the evil likes to take possession of teddy bears because it can get so close to the victim easily. people do not expect their closest soft toy or pet to be their gate to hell.
As a horror addict, this is probably one of the best things I’ve seen, the build-up is so smooth, No words at all and it’s only 3 minutes, yet it’s better than a majority of horror movies released today.
It’s such a great short! The sad thing is they decided to try to create a feature length film out of this short and it didn’t go well. This works because it is a short. I’m a very serious horror fan as well.
Imagine this , you are a kid , browsing through internet , and you stumble on this , you don't know what it is about but decide to watch it anyway. That was me , years ago.
No words, no excessive\cheap jump scares, and in less than 3 min, he made a better horror movie than most of the current trash nowadays. I salute you, my friend.
@@minhluonglehoang8679 how about "no cheap jump scares", is that more accurate? My guess is he was referring to this video not blasting your ears as if to say "this is the scary part, be scared now", like an awful lot of horror movies tend to do.
I just saw the new full movie and it was pretty good. Kept me on edge, made me a little paranoid, made me jump and made me sad but also happy. I love both movies now.
TeodorMusic tell me what you think! I personally found it okay. It was definitely scary but I didnt like how they gave the creature a backstory. I think an unexplained monster of death is much scarier than some haunting ghost.
@@bagelbramble7335 I think half the terror of a jumpscare is the sense of anticipation that comes before. Like when she's turning the lights on and off.
Something this short film does better than most is the concept of true horror, not just a cheap jump scare. We're lead to believe that the lights keep her safe from this thing. However true horror is realizing that there's no escape and that any last bit of hope you had is now gone. Even though the lights were on, none of it ever mattered anyway. She was dead the moment it appeared in her hallway
This is why if I ever made a horror film I would make it during the day light. Everyone seems the think the day light is a safe time. Remove that possibility and anything can happen.
@@recipefordisaster5740That's what made Midsommar so scary. The whole thing was taking place in broad daylight in the nature and it's one of the scariest movies I've ever watched
@@godabandonedthistimelineMidsommer is a completely different film though. It's very gory and it's not supernatural. Everything that happens in that movie could potentially happen in real life. I think that's a big part of what makes it so distressing. I think of it as "Culture Horror" because even though the villains are clearly evil, they can still make us question our own ethics. Like how we treat the elderly or how we deal with mental health in ourselves and family. That movie messed me up.
@@Copperkaiju That movie was so disturbing! Knowing that there are groups of people with those kinds of beliefs and ways of life in our world is unsettling. My advice to anyone is if you meet someone and they ask you if you'd like to witness an amazing festival that only happens every 90 years back in their homeland, JUST SAY NO!!!! 😂
@@kimmieh8419 I'll admit, I'm slightly more afraid to visit Nordic countries now. 😅 That movie also had me swearing off meat for a few days, revaluating my religious beliefs and the ethics of the Roman empire. I could feel the stirring of my inners centurion after that movie 😬
LOL, I loved how after she sees a FUCKING ghost creature in her house, she just puts duct tape in the light switch and casually goes to bed like saying "Well, that should take care of it"
I think it's so badass of you that you just directed a full-length mainstream horror movie that everybody in the world knows about and you're still replying to random RUclips comments.
This short film proves that it doesn't always take a huge budget, lots of fake blood or CGI effects to create suspense and fear. You just need a filmmaker who understands his job and knows how to create horror in the mind of the viewer.
I think it's an already established fact that she knows about the ghost in the house and how it works, Precisely why she tapes the switch so that it remains on.. i think in the premise of the film, she's just learning how to live with it..
did you guys notice? there was no DUNNN! jump scare noise. just the face and a few creepy strings with it. this video scared my dad so bad I thought he was literally having a heart attack. horror directors PLEASE take notes from this short film. THIS is how you build suspense and this is how you scare people. please change it...
yeah, I'm usually not scared of horror films, but i can't even watch the trailer, then again I've recently discovered that shadows scare me soooooooOOo....
Here's a breakdown of what makes this is so scary and so effective all without being what I would consider a jump-scare The first thing you see is that the film starts off a little eerie. More than that is that the film starts off by showing you the rules. Something is there when it's dark. You never actually get told the rules, but you completely understand them and to a degree they make you feel comfortable From those rules we make assumptions. If I'm a director of a movie and I'm a good director, my entire movie is going to revolve around what you think and it's going to include that to make a complete experience. If I've shown you this rule that something is there in the dark but it disappears when the light is on, now I've created a paradigm of what you think. If the light is on, you can drop your guard. Now that you know the rules, you need a reason to be unsettled. Just for that, they show you your first scare. It's a little bit loud but I wouldn't qualify it as a jump scare because there's not quite the same build up. You see the creature of the whole time and all it did was move, but that movement shows you that not only is it fast but in the light it doesn't just disappear. It moves. You find yourself debating. Do you keep the lights on and not know where it is? Or do you keep the lights off and watch this terrible creature? When she goes to bed and we hear the running in the hallway, we get scared again. We're led to believe the creature doesn't do anything for no reason, and it clearly is aware of the presence of the woman, so as far as we know the running could mean that it might burst through the doorway. But no. Then in a great subversion of expectations, the light starts flickering but this short film doesn't take the route of many movies. Is the creature in the room? Well not yet, and when we see the reason for the light flickering the creature didn't do that either. It was just the lamp not plugged in all the way. You almost wonder why there was no hint that the creature DID mess with the lights, it's because this film has tricked you. then finally we see a horror that chills us to the Bone. We see the creature for a brief second in full view with no darkness. Our false sense of security has been destroyed. This whole time we thought she was only limited to the dark, but now that we see nothing can stop her, we feel a dread in our stomach wondering what she will do when the lights are off
@Jayden Valencia the Dr turkey dont be unless you have a rational reason like been attacked by some crazy lunatic at night. The only monsters hiding in the dark are bad people. Are there bad people in your home?
@@Foxy-ve1oh Yeah, I understand. Short films tend to be better (I guess depending on the person) since they're short, sweet, and simple if told with strong storytelling.
And he’s made the features “Lights Out”, “Annabelle: Creation” and “Shazam!”, coming next “Shazam! Fury of the Gods”! (and yeah, at the beginning of the pandemic he made more horror shorts)… and he’ll be back to horror with the Netflix release “BELOW”!
i think that's what makes the scene so scary, the tension, the one too many light switches, idk. it gets you much more than just a cheap 5 second scare.
ponysmasher said in a video he did that on purpose, because he knew that people wouldn't expect her to flick the light switch that many times and I personally think it worked better this way.
Honestly I thought her lack of response to the first sighting was odd. Sure, you'd start fiddling with the light switch afterwards, but I would expect the lady to half-jump when she sees a spooky silhouette in her house, not just stand still and give it a skeptical look. I also dislike her hiding under the covers. If the victim is a child or it has been established that the monster hunts by sight, sure, hide, but otherwise you're just allowing the monster to get the jump on you.
I saw this video when it first came out 8 years ago, and I just saw the movie. This original short still holds up SO well today. This is the pinnacle of horror.
The feature is great. There are so few memorable horror films released each year, but it's definitely one of them. The short is based around such a fantastically novel concept. When Blumhouse asked him to expand on the idea for a feature, it would've been so easy to not get it right. It's a small miracle the film works as well as does
That's because this is the same director - this short film going viral is what sent him to Hollywood to film Lights Out. He also directed Annabelle: Creation and Shazam!.
this gave me the chills big time. I don't know why anyone wastes there time and money watching teenagers bitch about their relationships with slow dialogue, and tension building when real scary stuff comes from short films. The pacing is just right and when it's finished it has you both freaked out and makes you ask tones of questions
Danielle Brandt the problem is not in the length but in the way horror directors in hollywood like to reinterpret things. They endup copying the copy from the copy of The Exorcist. If they knew half of movie making the director of this short film knows. We wouldn't be talking about this
@BlobbyTheWanderingFish i didn't, this changes things a bit... i really don't think he's a bad director, i would say however, that the film was a production cashgrab and it wouldn't surprise me that he would've taken the job more as a job than an actual proyect... anyways, thanks for the info
Avinavi Haha I can fucking see it happening, Bane: You think darkness is your ally? I was born in it, molded by it, I was already a man until I saw the light of day. He then proceeds to break her back.
***** Hammer works, too. Or if you're near the kitchen, it is literally filled with sharp, pointy or blunt, heavy objects to use for self-defense. Bonus: cast-iron frying pan deals bonus damage against fey.
Yes you could. Especially since every horror movie I have seen in the past year sucked dick and was loaded with cliches except for The Conjuring and Sinister.
this must be one of the coolest horror-movie/short film I've seen:) and so cool that it's a Scandinavian movie:) getting inspired to make my own scary movie :)
This is what Horror Movies are meant to be! No stupid loud jumpscares, the frightening things are happening inside your head BEFORE things are happening onscreen!
I mean, I doubt she'd run into the hallway where she saw the ghost but yeah, she realistically wouldn't go right to bed. In real life, a person would probably just stand panicking in their room until they got murdered by the ghost lol.
Yearlaren Actually makes plenty of sense. A normal, relatively well adjusted person seeing a strange figure in the dark that doesn't obey rational logic, doesn't immediately assume it is a ghost, as there is not enough evidence behind ghosts for them to be real, in the concrete sense. So I'd imagine you wouldn't run out of your house screaming that a ghost is trying to kill you, most people would assume you're a loon. As for the second part, people respond differently when in stressful situations. Fight or flight, you understand.
I'm so glad they're making a movie based off of this. The idea is genius, and I'm very happy for the woman who made this video, and who made this idea a reality. I hope you live a very happy life!
i watched this before bed last night. i had a nightmare and had to sleep with my nightlight on. i'm a grown woman. plus this was the SECOND time i watched it and knew exactly what to expect! 🙈 unbelievable film making.
Ponysmasher, I’ve watched all your videos, and you are; scare geniuses. The fact that this video of yours was turned into a feature length movie is nothing short of brilliance. I hope you can make more videos in the future.
I think he stepped back from his youtube channel for a while to make more movies since he's now getting a lot of gig in Hollywood. Would be cool if he made some sort of vlog and post it here for a BTS footage of the movies he made
Jump scare for me at the very end, and I haven't had one of those in quite a while! Loved this, it was so good! It was so creepy when you could clearly see the outline of someone/something and as soon as she turned the light on, there was nothing there. Such a cool short film, and you did an amazing job with this in only a few minutes. I remember watching the full-length horror movie "Lights Out", but it was a while ago, so I honestly forget what that freaky monster/lady looked like.
Hey David, I want to tell you a story of how you were an encouragement to me and a good friend of mine. My wife and I befriended this guy who's in prison for 7 years because he got mixed up in drugs and something terrible happened. We have been visiting him regularly for the last 5 years. He loves movies, especially horror, and I shoot horror shorts so he loves hearing about my stories. I actually turned one of my shorts into a comic book just so I could send it to him for Christmas one year since he can't watch them. A few years ago I told him about you and about Lights Out the short. I shared the story of how it brought you to Hollywood and how you made a feature based off of it. I also mentioned how much of an encouragement you are to me, an old guy, who got started in the filmmaking game late but one day I hope to shoot the feature of one of my comedy/horror shorts. Well, tonight we got an unexpected call from prison. We were actually a little scared because his mom has COVID. But he was all excited about this movie he got to watch. What was it? Lights Out the feature! He LOVED it! I was so excited for him. I said, "I hope it's streaming cuz now you got me wanting to rewatch it!" It's on HULU and I'm watching it now. It is really good. I'm happy for you and your success. If I ever get the opportunity to shoot "Mr. Mops" the feature and I could afford you, I'd love to have you by my side to help me learn the feature film process. Peace. -Earl Martin imalittlealien.com
That woman: Lights off, "looks at shadow", lights on: "nothing there", rinse and repeat. Me: Lights off, 'saw shadow", jumps out the second story window and torches house from the outside.
Let's head over her mistakes. 1.Why did she keep toying with the light, 2.She didnt close the door, 3.As if the sheets would help her, 4. She shouldn't have peeked, 5. Why did she go to bed after that anyway?, 6. As soon as she saw it the first time, she should have been halfway to texas at this point...
+Ludwig The Holy Blade If she was in Texas, that thing would have been shot with a million bullets the first time she turned that light off and saw it.. End of problem, y'all.
THIS WAS PERFECT LIKE HOLY WOW THIS NOT EVEN THREE MINUTE VIDEO MANAGED TO SCARE ME THREE TIMES AS BADLY AS ANY FULL-LENGTH SCARY MOVIE SERIOUSLY BRAVO THIS WAS FANTASTIC
Step 1. Pause video. Step 2. Scroll down to look at comments to see if it was one of those videos were a scary face pops up outta no where with some loud ass music. Step 3. Saying that made me remember to turn volume down. Step 4. Doesn't see any comments that warn about pop up scare. Step 5. Watch. I am now officially prepared to be scared....
A few days ago my english teacher put this on in class for halloween and left the class. When the final jumpscare came, everyone jumped out their seats🤣🤣
Covers are the ultimate weapon against monsters in the dark.
No, Evil Dead teaches us that scraming scares them off way better than covers
agree.
And Teddy Bears
the evil likes to take possession of teddy bears because it can get so close to the victim easily. people do not expect their closest soft toy or pet to be their gate to hell.
i prefer dropkick
As a horror addict, this is probably one of the best things I’ve seen, the build-up is so smooth, No words at all and it’s only 3 minutes, yet it’s better than a majority of horror movies released today.
How do you sleep at night if you're a horror addict
Watch lights out then that movie was based on this short film
@@aperson8077
Just sleep, I guess.
It’s such a great short! The sad thing is they decided to try to create a feature length film out of this short and it didn’t go well. This works because it is a short. I’m a very serious horror fan as well.
@KillerXx 210
Well, I’ll see if I can check it out
It sounds very interesting!
I thought this is a commercial about saving electricity.
i cant 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
+Matthew Martinez hahahahahahahaha My Fucking God.
It is.
+Matthew Martinez OMG, laughing flash ..... xDDD Thank you for chasing the fear away .... xDDD
Imagine this , you are a kid , browsing through internet , and you stumble on this , you don't know what it is about but decide to watch it anyway.
That was me , years ago.
F
F for me
same
SAME
I did and threw the phone and had a panic attack and when I turn off the lights I turned on the flashlight and ran
No words, no excessive\cheap jump scares, and in less than 3 min, he made a better horror movie than most of the current trash nowadays. I salute you, my friend.
No jump scares?
Lol
There are jump scares
@@minhluonglehoang8679 how about "no cheap jump scares", is that more accurate? My guess is he was referring to this video not blasting your ears as if to say "this is the scary part, be scared now", like an awful lot of horror movies tend to do.
@@-JaggedGrace- idk it was pretty loud
@@wallnutty6852 But at least there was a build-up and it fit the theme of the story
three years later. this shit got a movie. well done
Wait, what? Which? I have to see it
TeodorMusic it’s called Lights Out as well
Awesome! Must watch
I just saw the new full movie and it was pretty good. Kept me on edge, made me a little paranoid, made me jump and made me sad but also happy.
I love both movies now.
TeodorMusic tell me what you think! I personally found it okay. It was definitely scary but I didnt like how they gave the creature a backstory. I think an unexplained monster of death is much scarier than some haunting ghost.
You pulled off the impossible feat of giving the audience a jumpscare without any sudden rise in audio
Rousseau
for reals tho....seriously from beginning to end I was like uh uh no maaaaaaaaaam this some scary shit ....
There is a difference in a good jump scare and a bad one this one was executed perfectly
Wouldn't that be easier, since it's unsuspecting?
@@bagelbramble7335 I think half the terror of a jumpscare is the sense of anticipation that comes before. Like when she's turning the lights on and off.
Something this short film does better than most is the concept of true horror, not just a cheap jump scare. We're lead to believe that the lights keep her safe from this thing. However true horror is realizing that there's no escape and that any last bit of hope you had is now gone. Even though the lights were on, none of it ever mattered anyway. She was dead the moment it appeared in her hallway
This is why if I ever made a horror film I would make it during the day light. Everyone seems the think the day light is a safe time. Remove that possibility and anything can happen.
@@recipefordisaster5740That's what made Midsommar so scary.
The whole thing was taking place in broad daylight in the nature and it's one of the scariest movies I've ever watched
@@godabandonedthistimelineMidsommer is a completely different film though. It's very gory and it's not supernatural. Everything that happens in that movie could potentially happen in real life. I think that's a big part of what makes it so distressing. I think of it as "Culture Horror" because even though the villains are clearly evil, they can still make us question our own ethics. Like how we treat the elderly or how we deal with mental health in ourselves and family. That movie messed me up.
@@Copperkaiju That movie was so disturbing! Knowing that there are groups of people with those kinds of beliefs and ways of life in our world is unsettling. My advice to anyone is if you meet someone and they ask you if you'd like to witness an amazing festival that only happens every 90 years back in their homeland, JUST SAY NO!!!! 😂
@@kimmieh8419 I'll admit, I'm slightly more afraid to visit Nordic countries now. 😅
That movie also had me swearing off meat for a few days, revaluating my religious beliefs and the ethics of the Roman empire. I could feel the stirring of my inners centurion after that movie 😬
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE COMMENTS?? GET BACK UP THERE SOLDIER
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
A siting Duck is a dead one
Um no
Ok sir I’ll do my best
@@kutry 🤣
LOL, I loved how after she sees a FUCKING ghost creature in her house, she just puts duct tape in the light switch and casually goes to bed like saying "Well, that should take care of it"
+melchaios Duct tape can do anything! I mean have you seen Mythbusters?
you should make a part 2 to Closet Space
I think it's so badass of you that you just directed a full-length mainstream horror movie that everybody in the world knows about and you're still replying to random RUclips comments.
lol, i know right? if it's me, I'm immediately taking the first space shuttle to Mars!
just like the paper towel commercial one sheet can absorb all your problems away
And now he's directing SHAZAM!
And hes directed the annabelle 3
@@whitehawk3878 he didnt. he directed annabelle 2
@@abhayjackful sorry i want ti wrote 2
@@whitehawk3878 no. He directed annabelle 2 which is titled annabelle creation and is a prequel to annabelle (2014).
Both three movies are awful
This short film proves that it doesn't always take a huge budget, lots of fake blood or CGI effects to create suspense and fear. You just need a filmmaker who understands his job and knows how to create horror in the mind of the viewer.
It’s amazing how they got her to be in the official movie for just like 45 seconds
Are they still married lol
@@bryanleigh6497 yeah they still make short films together!
In which part of the film?
@@konyvnyelv. beginning .
What’s the official movie?
I stopped caring about her the moment she decided to go to bed instead of running out of the house even though she clearly saw a fucking ghost.
the bed is the safest place to go during a situation like this
it is the bonfire of real life! it will protect her!
Just creepypasta things.
It's a short movie, what do u think, see a ghóts then run out the house, the end? Where's the fun in that
same
Is it weird that the scariest part for me was the running footsteps?
I hate them footsteps I swear 🤦🏾♂️
Nope, terrifying
Yes, or is it just me?
It's because you expect a big payoff like a jump scare or something to burst thru the door.....and when nothing happens the anticipation increases
@@sheldonjplanktonn facts
Ghosts are scared of 3 things
1) Any metal object
2) Holy Water
3) Blankets( does 99999 damage to them)
@michael getachew bruh we’re not talking about spirits we’re talking about ghosts
@michael getachew satan does, but that’s it
*defense
_First of all, who the hell sleeps with their door cracked open?_
Høuston right? At least with it closed you can hear the door open
I sleep with:
Door: Closed
Lights: Lamp on and TV
*SIKE*
hah i dont sleep
i do, to let my cat walk in
Omg. I KNOWWW RIGHTTTTT
I sleep with my door open and a small night light and my TV on.
I've watched this like 300 times and those footsteps running down the hallway always give me goosebumps.
0:17 That right there. That is the exact moment I am walking out of the house with the lights on and and burning it to the ground. HELL no
Put all my silverware in the microwave and run
but.. my mortgage..
I'm going through the window man. F* that shit, I can sleep later.
OMG MOOD😭✨
I think it's an already established fact that she knows about the ghost in the house and how it works, Precisely why she tapes the switch so that it remains on.. i think in the premise of the film, she's just learning how to live with it..
Spongebob square pants
Sounds like me
(Like count) nice
It's a pro gamer move in its self.
Ah yes, the "I cant see then they can't see me" trick. Never fails in horror movies.
@Carter Phillips why
"Yeah, I'm just going to go to sleep after I just discovered that there is a ghost living in my house. I hope nothing bad happens to me"
"With only the lamp on"
Than what would she not do? Call 911, they wouldn’t believe her. Leave the house, oh wait gotta turn out the lights to save electricity!
DogeStef you really thinking about the electric bill if this happened
Dwalkfilms Yes
DogeStef good money management
did you guys notice? there was no DUNNN! jump scare noise. just the face and a few creepy strings with it. this video scared my dad so bad I thought he was literally having a heart attack. horror directors PLEASE take notes from this short film. THIS is how you build suspense and this is how you scare people. please change it...
+J Plays this is REAL night mare
yeah, I'm usually not scared of horror films, but i can't even watch the trailer, then again I've recently discovered that shadows scare me soooooooOOo....
+Awkward Harlene well theres a movie coming out so thank the lord and directors for hearing you out
DUNN as in a big deafening thunk sound, but this is strings in a more NJEEEEEOOOOOO
Preach it. Just like the nun in the hallway of the Conjuring 2
Here's a breakdown of what makes this is so scary and so effective all without being what I would consider a jump-scare
The first thing you see is that the film starts off a little eerie. More than that is that the film starts off by showing you the rules. Something is there when it's dark. You never actually get told the rules, but you completely understand them and to a degree they make you feel comfortable
From those rules we make assumptions. If I'm a director of a movie and I'm a good director, my entire movie is going to revolve around what you think and it's going to include that to make a complete experience. If I've shown you this rule that something is there in the dark but it disappears when the light is on, now I've created a paradigm of what you think. If the light is on, you can drop your guard.
Now that you know the rules, you need a reason to be unsettled. Just for that, they show you your first scare. It's a little bit loud but I wouldn't qualify it as a jump scare because there's not quite the same build up. You see the creature of the whole time and all it did was move, but that movement shows you that not only is it fast but in the light it doesn't just disappear. It moves. You find yourself debating. Do you keep the lights on and not know where it is? Or do you keep the lights off and watch this terrible creature?
When she goes to bed and we hear the running in the hallway, we get scared again. We're led to believe the creature doesn't do anything for no reason, and it clearly is aware of the presence of the woman, so as far as we know the running could mean that it might burst through the doorway. But no.
Then in a great subversion of expectations, the light starts flickering but this short film doesn't take the route of many movies. Is the creature in the room? Well not yet, and when we see the reason for the light flickering the creature didn't do that either. It was just the lamp not plugged in all the way. You almost wonder why there was no hint that the creature DID mess with the lights, it's because this film has tricked you.
then finally we see a horror that chills us to the Bone. We see the creature for a brief second in full view with no darkness. Our false sense of security has been destroyed. This whole time we thought she was only limited to the dark, but now that we see nothing can stop her, we feel a dread in our stomach wondering what she will do when the lights are off
Bruh
Look
At
NOWW!
*Turns off light
**turns out all the lights in the house and stands in the middle of the hallway**
You're not hardcore unless you live hardcore.
That's how we roll in Texas. Come and get it, bad guy. Grasp handgun at your side. Or shotgun--whatever floats your boat.
@Jayden Valencia the Dr turkey I see that
@@texasbeast239
You conservatives can‘t even handle Trump losing, what are you gonna do with your little gun, lmao
@@nil148 leave it bro, probably just some troll, a miserable one.
@Jayden Valencia the Dr turkey dont be unless you have a rational reason like been attacked by some crazy lunatic at night. The only monsters hiding in the dark are bad people. Are there bad people in your home?
It's crazy how something simple like this turned into a full feature film. I loved the short film, and I especially loved the feature film.
Yeah both were pretty good. I like the short better though
@@Foxy-ve1oh Yeah, I understand. Short films tend to be better (I guess depending on the person) since they're short, sweet, and simple if told with strong storytelling.
@Daniela Lobos Pérez your assuming its a ghost. A ghost is something that used 2 be human. I wager this never was
What’s the name of the feature film?
@@alfanhui93 lights out. Its the same name. Im %99 sure. Its not that bad tho i found this a little scarier.
6yrs. I've watched the movie. But... I still can't watch this without hiding in the comments section! 😰
Yeah its really terrifying!
Yes
Same vro
Tbh for me this is scarier than the movie cause you don't know what happened,what will happen and etc but in the movie they/she died at the end :"I
Cr
Yay I saw some creepy woman. Let me just go to sleep.
True
And protect myself whiff a blanket
You might think you are imagining things.
She's even fat
A standard white person in a horror movie reaction. lol!
The single short film that has been stuck to my memory for as long as i can remember
And im still scared of the dark because of it
Best horror short I've ever seen! On behalf of people who like horror, I DEMAND that you make more horror shorts :-).
It was pretty good.
I'm here because you sent me lol, was pretty awesome for 2 minutes!!
He's got more with the same actress. Attic Panic and The Coffer are a couple good ones
And he’s made the features “Lights Out”, “Annabelle: Creation” and “Shazam!”, coming next “Shazam! Fury of the Gods”! (and yeah, at the beginning of the pandemic he made more horror shorts)… and he’ll be back to horror with the Netflix release “BELOW”!
I DEMAND it. It MUST be done.
This was close to perfect.
Only issue is that I think she switched the light one too much
Yeah I also don't think the jumpscare was necessary (until it gets her at the very end).
i think that's what makes the scene so scary, the tension, the one too many light switches, idk. it gets you much more than just a cheap 5 second scare.
ponysmasher said in a video he did that on purpose, because he knew that people wouldn't expect her to flick the light switch that many times and I personally think it worked better this way.
Honestly I thought her lack of response to the first sighting was odd. Sure, you'd start fiddling with the light switch afterwards, but I would expect the lady to half-jump when she sees a spooky silhouette in her house, not just stand still and give it a skeptical look.
I also dislike her hiding under the covers. If the victim is a child or it has been established that the monster hunts by sight, sure, hide, but otherwise you're just allowing the monster to get the jump on you.
Let's go to my chаnnel. I just uploаded a video parody of this movie. And Cat - Oh Long Johnson helped me.
LOL, that beats the hell out of most scary movies I've seen.
well good thing they are adapting this into a full movie.
'are' they have
+Eden Jay Collins Wow. I never would have known.
Well I guess you've not seen many horror movies.
Honestly though, this short one is a lot better than the movie.
I saw this video when it first came out 8 years ago, and I just saw the movie. This original short still holds up SO well today. This is the pinnacle of horror.
The film itself is not what's terrifying. What's terrifying is that it feeds the paranoia. These are the best types. Gives you chills for days.
9 years later and I am still running to my door with a flashlight
Aghhh, I hate that bare feet running sound in horror film! :D
Also...that face...creepy as hell!
Honestly, I think it might've been a dog
+Claire Sanchez They don't have one
bitch got better teeth than me, but im not half as blind
Wer ist wegen creepypastapunch hier?
I found that rather funny than creepy, though...
I don't usually get scared watching movies but this got me good. The build-up, then the sense of safety right before the jumpscare was too good.
I've seen this several times over several years and it's still absolutely one of the best horror films I've seen, period.
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たしかに良心的ですよね( ；∀；)
一家に1人欲しい
Hello fellow Japanese. I too speak the Kanji
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@@rustyshackelford3590 Tell that to Kanji club
The short is better than film.
I agree. I was way more scared those few minutes than the hour and a half or so at the theatre.
Yes, the film was boring, but, David is a great director.
The film was ok, I like the original short film better!!!
I thought so too. This was much scarier.
The feature is great. There are so few memorable horror films released each year, but it's definitely one of them.
The short is based around such a fantastically novel concept. When Blumhouse asked him to expand on the idea for a feature, it would've been so easy to not get it right. It's a small miracle the film works as well as does
It only hit me recently that this was what happened to Esther from the Lights Out movie after she went home.
That's because this is the same director - this short film going viral is what sent him to Hollywood to film Lights Out. He also directed Annabelle: Creation and Shazam!.
Oh. It hadn’t hit me. That’s dark.
And this woman you see is the directors wife... why she has on no pants is beyond me...
@@blackdragon6933 Probably because she's Swedish and it's pretty uncommon for swedes to wear pajama pants or pajamas in general.
this gave me the chills big time. I don't know why anyone wastes there time and money watching teenagers bitch about their relationships with slow dialogue, and tension building when real scary stuff comes from short films. The pacing is just right and when it's finished it has you both freaked out and makes you ask tones of questions
Just saw the trailer, this looks way better tho,Hollywood I swear.😩Short films are better than the full movies.
Yes, but they are free though.
Danielle Brandt the problem is not in the length but in the way horror directors in hollywood like to reinterpret things. They endup copying the copy from the copy of The Exorcist. If they knew half of movie making the director of this short film knows. We wouldn't be talking about this
The feature film and this has the same director lol
@BlobbyTheWanderingFish i didn't, this changes things a bit... i really don't think he's a bad director, i would say however, that the film was a production cashgrab and it wouldn't surprise me that he would've taken the job more as a job than an actual proyect... anyways, thanks for the info
If the lady was Bane: "Aaaah so you think darkness is your ally...."
Lady Bane: "You thought wrong" (picks up bed and breaks it in half on her knee)
Bane: 1, Ghost: 0
I wish.
Avinavi Haha I can fucking see it happening,
Bane: You think darkness is your ally? I was born in it, molded by it, I was already a man until I saw the light of day.
He then proceeds to break her back.
If I turned those lights off, would you die?
Don't worry, you are safe here in the comment section.
It's been years the first time i saw it....still a master piece
Congratulations on getting this made into a full length movie!! you've put a lot of hard work into it and now its paying off.
こういうのって怖いからまず動画止めたまんま進めて展開見ようとするけどことごとく失敗して普通に見てしまうんだよな…
それいいな
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And this is why you don't hide, you get a baseball bat.
Don't be prey.
it's a short ''HORROR'' film
Cant kill a demon with a baseball bat lol
VisualPointGaming
You never know until you try.
***** Hammer works, too. Or if you're near the kitchen, it is literally filled with sharp, pointy or blunt, heavy objects to use for self-defense.
Bonus: cast-iron frying pan deals bonus damage against fey.
Firearms are always good to have, too! Even a demon might give pause after being shot once or twice
A perfect way to show how it feels when you know you've seen something but have to convince yourself you didn't so you don't think you're insane
The editing on this is fantastic. Way better than most high budget horror films these days.
Oh come on... you can't compare a short film with a high-end movie. But don't get me wrong, this was indeed a pretty good short movie.
Yes you could. Especially since every horror movie I have seen in the past year sucked dick and was loaded with cliches except for The Conjuring and Sinister.
....and now this is actually a... somewhat high budget full length horror film!
the conjuring is shit...
コメ欄逃げてきたのに英語ばっかで読めねえ……
a’ Ό ́ 日本人が少ねぇ…
this must be one of the coolest horror-movie/short film I've seen:) and so cool that it's a Scandinavian movie:)
getting inspired to make my own scary movie :)
+Arcana Inc. Go Scandinavia! 🇸🇪
it's very good! I fell in love INSTANTLY 😍
Go for it. (though mine is a web series)I did, and am very happy I followed through.
This is a thousand times scarier than the full length movie. Brilliant work!
This is what Horror Movies are meant to be! No stupid loud jumpscares, the frightening things are happening inside your head BEFORE things are happening onscreen!
bitch
jump scares are fun
What about the jump scare at 0:33?
Horst Schreiner isn't the end a jumpscare? :
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Lights out, Annabelle: Creation, Shazam;
It all started with this video.
All trash
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Annabelle Creation Trash
2022 and it's still terrifying, way more than any actual horror/slasher movie.
Why would she even still sleep after seeing that?
ikr?
Thing,if horror movie characters acted like all of us,the movies will end in like 5 mins
Marc Sanchez
yeah. It's hard to make a horror movie that makes complete sense.
Li8aGun92 yeah
I mean, I doubt she'd run into the hallway where she saw the ghost but yeah, she realistically wouldn't go right to bed. In real life, a person would probably just stand panicking in their room until they got murdered by the ghost lol.
Horror film logic:
1. I just saw a ghost! Better stay in the house!
2. There's someone coming! Better hide under the blankets!
Yearlaren Actually makes plenty of sense. A normal, relatively well adjusted person seeing a strange figure in the dark that doesn't obey rational logic, doesn't immediately assume it is a ghost, as there is not enough evidence behind ghosts for them to be real, in the concrete sense. So I'd imagine you wouldn't run out of your house screaming that a ghost is trying to kill you, most people would assume you're a loon. As for the second part, people respond differently when in stressful situations. Fight or flight, you understand.
Akilroth234 if I saw that it'd be enough evidence for me and I'd get the fuck out of there if I could
That's accurate.
FatalX7 These are exactly the rules I lived by as a child. That's why this short movie worked completely for me. Damned. I wished I hadn't seen it.
if i first saw a strange figure, i'd gtfo already not giving a shat about anymore evidence
And *this* is why you keep a weapon next to your bed, children.
And a Snickers. That ghoul at the end needed one. You're not you when you're hungry.
Cute.
+Nina Poizen So you can shoot the ghost?
LOLLLL
David Hollingshead
Exactly lol.
I actually liked that face of that sexy ghost XD
I watched this at school and finally found the original channel that did this. Thx for not making me sleep for 2 straight hours ☺️
I'm so glad they're making a movie based off of this. The idea is genius, and I'm very happy for the woman who made this video, and who made this idea a reality. I hope you live a very happy life!
Me: I'm gonna sleep...
Insomnia: *ARe U sURe abOuT ThAt?*
Bianca Gabriela Santos de Miranda some people’s lives are ruined by insomnia it’s not funny
@@wowmuchshiba7516 jeez stop getting your panties in a bunch its a joke on the internet get over it
blink some jokes are good jokes, others are jokes about real horrible things.
@@wowmuchshiba7516 welcome to the internet
WowMuchShiba bruh I have insomnia and I thought it was hilarious mainly because it’s kinda accurate
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🦒
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このまま君をつれて行きそう
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i watched this before bed last night. i had a nightmare and had to sleep with my nightlight on. i'm a grown woman. plus this was the SECOND time i watched it and knew exactly what to expect! 🙈 unbelievable film making.
Ponysmasher, I’ve watched all your videos, and you are; scare geniuses. The fact that this video of yours was turned into a feature length movie is nothing short of brilliance.
I hope you can make more videos in the future.
I think he stepped back from his youtube channel for a while to make more movies since he's now getting a lot of gig in Hollywood. Would be cool if he made some sort of vlog and post it here for a BTS footage of the movies he made
Going full screen. Wish me luck
逃げろよ！メンタル強すぎだろ！
逃げる！隠れる！
Jump scare for me at the very end, and I haven't had one of those in quite a while! Loved this, it was so good! It was so creepy when you could clearly see the outline of someone/something and as soon as she turned the light on, there was nothing there. Such a cool short film, and you did an amazing job with this in only a few minutes. I remember watching the full-length horror movie "Lights Out", but it was a while ago, so I honestly forget what that freaky monster/lady looked like.
日本人居ませんか怖い誰か
ちゃんさっ
いますよ〜〜〜！
最後でてきたの人間なの？
います…！
いますねぇ！！
アンコMP3 12秒前草
関連動画が全部怖そうなんになった…泣
おなじく…こわいよぉ…
涙が出ちまう(ボロン
@@Arr0g4nt_831 ボロンってw涙腺出てるやん。
JIG僧 草
こいつを見てくれ(ﾎﾞﾛﾝ)
こいつをどう思う？
A liter of strong coffee? Check! 10 functional flashlights? Check! Baseball bat? Check!
Spirit
Forgot toilet paper and a pair of new underwear O_O
Spirit Spiked Baseball bat is slightly less effective than a standard baseball bat =)
Noi Bazuuka iz di best wepon eva
Lucky for me I have a couple swords :3 Wait... what if she gets her hand on one...? I'm doomed ;_;
Hey David, I want to tell you a story of how you were an encouragement to me and a good friend of mine. My wife and I befriended this guy who's in prison for 7 years because he got mixed up in drugs and something terrible happened. We have been visiting him regularly for the last 5 years. He loves movies, especially horror, and I shoot horror shorts so he loves hearing about my stories. I actually turned one of my shorts into a comic book just so I could send it to him for Christmas one year since he can't watch them. A few years ago I told him about you and about Lights Out the short. I shared the story of how it brought you to Hollywood and how you made a feature based off of it. I also mentioned how much of an encouragement you are to me, an old guy, who got started in the filmmaking game late but one day I hope to shoot the feature of one of my comedy/horror shorts. Well, tonight we got an unexpected call from prison. We were actually a little scared because his mom has COVID. But he was all excited about this movie he got to watch. What was it? Lights Out the feature! He LOVED it! I was so excited for him. I said, "I hope it's streaming cuz now you got me wanting to rewatch it!" It's on HULU and I'm watching it now. It is really good. I'm happy for you and your success. If I ever get the opportunity to shoot "Mr. Mops" the feature and I could afford you, I'd love to have you by my side to help me learn the feature film process. Peace. -Earl Martin imalittlealien.com
That woman: Lights off, "looks at shadow", lights on: "nothing there", rinse and repeat.
Me: Lights off, 'saw shadow", jumps out the second story window and torches house from the outside.
ikr. Then she just goes to bed?
Until you realize you left your mother-in-law in the house and she burns alive landing you in jail for 60 years. That would suck
ESA I will show the jury this video.
The93Enigma Hopefully the camera is in good shape after the fall lol
Tuck and Roll. Was an action movie, jumped out the window slow-motion. Exactly the last second before the house blows up.
I’ve lost the count of how many times
I’ve watched this video. That displays how good it is
I like how she stays in the house after she saw a ghost in her hallway, if i see a roach anywhere in my house i leave and burn the place down
タイトルはライトオフじゃなくてライトアウトだったよ。検索キーワードを間違えてもちゃんと見つかるなんてユーチューブの検索機能は優秀だね。
この後このおばちゃんあの化け物ボコボコにしたんだよね……
強い(確信)
霊能力者で草
thats y i dont live alone
Damn right
I do. :(
No one lives alone when the monsters come out to play.
chakraborty Hoi fuck I live alone
you think you are living alone. just look closer :)
How can she go for sleep after seeing ghost😂
Lol
the bed monster at the end is really the actress who's face was digitally altered to look scary through a video effects editor software program.
Let's head over her mistakes. 1.Why did she keep toying with the light, 2.She didnt close the door, 3.As if the sheets would help her, 4. She shouldn't have peeked, 5. Why did she go to bed after that anyway?, 6. As soon as she saw it the first time, she should have been halfway to texas at this point...
But what if she already was in Texas.
+Ludwig The Holy Blade If she was in Texas, that thing would have been shot with a million bullets the first time she turned that light off and saw it.. End of problem, y'all.
tauntonlake Exactly ;)
what? I live in texas
0:41 That is some first grade toon logic : cover a light switch with duct tape, to keep the monster in the darkness at bay 😹
THIS WAS PERFECT LIKE HOLY WOW
THIS NOT EVEN THREE MINUTE VIDEO MANAGED TO SCARE ME THREE TIMES AS BADLY AS ANY FULL-LENGTH SCARY MOVIE SERIOUSLY BRAVO THIS WAS FANTASTIC
Ghost : exist
Woman : “Anyway, i just go to bed”
My electricity bill is going to be a little higher this month... xD
mine too 0.0
hahahahha xD
Tell me about it!!!!
*pulls out a gun* BITCH GET THE FUCK OUT! *BAM* that's how you defeat evil spirits.
This ^
>spirits
>gun
well thought out plan you got there
Well obviously, he had the bullets blessed by a priest..DUHHH!!
Yoire missing the fact that THEY ARE BULLETS
I know. Bullets blessed by priests makes the bullets holy thus hurting spirits. Have you not seen demonic horror movies such as the exorcist.
Watching/playing horror games makes all the jumpscares quite predictable, still had my heart racing though.
It ain't Halloween season til I see ponysmasher's 3 minute masterpiece! Love it!
Miles Jai brought me here haha
Same XD
same i wuv him ^-^
Lol me too
Same
Step 1. Pause video.
Step 2. Scroll down to look at comments to see if it was one of those videos were a scary face pops up outta no where with some loud ass music.
Step 3. Saying that made me remember to turn volume down.
Step 4. Doesn't see any comments that warn about pop up scare.
Step 5. Watch.
I am now officially prepared to be scared....
Okay bitch.... . First 20 seconds had me bout scared as fuck !
Haha dude u made my day...
Me too
I just did that lol
This short horror film right here is insane,,,
Yea, I like this one the most FAM...
A few days ago my english teacher put this on in class for halloween and left the class. When the final jumpscare came, everyone jumped out their seats🤣🤣
女の人がビビったとき人影見えなさ過ぎて何回も見直しとったけど結局見えんかったけん、1回停めたらようやく見えたわ...
もさ
分かる。想像してたよりちょっと左側にいた。
In the end I was like I'M SO SORRY I LAUGHED WHEN I SAW YOUR BUTT!!
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にしてもこの手の動画は怖いな
I watched this with my friends and I yelled boo right as the jump scare happened and I got slapped 😂
The atmosphere was set up very nicely, but the monster's face ruined it for me. If you can't make it scary, don't show it.
TEG Gillatron Yes, but I don't know what that has to do with things.
TEG Gillatron yes as a matter of fact he is a human as that is what homo means
***** i don't know we couldt ask him :P
***** Sepian maybe?
Um the face was scary...you're just too big for your britches
Surprisingly more creepy than full length million dollar movies nowadays.
academy award winner oscar of nope
Hello. Voz do Gibi here. Years later this video remains the same... A MASTERPIECE.