I think the "Ignore it" one was interesting, because it could be like a skeleton in the closet, like a family issue that they think as long as they ignore it, it will go away, but it slowly destroys their family.
@@bluem.9530 Yes, she would target people close to breaking such as standing behind them in the shower or sleeping in their bed. The only way to get rid of her was to tell somebody else about her existance.
My initial suspicion was that the lady was a Child Protective Services home visitor. You're supposed to ignore them, but obviously it's hard to pretend and the dad's outburst seemed to indicate he was trying to keep his anger under control. I don't know how it holds up at the end, but if the kid doesn't understand the reality of the situation, the lady could be seen as someone that pulls the family apart.
I actually went to high school with the director, Julian. He was incredibly kind and creative then, and I’m so blown away with what he’s doing. I’m going to be supporting his work for the rest of my life!
@@andrewmcgoblin4016 apparently he had another short film, called “Don’t peek”, and I think that short film took precedence over this one? Not sure, but this director has been working A LOT. Hope to see something of theirs soon!
I remember the “Ignore it” creepy pasta and how someone theorized that the “woman” was supposed to represent someone that the father was having an affair with, and how the wife and children are expected to pretend she doesn’t exist for the sake of the family. That’s why the mother is the one who eventually tries to kill her, thinking it would solve the problem when it just makes things worse.
i kinda thought of drugs, of course that'd be on the mind considering the first one but first the mom overdoses and then the dad kills himself and the daughter falls in after
I definitely like this theory The fact that the older sister seems to be more aware of it The fact that the dad snaps after the son asks who “she” is The fact that the dad teaches the son rather than the mother
Especially in REAL LIFE if you try killin the person that your husband is having an affair with All it does is make it so your kids get systemized and you never see them again and your family is ruined forever If you think your significant other is cheating JUST TALK ABOUT IT WITH THEM
I KNEW IT WAS FAMILIAR! I kept thinking how I knew the story despite never having seen the short movie and even "wait wasn't this a creepypasta??" Now I got the confirmation
Now I know why the story looks poorly written and had me have a hard time suspending my disbelief on anything other than the ghost lady's existence lol
I remember a Japanese folklore monster called hachishakusama, the tall lady, who would attempt to lure in children. The way to get rid of her is to hide in a room for a day while she stalks outside, attempts to break in and trick you and you must ignore her. That scared me a lot as a child so ignore it really made me unlock those memories and actually really scared me.
I adore that Seán will take every possible opportunity to cry alien. Thunder clouds? - Aliens, a creepy television? - Aliens, Someone sneeze? That's extraterrestrial activity right there
“They Hear It” was great. They did a great job. It was cool how they didn’t rely on jumpscares to scare you but sound. Really awesome. It made you tense at every turn. The fact that it’s getting turned into an actual movie is awesome.
Only succeeded in making me mad, the audio was constantly peaking and that isn't horror just bad design. Not sure how they're going to make this movie different from any other horror film with a monster based on what they presented in this.
@@samwarren6008 im guessing they will make it so te sound makes you creeped out not the monster which is slightly different but yeah not sure what they would do with it
I love how in “They Hear It” uses the dark and shadows for a more tense, anxious feeling. It also makes it more scary cause the main people of the video were kids, and not adults. It gives it a more innocent and creepy feeling to it.
The creators of “they hear it” did a good job at leaving the monster up to your own imagination until the last second rather than being a jumpscare fest like other movies. I think that’s a more effective form of horror for me rather than seeing the threat directly, ironlung does a good job at that too and it actually scared me. (Thx for the likes btw)
Iron lung was something else. The noise spooks in that drove me to panic attack levels. I now appreciate jumpscare relief now after watching iron lung.
Nah, the monster should be impact-ful, every time a monster appears it should steal the show, that's a good monster. Like the wolf from puss in boots 2.
“They Hear It” was phenomenal. The fact that it’s getting turned into a feature film makes me even more excited. Definitely will be seeing that when it comes out.
@@fatimapavon7787 i almost stopped watching cause of that running at that door and crying noise something about it made my skin crawled and then my headphones are bi-neural so I heard breathing in my left ear and it scared the crap out of me
I swear to god if horror writers can't come up with something other than "hurt the pet" as the first sign of a serious threat I'm gonna burn the genre to the ground
@@horseluver4ever623 Being in the dark is 1000% worse. You can't see anything, can't orient yourself and you can't plan an escape route from whatever danger is coming at you.
Sean, you should REALLY link all these videos in the description. I think it’ll give way more exposure to the people that made the content. I always make sure to look them up myself to like them but I’m sure not everyone does. I adore this series
Personally I adored the ideas for Ignore It and They Hear It. With Ignore It the idea of just having to sit there as some horrific entity terrorizes you and just hope it goes anyway is horrible - even though you know what will happen if you look at it, part of you still wants to anyway, just *shudders* I also loved the way in They Hear It that all the sounds become amplified when the monster is close. It's almost like a reverse of what you expect from horror monsters - you're normally straining to hear them and figure out if they're close, but with this one you always know when its nearby, but you never know where exactly it is because all the noise is so disorientating. Plus I do think it was the scariest and best executed in general, outside of the concept. It was the only one where I was taking the video out of fullscreen and turning down my volume because NOPE
As an older sibling to a younger brother often left at home alone with our dog, I am happy to say that we are perfectly safe in terms of horror rules due to being blocks away from the nearest forest. We do, however, have a fair few trees in a pretty big backyard... That one scared the hell out of me lol
I loved They Hear It. I kept expecting jumpscares but they took their time and built so much suspense. The monster isn't the focal point but rather what your imagination comes up with.
I read a creepy pasta once where a boy and his friend were camping. There was a deer in the river, and they could just see it’s head poking out while it swam. It came towards them, and as it emerged from the water, his friend faced him and said “don’t look at it. Pretend it’s not there.” So the boy just sees it over his friend’s shoulder. It comes out of the water on two legs, and walks just behind his friend. Starts making noises. Freaking metal.
'Ignore it' was interesting. It's not that it's downright terrifying, but the fact that the more you try to ignore it, the more you can't. It made me say "don't don't don't" as I watch the family struggle. Trying to act nonchalant in a state of distress is incredibly hard. 'They hear it' was so good. The anticipation, the build-up... just knowing that something is wrong yet not exactly being able to see it until it's too late is incredibly terrifying. Also, loved the part with the kid disappearing into the shadows up until the end. I was so immersed I didn't realize I was holding my breath.
I have never watched anything as horrifylong as "they hear it". The exact way that I could feel my heart racing the farther she got into the woods, the louder the sound got, the way it had escalated so quickly was just terrifying. Definitely going to watch the movie it will be made into, as a horror fanatic who doesn't get scared much, I can successfully say that I am not going to sleep tonight.
@@provaricus627 Ah. I did not know that actually! Apologies for the late response, haven't been using RUclips much lately, but it is a nice fact to know, so thank you. :D
That last one really spooped me. The rest where very interesting concepts, but that last one really induced a natural state of true fear. Great sound, great visuals and the build of suspense was perfect. Left you scared but wanting to know wtf was going on.
I liked the last one really much. It shows how much the audio in horror movies affect you, I mean the last video was basically just audio and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Really like this series keep It up Sean.
Never did shrooms, but I have had hallucinogens and had a bad trip awake for three days straight. Thought I could see and hear people who had died in my apartment complex and they were standing around in groups in the parking lot. Came back in and looked through the peep hole in the door and saw thousands of people outside the door, never been more terrified in my life.
The sound design for the last one was what I loved the most out of the three. The subtle scream, the cracking in the woods, the fast footsteps, and the unique bang on the door. I was almost caught by every single little sound which is so amazing. Most horror movies now dont have such unique and diverse aesthetic sound anymore. Too predictable.
agree but they used the wrong sfx for the gate creaking, which kind of threw me off. A gate made out of wood and with only metal hinges would sound much like a wooden door when it creaks. The sfx they used was what you might hear from a gate that is entirely made of metal.
The sound design was definitely good when it comes to horror short movies but it's nowhere near professional work. The levels are all way too strong as per usual and you have the typical issues of echo in an environment where there's not supposed to be none or slightly different quality between sfx. The branches being crunched was the weirdest of them all by far, way too loud, detailed, the same sound despite different locations, added echo, it's very messy.
These short horrors are often times waaaaaaaay better and way scarier than actual full on scarymovies horrormovies these days. Great stuff, great ideas. More of these ideas please.
They Hear It was soooooo good. The camera angles were truly cinema-worthy, the soundtrack and SFX fit perfectly (particularly the wet footsteps in the house and the movement in the brush). The actors, despite being kids, did a very good job and were not corny. The constant suspense was phenomenal, along with the film throwing us into uncomfortable situations. Not to mention the alien itself was terrifying due to its stellar makeup work. 9.5/10
It is cinema-worthy is good, considering it is basically a proof of concept for an actual movie. Kinda feels like Signs, if that movie were more committed to being straight up horror (I like Signs a lot, but it is intentionally trying to be more than just scary, and mix in pathos with a story about a family man finding faith again; whether or not it succeeded at all that is where the debate lies (movie definitely has some standout scenes, though).
You must’ve not seen a single movie in your life to think that it was “good acting”. It wasn’t the acting that was bad, just the directing. Main character made so many stupid decisions that got her killed. Top 10 ways to die easily.
Please make more of this series. I love watching horror stuff with someone and these kinds of videos help me achieve that. Also, your reactions and input helps break the tension and creates a so called safe space so please more.
The second one is definitely the creepiest, it's so scary the whole idea of a non-human intruder that you have to ignore like they don't exist, it felt so real for some reason especially when the mom got attacked, anyway I don't know what I'm doing watching this at 4 am but I love this series so I'd love more!
Nah, the third one was the creepiest. Including the monster. The second one would be number 2. Spirits aren't scary. But a actual monster? Oh yeah, you got my vote.
Damn! These ones were really good. The Sky was so intriguing, and I wanted so much more of it. Ignore it was tense, and just a "get through it" type of film (in a very good way). And Hear it legit made my heart race. The audio was so amazing, the vcr screech, the loud parts that suddenly just go silent. Accompanied with great shots. No through road is still probably my favorite that you've reacted to in this series. But these were pretty dang good
my only complaint with They Hear It was that they seemed to think I couldn't hear it without it being so loud I may as well have gone deaf just hearing it
@Briar Fair, as well as some of the deafening scenes were scenes that didn't really need loud noises. Which made the scenes that really needed loud noises a bit duller.
The "Ignore It" one is originally a great creepypasta story and I think the ghost in it was originally meant to be a metaphor for the mom's depression that they tried to ignore until it killed her (suicide).
That makes a lot of sense and reading what you said pulled my heart. I'd hate to think my mental health would be something that effects my family to the point of fear.
I love the "THEY HEAR IT" horror short film! The buildup of suspense and the sound design are great! The camera angle is top-notch! The horror short film is spooky!
Thanks so much for checking out The Sky. Glad you enjoyed it. I'll put Aliens in the next one :) Recently just released Catch Your Breath which I think you'd love!
"ignore it" is a concept that genuinely chills me to my spine, just thinking about the scream it made when the mother acknowledged it and the sounds the mother was making, you knew she was dying but the sounds made you realize just how painful and uncomfortable her death must have been, i think if they made a full horror movie out of this it would be best selling and one of the scariest things out there, as i said before, the mystery of the mothers death while also knowing how much she suffered is a terrifying aspect
Not really...half of the time it felt that the monster was screaming more then the mother...lol but the concept is def creepy of that video...but the last video was perfect
@@neutralGuy777 Um...of course she was...the mother was likely being choked, you can hear her gasping for air. Clearly you'd hear the creatures screams over the mother who is clearly struggling for her life
The end of world type horror really gets me. Like genuinely sends the worst feeling of dread through my body, watching your impending death and being so completely helpless will always be my worst fear.
I hated the end of Knowing for that reason. Not even a horror movie. The end of the world style suspense sci-fi is just... scary. Though for scary movies, end of the world stuff or supernaturally locked in like a building or region outside scares me too. Like there was a movie where when you ran from the house you ended up back at the house. Hated that with a fiery passion.
“Ignore it” was the exact thing I felt like I had to do my whole childhood, as if there were demons all around me but they couldn’t hurt me if I didn’t look/react to them. I think I still act like that as an adult, when I hear a loud noise at night
I’m not sure if this is what you were referring to, but that’s how I felt growing up with emotionally abusive parents. I dared not look at them, or acknowledge them, or make the slightest sound around them, because I knew if they were in the wrong mood they’d snap at me. I learned to ignore the looming threat they posed, as to not draw attention to myself. I’d try my best to pretend they weren’t there, even when they were storming through the house, hitting things and screaming at the top of their lungs, because I knew the second I made a sound or drew their attention in any way, all that anger would get redirected towards me.
It’s funny, I did something similar growing up. At night, whether the lights were on or off, I felt like if I was out of bed, monsters would get me. It wasn’t like I had to under the covers and hiding or anything, just that if I was caught out of bed by the monster at night, I would be torn apart or hurt or something, idk. I used to get up to go to the bathroom, try to hide on my way there, and would sometimes not even turn on the light and just bring a flashlight or handheld device that made light to reduce my visibility on particularly bad nights. Then I would quickly make my way bad and jump on my bed as if I was being chased so that they wouldn’t see me out of bed. It was a weird thing I did as a kid.
Watching "The Sky" really reminded me of some of the aspects of "Midsommar" and even "Annihilation". Themes of betrayal of trust, warping of reality and distrust in reality, as well as the sheer beauty and terror of the sky. Also, having recently lost my own mum who I had a hard relationship with, it resonated with me and felt very real. Edit: They Hear It was absolutely incredible! The terror was tangible while making the threat suspenseful, the cinematography was fantastic, and the real cherry on top was the sound design! Absolutely stellar. Super excited to see it become a feature length film!
Annihilation was such a great movie but after I watched it I had extreme anxiety walking around the house at night alone. Had to blast RUclips till I grabbed my stuff and went to bed.
Cosmic horror done right is so rare as a film. Annihilation's one of those rare films. It's an underrated genre aside from the usual tentacle space monster or just generally Cthulhu-related stories.
The story behind Ignore It is one I've heard before in creepypastas online. (It's not a new concept admittedly, literally down to it being a woman and the youngest son being the main character we follow.) However, they did it really well. Also, anyone else cope with trauma with distractions? Cause I know thanks to that, I'd be HELLA good at ignoring her tbh, even if I have ADHD like a s.o.b.
So as a person who has done shrooms, the effects are fairly accurate, part of the reason she was feeling how she was, most likely was because she was having a bad trip. Which bad trips can be terrifying. My most memorable bad trip is i start having a splitting head ache and i felt like spiders were crawling all over me. With a bad trip you can see stuff and feel stuff and its honestly like walking through a nightmare.
I’ve never done shrooms, but I’ve had a panic attack while high and it’s the worst thing I’ve ever experienced. I begged my fiancé to take me to the hospital, and looking back, that’s ridiculous. But in the moment, all I could feel was impending doom. Like something was horribly wrong. It felt like I was having an allergic reaction or a heart attack and I was going to die. That experience made me stop taking anything that could possibly alter my senses, cause just the possibility of that looming dread and feeling of complete and utter hopelessness coming back scares the ever living shit out of me. I wouldn’t wish that feeling on anyone.
I've heard shrooms aren't as bad and can be very mellow and even help with anxiety and depression, and acid can be worse because it's lab made. Also it's good to mention you should be in a good head space first. I don't have much experience but it's what I've heard.
@@woofnuggiez Acid is not worse because it's lab made. It's just very potent and easy to overdose. It lasts a really long time too (12hrs) while shrooms give a much shorter trip (closer to 3hrs). Psilocybin shows promise for the treatment of depression and PTSD, but so does LSD.
@@butter_dem_beans1783 Man, I feel you. I was once on a vacation with friends and we smoked weed and drank strong alcohol. Of course a horrible mix! I went on a bad trip... I had stuff like: uncontrollably crying, being unable to speak, every sound around me was 100 times higher and made me crazy, I felt like dying and uncontrollably scared. It's crazy what weed can do to your body and mind. After that I only smoke it sometimes. I know when to stop and when I will cross the line.
@Alexiahahah Man if your shrooms only lasted ~3 hours, they must have been pretty trash. I've tripped for 6-8 hours before on a single dose. Granted, I also had a couple of joints and a few dabs before I took them.
I love your intros and outros to these videos SO MUCH!!! They are such a fun freaky way to instantly bring the mood we are supposed to be feeling for the video! So creepy and well done good job!!!
Everyone was really getting into the first one and Jacksepticeye was all engrossed in it, and then suddenly he says "Mama" and the entire mood goes down the toilet.
Each short made me feel so many different emotions 😆 I like “they hear it” the best as far as being the scariest. Hearing shit in the dark and god damn windows are the scariest things ever
I absolutely loved "They Hear It". Everything just felt so perfect about it! Tha atmosphere, the sound design, the cinematography, the build-up. It just all clicked so well for me!
I'm SO glad that Kane Pixels is doing a backrooms movie, he's extremely talented and honestly I hope this is his big break aside from the backrooms series he made. He's got so much potential and I can't wait to see what he does. Also, great video, Sean!
I enjoyed the ambiguous nature of the unknown from the sky. You don't know from the beginning what's happening but the characters in the story know exactly what's happening. You're left to question what they know and how they know it.
Ugh, that's what makes me mad. I really just want to know everything, when, where, how, why, and for how long. I just have so many unanswered questions
Yeah that one was executed the worst imo. There's certainly merit in leaving your audience in the dark, the unknown can build suspense and tension and put you on the edge of your seat. But simply never really explaining what was actually going on and we're left with "two friends sitting in a field do mushrooms as a bad thing approaches, one friend finds the other did a dishonest thing, that friend leaves, that friend maybe hallucinates their parent in the woods, scene." .....ok, and? Like that's my reaction to that. What was the point? Why should I care? It's an EXTREMELY neat idea, it just needed to be better executed and expanded on. Why were they out there? What was this bad thing? There seemed to be some vague notion that the bad thing was happening over a wide area, maybe everywhere. And you don't need to write an essay to do it either, a single shot showing a newspaper clipping, or a radio in the background talking about "bad thing is happening, bad thing will be very bad, humanity is over" and you've done what you needed to do to hook the audience in and invest them in the plight of these characters. We get none of that, we just get a string of loosely interconnected scenes of someone doing shrooms as the world ends maybe. it's not scary it's just kind of annoying and confusing.
@@neomaniac14 that and I couldn't even suss out what was up with the mom and the friend and why she was mad? Maybe I'm dumb but that frustrated me, too.
"They Hear It" was borderline Hollywood quality. I would watch a full production of that. 9.5/10. *Note: I took half a point off because the sister was a stereotypical horror character and walked directly into the threat lol*
I think the main reason she had walked into the threat was because she had to find her brother. When she noticed he was missing she went back into the woods even after having avoided them previously when the dog ran into the abyss, she heard his cry and ran inside. So I think her running directly into the threat was more of a "I must find my brother" thing, rather than her blindly going in.
i dont know why because i find it hilarious but i cannot find anybody that is talking about how jack said "never have i ever shit myself" then chugged a big sip while making crying noises 😂
the last one was AMAZING and i need to see a full length. loved the scene when he disappeared in the dark and slowing cutting the credit in and out was a great touch
Im sorry youre depression, I really do hope things start looking up for you! Please take care of yourself no matter the circumstances,,, you are worth it!
the concept of ignore it is really interesting. i find that when you're told to ignore something, it becomes hard to ignore. it definitely gave me the chills lmao
also can I say how much I LOVE this series. i get introduced to so many horror short films that i might not have watched before (I usually go watch the originals after too!!)
Holy wow, "The Sky" is awesome and makes my stomach turn. Not just the world ending, but they nailed the narcissist parent type and it disgusts me through and through.
2 things. One: This is definitely my favourite series on RUclips. I am a massive horror geek and often try to make my own shorts, inspired by these videos. Two: the third video was so good, and like Jack said gave me massive Skinamarink vibes. Absolutely love it.
@@Nbrad12 okok it’s this really eerie, liminal horror movie that’s out on shudder (a horror streaming platform) and it’s filmed on this really old 70s camera with the old sounding audio too, and it 2 kids who wake up late at night to find their parents missing, and all the windows and doors in there house are gone. What happens next is the greatest horror film I have ever watched. Highly recommend
in the first one, the storytelling is what made it; the questions it answered and the questions it left were just amazing, and it really makes you think about what could be going on out there. in the second one, the acting and the visual effects made it; whether intentional or not, the "poor" acting of the family really helped sell how terrified they were of The Woman, and the whole thing with the reflections, the way the girl's eye moved away from her brother's face to the creature beyond him, the blast of the door throwing the dad back... gawd it was so creepy. in the third one tho, it was absolutely the sound that made it; of the three of them, this one was scariest for me by far, bc sound is extremely important to me due to autism, and the sound design of this one was absolutely flawless. there were other cool things too, like the framing of various shots, and the way the boy disappeared while the girl was fidgeting with her flashlight, and the old black and white movie fading in and out of static and such, but the sound... the blinking lights whenever the flashlight stopped working, the almost inaudible shriek through static and wind, the spine-tingling orchestral swell coupled with the pounding of someone or some*thing* through the halls, the squeak of the gate hinge, the death howl of the poor dog... i nearly jumped out of my skin so many times watching this one bc of the sound effects; i cannot wait to see the full feature film.
@@ebreshea1337 it's close enough for someone like me (i can often differentiate many of the actual animal sounds blended into fantasy monster roars) to be satisfied with the effect it has on the quality of the scare. that's all that matters to me.
"They hear it" : best horror ASMR on RUclips ! Joke apart, that's why Jack says that sound design is important in horror, made me waaaay more spooked even while showing nothing, and definitely nails the ambiance ! Thanks for the content Jack !
I think the last one got me the most. I grew up in a house surrounded by woods and they always freaked me out. I live in New England and hearing strange/creepy things from the woods is nothing new but always instills a little fear in me even as an adult. I could have sword I saw some form of face towards the beginning when the girl was with her dog.
I think the "Ignore it" one was interesting, because it could be like a skeleton in the closet, like a family issue that they think as long as they ignore it, it will go away, but it slowly destroys their family.
That’s actually such a cool way to look at it! I love this idea.
I believe it was originally a short story, maybe it goes into more details there?
@@bluem.9530 Yes, she would target people close to breaking such as standing behind them in the shower or sleeping in their bed. The only way to get rid of her was to tell somebody else about her existance.
My initial suspicion was that the lady was a Child Protective Services home visitor. You're supposed to ignore them, but obviously it's hard to pretend and the dad's outburst seemed to indicate he was trying to keep his anger under control. I don't know how it holds up at the end, but if the kid doesn't understand the reality of the situation, the lady could be seen as someone that pulls the family apart.
Good thinking!
I love how he hysterically laughed at himself saying Momma 🥺, told us to ignore him then continued to say it afterwards 😆
"ello mummy"
Ngl I skipped that part.
@@TimSlee1 HOW DARE YOU
Ok why did this get so many likes 👀
*Just ignore it*
whoever made "they hear it" needs an award, the way they used the dark is incredibly impressive.
Looked for anything pertaining to the movie being made about it and discovered nothing
@@andrewmcgoblin4016 its not had any announcements yet or anything, which is normal
I was impressed by it too, however I found the jumpscare disappointing due to bad CGI
I actually went to high school with the director, Julian. He was incredibly kind and creative then, and I’m so blown away with what he’s doing. I’m going to be supporting his work for the rest of my life!
@@andrewmcgoblin4016 apparently he had another short film, called “Don’t peek”, and I think that short film took precedence over this one? Not sure, but this director has been working A LOT. Hope to see something of theirs soon!
I remember the “Ignore it” creepy pasta and how someone theorized that the “woman” was supposed to represent someone that the father was having an affair with, and how the wife and children are expected to pretend she doesn’t exist for the sake of the family. That’s why the mother is the one who eventually tries to kill her, thinking it would solve the problem when it just makes things worse.
i kinda thought of drugs, of course that'd be on the mind considering the first one but first the mom overdoses and then the dad kills himself and the daughter falls in after
I definitely like this theory
The fact that the older sister seems to be more aware of it
The fact that the dad snaps after the son asks who “she” is
The fact that the dad teaches the son rather than the mother
Ooh i really like this theory
Especially in REAL LIFE if you try killin the person that your husband is having an affair with
All it does is make it so your kids get systemized and you never see them again and your family is ruined forever
If you think your significant other is cheating
JUST TALK ABOUT IT WITH THEM
@@AxiEisabut definitely still shame them, do not let them play any sort of victim.
Yo! Thank you so much for watching our short They Hear It!!! It really means a lot!! Got a new short dropping very soon!
Good gods, you did a fantastic job. They Hear It was so tense and genuinely frightening!
Are you guys actually getting it made into a feature-length film? I really hope so! :)
Given my legit terror of being alone in the woods at night, hearing sounds I can't explain, this one worked on me, to say the least. Kudos.
As a fellow director, I have to agree with Jack. Those cinematic shots were top notch! S tier in my book😁😁
Yo, legitimate question, was that creature at the end CG or practical because it looks so good!
This is probably my favourite series to watch on the internet
Agreed
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I remember "ignore it" being a creepypasta many years ago. The story was actually pretty cool and more fleshed out. Seeing it here was nostalgic.
I KNEW IT WAS FAMILIAR! I kept thinking how I knew the story despite never having seen the short movie and even "wait wasn't this a creepypasta??" Now I got the confirmation
Yeah same! i came to the comments wondering if anyone else had the same though!!! I love seeing creepypastas realised like this!!
Now I know why the story looks poorly written and had me have a hard time suspending my disbelief on anything other than the ghost lady's existence lol
"fleshed out"
Just like the lady-
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I remember a Japanese folklore monster called hachishakusama, the tall lady, who would attempt to lure in children. The way to get rid of her is to hide in a room for a day while she stalks outside, attempts to break in and trick you and you must ignore her. That scared me a lot as a child so ignore it really made me unlock those memories and actually really scared me.
yea ive read the hentai
@@theshuman100 im sorry what??
@@ahnjoseph6875did i stutter?
@@theshuman100 im sorry what??
@@theshuman100 get some help lol
I adore that Seán will take every possible opportunity to cry alien. Thunder clouds? - Aliens, a creepy television? - Aliens, Someone sneeze? That's extraterrestrial activity right there
Maybe its the inner Bloodborne fanboy
That time he used an entire bog roll in a day- he thought it was aliens as well!
@@mezmerizing7759just cos they're aliens doesn't mean to say they don't have to visit the little boys room
It warms my heart that Seán still does the "down, up" thing to sync his screen recording to his actual recording :'D That's so adorable
You just proved a theory of mine.
Up down, up down....y'all dont know what I'm talking about
how does the up down thing work ? im a little confused …
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@@lordkermit9382 coryxkenshin my boy up down up down yessir
“They Hear It” was great. They did a great job. It was cool how they didn’t rely on jumpscares to scare you but sound. Really awesome. It made you tense at every turn. The fact that it’s getting turned into an actual movie is awesome.
Only succeeded in making me mad, the audio was constantly peaking and that isn't horror just bad design. Not sure how they're going to make this movie different from any other horror film with a monster based on what they presented in this.
@@samwarren6008 im guessing they will make it so te sound makes you creeped out not the monster which is slightly different but yeah not sure what they would do with it
And I was watching this on mobile and sounds were coming out of my left and right speakers individually, so it sounded 3d
@@samwarren6008 you seem to get mad at a lot fam relax
@samwarren6008 Nah bro that's pretty horrific. So it must be horror.
I love how in “They Hear It” uses the dark and shadows for a more tense, anxious feeling. It also makes it more scary cause the main people of the video were kids, and not adults. It gives it a more innocent and creepy feeling to it.
The creators of “they hear it” did a good job at leaving the monster up to your own imagination until the last second rather than being a jumpscare fest like other movies. I think that’s a more effective form of horror for me rather than seeing the threat directly, ironlung does a good job at that too and it actually scared me. (Thx for the likes btw)
Iron lung was something else. The noise spooks in that drove me to panic attack levels. I now appreciate jumpscare relief now after watching iron lung.
Reminded me of Signs. Damn good horror movie.
Or BirdBox or The fog.
Nah, the monster should be impact-ful, every time a monster appears it should steal the show, that's a good monster. Like the wolf from puss in boots 2.
Annihilation did it for me. Yeah it had jump scares, but it had a lot of good ambient scaries too! the ending tho.. not so great.
“They Hear It” was phenomenal. The fact that it’s getting turned into a feature film makes me even more excited. Definitely will be seeing that when it comes out.
👋🏽🫶🏽
@@fatimapavon7787 i almost stopped watching cause of that running at that door and crying noise something about it made my skin crawled and then my headphones are bi-neural so I heard breathing in my left ear and it scared the crap out of me
Correct me if I’m wrong but it was about skinwalkers right not aliens like jack said?
@@allyy_rabbit i think cause it did take his skin idk it might be like a mix between the two
If a short film gets turned into a movie it will probably just get messed up.
I swear to god if horror writers can't come up with something other than "hurt the pet" as the first sign of a serious threat I'm gonna burn the genre to the ground
i know right, why cant they like make it harm a guy walking by or something, the pet didn't even do anything
@@The_Oinktbf it’s meant to be cause dogs for example have very good hearing and usually good instincts
I'm writing a horror story about Teke Teke- so don't come for me 😭
@@StrangeDetectivesYou know about teke teke too?
If I ever write a horror story, pets are not allowed to die.
Gotta say the biggest fear of mine is hearing something coming at you but not being able to see it
New phobia acquired*
Yeah mine is knowing something is running towards you but it’s dark you can’t see it but you can hear the foot steps getting louder and more rapid
@@GeckoIWhat's worse, being in the dark and hearing steps, or being able to see but there's **nothing** visibly running at you?
@@horseluver4ever623 Being in the dark is 1000% worse. You can't see anything, can't orient yourself and you can't plan an escape route from whatever danger is coming at you.
Yeah those mosquitos and moths in Summer nights
Jack: "Just don't live near woods and you're fine!"
Also Jack: lived in the cabin IN the woods.
Maybe he’s an alien😳😂
He was a 4chan innawoods lurker lol
Ahh, good aul Athlone.
Sean, you should REALLY link all these videos in the description. I think it’ll give way more exposure to the people that made the content. I always make sure to look them up myself to like them but I’m sure not everyone does. I adore this series
Agreed
I always mean to, but I forget sometimes
@@amelieg246true jack fan is that you in your picture? The pretty curls with some green
@@sijenkai3928 strange question
holy shit yeah, that's true
Personally I adored the ideas for Ignore It and They Hear It. With Ignore It the idea of just having to sit there as some horrific entity terrorizes you and just hope it goes anyway is horrible - even though you know what will happen if you look at it, part of you still wants to anyway, just *shudders*
I also loved the way in They Hear It that all the sounds become amplified when the monster is close. It's almost like a reverse of what you expect from horror monsters - you're normally straining to hear them and figure out if they're close, but with this one you always know when its nearby, but you never know where exactly it is because all the noise is so disorientating. Plus I do think it was the scariest and best executed in general, outside of the concept. It was the only one where I was taking the video out of fullscreen and turning down my volume because NOPE
As an older sibling to a younger brother often left at home alone with our dog, I am happy to say that we are perfectly safe in terms of horror rules due to being blocks away from the nearest forest. We do, however, have a fair few trees in a pretty big backyard...
That one scared the hell out of me lol
I loved They Hear It. I kept expecting jumpscares but they took their time and built so much suspense. The monster isn't the focal point but rather what your imagination comes up with.
It was one of the only short films i had to hide in the comments even tho jacks suffering with me lmao
@@cocacolaowo318 im hiding rn LMAOO
I read a creepy pasta once where a boy and his friend were camping. There was a deer in the river, and they could just see it’s head poking out while it swam. It came towards them, and as it emerged from the water, his friend faced him and said “don’t look at it. Pretend it’s not there.” So the boy just sees it over his friend’s shoulder. It comes out of the water on two legs, and walks just behind his friend. Starts making noises. Freaking metal.
As someone who covers behind their pillow while watching stuff like this, I'm so glad people like Sean and Cory react to them
hey me too!! Fellow cower-er! :D
Literally! I love horror but Im too scared to watch it by myself, these make it possible. Hiding behind comments during the scary part rn lol.
sometimes i have to zoom out Lol
helps make it a little less spooky
never have i ever related so much to a comment
Seeing jack scared shitless just makes everyones day better
yeah i agree
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I read it as shirtless 😂
@@pugtruck I thought it was shirtless until I saw your comment lol😂
@@pugtruck Both work
'Ignore it' was interesting. It's not that it's downright terrifying, but the fact that the more you try to ignore it, the more you can't. It made me say "don't don't don't" as I watch the family struggle. Trying to act nonchalant in a state of distress is incredibly hard.
'They hear it' was so good. The anticipation, the build-up... just knowing that something is wrong yet not exactly being able to see it until it's too late is incredibly terrifying. Also, loved the part with the kid disappearing into the shadows up until the end. I was so immersed I didn't realize I was holding my breath.
I have never watched anything as horrifylong as "they hear it". The exact way that I could feel my heart racing the farther she got into the woods, the louder the sound got, the way it had escalated so quickly was just terrifying. Definitely going to watch the movie it will be made into, as a horror fanatic who doesn't get scared much, I can successfully say that I am not going to sleep tonight.
Horrifying*
@@syllverronTerror is the dread and anticipation of something about to happen, horror is the reaction of said thing happening.
@@provaricus627 Ah. I did not know that actually! Apologies for the late response, haven't been using RUclips much lately, but it is a nice fact to know, so thank you. :D
Any feeling of being scared immediately gets erased by Sean saying "Jack be scootin'"
That last one really spooped me. The rest where very interesting concepts, but that last one really induced a natural state of true fear. Great sound, great visuals and the build of suspense was perfect. Left you scared but wanting to know wtf was going on.
They hear it genuinely gave me chills. Almost threw my popcorn and dumped my chocolate milk at that jumpscare.
NOT THE CHOCCY MILK
I don’t know, maybe it’s just me but, popcorn and chocolate milk seems like a weird combination.
@@liloisreal2129What about pineapple on pizza?
I've found another popcorn and chocolate milk lover, yay!
Poo sd
I liked the last one really much.
It shows how much the audio in horror movies affect you, I mean the last video was basically just audio and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.
Really like this series keep It up Sean.
Literally jumped for joy when I saw the title, i've been waiting for more of this series for a long time
Never did shrooms, but I have had hallucinogens and had a bad trip awake for three days straight. Thought I could see and hear people who had died in my apartment complex and they were standing around in groups in the parking lot. Came back in and looked through the peep hole in the door and saw thousands of people outside the door, never been more terrified in my life.
that’s fucking terrifying
Yep, never doing drugs :')
This kind of stuff is more effective than any anti-drug campaign
that building must be ancient
Are you the kid from the Sixth Sense or something?
The sound design for the last one was what I loved the most out of the three. The subtle scream, the cracking in the woods, the fast footsteps, and the unique bang on the door. I was almost caught by every single little sound which is so amazing. Most horror movies now dont have such unique and diverse aesthetic sound anymore. Too predictable.
agree but they used the wrong sfx for the gate creaking, which kind of threw me off. A gate made out of wood and with only metal hinges would sound much like a wooden door when it creaks. The sfx they used was what you might hear from a gate that is entirely made of metal.
@@ebreshea1337The hinges creak more than the door
@@AxiEisa the hinges are what causes the friction but it's the vibration of the door itself that causes the majority of the sound.
The sound design was definitely good when it comes to horror short movies but it's nowhere near professional work.
The levels are all way too strong as per usual and you have the typical issues of echo in an environment where there's not supposed to be none or slightly different quality between sfx. The branches being crunched was the weirdest of them all by far, way too loud, detailed, the same sound despite different locations, added echo, it's very messy.
21:32 you know its serious when the dog is looking off into the distance
These short horrors are often times waaaaaaaay better and way scarier than actual full on scarymovies horrormovies these days. Great stuff, great ideas. More of these ideas please.
Mostly because they can fit it all into a nice package instead of taken a 5 min concept and making that concept 1 1/2 hours
are you telling me that the Winnie the Pooh horror movie wasn't terrifying? /s
is your spacebar broken?
They Hear It was soooooo good. The camera angles were truly cinema-worthy, the soundtrack and SFX fit perfectly (particularly the wet footsteps in the house and the movement in the brush). The actors, despite being kids, did a very good job and were not corny. The constant suspense was phenomenal, along with the film throwing us into uncomfortable situations. Not to mention the alien itself was terrifying due to its stellar makeup work. 9.5/10
absolutely valid comment and a shortened version as well right below you, down to the points! fun
It is cinema-worthy is good, considering it is basically a proof of concept for an actual movie. Kinda feels like Signs, if that movie were more committed to being straight up horror (I like Signs a lot, but it is intentionally trying to be more than just scary, and mix in pathos with a story about a family man finding faith again; whether or not it succeeded at all that is where the debate lies (movie definitely has some standout scenes, though).
You must’ve not seen a single movie in your life to think that it was “good acting”. It wasn’t the acting that was bad, just the directing. Main character made so many stupid decisions that got her killed. Top 10 ways to die easily.
He's entering the 30 year old dad phase of his style. I'm so here for it.
Right? The half up half down ponytail, the facial hair, the plaid. I love it
Please make more of this series. I love watching horror stuff with someone and these kinds of videos help me achieve that. Also, your reactions and input helps break the tension and creates a so called safe space so please more.
I love this series as well ❤
I know right? I mean, who doesn't? ❤@@QueenMFLaurie
The second one is definitely the creepiest, it's so scary the whole idea of a non-human intruder that you have to ignore like they don't exist, it felt so real for some reason especially when the mom got attacked, anyway I don't know what I'm doing watching this at 4 am but I love this series so I'd love more!
There's a creepypasta which is way more fleshed out than this short movie I suggest u listen to it
Nah, the third one was the creepiest. Including the monster. The second one would be number 2. Spirits aren't scary. But a actual monster? Oh yeah, you got my vote.
@Red Ace Well that's your opinion, I find spirits scarier since I believe they exist
It was definitely the creepiest idea but the execution wasn't as good as the third one imo.
Damn! These ones were really good. The Sky was so intriguing, and I wanted so much more of it. Ignore it was tense, and just a "get through it" type of film (in a very good way). And Hear it legit made my heart race.
The audio was so amazing, the vcr screech, the loud parts that suddenly just go silent. Accompanied with great shots.
No through road is still probably my favorite that you've reacted to in this series. But these were pretty dang good
my only complaint with They Hear It was that they seemed to think I couldn't hear it without it being so loud I may as well have gone deaf just hearing it
@Briar Fair, as well as some of the deafening scenes were scenes that didn't really need loud noises. Which made the scenes that really needed loud noises a bit duller.
The "Ignore It" one is originally a great creepypasta story and I think the ghost in it was originally meant to be a metaphor for the mom's depression that they tried to ignore until it killed her (suicide).
What's it called
That makes a lot of sense and reading what you said pulled my heart. I'd hate to think my mental health would be something that effects my family to the point of fear.
I love the "THEY HEAR IT" horror short film! The buildup of suspense and the sound design are great! The camera angle is top-notch! The horror short film is spooky!
YES, this is literally one of my fave series, love seeing him react to spooky vids
@@RandomSuspex my guy he is just saying he likes this series and loves seeing him react to spooky videos.
@@RandomSuspex yes but the series has been going on for a while
@@RandomSuspex ayo???? Chill
Holy War Crimes Bro
@@RandomSuspex bro, im literally just excited, chill
Thanks so much for checking out The Sky. Glad you enjoyed it. I'll put Aliens in the next one :)
Recently just released Catch Your Breath which I think you'd love!
Just wondering but what was the idea behin it like was the fate of the characters sealed from the start or was the outcome based on certain events
What exactly was the thing ripping the Earth apart? Up until the explosion at the end I thought it'd be a micro black hole, but I'm not sure.
Thanks for the great horror. It really got me invested by starting at the end rather than the beginning
Your video was a masterpiece!
I have a theory the ozone disappearing which is why thay get burnt if not its still a good theory
"ignore it" is a concept that genuinely chills me to my spine, just thinking about the scream it made when the mother acknowledged it and the sounds the mother was making, you knew she was dying but the sounds made you realize just how painful and uncomfortable her death must have been, i think if they made a full horror movie out of this it would be best selling and one of the scariest things out there, as i said before, the mystery of the mothers death while also knowing how much she suffered is a terrifying aspect
Not really...half of the time it felt that the monster was screaming more then the mother...lol but the concept is def creepy of that video...but the last video was perfect
Definitely couldn’t make a full video out of it. At least not a good one. Definitely best as a short.
@@neutralGuy777 Um...of course she was...the mother was likely being choked, you can hear her gasping for air. Clearly you'd hear the creatures screams over the mother who is clearly struggling for her life
tbh this reminds me of 096 you look at its face and your doomed so it's best to ignore it
@@rileygibson242keep your gross negativity to yourself
“You’re as beautiful as the day I lost you…”
FINALLY the series has come back! :)
Not the how to train your dragon quote. Don’t make me cry like that… 😅😅😅
God bless you and whoever reads this, Jesus loves you and if you proclaim that Jesus is Lord you will be saved.
@@wolfgang4697 I’m an Atheist lol
@@Neo0x1 you could just ignore it if it bothers you that much... Saying that someone loves shouldn't make you overly annoyed
11:10 bless your sweet heart jack
The end of world type horror really gets me. Like genuinely sends the worst feeling of dread through my body, watching your impending death and being so completely helpless will always be my worst fear.
Same
I hated the end of Knowing for that reason. Not even a horror movie. The end of the world style suspense sci-fi is just... scary.
Though for scary movies, end of the world stuff or supernaturally locked in like a building or region outside scares me too. Like there was a movie where when you ran from the house you ended up back at the house. Hated that with a fiery passion.
@Lycan Ferret You may hate/love the creepypasta "No End House"
Bruh the end of world is not even a fu***in horror genre...i hate those type of videos where the world just randomly ends...so stupid
@@FuntBunkledorf Imma be honest. I also hated Wall-E and Elysium(2013) due to the dystopian Earth in both. They were horror movies in my eyes.
“Ignore it” was the exact thing I felt like I had to do my whole childhood, as if there were demons all around me but they couldn’t hurt me if I didn’t look/react to them. I think I still act like that as an adult, when I hear a loud noise at night
I’m not sure if this is what you were referring to, but that’s how I felt growing up with emotionally abusive parents. I dared not look at them, or acknowledge them, or make the slightest sound around them, because I knew if they were in the wrong mood they’d snap at me. I learned to ignore the looming threat they posed, as to not draw attention to myself. I’d try my best to pretend they weren’t there, even when they were storming through the house, hitting things and screaming at the top of their lungs, because I knew the second I made a sound or drew their attention in any way, all that anger would get redirected towards me.
It’s funny, I did something similar growing up. At night, whether the lights were on or off, I felt like if I was out of bed, monsters would get me. It wasn’t like I had to under the covers and hiding or anything, just that if I was caught out of bed by the monster at night, I would be torn apart or hurt or something, idk. I used to get up to go to the bathroom, try to hide on my way there, and would sometimes not even turn on the light and just bring a flashlight or handheld device that made light to reduce my visibility on particularly bad nights. Then I would quickly make my way bad and jump on my bed as if I was being chased so that they wouldn’t see me out of bed. It was a weird thing I did as a kid.
@@justalittleturtle5600 that’s extremely different from what we are talking abiutn
Watching "The Sky" really reminded me of some of the aspects of "Midsommar" and even "Annihilation". Themes of betrayal of trust, warping of reality and distrust in reality, as well as the sheer beauty and terror of the sky.
Also, having recently lost my own mum who I had a hard relationship with, it resonated with me and felt very real.
Edit: They Hear It was absolutely incredible! The terror was tangible while making the threat suspenseful, the cinematography was fantastic, and the real cherry on top was the sound design! Absolutely stellar. Super excited to see it become a feature length film!
I've never seen Annihilation and it reminded me of it. Didn't really get the Midsommar vibes tho.
I instantly thought of midsommar when they brought up shrooms
Could you explain what the betrayal part was, I don't really get what she did.
Annihilation was such a great movie but after I watched it I had extreme anxiety walking around the house at night alone. Had to blast RUclips till I grabbed my stuff and went to bed.
Cosmic horror done right is so rare as a film. Annihilation's one of those rare films. It's an underrated genre aside from the usual tentacle space monster or just generally Cthulhu-related stories.
The story behind Ignore It is one I've heard before in creepypastas online. (It's not a new concept admittedly, literally down to it being a woman and the youngest son being the main character we follow.) However, they did it really well.
Also, anyone else cope with trauma with distractions? Cause I know thanks to that, I'd be HELLA good at ignoring her tbh, even if I have ADHD like a s.o.b.
It’s such a nice rainy day for a scary video with Sean. Cuddled up in my blanket with the fire on, I’m ready!
Just watch out for the creature behind you.
I miss the cold
LOOK BEHIND YOU
Sean: We’re watching scary videos
Also Sean: *makes himself crack up from saying Mama like a child*
lmao 🤣
Lol
yep lmao
So as a person who has done shrooms, the effects are fairly accurate, part of the reason she was feeling how she was, most likely was because she was having a bad trip. Which bad trips can be terrifying. My most memorable bad trip is i start having a splitting head ache and i felt like spiders were crawling all over me. With a bad trip you can see stuff and feel stuff and its honestly like walking through a nightmare.
I’ve never done shrooms, but I’ve had a panic attack while high and it’s the worst thing I’ve ever experienced.
I begged my fiancé to take me to the hospital, and looking back, that’s ridiculous. But in the moment, all I could feel was impending doom. Like something was horribly wrong. It felt like I was having an allergic reaction or a heart attack and I was going to die. That experience made me stop taking anything that could possibly alter my senses, cause just the possibility of that looming dread and feeling of complete and utter hopelessness coming back scares the ever living shit out of me. I wouldn’t wish that feeling on anyone.
I've heard shrooms aren't as bad and can be very mellow and even help with anxiety and depression, and acid can be worse because it's lab made. Also it's good to mention you should be in a good head space first. I don't have much experience but it's what I've heard.
@@woofnuggiez Acid is not worse because it's lab made. It's just very potent and easy to overdose. It lasts a really long time too (12hrs) while shrooms give a much shorter trip (closer to 3hrs). Psilocybin shows promise for the treatment of depression and PTSD, but so does LSD.
@@butter_dem_beans1783 Man, I feel you. I was once on a vacation with friends and we smoked weed and drank strong alcohol. Of course a horrible mix! I went on a bad trip... I had stuff like: uncontrollably crying, being unable to speak, every sound around me was 100 times higher and made me crazy, I felt like dying and uncontrollably scared. It's crazy what weed can do to your body and mind. After that I only smoke it sometimes. I know when to stop and when I will cross the line.
@Alexiahahah Man if your shrooms only lasted ~3 hours, they must have been pretty trash. I've tripped for 6-8 hours before on a single dose. Granted, I also had a couple of joints and a few dabs before I took them.
I love your intros and outros to these videos SO MUCH!!! They are such a fun freaky way to instantly bring the mood we are supposed to be feeling for the video! So creepy and well done good job!!!
Everyone was really getting into the first one and Jacksepticeye was all engrossed in it, and then suddenly he says "Mama" and the entire mood goes down the toilet.
I have never felt such fear and anxiety as I have when 23:49 happened, I was genuinely scared for my life..
Lord Janus protect us! Strengthen our doors!
every time Jack does scary content, I always get surprised by how fast I grab my earbuds and snuggle into bed with a fluffy blanket to watch it lmao
top tier take
Yes!
Each short made me feel so many different emotions 😆
I like “they hear it” the best as far as being the scariest. Hearing shit in the dark and god damn windows are the scariest things ever
Pretty accurate depiction of shrooms for once. That spacing out and then things coming back into focus was on point
how do you know….
@@dogeater5795 guess ;)
Speaking from experience eh?
26:52 “Jack be scootin’ and zoomin’ ” my mind immediately went to “Jack be nimble, Jack be quick” 😂
I absolutely loved "They Hear It". Everything just felt so perfect about it! Tha atmosphere, the sound design, the cinematography, the build-up. It just all clicked so well for me!
I love jack sm he is literally the one person that iv watched since i was a kid !! he is the reason im still living tysm❤
The buildup of suspense will always be 100x scarier than a good old fashioned jumpscare
The sound designer on They Hear It needs mega props. Usually I'm unphased watching yt horror shorts but that one had me full clenched.
I'm SO glad that Kane Pixels is doing a backrooms movie, he's extremely talented and honestly I hope this is his big break aside from the backrooms series he made. He's got so much potential and I can't wait to see what he does. Also, great video, Sean!
I bet it will be cool. I still miss when the backrooms were more niche back in like 2019 though.
18:49 reminds me of that one part of house beneviento in resident evil village rose dlc with the mannequins
I enjoyed the ambiguous nature of the unknown from the sky. You don't know from the beginning what's happening but the characters in the story know exactly what's happening. You're left to question what they know and how they know it.
Ugh, that's what makes me mad. I really just want to know everything, when, where, how, why, and for how long. I just have so many unanswered questions
Yeah that one was executed the worst imo. There's certainly merit in leaving your audience in the dark, the unknown can build suspense and tension and put you on the edge of your seat. But simply never really explaining what was actually going on and we're left with "two friends sitting in a field do mushrooms as a bad thing approaches, one friend finds the other did a dishonest thing, that friend leaves, that friend maybe hallucinates their parent in the woods, scene." .....ok, and? Like that's my reaction to that. What was the point? Why should I care? It's an EXTREMELY neat idea, it just needed to be better executed and expanded on. Why were they out there? What was this bad thing? There seemed to be some vague notion that the bad thing was happening over a wide area, maybe everywhere. And you don't need to write an essay to do it either, a single shot showing a newspaper clipping, or a radio in the background talking about "bad thing is happening, bad thing will be very bad, humanity is over" and you've done what you needed to do to hook the audience in and invest them in the plight of these characters. We get none of that, we just get a string of loosely interconnected scenes of someone doing shrooms as the world ends maybe. it's not scary it's just kind of annoying and confusing.
@@neomaniac14 that and I couldn't even suss out what was up with the mom and the friend and why she was mad? Maybe I'm dumb but that frustrated me, too.
@@neomaniac14 I just thought it was the ozone layer being wiped out and the solar flares burning up everything
@@xxtokoyeonxx3941 prob something about the ozone layer
"They Hear It" was borderline Hollywood quality. I would watch a full production of that. 9.5/10. *Note: I took half a point off because the sister was a stereotypical horror character and walked directly into the threat lol*
I think the main reason she had walked into the threat was because she had to find her brother. When she noticed he was missing she went back into the woods even after having avoided them previously when the dog ran into the abyss, she heard his cry and ran inside. So I think her running directly into the threat was more of a "I must find my brother" thing, rather than her blindly going in.
@@Vxry.Bxrry_Bxnnie._ Yeah... I guess so
@@Vxry.Bxrry_Bxnnie._ + how would the story progress if she didn't walk right into the danger 💀?
@@aspectyt5866 yeah true☠️
She wasn't stereotypical, though. When she first heard the noises, she ran. She didn't investigate until she noticed her brother had gone missing.
Usually I'm not scared of RUclips videos, but Jack has me in that scary mood.
Spooky time
i dont know why because i find it hilarious but i cannot find anybody that is talking about how jack said "never have i ever shit myself" then chugged a big sip while making crying noises 😂
I am so Happy to see Jack react to more of these scary videos, I love this series!
Also Hilarious when he said mama and couldn't stop laughing. 🤣
This was a blast to watch. I wish Jack would be like an hour long, sit down, and watch horror films time. I would be sooo down for that!!!
the last one was AMAZING and i need to see a full length. loved the scene when he disappeared in the dark and slowing cutting the credit in and out was a great touch
"They hear it" had some of the creepiest sound design ever.. legitimate full body chills
The intro was damn near lixian levels of jumpscare, great job trey you really shivered my Timbers 👍
Jack: content in March might not be great
Also Jack: releases this banger
I love how that every video that sean makes, is NOT clickbait.
I was hoping the other day that you'd do another one of these and I've been blessed
@YeaMan then reply to me with Proof
I always think I'm super good at not getting scared...then I see Sean upload a "scariest videos on the internet" episode and I realize I'm a baby.
these aren’t that scary
I’m always depressed and Sean’s videos always seem to put a smile on my face every now and then.
Im sorry youre depression, I really do hope things start looking up for you! Please take care of yourself no matter the circumstances,,, you are worth it!
the concept of ignore it is really interesting. i find that when you're told to ignore something, it becomes hard to ignore. it definitely gave me the chills lmao
also can I say how much I LOVE this series. i get introduced to so many horror short films that i might not have watched before (I usually go watch the originals after too!!)
I laughed so hard when Jack said "Mama" 😭💀
Those are all so nicely done and get me hooked for more - ahh i love it!
This series is always the best to watch while eating
Please do more of these. I love getting to watch scary movies with people.
"I said quiet!" Dumbledore said calmly
Holy wow, "The Sky" is awesome and makes my stomach turn.
Not just the world ending, but they nailed the narcissist parent type and it disgusts me through and through.
It was a good take on a super rarely well done horror style too. Cosmic is SUPER hard to pull off
Wait I’m confused about part of the film. What was the drama with the friend? She lied to her friends mom on where she was going to be?
I wasn’t a fan of their characters, I mean Ellie’s first thought was “what did you do” instead of “she probably overheard my mom on my phone”
@@vinny_rivera she was on shrooms which could exaggerate how you feel or think about stuff. Plus it's probably meant for drama purposes to 😅
@@thequietman9820 shrooms kick in after about half an hour, and the amount she took would't take much effect either way, so yeah, drama purposes
im so grateful to this series for introducing me to so many really cool short films... that first one The Sky made me almost cry
2 things. One: This is definitely my favourite series on RUclips. I am a massive horror geek and often try to make my own shorts, inspired by these videos. Two: the third video was so good, and like Jack said gave me massive Skinamarink vibes. Absolutely love it.
If you dont mind me asking, what is Skinamarink?
@noahwillison211 Check out the Film Theory video on it, it does a really good job of explaining it and breaking it down
@@Nbrad12 okok it’s this really eerie, liminal horror movie that’s out on shudder (a horror streaming platform) and it’s filmed on this really old 70s camera with the old sounding audio too, and it 2 kids who wake up late at night to find their parents missing, and all the windows and doors in there house are gone. What happens next is the greatest horror film I have ever watched. Highly recommend
@@issacdsnutts2385 thanks a bunch! I'll have to check that out.
*my brain* "oh i love scary videos sure that dog scared me but the dog had it out for me.... ok and LET-.. 0:44 *throws computer out window*
I hope its not another year until the next ep of this series. Really need jacks commentary to watch these scary vids.
in the first one, the storytelling is what made it; the questions it answered and the questions it left were just amazing, and it really makes you think about what could be going on out there.
in the second one, the acting and the visual effects made it; whether intentional or not, the "poor" acting of the family really helped sell how terrified they were of The Woman, and the whole thing with the reflections, the way the girl's eye moved away from her brother's face to the creature beyond him, the blast of the door throwing the dad back... gawd it was so creepy.
in the third one tho, it was absolutely the sound that made it; of the three of them, this one was scariest for me by far, bc sound is extremely important to me due to autism, and the sound design of this one was absolutely flawless. there were other cool things too, like the framing of various shots, and the way the boy disappeared while the girl was fidgeting with her flashlight, and the old black and white movie fading in and out of static and such, but the sound... the blinking lights whenever the flashlight stopped working, the almost inaudible shriek through static and wind, the spine-tingling orchestral swell coupled with the pounding of someone or some*thing* through the halls, the squeak of the gate hinge, the death howl of the poor dog... i nearly jumped out of my skin so many times watching this one bc of the sound effects; i cannot wait to see the full feature film.
the squeak of the gate hinge was the wrong sfx though, which is such a shame because the sound design was really good otherwise.
@@ebreshea1337 it's close enough for someone like me (i can often differentiate many of the actual animal sounds blended into fantasy monster roars) to be satisfied with the effect it has on the quality of the scare. that's all that matters to me.
The first one is crazy because the forest scene is what my panic attacks feel like. Also- love this series so much!! ❤
Man, I'm just imagining the dad in the second one saying stuff like "Stay frosty gentleman." or "Stay focused on the mission."
I’ve missed the scary video reactions!!! And “They hear it” was def my favorite. The sound effects were very well done!!!
"They hear it" : best horror ASMR on RUclips !
Joke apart, that's why Jack says that sound design is important in horror, made me waaaay more spooked even while showing nothing, and definitely nails the ambiance !
Thanks for the content Jack !
I think the last one got me the most. I grew up in a house surrounded by woods and they always freaked me out. I live in New England and hearing strange/creepy things from the woods is nothing new but always instills a little fear in me even as an adult. I could have sword I saw some form of face towards the beginning when the girl was with her dog.
The way Shaun literally says mama is the best
I love how when jack watches a serious scene he’s like “well if it were me we’d all be fecking dead.”
sean, you are truly a timeless creator and an absolute king among men, thank you for making all of our days better.