Horror Short Film "FRAGILE.COM" | ALTER
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- A teenage girl who more than anything wants to be told she's special is approached by a charming man who promises her fame, fortune, and affection-if she agrees to livestream herself crying for his niche website, Fragile.com.
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More About FRAGILE.COM: A teenage girl, Mara, who more than anything wants to be told she's special is approached by a charming man who promises her fame, fortune, and affection-if she agrees to livestream herself crying for his niche website, Fragile.com.
As she delves deeper into the world of the site, Mara begins to lose touch with herself as well as reality. Her biggest fears start seeping into her everyday life until eventually the horrors of reality and those in her head are completely intertwined.
She'll have to get a grip on what's really important, otherwise she'll risk losing what really made her special in the first place.
Director: Alison-Eve Hammersley
Writer: Brittany Menjivar
Executive Producer: Lena Waithe
Producer: Russell Sanzgiri
Producer: Ruth Du
DP: Lauren Guiteras
PD: Ariel Vida
Editor: Guangwei Du
Composer: Marcus Thorne Bagala
Starring: Carly Stewart & Colin Woodell
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A lot of people really looking at the horror aspect being the crying/fetish side and hardly anyone is pointing out how this is a clear story on grooming. She's in high school and a 30 year old man is manipulating her as entertainment for other, mostly older, men.
In the end when she can't cry a lot of comments seem to be talking about how it's empowering for her and worked as a twisted way of therapy, but in reality it was taken away from her. A human response to let out emotions was twisted and manipulated to be pleasure for others that she feels she can't even have a private cry to herself because crying is no longer for her. It's for others.
This is one of the best horror shorts I've ever seen. A near perfect depiction of manipulation, underage grooming and touching on a part of cyberbullying. I hope this actress will be going places.
I think there is a bit of everything in it
And then that man moved onto another young girl
I saw that too. That's precisely why I didn't like it. Too cynical, too harsh, too hopeless. The grooming is clearly apparent the first time she does her livestream on the site and she reads "client", and everything that happens next just confirms how manipulated she becomes.Yep... Didn't like this.
I agree completely. I actually watched this quite some time ago and it just popped up again so I decided to take a look at some of the newer comments. (I think it really says something about this piece that two years after it’s release people are still watching and commenting, ALTER really showcases some insane indie talents). Yours is one of the best comments I’ve found. Very insightful and I think you grasped some aspects that passed others by, which is unfortunate, I wish everyone has seen the themes that you did. I’m really glad to see the grooming and cyberbullying being pointed out. Also the fact that this incredibly important emotion has been robbed from her is such an important part of this and invoked a very visceral reaction in me. I think this was written and directed extremely well and I too hope this actress goes on to better and better things because she did an amazing job. Loved your critique!
If you think about it, it is not so dissimilar from the life story of p0rn st@rs. They do the act for others, they make money out of it, they may or may not enjoy it that much, their expressions and emotions are fake. But when they really find their true love, and want to get physically close to them, do they enjoy it or "feel it" as much as they should? I don't know. They lose one of the most human feelings - the feeling of physical intimacy towards our loved ones.
Alter would be dangerous with a bigger budget 😃
I am Venom Dangerously good then...
You do know Alter dont produce or fund any of these shorts right? They're only a platform for indie shorts like MTV for music back in the days.
What budget? They host other people's content.
Alter doesn't make all the short films, Alter is a way for indie film makers to show their film's to a larger audience. CryptTV makes their own films, effects, etc. Alter exhibits film makers. It's like Alter is the museum show casing the art, the museum didn't paint the art pieces. No one running the museum had anything to do with the galleries. It's just a spot to show case smaller talent.
@@Yatukih_001 I suggest you take a look at Crypt TV. They are a lot like Alter, but has some major difference like @Clovilah said. I always binge-watch there.
I loved how she acted when she was clearly trying not to cry in front of her friends, it was so accurate! How she avoided eye contact, even avoided talking because she knew she'd cry. Great actress :)
she is a tough woman, she is able to look in every eye just talking and she does not need to cry!
@@piaschlomer8630 sorry 🗿 you Don't have to say what should she do 🗿
I cry like baby in front of everyone 🗿
me on the daily lol
@@lightofheaven787 i don’t think you understood that comment, dear.
I went through the crying phase.... when it doesn't stop for long enough, the crying does stop I guess... it got replaced by grief wails, and growls.
I can still cry occasionally... when I think someone cares about me. Otherwise the tears don't flow anymore.
the way i, as a girl, knew the second he said he was a director looking for people to cast that it was going to be bad. casting directors don't just get a person off of their looks, NEVER go with someone who randomly approaches you talking about casting you to an "audition", its not safe
sana from twice
Ok but there are literally people who do that it's an actual job what you just described is called talent scouting and it's where scouts will look for someone who has any defining qualities they're looking for and judging based off of first impressions whether or not they're worth scouting if they are then they will get something (can be a phone number or just anything that can be used by the casting directors to know that they were found by a talent scout next would be normal auditions and often those who were scouted receive more attention from the casting directors because they have specific qualities that are aligned with their idea of whatever the audition is for
Uh… yes they do. Like that’s EXACTLY what they do lol
@@klownivoreyou should probably specify what is and isn't normal for talent scouts so people dont just go trusting random people that come up to them willy nilly
Definitely look into the person and their agency before you go anywhere or give them any money. Best-case scenario of getting played: check out Robert Barone's experience in Everybody Loves Raymond. Worst case in these type of stories? Check what happened to Phoebe Hallowell in Charmed. Hopefully, if you guys have a bad experience, it'll skew closer to the Robert end of things. But in a story like this, my money's on something a bit closer to Phoebe's fate.
What is really scary is that you *KNOW* that there are people that have fetishes like this...the internet has something for everyone, no matter how weird or creepy....
Very well acted!
I don't know that.
Dacryphilia is the proper term for it
@@natasha4440 lol..oof and it has a name 😲 man people are weird!
The fetishes aren't that scary, the real scary part is not realizing how far is too far when you get sucked into something like this, how being vulnerable for a moment can ruin you
Fetishes are...hard to explain. If somebody wants to hear my take on it go ahead
She really said “Ain’t got no tears left to cry”
I didnt think of that 😭😭
Lmaooo
@@rubymargetts9838 no u
@@rubymargetts9838 someone learned the f word 😮
@@gemmakenyon6046 you😀😐
This short film is great commentary on how older men prey on younger impressionable girls and manipulate and exploit them. Based on the comment section people seem to be taking the crying website too literally.
That's CZcams comment sections for you. Most people only take away surface level interpretations.
idk I'd be fine letting the guy playing the director prey on me >_>
@@clarie4497 woww youre so funnyyyy
You know woman do too
I love how there are Always men under this type of videos or comments that go "men too" "women are bad too". I mean calm down dude, of course men are abused too and women are evil, not specifyng this everytime does not mean this doesnt happen. Thats no point on going under videos of abused girls saying that men are abused too, under videos of abused men saying women are abused too, or videos of human violence in general to Say that animals are abused too. Thats clear as hell that in this world nobody Is safe and literally everyone can be a dangerous bastard, but this thing of "yes but men too/women too" Is getting cringy, and for what, to feel Better in your own genre everytime a bad thing come from someone with your same reproductive organs? Reality Is this, everyone sucks
I'm surprised some people are taking the ending positively. Sometimes you should cry. Sometimes you need to cry. If you can't do it at those times, it's not a good thing.
if you can’t cry at times your meant to it’s said that your heart is so used to depression it can’t produce the tears anymore.
@@Notyourbiggestfan1🤧true
I relate 😔
Me at the end: This would be a good time to go full Carrie on them, Mara.
Darn I was hoping so. Oh well
😂
Yeah. The ending is a little disappointing.
IKR! lol
Ikr....I wish it could've been like Carrie at the end!🤔
That moment...she can't cry... Thats the real horror!!
I read this a real humor...sorry tired long day at work and now I’m heading to night class so yaay
Or maybe she just saw what a trash is the man who made her cry and got over him and that shady director. Maybe it’s good she is not crying I believe she moved on and now can go with her life knowing who are worthy to include in it.
@@nickimillennium3748 are you talking about the horror film or her ACTUAL career?
@@cerealsauce4639 I know you didn't ask me, but I assume they are referring to her character, as in what Mara did on camera, similar to that of porn stars being filmed.
@@nickimillennium3748 Really interesting take, I quite like this.
I feel like there’s a meaning behind this, almost like a deep, hidden thing lying behind what horror the film is. It’s not scary because of monsters or jump-scares, it’s scary because of the way we can’t find the meaning, but we know it’s there, and we are scared of what we can’t see, or what we don’t know.
I'm getting themes of the commodification of women-especially young women. Through history we've been seen this way- they sell our motherhood, or our beauty, our sexuality, our youth, our virginity, you name it-they sell it right out from under us, back to us and in a worse way to men. They use us to sell cigarettes, alcohol and clothes, Axe body spray. Freaking cheeseburgers. You name it, and they've used women to sell you something. And it hurts in a million ways- makes us change our bodies and buy the makeup and the mani-pedi combo and the wax and the high heels. We find ourselves getting cosmetic surgery-literally cutting into ourselves- to please those who look at us. We develop eating disorders and worse. We get them because we have been exploited and manipulated through our insecurities, told that when we do not please those around us we no longer have value. Hence the end- she no longer has anything left to give. She has become the sum of her parts.
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Wow you just described most Alter films in the most perfect way possible. I've been trying to figure out how their videos are so eerie, and you explained it so well
There is, its a metaphor for how vulnerable girls and lured and manipulated into the porn industry, exploited, and many times forced to hurt themselves to increase profits
Or what we DO know.
What's weird is how this actress kind of was crying for a job. And it's amazing how she can both cry and have trouble crying--really good acting.
Imagine how much she had to cry for the audition as well.🤧
Ik 😭 omg her face is ✨hydrated✨
Become HUMID
She never had to cry, she never actually cries. It's so fake the entire time, it's almost frustrating. This is what someone who wants attention looks like. Fake crying, fake emotions. This is what that girl at the party who wants the guys to look at her, looks like. She whimpers and pretends to be upset so others will comfort her and she thus becomes the center of attention. I'm not saying that was what this was about, just that this girl has no acting skill at all. It's literally at a high school level. I cannot believe all the compliments people give to "actors" in every Alter short that comes through, as if it's just a given they are great because they were in something.
@StarSimp bahahaahaha
my sister wrote the movie and told me she threw up.
While it has a premise of being sold as a fetish, I don't necessarily think it's a sexual transaction between her and the men watching her. For example, the tear ratings and them wanting the emotion to be authentic; in a growing society where we get more and more emotionally calloused, we crave intimate emotions. Hypothetically, we could get to a point where we don't even remember what those emotions looked like or felt like. Certainly everyone Mara runs into acts this way due to the consistent cruelty. She is marketing an emotion and eventually runs out just like those who view her
Interesting point of veiw
Really well said and great insight Rhiannon. Thank you for watching!
So well put, thanks for checking it out.
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@Rhiannon 🖤 spot on. Thank you for watching!
This is the only short film in a while that has genuinely terrified me. Just the idea of a 30 year old man manipulating a vulnerable teen into sex work is SO SCARY. And the fact that it keeps her from having healthy and normal reactions to things? Brilliant writing. Absolutely devastating.
it was sex work, even though not explicitly its fetishing@@jasonknowskarate6020
@@jasonknowskarate6020it’s heavily implied
@@jasonknowskarate6020The "tear fetish" is meant to be a stand-in for sex work and "cam girls"
Almsot everything about the way that creep manipulated and lied to her is scarily accurate to how groomers prey upon young girls vulnerabilities.
@@jasonknowskarate6020 She's crying for guys who 9 chances out of 10 go to that site because it's their fetish
It's like posting pics of your feet or armpits for cash. You may not be into it, but they are
@@jasonknowskarate6020It was for peoples fetishes, so yeah, it could be considered sex work
My theory behind what the clients get from seeing her cry is confidence. If someone who is deemed pretty or beautiful by your own standards is crying and you manage to console them, then I imagine that could be a big ego boost. Of course, different people may get gratification from the same thing for different reasons; the school friend who saw her just thrived on the idea of someone experiencing emotional pain.
Reading into the scene where Duco makes her eyes bleed, that's effectively the pretext for what happens; she's bled dry of tears and emotion in exchange for his money. "Selling your soul" as it were.
The paradigm of being "the centre of humiliation in front of the whole school" is generally the worst nightmare of most teenage girls that would result in endless tears. The shock on her face when she realises not even that could make her cry was palatable. The attempt to burn herself under the water was cherry on the cake.
They are sadists who like hurting women
@@MrListerTheTittyTwisterwhat even got u to ts point
Doll I think it's just a fetish
The director was ingenious in naming the girl Mara. The name “Mara” comes from a Hebrew word meaning “bitter”
It's also Nordic for Mare, it's where nightmare comes from. It's associated with sleep paralysis
Thank you for that bit of information.
Oooh that’s interesting 👀
In Hindu Mara means Soul
It's also my stepdaughter's name but pronounced Mara like Lara Croft.
As someone with a lot of hidden anxiety and the need to cry a lot, this girl is way too accurate
Social media leads to those problems.
@@s133p3r0 who the fuck asked
@@Fruidish they true though. it often is the case
Ikr
@@adorableadory9645lapodballe. LA feraillyniouf
it’s giving me black mirror vibes i love it
I think the crying IS supposed to be an allegory for sex and pornography. Her connection with the creepy director guy is like an abusive relationship. She puts out for him, she tries to please him, and she might receive money and praise in return. Even when she's degraded, she tries to brush it off. At the end, I think it was brave for her to stand up to him, but it was too little, too late. The director guy wanted her to cry harder by exposing her, but she just can't... I was thinking that she'd smash the mirror to continue maiming herself. She can't cry even if she wants to... maybe it symbolizes how after enough abuse, a gal just... snaps? Can't love, even if she wants to. Hopefully, she kicks his bitchass!
well said!!
The school is just cool with a 30 year old as a prom date?
I think he climbed through a window
A lot of schools are this girl I went to school with her date was 35
Legal age is 18 here..so.. technically you can bring 2 of them in 2020
I am so sick of this whole mindset of "it's ok to be 30+ and date 18 year olds cause they are legal!" Shit. Mentally they are still teens. I'm 32 years old. 18 year olds are children to me and most other adults I have talked too. It's just so gross.
@@tiffanysmith1993 Jesus...😂
GETTING PAID FOR CRYING????? WAIT LEMME JUST REWATCH BANANA FISH
guys- "My soul is always with you" 🙂
FR😭
LMAO NOO AHAHSHDH
Stoppppppp I’m still not over anything 😩
Oh gosh no. That show whew...😢
PAID NOT PAYED SMH
Horror isn't all about ghouls, poltergeists, or any other spirits you can think of. Sometimes the real horror lies in the reality and truth of life. Not being able to feel a certain emotion can ruin someone's life mentally, and eventually lead the person to harming one's self physically. Now *that's* the true horror.
Exactly. True dangers lie within living itself.
That reaction at 1:39 was absolutely fantastic. The quick turn to hide and movement of the facial muscles to distract one from their emotions was done spot on!
Sometimes it's wiser to stay alone then to be around people that are bringing you down🤔
I agree a lot with that
Same with me, though I understand that it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea whether society is involved or not (some people are built to be comfortable with being alone, and some people wouldn't be able to stand it)! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So very true. I'm glad I enjoy my own company, they say I'm weird etc but I'm cool with that
@@Dramadonia no that doesn't make you weird you just cool have a good spirit type of person🤔👊
Amen
but...the therapy worked...she was done crying.....
The problem is crying can be released for people I’m pretty sure that’s why she was begging herself to cry in the bathroom
Or the experiment was so emotionally manipulative that it made her go numb...That's not good either.
@@mrteargas8692 Enlightening point of view. There are so many different outcomes lol, any one of them could be true💯
Or was she
sir, no one said anything about her needing therapy, let alone going in this short clip... wym
This was great! Alter is the kind of psychological thriller/horror I have been craving that's not gory. Thank you so much.
Same here!
i think the point that this film is giving is that pain people prey on those that seem weak and will tear them down until they aren't themselves anymore. He took away her ability to express her sadness and fetishized her pain.
Wow! This short film looks like a new episode of the "Black Mirror" series! The plot, cinematography, directing, casting, and especially the performance of Carly Stewart is very impressive! I'm glad her character, Mara, didn't commit suicide and she stayed alive. But the ending is still very sad. I would even cry if I could 😥
Why can't you cry? Do you have some kind of disease or something bruh?
@@CheezeHead-ps9xf Why can't you cry? Do you have some kind of disease or something bruh?
Why can't you cry? Do you have some kind of disease or something bruh?
wtf are the replies
@@userkie wait where are they?!
i think she has no tears left to cry
Off topic but I stan your pfp
My friends dont walk they run
@@junkoenoshima2069 OMG J U N K O
this deserves more likes
Ariana grande-
"he's almost as hot as Edgar Allan Poe" what😭😭
i think it's touching on how edgar allan poe was as disgusting as this guy, as he married his wife when she was 13 and he was 27.
That character Molly is a writer. Pretty fitting that she’d romanticise a long dead poet.
She was a terrific actress!! Very impressed with how she portrayed her emotions!!
Damn...all the tears I cried when I was younger and I missed out cashing in!
Yes…we could of been billionaires…👍
you can get paid for crying? and here i’ve been doing it for free. sign me tf up.
Absolutely 😂
Me too! I cry all the time as I am in constant mental/emotional torture.
Probably only pays if your female though, I bet..
I was crying by the end because there were ads literally every two minutes.
As someone who’s terrified that I won’t be able to make art that matters if I heal, this one is def sticking with me
Lapodbal. LA feraillyniouf
So seeing crying people is also a fetish ??!! 🤔
This is just disturbing.
Sadism
Dacryphilia
How can you get turn on by people crying? nothing sexy about that
@Teena Courtney what a weird husband if dat was me ill make u cry of happiness cuz that what partners should do
Same way I felt when I found out balloons was a fetish.
These Alter horrors are getting TOO REAL.
After this, I need to scroll back through and find one of the older ones with demon clowns or something just to chill out. Frick
Hahaha yea I feel you
😂
You mean... ALTEReal
Man this has SO much potential! So many learning opportunities for our youth! I see following a stranger into something that you have no idea on what it may be! Fake friends!! Self harm!! Low self esteem!! Empowerment! The guy preys on young females! She’s also so easy to get crushes on people and have her own little fantasy about it! The potential danger of the type of room they’re running!
I feel like there’s a meaning behind this, almost like a deep, hidden thing that no one can find and probably never will. L for the tears love.
She is a great actress. I love her look, it's so different from most actresses.
She's cute. :3
She is pretty!💯💯👸🏻
Whats her name
Ciertamente lo es
@@MotionlessKnight bathroom enemas
The way he kissed her head gave me chills, just really creeped me out.
Aside from the great actors, this was beautifully done. It felt like an A24 film.
Her no crying, then cry, after getting rejected… so so good… made me cry!
i feel so bad for her cause she needs validation but i love how she slowly gets her power back such a beautiful girl!
Awww no more tears for Molly. Soo is this the part where she discovers her special powers and everyone dies?
So that's what Pickering is up to these days?
“They’re all gonna laugh at you!”
*flames ensue
Carrie reference i see what you did there.
@Teena Courtney "No tears for Molly"
ok but like carrie did went feral on those people tho
This was beautifully put together, the acting was amazing and the cinematography and story was fantastic!
Has anyone else noticed the fact that there are two actors playing roles within the Vampire Diaries universe?
What?!? Who/where? I didn’t notice!
It was so true to form that it was actually difficult to watch. Well written, with incredible acting.
Thank you so much!
I thought it was amazing. Her desperation to be seen as "legit" drove her to such lengths, to feel like 'someone,' instead of part of the background.
Loved this 👏👏👏 It really just showcases how disturbing and deceiving some trends can become over the internet 😢
3:20 had me dying the way he said it 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
Literally got no tears left to cry. This was a good one 👍
Thank you! I'm glad it resonated with you
lmao (;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)
Got numb
@@brittanymenjivar3617 Oh wow, you were the writer of this film? Fantastic job!
@@menelikm9779 Thank you!
A lot of people don’t know crying is an actual fetish? There’s even a name for it.
Seriously?
Drakophylia
@@elisabetecristina6188 Dacryphilia *
@@elisabetecristina6188 lol the prefix "Drako" is a typo for "Draco" which it means Dragon and philia means strange love, or obsession. Something tells me that's not it
Huh? Not really? What crazy shit. But I guess in 2020 nothing really surprises me anymore! 🤣
i cant belive it,there were no tears left to cry at the last moment
The fact she trusted someone who came up to her while she was obviously and openly having a moment of (emotional) weakness says a lot/too much already
ALTER always produces great videos on youtube, hands down.
My question is where are this girl's parents in all this?
And also how dare they call her ugly she's so pretty😡
I think so too like i could only wish i was pretty like this
Yeah ,she's beautiful but his eyes are weird and sad.
lel
She is average
I wonder if calling her "ugly" isn't a trick of sorts to get her into a tearful mood ...
If someone paid me for crying then I would be rich.
I want alter to have their own streaming service lol I'd not mind paying to watch full movies.
Disturbing metaphor... Great acting!
This has the elemants of Carrie in it, but yet this short film has much more truth to it. A very good watch. Keep up the excellant work!
@@lessliejohnson6932 true and a very unique way to portray the adult industry in a high school environment. Hats off for the makers!
Thanks so much, glad you both enjoyed!
Thank you so much! Glad it resonated with you all
@@brittanymenjivar3617 well deserved for you both! And thank you for your replies 🙂
the way i couldn’t focus on the short cause duco was so fine-
Yeah I hated myself for doing that knoeing that he is bad but, damn he is dashing🤣
For real
i cant see anyone crying whenever someone cries, i feel bad and try my best to help them anyhow. this fetish is just weird.
Lots of people go weeks or even months without crying, so pressure on you to cry at least once a week would be really hard, I feel.
Ms Stewart has a strong Shirley Manson vibe. Excellent acting job from this young lady.
Good short, strong work from all involved. Kudos!
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed!
@@akillianhammersley I'll definitely be looking forward to whatever you all come up with next! Separately and/or together.
Yikes. Alter never fails to disturb. Well done!
This is one of my favorite channels. I’m just so intrigued by the minds of all of these different directors. I love this actress and I truly hope to see her in bigger projects, this is too good!!! Binging this channel is my guilty pleasure 💜
For a while I was so emotionally screwed up and on medications, it was impossible to cry and the absolute frustration you feel when you’re upset and can’t cry is unnerving
How does alter pump out all these and have them be CONSISTENTLY good?! Like they are always so interesting.
Honestly this is superb! Not only does it show how some times our money and fame make us do things like crying in front of screen but that sometimes we get to far into our minds that we forget and over react to the things that happen around us also the actor Carly Stewart is awesome! Thanks Alter!
bravo! An outstanding short! I bet the lead actor playing Mara (Carly Stewart - one to watch for the future) was emotionally exhausted after filming - she really rose to the challenge of such a demanding role!
Massive congratulations to all involved. x TY!
This is absolutely the creepiest, most realistic, most moving, most... disturbing... "horror" movie I have ever seen... by far! WOW!!
I just KNEW this would be an amazing production based on the like/dislike ratio. Impressive work. Great acting, great storyline, settings, music, etc. Thank you!
FUNNY AND STUPIDEST JUDGE CASES. YOU CALL YOURSELF DOWN PAYMENT SO THEY RENT YOU NOT YOUR HOME? THAT'S FUNNY. PICK HIM UP. HA HA HA YOUR MOTHER AS YOUR DEFENDANT AND YOU ARE? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW I MOCK. HA HA HA THEY LAUGH.
@@franklinsannicolas2409 wtf
Wow, Carly Stewart is an amazing actress. Thanks for a brilliant movie Alter 💙
Brilliant. No more left tears to cry.
And the message is so clear : Don't trust strangers.
Really good! Really speaks to the idea of selling ones self to appeal to others and how in the end we've sold more than we thought we agreed to...
Never trust anyone who responds to a text message with a phone call.
I didn't understand the reaction of the people at the prom. I mean...none of them reacted, no teachers were around... To be honest I would think it is an art project, or I would ask her if she is OK. I would never think like "oh she is payed for that".
I guess it was a bit hypercontectualised
Love the acting, storyline and cinematography!! Poor thing she had no tears left to cry. I got back sore and felt real pain in my heart watching it. 🥺
I'm not quite sure how this is classed as a horror. That said, I liked the story. The female lead is brilliant! I've heard crying is really hard to do, in acting. That I can believe! It seems strange that people would want to pay to see someone cry though.
It’s more like a real life horror it’s kinda showing you how easy it is for a predator to influence a child it’s scary but it’s sad at the same time
Alter, your short horror films have improved so much throughout the years!! It’s been so long since I watched your films and I can say that I am truly impressed on how much they’ve gotten better. Keep up the good work!! You went from the typical scary stuff with gore and blood to more realistic things like this.
EDIT: no matter what, it’s always the realistic things that are the scariest out of them all.
Just so you know, the horror films arent made by alter. Alter is used to share films made by small producers to get them more popular and stuff.
@@BoyaBob_ ohh, ok good to know
Hump Day Disturbia!
First she needs better friends, whoever thought your tears can be worth so much.
Thanks Alter
Thanks for watching! Decent friends always help and crying should be a last resort side hustle.
It’s about dominance. Sooner or later they demand more and more to get more and more thrills. These things are very dangerous. I know as I was apart of it as a heroin addict. There is some very very sick men out there who can and will find where you live and then demand whatever they want or threaten you- many girls had this happen: some had small kids some living w parents and all ashamed of how far it got and tried to keep it hidden. They never realize when you cam it opens a connection and they can easily swipe things from your devices. Young naive girls get involved and then trapped. It’s sad really.
@@amandaroman3471 Good Advise esp for younger generations . They use to say a Picture is worth a thousand words but THE INTERNET is Worth Thousands 😢 Also it's is a Lifetime of Embarrassment . This is a Good Short to Show your Kids a Causionary film since most are home for Covid 19.
@@amandaroman3471 I agree that noone should have to go through that.
I just adore this moment when he tells her she wants to cast her and she's both happy and sad in the same moment. Jesus, it's so convincing. I could believe that that's how she got the role here
Physical pain doesn't cause as much tears as emotional pain. Emotional pain doesn't cause as much tears as onions.
I love this version of Carrie, with tears instead of blood.
I also love this version of female empowerment, twisted and complex and dark.
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There was no empowerment involved at all
@@benjaminollis7621 Whatever you say, Benjy...
Losing the ability to relieve stress by crying.. to express and clear negative emotion, is empowering to you?!
I mean the web site guy was empowered I guess
Bruh, is there really a market for this cuz I can cry for days.
“No tears left to cry.”
why are all these short films better than most movies :)))
Because Hollywood is too obsessed with pushing social propaganda
Replace “crying” with “stripping” and it suddenly becomes so much more relatable and scary
That ended rather abruptly. Will this one get a part 2?
We agree, would love to see more! Spread the word about the film and follow the director Alison-Eve Hammersley for updates!
@@WatchALTER this one was shit.
@@Nina.VanRobiart Can you provide some specific aspects of the film that didn't work for you? Always curious to hear a variety of feedback.
@ALTER don’t listen to him just a hater, btw good video
@@chillerkiller5462 Agreed. I thought it was great, just left me wanting to see what happens next.
Where I sign up? Think of my student loan debt and stock losses and just cry for $1000
dark web
Dont it will be worse than now. They can get access to your cameras. They can film you and blackmail you for it.
Why does this feels like a black mirror episode? I love it! 🥰🥰😩
Great film! I love this melding of 80s/90s feel with current day storyline.
What a stellar film. Thank you for this, guys. Top tier acting, and stellar directing. You weaved the 80ies feel with the modern social media so well.
that dude who put her on the screen like that going to the 7th circle of hell
This was a really good film. I have been in similar shoes to hers and it was really sickening. Being unable to cry is one of the worst feelings.
"he's almost as hot as Edgar Allan Poe" absolutely BROKE me
This is a pretty messed up movie, I like the message it sends though
You are here again
Damn you again
hehe hi
I loved the ending ...
She grew stronger and to a point where tears changed to strength and determination to get over what she discovered the exploitation of her vulnerabilities.
When she took that deep breath at the end you can see the transformation in her face and feel her personal power return - no longer a victim mindset!
@@danicali fr
She was frustrated because she was returning to her old self when she couldn't express her emotions. I don't know how you got something like that from that scene. It was simply to collect her thoughts 😭
""victim mindset"" god I hate that phrase. she was abused.....there's nothing empowering about no longer being able to cry because even that most basic human expression has been stolen from you and exploited
tf
No offense but i think you completely missed the point. She wanted to cry to release the pain but physically couldnt.
Geez the acting is incredible!! This was truly hard to watch! I was legit thinking "Dame he dont feel awkward being at a prom in his 30's" until I realized. This was all in her mind. She made that scenario up to try and make herself cry, without having to hurt herself physically.
Really awesome film!!!! Very disturbing, realistic and always hinting at something just beneath the skin. I love the finale.