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Curve felt like a really good representation of depression and struggling with suicide. I think the biggest part for me was seeing all the other curves- not being able to see the people, but seeing that they fell.
@@ThorcleTheMighty things will get better i promise. God has a path set for you, and even though it may seem like everything is going wrong, it's all a part of His plan. in the meantime i'll be praying for you friend
I love the first one. So simple but so effective, the girl barely moved the whole time and nothing really happened but you were glued to it the whole time.
@@apocryph0n considering that we don’t see what happened, she could’ve just morphed into the dam! I mean, she technically wouldn’t be glued to it, but she would definitely not be moving
Guest always hits me. I have horrible paranoia that someone is watching me at all times. At work, at the store, even at home laying in bed. I can always feel eyes on me and it drives me nuts. Seeing that manifested as a person with huge eyes always close is horrific.
I can relate. Its an awful feeling I'm sorry you have to deal with it too. I hope it helps knowing you are not the only one that feels that way at least.
for the first one if suicidal depression looked like something, itd be this. so hard to live with a brain that is against you, each time you try to help yourself, its like your brain only drags you deeper down into it
But the short film shows it as inevitable, which while it definitely can feel so, it isn’t. I was in that mental state for nine years and I remember how hopeless it felt, but there will be a day when it changes. It’s hard to wait and hard to keep fighting, but it’s so worth it. Please, if you’re struggling, tell someone (believe me, I know how easy it is to say that but how hard it is to do, but it’s what saved me.) There are so many people out there who want to help you. 💜
Honestly they were all great actors. Hell, even the kid was pretty good for a child actor. Having been in the acting business as a kid, I can vouch for how difficult it is.
This is where I wish horror had more categories than it currently does. Because it definitely scared me. But it did it in a purely anxiety-creating way that meant I didn't get any pleasure out of it. Like, the adrenaline and such that my type of horror would elicit. Instead, just nauseated anxiety. (Note that I'm not saying it's bad horror, it's truly fantastic! But of the type where I understand people who think I'm crazy to *enjoy* being scared. It's like, The Hills Have Eyes or SAW - great horror, in their own genre. But I don't enjoy them.)
Fun fact about the Vesuvius one. There’s a demon speaking to the main character in the form of a fly and at the end there’s a bunch of flies as the demon guides him to kill his grandmother. A Hebrew/Greek word for the king of demons is “Belzebuba” or in common language “Beelzebub”. This translates, roughly, to “Lord of the Flies”.
@KoxTheKnight Yeah that’s exactly how the author came up with the name for the book, the literal character of the Lord of the Flies in that book is a Satan figure and Simon is a Christ figure, the Lord of the Flies possesses a pig’s disembodied head (pigs have cloven hooves) and there are many flies swarming the corpse.
If I'm ever stuck in a precarious terrifying position where death is inevitable at the slightest mistake, I need Sean in my head cheering me on with encouraging words.
I think what made The Curve much more terrifying is the fact you never see any other person, just hear them, she's alone and has no one to experience it with, and you the viewer are put into a tunnel of a world, i think it plays the best on the impression that having other people around who are experiencing or have experienced something you're going through makes things waayy easier to process and deal with, The Curve removes that and you're dealing with uncertainty and anxiety at it's worst. Such a good short.
It’s also just such an impossible situation that could go wrong SOO quickly with so little movement on her part. The insinuation that there were more people there before her, and that they didn’t get out. It just fuels and confirms that primal “I’m going to die here.” in the human instinct during self-preservation situations like these. My only question is why the hell didn’t she scream. I would have been screaming SO much in a situation like that.
No, the most terrifying thing in Curve, is the fact that you can't see anyone else, but can hear them scream, and hear their body loudly hit the bottom, you're hearing people die around you.
@@themightycongueror8383 yeah it’s implied she’s very lucky how she landed. She keeps looking up and seeing new blood marks and screaming and I’m assuming all those people landed then immediately slid off and fell
Fun fact: your body has two original fears: the fear of heights/falling and the fear of sudden loud noises. So the curve fear was in everyone’s mind not just the people who have a fear of heights.
@@gabrielbellino5064 ok. I mean I’m not scared so much of height but falling I am. Like the Drop Zone at Kemah Boardwalk, TX is a falling ride and that scares the crap out of me. Lol
The actress for the Curve (Laura Jane Turner) was SO PHENOMENAL! She expressed pain and panic so beautifully as well as the forced calm and breathing. She portrayed her thoughts without words so perfectly, and I FULLY respect her. The director as well for being able to pull this performance out of the actress!
I feel like the director could have done a slightly better job on the part where she screams in frustration. It was a moment I was kind of waiting for, but when it happened it was a little flat, particularly because after she finished screaming it didn't feel like her expression proceeded with a state I'd expect. Other than that I agree with you.
The Curve does exactly what horror movies/shorts are supposed to do. It doesn’t just throw cheap jump scares at you and scare you momentarily, instead it creates a terrifying atmosphere and makes you feel the horror and fear inside you with the characters. Truly a great short.
"The Curve" is incredible! The cinematography, the formidable acting, and the clever symbolism. As someone who struggles with anxiety and depression this is exactly what it feels like. You try and you try, even if it hurts to get up, then you slip and you try again, but that last defeat makes it hurt more. And when you succeed at something (getting further up the curve) another thing (the rain) takes you down. An absolute masterpiece!
It's so funny to me that horror will sometimes have a moral or a deeper meaning like grief, loss, mental illness, etc. Then sometimes it's like "hey wouldnt it be fucked up if this happened?" Sometimes by the same author
funnily enough regarding the curve video, if you're in that situation take as much clothing off as you can because skin has so much more grip and friction than any clothing, not only that but because you're directly in contact with the surface you can feel any sort of minor shifting that may happen before it becomes a problem. The grip strength and friction of skin is so insane that even the best shoes currently can't compete with it and the only real reason we developed to wear shoes in general was to protect our feet from being harmed when running Edit: on another note, the reason our skin prunes when it gets wet is to increase the amount of grip we get when our hands are soaked or in water constantly, the pruning creates more surface area for more contact with whatever object we're trying to hold on to
I know, right?! My first thought was immediately, drag the shoe off and lose the socks pronto, both of those things slip and slide like crazy. I saw her put the chain on her hand when it began to rain and thought she was crazy. We were made for this. I mean, who knows if it would have saved her, wherever she was, but I like your plan.
How would you get anything off if youre stuck like that? Any big movement to remove an item of clothing would take so much friction away... also skin pruning for increased grip isnt proven, thats possibly just how that skin reacts to water
@@vogelvrouw no one said the removal of clothing has to be fast, you could do it carefully and slowly, and yea it's been proven that our hands and feet prune when wet to give us more surface area allowing more of our skin to come in contact with the object we're trying to hold on to.
15:19 That creature is one of the best and scariest designs things i have seen. Absolutely amazing and so simple. Just a normal looking person, no hair, no eyebrows and blank pale skin and eyes. It looks so normal while still looking inhuman. Absolutely horrifying.
Out of all of those, the curve haunts me. Showing the shots of bloody handprints from someone else in her situation and showing how they scrambled to try and get back up just makes my stomach twist. Plus the way her leg was bent made my knees sore just looking at them. The environmental story telling really helped in making it terrifying.
It’s Even creepier when you realise the blood stains across from her mimicked her own! It started running a few minutes before it started to rain and then hers did the same, I think it’s showing us what happened to her after she fell off, ie the hand prints from her grabbing on if you get what I mean? X
@@mollyfletcher5399 This is what I was thinking. That's been pretty common in some more recent horror films, kinda showing characters what happened to them before it actually happened to them. Really terrifying psychological stuff. I tend to favor that way more than cheesy jump scares. This is the kind of stuff that sticks with you in your nightmares. Lol.
I had the same thought, but with the different screams and different forms the blood took it might imply how others tried and failed while simultaneously showing what her outcome was too. Though I do like that they leave it open ended, like a Schrödinger’s cat, she is both alive and dead. Depending on the viewer and their interpretation.
no joke im watching in full screen right, and as soon as the camera changes to that pale lookin dude and when the subtitles went "O.o" I froze and scrolled down to hide into the comments and now im sitting here until I can gather the courage to continue watching. ty
Curve is the absolute perfect representation of depression. Seeing that others have gone through the same type of struggle is not comforting, it's horrifying and feels hopeless. Everything hurts from just trying to hold on, and when it rains it pours
As a person who is scared of heights, the curve is absolutely terrifying. I felt my heart sink every move she took and being in that situation myself would be so scary I don’t even have a word for it. Also with no context at all, it really makes you wonder. We’ve seen the typical horror films that use home invasion or psychological warfare to make the viewer scared. But the curve is like nothing we’ve ever seen before. It genuinely made me scared without having a genre.
I feel ya there, I know exactly how it feels to slip like that, granted I wasnt on a cliff, but if you ever try to climb a wet very steep hill, you get that same slipping sensation, and what she was trying to do, that hoisting herself up, and maybe trying to turn around or stand up, ACTUALLY makes you slip even more, one time I went down into a dried river bed, and trying to get back up was almost impossible, I had to actually find a branch, and use it like a walking stick, while having to grab for roots because the river bed walls were so steep, that slipping feeling is absolutely terrifying(I legit thought that I wouldn't be able to get out of the river bed I was so scared cuz I went alone and no one knew where I went)
Watch 127 hours with James Franco. You want deep dread based on a realistic but improbable situation that actually happened, then that's the movie. Also there's one called Buried. Unlike anything I had ever seen and filled me with dread. Also it's one of those situations that could actually, and probably has, happened. Ryan Reynolds in a serious role, which he did quite well. Thank you for the those of you who pointed out the correct name of the 1st movie.
I’m terrified of heights. But that didn’t get me in the least. I think I just couldn’t get invested in that little short film because my brain immediately recognized that it wasn’t happening.
Fun fact: The Virgin Mary in particular is known for apparitions tailored to the culture and background of the person she's appearing to. For example, while the most common European depiction of Mary is wearing cerulean robes accented in white, when she appeared in Mexico she instead had a broad, black sash over her stomach. This was the social garb for pregnant women in Aztec culture, and continues to exist in the cultural psychology of modern day Mexico. You can't really blame a divine being for tailoring their appearance to specific mortals, especially when the point is to get a message across to those specific individuals.
Jack: "Stop hiding, go after them, be proactive, they arent expecting that." Also Jack: "I think that theres a lesson here, stay where you are and stop venturing through the house."
I think Jack missed that the blood stains across in curve was mimicking her own. I think this is such an amazing concept to move forward with, like I’d be so interested in a full movie of that
They also added the more distant people fell. Almost as if showing her the recent failures for either motivation or hopelessness. I think this because the hand prints appeared between the marks that indicate sliding. The girl never put her hands where her feet were. But if someone was falling, they would probably turn around and try to grab the edge, which would match the screams and the prints.
Someone should make a short movie or anything really where it’s the same idea but you have to do what the blood does so move your hands in the same way to get out the problem with that film was there’s no way to survive your gonna die either way I’d probably just jump
Yea I love wonders I shouldn’t be alive. The Grand Canyon ones are good if you’re looking for one similar. I won’t give it away but the runner who broke her hip in the canyon is a really good one.
I think that one with Mary and the creepy monster guy was a metaphor for those trying to help you. They've been through what you have but you see it as someone trying to harm you, then when you finally do something they show you that it's not okay and that they know what you're going through because they've gone through it themselves.
curve was so amazing. The expressions seemed genuine, the sound and the design also felt so real. It really makes you anticipated with the simple elements.
Apparently The Curve has significant metaphors about depression which makes it even more intense to me. I thought it was some weird dimensional horror, but it's literally the physical manifestation of suicidal depression.
Make sense i had a light one about of how small we are and is there really next time? I had it for months eh now i just dont care i feel like the kid me was the perfect mental of myself i might be weaker when i was a kid but i was way more worried free
woah, that makes a lot more sense. Can literally see how she's struggling to stay alive, until the very end. It high key shows how easy it is to slip over the edge after trying so hard to choose to stay alive
Jack hit the nail on the head with "He's not actually doing anything to you.." Someone already said this, but I feel like the bug-eyed guy was the personification of intrusive thoughts; they just hang around, follow you, scare you, but can't/don't actually hurt you. They just exist to torture you. I'm close to someone who's schizophrenic, and the idea of wanting to blind/deafen themselves to make the hallucinations go away is also pretty apt.
YES. This is exactly why that one creeped me out so very much. Even if the guy was just in her head (the video never specified whether he was tangible or not), he was there and real and scary and intrusive as hell in her life.
honestly the reason Cruve is so scary is the hopeless situation while knowing literally nothing of how she got there what happens if she falls so the lack of info is always the scary part.
The first one is such an incredible way to visualize depression. Teetering on the edge, slipping to that eternal darkness. Can't find a way to climb out of it.
I like the first one, Curve. It isn't about being creepy, spooky, or jumpscares. It derives the "scary" factor from the anxiety it portrays and provokes.
indeed I know exactly how it feels to slip like that, granted I wasn't on a cliff, but if you ever try to climb a wet very steep hill, you get that same slipping sensation, and what she was trying to do, that hoisting herself up, and maybe trying to turn around or stand up, ACTUALLY makes you slip even more, one time I went down into a dried river bed, and trying to get back up was almost impossible, I had to actually find a branch, and use it like a walking stick, while having to grab for roots because the river bed walls were so steep, that slipping feeling is absolutely terrifying(I legit thought that I wouldn't be able to get out of the river bed I was so scared cuz I went alone and no one knew where I went)
Best thing to do for the first one is crawl to wall, slowly crawl sideways. Once you reach the wall, use it for support. If possible take off your shoes for better traction, barefoot not in socks of course. If you can put the shoes over your hands due to them being bloody and causing less friction.
Guest, to me, was definitely about mental illness. When you feel like you’re going insane, it really can feel like you’re in a situation like this. Like, you don’t know why this thing keeps tormenting you, there’s no way to kill it or hide from it, and the only relief you can get is by doing something drastic. It seems irrational to everyone else, but to you it’s real.
…Yeah I think that’s probably pretty safe to say considering it’s clearly meant to be obvious in the film itself as well as Jack specifically mentioning that lmao
GUEST SCARED ME SO MUCH LOL THATS WHY IM HERE. i hate distorted faces. im for sure uncomfortable and i have this annoying feeling in my wrist that just makes me want toc ut off my hands lol
Its not really "horror" its more terrifying. Playing on peoples Fears like heights and animal-phobia to make us feel uncomfortable and terrified instead of really scared. Like Id much rather watch a set of jumpscares or smth than watching clips like that over and over again because you cant prepare yourself the same way you just sit through watching pain lol
it's chilling and a hellish situation. but it really just gives you sweaty palms effect. and it's ending was stupid, i hate cliff hangers. they show the creator didn't know how to finish his project. it doesn't do anything other then "make you finish it in your head" while thats a nice sounding buzz word to use, it's not a show of a good/creative ending.
There has to be a phobia for something like that, I hate when I get stuck in an area where you the only way out is death, not that I have been in that position, that's why I got scared at the good the bad the ugly when he has to stand on that grave with the rope around his neck and hands tied and then that blonde guy (possibly Clint Eastwood they never said his name) left him, I was so relieved when he shot the rope though.
As someone who constantly made a game of running up the slopes at my local skate park... slipping down is a nerve tingling sensation that absolutely causes a sense of dread at the sensation of falling. It didn't matter that the fall wouldn't really hurt us. The fear was always, momentarily, immense. Compared to that, I can't even begin to imagine just how intense the feeling of slipping ever closer over the edge into an abyss would feel like. Also, I find it extremely ironic that the first short has to do with falling, considering Sean's fear of heights...
That first short, curve, it really works so well. It doesnt scare through jumps or loud sounds (unless you have headphones and max volume), it scares through the imminent sense of dread. The fact that something, just *something*, awaits you, and you expect the worst. Very little actually happens, the character wakes up, climbs a bit and falls, we all cringe at her injuries and the ominous wailing in the hole, then she eventually falls, but the way it’s done gives the worst sense of dread and it adds to the overall atmosphere of these curves. Horror shorts always seems to play to one of humanity’s worst fears, potentially the top worst; fear of the unknown.
The fact that I have the fear of being stared at along with eyes themselves the second one made me have the biggest panic attack that I just couldn’t handle sitting in my room by myself
“Is there something wrong with her chest?” Jack, I think she’s trying to dry her bloody hands so they are less slippery when trying to climb. (That’s why she’s blowing on them, and wiping them on her chest, I assume.)
That would sound logical i mean hell, She's going to slip and fall and die so its pretty logical for her trying to wipe off the blood. I am giving you 10/10 for the inspection
the curve absolutely nailed it for me. it didn't necessarily scare me, but i was 100% glued to the screen to try to catch every little detail and it definitely gave me that sinking feeling in my stomach. and the kookie would honestly make a good beginning to a full movie that could go in so many directions.
@@Minhaz25 honestly is just kinda sad and pathetic. Best case scenario it's a dumb 7yo that actually has nothing better to do but otherwise it just feels weird and small.
I think the Guest having his own ear and eyes injured is him saying to Mary "I am a part of you. You can't get rid of me by hurting yourself or removing your senses. I'll be here no matter what and you have to learn how to live with me." Which is what I heard mental illness is like, it can get better but it never completely goes away.
I felt so much anxiety with Curve. You can’t crawl up a smooth, flat surface. When she looked up and saw the clouds, I thought, oh it’s going to rain. My hands were sweaty the entire time.
Curve is actual nightmare material. I've had nightmares like that where the laws of physics worked against me and made me completely helpless. Like when you try to run from danger but you feel incredibly heavy. If I have a nightmare like that tonight, Jack... Well I have nobody but myself to blame cause I watched the video lol
I have those sorts of dreams all the time dude. Like I'm either trying to run away from something yet I feel really heavy or I'm trying to fight back but I feel extremely weak. It's a terrible feeling of helplessness.
I've been in exact backrooms locations remembering jumping down a stair to sacrifice my leg in a way like broke to run away also another where I was with people but I fell behind and couldn't catch up and the creature started to darken or lighten the room and that was somthing
Turn the nightmare fuel into something positive. Most of my dreams start out scary like falling from heights or being chased by an axed murderer, but I've managed to control them and now I rarely get nightmares. I use my dreams as a way to escape from reality and now I'm living my best life in them most of the time lol.
I love how Sean noticed the cinematography in certain shots and as someone who studies film, there is no better feeling than seeing people enjoy your creation no matter how small it may be.
The caption for the guest when you first see the monster is 0.o which I personally think is cute but it also perfectly matched Sean’s reaction. Not just him saying oh, but the change in decibel as the initial shock wears off.
im guessing thats in the second video? i get nightmares and sleep paralysis easily (the characters that scare me get a role in that dream/sleep paralasys) and skipped all the way through haha no idea why i thought it would be a good idea to watch these type of videos
I think was makes the second one so unsettling is the “human non human” phenomenon. You can’t tell if the guest is human or not. It has human features, but the overall guest seems to be non human. But that argument happens in your brain, and it can really freak you out.
@@shelbeewebb4697 Yep! It’s pretty much deeply rooted into everyone’s brains to be scared of it. We don’t know WHY it happens. Could be issues with dead bodies sometimes not looking 100% human, other theories are that there was another human-like being on earth a long ass time ago and we had to be scared of them to survive. I love the theories and whatnot behind it, but seeing things that trigger it just 😬 hate that with every fibre of my being
It's called an "uncanny valley" feeling and, asides from the point of the video, my mothers boyfriend sets that feeling off strong in me and she wonders why i dont like him lmao he feels like a real world NPC
The curve one scared me so much cause at least with the other ones there are ways to prevent it or it's just goofy. That situation of being stuck but every attempt to escape leads closer to death is not only realistic if you get stuck in a rock slide or something but there's also no good answer. Even if you get up on the tiny mid curve she's on, there's no way you're climbing vertically, so you're still stuck. Your only hope is for someone to come and help and it's very unlikely to happen (at least in the case presented in this short film)
Your best option would be to get to the a wall that is perpendicular to the one you're on and then push yourself up, staying wedged between the corner where the 2 walls meet. But even that would be incredibly difficult.
Truth!! I enjoy watching horror from different countries. I've found some really fantastic indie horror and/or thriller films that way. It's not always the blockbuster hits that'll scare the heck outta ya'! 😁😱👺👻👽
@@NorthernGreenEyes Same. It's also interesting to see culture and old folktales, superstitions, etc play into it, meanwhile knowing deep down that the theme is still the same horror that's found across every culture. It's always... uniting.
The theory that it's a genetic instinct that humanity developed from the primal ages of evolution is one that would explain our response to anything seemingly unnatural or out of the ordinary. Even the way our brains can make out frightening shapes from natural things like trees and rocks would reinforce that theory.
I think it’s because regardless of our cultures, biology prevails and things that trigger the fight or flight response are similar for everyone, hence why things such as the ‘uncanny valley’ can be found as unsettling for everyone.
There’s a lot of comments talking about everything that made The Curve great, but one thing I haven’t seen mentioned was the aspect of being able to see a way out but not being able to get to it. If you were in that situation it would feel so close, if the curve were just a little less steep, if you could just get a better grip, if you were just a little less injured. But despite all those if’s, you’re stuck and there’s nothing you can do
Curve is one of those videos that keeps popping up in my head ever since I’ve seen it. Like how do you survive that? Where does the void go? What’s making that ominous sound? How did she get there? So many unanswered questions
Honestly, ‘Guest’ truly just captures that feeling of dread. Mary has this thing that has been following her, watching her, staring, breathing, and not leaving; She then understands that the only way to no longer perceive this things that has stalked and horrified her for so long is to remove the senses it occupies.
I gotta say.... i wasnt entirely scared by that one, im the type who can generally get used to things, like talking about gruesome dismemberment while eating dinner and not be fazed, in all reality if it was doing only what it did in the video pieces we saw, just looking at her, id eventually pay it no mind unless it tried to touch me, like how you get used to noises in the night when you own a cat(s), my ass'd be asking it questions or if it wanted some garlic bread lmao
I heard somewhere that Curve is about depression. That's how it feels like, you're on edge and you either hold on to your dear life and try to get out of there or lose hope and you give in. And I love tha fact that Jack doesn't know about that and laughs at it like "haha scary movie, YOU'RE NO GONNA SCARE ME" Love you, Jack, you're a ray of light in my life
I had an incident in which I had climbed a small mountain alone. Nobody knew where I was and the rock was slick. I slid into a position not quite as precarious however my feet hung off an edge leading to a drop that would've most likely killed me. Props to the filmmakers for capturing the feeling of anxiety perfectly.
@@MortalJupiter I have GAD so I'm more prone to anxiety than most. Though I feel it's a fairly reasonable reaction to a situation such as that. The previous reply seems to agree. It's impressive you were able to feel calm in such a situation so props to you honestly.
@@verbaidum4227 Sorry to hear that dude and hope you're coping well enough with it! Still being able to climb mountains and hike is a sure way to help yourself, so sick! Ah you could say that but I guess its more of a 'Peter Pan' complex, never get old, never die sort of thing. It will probably kill me aha! I'll remember your name and if somehow I meet you, Jaden on a mountain, I'm sure we'll have a good laugh!
As hopeless as the situation seems, Curve ends with a positive message. No matter how bad things get, no matter how insurmountable the odds, people keep trying. It would be easy enough for her to accept her fate when it rains, but she keeps going and that is inspiring. I also like that her fate is ultimately uncertain. We can see that determination of hers and imagine she found a way out if we choose. Curve is short and sweet.
I’d prefer the fact that she died it’s just more comforting not in a morbid way it’s not that I enjoy people pain it’s that I feel like her surviving would be simply pushing back her fate they are still there throwing people and their body’s so if she gets lucky again she has to do it again and again like a personal hell
@@volaradmackey4307 This is only a theory, but judging by the sounds coming from the pit and the people falling into it makes me believe that they were a sacrifice to whatever creature lurked there
Hey jack I've always been some what of a fan. I haven't watched a whole lot of your videos but I've just been playing games and played this video on my second screen, watching out the corner of my eye. After hearing your voice more I have a new found appreciation for you and your content. Thank you being you. You're a fantastic entertainer.
Having curve as the first video left me with a sense of dread and fear that made watching the rest feel more terrifying. I really am at awe with how well that entraps your emotions!
Is no one gonna talk about how in the second movie “Guest” the subtitles had little faces every time the dude’s face was on screen lmao I appreciated that so much
I love how, in Guest, Spooky Person never really does anything. They're just... there. And the subtitles for Spooky Person do help lighten the mood a little.
@@bclynch30 I actually got the impression that he was a mirror of her. As she maimed herself, she inflicted the same pain on him, increasing his sorrow.
@@antonyduhamel1166 woah! That’s a really cool way of looking at it!! I guessed something similar, that Scary Person was somehow a reflection, manifestation, or prediction. Now that you mention it, the captions totally expressed sadness when Mary was about to do it! Thinking about it further, maybe Mary was running from them because they were trying to stop her. Not harm her or scare her- but she went through with it because something ELSE was the trigger. Plus, the end seemed like they were supporting her. They were trying to stop her, but couldn’t, and at the end sat there like “I get it. It will get better. I’m here.” Gosh I could write a whole analysis…
The first short is one of my personal favorites, it's genuinely incredibly well done. The second one became a comedy real soon, there's a very thin line you're walking on when it comes to non-literal meanings you're trying to portray literally in your movie and that one definitely missed a lot of marks. Third one is also pretty goofy and kind of sloppy too but god damn does it have some unique sounds and music, its direction stands out from a lot of these even if it wasn't that confident in itself / didn't try to perfect everything in the production. Fourth one had some intentional dark childhood sparkle and humor to it that I found hilarious and really well executed. Kid was a good actress which is rare and they had genuinely good chemistry together with her mother, it's probably my favorite in here. Such good taste in the decisions behind it.
That Mom is goofy af if she don't think her kid is demented, but that little girl is more resourceful than 99% of horror protags, which is just sad. I love killer clowns so this video was a certified hood classic
I do agree. I think Jack with all his acting roles would be able to whip up an amazing short horror. Story line: somebody drinks all the dirty bean water. Hecking terrifying.
The only thing I want from a horror film is that there will be no jump scares every 5 minutes. You have to build tension, but there are other ways to do it.
