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  • čas přidán 8. 08. 2019
  • You can't see what's below the surface.
    “Backstroke” by Robbie Barclay
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  • @deepalall647
    @deepalall647 Před 4 lety +7534

    She swimming in that murky water was more terrifying.

    • @soreff
      @soreff Před 4 lety +151

      I kept expecting the "Jaws" theme - and an alligator looking for a snack

    • @micheuala
      @micheuala Před 4 lety +48

      Deepa Lall I’m tryna tell u.... bruh, I don’t do creepy dark murky water.... small bodies of water lil bodies of water , don’t matter. I’m NOT gettn in tht shyt😑😑😑

    • @sabrionano8348
      @sabrionano8348 Před 4 lety +16

      True that u have alligators in USA but not anywhere hu 🤔😖😜😱

    • @ironsnowflake1076
      @ironsnowflake1076 Před 4 lety +32

      Spent my childhood/teenage years swimming in dark water (came out with a leech on my thigh once 😱) you couldn't drag me into that kind of water now.

    • @mdredheadguy1979
      @mdredheadguy1979 Před 4 lety +3

      Deepa Lall I second that.

  • @thelovingfawn
    @thelovingfawn Před 4 lety +10391

    The guy at the lake played his part excellently. He had me scared shitless through the screen!

  • @user-hk7tf8vf7c
    @user-hk7tf8vf7c Před 10 měsíci +7391

    This proves that directors can spend millions on horror films but can still be totally garbage...these low budget short films are brilliant and top high ranking films by far this scared me more than any of Hollywood horror films did...well done to the creator of this film truly talented

    • @Ok-dm1ck
      @Ok-dm1ck Před 9 měsíci +149

      Obviously it’s easier to fill a 10 minute video with plot as opposed to a 2 hour movie, but I completely agree with your point that this is scary and interesting with very little CGI, etc

    • @user-hk7tf8vf7c
      @user-hk7tf8vf7c Před 9 měsíci +30

      @@Ok-dm1ck yeah I agree with you . But I am total horror fan and I have watched 1000s of films what I have noticed in recent years films are not has good has early horror movies there all the same . Same plot twist same monster....these short films are brilliant and I really enjoy them and I think its time that new directors and film makers should be given chance these short films give different plots and there interesting.

    • @trashtvinternational
      @trashtvinternational Před 9 měsíci +1

      Please explain movie didn’t understand ending

    • @glockyyy3727
      @glockyyy3727 Před 8 měsíci

      shut up

    • @just_mj_
      @just_mj_ Před 8 měsíci

      For real bro. People started making edits on capcut for it

  • @porcoremi7893
    @porcoremi7893 Před 9 měsíci +2639

    The mother's message at the start pulled at my heart. She had a small role in this, but she killed it. She sounded so gentle, so sorry, so concerned. It was so sad.

  • @chanson7768
    @chanson7768 Před 4 lety +15657

    The scariest thing was swimming in that lake... there could’ve been alligators, water moccasins, gars, alligator snapping turtles like no thank you

    • @bobhathaway9348
      @bobhathaway9348 Před 4 lety +262

      Nothing in nature gonna hurt you. city folk?

    • @quorumlab
      @quorumlab Před 4 lety +186

      Chanson Ching indie film... after decades of scary movies people still go into random lakes.

    • @ruejun9758
      @ruejun9758 Před 4 lety +5

      Lmaooooo

    • @emilymsp3567
      @emilymsp3567 Před 4 lety +134

      I was more worried about the leaches

    • @walkerfloyd7145
      @walkerfloyd7145 Před 4 lety +160

      Bob Hathaway I’m a South Georgia native and I’d be wary of a lake like this. Alligators aren’t the pickiest.

  • @JacquelynNhi
    @JacquelynNhi Před 4 lety +3003

    I always look in my back seat before I get in my car....Always. Even when its I'm my garage.

  • @nicjones2985
    @nicjones2985 Před rokem +847

    I'm a huge fan of this psychological approach to horror. What for me is integral to how this works as a film is the judicious use of music and silence, no 'ominous synth' noises 'guiding' the viewer into reacting 'appropriately' to what's happening on screen. To be brief, we all have the capacity to imagine, and for me this short facilitates that in a big way.

  • @iro2318
    @iro2318 Před 4 měsíci +107

    When the stranger tells her you shouldnt have come out here...chills.

  • @GeLLee
    @GeLLee Před 4 lety +3565

    There's no way I'm gonna swim in that lake totally naked. You'll never know what's under there.🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @legalizehomicide7262
      @legalizehomicide7262 Před 3 lety +150

      Who knows what'll swim up there

    • @alithafer6709
      @alithafer6709 Před 3 lety +125

      She took off all her clothes to swim, Why!

    • @Christa313
      @Christa313 Před 3 lety +31

      If there was something in there that bites, it wouldn’t care if you were clothed or naked!

    • @Christa313
      @Christa313 Před 3 lety +10

      Ali Thafer Yup, who doesn’t like a good scare now and then!

    • @alithafer6709
      @alithafer6709 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Christa313 So, let's share our opinions, comments about such kind of movies, In which media we can communicate?

  • @gregs190
    @gregs190 Před 4 lety +4804

    The scariest thing is the way they handle that gun.

    • @braydeneyman8232
      @braydeneyman8232 Před 4 lety +82

      And no ear protection like that shits gonna fuck your ears up but trigger discipline is the most important thing

    • @andyblack5687
      @andyblack5687 Před 4 lety +56

      I did notice that when it was pointed directly at the camera it was unloaded.

    • @Smarion2
      @Smarion2 Před 4 lety +3

      Omg thank you.

    • @andyblack5687
      @andyblack5687 Před 4 lety +10

      They seemed to actually fire it in the next shot (no pun intended). Someone must have loaded it at some point. Remember those old '80s shows where the guys would have the slide locked back on a empty mag in a semi-auto pistol but they kept acting like they were still firing and you could hear the fake gunshot sound effects?

    • @darthwhitelightoutdated5462
      @darthwhitelightoutdated5462 Před 4 lety +10

      FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL READY TO SHOOT
      That’s one of the 3 main rules of handling a gun

  • @InfernoPhoenix123
    @InfernoPhoenix123 Před 2 měsíci +94

    I loved how this short film used more of the sounds and silence to guide the viewer and not music. It mad eit feel more real.

  • @lyriclee1389
    @lyriclee1389 Před 3 dny +35

    Who else came from instagram?!

  • @victorcabanelas
    @victorcabanelas Před 4 lety +8610

    Now, I know that characters in horror films are supposed to be stupid but just in case anyone who watched isn't aware of this: don't ever, EVER point a loaded gun to someone unless you're defending yourself. Accidents DO happen.

    • @alynmyers5163
      @alynmyers5163 Před 4 lety +243

      yeah I mean people have accidentally shot even themselves because they point it this way and that like a fooking baton

    • @andyblack5687
      @andyblack5687 Před 4 lety +252

      I think they were using the irresponsible gun-handling to help illustrate how reckless the pair was. In the end their bad choices caught up with them, just not in the expected or obvious way.

    • @victorcabanelas
      @victorcabanelas Před 4 lety +395

      ​@@andyblack5687 Maybe. The way I see it, she accidentally killed her boyfriend, went for a swim to "wash away her sin", the creepy guy's her guilt and the final scene's she killing herself.
      But regardless the interpretationsof the film, I think a "guns are not toys" sort of disclaimer should've been added.

    • @andyblack5687
      @andyblack5687 Před 4 lety +106

      That's an interesting theory. I do cringe, even in movies, when people put their finger on the trigger like Jake did when he took the revolver out of the glovebox. I did notice the gun was empty when they were pointing it right at the camera, so that's a little less sketchy. This was a pretty realistic film, I thought. Especially the guy on the bank. He did a great job acting that character.

    • @victorcabanelas
      @victorcabanelas Před 4 lety +51

      @@andyblack5687 That actor did such an awesome job... He creeped ME out!!

  • @robinphonk4130
    @robinphonk4130 Před rokem +4312

    who else came from shorts?

  • @Mason500.
    @Mason500. Před 11 měsíci +393

    Better than most of the movies nowadays…

    • @theevildead96
      @theevildead96 Před 9 měsíci +1

      This is a movie from nowadays though.

    • @Mason500.
      @Mason500. Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@theevildead96 i meant like full movies lol

    • @theevildead96
      @theevildead96 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@Mason500. Yeah, wanted to be a bit nit picky 😅

    • @Azuma409
      @Azuma409 Před 8 měsíci

      Fr tho

  • @tkaleczyc
    @tkaleczyc Před 7 měsíci +184

    Absolutely awesome and a true essence of horror. No jumpscares, no gore, no onscreen deaths and yet creeps you out completely.. Leaving everything ambiguous and open for interpretation is also a great move. Not to mention great acting.. Kudos!

  • @magiccancer99
    @magiccancer99 Před 4 lety +2290

    All that flagging and playing around with a loaded gun was the scariest thing to me. Shit made me so uneasy when she pointed it at him.

    • @glennrhee9540
      @glennrhee9540 Před 4 lety +72

      Same I thought she was about to shoot him

    • @rhanabailey9208
      @rhanabailey9208 Před 3 lety +26

      I was even dodging it🤣🤣🤣

    • @Daltonleach11
      @Daltonleach11 Před 3 lety +5

      Yes that was the only unnerving part

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 Před 3 lety +29

      That’s what dumb people do, who’ve never been around guns...😂

    • @elimuriithi_
      @elimuriithi_ Před 3 lety

      @@rhanabailey9208 😂😂😂

  • @felicias1613
    @felicias1613 Před 4 lety +3661

    Call me crazy but am I the only person in the world that checks their backseats as soon as I enter my vehicle EVERY SINGLE TIME I get into it?! Whether it was locked or not I have seen and heard enough horror stories to know better than NOT look lmao

    • @user-qs4hm4ek1k
      @user-qs4hm4ek1k Před 3 lety +6

      Як фільм називається

    • @ThisIsWellMalik
      @ThisIsWellMalik Před 2 lety +19

      Same here lol

    • @kennanlukacs
      @kennanlukacs Před 2 lety +58

      Always. Ever since I first saw Halloween when Michael strangled Annie I’ve checked in the back. I couldn’t even drive then 😂

    • @roromo940
      @roromo940 Před 2 lety +51

      Umm u should check before u enter because it’s too late after u enter lol

    • @jborrego2406
      @jborrego2406 Před 2 lety +14

      Also Under your car because there was a guy that’s going on if your car and cut your ankles so you couldn’t run

  • @angelwithashotgun5512
    @angelwithashotgun5512 Před 8 měsíci +629

    Am I the only one who wants to know how this continues? This could definitely be a movie

    • @sarahferraz9341
      @sarahferraz9341 Před 8 měsíci

      i’ll tell u, she’s probably r4p3d and murd3r

    • @JesusParangaricutirimicuaro
      @JesusParangaricutirimicuaro Před 8 měsíci

      She gets killed what more do u want to see u sick o.

    • @sivakrishnabuddi4297
      @sivakrishnabuddi4297 Před 8 měsíci +23

      I don't know where are you from, am from India.... just saw this short film....I want this video continues....

    • @Shadman33
      @Shadman33 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@sivakrishnabuddi4297aren't u here from reel?

    • @notmanciv5016
      @notmanciv5016 Před 8 měsíci +17

      Full on movie would be epic

  • @Gryffindork12
    @Gryffindork12 Před 8 měsíci +32

    The way my jaw DROPPED when the hand came from the back of the car

    • @tia_m7022
      @tia_m7022 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Is he dying in the backseat?

  • @adgarza28
    @adgarza28 Před 4 lety +3077

    why do people put their finger on the trigger when they pick up a gun??? Finger discipline! Damn.

  • @somya3288
    @somya3288 Před 4 lety +6789

    No I didn't want this to end. The story line is perfect. Perfect horror- thriller short I have seen in a long time. The curiosity that it builds during the communication between the girl and the creepy man was delightful. Wish this could be more longer. Far far better than watching any full length movie.

    • @Grand_Chimera
      @Grand_Chimera Před 2 lety +41

      Depends but yeah some movies now are…bad

    • @pipdip7990
      @pipdip7990 Před rokem +46

      Ikr! Wish it was a full film!

    • @cheyhey2170
      @cheyhey2170 Před rokem +68

      well, the difference is that its "easy" to build up the intensity in a span of 10minutes. the issue is holding it and having it all make sense in the end.
      i agree this could be more or less the start and then it could be a sort of "mouse and cat" horror type of movie or similar, but honestly.. its incredibly difficult. making the buildup is easy in comparison

    • @Grand_Chimera
      @Grand_Chimera Před rokem +15

      @@cheyhey2170 it would’ve been nice as a similar movie to HUSH

    • @aldinalbao7134
      @aldinalbao7134 Před rokem +3

      Yeah this is perfect

  • @melanieanne5285
    @melanieanne5285 Před 6 měsíci +69

    I wish this was even just a half hour. It hurts me inside because I want to see more. Incredible

  • @ctn3850
    @ctn3850 Před 8 měsíci +22

    Great short! Good acting, good cinematography, great dialogue, not too over-the-top, and impressively eery antagonist. 8/10!

  • @espressobliss5685
    @espressobliss5685 Před 4 lety +4610

    Moral of the story if she stayed in school, this whole situation would have never happened. Stay in school kids

  • @chattycathy231
    @chattycathy231 Před 4 lety +807

    Well noted: After going for a swim check the back seats before driving off

    • @observer8477
      @observer8477 Před 4 lety +43

      well in real life you cant really hide on the backseat without getting seen...

    • @merchantfan
      @merchantfan Před 4 lety +53

      Honestly after seeing enough horror movies I check my back seat whenever I'm getting in a car in a desolate area. Did they leave the car unlocked?!?

    • @salmanzaheer5060
      @salmanzaheer5060 Před 4 lety

      😂😂

    • @thenandnow111
      @thenandnow111 Před 4 lety +4

      Not when you are in a rush. You just want to get the hell out of there.

    • @Maria-yo1wn
      @Maria-yo1wn Před 4 lety

      The first thing I thought

  • @singleuseplasticc
    @singleuseplasticc Před 8 měsíci +6

    THAT GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS OH MY GOD ????? the call from the supposed-to-be-dead boyfriend, the loud distorted music, her crying, the fucking hand from the backseat, WOAH im SHAKING

  • @stephaniehendrix5837
    @stephaniehendrix5837 Před 4 měsíci +16

    So my theory was she shot Jake her boyfriend while in a psychosis that’s why you only see her in the water. Perhaps the stranger that’s talking to her from the grass isn’t really there but instead in her head mentally. So she visualizes the stranger as if he’s the predator but actually he’s watching her because he knows what she’s done. Jake could have crawled into the back seat and reaches slowly up while she’s driving away.

  • @mctthw
    @mctthw Před 4 lety +1845

    Everybody gangsta till it’s time to go to bed

  • @tysonprice
    @tysonprice Před 4 lety +3074

    she is a good actress i think she makes a great lead character

    • @gurveersingh6634
      @gurveersingh6634 Před 4 lety +7

      Tyson Price h

    • @Defender78
      @Defender78 Před 4 lety +45

      she also has nice feet

    • @chambeet
      @chambeet Před 4 lety +49

      A Chaps And it only took a few months for Quentin Tarantino to show up in the CZcams comments.

    • @godfreyjones4428
      @godfreyjones4428 Před 4 lety +5

      She just did.

    • @christophergibbons2579
      @christophergibbons2579 Před 4 lety +37

      I don’t think so. Everything she said sounded scripted. The job of an actor is to portray your role as if it were your own life, she didnt in my opinion. Her acting needs work. The serial killer man, now he was believable. Like shit. I got chills from just the tone of his voice, let alone the words he’s actually saying.

  • @railvlogsbyrohan
    @railvlogsbyrohan Před 8 měsíci +107

    Who is here after instagram Reel.😂

  • @louies2minutereviews
    @louies2minutereviews Před 10 měsíci +10

    This has the makings of a great suspense thriller movie. Would love to see this continued. Great acting with interesting characters and a compelling script.

  • @kcarcher3969
    @kcarcher3969 Před 3 lety +2515

    Alright. This is my theory, Jake is already dead. That’s why I’m the beginning when she gets the voice mail the women is crying and telling her she’s sorry and they don’t have to talk about it. And if you pay close attention there’s scenes where it makes sense Jake is not actually there. She wakes and her face is scared yet confident when he isn’t there next to her and after a moment of sitting there, he finally appears peeing on the side. And with the gun scene it’s like she’s in control of it the entire time even when he’s behind her teaching her how to shoot it. And then she takes off running and yet he never catches her? She gets into the lake and a man appears asking her questions, but I don’t think he’s actually there. He disappears once she no longer looks at him and the gun also disappears and that’s because she never had it. Maybe prior to this day Jake had killed himself or was in a gun accident ? Either way once she runs towards the vehicle she yells out for him. She then gets back in the vehicle and it shows he’s calling her and instead of answering she stares at it. And the hand is obviously an African American hand so it’s most likely Jake who is obviously dead. So it’s like his ghost is there for her through the pain and manic episode she may be experiencing.

    • @neethunms7508
      @neethunms7508 Před 3 lety +205

      This comment needs more attention!!

    • @derricksidjaja5161
      @derricksidjaja5161 Před 3 lety +26

      nice

    • @rachelrobot
      @rachelrobot Před 3 lety +480

      I don't think that's an African American hand. I think it's just shadowed, like out of the light.

    • @murilofaria8819
      @murilofaria8819 Před 3 lety +200

      Or maybe they were unlucky and some psycho killed them all in the woods

    • @baeman6192
      @baeman6192 Před 3 lety +18

      its a white hand pig look when itsnot in the shadow

  • @michaelclemons8298
    @michaelclemons8298 Před 4 lety +1476

    Wow. That was so creepy. You just killed every young couples fantasy about skinny dipping.

  • @ravi-zh5yg
    @ravi-zh5yg Před 11 měsíci +5

    "can you touch it ....... the ground under water" 🥶🥶, this man gave perfect performance

  • @MoMonarch
    @MoMonarch Před 8 měsíci +20

    I think this proves that you don’t need millions of dollars in production value to have a good horror film. This is only ten minutes and it’s better than what Hollywood has done with horror by a long shot. I doubt they will, but I would love to see a whole horror film surrounding this. Maybe A-24 will do something. Who knows

  • @latinpride888
    @latinpride888 Před 4 lety +1664

    I thought she killed Jake and she was actually talking to herself when she was talking to the man on the lake and at the end it was gonna be her mom calling and she would pick up crying and say 'Mom I did it again!'

    • @MisterG2323
      @MisterG2323 Před 4 lety +268

      That's a far better story than what we got.

    • @Anton0915
      @Anton0915 Před 4 lety +15

      Nah.

    • @MsRoadtoRiches
      @MsRoadtoRiches Před 4 lety +141

      That would have been a fantastic story. You should think about writing stories.

    • @serfranklin6022
      @serfranklin6022 Před 4 lety +32

      That plot reminds me of the horror movie "High tension"

    • @Nicole-fb6fr
      @Nicole-fb6fr Před 4 lety +31

      Great alternative ending!

  • @MobileFilmmaking
    @MobileFilmmaking Před 4 lety +2855

    This was a really great short with a great storyline that was built upon suspense instead of jump scares. A lot of movies in theaters could learn a lot from Robbie Barclay about real terror.

    • @toweypat
      @toweypat Před 4 lety +4

      Yes, indeed!

    • @tanay128
      @tanay128 Před 2 lety +5

      But what about the ending?
      Is there a second part?

    • @nillieable
      @nillieable Před rokem +3

      Jump scare is not horror.

    • @chrisb7051
      @chrisb7051 Před 10 měsíci

      I guess there was suspense. Everything you expected was gonna happen happened. no twist nothing

    • @vicczavaleta634
      @vicczavaleta634 Před 7 měsíci

      0:19

  • @fightthefairy
    @fightthefairy Před 6 měsíci +10

    Really good! The guy playing the creep was amazing, I forgot I wasn't watching a Hollywood full length movie for a few minutes there.

  • @vitamind4008
    @vitamind4008 Před 8 měsíci +24

    I've seen a lot of these shorts and the quality of this one is probably the best I have seen. The angles, the editing, the sound, the acting were all top notch. The story wasnt lazy and didnt over explain itself, leaving just enough to the imagination. If this was a full length movie, I would probably pay to see it in the theater. Nice work. 'chefs kiss'

    • @gingertaylor2966
      @gingertaylor2966 Před 2 měsíci

      Agreed it wasn't over the top like movies are today. I would love movies today more if they were more like this

  • @rachanashukla7383
    @rachanashukla7383 Před 4 lety +2226

    Oh god!!!! I am addicted to this channel and it all started from the dollmaker

  • @mangarrian
    @mangarrian Před 4 lety +801

    Number of jumpscares: *zero*
    This is the best horror thing I've seen in ages.

    • @justin_seagullshutupmalfoy8111
      @justin_seagullshutupmalfoy8111 Před 4 lety +8

      Javier PS
      U hate jump scares too?

    • @mangarrian
      @mangarrian Před 4 lety +20

      @@justin_seagullshutupmalfoy8111 Absolutely! Especially when they are badly done.

    • @timwells3171
      @timwells3171 Před 4 lety +30

      Agreed. Jump scares are the laziest things “horror” movies can do

    • @johngallion3278
      @johngallion3278 Před 4 lety +4

      I think jumpscares can be done well, just most use of them in media are poorly executed or are in bad taste.

    • @petitio_principii
      @petitio_principii Před 4 lety +2

      @@timwells3171 the sudden music sound matching the scary or non-scary thing that's the fake scare cliché adds to the laziness. I wonder if some channel with video nerds has "edited" some jump scare scenes removing the sudden noise. I guess some would still work, but probably just the best ones. It's kind of the horror/thriller near equivalent of laugh tracks. An actual equivalent would be screaming tracks, but that's unheard of.

  • @connorron3110
    @connorron3110 Před 6 měsíci +10

    They should make this into a full movie. It’s really good.

  • @kpsingh9810
    @kpsingh9810 Před 11 měsíci +9

    This could have been a whole movie , a fantastic one

  • @johnlamphier9812
    @johnlamphier9812 Před 4 lety +421

    It was frightful because even though she was out in the wide open, she was still cornered

    • @cassandramayrick9586
      @cassandramayrick9586 Před 4 lety +5

      Right

    • @emsalsa9385
      @emsalsa9385 Před 4 lety +19

      That's exactly it.
      I keep reading comments saying "the scariest thing was..."...and while most are funny, all I can think is that some of those people making said comments have probably never been in a vulnerable position with someone who's taking advantage of that vulnerability. As someone who has, it played on some real fears. The supernatural ones are of course scary, but these are the things that cause nightmares...the things that can and do happen.

  • @drd6893
    @drd6893 Před 4 lety +642

    That was SO CREEPY!! humans far scarier than any ghost!

    • @WatchALTER
      @WatchALTER  Před 4 lety +35

      The truth.

    • @genesispr1206
      @genesispr1206 Před 4 lety +4

      Exactly

    • @D95RO
      @D95RO Před 4 lety +4

      ghosts don´t kill people , but people kill people

    • @dragoslavdelavega558
      @dragoslavdelavega558 Před 4 lety +4

      @@D95RO But if u have a heart problem, Ghost can definitely KILL you. No joke!

    • @D95RO
      @D95RO Před 4 lety +1

      Dragoslav Vega, The Brazilian guy how do you know that?

  • @kirstm.2215
    @kirstm.2215 Před 10 měsíci +22

    I love this. Its perfect for me as I have a very short attention span and struggle to watch a full length film. Although, it had me gripped so tight I could have watched for longer

  • @renulakra2679
    @renulakra2679 Před 10 měsíci +4

    The plot was intense.. every 2-3 mins you felt something was about to come.

  • @aaronwalderslade
    @aaronwalderslade Před 4 lety +808

    When she started swimming back to shore, I thought her feet were his hands behind her, and he'd emerge from under the water fully dressed. I was quite disappointed when that turned out not to be.

    • @madisonestes6124
      @madisonestes6124 Před 4 lety +10

      Yeah that would have been better.

    • @toddcorley464
      @toddcorley464 Před 4 lety +20

      That would have been expected. So they did nothing to build the suspense.

    • @poppypanache
      @poppypanache Před 4 lety +7

      Me too! It actually made me jump when I saw her feet I thought he was grabbing her.

    • @nomadicgamer9846
      @nomadicgamer9846 Před 3 lety +2

      I literally called it out and screamed at seeing her naked foot, I counted down 3-1 and it came up and it jumpscared me XD

    • @Daltonleach11
      @Daltonleach11 Před 3 lety

      Same!

  • @Ghost-cl9pu
    @Ghost-cl9pu Před 4 lety +787

    That guy man so freaking creepy and cringy, I was dying inside the dread of being naked alone with some creeper, the way he talked was so scary. The acting was amazing. Why I'm I watching this at night alone in the dark scaring myself for no apparent reason, I never learn my lesson. Thanks Alter.

    • @SpockLover27
      @SpockLover27 Před 4 lety +17

      I thought he was pretty hot. But to be fair that's only in the context of the story since I love creeps in horror.

    • @Ghost-cl9pu
      @Ghost-cl9pu Před 4 lety +9

      @@SpockLover27 yeah he is kinda cute but he's just to creepy.

    • @SpockLover27
      @SpockLover27 Před 4 lety +7

      @@Ghost-cl9pu The creepy part is what makes him attractive lol. I didn't mean facial features.

    • @gogialmasi9083
      @gogialmasi9083 Před 4 lety

      😂😂😂same here.creeping myself at night

    • @snowoffwhite7924
      @snowoffwhite7924 Před 4 lety

      Bone Collector lmao what

  • @antonellagreaves5493
    @antonellagreaves5493 Před 8 měsíci +10

    The end where Jake is calling on the cell phone and the pair of hands reaching out from the back. Creepy.

  • @ARISWAVE
    @ARISWAVE Před 4 měsíci +1

    4 years old!? I saw this on TikTok and was so sad it wasn’t an entire movie .. more please

  • @elijahcarr4137
    @elijahcarr4137 Před 4 lety +532

    "Do I scare you?"
    "No! It's okay!"
    **looks around for help**

  • @beckk6004
    @beckk6004 Před 4 lety +231

    The voice message at the beginning can be from after what had happened to them in the woods. So many teens go missing every year, and for most of them we have no clue what’s been going on.

    • @AstorSkywalker
      @AstorSkywalker Před rokem +11

      I think she got in a fight with her mother, ran away and they both got killed. The phone call was of a worried mother after they had disappeared for some considerable time and she was crying worried sick not knowing they were both dead

    • @juanettesaunders6916
      @juanettesaunders6916 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@AstorSkywalkerthey aren't dead bro, why would the man just disappear? Because he isnt real

  • @qviim7
    @qviim7 Před 3 měsíci +3

    No jumpscare, no bloody murder scene, no gross kissing scene yet it still scared the sh*t out of me. 😊

  • @controloz3310
    @controloz3310 Před rokem +3

    Good acting from the young lady. The dude playing the psycho was awesome. Should be a feature.

  • @garyburns9064
    @garyburns9064 Před 3 lety +2128

    She has that "it" factor they talk about in Hollywood. There's something unique about her, and the way she acts. She could definitely be the next big star.

    • @alexmorera1383
      @alexmorera1383 Před 2 lety +1

      Jajajajajajaj dumb

    • @lafields08
      @lafields08 Před 2 lety +143

      Agreed! She has strong Riley Keough vibes. Her face is great at all angles and her acting was really natural.

    • @wherestheexit5046
      @wherestheexit5046 Před rokem

      Just because you probably jerked it to the lake scene doesn’t mean she’s the next big thing..

    • @piaschlomer8630
      @piaschlomer8630 Před rokem +3

      @@lafields08 naja

    • @WarpCOm61
      @WarpCOm61 Před rokem +12

      Sure, guy

  • @gizemdogan4182
    @gizemdogan4182 Před 2 lety +100

    No jumpscare , no bloody murder scene and only 10 minutes but it was enough for scaring the sh*t out of me. Bravo 👏👏

  • @aliciacarolyn5886
    @aliciacarolyn5886 Před 2 dny

    I was apprehensive, almost holding my breath the whole time watching this. I wasn't sure what direction it was going in: eaten by a genetically over-grown sea creature, or killed by creepy lake guy. I like a movie to keep me suspensefully guessing. It was brilliantly done.

  • @Wayhoo
    @Wayhoo Před 8 měsíci

    That was extremely uncomfortable and nerve racking, well done!

  • @stevena3244
    @stevena3244 Před 4 lety +938

    Fun fact: contrary to popular belief, backstroke is not the slowest swimming stroke. It is in fact the third fastest.

    • @WatchALTER
      @WatchALTER  Před 4 lety +100

      Thank you for this fact.

    • @stevena3244
      @stevena3244 Před 4 lety +28

      @@WatchALTER No problem. Any time.

    • @SpotlessLeopard
      @SpotlessLeopard Před 4 lety +39

      And chinstroke has been the leading cause of drowning amongst pseudo intellectuals since 1972.

    • @WatchALTER
      @WatchALTER  Před 4 lety +8

      @@SpotlessLeopard 😲

    • @SpotlessLeopard
      @SpotlessLeopard Před 4 lety +5

      @@WatchALTER 🤔

  • @liamhayward4083
    @liamhayward4083 Před 4 lety +1336

    The scariest thing was once she got into the water almost all of her hair dye came out

  • @vivritter7399
    @vivritter7399 Před 8 měsíci

    I think the questions and the "what no" what short horror/thriller films leave you with is something that hollywood films couldnt ever achieve

  • @whitneyherrod5429
    @whitneyherrod5429 Před dnem

    My heart couldn’t have taken any longer than 10 minutes of that !!

  • @predadat8465
    @predadat8465 Před 4 lety +813

    This is why we dont play in the forest and go skinny dipping (if thats how its called) in the middle of nowhere!! Hope everyone learned something lol

    • @krishelfferich3087
      @krishelfferich3087 Před 4 lety +15

      Hi
      Yes..skinny dipping is when you swim.nude.

    • @elizabethgaspodnetich4322
      @elizabethgaspodnetich4322 Před 4 lety +24

      I grew up on a farm in the middle of no where, and skinny dipping is what we did, every chance we got! Boys on one side and girls on the other!! We rode our horses to the swimming hole and skinny dip till supper time!! The difference between then and now? Lots of scary movies like this one!! Skinny dipping is a blast! You should try it sometime!

    • @itskindofafunnystory...3237
      @itskindofafunnystory...3237 Před 4 lety +9

      @@elizabethgaspodnetich4322 I love skinny dipping its refreshing. The beach is fun at night...naked as a jaybird

    • @krazyk3842
      @krazyk3842 Před 4 lety +26

      Im always afraid of leeches, toxic dump, and of course the notorious water moccasins😯

    • @predadat8465
      @predadat8465 Před 4 lety +4

      @@krazyk3842 same 😫

  • @wyattoleffswife1067
    @wyattoleffswife1067 Před 4 lety +539

    The actors for these are getting better and better...

  • @eilishcliips.
    @eilishcliips. Před 4 měsíci +8

    this proofs you don’t need millions of actors to make a good movie, this guy got 3 actors and 1 voice actor to make this banger.

  • @matthewhopkins7042
    @matthewhopkins7042 Před 10 měsíci +8

    I saw the huge bump at 9:11 and figured that must be the climax of the video. Nope, just the foot guys creeping on her toes.

  • @arbjful
    @arbjful Před 3 lety +173

    That girl surely knows how to act, her acting skills were superb, she showed the right emotions, very realistic..👏👏

  • @opalfishsparklequasar8663
    @opalfishsparklequasar8663 Před 4 lety +142

    You can tell that water was freezing.
    She did a great job converting the cold shivers to fear shivers.
    Hopefully they were able to do this in one take!

    • @CKing0429
      @CKing0429 Před 4 měsíci

      I’m sure her stripping down must have been a few takes…you know, to get that perfect…eh hem, shot.

  • @SuparshavAparaj-sn5st
    @SuparshavAparaj-sn5st Před rokem +5

    That was so good. Everything lined up perfectly and actuary keeping me on the edge of my secm orwcll bed. Amazing as always altar ❤

  • @sofic4507
    @sofic4507 Před 8 měsíci +3

    as a person that knows a little about guns/weapons. i can say that person doesn’t know how to manage one (or maybe the character) you never have to point anyone even if it’s not loaded!!

  • @nopenope2635
    @nopenope2635 Před 4 lety +303

    Spoiler alert......
    I was really scared when that guy started asking weird questions. Kind of similar situation I had to face on a school trip. Terrifying.

    • @cindylou3524
      @cindylou3524 Před 4 lety +2

      What happened

    • @nopenope2635
      @nopenope2635 Před 4 lety +27

      @@cindylou3524 Went on a school trip in an amusement park when I was in middle school. Seeing me alone (I was waiting for my friends) one of the ride operator started asking me where I was from and age etc etc all personal questions. But then my friends came back. The entire time we we were in that park he kept an eye on our group. That was really terrifying for me.

    • @christianleiva3584
      @christianleiva3584 Před 4 lety +20

      @@nopenope2635 Hi, Im the ride operator, didnt mean to creep you out, sorry about that, I just wanted to be friendly.

    • @nopenope2635
      @nopenope2635 Před 4 lety +18

      @@christianleiva3584 That's funny 😂.
      But it's really scary when you are a kid. And in a country where crime is pretty high especially with girl child.

    • @kaitkat3034
      @kaitkat3034 Před 4 lety +3

      @Hulagan 808 detectives at their best

  • @kalenaharrop-haywood4715
    @kalenaharrop-haywood4715 Před 4 lety +804

    The scariest thing was when she went to look for a “map” but has an IPhone that has GPS

  • @ankitkumarsingh2305
    @ankitkumarsingh2305 Před 8 měsíci +14

    Anyone who came here after watching it on instagram reels?

  • @jenasandoval184
    @jenasandoval184 Před 11 měsíci

    This definitely need to be a full movie

  • @Steven-sg7vt
    @Steven-sg7vt Před 4 lety +135

    That good Samaritan not only saved her from an abduction beyond states lines, but took action to prevent her very unsafe use of a cell phone while driving.

    • @KutWrite
      @KutWrite Před 4 lety +5

      Haha!
      I love dry humor.

  • @magbert8881
    @magbert8881 Před 4 lety +464

    She Actually Shot Jake And Went Crazy. The Creepy Man Was Her Subconscious Trying To Bring Her Back To Reality.

    • @lauringrace1389
      @lauringrace1389 Před 4 lety +19

      Maybe

    • @tall_child3214
      @tall_child3214 Před 4 lety +48

      why is every letter capitalized?

    • @winterrrsea1674
      @winterrrsea1674 Před 4 lety +49

      No, people think every single short has that kind of deeper meaning to it. This one is preying on fears that everyone has and is clearly inspired by some real life events and horror movies. It's definitely more straightforward than what you're suggesting; it doesn't need to have another layer to it. Not all of them do.

    • @aliyaafreen5953
      @aliyaafreen5953 Před 4 lety +7

      @@winterrrsea1674 well said

    • @garytucker3563
      @garytucker3563 Před 4 lety +21

      You know I was thinking that there might be some deeper thing going on because it is hard for any adult to hide in a back seat of a car without being noticed. Plus the way he disappeared while at the lake....either it was poor shot planning or there is a deeper message.

  • @babettefuller4249
    @babettefuller4249 Před rokem +1

    Great piece of work! Enjoyed it very much.

  • @sethmcclain7213
    @sethmcclain7213 Před 8 měsíci

    Oh and her choker changed between scenes. She had either two on, or a bigger one. Then it switched to a smaller one when she got to the lake. Acting was on point. Chefs kiss

  • @tasha3757
    @tasha3757 Před 4 lety +134

    Those were some great camera angles. Especially when the boyfriend was behind her pointing the gun at us and the wide side shot of the whole lake flicking back and forth to close ups of the girl. At first I thought the acting was really bad but then when it came to the water scene where we had a close up of the girl and her facial expressions, I truly felt her terror.

  • @TrifectaReview
    @TrifectaReview Před 4 lety +630

    Relax, I'm a professional...
    This is what a short is supposed to look like. Great acting, great audio, and the cameramans angles were superb, 4 out 5 stars!!

    • @KutWrite
      @KutWrite Před 4 lety +18

      The sound was good, too.
      They could've used some ADR, but possibly had no budget for it. Same with not putting dummy rounds in the pistol. Small things which get slack from me for a short like this.
      I give it 4 also.

    • @Youtube.10a
      @Youtube.10a Před 2 lety +26

      Superb.. 4 out of 5? Come on now they definately deserve a 5

    • @forsaken7161
      @forsaken7161 Před 2 lety +8

      Source: trust me bro

    • @michalis304
      @michalis304 Před rokem +4

      Superb 4?? Don't be jealous

  • @justarii_kkk
    @justarii_kkk Před 8 měsíci +17

    it’s called ‘backstroke’ and it’s a 10 min short film on youtube
    *spoilers*-
    her and her boyfriend r on a trip to florida and they find a gun in the car and they play around w it. she points it at his head and gets him to close his eyes and count to 10 while she runs away to a lake and goes skinny dipping alone, then this strange man comes up to her while she’s swimming and tries to get her to get out and she says her bf will be coming soon and then the strange man tells her she’s dead, she then swims backwards and the man disappears . she quickly gets out, gets her clothes out and runs to the car. she keeps driving and screaming her bfs name and the final scene shows her in the drivers seat and a hand coming up behind her and grabbing her head. some people r saying she shot her bf when she ran away and that she threw him in the lake but i’m not really sure who the hand was or what happened to her bf. hope this helped :)

    • @fincarr2571
      @fincarr2571 Před 3 měsíci +3

      I think that she killed her boyfriend, then drowned in the lake. When the man appears, it is her subconcious or death telling what she has done before her desth and then when she in the car, it is her soul leaving her body. Plus when the hand grabs her hair, it is something like a demon or the devil dragging her to hell to condemn her to torture for what she has done. But think what you think, just giving people a view of what I think it is.

  • @Silent_Quasar
    @Silent_Quasar Před 8 měsíci

    Im happy to see this account finally getting the attention it deserves

  • @VenusAxe
    @VenusAxe Před 2 lety +1044

    A fairly creepy, well conceived short. It was effective in doing what it set out to do. Competently shot with excellent performances. I'm actually so glad it ended the way it did! 👏🏽👏🏽

    • @kurtweiand7086
      @kurtweiand7086 Před rokem +1

      Very well done. This was one of the best shorts l have seen.

    • @MC-qj2zd
      @MC-qj2zd Před rokem +10

      Scariest thing is him pointing the gun at her with his finger on the trigger when they found the gun

    • @Theamazingpotato12
      @Theamazingpotato12 Před 8 měsíci

      @@MC-qj2zddawg what

    • @academylord
      @academylord Před 7 měsíci

      @@Theamazingpotato12never point a firearm at anyone you don’t plan on shooting.

    • @BFG-hv2ml
      @BFG-hv2ml Před 6 měsíci

      “Excellent”

  • @lolamarie3341
    @lolamarie3341 Před 4 lety +131

    Oh my god him handling the gun with his finger on the trigger the whole time my anxiety was at an all time high

    • @Bigpoppi1469
      @Bigpoppi1469 Před 4 lety

      God

    • @KutWrite
      @KutWrite Před 4 lety +3

      Possibly that's why they did it. It misdirected us into thinking the story tension might be between the two of them. Then falsely relieved the tension when she ran away... INTO danger.

    • @Laocoon283
      @Laocoon283 Před 4 lety

      He pointed it right at her 2 when he took it out of the glove box

    • @user-hg5nm3wx6v
      @user-hg5nm3wx6v Před 3 lety

      Cv

  • @amandabenge8066
    @amandabenge8066 Před rokem +6

    I need more of this. I did not want it to end!!!

  • @fincarr2571
    @fincarr2571 Před 3 měsíci +25

    I think that she killed her boyfriend, then drowned in the lake. When the man appears, it is her subconcious or death telling what she has done before her desth and then when she in the car, it is her soul leaving her body. Plus when the hand grabs her hair, it is something like a demon or the devil dragging her to hell to condemn her to torture for what she has done. But think what you think, just giving people a view of what I think it is.

  • @rickdollings7382
    @rickdollings7382 Před 3 lety +147

    The scariest thing was both of them putting their fingers on the trigger and pointing the gun at each other.

    • @Noperare
      @Noperare Před 2 lety +1

      Exactly. I was like "have you ever head of gun discipline!?"

  • @saralove9805
    @saralove9805 Před rokem +84

    The shot of the spider was soooo well done. Such a nice little touch seeing as how she fell right into his trap like a spider we catches prey

  • @MrL-wb5ji
    @MrL-wb5ji Před 15 dny

    Need to make this into a full film!!

  • @gingertaylor2966
    @gingertaylor2966 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Yeah but can they make this longer. I'm so invested 😮

  • @markbigelow2608
    @markbigelow2608 Před 4 lety +259

    I knew the end and it was good. All you have to do to make any guy look creepy is have the shirt buttoned to the top. I would never just jump into some pond.

    • @joeyj6808
      @joeyj6808 Před 4 lety +35

      Fact : all serial killers use top button.

    • @itskindofafunnystory...3237
      @itskindofafunnystory...3237 Před 4 lety +9

      Probably you should worry more about a bacteria killing you from the pond than a person

    • @markbigelow2608
      @markbigelow2608 Před 4 lety +17

      @@itskindofafunnystory...3237 Yeah, and if they are near florida, maybe gators or snakes. That water looked dark and creepy. I wonder how that actress felt about getting in there?

    • @markbigelow2608
      @markbigelow2608 Před 4 lety +1

      @@joeyj6808 One can not argue with science.😂

    • @krazyk3842
      @krazyk3842 Před 4 lety +5

      Bruh i was so angry with her bc she knows that psycho is out there and she didnt think to look in the backBruh i was so angry with her bc she knows that psycho is out there and she didnt think to look in the backseat. Girl bye. Its your own damn fault you dead. Girl bye. Its your own damn fault you dead.

  • @tokyosparkle4254
    @tokyosparkle4254 Před 4 lety +472

    Guy: why aren't you at school?
    Me: excuse me I'm trying to self isolate April 2020?

  • @vggukys
    @vggukys Před 7 měsíci +2

    I was breathless watching this.

  • @rachelgordon590
    @rachelgordon590 Před rokem +2

    This could of been a good full length movie. I got sucked in and then it ended. I want to see more!! Lol

  • @lissasue6241
    @lissasue6241 Před 4 lety +100

    At the end I thought she was gonna find Jake in the back of the car and dead, and she was gonna call home but nope! Lol love itttttt

  • @ME-gs6yn
    @ME-gs6yn Před 4 lety +385

    The actress nailed it. This is dope

    • @rufle9167
      @rufle9167 Před 4 lety

      Did you know her name?

    • @ME-gs6yn
      @ME-gs6yn Před 4 lety

      Clémentine Sorry, no. I wish I did though

    • @rufle9167
      @rufle9167 Před 4 lety

      @@ME-gs6yn 😥

    • @selinal.s.3456
      @selinal.s.3456 Před 4 lety +5

      @@rufle9167 the name is Josefine Christoffersen, it's on the end credit

    • @StuvTV
      @StuvTV Před 4 lety +3

      That's my friend

  • @tawnypartida1577
    @tawnypartida1577 Před 4 měsíci +1

    This needs to be a movie!

  • @GAMXR21
    @GAMXR21 Před 7 měsíci

    THE END WITH HAND SCREEAD THE LIVING HELL OUT OF ME !!!