Horror Short Film "Changeling" | ALTER
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Fear and superstition take hold of a young family during a time of great hunger in 1879 Ireland
"Changeling" by Marie Clare Cushinan & Ryan O'Neill
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Ireland-1879. Margaret and Tomas have just begun their lives together with their infant son Oisin, as the threat of a second famine looms heavy over the land.
Margaret is left isolated and alone with the inconsolable Oisin as Tomas sets off to sell his Poitín.
On his Journey Tomas gets a glimpse into the harrowing realities beyond their doorstep while Margaret’s mental state deteriorates at home.
Things are not what they seem when Tomas arrives back. The family must fight to overcome their fears and superstitions.
"Changeling" Credits:
Written by - Marie Clare Cushinan
Directed by - Marie Clare Cushinan and Ryan O’Neill
Produced by - Marie Clare Cushinan and Ryan O’Neill
Shot by - Ryan O’Neill
Edited by - Marie Clare Cushinan
Sound - Marie Clare Cushinan and Ryan O’Neill
Original Score - Micheal Mormecha
Set design and Production Design - Ryan O’Neill
Set construction - Patrick O’Neill
Ex Producer - Martin Ryan
Creature Design and Build - Robin McFarland
VFX -Ryan O’Neill
Sound Design - Marie Clare Cushinan and Ryan O’Neill
Cast:
Marie Clare Cushinan and Ryan O’Neill
John Ryan
Micheal Mormecha
Jake O’Kane
Translation to Irish - Aideen Hand
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So everybody of lower or common status at that time in Ireland was starving. The woman herself is not getting enough nutrients to produce enough milk for the baby to eat. That's why you see blood oozing from her breast under her nightgown. On top of the starvation they faced she falls into a postpartum depression & she follows the old tale of if you had a baby that was ill you laid it out in the wood in a tree area known as a fairy hole & if the child dies by morning the "wee folk" meaning the fairies would come & take the baby back w/them & often times they'd say the fairies would leave another child in its place aka the changeling. A very interesting film indeed.
Perfectly summed up, no notes. Thank you for this comment ❤️🙌
Your comment cleared things up for me. Thank you!
Postpartum depression, starvation, always being cold… there are a lot of issues here that could absolutely instigate psychosis. Or, the Lore is REAL..
loved it. Thank you Alter and everyone involved.
Definitely yes on all of those points.
Added to that, the isolation that a woman like Margaret would have felt in such a life.
Thanks for commenting. It's wonderful when someone gets it 100%
@@jesuislecatfilmproductions3967
Isolation! Yes, absolutely. A very big factor in losing control of one’s mind. Isolation makes you question everything, especially your own sanity.
My health issues after giving birth in 2019 caused every issue we have discussed.
But isolation can be the most insidious because it often feels like I’m protecting myself and my child when I am actually becoming further undone.
Again, I thank you all so much for drawing attention to these issues. Especially for women, it doesn’t matter if the piece is regarding a time period long ago, it’s all still far too relevant.
thank you guys again. I will be back to watch over and over 🤟♥️
@@jesuislecatfilmproductions3967 I noticed the same at the very beginning.....great and very very sad issue...
I'm kinda on the fence, what did the priest mean when he wouldn't bury the baby and said he can consecrate the grounds? That to me says it's really a demon
@@lisagoodrow1482 The priest said he couldn't bury the baby in consecrated ground because it had died unbaptized.
No sound is worse than a screaming baby! I made sure that I'll never have one, it would drive me crazy in no time. Parents are underrated, especially mothers. Motherhood is a real full-time JOB! Those who care for babies deserve medals, praise and MONEY! We all should respect carers more.
@@cindymorris2567, I had to cut off the sound too 😅. Maybe your kid was quiet, it happens. If not, virtual 🥉 medal to you!
It's a blessing and a curse. I never wanted a kid. Then I got a lifelong friend pregnant. My daughter was sick a lot in her first 3 years. Lots of vomiting, lots of late night visits to the ER, lots of hospital stays. Lots of sleepless nights, but I would do it a billion times over, to have my daughter. She's nearly 10, and she is my world. You never really know how really to love yourself, until you have a child. You realize that not only are they a part of you, but they are the absolute best part of you. Screaming babies and sleepless nights are temporary. They grow. A parent's love and undying devotion to that child of theirs is eternal, and it also grows. Regardless, they will always be a part of you, and you them. It's amazing.
At the risk of spoilers, the baby stops crying halfway through...
It 'changes'
I'd be interested to see which sound is more disturbing. The crying or the lack thereof 🙃
Except the sound of a silent one when you’re living in fear of their health and your own sanity…
Thank you. Imagine how someone feels...having a 12yo child with severe nonverbal autism and ADHD. The mind of a toddler.....forever, with no support. Some days...😫 But for real thanks for acknowledging motherhood. 💕 💪🏽
It's a very sad and realistic story with a perfect mystical atmosphere. I mean, how many real life cases like this were in human history? Especially in those times when medicine was not able to diagnose the postpartum depression.
Thank you for this comment.
What you have written was exactly what we had hoped to achieve with Changeling.
lol she killed the baby cuz it was crying too much, goofy
@@victorcruz9492 Look up post partum depression, and what it can do to a woman's mental state. =(
I searched for short horrors, and this one did not disappoint. Except there are no ghosts and ghouls involved, rather the horrors of the human mind reaching breaking point. It was deep and moving. Well done.
WOW!! This was a very, very good representation of Post partum psychosis. It's very sad when left untreated. He just kept leaving her alone because he had to go and make money. Sad but happens even still way too often...
Yes though also do you remember his friend the priest who said something like, "I was thinking to myself that I'd like to get down to the dregs of this bottle today, and there's no face I'd rather see for it than yours"? This father worked, but I think the stress from this crying baby made him avoid coming home more than he should have. I don't think the night of him passing out drinking with friends was an isolated one, and it all left her alone too much at a time when she couldn't be left alone.
@@nomadak723 Your right, I do remember that part... He was able to work, drink and not come home while she was never able to have such opportunities.
Epic gothic horror combined with modern realism. 🙌🥺🙌 brava to this creator!
@@nomadak723 they both starved to death and he was out eating with a friend... Seems like he wasn't around much or he'd know they're not eating
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He was sharing food with another man, while his baby was screaming from hunger and the wife was going mad from starvation. A story about a man whose neglect and absence toward his wife and baby, caused him to lose everything in the end.
We certainly didn't shy away from the misogyny of the time. Plus the patriarchal institutions reject him throughout, his 'drinking friends' and the church. He gives too men and gets nothing in return. They are both let down by patriarchy.
The starving man on his back is a reference to an Irish story. Teig O'Kane and the Corpse.
Thank you for commenting, sorry for the info dump :-)
I was wondering why the baby looked so skinny in one point the poor baby did not deserve that
The man whether he had to go to work, I bet he couldn't wait to get away from the crying baby
Lose everything, or gain his freedom? You’d be surprised
@@jesuislecatfilmproductions3967 Thank you for the info dump! I'm glad you mentioned the Corpse story, I'll be looking for that now!
I'm a mom of 3 and pregnant. I could be completely wrong but this cry sounds a lot like a hunger cry to me. I am only 10 minutes onto it though . I want so bad to take the baby and let momma have a break go for a walk get some fresh air momma I'll help you.
Okay just finished it and a combination of lack of sleep food and help from her husband sent her crazy. I don't know if she killed the baby or if it starved to death but she was clearly crazy by the end.
I felt the same
It likely passed away when she dropped it on the ground, after getting spooked, no longer seeing her own child in the boney "thing". Based on her "bleeding breast" I also assume that she was unable to feed the child, which is also why the father brought a milk can into the house at the beginning.
When he returned after getting food for them, the situation proofed to much for either to take. Trauma does a lot of horrible things to your mind.
My daughter got Covid, she’s 8 months. I threw up multiple times , due to anxiety , because I was so tired because I also had Covid. But I didn’t want to go to sleep. I felt guilty. I was scared she wouldn’t wake up and I wouldn’t know cuz I was asleep. I am diagnosed with PPD. The guilt is so toxic it tastes disgusting. I love her so much though and we both made it through.
I am so glad! ❤️
Stuff like that makes me grateful to be alive today but the message about post partum depression is still very relevant
Hi everyone, we are the filmmakers Marie Clare and Ryan. This self funded passion project was filmed during Lockdown 2020. We acted as the entire crew as well as the lead roles. Ask us anything and we will try our hardest to answer. - Ryan
Saw thins at the Ennis FF. Congrats! Delighted to see it on this platform and shared with the world!
Nice
I’m very impressed by this and yet I can just feel so many other feelings that are hard to put into words…what compelled you to make this?
Also, who was the model for the “scary baby?” Who’s face did you use to get that effect?
@@SteveHallVlogs aw thanks Steve, we didn’t make it down to Ennis but super happy to have shown at the first year of festival
@@jaybat1184 the ‘baby’ was sculpted by an amazing artist named Robin McFarland at a company called D-signs and displays in County Tyrone.
The eyes are my (Ryan/Thomas) eyes superimposed. "He has his fathers eyes" rosemary’s baby style.
He chose to give food to other men, chose to lie and spend money on alcohol whilst his wife and child starved, chose to leave her alone to look after the baby whilst he was out drinking with the lads, consistently failed his family which resulted in the death of his child and his wife losing her sanity. Yet regardless of all of this, she would have been the one punished back in the day, burned alive as a witch. He would have been pitied, supported by his community, no blame would have been put on him. I wish I could say times have changed. Excellent film, well done guys.
Times HAVE changed, in most of the world, that is. Plus, even in the most backward countries things are mostly better now, than they were "back then".
Judge not. ....
haha what?
@@ryanoneill7710 oh no it's you ppl who are the problem. I ask as a woman for you ppl to stop regurgitating lies, I'm so sick of it. Since you mentioned conservatives, which idk how that has anything to do with regression when it's you ppl telling women that having a child is bad and it's slavery and they should abort them. Then tell women they should work for a rich corporate man for the rest of their lives and be alone, but having a family is regression, getting married is regression, and taking care of your children is regression??????????????? Just stfu. If that's regression then I'm all for it, much better than the garbage you ppl spew. I'd rather be happy with a family than work for someone that doesn't give a damn about me. But my family does, my husband does, my children do, always will. So I'm a bad person and I regress the times because I take care of my family? Because I feed my husband and children while he works to provide a roof over our heads? Because that's the choice I made, not anyone else? I'm sad for women that believe in your bs lies, cause I once did.
@@user-dz1rc4wk2t “Judge not” what, the reality of how women were treated?
It started with Eve & the burden of the fall placed squarely on her.
It still occurs today.
Oison started looking like a baby version of Golem.
That's what I thought it was on the thumbnail. So I clicked it. Pleasant surprise
Yeah, honestly I'm not sure if he really was a changeling or if he was just starving. I bet starving babies look very strange, they're normally fat little potatoes (maybe a bad comparison for this film...)
I just looked up what starving babies look like (yay me) and jeez yeah, he might have just been starving. They look like sick monkeys and probably grow a lot of hair on their bodies randomly too, because the human body's response does that when it's cold, and starvation could lead to being cold.
As a new mother that just stopped breastfeeding this was extremely painful to watch. I just wanted to reach through the screen and feed that poor angle. Absolutely devastating story but such a beautiful piece of art you created. Your short film touched me deeper than any full length horror movie ive seen. Please never stop creating.
me too he was lookin kinda..acute. lol....
@@Sladeycakes Brilliant!😆😅🤣😂
Really well shot but I can't help but think how miserable it must have been to live this kind of life
Agreed.
Part of the reason the film is set in the second Irish famine is to illustrate that the inherited truama of the Great Famine in the 1840s meant that when blight returned to Ireland in 1870s it led to mass immigration of Irish people to the USA further dwindling the population.
The population in Ireland before 1840 was much higher than today even showing the impact that these living conditions had on the Irish people.
That's why we, as a thriving nation should be open to those fleeing similar hardships.
@@jesuislecatfilmproductions3967 Super interesting! It was a really beautiful movie.
Postpartum or not, being a new mom can be very hard when you have absolutely no support.
Excellent dramatization of the despair and madness that poverty can bring into people's lives. We can all fall prey to the superstitions of 'tradition' and 'religion' when the world is falling apart around us; a desperation compelling us to make sense out of the chaos. Yet those tropes can bring us farther away from reality in the end. Thanks for making this gem! ❣️🙏🏾❣️
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This person gets it!
The fear is, with the way things are going in the world right now, we could see a resurgence of tragedy based on belief.
@@jesuislecatfilmproductions3967 Aye, the 'elites'' Divide and Conquer Game has always been in effect. The more covert attributes arising when their right-hand device, "The Media", ratchets up the Fear. Using 'false flag event' tactics, propaganda and emotional and Spiritual manipulation to drive people to the edge of insanity. Pointing fingers at those within their *own* close relationship circles. Paranoia, xenophobia, misogyny, racism and all the 'ISM-schisms surface - wielding their ugly heads. Until the masses of people can awaken from the Western (American) Dreaming and grow up to become Cosmic Citzens they will continue to be merely puppets whose strings can be pulled and buttons pushed at their command.
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I absolutely adore Irish legends,especially the spooky ones!
Yes! So good, some of the best tales are Irish
Wait , this is a legend?
@@LorenaMartinez-gs4fe The changelings are from Irish legend,not this specific story. It was said that if you didn’t get your baby baptized,that it was susceptible to be kidnapped by the Sidhe and replaced by a fairy child ~
This is almost the exact reverse of one of the biggest instances of a reported changeling abduction. In Ireland, the fear of the Faye folk was rampant. Any woman who spent too long in the woods or acted in a strange manner would be questioned as a possible changeling or enchanted by the Faye. In a well known instance, a husband noticed that his wife's personality changed after having a child. He then accused her of being enchanted and to have replaced their child with a changeling. The husband tested the child by holding it over a fire closely to see if it would change back to it's original form. The wife herself was tortured and set on fire by the husband. It's an old Irish tale of madness. The series LORE portrayed a live-action retelling of the story. It seems like the writer was looking to portray the mirror opposite in this film. Just my 2 cents.
Hi,
Thanks for the comment!
You are right,
The story of Bridget Cleary was the original inspiration for the film (although they were a childless couple)
During our research it was uncovered that the most common instances of Changeling related cases in the late 19th century were infanticide. A number of women institutionalized for the killing of what they believed to be Changelings.
None of these cases gained as much notoriety as the Bridget Cleary story which shocked the world in its brutality. Only one story of a woman killing an adult man believed to be a Changeling came up.
We wanted to represent these stories and perhaps shed light on the difficulties faced by women in 19th century Ireland, especially at times of famine.
The fear of Starvation plays a huge role in the phycology of the time. Only 30 years after the Great Famine in Ireland we had the Gorta beag (mini Famine) the inherited truama combined with post partum psychosis saw a number of real cases similar to this occur in remote Ireland.
What’s a changeling?
@@LorenaMartinez-gs4fethe belief that someone is 'replaced' by a Fairie or 'hidden people '
When she was sitting under the tree holding her babe and his little face blinking at her...he was so cute! Poor lil darling and mama 😪 rest in peace 🙏
That scene really made me tear up - the baby’s sweet innocent smile☹️
Man i felt like clicking off a few times because of the crying but I understand the art so i had to keep watching lol
💯💯💯💯
Yes me too 😅
Excellent. Really enjoyed that. All the hardships of living during that time alongside an uncaring church. The leading lady’s performance was disturbingly brilliant and the music was so dark. Superb.
Thank you very much! The score was by Michael Mormecha who also played the starving piggyback man!
That was great! I love spooky films with a dark atmosphere and everything really fit here. The music and sound effects were full of menacing doom, the gloomy landscape and the huts full of shadows only added to that. The "shock moments" with bones and child were used sparingly and caused a pleasant feeling of discomfort when watching, as good horror should be. The two leads were so convincing, the father so lost and helpless, the mother between denial and madness that I wanted to jump into the movie and save them all. I shudder at the thought of the real background of the events. Gradually, your video went from horror film to tragedy. Thanks for the terrific short film.
We are going to frame this comment 🙌 thank you
A really fantastic little film. The creators deserve high praise for their efforts.
Thank you so much 🥰
I was eating a burrito and when the baby thing shifted it's eyes at the mother i spit it out and hollered so loud 😭
🌯 enjoy your burrito!
From laughter?
@@XimsXimness no from terror sadly
Dang
I solemnly request ALTER not to reveal the most disturbing scene on thumbnail..That just ruins composure of horror stories..
I’ve thought this a few times and second your request. Thank you.
People won’t watch the video otherwise
@@jennasarah8589 and people won’t date or try to get to know another person if they aren’t smokin hot or give it up on the first date either right..
This is taking place during the Great potato famine of Ireland many people starved went mad and many left to escape the tradgedy
Noooo ...I hate when a page minimizes the credits at the end. Could you post the full credits here please ? People deserve to be recognized for their talents. IMDB seems to have only partial credits.
Creature design and build Robin McFarland
Score by Michael Mormecha
Everything else, camera, writing, Editing and VFX etc are two person team of Ryan O'Neill and Marie Clare Cushinan (also the leads)
It's usually the top comment of each video!
Check the top comment
Check the description, pretty sure there are all the credits
So I had to watch it twice. The first go-round I didnt quite understand what was going on but then I watched it again after reading some of the comments and thats when I was like wtf. This is really heartbreaking and knowing the baby was crying from hunger really made me tear up. I have a 9 month old and I honestly just kept looking at her and just being grateful for everything we have. Im still not sure if the baby died from starvation or if it was when the mom dropped him. Also, her husband wasnt sh!t I mean I guess he was "trying" but he wasnt around at all to the point u had no idea ur child was dead from starvation or that ur wife had bad PPD and would rather pass out all night with his friends from drinking. Total POS. Looking at this from a new mom/wife perspective this is true horror
He actually wasn’t a POS. The subtle hints show this was during the potato famine in Ireland, I think the husband is out looking for work which meant he was staying the night at a place with other husbands trying to feed their families. The drinking scene is just to show how scarce those resources were and how many men would travel out away from their suffering wives. A man could leave and come back to his whole family dead
They didn't know about PPD in the 1800s, and he WAS trying.
It's about the Irish potato famine when men would have to find work and make money any way they knew how. This man was trying to sell poitin which was a high alcohol drink and as a part of the sale they would usually spend the night to show off the drink. The people like it, they buy more. It was very common for these transactions to take days, maybe weeks depending on travel. Poitin also had to be sold discretely as it was actually outlawed since there was no way for king Charles the third to tax it so usually it had to be quiet social gatherings. So really he chose one of the few options available to him where he could still see his family and make some money. No he was not a POS he just wanted to be able to see his family from time to time and did so in a way that was under his English oppressors noses and as a native Irish , these stories and lessons were taught to me from a very young age and I have learnt so much about who I should be from men and women from this time. This depicts my ancestors and their struggles and the fact you see this man as happless and lazy truly shows tge ignorance of today's people and the privilege we have has spoiled us, making us think we deserve more than we put in.
@@shoebillbigbeak1538I really appreciate this perspective. Not knowing the history, I assumed this man was drinking his family's money away. Thank you for taking the time to explain what was actually happening.
Back then with nothing more then a tiny house, miles away from other people, pennies a day to survive, loneliness, hunger, depression in many ways its a mental breakdown. How long was he gone for? people can't live alone or with someone in hard times. Eventually one will snap and the end will happen.
that baby’s cry is tearing me apart
"Your tearing me APART!"😅
! What a tragic and simultaneously beautiful film. Ang the Gaelic was like liquid gold filling my ears. .... I bet I watch this again.
The sound of a non stop crying baby is enough to make you uncomfortable.
The poor baby crying from hunger devastated as I'm sure it did all mother's who watched it. And the man getting drunk while his family starved, what a waste. Didn't look like he had missed any meals.
We were noting that on set as we filmed. We hoped it would add to the image of him being selfish. (I wasn’t supposed to be in front of the camera, thanks covid! 😂)
That crying was driving me insane. I can’t imagine what moms with PPD feel like
I know it 😓 But my kids are older now , my depression is gone . But I still remember those days 😢
Some one with a short fuse, man or woman would do something they would regret. To hear that day in and day out every day for months. Your nerves would be shot.
I get post partum but danm this shook my woman instincts, that crying from wherever they got it was great I was internally screaming " feed the baby!!"
My mammary glands were on alert😂
Me too I was so viscerally uncomfortable gahhhh 😖😫.
Horror is art
I agree! And it’s very pure.
How true & as art is interpretation so is all the genres of Horror . Loved the atmosphere here & in Europe there so many old places that lend themselves to the feel this film has it really makes it easy for these actors to play their roles with such conviction they drag you in to worlds we can only imagine just how strong emotions & myth & mystery can be in the human condition. Very well done all around & right off the bat it starts. One great thing about all these shorts is never take anything for granted & don't think you know the answer or outcome till the end .
This was really well made. Quite sad but an interesting dichotomy between the traditional Celtic beliefs and the Catholic Church. At some point in the film, they both seem obviously absurd. What does a man care about baptism and consecrated ground when he’s carrying his dead infant in his arms. Bravo!! This was a good one!
Thank you for the comment.
Given the proliferation unmarked cillín (graveyards for unbaptised) in Ireland from the time we definitely wanted to point at the cold-heartedness of ingrained beliefs. To have the priest the only English speaker in the film further illustrating the new/outsider power structures in the country.
I have to say I really do like it for it being horror related. You hit every negative emotion inside because a baby is the victim. Good job!
I'm watching these to see if I will have any sign of an emotional reaction or if I will remain hollow inside
Kind of makes you rethink motherhood. That sound of the baby crying drove me crazy.
MY STOMACH GROWLED WHILE THE BABY WAS TRANSFORMING AND IT SCARED ME SO MUCH THAT I ALMOST SCREAMED
My stomach just growled for no reason:D
Transforming by starvation. The movie take his time in the great starvation during the potatoes crisis in Ireland. The mother, sure, got post-partum depression, and she though her true baby was replaced since he was only skin and bone and she can not recognize him anymore. She can not breastfeed him since she is in a starvation state too. Many Irish babies died from the great starvation. It took many family and many people.
@@jeanneparisot237 how is that related to my stomach growling 😨
Postpartum depression and lack of help from the other baby maker, yeah, I can see that's a spell for disaster.
Another great video from our friends at alter thanks for another upload and much love to all of you
I've got to be honest, a few months ago, I couldn't stand movies from Alter! Now, the level is so high and a strong competitor because many people including myself adore psychological horror and they're very difficult to make! Kudos to you and Alter ^^
Dang this was terrifying in every way...I was legit leaned over my keyboard, nose to the screen, and yet I wanted to look away. I haven't been this creeped out in so long! It has to be because it's just so incredibly real. The man throwing out the rotten potatoes, constantly drinking to try and numb out the pain because he knows he can't do anything to stop this from happening. The mother leaving the house to sit outside because she knows there's nothing she can do to save her baby. The baby screaming until it's dead, and then the mother falling into PPD psychosis to cope with the grief. There's no villain in this story, save for the plague that caused the starvation. I can only think of one word for it: Brutal. It's such a good example of horror, as horror is tragedy and disbelief and fear and this has all of those combined.
Damn poor baby and poor mom who lost her mind and the poor husband
Amazingly beautiful! Great work. You're so talented. I've always loved changeling stories. You managed to film a great drama. Very beautiful visuals and deep meaning.🖤
That’s why there’re ambulances for scream-babies todays.
Parents receive in Germany f.e. a list of help adresses so that no desperate crime occurs. Not in these shown times. That desperation of the mother was very good acted. Just toneless, tired suffering. Well done!
The constant crying, day and night would drive most any person mad who was alone all day with such a fussy baby. Not having a break even from the maddening sounds..
Baby’s hungry… he’s suffering. Of course he’s gonna cry a lot.
So is she like starving her baby or something? I watched it more than once and I still don’t clearly understand the plot although I could’ve missed something it was really hard to see everything considering how dark the whole thing was I watched it under a blanket and I’m sure I still missed things
It's the famine the baby starving
The baby is hungry. But in the mother's eyes the upset baby is no longer her child but a Changeling.
People in Ireland used to believe in the Fairies. Not like Tinkerbell or the English idea of the cute fairy but in a hidden world of 'others'. They were to be respected ( farmers still do not dare disturb a fairy fort for fear of bad luck)
It was believed that a sick, inconsolable or disabled child was no longer the child but an older fairy who was swapped. This way a human could feed and look after the dying fairy in a young body. The Changeling would eat and eat... Changeling mythology was used as a way of explaining children with mental disabilities and deformation.
Margaret grew up believing in this. So when her child is inconsolable she begins to loose her grip on reality and fall back on superstition.
It is real to her. By the time she is confronted by Thomas it's too late. She sees a flash of something in him too.
This is supposed to take place during the famine. If the mother is starving, the baby will starve due to milk supply issues.
@@ratgrl81 ok but why is the father so plump in a famine neither of the parents look to be starving lol
@@markiejsis4240 most producers dont think it is necessary to starve their actors for a short film
Half of that felt like i was on an airplane flight from hell.
This deserves to be a full length feature.
😂Why tf does the baby look like Noah Schnapp💀
It is Noah Schnapp after Doja cat put a curse on him
wow what an amazing film -thanks ALTER -continue
Disturbing
The continuous painful cry of the child was Disturbing....
Painful story
My take on this is that this lady had PPP and starved her baby. Husband comes home from working away for a while to find the baby dead, and the woman is so out of it from the psychosis, she goes ahead and kills him too, thinking shes "saving" them. Very dramatic short.
This was set during the Irish potato famine. He was basically using all their money to feed himself and his friends as well as get drunk. He was starving his wife and she couldn’t produce milk so the baby starved to death.
This episode needs patience
Beautiful scenery & loved the story ❤
This was amazing 😱 I love old scenery
Thank you!
YESS, more Irish language content!
go raibh maith agat
Super film... made me cry.
Great job!
This is great I can totally understand that poor woman but is sad at the same time 😢
This is beautiful
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Awesome movie! Thank You ♥️
Certified Gold!!!!!
If this was all just a postpartum thing why did the other guy refuse to bury the child?
He was a priest and in those times a child would not be buried in a concentrated cemetery without being baptised.
Ireland is littered with burial grounds called cillín for criminals, unbaptised infants etc.
@@ryanoneill7710 Yeah I got that part from the dialogue. I meant why he wouldn't even help at all
@@Scooterbeerrun it was a statement of sorts. That the Catholic Church did not intervene with aid in Ireland and seemed to take a hands off approach. Other denominations offered help in exchange for conversion in the great famine. Hence the term ‘taking the soup’
WoW! Great film!!❤️
Thank you ❤️ that means a lot!
Does anyone know why so many horror shorts are almost like silent films? As in, there is barely (if any) dialogue and instead mostly just music and sound effects? It's so common that I feel like I'm missing something cause I don't understand why.
A lot of media doesn’t trust the viewer to know what their watching or have the critical thinking to ascertain a meaning to it so you get dialog dumps.
When you are alone and struggling through it are you talking to a non existent audience? The goal could be humor, horror, love or any of the grand nuanced feelings we have.
Horror and fear is very personal and you see and hear what the subject sees and hears, you can inject yourself better not knowing their thoughts and assuming they are similar to yours
@@Wazboom I have no idea how that answers my question or what you were saying. You were speaking in abstract and my brain doesnt process abstract and ambiguous dialogue well. I am autistic. But I was asking why so many horror shorts are practically silent films. Im not asking why they aren't doing exposition dumps.
@@myishenhaines1706 that is an interesting question. I have noticed that and just thought that was the prevailing style of horror shorts. Perhaps it is something more psychological.
@@Ashas.GardenI love horror shorts so I watch them a lot. Yeah, maybe it’s a stylistic thing.
I´ve read from many short filmmakers, that almost mute movies helps them to reach a wider audience worldwide, since there wouldn't be the need for complicated translations. Having to caption just a few lines to other languages makes their films more accesible for anyone
So there is no fairies? I wish it could have plot twist and add fairies at the end of the movie. Or put a glimps a lot of fairies but un the end , it was in only in mother's head? 🙏🏻 Tgese people are great actress and great actiors. Bravo!! 💜💜💜 Poor baby 😭😭
hmm more creepier than i thought..
Absolutely great film. Love this. 👍
Thanks
It was an interesting movie. Loved the ambience, the colors and the mood. At the same time, I feel terrible for the family :/
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When I was a teenager my friends mother had PPD for two years, she ended up going in the woods and taking her life so she didn’t hurt her toddler. Even today women are suffering in silence. Sad world.
I got to a point where I would run the water to do the dishes and it sounded like my baby crying. It was driving me insane lol. But his colic didn't last long thank God
Esse curta é de uma perfeição inigualável😮
22:27 I remember calling them "aww they're so cutehh" in the first few minutes..
I think this is taking place during the Irish Potato Famine
The second lesser known famine in Ireland 1879. Gorta beag.
Can we possibly make this darker?
Sorry, We trained on the set of Game of Thrones. 😂 unless you mean darker in tone. That we can do.
Right I had to watch it under a blanket and I still didn’t see everything
Yeah. I think I caught a little contrast here and there. Make it darker next time.
Yes I’m sure you can. Go to the display settings on whatever you’re watching this on and turn the brightness down
discount-Gollum in the thumbnail had me dying of laughter tho
Harrowing 😢
Nice work amazing video keep up the good work and happy holidays 💯🍿👍🏋️
😢😢😢 My heart broke 💔!!! So very sad!!! 😢😢😢😢😢
This was amazing
I just can't hear the baby is screaming so hopefully that his parents will give him food .... When the baby's crying I just imagine my own baby.... Oh I'm so sad😥
I know everyone who saw the baby’s face was horrified but the kid and his mom were starving while this guy Thomas was eat and drinking with his friends
I found it very dark and hard to make out what exactly was going on. I know atmosphere is needed but what's the point if its so dark
Very well done.
wow! awesome!
Thanks 👍
Aww that little baby sounded like he was teething.
Good Stuff!
Somebody please explain 😭
The film is based on the Irish mythology of the changeling. They used to believe that if a child/person was not themselves, or seemed different, that that person was ‘swapped’ for an older ‘fairy’ to be fed and looked after by the humans. This is something that actually happened and led to historical accounts of infanticide in Ireland.
@@jesuislecatfilmproductions3967 thanks dear , I'm from India so didn't know anything about this incident.
Basically it is about mental illness. Mother clearly is schizophrenic. This is not supernatural story.
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Anyone know what song that is at the end? It's beautiful!
The song by TRÚ from their album No fixed Abode
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I had to fast-forward through the entire movie. I think it needed further editing. I think it's possible to create atmosphere and still speed it up a bit. Also - the sound of the baby crying was so grating. I understand it's making a point - she had to deal with that horrifying din, after all - but again couldn't it have been made without making people want to rip their hair out?! It's a shame because it seems otherwise like a good movie but I just couldn't bear to sit and watch the entire thing.
I couldn’t watch because of the crying baby lol so maybe I’ll come back to it another time. Looks awesome from the thumbnail
Please do.
The baby doesn't cry all the way through.................................... 🙃
This is a thing that really happened, people killing their babies thinking they were changelings