The Worm | Animated Horror Story

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  • @DWHAAD
    @DWHAAD  6 месяцев назад +3971

    A lot of people have been asking questions so I'll just pin this here!
    - What is that song on the radio at the beginning?
    It's an original song we made for the video. We called it "Thinking It Over" and it was written by my buddy Ryan Carlson who did all the music you hear in "The Worm". He's awesome. Ryan's friend Carmen Elle did the vocals for us.
    - Where can I listen to the full song?
    Here you go!
    open.spotify.com/album/1hF6L6a6UCIXe049y0pf11
    - Is the opening sequence a dream?
    Yes. It is one of Sparrow's dreams.
    - Are you going to make more stories?
    Absolutely. It'll probably take a while though. I also have a regular job and animation takes a lot of time and work. I make this stuff because I love doing it, so I'd rather just take my time and be happy with the things that I make than rush out videos just to chase some algorithm or something. This is just for fun.
    - What did Sparrow actually do?
    What she had to...

    • @rennoib
      @rennoib 6 месяцев назад +50

      Thanks a lot, you should pin this comment to keep it on the top.

    • @yxt-Youssef_324.siiiiiii
      @yxt-Youssef_324.siiiiiii 6 месяцев назад +10

      ْ

    • @MitchelHart
      @MitchelHart 6 месяцев назад +34

      this film ia amazing and incredibly well done. you've definitely got a good side gig doing this

    • @Senhor_Raposo
      @Senhor_Raposo 6 месяцев назад +20

      E um SCP? 🕴️🕴️🕴️🕴️

    • @chivonfortney1656
      @chivonfortney1656 6 месяцев назад +7

      I love it❤!

  • @luznoceda423
    @luznoceda423 7 месяцев назад +14364

    I was wondering why the animation of this channel was so familiar. It turns out the director of Hilda The Series is behind this channel. He's impressively talented and I wish his channel will reach millions of subs

    • @God_melon_cat
      @God_melon_cat 7 месяцев назад +186

      Ayooooo its luz noceda

    • @luznoceda423
      @luznoceda423 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@God_melon_cat lowres noceda, actually 🤓👆

    • @Iguanodon-fb7rs
      @Iguanodon-fb7rs 7 месяцев назад +354

      Oooooohhh, I know it seemed familiar. Hilda always had that horror feel to it.

    • @gianlu018
      @gianlu018 7 месяцев назад +140

      For me the animation is like a version 2.0 from shows like TOH or gravity falls, probably because it's a small team but the animation is more one image and little movement.

    • @MillyKKitty
      @MillyKKitty 7 месяцев назад +89

      I knew that someone working at Hilda must've been involved. Yesss. 👏👏👏

  • @doodlebuglet7619
    @doodlebuglet7619 2 месяца назад +994

    “It gets passed on when you tell people about it.”
    *Proceeds to tell everyone on the internet*

    • @ryanp9
      @ryanp9 Месяц назад +6

      Dumb

    • @TarrareyoutubeOF
      @TarrareyoutubeOF Месяц назад +9

      Sigma doctor

    • @_salvaa_
      @_salvaa_ Месяц назад +1

      😂

    • @fanbouyant1056
      @fanbouyant1056 27 дней назад +3

      Dude its ALREADY on the internet, so you wasting your energy..😜

    • @ItsWednesdayMyDudes3
      @ItsWednesdayMyDudes3 23 дня назад +11

      Thats the twist of the story, he shares it so he can pass it on to anyone else

  • @DMCMaster550
    @DMCMaster550 5 месяцев назад +1235

    I like how the narrator, isn't recounting events to warn people away, as seen in stories like "At the Mountains of Madness", but for selfish reasons, so he doesn't have to deal with it anymore.
    I also like how his curiosity, is what helped The Worm to live. Sparrow knew, had the capacity to do awful things, to keep others from spreading The Worm, but also the strength to keep from spreading it herself. What she didn't count on, was a curious doctor, who had the moral flexibility to not only undergo a frowned upon practice for answers, but to spell it all out, in order to free himself. She almost won, if it weren't for him.

    • @RustBot42
      @RustBot42 Месяц назад +87

      Not to mention the fact that the newspaper on the desk describes the incident as a "murder-suicide attempt" with four of the teens dead, plus an unidentified adult male.
      This is conjecture on my part, but this seems likely to be "the old man" she spoke about, the one who used to call her "Little Bird".
      Either spurred on by the Worm, or in a desperate attempt to stop something they knew nothing about, they killed the man, and then killed themselves (or even killed each other) to completely burn any possibility for it to happen again.
      Except... Sparrow didn't.

    • @vizthex
      @vizthex Месяц назад +34

      and in the same way, our own curiosity is what allowed him to spread it the worm to us.

    • @KxngRxch
      @KxngRxch 10 дней назад +2

      "if it wasn't for you medaling kids."

  • @MC-yg1mq
    @MC-yg1mq 5 месяцев назад +533

    Cool how the song at the beginning talks about sparrow hosting the worm
    "In the mist of memories remains, yeah I've had this dream before, I always wanted more"

    • @daniskowt2470
      @daniskowt2470 3 месяца назад +17

      omgg i didnt realize that!!!! thats sickk detail

  • @alexfrancisco9327
    @alexfrancisco9327 7 месяцев назад +2633

    It's a small (and obvious) detail, but demonstrating the passage of time through the character's hair is brilliant.

    • @salmascreativitypen4489
      @salmascreativitypen4489 5 месяцев назад +70

      Agreed, I noticed how Sparrow’s hair started from neat to rough and neat again with her time at the mental hospital.

    • @yamato6114
      @yamato6114 Месяц назад +23

      @@salmascreativitypen4489And it goes from her hair being red to just the tips red to show it’s growing

    • @salmascreativitypen4489
      @salmascreativitypen4489 Месяц назад +9

      @@yamato6114 Exactly, thanks you gotta watch out for the small details.

  • @Soundwave._
    @Soundwave._ 6 месяцев назад +521

    Shocked to see none of the comments acknowledging the true horror aspect of this, the medical malpractice. The narrator isn't sympathetic at all. As someone with mental illness who has had psychiatrists good and bad, I would not want to be in this guy's care ever. The attention to detail with the notes on his patient and the way he makes subjective assuptions about her and belittles her (soft-spoken, smaller than expected, etc) is subtle but terrifying.

    • @DWHAAD
      @DWHAAD  6 месяцев назад +219

      Exactly! The monster in this story is not the worm.

    • @Soundwave._
      @Soundwave._ 6 месяцев назад +33

      @@DWHAAD Indeed. Very chillingly written, great story!

    • @skystygian
      @skystygian 2 месяца назад +74

      Agreed! What really tipped me off was how he ultimately passed it onto the viewer, he knew how it worked and yet he went ahead and spread it anyway. I guess that just begs the question of if the parasite affects the mind of the host and makes them want to spread it, or if he's just inherently bad and that was his reasoning. Given Sparrow seemed to be fighting sharing about it though I think it has more to do with the person than the parasite.

    • @derpstick5467
      @derpstick5467 Месяц назад +5

      @@skystygianso I’m guessing sparrow is the girl and she seems to be okay at the end? lol sorry to the creator I did skip around cause I figured she’d end up torn to pieces by some monster, though if she still suffered mentally from the experience then well maybe death was preferable.

    • @ariadnefrolich7243
      @ariadnefrolich7243 Месяц назад +20

      Recently started going to a new doctor's office myself and it was shocking how the whole staff seemed to be actually concerned with helping their patients, rather than if we had the money to pay for treatment/had all the proper forms filled out.
      The fact that such attitudes are the exception rather than the norm in Healthcare really says a lot about our society, and none of it good.

  • @ProfJamie20
    @ProfJamie20 Месяц назад +151

    This has two of my absolute favourite horror tropes in it!!
    1) Cognito hazard type thing that gets “passed” to the viewer at the end
    2) The LITERAL monster is not actually the TRUE monster (while The Worm is indeed terrifying, the psychiatrist is the one who allowed it to escape, infected everyone else with it, and also abused his power to violate a vulnerable patient’s consent and a whole bunch of other malpractice things - The Worm wouldn’t have spread if it wasn’t for him)
    This was SO fantastic, the atmosphere and everything else was SO haunting and beautiful and just brought everything together, I just discovered this channel today and these are all so amazing!!! 💕💕

  • @NoodleGoblin
    @NoodleGoblin 5 месяцев назад +257

    Mnemonic hazard stories that end with the narrator telling us about the thing and "passing it on" to the audience never fails to send chills down my spine and give me goosebumps! Good work!

    • @looking4agoodtime89
      @looking4agoodtime89 3 месяца назад +11

      The storyteller just added a lot more bodies to the Raid. LOCK N LOAD! CAUSE WE GOING IN! AND WE GONNA KICK THIS THING’S ASS!

    • @medexamtoolsdotcom
      @medexamtoolsdotcom Месяц назад

      Then read "Nothing But Gingerbread Left" by Henry Kuttner. Some say it actually inspired the "funniest joke in the world" monty python sketch.

  • @Latinriver
    @Latinriver 6 месяцев назад +2810

    This is so good. The idea that a curse is being passed onto you, the viewer, always ends a slight chill down my spine. Even if I know it’s just a story.

    • @pierrecurie
      @pierrecurie 5 месяцев назад +29

      some stories are more true than others...

    • @notthatbad42
      @notthatbad42 5 месяцев назад +106

      They’re called cognitonazards, and they’re an interesting concept

    • @gdottothegamer1001
      @gdottothegamer1001 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@notthatbad42I did a bit of research. It's not that, it's called infohazard. The name is pretty self-explanatory. You give some info about a monster or something like that to others and they'll get infected. The one that you said can only happen through your senses. Touch, smell, hear, taste, and sight

    • @D3xteRC4T
      @D3xteRC4T 5 месяцев назад +27

      Scared the shit outa me

    • @cccyanide3034
      @cccyanide3034 5 месяцев назад +15

      it's just a story ... or is it ? 🤔

  • @melanieodhner4686
    @melanieodhner4686 6 месяцев назад +1959

    I love how the doctor's moral flexibility and her vulnerable position adds its own layer of horror, and puts a hauntingly relatable twist on the "horror as morality tale" trope.
    If you cross people's boundaries for their own good, it miiiiiight turn out well...
    But keep in mind, you might just get your brain eaten by a contagious lovecraftian dream worm! 🙃

    • @jessica6608
      @jessica6608 5 месяцев назад +73

      Well said! Honestly the part of this that bothered/stuck with me the most was the fact that they drugged her against her will.

    • @cinemartin3530
      @cinemartin3530 4 месяца назад +17

      I like it when people try to see subtext in what they watch. A very useful quality that fills our leisure time with great meaning. I completely agree with your conclusions)

    • @jameschristopher2540
      @jameschristopher2540 4 месяца назад +5

      @@jessica6608 of course. But some people are like that. Kinda like the maze runner.

    • @ItIsILIV-rx1px
      @ItIsILIV-rx1px 3 месяца назад +29

      It’s true! Sparrow tried to save them, and he took it on himself.
      And now, he’s done a thing he can to get it away from himself! He’s not a good guy 😅

  • @unicornfishhh1116
    @unicornfishhh1116 3 месяца назад +91

    I love how you used her hair dye to express the passing of time so creative!!

  • @minecraftpogfam3760
    @minecraftpogfam3760 Месяц назад +32

    Wow, I am blown away at this remarkable short film. The build up to the end, it pulls the whole thing together making me feel more in the story. It left me with goosebumps, not only from feeling uneasy but also how good it was. I just subscribed and can’t wait to see more

  • @elizabethk007
    @elizabethk007 7 месяцев назад +3221

    This was even better than the first one! I loved how fluid the dream sequences were. The minimal movements during the doctor's narration makes the dreams more jarring.

  • @diontaedaughtry974
    @diontaedaughtry974 6 месяцев назад +2617

    Thank you for passing the worm to us and dooming us all to hell. Now I gotta try to stay awake like the kids in A Nightmare on Elm Street. 1-2 the worm is coming for you. 😱

    • @Basilililisk
      @Basilililisk 6 месяцев назад +70

      It will be of no use... eventually the mist will come, and with it the worm

    • @melvinfranco2142
      @melvinfranco2142 6 месяцев назад +33

      ​@@BasilililiskWhat would happen if a true psychopath was infected by that thing?

    • @alwynwatson6119
      @alwynwatson6119 6 месяцев назад +18

      Yeah well I went full crocodile Dundee on Freddy Krueger as a Therizinosaurus. You know “that’s not a claw this is a claw“ if the worm wants to come for me then I hope it likes getting the mitochondria treatment. Do you know because mitochondria were bacteria before our cells hijacked them. I would recommend that anybody who had a dream about this tries the psychic equivalent of that.

    • @melvinfranco2142
      @melvinfranco2142 6 месяцев назад +5

      @@alwynwatson6119 What do you mean by that?

    • @fullmentaljacket4159
      @fullmentaljacket4159 6 месяцев назад

      @@melvinfranco2142 I think AW6119 is implying that they're going to hijack the worm for their own purposes. A little like accepting a tapeworm to suppress one's appetite on purpose. The tapeworm thing is real, and I suspect that trying to harness an ancient psychic nightmare abomination would be similarly fraught.

  • @xkavarsmith9322
    @xkavarsmith9322 19 дней назад +7

    8:35
    I can tell, even as abstract as it was drawn, that poster on the cell wall is the Hang In There Cat.
    Which adds to the cuteness of the animation and the horror of the situation. Why would the hospital remind patients that suicide is an option?

  • @aceupsleeve9331
    @aceupsleeve9331 5 месяцев назад +48

    As an animator this is SO good love the simplicity yet attention to detail. Sound work is amazing too. bravo all around

  • @mistercrool2538
    @mistercrool2538 6 месяцев назад +988

    This is one of those 15 to 20 minute videos that makes you positively feel like you’re watching a 90 to 120 minute long film. I’ve been getting interested in indie shorts (live action and animated) lately and this one is definitely going to my list of favourites.

    • @theknight1573
      @theknight1573 5 месяцев назад +20

      I know right, especially the last 10 minutes felt both like 2 and 100 minutes at the same time

  • @keenanhaasbroek1491
    @keenanhaasbroek1491 7 месяцев назад +2276

    You understand horror and terror really well, terror is when you understand it and it scares you, horror is when you don't. A monster will terrify you, a concept will horrify you. Very well done.

    • @bedlam_blaze1840
      @bedlam_blaze1840 7 месяцев назад +62

      Other way around, but yes

    • @Self-replicating_whatnot
      @Self-replicating_whatnot 7 месяцев назад +41

      Isn't it the other way around?

    • @command5613
      @command5613 7 месяцев назад +26

      Terror starts before the horror actually arrives

    • @Stiqetastic
      @Stiqetastic 6 месяцев назад +6

      I've never heard anyone call them "terror stories" but okay

    • @ellemueller
      @ellemueller 6 месяцев назад +35

      Terror is when you don't know and you're afraid of something terrifying.
      Horror is when you find out what seemed terrifying is actually horrifying and you cannot easily accept it so you may go bonkers to some degree because it's horrifying.

  • @DaisyLefay
    @DaisyLefay 28 дней назад +5

    bro this is better than 98% of the stuff hollywood is producing these days

  • @OneBitGaming
    @OneBitGaming 5 месяцев назад +5

    I love these animated shorts on youtube, so many talented people sharing their work.

  • @MMumbles
    @MMumbles 6 месяцев назад +408

    A little detail I love is how Sparrow's hair color gives you an idea of how much time has passed. Very well done!

  • @kayurien845
    @kayurien845 5 месяцев назад +130

    The fact that this isn't a whole season show is a tragedy. I am left wanting more

    • @Animation_fan14
      @Animation_fan14 Месяц назад +5

      Honestly big studios need to get independent creators like this one their own show!!

    • @loggling5135
      @loggling5135 Месяц назад +9

      @@Animation_fan14 Big studios usually come with corporate bureaucracy that ruins or hinders the original creator's vision. Or they're just absorbed into the studio to work on something unrelated to their passion.

    • @noahdaanimalguy7673
      @noahdaanimalguy7673 Месяц назад +7

      @@Animation_fan14good news for you, they actually do have their own show! It isn’t as directly horror like this but they have a show on Netflix I think called Hilda

  • @addy7464
    @addy7464 4 месяца назад +6

    Thanks for choosing this aspect ratio. It feels amazing when the video fills the whole screen.

  • @TheMisbegottenOphanim
    @TheMisbegottenOphanim 5 месяцев назад +8

    This looks beautiful! I hope there's an entire show like this!

  • @theroundestfrog7913
    @theroundestfrog7913 7 месяцев назад +1294

    It's like a memetic spc type of thing. I absolutely loved that. The contrast of soft and "childish" animation with an absolute horror of something grater than you, of not being able to run away or change your fate once you came to contact with it. The vague description of it changing you to something violent, and becoming contagious to everyone around you.And the best is that it has a perfect trap based on one of strongest human impulses, curiosity. I just really loved it, thank you for making it.

    • @dracovoid2001
      @dracovoid2001 7 месяцев назад +39

      Shark punching center

    • @wooshwoosh2000
      @wooshwoosh2000 7 месяцев назад +15

      @@dracovoid2001 i bet there's an mft out there searching for this thing

    • @dracovoid2001
      @dracovoid2001 7 месяцев назад +12

      Totally unrelated to the scp foundation

    • @JoseHernandez-xv2bt
      @JoseHernandez-xv2bt 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@wooshwoosh2000I think MTF “Village Idiots” are on the hunt currently

    • @waffles001
      @waffles001 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@dracovoid2001he didnt say it WAS an scp, he said it was similar

  • @dcbandit
    @dcbandit 7 месяцев назад +604

    This is my favorite style of horror, no actual blood or gore, just something to haunt you to your core, very classic. Slashers never haunt you like this, they mostly rely of cheap jumpscares and gore, which while can work, it never really lasts. Nothing better than a classic story!
    I love the animation too, very much belies the true horror that is about to unfold. And when it does, it goes hard, so smooth and intense! Love it.

    • @RralRonaldo
      @RralRonaldo 7 месяцев назад +9

      Just love how you generalize all slashers

    • @relight6931
      @relight6931 7 месяцев назад +2

      Yah, the mistery or misery or both, paired with dreadd and slow unraveling of either clues or one's own sense of reality just has this sense of a gift that just keeps on giving.. Except you never asked for it or wanted it..
      For me a horror that doesn't stay with you for a while after watching, just ain't horror..
      Using jump scares is relying on using human instincts to produce a reaction. It is cheap. So is using gore, or using ones sense of disguast. I have not made my mind on using uncanny movement yet.
      Good horror is as most genres, good story telling, with intentions of bringing certain emotions, atmosphere.. This piece right got it all..

    • @clydecraft5642
      @clydecraft5642 7 месяцев назад +5

      @@RralRonaldobecause slashers are for adrenaline junkies, aka modern idiots who want a rush.

    • @dcbandit
      @dcbandit 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@relight6931 exactly!

    • @Adultswim-A-Plus
      @Adultswim-A-Plus 7 месяцев назад +2

      You said it all... I loved the narration. Made me hang In There 😅

  • @Sgront
    @Sgront Месяц назад +1

    a story with a perfect tension.......once started to notice it you get sucked in ! and perfect background music, happy you having a friend doing this ! this sadly remembers me to the fatigue of depression.....lot of parallels, this is also a parasite that eats you up in my humble opinion !

  • @Kokonutzlz
    @Kokonutzlz 5 месяцев назад +4

    I love mimetics! It's such a fun theme to play with :D Forbidden knowledge and creatures that only live in thoughts

  • @MinibossMakaque
    @MinibossMakaque 7 месяцев назад +419

    Ok, so I'm just guessing here, but the unspoken part of the story might be something like this: When you tell someone about the worm they get the worm and you're cured. If you tell a group, they all get the worm. The worm doesnt want to kill it's host. And the narrator expected to meet a monster. So Sparrow and her group of friends all received the worm at the same time, presumably from the old man. Sparrow realized how the worm spread and killed everyone who'd been infected excluding herself.

    • @DeathKitta
      @DeathKitta 6 месяцев назад +53

      I thought the longer you have the worm the less control you have over yourself and the worm kinda forced her to kill her friends.

    • @AltriaQueenOfMoths
      @AltriaQueenOfMoths 6 месяцев назад +88

      ​@@DeathKittaIt wouldn't kill its own hosts. She killed them so they wouldn't spread it.

    • @DeathKitta
      @DeathKitta 6 месяцев назад

      @@AltriaQueenOfMoths I don't know. Like, if the worm doesn't have control over you and just feeds of your energy and fears, than the problem isn't that big to straight up kill people. Someone tells you about the worm, you have a nightamre, you tell someone else and you are free. It makes it worse if one person tells many, cause then there are many worms. But if you contain this to one for one, or tell this to someone dying so they can't even get to tell anyone else... Maybe I am overdoing with ratiolizing it xD

    • @katchii93
      @katchii93 6 месяцев назад +47

      @@AltriaQueenOfMothsdamn i thought they were just driven mad and unalived themselves. her doing it so it wouldn’t spread makes it creepier and more tragic

    • @satsujin4027
      @satsujin4027 6 месяцев назад +48

      ​@@AltriaQueenOfMothsOk but if that was true and she was able to go that far to protect others, why not kill herself andbtake the worm with her? She was already in a state where she didnt have anything to lose and if protecting others was her priority, the logical answer was for her to kill the last host: herself. Is there any chance that the worm actually stopped her from doing that somehow?

  • @Ohallo-tp2eb
    @Ohallo-tp2eb 7 месяцев назад +1333

    Nice, infohazards are always a cool concept, and it’s cool to see a horror animation that uses a more typical ‘cartoony style’

    • @SixxWolfZx
      @SixxWolfZx 7 месяцев назад +23

      That's what took me by surprise I wasn't expecting a legitimate psychological trick to strike fear into the viewers.
      That made me smile, it was good!

    • @farinafranqui
      @farinafranqui 7 месяцев назад +42

      This is a cognitohazard, not an infohazard

    • @SAMMYTASTISCH
      @SAMMYTASTISCH 7 месяцев назад +12

      @@farinafranqui You know, what "cognito" means, right

    • @farinafranqui
      @farinafranqui 7 месяцев назад

      @@SAMMYTASTISCH Yes because if you know the information, it's dangerous. An infohazard is information that *can* be dangerous if you follow it. If someone told you how to easily break your thumb, thats an info hazard. You wont break your thumb, but now you can. A cognitohazard is information that *will* be dangerous if you know it.

    • @dukedevlan5457
      @dukedevlan5457 7 месяцев назад +10

      ​@@SAMMYTASTISCHS.C.P REDACTED, REDACTED

  • @RansvensAnimation
    @RansvensAnimation Месяц назад +13

    The art design on this is so ridiculously good! Character designs, backgrounds, and even the way the voice acting is processed brings such a great atmosphere and polish. Well done!!!

  • @Unlucky_RabbitFoot
    @Unlucky_RabbitFoot 3 месяца назад +5

    That twist had me in shock- beautiful storyline with beautiful animation

  • @StyxDescension
    @StyxDescension 6 месяцев назад +716

    This sort of concept is called an infohazard and I think these are really freakin' cool concepts for horror stuff. Fantastic short!

    • @adamofblastworks1517
      @adamofblastworks1517 5 месяцев назад +14

      "The Bye-bye man"
      I can't help but laugh every time I think of that.

    • @AllyOJustice
      @AllyOJustice 5 месяцев назад +7

      @@adamofblastworks1517 this is that done correctly.

    • @yeetus5111
      @yeetus5111 5 месяцев назад +32

      or cognitohazard

    • @DiabloDelMer1
      @DiabloDelMer1 5 месяцев назад +18

      Memetic hazard is another one.

    • @Plazmasoldier
      @Plazmasoldier 5 месяцев назад +7

      ⁠@@yeetus5111It’s more like a subsection of cognitohazards

  • @TheSaiProducts
    @TheSaiProducts 7 месяцев назад +669

    Man, from one host to another... it was well done, kept one curious enough till the end.

    • @Bananappleboy
      @Bananappleboy 7 месяцев назад +9

      Man, is there an end to the numerous of people with OneShot Niko profile pictures?

    • @JadenGregg-su9no
      @JadenGregg-su9no 7 месяцев назад +3

      2 REPLIES

    • @katestarkey8375
      @katestarkey8375 7 месяцев назад +2

      Man, now ima have anxiety about *this* for a few weeks

    • @gesso9061
      @gesso9061 7 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@Bananappleboy no, we are always there

  • @metaphysicalmonsters3667
    @metaphysicalmonsters3667 Месяц назад +2

    Reaaaally good character animation in this one!! Great job to all the artists (including sound designers and voice actors!) who brought this story to life!

  • @SOULxxdragon
    @SOULxxdragon 5 месяцев назад +3

    That was super amazing, the animation and sound design were super neat! The slow build up to what everything means was super interesting! Amazing work to y'all!~

  • @DarkandTwisted
    @DarkandTwisted 7 месяцев назад +457

    As a horror/thriller writer, illustrator and animator myself, I must say this was very well done. Brilliant writing, illustration and animation. I hope there is a part 2. 😍🥰👏👏👏👏👏

    • @Adultswim-A-Plus
      @Adultswim-A-Plus 7 месяцев назад +6

      Indeed

    • @somanemeth6317
      @somanemeth6317 7 месяцев назад +13

      Don't worry, it will come in your dream... :D

    • @Adultswim-A-Plus
      @Adultswim-A-Plus 7 месяцев назад +5

      @@somanemeth6317 Then It Will beg for its freedom from the monsters in my mind :D

    • @jonathansandusky7446
      @jonathansandusky7446 7 месяцев назад

      @@somanemeth6317 Nah. The real terror was the egregiousness of all those damn bass drops. Like, really? Motherfuckers.

    • @hrothgarnogar
      @hrothgarnogar 7 месяцев назад +11

      It doesn't need a part 2. The story is complete. The whole point, if you were paying attention, is that YOU the viewer are the next part.

  • @chriswolfe403
    @chriswolfe403 6 месяцев назад +110

    the transition from un-dyed roots to almost all brown hair is ACE. This detail alone is worth my total attention

  • @swarple
    @swarple 4 месяца назад +5

    Wooo cosmic horror! Wooo infohazards! Loved this. I’ve watched a few animated horror shorts recently but this one is definitely my favorite. So creepy. Also that monster design? Awesome. It’s just all awesome.

  • @user-vj2bp7ib4t
    @user-vj2bp7ib4t 4 месяца назад +1

    Top notch storytelling. Everything here is done with grade A diligence and talent. The music, the animation, the way the story is portrayed with the animation. All of it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. A well done effort indeed.

  • @paleoartstudios783
    @paleoartstudios783 7 месяцев назад +566

    Another outstanding piece of animated storytelling. I tell ya -I love this stuff. Seven months out of University, and seeing this really takes me back to the final year around October, when I would lounge about the cafe, attend the writing club, and write stories. Reliving memories is reliving the good times. Awesome video

  • @nikladamond937
    @nikladamond937 6 дней назад

    Just watched both of your animations and just, I love your art style and the way you animate. I LOVE the colors and composition in the pine creepers, just the atmosphere hits a really specific feeling that is very hard to find. And, also the art style, but especially the animation in the worm is just so damn awesome, the mist is so fluently animated! This simple style, the rounded shapes in the characters and the chalk-like line work just hit me perfectly. Also the narrators voice is very nice to listen to. Please please continue making these videos, but also take your time :D

    • @DWHAAD
      @DWHAAD  4 дня назад +1

      Ah Thank you so much! It takes a lot of time to make big story videos but I've got one cooking that's going to be worth it.

  • @animateduniverse720
    @animateduniverse720 4 месяца назад

    This was amazing, I enjoyed every moment of this, I looked in the comments and saw that the art style was immediately familiar to me, and it looked exactly like Hilda and you know that the guy who was involved with Hilda made this just blows my mind, you did absolutely amazing and just bravo!

  • @walleandeve1
    @walleandeve1 7 месяцев назад +265

    These short stories are better thought out and more captivating then pretty much anything I've seen coming out of big producers recently. You have a real talent for this, please never stop.

    • @WarriorofSunlight
      @WarriorofSunlight 6 месяцев назад +8

      Most good creepypastas or online horror stories that I’ve read or listened to have stories far superior to most actual horror movies. I guess some things are just hard to put into live action, at least without an astronomical budget.

    • @foul-fortune-feline
      @foul-fortune-feline 6 месяцев назад +5

      @@WarriorofSunlight Animation, on the other hand.... /gen

    • @WarriorofSunlight
      @WarriorofSunlight 16 дней назад +1

      @@foul-fortune-feline I absolutely love animation.

  • @ultmateragnarok8376
    @ultmateragnarok8376 6 месяцев назад +239

    A very cool concept. The worm seemed to shift forms, and with our limited sample size of one dream for each person, it's impossible to say if its shape adapts to its host, or if you get a new horror every time you sleep. That interests me. I suspect the old man was just as desperate as Sparrow was, as the psychologist quickly got. Given it's said it wants to propigate, I wonder why it leaves its hosts. And why it led Sparrow to supposedly kill those others - did they die by passing it on, one by one? Does passing it on to a group kill all but one? What of explaining it to someone after you lose it? It's a very interesting concept, with a lot of unknowns that just make it scarier. No telling how this thing's going to act, or what, precisely, it's feeding on.

    • @alwynwatson6119
      @alwynwatson6119 6 месяцев назад +43

      My hypothesis is that the worm hosts eventually die after it has taken all it can. She was infected last and it didn't drain her as fast because it needed her to pass it on. It worked. The worm and its offspring now have 870k hosts to choose from. It probably eats positive emotions or possibly souls based on the effect it has on people.

    • @ajlovechrist
      @ajlovechrist 6 месяцев назад +2

      What

    • @vanzeralltheway8638
      @vanzeralltheway8638 5 месяцев назад +10

      Because its such an abstract concept, let me just guess an abstract answer too.
      As alwyn said, it probably feeds off of your fear for as long as it could. Maybe, after sparrow got infected she decided to tell 4 other people (the Woodfield Five) presumably her friends (kid of similar age) and then the 5 of them started to have the same nightmarish dream.
      They might be having it in turns, or a few at the same time, or a few at the same time in the same dream, or no patterns at all... The obvious things is the 5 of them are breaking down.
      Maybe because these 5 kids are the initial contractor or relatively young the nightmare didnt break them far enough, and some of them accidentally told other people that, ufortunately, isnt as strong as them and those other people turned insane or commit unalive.
      Maybe its the guilt, maybe its their initial misunderstanding of what the "feed me" mean, but i think the worse happened then and these kids decided to end the suffering and killed the other infecteds. They made it into the Woodfield 5 case afterall so maybe all 5 of them are not desperate enough to kill themselves yet, and fully understand the effect of speaking about the "you know what" so they zip their mouth.
      Maybe the worm just got bored after nesting inside sparrow for so long and decided to fully jump to other host. Who is to say that it cant just jump back to any previous host ?
      Well, what it wants is obvious. Lets use a tree as an analog. All you need to do is to water them trees or in case of a big tree, just let them be and they will grow and survive on their own. You feed on them by plucking their fruit, maybe shaking the tree will get you those fruit or well, you know what i mean. It specifically didnt kill so it can continously harvesting their fear.

  • @Jack-Liu-wj4ct
    @Jack-Liu-wj4ct 4 месяца назад +1

    DUDE!!! this animation is so good as well as the sounds and voices! Top tier storyline and gives cool vibes!

  • @thespicychicken7774
    @thespicychicken7774 3 месяца назад +14

    When I was younger I used to get nightmares every night, it would always end in my gruesome death and sometimes it would be so bad I would feel the pain when I woke up. I’m fine now but I have no idea to this day why all that happened. Nonetheless, it wasn’t too much to handle in my eyes, I just stopped sleeping.
    This is an amazing animation with beautiful art/visuals and an amazing story, I love it.

  • @x.Galaxolotl.x
    @x.Galaxolotl.x 7 месяцев назад +215

    The thing is people will probably watch this at night, therefore when they go to sleep (if they do sleep) they may dream about The Worm because it was the most relevent thing in their mind, this could mix with memories of the past and possibly create an nightmare like the one we saw in this animation, so the ending could actually kinda happen in theory, whether this was the goal or just pure accident it's still super freaky if you think about it, great job either way 💜

    • @theredgermandude6469
      @theredgermandude6469 7 месяцев назад +23

      Im goin to sleep now.
      Im gonna tell you tomorrow

    • @Eulers_Identity
      @Eulers_Identity 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@theredgermandude6469Share your findings 👍

    • @NaraMidnight
      @NaraMidnight 7 месяцев назад +11

      It's 1:50 AM for me, I'll see how it goes.

    • @StoneBox_761a
      @StoneBox_761a 7 месяцев назад +14

      Me with autism and over lapping brain parts: "ok."

    • @theredgermandude6469
      @theredgermandude6469 7 месяцев назад +15

      I didn't dream about it, but I haven't slept so well in a long time

  • @CTRLVCatMemes
    @CTRLVCatMemes 7 месяцев назад +78

    HOW has RUclips not pushed this harder!? Its a CRIME!

    • @MegaMindYt0909
      @MegaMindYt0909 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah instead they just push lgbtq bs

  • @idkimjustherenow
    @idkimjustherenow Месяц назад +1

    I absolutely love this animation and the storytelling, its so well done and genuinely pulled me into the story enough that i began to suspect the twist before it happened! Always a joy to see!
    One thing especially freaked me out tho, and its the fact that Sparrow's character design very closely resembles someone i know IRL, and that scared the shit out of me. wonderful job!

  • @hanzosiku
    @hanzosiku 3 месяца назад +1

    The most impressive horror short I have seen. From the first 2 minutes you could see the high production values & love put into making it. The story would fit well in any of Lovecrafts or Kings works.
    The story doesn't really leave you but lingers in your subconscious.... like every good psychological horror movie should.
    Great voice acting and sound work too. 👌

  • @Extex_
    @Extex_ 5 месяцев назад +144

    This is amazing, portraying a physciatrist like a noir detective

  • @Imnotsmg4bob
    @Imnotsmg4bob 7 месяцев назад +12

    The Worm: **gets passed onto me**
    My sleep paralysis demon: *YOU PICKED THE WRONG HOUSE, FOOL!*

    • @ilikecats-sn3oh
      @ilikecats-sn3oh 7 месяцев назад +2

      My sleep paralysis demon is called greg and one time i played uno with him i think it was in a dream because he’s in those too

    • @lord_ozymandias
      @lord_ozymandias 3 месяца назад +1

      sleep paralysis demon and the worm get into a custody battle

    • @ariadnefrolich7243
      @ariadnefrolich7243 Месяц назад +2

      Not to be disrespectful to those who suffer from sleep paralysis, but the idea of the demon fighting off other evil entities simply because it was there first makes me laugh.

    • @thehyperion5333
      @thehyperion5333 Месяц назад

      Would be like Sukuna.

  • @Mr_Shinigami1
    @Mr_Shinigami1 3 месяца назад +1

    YEAAAH!! This is what I wanna see from animated horror stories. Thank you SM
    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @nks08_
    @nks08_ 2 месяца назад

    This is super well made. The animation, dialog, story, it's fantastic.

  • @katchii93
    @katchii93 6 месяцев назад +177

    passing it on by just telling other people about it - one of my favorite tropes when executed well and it was here! i realized by the end that we were next 😆 love the style and animation! i know this is from the director of hilda and i love hilda just as much. splendid work 💕

    • @shaunpocalypse
      @shaunpocalypse 4 месяца назад +2

      This whole passing it on thing sounds a whole lot like SCP and I'm surprised not to see any comments about it lmao

  • @hildamarston4077
    @hildamarston4077 7 месяцев назад +305

    Finally. Another creepy story from your part!
    Gotta say, your artstyle in the animations seriously gives me Hilda vibes, it looks almost similar. And i like it.
    We need more animations with this style.

    • @elizabethk007
      @elizabethk007 7 месяцев назад +62

      It gives you Hilda vibes becuase the guy who makes these is the art director for Hilda

    • @hildamarston4077
      @hildamarston4077 7 месяцев назад +23

      @@elizabethk007 No way. You're kidding.

    • @foxpro3002
      @foxpro3002 7 месяцев назад +18

      a guy who works with on show directed this, he's an animator I think.

    • @elizabethk007
      @elizabethk007 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@hildamarston4077Nope, not kidding! Look up Andy Coyle

    • @hildamarston4077
      @hildamarston4077 7 месяцев назад +6

      @@cynicg I don't think this was actually made by the people who made Hilda. What makes you guys think that?

  • @sqocks8254
    @sqocks8254 5 месяцев назад +1

    This was really, thank you for making this. ❤

  • @Rexicide
    @Rexicide 22 дня назад

    Thank you for including closed captions!!

  • @InternetStrangerThatCanRead
    @InternetStrangerThatCanRead 7 месяцев назад +288

    The things you can do with animation compared to live action is amazing. I love the minimal movement it allows people to focus on the dialogue and the way you held back how the worm is spread until after the story actually sent shivers down my spine. Needless to say I am now subscribed.

    • @Adultswim-A-Plus
      @Adultswim-A-Plus 7 месяцев назад +3

      Yes... Yes... Right on 😄

    • @Cookedandcreepy
      @Cookedandcreepy 7 месяцев назад

      I wish I could do animation 😩

    • @MatheusCrediDio
      @MatheusCrediDio 6 месяцев назад +2

      Now we'll dream with The Worm...We all doomed!😱

    • @Adultswim-A-Plus
      @Adultswim-A-Plus 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@MatheusCrediDio It will take some time eating through thousands of people before eventually getting to you 😏... Your Safe for now,😶

    • @MatheusCrediDio
      @MatheusCrediDio 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@Adultswim-A-Plus Thanks for the information bro...Now I have some time to think of a plan to stop The Worm!

  • @tred6292
    @tred6292 5 месяцев назад +108

    This is beautiful animation. Reminds me of Hilda and Infinity Train.
    Great story too. I was intrigued throughout the entire thing, and yet, only at the end did I realize the true scope of what the story was trying to tell me.

    • @ailamusic6135
      @ailamusic6135 5 месяцев назад +16

      It’s actually by the same person who directed Hilda!

    • @moroseloki1912
      @moroseloki1912 3 месяца назад +4

      Not sure what any of that is. But yeah animation is dope.

    • @looking4agoodtime89
      @looking4agoodtime89 3 месяца назад

      You mean that the doctor just added a lot more people to the raid? WELCOME ABOARD! AIM FOR THE LEGS FIRST! WE CAN FUCKIN *GET* THIS SONUVABITCH!

    • @derpstick5467
      @derpstick5467 Месяц назад

      @@moroseloki1912Hilda and the infinity train is another animation made by the creator, look at it since you like the animation.

  • @matthew_thefallen
    @matthew_thefallen 5 месяцев назад

    This is some awesome stuff! The animations were precise and perfect! The story is so good! great job! :D

  • @syd_cheshire
    @syd_cheshire 4 месяца назад

    Dude if this was a series I would go crazy! This was so well made! Keep up the amazing work

  • @2BagSam
    @2BagSam 7 месяцев назад +181

    I've waiting for so long and they finally delivered this masterpiece.

    • @johnjriden
      @johnjriden 7 месяцев назад +4

      Couldn’t have said it better myself when I saw the notification across my screen I almost dropped my phone.!!!!!

    • @SeinIshamiado
      @SeinIshamiado 7 месяцев назад +2

      Animation takes time

    • @2BagSam
      @2BagSam 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@SeinIshamiado 😐ok?

    • @SeinIshamiado
      @SeinIshamiado 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@2BagSam I'm just saying. You wait a long time because animation takes a long time.

  • @user-vn5xj6yc9p
    @user-vn5xj6yc9p 7 месяцев назад +187

    That is so well made. The art style, the voices and animations. Everything is great and especially the usage of diffrent kind of phobias made that great and the breaking of the fourth wall worked great. Amazing.

  • @idallysmosqueda222
    @idallysmosqueda222 Месяц назад +1

    10/10, very well done. Beautiful animation

  • @andrewksadventures
    @andrewksadventures 2 месяца назад +1

    This was Great! Really enjoyed it. Well done.

  • @CordellPotts
    @CordellPotts 7 месяцев назад +20

    Normally I wouldn't think this art style would mesh with horror.
    It does though.
    It adds an innocence that makes the dark things seem even darker.

  • @Jay_Vee1
    @Jay_Vee1 7 месяцев назад +124

    I'm genuinely so glad I came across this video on my recommendations. The animation, voice work and story were nothing short of enthralling, and I really hope more people learn about this channel. I know this will probably just be an one-shot story, but I wish we could learn more about Sparrow and the doctor. Overall, an amazing work! Props to everyone who participated in it!

  • @cinemartin3530
    @cinemartin3530 4 месяца назад +2

    uite a good story, with a compelling narrative and an eye-catching style. At first I was surprised by this level of quality, but after reading the comments, everything fell into place. Some professional did this, and this explains a lot. Such work can serve as an example in some respects for people like me, who have plans for their own history. And I will definitely use it, for which I want to say thank you 🤗

  • @sassycat1825
    @sassycat1825 3 месяца назад

    Wow! That was a really good one. Haven't enjoyed a good story like that since ages. Can't wait for more.
    The song at beginning is great. Everything is so well done.

  • @wandry96
    @wandry96 6 месяцев назад +37

    I didn't expect such a ending until 5 seconds he actually unveils it. I think it's a really great and original idea. Really a wonderful short animated film , the music is top notch besides the animation itself and even the dub. Really looking forward to see another one ASAP.

  • @Mankey619
    @Mankey619 7 месяцев назад +60

    It’s an amazing Lovecraftian horror short movie you’ve ever made. I like the concept and ideas of a worm that feeds on your inner most fears, like a parasite and goes from host to host.

    • @a-s-greig
      @a-s-greig Месяц назад +1

      Mine must be starving. Poor little guy...

  • @mohammedali5023
    @mohammedali5023 5 месяцев назад

    I did NOT know that it would end like that, this gave me goosebumps and was AMAZING to watch. Thank you for demonstrating you awesome work ❤

  • @RubberDuckKid
    @RubberDuckKid 6 месяцев назад +135

    This is fantastically done. Everything an eldritch horror should be, well done

  • @ForkLefts
    @ForkLefts 7 месяцев назад +21

    Oh, DAMN! The doctor's dream sequence was absolutely stunning, both visually and atmospherically!

  • @Vares65
    @Vares65 5 месяцев назад

    OUTSTANDING! Thank you for this one!

  • @masontalarico7090
    @masontalarico7090 Месяц назад

    This channel is AMAZING!!! Can't wait for the next one.

  • @hotelbravowhisky7084
    @hotelbravowhisky7084 7 месяцев назад +56

    Anyone else curious what Sparrow and her friends did and how they died?
    Also, if the Worm can only inhabit one body at a time, how did they have shared psychosis?
    Aside from that, I loved this one! It was great! It just left me with some interesting questions

    • @user-iv1fn3kh7k
      @user-iv1fn3kh7k 7 месяцев назад +36

      It might have been ruled as shared psychosis because of the close time frame

    • @MillyKKitty
      @MillyKKitty 7 месяцев назад

      In the newspaper it says "FIVE DEAD IN ****(perhaps mass?) Murder/self-deletion. Teenaged survivor in custody".
      Based on that, I think they all had decided to end the parasite with them.

    • @MillyKKitty
      @MillyKKitty 7 месяцев назад +19

      Since it says five dead, Spara's mother might have been involved in it. It would make sense since she was from a spiritualist commutee, so she might have been the last one carrying it? Or it was an uninvolved party that spread it.

    • @koboldsage9112
      @koboldsage9112 7 месяцев назад

      The mother was part of a cult that was feeding the worm one troubled teenager at a time. One escapes, tells 4 others, and once they believe, once they are all infected, they arm up and wipe out the cult, appearing to outsiders like a murderous rampage. Maybe the worm makes it hard to tell friend from foe once the bloodshed starts. Maybe the worm is temporarily sated by bloodshed.
      This could be a whitewolf fomori campaign.

    • @YoshimotoZentaro
      @YoshimotoZentaro 7 месяцев назад +2

      It was shared, just not at the same time. It was a series. Also, I'm pretty sure the shared psychosis was ruled out.

  • @figthegiant4065
    @figthegiant4065 6 месяцев назад +12

    THAT ENDING WAS BRILLIANT-
    Takes me back to my creepypasta days🏆

  • @Jackerd6
    @Jackerd6 Месяц назад +1

    This is such a smart story plot. Hope you make more great stories!

  • @snowdraw5314
    @snowdraw5314 3 дня назад

    Amazing! Im pretty sure i've already see a part of this somewhere , Good job its a very good animation

  • @Hype_Films
    @Hype_Films 6 месяцев назад +29

    Shout out to all the people who worked on this!! Its super cool what people can do to make a dope project this turned out super amazing and everyone did amazing working on it!!

  • @MarsBarzzzz
    @MarsBarzzzz 7 месяцев назад +53

    This is extremely impressive. The dream sequences are so cool, the storyline is even cooler. Infohazards can be hard to pull off effectively, but this was perfect. Immaculate job!!

  • @dianadim6527
    @dianadim6527 Месяц назад

    After just a few minutes on this video and I had to subscribe. This was incredible in so many ways!

  • @complex2live
    @complex2live 8 дней назад

    Bloody brilliant guys. An amazingly structured horror story

  • @scarystories1800
    @scarystories1800 7 месяцев назад +21

    I’m an absolute sucker for stories that involve the watcher or reader into it! When done right it adds a whole new layer of spookiness to it.
    Keep it up cause these stories have been amazing!

  • @siyabonganongilane3486
    @siyabonganongilane3486 7 месяцев назад +91

    Well Darn, this is the most intriguing story I've ever come across and your animation style brings nostalgic memories from cartoons like Steven Universe and the Regular Show. This was the best animated horror I have ever watched and you have gained a new sub this day. Absolutely beautiful work this is.

    • @slowmotionfear2
      @slowmotionfear2 7 месяцев назад +2

      man, you need to read/watch more stuff if this is the best you've ever seen lol.

    • @siyabonganongilane3486
      @siyabonganongilane3486 7 месяцев назад +7

      Relax man. I've watched great stuff and still watching great stuff. I'm just admiring someone's working who by their quality of work has a passion for what they do. So I just expressed myself the way I felt when I was watching the animation. That didn't mean I don't know a lot of interesting movies,series,mangas and comic books alright.

  • @tibble_studios
    @tibble_studios Месяц назад +1

    Absolutely amazing. I am going to show my whole family tonight!!

  • @Despoina_Nyx
    @Despoina_Nyx 21 день назад

    Just found your channel thanks to your shorts, damn from one aartist to another you rock!
    Amazing work!

  • @chucklebutt4470
    @chucklebutt4470 6 месяцев назад +21

    This was good but I got so excited when I saw the title cuz I thought someone had finally adapted the AMAZING web-series novel Worm by Wildbow.

    • @jprzepiorski
      @jprzepiorski Месяц назад

      Thank you for your comment. I loved Pact and am planning to read Worm after Pale but thanks to your comment I can watch the video without fear of spoilers.

  • @OhNoImHere
    @OhNoImHere 7 месяцев назад +37

    To be honest, this channel needs more attention. I love everything, the story, the art, the animation. Good job guys!

  • @MUHAMMADAL-AMINBINMOHDSAHRULAR
    @MUHAMMADAL-AMINBINMOHDSAHRULAR 17 дней назад

    this channel is just the type ive been wanting

  • @miracam2865
    @miracam2865 3 месяца назад

    genuinely so good, obsessed with the animation

  • @Aiden-wg4pu
    @Aiden-wg4pu 7 месяцев назад +37

    Wow, this story was so great! The doctor’s narration, the animation, so good. The dream was phenomenal, and felt like a real dream! I like the idea of an infohazard, and their potential for stories is limitless.

  • @delilacain7882
    @delilacain7882 6 месяцев назад +21

    Just 2 minutes in and gotta say this sound design and voice acting is phenomenal
    wow this was so engrossing and riveting. Gave me chills. Good job!

  • @Wishbringer7
    @Wishbringer7 4 месяца назад

    This is exceptional story-telling. Good plot, climax, and twist ending. Excellent.

  • @JailBreakFiend
    @JailBreakFiend 6 дней назад +1

    I love things like this. Because it's so simple. It's just a story. You're just listening. But that very fact is what relaxes you, you feel safe in just observing. Only for it to creep into you, and twist at the end. Beautiful delicious. Thank you.

  • @cookiebittlez
    @cookiebittlez 6 месяцев назад +17

    I LOVE THIS SO MUCHHHHHHHHH THE ANIMATION THE SOUND DESIGN THE VOICE ACTING THE BACKGROUNDS !!!!!!!!! SO INSPIRING I WANT TO ANIMATE NOW

    • @DWHAAD
      @DWHAAD  6 месяцев назад +10

      Keep animating! I just watched some of your shorts and you're great!