Whistlers Mother | Short Horror Film | Screamfest
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Whistler's Mother premiered in Screamfest 2019.
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The artist James McNeill Whistler spent years trying to capture the essence of his mother for his most famous work of art - not to create a masterpiece - but to save his mother from possession by the Baba Yaga, an evil Russian witch.
Whistler's Mother premiered in Screamfest 2019.
Directed by:
Robbie Robertson
Produced by:
Lorie Gardner
Executive Producer(s):
Brad Jayne, Robbie Robertson, Lorie Gardner
Written by:
Robbie Robertson
Main Cast:
Jennifer Christa Palmer - Anna McNeill Whistler; Barbara Hawkins-Scott - The Baba Yaga; Jared Carter - James McNeill Whistler; Stephanie Dunnam - Inga; Bryce Harper - Young James Whistler; Samuel R. Moody - Kirkie Whistler; Gabriel Manak - Priest
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That painting will always remind me of Mr. Bean
Me too
🤣
Hahahahaha 💯
That's the reason i clicked
Lolol
So, did Mr Bean destroying the painting kill Baba Yaga or release her?
In all seriousness, this was great!
That my friend, is a serious question.
yes!
Captured her essence in the portrait
Obviously , Mr Ramblings 😂😂
Apparently he did not destroy it, he just *defaced* it
As a Russian, I'm proud to say this: you totally nailed it. The Baba Yaga story was awesome. This was so enjoyable, I just loved the way you managed to show elements of our culture and folklore. The atmosphere of the 19th century was captured with the perfect dose of creepiness. Thank you, Screamfest.
So glad you liked it!!
Please explain I really loved this wish it was longer 😥 but end confused me
@@littleshell2748 he painted a lot just to save his mother...thats all u have to know 🙂
@@Elyhhk you sleep with dead bodies, when was your coming out?? 🤣🤣
@@lucys.8467 ✋👁️👄👁️🖐️
One of those movies that deserves to be longer!! I loved every bit of it.
It would have made a great horror movie in theaters.
"It's also a picture of an old mad cow" Mr. Bean🤣
So he's been drawing her since she became possessed by the Baba Yaga? How did he manage as a child? I would love to know how he grew up being raised by the witch.
Maybe the housemaid probably stuck around for him?
Just like the rest of us, I imagine
He tried to be a G popping his gold chain out like that and look what happened.
🤣
Underrated comment lmao
That’s what happens when you flash your chain, gets snatched
Always tuck 😤
AHAHAHAHA
Ah! that's why my paintings were never good. I missed human blood. I love RUclips painting tutorials 😈
Starteller same
Should I call police?🙄
what the-
@@san2887 exactly that guy is either sick or is 'trying' to joke🤔
But remember... you need to wait for it to cool off, but not too much or you will get a pale color. Trust me, i tell you this from experience 😇😉
I really loved this. There has always been something creepy about the Whistler’s Mother painting to me. Something just slightly....off? And therefore off-putting to the viewer the more you look at it, even though at first glance it doesn’t seem so different from Whistler’s usual style. His work was always somewhat haunting to me with his use of whispy stroke in bright white and how they pops off the canvas. But this one painting of his mother, somehow stands out in contrast to his other paintings....in trying to do a different kind of portrait something about this particular one strikes a chord in us that makes it his most famous. I think because it’s so lifelike, even in such muted colors, which brings focus to her stark pose. Making it seem unnatural with the subject not looking at the painter at all. At first you look at it and think it is just someone sitting, but if you keep looking the pose starts to seem uncomfortable to hold; with her spine so straight against the chair, her toes pointed, with a grim face that seems intently focused on something just beyond the edge of the canvas that we can never see.
It reminds me of the story “The Minister‘s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Something about this painting makes you uncomfortable for some reason. But it’s hard to put into words exactly why.
You deserve more likes. I'll wait till then 😉👍
I agree. The painting,to me, shows more fear and trepidation than love for a mother. Her face appears stern, perhaps cruel.
I can't understand it. Why he use the blood of the witch to finish the picture? And why he said he finally captures the essence from his mother.
@@yuna9635 he wanted to trap the witch in the painting. He painted and painted and he couldn't seem to manege to find the essence of the witch to put in the painting so he could trap her there. So when he finally used her blood in the painting... That was the essence he was looking for and that is what it took to take the witch out of his mother's body and inside the painting. He wanted to trap the witches essence in the painting, not his mother's. That is why when the mother asked "does it favor me?" (Meaning does it look like me?) In the end he said "Not anymore". Because he was portraying the witch to trap her, not his real mother. You understand now?
@@irenerandazzo4206 Yes, totally understand! Thank you so much.💚💚💚
As a portrait artist I just love this one. The amount of soul, literally, we put into our work, if you’re a passionate painter like me, is tremendous , and you want that persons entire essence to be portrayed in their eyes or their image as a whole the most perfectly it can be. A good artist pushes themselves. A fantastic artist is never satisfied. But a phenomenal artist strives for perfection, but always knows there is no such thing. No one reads my comments ever so this is where I get out a lot of my feelings and thoughts without repercussions.
I read it and thank you for your response!!
By his own definition, Whistler didn't intend it to be a portrait.
Her son painted her?? Now, we know the truth behind this famous painting!! Thank you SCREAMFEAST 💖🧕🏾
I'll never look at this painting the same way again! Beautiful film.
Thank you so much
Sally O'Quinn 😀
Beautiful.Wish it was a full movie.
Edit:I just liked my own comment😂
I liked it also
We all do 😆
🙂
According to my memory, didn't Baba Jaga have a house with chicken legs in the woods?
Screamfest never disappoints. The best channel for horror movies
Me too I always watch
No matter how hard you try, whistlers mother will forever remind me of the funny face drawn by Mr.Bean!!!
When the older brother was painting/drawing his younger brothers portrait. His gold chain was actually showing. But when he was told to “SIT STILL”, and the camera 🎥 panned back to the boy sitting in the chair 🪑 His chain wasn’t visible. It was tucked away beneath his outfit.
I’m not sure if anyone else noticed this, as I’ve yet to read the comments.
But at 6:50 it can be just slightly seen. At 6:51 it is clearly visible. And again, as previously mentioned. When told to, “SIT STILL”!!. It miraculously has been tucked back away.
I do love when a short, is set back in an early period. Apart from the minor hiccup( Which was obviously missed during editing) I found everything about this short, to be fantastically done!
Well done, to all the cast and crew!! I think the clothing, the scenery, was all done with absolute perfection!
Congratulations!!! A job well done! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
Thank you for a great watch.
Though I think it’s been placed in the wrong genre. Does not really fit a horror.
But. That’s just my opinion. Thanks again, for a great short!!
That’s because when he said sit still the boy was hiding the
Chain in his shirt
He said girls where jewelry and what would dad think which is why it was shown then not shown when told to sit still ( that’s why he was moving... hiding chain) and brother said to show it so he brought it back out.... :)
Amanda Roman I think you’re missing the point.
Even if this was so. A glitch still occurred. It’s not that big a deal. All I did was mention it.
It’s just a small error, which has accidentally occurred during editing. Which, again. Was clearly missed.
But thank you for your comment. Unfortunately though. I think we’ve two completely different outlooks on the event.
Thank you 😊
6:49 it's out. Then it's in.
dayuuuuum wow
"His little body cannot take the cold of this country... put him down."
WHOA WHOA WAIT, that's exactly what she's trying to prevent! :0
Ha ha, brutal 🤣
Another entertaining standout. When the witch ate the handkerchief I knew we had a winner.
That's my favorite part, too!
What an amazing tale to integrate Russian folk lore with how a classic painting was created! Superb!!
Very well done , the scenes at the witch's house made me think of those short scenes in Pumpkinhead when Ed harley goes to try & seek her help to revenge his son's death at the hands of the ones that killed his boy & left him . Very creepy . This witch was way more unforgiving . Great job on such a short piece .
So glad you enjoyed the film. Thanks for watching!
Wow wow wow just wow 😮 How beautifully presented the horror.
No cannibalism, blood, flesh but a beautiful story of mother and son and their relationship. ❤❤❤❤❤
Baba Yaga speaking English. I am dead! 😃
Baba Yaga undoubtedly speaks all human languages and can communicate with any soul desperate enough to seek her out.
Please sir.. Can I have some more? Holds out phone pleadingly..
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Fabulous! The landscape, the setting, the time era, the darkness, the costumes, the Russian accent and RUSSIA!!! Just perfect! 😍
Great to see this film being received so well, great crew all around. Had a blast working on this project and look forward to working with them again.
And this is why Screamfest is the best channel to get your horror thrills and shrills .
Thank you!
The team behind this movie could make an excellent Netflix movie. The legend of Baba Yaga-this is, I guess, the only time anyone has captured it so beautifully. Apart from music, I loved everything here. Good job, Screamfest! And now I'm terrified of painters.
Cinematic! This needs to be made into a full feature. Same cast. Same crew. Let's do it! Excellent 👍
We agree Abdul Alhazred!
Mr. Bean 🤣 sneezed on it 😁
Bruh, this was amazing, and could easily be a full length award winning movie! Very well done and very enjoyable!
Thank you!!!
Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 by James McNeill Whistler, 1871. it´s Whistler's Mother. The story no has any connection with the paint but it can be only interesting, because the painter's mother helped him to find his style and perfection.
wikitastic
Really good work. The optics, the acting, how the scenes are designed ... it all fits. I like how the witch is done and how she changes. I like how the mother has her flaws, but those flaws make perfect sense in context. Thanks very much for uploading!
It was the best.I'm from Bangladesh and saying it was the one of the best horrors!Whatever it’s Russiun story or anything🥰
This has all the makings of a full feature-length. Just grt movie-making.
Brilliant short film! The whistler's mother is one of my favorite paintings
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you! Ours too!
The background music is terrifying .....gave me goosebumps
Thanks sceamfest for liking my comment, never got a like from the channel itself...you highlighted my comment.🙂
Same, it sounds like Midsommar soundtrack, especially in the beginning 😨
Nice short film. :)
I really loved the film language throughout - great ambience to both create atmosphere and make this film feel like it's been made by a top-notch studio, great use of sound-effects and makeup, remarkably decent visual effects, and great acting too. It also has a fairly good story - I loved the Faustian bargain twist with the boy's death, and the mother's fate, though admittedly I was confused during the final scene (perhaps due to my lack of folkloric knowledge) until Whistler finished the picture. I think it says a lot about how standard the twist-ending or "The End... Or Is It?" trope has become to these kinds of films that I was expecting such a twist with the mother at the end. All in all, this short film looks really professionally made and has a really great atmosphere. :) :)
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That happy ending was GOLD..!
We loved a happy ending!
I loved this, thank you. Well acted, with a haunting, atmospheric score. It made me emotional for some reason
I love the idea of the Baba Yaga body switching and an artist who can save his beloved mother from the possession. I'm not sure what on the portrait of W's mum has red on it. All the pix I've seen are monochrome. Great story!!! Ps: I'd die mortified if I had to wear the little Lord Fauntleroy suit too! 😝😨😱
It's her cheeks, just the slightest tint of red in the one facing the observer. That red is in the real painting too, you can see it in photos online.
Oh my goodnesz.
Thank you both.
I would have never confirmed my belief if it wasn't for u two I saw her cheeks.....I was expecting a bright red stroke noticeable but.....the pink is so subtle it has u guessing what did he paint red and what'd it do.
It gave her life.pink cheeks equate warmth bloodflow. He'd always painted her without essence of life. She was always cold and never showing any signs of still having lice in hdr. Once he realized her bleeding would cross and transfer over to the painting..it activated life in her gain because someone had to solve the puzzle.
Well done!! I was thinking about other scary ways it could have ended:
I half expected for the witch in the painting to sharply turn her head and stare straight into the camera just as the camera pans to the painting one last time, horror music on cue giving us a cheap but "oh so effective" jump scare!!
Or for instance the son thinking he captured the witch in his painting, carries the woman past his newly finished artwork. The woman in his arms, glares tauntingly at her previous cell mate laughing hysterically as we realize he had unknowingly imprisoned his own mother in the painting giving the witch full reign over the body once belonging to his mother. His mother screams for mercy, pleading for her son to see her as she stares back through the painting in utter panic, horror, and disbelief.
THE (OTHER) END...LOL
how did you know? lol.
Like if this painting did that... ruclips.net/video/2c5hxP5va7c/видео.html
creepy! lol
U NEED TO BE A WRITER ASAP!
@@purvi110 aww thanks! But that wasn't even close to being any good actually...I mean the ideas were good but the writing behind it..hmmmm.... sub par.
@@finalomega8894 yes!! I agree.
Ghh
the sound design is so heavenly.
This whistler's mother from mr bean movie ?? The painting he ruined? lmao
Yes!
One of the best ever. Well done, team. Can't wait for your next. Thanks, Screamfest for uploading.
Thanks for watching!
Aaah! I need more comments to read to feel safe😅
a very big fan of you SCREAMFEST
from INDIA
This was so well done I wish it were full-length film!
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@@screamfestla turn it into a Netflix series
So this is how the baba yagga became scp 352.... 👍 Brilliant.
This was captivating and excellent on so many levels.
The actress reminds me of like Kristen Wiig!
Incredible short, you guys should really look into doing a feature length version
I laughed, I cried, I laughed again. It became a part of meeeee!!!!
Alright Screamfest the best another classic hit right here loved every minute of it keep doing what you doing you guys keep rolling out the classics❤👊
Interesting spin on classic art! So well done and engrossing! The production value was stellar and the acting was great! Thanks for your hard work! 👌❤❤❤
Congratulations. A very well directed script, fine cast and exquisite cinematography.
There is nothing better than screamfest to keep u company.They totally ace the horror world😉
Thank you screamfest for such a nice horror short horror film.. I the story was just awesome .
Much better than most so called epic horror films
I was always scared of that painting
one of the best shortfilm❣️
Has no one mentioned that Inga (the Russian lady at the start ) looks like Red from Orange is the new black? Wow 😮👌
Hey Jamie! She does! She's actually a fantastic actress named Stephanie Dunnam who has done many TV shows over the years and commercial work. pro.imdb.com/name/nm0242294/?ref_=instant_nm_3&q=stephanie%20dunn
Excellent actors! Brilliant surroundings. Quality like a Hollywood movie ! Well done!
Thank you so much!!!
The best horror channel on youtube! I've been gone so long but Im back!thank Screamfest!! for the best!!😉😉
Glad you are back! Thanks for watching!!
After watching movies from this chanel all day I've come to conclusion that this short format is best for horror movies
The curse has been broken it transfer the blood on the painting nice
I love this film, Screamfest..can you make my nightmare and phobia come true on film😬
Arrangement in Grey and black no.1 , (the American Mona Lisa ) Whistler renowned piece of art with the brilliant twist of Russian folklore .
I have Russian blood in me & hoping none of it consists of the Baba Yaga 😉😆
All joking aside...this was very well done.
That was Великий. The artwork around the room was fantastic . Good production. Thank yoU!
Thank you too!
Very good story! Great EFX too, especially the handkerchief scene
Thanks a ton! Glad you enjoyed the film! 👻❤
Really good would be better as a full feature or series. Please...
Thanks for the upload
👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for watching!
The healing power of Art, great piece.
Another great one for Screamfest! Competition better step up their game!!! 👍👍💯
Thank you!!!
the most interesting factoid about this is that “Arrangement in Gray and Black,” (it’s original title from its first showing) during its loan from the Louvre in Paris to the United States in 1963, on a brief jog to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a scraping of the painting was made, trying to authenticate it as the original; at the time it was one of the most copied artworks in the world. Later testing of the sample revealed traces of blood and skin cells. No DNA was done however, and what would be the point?
wink wink... a little fiction of my own.
Fun fact:
The original painting was destroyed hours after its arrival to America. The displayed painting is just a replica but the destroyed original rests on the wall of Flat 2, 12 Arbour road, Highbury just above the flat of a grumpy old lady with a moody cat. 😂
The best short i´ve ever seen.
Thank you so much! We enjoyed making it!
Thanks screamfest for such kind of horror short films ❤️
Boy is born with straight hair. It suddenly goes curly when he gets older.
Very humid where he lives now.
It happened to me before. I always had perfectly straight hair until I shaved my head once and it grew as curly as this guy's. After a few months I decided to shave again and it went back to normal once it grew again.
It happened to me 💀
Have you heard of Dr. Brian May?
Well my cousin had straight hair as a baby and now he has really curly hair as a teen so it’s possible
Conspiracy theorists would allege that Putin has got Baba Yaga's blessings 😂😂😂😂
Nisarg Joshi Putin is her great great great grandson
when she started inhaling the cloth i DIED laughing
nice movie! 👏🎉 thank you, Screamfest! 😍
Wait that priest is cute, i would never mind if he sent me in a real heaven ugh 😍🤤✨ bring me to heaven daddy i mean father
The directions, the story line, the acting u captured the true essence of a hauntingly beautiful horror film.
Love you screamfest
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Really glad you liked it! ❤️❤️
@@screamfestla 💜❤
I GIVE THIS SHORT FILM SEVEN STARS⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Great short.. I love Screamfest.. can't wait for the next vid 👍👍
Good cinematic picture quality, good acting and great storyline.👍
Another beautiful film on this excellent channel. Thank you.
Thanks, Liz! ❤️❤️
classic style,love how it's told and kept my attention all the way. 💓💓💓
What’s more horrifying is how the painting ended up getting wrecked by Mr. Bean. True horror happens when you mess up.
Jamais conseguiria expressar em inglês toda a admiração que tive por esse curta! Perfeito! Parabéns
gracias!!
¡¡muchas gracias!!
DDDAAAAMMM I didn't get a reminder??🙄🙄💋🤔 I wonder why 😭😭 Thanks SCREAMFEST!!
Sorry you missed the premiere! We set it about 2 hours prior so you should have received one.
Loved it. Historical horror films are my favorite. I was interested all long, didn't skip any part, well done !
Great to hear! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much!
That sounds like the same soundtrack from Ari Aster's Midsommar. I'm talking about the beginning.
Actually couldn’t stop laughing when she said “Baba Yaga” with that serious face. Baba Yaga is from Russian fairytales I’ve listened to since I was like 2 yo, I know all the ways you can defeat her, no way you’re scaring me with that😂
This one is really good. Very well done and creepy as hell !👍🏻😈
Absolutely loved this one ! It's a Masterpiece 😜
Thank you!!!
I've really enjoyed watching your films. Thank you !!
Amazing one with Eastern mythology! Loved every bit of it. Wished it was full length film, because I want to feel and live more of that gloomy atmosphere.
Love it very scary music but great intertainment and good actors. Reggie
Me gustó mucho!!! Un film bién de Terror 👏👏👏👏 Gracias Screamfest 💖💖💖💖😍😍😱😱👍
Gracias por ver! 🥰🥰
He was relentless. That was good.