Hi lovely folks, I’m Ciara writer and director of Dead Skin. This was a labour of a lot of love, a lot of sweat, tears, bacon fat, scratchy school uniforms and latex. On behalf of me and the team, thank you for taking the time to watch, like, share and comment on the film. It means a lot and we can’t thank you enough. As someone who inherited sensitive skin and painful acne from my dad, I’ve constantly tried to find ways to cover up. A wise friend on an excruciatingly hot school trip to Berlin had to talk some sense into me because I kept wearing jumpers in a heat wave. I never knew she had the same acne problems until that trip. So this is definitely for all the acne skin sensitive dearies that just need a hug and a GP referral. Thanks once again and so excited to see what you all think. Any questions I’ll do my best to answer✨
I have lupus and my body doesn't regulate my temperature properly so so summers are a nightmare for me. I love this because even though I don't normally have rashes I'm usually miserable everywhere I Go. I have to avoid sunlight because of the lupus and I have to avoid heat because my body goes to whatever temperature is around me. During high school I had acne on top of it so that just made everything even more horrible especially during school
@@lilithdarke-wolf8008I feel like it’s even worse when there’s nothing visual that looks as bad as it feels. I think a lot of teachers used to think I was making it up! Sending my love your way dearie 💖
Very well done! I really like the very visible nose cartilage at the end :) My question is, how long did it take to completely shoot all of this and edit it?
Thank you for this movie! Nice take on your experiences. A question came to my mind. Was it intentional that her mother behaved like a helicopter parent? If yes, what were your thoughts behind it? Thank you in advance ❤
She just wants „out of her skin“, very relatable, also amazing actress! The look of angry shame at the locker with the girls talking! And the mother treating her problems only at the surface…
As a girl in her 20s, I’m loving all the makeup and skincare horror shorts these days. In a dark way, women’s constant need to be perfect every single day really shows in these shorts. It’s an obsessive desire to chase perfection that doesn’t exist.
That need is only in their heads! Women themselves allow to be bullied because of not wearing make up or a bit of chubbiness. Women themselves bully and underestimate others based on the looks. The only dream is too look flawless. Being flawless is not looking flawless.
As a person who has suffered from psoriasis for 50+ years, I know whats it like to want to scratch and rip, and to have people stare. I have had some awful experiences in my time and this film certainly hit the mark with me. 10/10. It took 40years to realise that what people think means shit, be yourself, be confident and be proud.
Omg I can relate to the skin issues. I have eczema and bad UV allergy. It’s not fun when you can’t go to the beach/pool or wear summer clothes without a care like everyone else around you.
Me too. Thankfully if goes away after 1 hour or so and when i´m used to the sun in summer it doesn´t happen at all. But in that hour i look like her a bit, not on the legs though.
Same here, currently with a flare up and I really want to peel my skin off so new healthy one can come to the surface, then I remember that the reaction is in the dermis, so fuck it... I keep applying my creams
It was a unique eperience considering that these type of body horrors are not so popular these days… I’m curious wheter you used VFX for skin, or it was done with a makeup artist? @openhousepictures
@@danielkardos7635We’re thrilled you liked the short Daniel. So for the skin we wanted to ensure we achieved maximum impact especially as it’s the last shot so we brought in a fabulous makeup team to mould and design the mask 🙏
This is hit really close to home! I have psoriasis, and in my senior year of high school it was really bad. Even teachers treated me terribly. Well done!~
Absolutely brilliant. Unique, well acted, and a great storyline. I loved the transition from the bathroom scene to the frying bacon - subtle, if that can be called subtle! Now this is what innovative story-telling is all about.
Honestly, I think you can take this one in two ways. A skin care horror, or a methaphore for becoming am adult, as in getting rid of the childhood and embracing adulthood
Oh, this is so relatable. I have sensitive skin that if i don't pay attention to the products I use, i either get severe acne or severe dermatitis. And when i was a teenager, i was repeatedly forced to endure painful superficial skin treatments. It started simple enough with a Salicylic acid face wash, but went on to stupid mud masks and straight up cinnamon and honey on the skin that burned like hell. Those were the most torturous times of my life. It's only when i let it be, changed all my products to simpler ones and focused on things other than my skin that i recovered. My skin still reacts badly from time to time, but it is never as severe as back then. My family's ill-advised pursuit of beauty and perfection hurt me a lot. Can't beleieve how much money was spent on bogus products by big brands...
I went through a year in middle school with eczema all over most of my body. Gym class was a nightmare, and that locker room scene had me living some bad memories. Horror movies about skin issues always get under my skin (no pun intended)
She has a prescription, meaning she took her to see a doctor, and she constantly tries to remind her to follow the doctor's instructions. What else do you suggest?
@@amanpreetkaur5511 That doesn't mean that the mom isn't doing anything about it. The girl started treatment and treatments do not work overnight. The insanely fast pace of her condition is the fantasy/horror element (and probably symbolic as well). There is no need to judge the character for doing what any real person would do for her child.
as a person with eczema and psoriasis, I can relate to video a lot and the burning urge inside you that makes you want to scratch yourself is unbearable,so thank you for making this film.❤❤
Sad situation & one hell of an ending with some fine acting on Elizabeth's end . I can't see any mom just shrugging this off as Jess continues to get worse & worse & i don't care who you are when you got to scratch ya got to scratch . Got to wonder just what her so called friends will think of the new Jess !!!
This film scares me because it hits so close to home i suffered from bad acne and i use to pick at them leaving sores all over my face but i was able to overcome that and learned sugar is my nemesis
I have super sensitive skin and regularly wake up with huge patches of bleeding, red raw rashes where I've scratched in my sleep. I also have the condition where it feels like insects are crawling on your skin. The need to itch is unreal. I think this short has a double meaning though, at least for me, being a girl who never fit in and would have given anything to be in someone elses skin, just for one day.
One of the BEST youtube ever. Why is it only 3million subs??????????????????. I just stumble on the after i search for laboratory containment. 10/10⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The mother seemed so ignorant of her daughter's struggles. Calling Jess "that bubbly girl" when throughout the short, she is anything but bubbly, and being dismissive of her feelings about prom. Not only that, she didn't even notice her daughter's skin condition getting worse, and even bought her a prom dress! If I had been her mother, I would have taken her to the doctor or emergency room, suspecting an adverse reaction to the prescription! Also, did her mother try to call her several times when she was in school and get angry when she didn't answer? Or was this at a practice? Still, she shouldn't expect Jess to pick up then!
Just want to add that my mother tried to get me to use creams for occasional dermititus or acne, and it always burned and made my skin worse, so I stopped believing her and never used anything but ivory soap and had no issues from then on. This reminds me of that time. Trying to do what she wanted then giving up.
Wow. Sad, thoughtful, and horrifying. Great job!! I've really really struggled with acne for a lot of my life, so I can heavily relate. I'm much better now, but for years and years it was absolutely horrible. Also 8:18 REALLY got me. So painful. So sad omg 😭
This short hits way close to home for my family and I. My sister and I used to get severe flare ups from ecszema when we were teens. It starts as a small itchy patch of skin on the inner elbow and before you know it your scratching your whole upper arm. What started out the size of a quarter that morning has now become a whole dollar bill at the end of the day. Sometimes you dont even realize your scratching your arm throughout the day. Trying hard to not scratch and applying cortizone and benedryl is all done in vain. So its time to pull out the big guns and get a prescription for Triamcinolone ointment or cream. A topical steroid that when applied a couple times a day for a few days it successfuly stops the flareups. However your skin acclimates and when another flareup occurs it becomes worse than before. Its a vicious cycle. In worse case scenarios for my sister and i the ecszema would spread in huge patches throughout our arms, legs, stomach and neck. As a teen this caused being alot more self conscious with our body. My sis and i are now in our thirtys. We still get flareups from time to time but no where near as severe as we used to.
Lots of coming-of-age horror (especially female centred) is body horror. Symbolism of not feeling comfortable in our skin and/or our bodies changing. Just an observation! Great movie but I’d love to see a different take on it (maybe just a genre outside of body horror) but great movie! ❤️
Please Jess…make an appointment with your GP… orrrr 🤔go to the Hospital… 🏥 🚨 EMERGENCY…I think! 🫢😲🤢 P.s…I do admire your positive spirit and energy though.😅 Oh dear, now I’m as itchy as all heck! 😳
That was excellent! Really intense, yet relatable. I’ve had skin flare ups before, and sometimes I just wanted to take it off like a wet suit, soak it in skincare products and put it back on again. Luckily, it’s not as bad anymore 😊 P.S. I’ll not be eating bacon again for a while! 😂😂
I recognize that this film was meant to exaggerate the horrors of skin issues, but for me (before I read the creator’s comment) I saw this as a film about when mental illness become too much, but you don’t know how to properly communicate it to the people who truly care about you (in this case, Jesse’s mum.) because you know they won’t really understand. In this case, Jess found a solution to her problem, even though the solution was shocking and unhealthy (representing addiction/unhealthy coping mechanisms). She found relief after giving in to the very urge she was omitted from by her mother. Idk I’m probably definitely looking way too far into it. Either way, this was a great film.
I would like to introduce you to the marvelous world of practical special effects, much more realistic than CGI and widely used by real film directors instead of manufactured Hollywood crapshit 😊
LOL. Takes teenage skin problems to extremes. I've been itching since I was a small child. Luckily it comes and goes and is nowhere near as bad as some people have it. It must be so awful I feel for them
Mum, again at the very end, "Don't make that face!"😅😉. Jess is not lacking in security, having accepted her fate,,,what was she infected by? Radi☢️tion? Is she allergic to 'adulthood'? Some type of 'self-harm', i.e., taking cutter farther? Well prom time is here, have a nice prom night! Very creeeepy short
Hi lovely folks, I’m Ciara writer and director of Dead Skin.
This was a labour of a lot of love, a lot of sweat, tears, bacon fat, scratchy school uniforms and latex. On behalf of me and the team, thank you for taking the time to watch, like, share and comment on the film. It means a lot and we can’t thank you enough.
As someone who inherited sensitive skin and painful acne from my dad, I’ve constantly tried to find ways to cover up. A wise friend on an excruciatingly hot school trip to Berlin had to talk some sense into me because I kept wearing jumpers in a heat wave. I never knew she had the same acne problems until that trip. So this is definitely for all the acne skin sensitive dearies that just need a hug and a GP referral. Thanks once again and so excited to see what you all think. Any questions I’ll do my best to answer✨
I have lupus and my body doesn't regulate my temperature properly so so summers are a nightmare for me. I love this because even though I don't normally have rashes I'm usually miserable everywhere I Go. I have to avoid sunlight because of the lupus and I have to avoid heat because my body goes to whatever temperature is around me. During high school I had acne on top of it so that just made everything even more horrible especially during school
@@lilithdarke-wolf8008I feel like it’s even worse when there’s nothing visual that looks as bad as it feels. I think a lot of teachers used to think I was making it up! Sending my love your way dearie 💖
Very well done! I really like the very visible nose cartilage at the end :)
My question is, how long did it take to completely shoot all of this and edit it?
It scared me a lot😭😭😭😭
Thank you for this movie! Nice take on your experiences.
A question came to my mind. Was it intentional that her mother behaved like a helicopter parent? If yes, what were your thoughts behind it?
Thank you in advance ❤
Ironic that at the very end when she looked her worst, she was the most happy and pleasant of the entire film.
Because nothing was itching anymore, that's why she was happy lol
Think that was the point mate
She just wants „out of her skin“, very relatable, also amazing actress! The look of angry shame at the locker with the girls talking! And the mother treating her problems only at the surface…
Yes. at least they didnt bully her. ☺
As a girl in her 20s, I’m loving all the makeup and skincare horror shorts these days. In a dark way, women’s constant need to be perfect every single day really shows in these shorts. It’s an obsessive desire to chase perfection that doesn’t exist.
As someone who is not even in her 20’s yet, i also love makeup/skincare related horror stories!
You are telling this to yourself. Only teenage girls, Hollywood starlets and models are obsessed with their appearance, normal women don't give a damn
Men desire to be perfect too they just don’t bitch and moan out load about it. They just commit suicide when they fail
That need is only in their heads! Women themselves allow to be bullied because of not wearing make up or a bit of chubbiness. Women themselves bully and underestimate others based on the looks. The only dream is too look flawless. Being flawless is not looking flawless.
The only one oppressing you is yourself. If you don't realize that, you can't be saved.
As a person who has suffered from psoriasis for 50+ years, I know whats it like to want to scratch and rip, and to have people stare. I have had some awful experiences in my time and this film certainly hit the mark with me. 10/10. It took 40years to realise that what people think means shit, be yourself, be confident and be proud.
i love the way we cut from bloody bathroom with skin on the floor to BACON!! 🤣🤣
I thought that was the skin for a moment lol
I took my grandma to one of those places where the fish eat dead skin.
It cost me $50, but it was a hell of a lot cheaper than a funeral.
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I doubt you'll watch this movie and not feel a slight itch
i just saw your comment and it started itching !! DAMN!
Omg I can relate to the skin issues. I have eczema and bad UV allergy. It’s not fun when you can’t go to the beach/pool or wear summer clothes without a care like everyone else around you.
Me too. Thankfully if goes away after 1 hour or so and when i´m used to the sun in summer it doesn´t happen at all. But in that hour i look like her a bit, not on the legs though.
Same here, currently with a flare up and I really want to peel my skin off so new healthy one can come to the surface, then I remember that the reaction is in the dermis, so fuck it... I keep applying my creams
Agh as someone with a skin condition this just hits the spotttt the constant picking the way it gets worse through out the day I love this sm
We hope you enjoy our short and remember “don’t scratch…”👀
It was a unique eperience considering that these type of body horrors are not so popular these days… I’m curious wheter you used VFX for skin, or it was done with a makeup artist? @openhousepictures
@@danielkardos7635We’re thrilled you liked the short Daniel. So for the skin we wanted to ensure we achieved maximum impact especially as it’s the last shot so we brought in a fabulous makeup team to mould and design the mask 🙏
"To bad weather, good face!" Jess exclaimed... as her mother screamed in horror at the sight of her bloody face.
This is hit really close to home! I have psoriasis, and in my senior year of high school it was really bad. Even teachers treated me terribly. Well done!~
Absolutely brilliant.
Unique, well acted, and a great storyline.
I loved the transition from the bathroom scene to the frying bacon - subtle, if that can be called subtle!
Now this is what innovative story-telling is all about.
These shorts would make for a great anthology type film. Great acting, great stories. Thank you :)
Those are in Alters playlist, under 'livestream', where they've got similiar themed anthologies
As a person with sensitive skin and with a habit of scratching out scabs, I kinda felt the same way as the girl felt. Good film showing. :)
Honestly, I think you can take this one in two ways. A skin care horror, or a methaphore for becoming am adult, as in getting rid of the childhood and embracing adulthood
Lmao that typo.....''Methaphore'' Is super funny cause meth addicts have messed up faces from picking their skin.
Oh, this is so relatable. I have sensitive skin that if i don't pay attention to the products I use, i either get severe acne or severe dermatitis. And when i was a teenager, i was repeatedly forced to endure painful superficial skin treatments. It started simple enough with a Salicylic acid face wash, but went on to stupid mud masks and straight up cinnamon and honey on the skin that burned like hell. Those were the most torturous times of my life. It's only when i let it be, changed all my products to simpler ones and focused on things other than my skin that i recovered.
My skin still reacts badly from time to time, but it is never as severe as back then. My family's ill-advised pursuit of beauty and perfection hurt me a lot. Can't beleieve how much money was spent on bogus products by big brands...
I went through a year in middle school with eczema all over most of my body. Gym class was a nightmare, and that locker room scene had me living some bad memories. Horror movies about skin issues always get under my skin (no pun intended)
OMG......the end was shocking.......n what kind of mother is that,she is not looking at her daughter's problem? Or doing anything
She has a prescription, meaning she took her to see a doctor, and she constantly tries to remind her to follow the doctor's instructions. What else do you suggest?
@@arualblues_zero yeah but the prescription is definitely not working......u saw the end....
@@amanpreetkaur5511 That doesn't mean that the mom isn't doing anything about it. The girl started treatment and treatments do not work overnight. The insanely fast pace of her condition is the fantasy/horror element (and probably symbolic as well). There is no need to judge the character for doing what any real person would do for her child.
@@arualblues_zerookay .......
@@arualblues_zero I thought she had an allergic reaction to the prescription. ^^;
Yes..its little terrifying.
How are all you twisted awesome beautiful horror movie fans doing today?
Good and how are you doing 🎉
@@bevinallard5492 purdy Not Bad! Thank you for asking
Pretty okay❤ Hope ur doing well 😊
Just covering up the scars as usual!
Just chilling
I think she has eczema
I have that too 🥺
Kudos to the entire crew for such an impressive production. The visuals and sound design were absolutely amazing.
The child is a good actress. I did not expect such ending.
It is fantastic! No words! Absolutely perfect production!
as a person with eczema and psoriasis, I can relate to video a lot and the burning urge inside you that makes you want to scratch yourself is unbearable,so thank you for making this film.❤❤
That transition with the skin and the bacon though….
I think this is a beautiful portrayal of what we have to let go of the expectations and do what we have to do in order to feel better and smile.
I should've known better than to be eating whilst watching...my bad! LOL!!! ;)
Pls never stop making these amazing films 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I was waiting for the mother to take that bloody washing down leaving it to soak up bacon fat thats the true horror 😮
Sad situation & one hell of an ending with some fine acting on Elizabeth's end . I can't see any mom just shrugging this off as Jess continues to get worse & worse & i don't care who you are when you got to scratch ya got to scratch . Got to wonder just what her so called friends will think of the new Jess !!!
This short film is been stucked in my head since last 2 day... 😭
Brutal and to the point. Kudos!
Oh my very good to watch great job
This film scares me because it hits so close to home i suffered from bad acne and i use to pick at them leaving sores all over my face but i was able to overcome that and learned sugar is my nemesis
The ending though oh my God.
*Oh you know when you get an itch and it feels so good that it hurts!! Oh yeah baby, haha*
I have super sensitive skin and regularly wake up with huge patches of bleeding, red raw rashes where I've scratched in my sleep. I also have the condition where it feels like insects are crawling on your skin. The need to itch is unreal.
I think this short has a double meaning though, at least for me, being a girl who never fit in and would have given anything to be in someone elses skin, just for one day.
yessssss!!!
This reminds me of myself, since I tend to scratch my skin whenever I'm nervous. Great film!
as someone with dermatillomania, this hits a little harder than it should
I like the little hint it gave us at 4:10
Brilliant ❤
This is top quality stuff. ❤❤❤
Sehr gut 👍
Poor Jessica hope she got it sorted
Good one i enjoyed it keep doing them well done ❤ from Australia
One of the BEST youtube ever. Why is it only 3million subs??????????????????. I just stumble on the after i search for laboratory containment. 10/10⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Getting skinned is my big fear and this gave me goosebumps 😢 it was interesting tho 😂
She felt good at this💀💀💀
Interesting body horror and thankfully subtle in its theme.
The mother seemed so ignorant of her daughter's struggles. Calling Jess "that bubbly girl" when throughout the short, she is anything but bubbly, and being dismissive of her feelings about prom. Not only that, she didn't even notice her daughter's skin condition getting worse, and even bought her a prom dress! If I had been her mother, I would have taken her to the doctor or emergency room, suspecting an adverse reaction to the prescription!
Also, did her mother try to call her several times when she was in school and get angry when she didn't answer? Or was this at a practice? Still, she shouldn't expect Jess to pick up then!
I have sensitive skin so the fact I can relate to this film so much is just wild 😂
Just want to add that my mother tried to get me to use creams for occasional dermititus or acne, and it always burned and made my skin worse, so I stopped believing her and never used anything but ivory soap and had no issues from then on. This reminds me of that time. Trying to do what she wanted then giving up.
Wow. Sad, thoughtful, and horrifying. Great job!! I've really really struggled with acne for a lot of my life, so I can heavily relate. I'm much better now, but for years and years it was absolutely horrible. Also 8:18 REALLY got me. So painful. So sad omg 😭
so relatable with eczema
The mother is the rash. She is the poison in jess's life
Love your short films
O wow this is a good one.
This short hits way close to home for my family and I. My sister and I used to get severe flare ups from ecszema when we were teens. It starts as a small itchy patch of skin on the inner elbow and before you know it your scratching your whole upper arm. What started out the size of a quarter that morning has now become a whole dollar bill at the end of the day. Sometimes you dont even realize your scratching your arm throughout the day. Trying hard to not scratch and applying cortizone and benedryl is all done in vain. So its time to pull out the big guns and get a prescription for Triamcinolone ointment or cream. A topical steroid that when applied a couple times a day for a few days it successfuly stops the flareups. However your skin acclimates and when another flareup occurs it becomes worse than before. Its a vicious cycle. In worse case scenarios for my sister and i the ecszema would spread in huge patches throughout our arms, legs, stomach and neck. As a teen this caused being alot more self conscious with our body. My sis and i are now in our thirtys. We still get flareups from time to time but no where near as severe as we used to.
Lots of coming-of-age horror (especially female centred) is body horror. Symbolism of not feeling comfortable in our skin and/or our bodies changing. Just an observation! Great movie but I’d love to see a different take on it (maybe just a genre outside of body horror) but great movie! ❤️
Eu amo os seus vídeos 🎉
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Hell yeah! Alter is here to save the day!!!
Please Jess…make an appointment with your GP…
orrrr 🤔go to the Hospital…
🏥 🚨 EMERGENCY…I think! 🫢😲🤢
P.s…I do admire your positive spirit and energy though.😅
Oh dear, now I’m as itchy as all heck! 😳
Quite a few "skin" films lately
That was excellent! Really intense, yet relatable. I’ve had skin flare ups before, and sometimes I just wanted to take it off like a wet suit, soak it in skincare products and put it back on again. Luckily, it’s not as bad anymore 😊
P.S. I’ll not be eating bacon again for a while! 😂😂
i wasnt planning on washing my face but I had the inspiration to do so lol
Pleeeaaase my eczema ointment looked exactly like that HAHA
WTH 😮 Jess yeah😹
She reminds me of skinless Julia from the hellraiser movie 😂
The peeling of skin to bacon cooking was probably the most nauseating transitions I've ever encountered
woahhh
I recognize that this film was meant to exaggerate the horrors of skin issues, but for me (before I read the creator’s comment) I saw this as a film about when mental illness become too much, but you don’t know how to properly communicate it to the people who truly care about you (in this case, Jesse’s mum.) because you know they won’t really understand. In this case, Jess found a solution to her problem, even though the solution was shocking and unhealthy (representing addiction/unhealthy coping mechanisms). She found relief after giving in to the very urge she was omitted from by her mother. Idk I’m probably definitely looking way too far into it. Either way, this was a great film.
Is she a mute, like SPEAK dammit😂
Ouch
This one was pretty good.
I hope the actress wasn't actually allergic to the things being used on her skin for this short
I would like to introduce you to the marvelous world of practical special effects, much more realistic than CGI and widely used by real film directors instead of manufactured Hollywood crapshit 😊
No she wasn't allergic. But also a story very close to her heart ❤
I feel itchy.
There's these things called dermatologists lol
Thatsnwas gross made me nauseated
Dayum
i love body horror
Thanks beautiful xD. XD
I SAW THE FEMALE GAZE! A few minutes into the film I asked myself whether a man or a woman directed it, and I immediately knew. Amazing work
LOL. Takes teenage skin problems to extremes. I've been itching since I was a small child. Luckily it comes and goes and is nowhere near as bad as some people have it. It must be so awful I feel for them
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Hm and I thought my acne was severe. Well at least she showed her inner beauty.
9:13 is it bacon or is it skin ? we shall never know
bacon 😅
What's with the tree scene?
I think she wanted to use it as a scratching post to get rid of the dead skin
Why didn't this girl's mother take her to the doctor? 🙄 since her problem was spreading throughout her body
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Mum, again at the very end, "Don't make that face!"😅😉. Jess is not lacking in security, having accepted her fate,,,what was she infected by? Radi☢️tion? Is she allergic to 'adulthood'? Some type of 'self-harm', i.e., taking cutter farther?
Well prom time is here, have a nice prom night!
Very creeeepy short
As someone from the USA, I’m convinced that’s how all English mothers dress
It's a uniform for work