The Hidden Nightmares [BLENDER/FNAF] 

The Nightmare Chica is genuinely the most disturbing of the designs, it's uncomfortably smooth and kinda plays into the fear of massive open mouths ready to swallow you into darkness.

These Nightmare designs are like what the OG animatronics would look like if a very small child tried to recreate them from memory, which is honestly perfect.

Am I the only one who would actually watch a full performance by Nightmare? He looks so smooth and friendly when he's singing as a robot.

One thing I especially love about this is how actually friendly and sweet Nightmare looks before he turns into... that. Like, that's what the animatronics were supposed to be, before everything went haywire. It adds onto the tragedy even more in my opinion.

I love how friendly the actual animatronic version of him looks. Even more friendly looking than the toy animatronics from the main franchise. Really differentiates between the nightmare version of him

I gotta say, the way that Nightmare does not seem at all in control his own anatomy/unstable (eyes seemingly growing and shrinking at will, etc) and him not being bound by the dimensions of the room (seemingly too tall for the closet) just made my fucking SKIN crawl and I applaud you for that He really feels like some impossible creature a kid would dream up

I really love how the foxy mask and plush are torn until it's revealed that it was Michael's nightmare, it really represents guilt

The way Bonnie's pupils dilate is so realistic that she looks like a complete threat ready to take you out in the dark, and God! Foxy's eyes are so haunting and inhuman, they give me chills

Those nightmare models are genuinely creepy, they give creepy vibes that no other FNaF model has ever given me. Edit: Viewers, don’t reply if you don’t respect my opinions or think I haven’t seen almost anything the VHS community has to offer.

A small detail I just noticed but absolutely love is how the nightmare version of Foxy has much smaller eyes compared to everyone else, showing both the knowledge of Foxy being used as a cruel mask against the viewer, but also showing that the viewer KNOWS who's behind that mask to a point, yet unable to see much more than just the eyes out of fear

1:47 I love that you can hear Nightmare's jumpscare sound in the background.

As a child, the second i saw bonnie, i had the strongest involuntary reaction I've ever had, i think that was the point to scare and you succeded of my god

I love how real Fredbear's design strikes a perfect balance between being legitimately cute and presentable to kids AND having one of its most distinct features be his teeth. It adds even more context to the crying child's fear of mouths. The organic nightmares are also a great way to show how -- from the eyes of a child -- the animatronics can be seen as real creatures and not robots. (On top of the designs being 10x scarier)

I think the most disturbing part about The Hidden Nightmares is that unlike FNaF 4 where the animatronics are still robotic, here they are a lot more... natural. Still extremely unnatural, yes, but they've got the feeling of actual monsters a little kid would imagine. I think at the age the Crying Child was at, it'd be difficult to imagine the animatronics as robots. And also taking into account that a child's mind exaggerates scary things to make them seem scarier, this makes more sense than having 9-foot-tall robots waiting for you to open the door. It's absolutely fucking terrifying.

1:34 the way the flashlight is turned on and immediately you see nightmare's head turn to youre direction is just freaky beyond words

I love Nightmare's design when he is on stage singing 2:11 CC looks scary and at the same time adorable With the Nightmare mask

Making the animatronics look organic is a genius idea. It makes them appear extremely uncanny and unsettling! Great work

One thing I noticed is how much jaws and mouths are emphasized. Like how multiple times characters have their jaw lower to an impossible reach. Or how much mouths are put on display. Its that extra attention to detail that makes this so much more creative.❤️

This was the first fnaf video in years that I’ve found genuinely unnerving. Like I gasped the first time I saw that shot of Bonnie in the hallway. The design is incredible on its own, but making them so large really sells it. Also the music choice is spot on.

the way the lighting, environment, and figures deform in this animation is in my experience very indicative of actual nightmares; especially the scenes of Nightmare in the closet and bed. Nightmares just don't make sense; familiarity is thrown out the window, and everything seems to go the complete opposite of how you want it to go. This animation captures the essence of a nightmare, in that everything goes wrong in every imaginable way possible.

The original horror of the animatronics was based off how uncanny Scott's 3D models were. But for me, those animatronic designs have been around so often that they became oddly normal again. Re-establishing the uncanny valley with an organic influence on the robot designs was a genius next step!

i love how you made the nightmare animatronics actually look like something you'd see in a nightmare, very unsettling, great job!

I love the subtle differences between Nightmare and his Real Animatronic counterpart. It makes the child’s nightmares seem more realistic, instead of being complete different but horrifying versions of the actual animatronics, they are just slightly different yet still terrifying which makes it all the more perfect

I love how the entire animation feels like a real nightmare like this is something I definitely would've woke up in a cold sweat thinking about when I was a kid, especially with how it increasingly gets more unsettling and the quick transitions mixed with the slight blurriness as well, it captures that nightmare feeling so well.

Definitely one of the more unique takes I've seen of the nightmare animatronics, it reminds me of little nightmares and how everyone looked liked things wearing oversized masks. Chica was definitely hands down the creepiest one, the empty void inside her was so horrifying. You did an amazing job capturing these

This is what should have been the actual Nightmare animatronics. As kids, we believed that mascots were actually alive and not just a costume. So taking that to the extreme, they should have organs and flesh. A kid seeing a mascots head is like seeing a decapitated man. This is perfect!

I adore the design work on these... I have no way to describe them other than, in the most flattering way possible, _wretched_ creatures and how Just enough about them feels wrong even when they aren't explicitly distorting themselves. The way their pupils dilate into squares yet contract into circles. The way they all look distinctly like they have bare flesh rather than fur, feathers or felt. And as an extension of lacking hair, they lack claws of any sort and just have big, thick nail-less fingers and toes.Their mouths don't even lead anywhere as if they only have them to cause suffering. And then the individual details. Oh man. Bonnie's gigantic, weight lifting frame that looks like he could rip you in half without using his teeth. Chica lacking her usual teeth, in fact lacking ANYTHING in her mouth. Just a constant gaping, black void that could swallow you whole just looking at it. Foxy actually does look and move like an animatronic in the dark, implying he's consciously mimicking the robot to catch people offguard. The Freddles gaping, toothless maws that look more like a bird's beak than the actual bird, combined with Freddy looking as if he's a living corpse with milky white cataracts in his eyes and a gaunt yet bloated frame. But what I love about Nightmare is that it doesn't go for the obvious factor of making the mouth the most noticeable part or the motif he draws from. His belly mouth is basically incidental, and his teeth aren't any different from the others. No, Nightmare's strongest trait is his EYES. Because no matter what teeth, fangs or beaks are brought down upon Michael, it will never feel real when he wakes up, because he can wake up and realize very quickly nothing was done to him, and thus the creatures aren't real. But a set of eyes doesn't need to prove itself alive or physical to feel as if it's watching you. It's why animatronics are unsettling to start with. It's a primary reason why the uncanny valley exists. Something that shouldn't be alive staring at you is one thing... but what if the stare behind those eyes is one of personal, visceral hatred?

I like how the foxy mask is depicted as bloody and worn out because it was worn by Michael when crying child got chomped. Maybe it symbolizes crying child’s resentment toward his brother and the mask he wore.

0:57 The way Bonnie's eyes dilate and his gums unhinge a bit right before it cuts away is such an underrated detail. Just adds so much to portray how these creatures are just mindless animalistic predators. It's even more disturbing and unnatural cuz it's a RABBIT behaving like a wolf or cat. Absolutely love this animation!

Honestly, these designs make far more sense for FNAF 4 than the ones in the real game do. A child would see them as real, not just animatronics.

In all my time of watching/playing Fnaf games and shit. Nothing has ever scared me when it came to them. Not the games. Not the jumpscares. Not the lore. Not the characters. This...genuinely scared me. Well done.

ok i'm just had a terrifying experience because of this video, i was trying to sleep after seing this and i couldn't do it(obviously) but when i got close enough to almost fall asleep i opened my eyes and looked directly at the reflection of the tv that faces my bed, and saw all 4 animatronics in this video surrounding my bed and looking down at me,sufice to say that i bolted upright and almost flew out of my bed just to find out i had imagined the whole thing THANKS FOR THAT MAN REAL HAPPY THAT YOU MADE SOMETHING THAT CAN DO THIS KIND OF THING TO PEOPLE

1:40 The most disturbing detail is that in the dark Nightmare sees himself eating a brain, posing the serious bite he gave to Evan with a brain and you can still see blood coming out of his mouth.

It's crazy to think "organic" looking designs have only ever seemingly been done with the twisted ones. Applying that logic and messing around with it on the nightmares works wonders. fantastic job!

0:22 I love how human-like Nightmare moves, it really adds to his charcter

was kinda sad when the music stopped, i was vibing fr

I think this would have been a legitimately more interesting way to portray the Nightmare animatronics than the robots we see in game. The idea that Evan sees the robots as real living monsters and thus sees them as such in his dreams is genius!

Dude, I'm not exaggerating when I say that this is the most crepped out I've ever been by anything FNaF related. Making the nightmares fleshy and more life-like makes that so much more unsettling than the razor-sharp, bloody versions we know.

I could talk about every little detail of this because there is SO much effort put into this - the fangs on Nightmare - the wallpaper in the bedroom looking like eyes - the fact that Chica‘s bib says “FEAST!!!” instead of “Let‘s Eat!” I could talk about and analyze every single little detail in this thing cuz there’s so much put into it that’s so fucking cool and I would be typing for hours if I listed every detail I love and why I think it’s so cool Istfg I’m gonna get hyperfixated on this thing 😭

THIS WAS AWESOME. I love this whole new different take on Michael’s nightmares, mixed with the whole VHS horror vibe. The Crying Child jumpscare REALLY caught me off guard. Great work with this one, Smamuel.

This is such a cool way to interpret FNAF 4's story. The animatronics being these fleshy masses of animalistic horror, and the entire vibe perfectly captures the surreal aura around dreams and nightmares. I also notice that this video sorta follows the FNAF 4 is Michael's dream instead of Evan since we see him at the end waking up. His brother's death was so traumatic to him that even as an undead corpse, he's still haunted by his guilt.

i think one of the biggest details that make these models so awful (in a good way) is the fact that the pupils dilate. Nightmare’s shrink down at the very start when he opens his eyes, Bonnie’s constrict when he sees the player; one could argue that Chica’s dilate when they notice you. it’s such a minute detail that helps so so much

Why is this the scariest thing I've seen recently holy hell

This is just touching that deep point of the Uncanney valley that creeps me out. Good job.

The way nightmare Chica rapidly deforms into a huge swallowing mouth as the space becomes darker and more contrasted to focus on her before cutting a way genuinely looks like how a nightmare actually goes sometimes. They just don't make sense as your mind loses control and twists consistent, recognisable forms into something all too different.

The whole sequence with Nightmare at 1:34 has to be the best part. The way he twitches and moves so violently and silently is uncanny to a whole other level, and the way his jaw seems to unhinge itself when in the closet is probably one of the best ways you could exemplify Nightmare's unreal abilities. Truly a demon of the mind, bravo

Everything about this video is perfect. From The absolutely HORRIFIC designs of the the nightmares to the way it weaves in aspects of the lore. Michael being tormented by nightmares of his younger brother and the animatronics is so good it makes me wish it was a part of the actual story

That scene with Bonnie at the door is how I imagine toothbrush companies advertising their toothpaste

For those wondering what the gibberish at around 2:50 was, it’s from the song “Hidden In The Sand”, it’s a reversed message saying “Wouldn’t the world be better off if we took nonsense more seriously?” Which fits well with this, since it’s about nightmares which seem nonsensical, but as a child can have a very real impact.

One of the many things I love about this is that every time the player is about to die, it cuts away, just like dreams. There's a certain fear to seeing what is undoubtedly going to be the death of the player, but having it cut away to a new threat before you can even process what you just saw.

0:01 DONT SHOW ME THE RULES I LOVE THIS

This would be how Evan Afton sees the nightmares, I mean the nightmares that we see in the game:😱 what Evan saw and therefore what Michael sees🌚💀

I think how foxy's top lip curls up as if growling is a great detail to him because it makes and even greater connection to the fact that they act and look more like an organic animal, everything else is 10/10 excellent job

Chica is definitely the most disturbing. Unlike the lighter almost cutesy design we see in a lot of fnaf games, Chica almost looks like a brute, she looks like she could easily overpower you. And the smooth skin-like texture of her body adds so much to that aesthetic.

This animation perfectly depicts what nightmares actually feel like

ngl the song hits hard it also kinda fits with the theme but it gets better when the song just stops and pure silence just plays

I love the organic look the nightmares have. Really pushes the narrative that they're not actually real and are instead just projections

This has got to be one of my favorite takes on the FNAF animatronics. The uncanny organic look is absolutely genius and ignites a different kind of fear I can't quite describe. I hope you'll continue to explore this concept, I'd love to see more

This is now probably my favorite FNAF Animation for 1 main reason. Even though its easy to make the Animatronics scary and evil, that isn’t the case. They are children's souls trying to kill their murderer but don’t know exactly who he is. But when dealing with that, it should be noted that (especially as nightmares) its the impact they give you when one of these things is right in front of you. They come off as harmless, but see these things in the dark and/or a traumatic experience, you can see them as feril animals, and that is a terrifyingly creative concept.

I thought a life of loving horror movies/videos/games would have prepared me for a video like this, but it didn't. You have genuinely disturbed me and made me feel like I was in danger by watching. I had to pause it numerous times to recoup before continuing! This is the first video I've seen by you and you clearly have mastery over commanding fear out of an audience. Bravo 👏👏👏👏

I am genuinely stunned by this. I can’t get over how genuinely awful the models are, I mean that in the most flattering way possible. They are just way too organic and make me incredibly uncomfortable. There was excellent lighting and overall nightmarish visuals that really brought everything together. I loved the melting room effects with nightmare, very very cool stuff. This is the type of stuff I wanna see in a Fnaf four remake, if you ever can team up with people who know game development or if you know game development yourself, you could cook up something truly remarkable. The kind of new and refreshing thing the fan game community needs. Overall though, fantastic work you are very talented.

these aren't just scary for a jumpscare, this is genuinely difficult to look at. I've never seen something like this done before

I don't know if this'll make sense, but I love how the freddles almost look like a trio of cubs, or baby birds. Sure, they're harmless, but whatever they're calling isn't. And it won't be happy when it finds you here

“Making Fnaf characters organic won’t work.” This guy: “Hold my beer.”

I love how the main detail of this isnt just about the beautiful organic animatronic designs, but it does show Micheal Afton getting trauma from the bite of 83 and how he cared for his brother knowing he will never forgive him.

One thing i love about nightmare here is that he just seems..wrong. The fact he seems to just zip between positions, undergo positions that would literally be impossible for something of his size and gain or lose random pieces of anatomy at will just screams "abomination", even when compared to the other nightmares. And the complete lack of focus on his stomach mouth makes it oddly more horrific, since you're baducally forced to question it once youve aftually noticed it's there.

Smamuel, you did a very good job on this video. I like how you turned animatronics with sharp teeth, to the actual stuff of freaking nightmares, especially chica and nightmare.good job . I also like how you made it about Michael having nightmares about his brother after the bite of '83. Keep up the good work man😁😁👍👍👍👍

Honestly, this is something that I would actually see in my deepest, darkest nightmares. Fnaf doesn't usually scare me, but this video is a nightmare.

Somehow, this animation managed to not only be genuinely unsettling, but also somehow actually captured the feeling of having a real nightmare. It’s terrifying yet beautiful, immaculate work bro.

The most insane thing to me is how this is built like an actual nightmare, and not like a cartoonish kind of nightmare but a legitimate nightmare where so much happens at once and it's all confusing but dreadful, nothing bad directly happens to you from your POV but you're still in great danger and can feel it. And not a lot of media can replicate that feeling at all without exaggerating or being over the top! So this is really impressive.

The way bonnie slowly creeps toward you. I've had real nightmares like that (albeit of a person, not an animatronic) so it's terrifying for me.

I really love the detail with Mike where his breathing sounds more like grunts because he has no organs

Genuine contender for best media to come out of fnaf. The fleshy realistic take on the nightmares being the fear of actual large animals is amazing, including removing the eyebrows, and little details like Bonnie flashing his teeth like a chimp would or Chica having large pupils is just on par with what I would assume your vision was, also the animation is brilliant, just all in all really well done.

Jesus Christ, IM ABSOLUTELY STUNNED. This is without a doubt the most unnerving fnaf animation I’ve ever seen. The models are absolutely SUPERB, especially Chica, she is god damn TERRIFYING. You’ve absolutely out done yourself with this one Smamuel, incredible work!! ⭐️

I love the bit after the "theres no waking up". The walls and general surroundings warping really gives the vibe of both a bad dream and possibly the feeling of going unconscious (though i wouldnt know for sure). Really cool stuff throughout.

I love how this is so resembling to prey and predator sorta situation, it is built into us to be naturally afraid of big creatures who could easily kill us, tho I find it interesting how Foxy’s eyes start off as preys eyes then turn into a single dot.

Good lord, these designs are genius. They're just organic versions of the nightmares, yet they are just as, if not, even more terrifying. I would love a fangame with these guys in it.

I really appreciate how you didn't over-design the animatronics like a lot of scary fan models do. You strike that same corde that Scott does; cute under certain lighting and circumstances, scary under others, while still giving them a little bit of pizazz. Lovely work.

Gosh I love how you add canine teeth to your models, it just gives it more character and it's just so (satisfying?) to look at

The horror in this animation isn’t a one and done jumpscare, it sticks with you. Being trapped, your prison decaying around you, the creatures closing in on you. You deserve much more attention.

These make a lot more sense in a child's point of view when it comes to nightmares. A child wouldn't see an animatronic as an animatronic, especially when they're surrounded by employees and posters telling them that the said animatronics are alive and real. In fact, the realness they're convinced is there can end up being the root cause of the fear the child has in the first place.

I love the designs of these guys. They are absolutely horrific but in a natural way, akin to a nightmare or a prey vs predator situation, I also love how it starts out and you think Evan/CC is the one suffering from the nightmare but it is actually CC haunting Michael and cursing him with nightmares.

That scene at the end with Micheal after Ennard and the gang left his body was amazing, and it seems Micheal was dreaming of his past mistakes, of killing CC. which probably explains the strange childlike figure near the end before Micheal woke up.

I was never really scared of the FNAF 4 animatronics. These are just different. Not completely horrifying; Just extremely unsettling and uncanny. It starts out so genuine and wholesome too. After about 20 seconds the happy video just cracks and everything gets so much more creepy and corrupt. Extremely well done animation! They should hire you if they ever made a remake of FNAF 4.

i love that the humming becomes louder and less distorted once the animatronics are shown. it’s like taking you out of a safe space and putting you in the actual setting and danger of it

This is probably how Scott sees the animatronics

I've watched countless hours of fnaf playthroughs, and countless more of horror video games. This is the only video that can actually invoke a genuine sense of fear in me, no matter how many times i rewatch it! Incredible job, grotesque models. I love it

I honestly love these designs way more than the canon og ones. The og nightmares were a little too over-the-top imo. It felt more like "let's make them as grimy and spiked as possible just for the edge", rather than actually considering what a child could imagine when looking at big scary mascots. These, however...these are just disturbingly uncanny. Unnaturally smooth & organic looking, yet still maintaining the characteristics of their robotic counterparts.

This is probably the best video to represent what a nightmare feels like. Moments and events just bleed into one another with one unifying theme, "reality" feeling very wrong/abstract and it has a distinct feeling that you cant stop looking at whats in front of you no matter how hard you try, SPECIALLY everything after 1:35. The animation, composition and direction made it feel legitimately like one terrible dream Amazing concept realised with incredible talent. Great job

This is probably one of the most unnerving, fever dream like, nightmarish animations that i have set eyes upon. Its also absoloutly amazing! the designs are awesome, and creepy, like i would imagine the nightmare animatronics to look. Keep up the good work!

I love how all the parts with foxy stuff are more singled out than the others to show that its michaels nightmare and hes remembering the mask he wore

I think this design would've been more than perfect for the actual game itself. The focus on the nightmares was to make them look so scary that it did the opposite instead. I think the gum structure, teeth and eyes along with the clay like shell of the animatronics helped re-create that uncanny valley at a perfect degree that was even better than the original games. It created something that was almost human but something wasn't right, something was off and that's what the first game did with it slowly straying away as time went on. I think it's also a really good animation in general as well too.

the rest of the video is pretty spooky but sweet lord 1:35 this entire sequence is legitimately terrifying, I haven’t been scared of fnaf tapes since they first became a thing but the way Nightmare moves and glitches out is beyond uncanny valley the sounds are even creepier incredible job

Nice to see some nightmare love after everyone dismissed him when nightmarrione came around, one of my favorite animatronics tbh.

The animatronic movements are pretty spot on. Would love to just see freddy sing like the pizza time players/rocka fire

OKAY SMAMUEL, YOU MADE IT. This is such a superior version to horrible original Nightmare designs and added visuals ARE JUTS HORRIFYING AND I LOVE IT. So many amazing tricks and visual effects that are just WONDERFUL. I love it, I adore it, I need it to be official

This just goes to show that you don’t need static over the whole video to make it a “oh so scary” all you need is good sound and good models. And that’s what this video has, keep it up man👍

Timing is an important factor when it comes to unsetteling images/videos. You did a really good job with that, especially with Chica and that how she opens her mouth. Really really good! 👌

This is.....AMAZING I LOVE it the details are PEAK they would scare me if I wasnt used to this kind of stuff.

Bro. The part where bonnie starts walking to the door invoked a sense of fear that I have never felt before. Just the absolute size and build of that rabbit slowly marching his way to the door is just super unnerving, and if I was to see something like that in my own house, I would just curl up and start crying. You did an absolutely amazing job at turning the nightmares into something from my nightmares.