I actually liked the ending When Quinn pulled his oxygen mask off. Got the feeling that the mask symbolized his parasitic feeding on The Souls of others. The reason it killed him is because once it was removed he had to breathe on his own and could no longer depend on the breath he had stolen from others, metaphorically and literally I suppose
I think the man who can't breathe having such little lore to him is honestly fitting for what he is. He's a being that feeds on the lowest of people, and because of that he has no true desires, he has no life or love, he has no strength to his character and all he leaves is a bitterness that others have the strength to be happy or at the very least content
Me too! I think it's because the red faces demon has a very stereotypical demon look whereas this one is "too real" because we all have seen people in hospital having to survive on life support ect...
While I like the Crooked Man, I have a hard time seeing how they plan to make a story around him, seeing as he's not an actual entity himself, just one of Valak's facades. What do you think?
@ArbitraryEverything Understood. There seems to be a lot of hype around the character so the expectation has been built I think they should build off of that.
@@ArbitraryEverythingthe crooked man is valak, and valak’s facade is trapped inside the crooked man toy. Meaning that facade can indeed be its own entity puppeteer’ed by balak
@@joshskrtt8990 Oh shit, that's right. Like in the Nun, even when Valak was banished, the bit of it that possessed Frenchie was enough to keep it on earth.
Well, they did say the crooked man was his facade but there's also the chance the crooked man is actually it's own entity and he copied the appearance off. I don't remember where but there was a specific phrase in one of the movies confirming that the crooked man is most likely a entity of his own already existing that the demon decided to use as appearance. Of course as years passed they might have simply decided to not do it anymore and delete the character of the crooked man as entity of his own, but at the start he was actually implied as being a character of it's own given what one of the characters said.
I took Elise describing the Man who can't Breath as a demon as describing a human spirit who has become so corrupted and evil that they are no longer considered human anymore
Awesome video as usual. I appreciate all the research that goes into this!! I thought that it was a separate entity that visited Elise in her home. My theory is that in 4, when Elise opens the red door in the lambert’s attic it allowed the red faced demon to get to dalton, but also to her too. I love this movies. Gonna have to watch them again.
I keep pointing this out just so you know why we are here as fans. I'm not a massive fan of watching horror movies but I love behind-the-scenes and horror lore. From what I have seen of the Insidious series, the movies maintain a common link but the demons / antagonist as distinctive about how they induce fear. Your presentations are full of information but a lot of fun too.
The Man who can't breath I always assumed he was once human -and inhabited the flat above Quinn when alive. People use 'demon' often as a blanket term for any evil spirit, especially the insidious franchise which exists in a pretty secular world! I've researched demons a fair bit and their origins vary wildly depending on culture and belief - especially if you step outside Christianity i.e. some theories are they were once human etc, the conclusion I have is that demons (or the concept of them) have various origins, they aren't all the same sort of entity! Also the man who can't breath could be part human - part embodiment of suffering, part ghost, part demon/negative force.
Insidious is definitely one of those movie franchises that you rewatch and come up with a new theory every time! The man who can't breathe is an interesting character because I could be wrong but he's the only entity that can leave his main haunting location. I know the bride in black had showed up in photos but the man who can't breathe could pop up anywhere Quinn was and not just in the further. Which makes him more terrifying because he presents himself as a weak sickly ghost but if he has the ability to travel outside the further then he's far more powerful than the veiwer thinks.
That knocking on the wall part makes sense though. If he assumes that she did something right before she texted him then him telling her that he’s not home implies that she did not wake him up because he’s obviously up already.
Seems like they regret killing Elise so early with all these movies from the past that she's in and yeah they shouldn't have killed her off when they did
I think James wan only planned on doing one insidious film initially. That’s why he killed her off at the end of the first. Worst decision ever for sure
In some legends, humans can eventually become demons. With the man who can't breathe, I always theorized that he was actually a human living in the building and while alive, he was a sexual predator. I feel he use to kidnap women and torture/SA them repeatedly until he either kills them or they kill themselves. Then the victims, never being found or getting justice, didn't get to "move on" or break free from their place of death. Then as the man got sick and died, he too was attached to his place/room and continued his torture w/ the souls as well as luring the living over to his side. This has always been my take on it, especially how disgusting the man was with his touching n proximity towards Quinn - it always gave predator
That makes a lot of sense. Someone added their take on it and said he was once a man who died but simply didn't have any loved ones, your explanation could be as to why he didn't have loved ones. Cool inquiries!
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Am I starting losing my mind, or there’s an effect on your face like a tear falling almost on the right cheek, though left from our perspective. Anyone else notice that happening multiple times in the video or am I nuts here?
You'll have to call up Todd McFarlane Toys to be properly immortalized in plastic, that toy is just too cheerful and bright. You ever notice the old ladies in horror movies? From the old lady in Poltergeist to this old lady, they're pretty much a horror staple at this point.
My no prize explanation for the demon with a physical world history is that the demon possessed someone in the building, lived out that life and died there, and decided to stick around the general area in the further with his new MO.
8:10 it does make sense because if I wasn't home and my neighbor texted me "sorry did I wake you up?" I would answer them "I'm not at home." implying that whatever noise they made to possibly wake me up didn't bother me. Saying "No" would imply that I am home and I didn't hear the noise they made.
I went to see the Red Door last night, but I had to leave about half an hour in, there was a part (not trying to give any spoilers) involving a ghost and vomit and it brought back some trauma from my last relationship and bothered me too much to be able to stay and finish the movie.
8:00 THANK YOU! So I'm not the only one who noticed this goof nonsense. If he's not home, he wouldn't know she knocked, so when she asked if she woke him up, he'd assume she meant by texting him on the phone, in which case, he wouldn't say "I'm not home" since that makes no sense, he'd say something like "no, I was already on the phone" or something. There are many ways they could've fixed this, but they were stuck in the god's-eye-view trap. 🤦 11:45 Anhedonia means inability to experience joy/happiness/pleasure. Ageusia (no gustation) is the inability to taste. The study on rats that Zac showed wasn't ageusia, the rats were capable of tasting food, they just don't experience pleasure from eating because of the depression, so they don't eat. 17:40 I think the "leave stuff to imagination / imagination is scarier" line is a cop-out for lazy writers to do less work and lazy artists to not try to make something actually look scary. 😒 I interpret the man-who-cant-breathe is specific to Quinn because of her mother the way that Pyramid Head is specific to James because of his wife. The mhcb would be as out of place being recycled for other characters and movies as recycling pyramid-head would be… so he probably will be. 😒
Hey you guys should do an analysis on Dark Matter from The Kirby games. I think it would be a fun and interesting take on one of Kirby’s most recurring enemy.
I think this is my first time watching one of this guy's videos. Does he always do that thing with his right eye? A more prominent blink, almost like an intentional wink, and that's the only thing I can focus on when he's in view.
She would have never said the word “lived” in replaced of inhabited or existed. She knows the gravity of that word especially talking with someone who isn’t as affiliated to the spirit world as she is. So she meant exactly what she said. He was at one point alive.
At 0:24 you can narrow down that timeframe a ton. Oxygen cylinders had been around for a while, but you should focus on the mask he’s wearing. Face masks similar to the one the Man Who Can’t Breathe is wearing was not invented until 1941, for the treatment of WW1 soldiers, so him living as a demon/ghost could not have been any earlier. I would try to research the hospital gown, but the style hasn’t changed since the 1800’s…
7:30 is shameless and insidious in the same universe because in shameless, there’s a character named Sean, and her dad is name is Sean and their played by the same actor, so is there a possibility?
I hope you know that your hard work is appreciated! I, personally, am scared watch horror movies on my own so watching analysis videos like these makes me atleast know them without the frights! Also huge kudos to your research!
You know what would've been refreshing? (But unachievable with this actress) The girl half awake, not entirely there, calling out to her mom because she doesn't quite remember that she's gone, then her realizing that she fucked up. That would've made a really great relatable scene, imo.
Personally i would see the entity as starting out as a ghost, but because of his actions, he's become something far darker or can now basically be considered a demon. Might now have been evil to begin with, but clearly became something evil over time for whatever reason he started taking souls.
her neighbor saying hes not home when she asks him if she woke him up is a completely normal response and how i woul have responded if my neighbor texted me that
The man who can't breathe is a dybbuk, I forget the movie title right now but it's with Jeffrey Dean Morgan and a girl who is attached to a unique antique box that contains a Dybbuk Same concept it latches on to the girl from a personal belonging etc.
another insidious history! the happinesss Actually i noticed something when i first watched Veronic (2017)movie i found it similar to insidious the demon seemed similar to the man who cant breath (2015) i wont lie when i said Veronica really seemed likea copy of Insidious to me at first but at a secound watch i found differences and it was utterly boring.
What if there is a possibility that the ghost turned into a demon? There's several different franchises like supernatural that say if a spirit stays long enough on the living plain they can get corrupt and turn into something else.
I think beings in this world can also become demons over time based on im assuming consuming souls, or what ever makes these entities strong in the first place.
I find him creepy and I get that a lot that he symbolizes sickness, but not as scary on par with other demons with inhuman features... The stature says weak for actual danger but the deception is strong.
