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Acolytes of Horror
Registrace 31. 07. 2016
Facing the horrors of life through the horrors of film
Civil War and the Politics of Looking
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Alex Garland; Civil War
Acolytes of Horror; Horror That Fears Politics; czcams.com/video/dYe3FRfKOM4/video.html
Eileen Jones; It's Impossible To Take Civil War Seriously; jacobin.com/2024/04/garland-civil-war-film-review
Yuval Noah Harari; Why Vladimir Putin has already lost this war; www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/vladimir-putin-war-russia-ukraine
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Donation Links for Palestine:
HEAL Palestine: www.healpalestine.org/
Palestine Children's Relief Fund: www.pcrf.net/
BDS: bdsmovement.net/
SOURCES
Alex Garland; Civil War
Acolytes of Horror; Horror That Fears Politics; czcams.com/video/dYe3FRfKOM4/video.html
Eileen Jones; It's Impossible To Take Civil War Seriously; jacobin.com/2024/04/garland-civil-war-film-review
Yuval Noah Harari; Why Vladimir Putin has already lost this war; www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/vladimir-putin-war-russia-ukraine
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The Passion of the Christ: A Splatter Film Savior
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Support my work: www.patreon.com/NathansArtProject paypal.me/AcolytesOfHorror Phoebe's Instagram: @Phoebe_is_Kuhl 00:00 - Intro 9:09 - Part One: Blood 30:45 - Part Two: Power 37:23 - Interlude: Interpretation 46:15 - Part Three: Good and Evil 58:56 - Part Four: Control 01:17:10 - Epilogue SOURCES The Christian Bible Mel Gibson; The Passion of the Christ Cecil B. DeMille; King of Kings Dallas Je...
Bill Watterson's Dark Calvin & Hobbes Follow-Up
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My Patreon: patreon.com/NathansArtProject My Second Channel: www.youtube.com/@NathanNow37 SOURCES Bill Watterson and John Kascht; The Mysteries Bill Watterson; Calvin & Hobbes
Skinamarink Followed Me Home (a spoiler-free warning)
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come upstairs Support my work: www.patreon.com/NathansArtProject paypal.me/AcolytesOfHorror Twitter, I guess: @LIGHTNINGWOW SOURCES Kyle Edward Ball; Skinamarink
Men: Rhyme Over Reason
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I just like the way it rhymes. Support my work: www.patreon.com/NathansArtProject paypal.me/AcolytesOfHorror Twitter, I guess: @LIGHTNINGWOW Poetry Narrator: Phoebe Kuhlman Phoebe's Instagram: @Phoebe_is_Kuhl SOURCES Alex Garland; Men Alex Garland; Annihilation Alfred Hitchcock; Psycho Ari Aster; Hereditary Frank Henenlotter; Basket Case John Keats; Ode On A Grecian Urn Li Po; On The City Stree...
Netflix's The Sandman: Horror Fantasy Without Fear
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"24/7" was the best episode of an otherwise inconsistent adaptation Support my work: www.patreon.com/NathansArtProject paypal.me/AcolytesOfHorror Twitter: @LIGHTNINGWOW SOURCES Allan Heinberg; The Sandman Neil Gaimain; The Sandman
The Existential Horror of David Cronenberg's Camera
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Watch the short: czcams.com/video/SC7YsHWoX5A/video.html
Horror That Fears Politics
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This pin points up AND down. Support my work: www.patreon.com/NathansArtProject paypal.me/AcolytesOfHorror Twitter: @LIGHTNINGWOW Assistant Directed by Phoebe Kuhlman. As always, she made this video a million times better in so many ways, big and small. SOURCES Craig Zobel; The Hunt David Blue Garcia; Texas Chainsaw Massacre Josh Ruben; Werewolves Within Ryan Murphy; American Horror Story: Cult...
The Last Duel's Blind Spots
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Troubles with truth Support my work: www.patreon.com/NathansArtProject paypal.me/AcolytesOfHorror Twitter: @LIGHTNINGWOW Assistant Directed by Phoebe Kuhlman. As always, she made this video a million times better in so many ways, big and small. Phoebe's Instagram: @phoebe_is_kuhl Voice of Akira Kurosawa by Tim Karasawa More Acolytes of Horror: How Midsommar Brainwashes You: czcams.com/video/gr2...
The Green Knight: The Uncanny Horror of Masculinity
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Power is just a fantasy. Support my work: www.patreon.com/NathansArtProject paypal.me/AcolytesOfHorror Twitter: @LIGHTNINGWOW Assistant Directed by Phoebe Kuhlman. As always, she made this video a million times better in so many ways, big and small. Phoebe's Instagram: @phoebe_is_kuhl Voice of Death by Ryan Hollinger Ryan's LEGENDARY CZcams Channel: czcams.com/channels/phlppLaedKn0BgXAszs5dQ.ht...
How The Exorcist Keeps Its Distance
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You never know what horrors might be raging inside a lit window. Support my work: www.patreon.com/NathansArtProject paypal.me/AcolytesOfHorror Twitter: LIGHTNINGWOW Assistant Directed by Phoebe Kuhlman. As always, she made this video a million times better in so many ways, big and small. Phoebe's Instagram: @phoebe_is_kuhl Voice of Demon by CJ Merriman CJ's Insta: @ceeej69 CJ's Twit...
Saint Maud: God As A Self-Portrait
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No one sees what they don't want to. Support my work: www.patreon.com/NathansArtProject paypal.me/AcolytesOfHorror Twitter: LIGHTNINGWOW Assistant Directed by Phoebe Kuhlman. As always, she made this video a million times better in so many ways, big and small. Also she did the VO for Amanda's interior monologue. Forgot to put that in the credits! Phoebe's Instagram: @phoebe_is_kuhl ...
The Dead Don't Die: How Deadpan Dooms Us
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This isn't going to end well. Support my work: www.patreon.com/NathansArtProject paypal.me/AcolytesOfHorror Twitter: LIGHTNINGWOW Assistant Directed by Phoebe Kuhlman. As always, she made this video a million times better in so many ways, big and small. Phoebe's Instagram: @phoebe_is_kuhl More Acolytes of Horror: How Midsommar Brainwashes You: czcams.com/video/gr2j0o_B2mw/video.html...
Annihilation: Surrendering To Creation
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Fear of the unknown. Beauty of the unknown. (This vid has flashing colors) Support my work: www.patreon.com/NathansArtProject paypal.me/AcolytesOfHorror Twitter: LIGHTNINGWOW Assistant Directed by Phoebe Kuhlman. As always, she made this video a million times better in so many ways, big and small. Voice of the biologist by Phoebe Kuhlman Phoebe's Instagram: @phoebe_is_kuhl More Acol...
Netflix's Ratched: More Violent, Less Scary
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Nurse Ratched is scary because she DOESN'T have an interesting backstory. Support my work: www.patreon.com/NathansArtProject paypal.me/AcolytesOfHorror Twitter: LIGHTNINGWOW Special Thanks to Phoebe Kuhlman. As always, she made this video a million times better in so many ways, big and small. Featuring the Voice of Courage as Chief Bromden. More Acolytes of Horror: How Midsommar Bra...
The Existential Dread of the Elevator Shift
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The Existential Dread of the Elevator Shift
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Soundscape of Sally's Screams
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Soundscape of Sally's Screams
The Night of the Hunter - Victims of Faith
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The Night of the Hunter - Victims of Faith
Darren Aronofsky: Horror as Greek Tragedy
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Darren Aronofsky: Horror as Greek Tragedy
PASSENGERS as a creepy stalker thriller
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PASSENGERS as a creepy stalker thriller
[blank] --- a short film feat. Leon Russom
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[blank] a short film feat. Leon Russom
What REALLY Killed Vader (A Star Wars Fan Theory)
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What REALLY Killed Vader (A Star Wars Fan Theory)
Misery: Monsters Aren't Always Mysterious
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Misery: Monsters Aren't Always Mysterious
He’s not a “great guy” but I got that he wanted to break up before the death of her family and couldn’t do it in light of her tragedy. I do feel that she should have picked up on the fact that the relationship was no longer working before the movie started. He can be a jerk but she’s also selfishly keeping him for her comfort because she needs something to cling to.
Never saw this as a happy ending. It’s horrifying and had a feeling of claustrophobia in her further isolation. She’s cut off from everyone she knew and is surrounded by a murderous cult. No victories there.
I refuse to rewatch midsommar and I love horror. There was NO warm feeling tf
I’m glad that only 10% of humankind have actually heard of, and/or have watched this movie.
Excellent reflection
The worst part is that, all and all, the movie is just okay. Felt like even most of the messaging was half baked. If some aspects regarding the messaging had a little more thought out, maybe it could've been great, but... Yeah, it's okay.
Why is no one talking about the orange scarf and the fox? It reminded me of "The Little Prince"
midsommar GENUINELY effed me up mentally
The crying parts really get to me. I cry a lot and when I specifically hear her grief cry it gives me chills. My bestfriend killed herself last year and I cried and cried and cried for nights just like that. Her cry like that always gets me.
I literally sobbed after watching this I was so overstimulated
This is definitely brainwashing because so many people say she looks “happy and free” when in reality shes delirious
The guy who made this video is morally bankrupt. What a wierdo.
I mean, the movie really did it’s job for its target demographic for Christian’s. I find it kind of amusing, for I had seen this movie before when I was younger. Like this film is one of many exceptions that religious people make in terms of the type of content they find to be appropriate for children. This was a movie that a lot of Christians showed their kids too. Thanks mom and dad… I remember them getting pissed when I turned away from the screen from seeing Jesus getting horrifically whipped. And then proceeded to say, “Why are you turning away? This is what he died for.” Personally, this is the type of movie where, I’m like, “You’d have to be insane to do this conceptually.” And yet Mel Gibson being the insane man he is, pulled it off. And it’s crazy that it worked. And that it somehow fed into the target demographics, because of what it was. And that’s so bizarre to me, because like, on any other day, conservative Christian America would not be willing to watch a gore film or a subtitled film, but Mel Gibson got them to watch both…in one movie. And it was overwhelmingly successful.
I would watch my favorite movie again if only my attention span was long enough 😊 Time to watch three 40 minute long video essays about it instead!
“The two priests’ belief wasn’t actually enough..” Yeah, which is why this film, like most horror films over yolks, over levens, the power of evil. It’s actually a type of satanic anti christian propaganda. Faith isn’t that hard, in fact it isn’t hard at all, it’s very easy. It’s just accepting the gift, the grace of hope love and being.. Indwelling from the ontological source of all goodness himself. Who, if you love him, isn’t distant in any way, at all.. If you love him, you’ll love everyone, everything, even your solitude in which you will never be truly alone.. In fact, you’ll learn to love even the scourge and temptations of the demons, who are in light of love’s forgiveness pathetically pitiful more than anything else..
"Whitewashing" Bro it's a fictional character why do you care it's not even real get over it
Wow dude, your take on this movie absolutely makes me believe you’ll end up in a cult.
That warm feeling you got? Wtf? I did not feel the same way. The end was chilling. That smile made me shudder. My sister was with me in the theater and loudly said, "No, bitch!"
correct me if I'm wrong: Ari Aster - Dude's name literally means "rising star".
I think Aster paused because he didn’t want to say the guy is a sociopath.
What is manipulative here is your video.
You’re like so hot
🎉It wasn’t just a horror movie. It was a beautifully weaved story. Amazing piece of cinematic art! They cried with her & took care of her during her breakdown. They showed her that she was stronger during that scene & the dance. When her cheating azz boyfriend burned 🔥 at the end, I smiled inside with her for her. I became one with her character during the dance. I also became the May Queen 👸🏽
You should do a video on Wendigoon.
The film is a damnation of the problem and the solution. We feel so atomized by capitalist society. We are divorced from our community, our extended family, and those closest to us. Its a world ill equipped to deal with trauma and people who actually have some need of a village. The alternative and abidication of self and ask us to drop whatever morals we have left in favor of certainty. Either way....her character is screwed....
Normally, I wouldn’t have the incentive, but I dislike cults to the point where I would raise a local militia; even in Europe.
Mass hysteria is not an emotional release. Those aren’t even your emotions.
I’ve never seen a viewer discretion advisory on YT
Religion has managed to brain wash the majority of people on earth. It’s depressing, we are just obsessed with being controlled
Saying Dani is happy at the end of the movie is like saying someone in an abusve relationship is happy just because they have chosen to stay. It's fooling yourself into being with a cheater or abuser once you know who they are because surely they'd never do that to YOU. The cult in the movie k!lls indiscriminately and disposes of people once they are no longer useful. It's only a matter of time before Dani is next. And the scary part is that she will convince herself she is happy until they turn on her. She essentially escaped one abus!ve relationship and jumped into another.
Religion has managed to brain wash the majority of people on earth. It’s depressing, we are just obsessed with being controlled
Wow, I’m reading the comments right now and I’m shocked that people actually thought the ending as a happy ending 😭 seeing her smile made me feel unsettled. It was all just so confusing for me to be honest.
Damn! What a good essay, you got a subscribe!
it brainwashes people to think it’s a good movie for sure
I did not think the ending was anything but eery……
Who cares what a load of rubbish honestly there are more important things in life then this
You make movies even more enjoyable because of the deep meaning buried in the movie, and you are an excellent narrator 🎉
The critics are insane!!!!!
Excellent presentation! Sad thing is I am isolated and feel alone. It is horrible, so I understand.
Man, if you felt brainwashed by this, you really need to seek help.
Nah, i was disgusted and angry this entire movie. This girl has a Loving supportive boyfriend, whi may not want to be with her romantically, but obviously still loves and cares for her. Putting her needs and wants over his. She spends the whole movie gaslighting and manipulating him. The trajedy is overshadowed for pretty imagery and an unlikable pov character.
I think the narrator should speak for himself lol 😂Sir..who was smiling 😃?
Being in a relationship with a covert malignant narcissist is like being brainwashed into a cult on a smaller scale If you look up the characteristics of a cult You find that it happens a lot more often than we recognize It’s not always based on people with matching 70s outfits who live on a commune together.
You have a powerful vision for the way you construct each of your videos. You also have a lot of charisma and a great voice to carry through on your thoughts and I enjoy your video essays immensely. Thank you for sharing your talent with us, and thank you so much for this video.
this is complete bs no one was on the side of the fucking cult you are just trying to be edgy
Man this is such a good movie, Justin Timberlake and Gary Busey knocked it out of the park!!
I used to think i loved worship music, then i realized i just love singing along to music
I did not smile at the end of this movie.
Hey guys, does anyone have any recommendations for movies similar to Midsommar? I’m really into psychological horror much more than gore and jumpscare-y movies but can’t seem to find any good ones besides Midsommar
24:07-24:29 😳