

@Half_of_The_World 2 года назад

really wish this could be made into a full movie because now I've seen a glimpse of the creature, I want to see more of what it is, and what it can do

@Half_of_The_World 2 года назад

@@monkyledesma9142 good job no one asked for your opinion then, because many other including myself loved it and thought the cgi creature was awesome, so sod off

@JNB0723 2 года назад

@@monkyledesma9142 I think he knows that. neither does pennywise and IT is a great movie!

@user-pl9fd7nu6q 2 года назад

@@monkyledesma9142 um it’s nit horrible plus it’s fiction like You dumb or sum :/

@Jayr0 2 года назад

Agreed, but this is where the human imagination does beautiful things and keeps you locked in a mystery.

@Jayr0 2 года назад

@@monkyledesma9142 Did you actually think Tomas believed these monsters existed?... Really? 😂😳

@moonbeam6010 2 года назад

Very good effects and acting. I love the subtle storytelling of a world that has died and the few that survive live in a darkness and solitude so great, that they will have conversations with corpses.

@atheist101 Год назад

Humans are social apes like gorillas or chimpanzees, we need that interaction. It's why solitary confinement should be considered a cruel punishment and be taken away. I've been in jail with people who've spent over a year in solitary, they all said you'll know if you can handle it within the first week. You'll either snap or you won't. Even if you don't it forever changes you, you'll never be the same person again

@shainaelise2694 2 года назад

I loved the dead, quiet moments in this film, and the design of the creature was inspired.

@mrjong-pildasong1468 Год назад

It looks like the monster from kaiju no 8

@rosannacellini2158 2 года назад

It's kind of sad for this lonely woman, stuck in this apocalyptic type world with a big, quiet enormous creature. You really don't know if it's aggressive or docile, but the woman is ready. This would be good as a full movie. Reminds me of the film, The Mist, by Stephen King.👍

@jackalcoyote8777 2 года назад

The film isn't by Steven King. Steven King isn't a big fan of most of the movie adaptations of his books, but the Mist is the one he likes. He's even jealous of the changes the screen writers made to the story because he says they make it better

@oldeskoolnana7543 2 года назад

Read the short story by him. It's really scary. Maybe more than the film.🌻🤣🤣

@grumpysphinx4911 2 года назад

Frank Darabont is the guy who directed the film, and he also did the first 2 seasons of the Walking Dead. Sadly his experience on that show was so bad, he says he doesn't want to direct again.

@Foofighters30 Год назад

@@jackalcoyote8777 king wrong the original story.

@larryjenkins9397 Год назад

it reminds you of the mist becuase its a total rip of...the mist. even the huge create at the end, not to mention...the mist...

@vanessaheslop1448 2 года назад

Nothing like a new Alter film to watch as I sip my iced coffee and watch my son play in the yard ❤️ anyone else obsessed with all things horror?!

@daviddave8642 2 года назад

Yes I am

@MillanaS 2 года назад

Oh yes I'm obsessed 😻

@_empty_4945 2 года назад

Iced coffee here too! 🥤

@-NewDay- 2 года назад

I’m currently in line at my kids elementary school watching this. 😂😂😂

@franciscodavila6480 2 года назад

You didn't offer me any coffee 😒

@hellhoundivx Год назад

That was well done. The storytelling through the environment spoke volumes and the writing was powerful. The bit with kids asking about birds and butterflies, that may as well have been creatures of fantasy at that point, gave me pause and the line "Mammy tell me what the world was like before it hated us" hit hard. Very well done.

@theblackflame4002 2 года назад

Enjoyed this, bleak, stark, the woman using her lonely conversation with a corpse for exposition. Creature reminded me of the Mist. I like when a line in a story makes me-in my mind-immediately reply to it "Back before the world hated us" My thought was we hated he world first, and this is ultimately what the result was.

@jopax66 2 года назад

It has a ‘The Mist’ vibe to it but darker and scarier…awesome!

@khiradoh5893 2 года назад

yea i was thinking the same

@sakellarioudimitris7439 2 года назад

Might as well be a spin-off

@pyenapple 2 года назад

The Mist is far scarier than this

@jondoe4052 2 года назад

Scarier?😂

@jeremydyar7566 2 года назад

The Mist had a guy get eaten from the inside out by spiders. In what way is this scarier than the mist?

@darkjesuit1 2 года назад

This is a story worth getting a wider lens if only for its direction and perspective of its wanderer.

@tepesquincle Год назад

An admirable test of actress, a post-apocalyptic climate, where the dialogue between a mother and her dead son takes on an unparalleled meaning. She gives the right representation of who is torn between the inevitable and unaccepted reality and the state of dream and ecstasy that a mother has towards her child.

@woodstoney 2 года назад

This falls into that hybrid Creepy/Scary category and that gigantic creature/alien being outside introduces terror into our hearts. Nicely done and yes, I too, hope there is a continuance of this film.

@mnirwin5112 2 года назад

A great short movie! And kudos to you for having the sense to film most of it in near-darkness and/or mist. When you can't clearly see the creature ... your imagination fills in the details.

@michaellee6489 8 месяцев назад

"Tell me what the world was like before it hated us." Wow. That was really, really powerful. Great little film. Bravo!

@renekingfisher9065 2 года назад

Ok this definitely needs to be made into a full length movie. Show the monster and then its over??? No, there has to be more!!

@Cool_For_Cats_with_Karlo Год назад

Truly one of the best short films I've seen in ages. Brilliantly thought through and constructed. The mise-en-scene and production values look fantastic; the atmosphere is palpable; the solitary performance from the lead actress is excellent - really heartfelt; as another poster correctly mentions elsewhere - the fact that you never fully see the extent of the couch-corpse makes it all the more eerie; this film is subtle, beautifully constructed and just makes you ache for more. Plus the creature is wonderfully Lovecraftian, which is an added bonus. Thank you and congratulations on a stunning achievement!

@chinuu1564 2 года назад

I freakin looove itttt the mysterious fog, the ancient giant monsters, their voice, the lone survivor, everything. And most of all I love u Alter and all your mates. ❤️❤️❤️

@KingDomsKingdom85 Год назад

Holy smokes this was excellent, I hope this director gets to work on full release horror films as the angles, sounds, lighting etc was all outstanding... very talented director whoever they are.

@simonl4523 2 года назад

A huge thank you to you and your team for putting together such an amazing short. I loved everything about it. It really makes me want to more of this world.

@gamegems1176 2 года назад

Wow. Love the sound effects, mistful atmosphere , acting especially the acting of dead body so real. Dead did a great job without even moving a finger, literally😂

@veruschkadahmer1805 2 года назад

Umm, I don't think that it was an actor playing the corpse lol. Probably a mannequin. Unless you were joking and I can't discern it 😂

@guitarplayinmonkey 2 года назад

We called him Morris

@jankoval 2 года назад

I never know a postapocalyptic horror movie could actually be beautiful.

@shadagascavich 2 года назад

This was insanely good. I'd love to see this as a feature length movie.

@matycee 2 года назад

straight the hell up my alley. Left me begging for more. what else could a writer of a film want? brought up The Mist in my mind. the scale, the locomotion of the gargantuan being. just fantastic pacing/acting. color. A+

@l.nichols4303 2 года назад

That was really well done. I fully expected her to take the remaining pills and sit next to him to die the same way… To be honest, why bother if everything is that horrific? But kudos to her for being a fighter despite the fact that it doesn’t look like there’s much left fighting for at that point. A little morbid on my end but definitely not a crazy thought. Right? Kinda? However, It was well done.

@ladyseeker2927 2 года назад

Loads of "The Mist" feelings! I loved the ending, though I didn't get how she managed to clean up the air inside the house and spend the night without her mask.

@CassetteVision 2 года назад

Congratulations Ciarán, the film is fantastic! Glad I finally got see it. Immense props to you and the whole team!

@PrimitiveInTheExtreme 2 года назад

Very nice. The monster looks really great. Now we need the second part to see it in action.

@QvodInferivs Год назад

This has been said for so many short horror films that often show less, which is is more. More to the imagination more questions more to the horror of a monster you only catch a glimpse of, almost lovecraftian. Fantastic film man and I hope we see more of this content!

@oldandcollectiblecoins 2 года назад

I love to watch All the short horror film of Alter it makes me shout

@_John_Tyree_ 2 года назад

I was half expecting that corps to raise it's hand and say: "Hidie ho, stranger!" 🤣🤣😆

@ajh757 2 года назад

Total 10 Cloverfield Lane vibes - with a dash of a Quiet Place, yet still uniquely different and intriguing. Well done! Loved it!

@dhanyasharma8909 2 года назад

Exactly the same thought crossed my mind

@melanienolen3554 2 года назад

I could binge watch short films on Alter for days!!!

@vashranoid 2 года назад

Definitely getting Mist vibes from that ending. Great little film.

@loristevens-oberlin286 2 года назад

Love Alter, love Terrible things! So happy to know there's people like me out there who love horror!!

@nicolebogda1482 2 года назад

The beauty and stillness of the macabre poetry here, chills to the bone. Ending with the hero (perhaps a touch anti-hero given the conversation & circumstance??🙏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏👏👏👏

@Ingothnia 2 года назад

Everything was great about this film. Especially loved the creature and it's growls.

@kellypredmore 2 года назад

I guess the aliens from War of the Worlds evolved into that creature at the end...

@la2alaska336 2 года назад

Brilliant!!! Well shot and bravo to the actor!!! I felt it! She brought me into her landscape of horror.

@SirAndacar 2 года назад

Fantastic. The makers of this film get what real horror is. Not monsters in broad daylight, explosions, gunfire, blood and brains all over the camera lens. But things barely seen in the distance, mysterious and terrifying. I've lost a child and I know how this woman feels, how that man must have felt.

@bundymatos 2 года назад

Amazing thumbnail

@gost2633 2 года назад

That definitely was one of the best alter shorts that I've seen I wish and hope that you do more on to this topic I really want you to make it full length but I know that cost a lot of money maybe do a crowdfunder.

@roscluaran 2 года назад

Wow, that was the most amazing film! The creature was terrifying to see in the fog. 😱

@shogo359 2 года назад

The Mist meets Shadow of the Colossus. I loved it.

@observationsfromthefencepo7207 2 года назад

Post Apocalyptic films are something I enjoy. They are also a dime a dozen on the internet. This one started out kind of rote. Then it presented it's angle and it worked and by the end I can easily say "This is a really good film." It starts out with a character wandering around. Many PA films have characters in gas masks and this is fine but can take away from the viewer seeing character emotions. This film addressed that with the lead taking her mask off in a sheltered area. With a PA film there are monsters. Some are aliens, some straight up monsters, monsters of the human kind or a combination. This gives us a huge and intimidating monster. It has a feel of the monsters from The Mist. I loved how our character armed herself with the axe 🪓 but it might not be enough against that behemoth. The work was carried by a single actress who was fantastic. This can be a challenge. My favorite part of the film, which is where it distinguished itself, was the conversation she had out loud. It was very poignant and moving. There must not be a lot of humans left as she lit a fire which could give away location. There is horror in that level of loneliness I loved the touch of the astronaut toy as it played into the conversation and also the camera work from the wine bottle to the body (chills). Congratulations to Ciaran, the crew, and actress. Your piece stands out and was a joy to watch. Peace.

@majedahmed89 2 года назад

This one hit different for me. You captured the feelings of parents whose children were brought into a cruel world so accurately. Cheers from Palestine 🇵🇸

@helenekick7230 2 года назад

Gives me siren head vibes. Very spooky.

@joeyj6808 2 года назад

Very atmospheric, and an intriguing ending. Nice job!

@mareir 2 года назад

Siren Head's lesser known cousin, Anvil Head.

@JohnWick-mv5pr 2 года назад

Very good. Encountering that giant opens up a new mysterious chapter. I doubt we will ever get to see it in motion.

@dawnrosecrants8919 2 года назад

Wow. Just wow. You have to make this into a full length movie. ❤️👍❤️👍Bravo!! 💐

@JIn-xv5ft 2 года назад

Amazing atmosphere without cheap jump scares or crazy effects! Would love to watch more in this setting beautiful job❤

@abductedbyaliens9425 Год назад

I would have asked how the weather is up there.💀 I definitely wasn’t expecting the creature to be THAT tall or THAT huge. Most of the shorts Alter shows us should be adapted into actual movies & shows but sadly Hollywood doesn’t care about others originality and amazing concepts. They just like to remake movies/shows or cancel them.

@ijelic1604 2 года назад

WooooW, just WooooW.... that last scene with the creature..... awesome 😍

@rolfisdreamworld489 2 года назад

great aesthetic and atmosphere

@dreembarge Год назад

Like a glimpse of a complex drawing or painting leaves you wanting more.

@lmjesuschrist7450 2 года назад

Cloverfield vibes ✨️ I need a full film PLEEEEEASE!

@anastasiaborzova1172 2 года назад

The creature and post-apocalyptic vibe make it a possible continuation of "Cabin in the wood"

@graysonsebert23 Год назад

All I can say is that this really needs to be a full length film. The potential this has is astronomical. The acting, ambiance, tone and concept design was truly thrilling.

@waverlyking6045 2 года назад

Overwhelming depressive dread at its best.

@insanetortoise7933 2 года назад

This could very well be a full movie!

@TheWickerShireProject 2 года назад

Terrible things or Stranger things? Movie quality is nice. Creature concept good, very alien ( mutant hammer head worm.) Potential. Worth crowd funding to get this project going in small sequels. Whats being done works. Looks great. We need more.

@Meenaia 2 года назад

That was an AWESOME looking monster!

@harmegedon Год назад

Hey Ciaran, This movie has shades of The Mist, Cloverfield and War of the Worlds. It also has a Walking Dead feel to it. I like how you mixed these elements and yet told an original story that left me wanting more. I hope to see you make a feature length movie one day.

@rarespiritwendy 2 года назад

This was excellent! It’s so great to hear from the creators. This Looks like a teaser for a high budget film. Well acted, shot beautifully. Great effects! Knowing the budget and the small crew who made this makes one wonder why movie budgets are so over the top. Obviously, they need larger amounts of money to produce full length films with larger crews, known actors, etc. But it’s outlandish when you hear the numbers. Crazy money prioritized and the love and passion for creating the art seems lost or at least very diluted. I absolutely agree with others here who said they wanted more and a full length film. I so want to know the backstory. 👏👏👏 Bravo to all of you! 💕

@sassywitchdeemoon1215 2 года назад

Wow all I can say is WOW!

@TwinsofDestruction 2 года назад

Very much gives off I am Legend and The Mist vibes. Love how it all remains unique regardless. Excelsior!

@TempehLiberation 2 года назад

Holy shit this is awesome! I love post apocalyptic horror, and the opening shots with that haunting score? *Chef's kiss* 🤌

@rudevalve 2 года назад

Certified Gold!!!!!

@sassywitchdeemoon1215 2 года назад

Second time watching, this should be a mini series

@sicooper4230 Год назад

Reminded me of the Stephen King movie 'The mist' with the creature in the mist/fallout. Excellent short.

@gomezgomez9665 2 года назад

Oh WOW! That was unreal......the creature was mesmerizing,

@hauntedmushroomsasmr7716 2 года назад

I loved it! Very lovecraftian. Like elder gods came and destroyed the world and only a few stragglers are left. Enjoyed it, I also really liked the woman.

@jomontanee 2 года назад

LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!! Can’t write the enough words of LOVE.

@bensweiss 2 года назад

The transition from gas environment to clear in the house was a bit confusing but enjoyable.

@HARBINGER-COMICS 2 года назад

Well done! I love post apocalyptic films. This really draws you in and leaves you with wanting more. One suggestion, I would use a different thumb nail to save the reveal of the creature.

@millennial_fairy 2 года назад

This was so brilliantly done ! Really hope there’s a sequel or full length feature in the works because I’d definitely want to find delve more into this desolate world of a postapocalypse , compelling stories of the survivors and whatever the hell that monster was in the toxic fog was at the end !

@timreilly1080 2 года назад

Beautiful production values.

@hdubya692 2 года назад

Nothing like fighting Godzilla with an ax! Good short story. I too am interest in a longer version, but sometimes its tough to live up the the teaser. Especially if you're going to be compared to the Mist & Cloverfield both of which I loved.

@chAInzawmusic 2 года назад

I really wish we get to see a sequel. Give us more please!

@JustanAI00 2 года назад

That is quite chilling ...

@roti1873 Год назад

8:50 when you're 2 and that one weird uncle you won't remember came by to visit the family.

@Rozianen 2 года назад

Early just about to watch the video!

@adamcole4623 Год назад

Beautifully acted, directed and designed. From the intimate to the immense in under 10 minutes. Bravo.

@bingmict7584 2 года назад

oh my seems like there's way more story to tell. ugh! love it!!!

@HannaMagdalena Год назад

Holy shiet, the conversation with the corpse is so intense. Portrays how ungodly lonely one must be in that situation. Like, it's sooo different from talking to yourself or just monologuing to vent or a conversation imagined in your head or something, she's imagining a full conversation with someone else (and a dead someone else) on purpose and acts it out loud, on topics that weigh heavy on her heart, because that might be the only socialisation she'll ever get from here on. And then the part about her daughter... Fuuuuuuuck But this is what good horror needs. Horror is only ever horrifying when there are emotions and pain. That's what makes it relatable and therefore truly terrifying. When the biggest horror is always in humanity.

@valiantwarrior4517 Месяц назад

This film carries the same sense of unexplainable eldritch horror as stories like Stephen King’s The Mist or a Lovecraft novel. Loved it. It kind of seemed to suggest that the woman and the dead person she found had both killed their children to save them from suffering in that world. Very sad.

@oldeskoolnana7543 2 года назад

I would watch a movie about this. I'm intrigued now.🤯😱✌🌻🌻

@kittycasino29 2 года назад

Holy shit!!! This was good!!!!

@mikasmanis Год назад

You ever watch these short stories and think, this can be a whole movie. But then you see a whole movie and ur like, this should’ve just been a short film.

@mentaltelepathy24 2 года назад

This needs more to it alot more to it - I hope it becomes a feature film, or even a TV show. That creature was freakin awesome.

@verachoi6267 Год назад

This reminds me of a fan fiction for an anime in a post apocalyptic world, but instead of natural disasters- like in the fanfic- it was human error. Now I feel like im gonna write my own story combing that story and this story :D

@jimbush8325 2 года назад

great story-line but missing something. Love the black & white filming parts which gives it a true dismal and lifeless feeling. I think if you had something to point to what happened or what the creature might be as in Hellish, Alien or man-made would have made this even better. Good Job

@tombarter3287 2 года назад

Love it, very Misty, if you know what I mean.

@Witchofthewoods. Год назад

I found it sad the only one she had to communicate with was a corpse. 💀 This was a very dark & emotional, but something about it feels like an impending doom of our future. Great work!

@franceselizabethvanvelzen8555 2 года назад

Top quality! Congratulations to the team involved. Agree with other comments, should be full length film. 👏🇮🇪❤️💐

@alteregonline 2 года назад

It' EPIC. it reminds me "the mist" of Stephen King

@lilrootbirfloat1543 2 года назад

reminds me of last night with your mother (and dad)

@theduskyvibe9469 2 года назад

searching for this comment :)

@CaptainKneegrowMan 2 года назад

The cabin scene was just way too dark, i couldn't make out anything, i really had to strain my eyes. Other than that, I'd watch a full feature movie or series....c'mon shudder, cut the check!

@Kroggnagch Год назад

Oh goodness... this is.. this is sad, heartbreakingly sad. My word is this sad... WONDERFUL acting. I believe this woman in there, in that situation. Incredible..