Z (2019) Ending Explained
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- čas přidán 28. 05. 2021
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In Z, a young boy gets a new imaginary best friend named Z. But what at first seems like a harmless relationship turns into something more dangerous and deadly. We're breaking down the plot, including everything we learn about the entity Z, and what he's really after, as well as explaining the ending that leaves us with a few loose ends.
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It's NEVER a good sign in horror movies when a little kid has an imaginary friend.
Or there's a little kid in general.
You'd think at this point parents would bring exorcists the moment their kid started to paint monsterous drawings of their imaginary friends.
like come play
Or a puppet.
Im gonna have to ask but is the imaginary friend stuff a serious thing in america cuz i have never heard of some lame shit like imaginary friends
Z sounds like an abusive boyfriend.
It could be a metaphor for drug addiction or something. Horror films are so obsessed with metaphors these days
That would make sense like the movie is a metaphor.
ITS JUST A THEORY A FILM THEORY
That’s what I thought maybe it was a metaphor
@@-DRIP have you seen the original Dracula? Nosferatu was doing methaphores in the 1920s!
And the imaginary police never showed up.
I have a theory that Beth wasn't the one who made Z; I think its something that is following her family through her dad's side and her dad killing himself was him sacrificing himself for her; and the cycle continued with Beth and Josh and will probably continue with Josh and his kids in the future.
Maybe Josh is gay and the whole thing is resolved.
@@chucklebutt4470 LGBTZ?
I agree.
That doesn’t add up cause if that’s the case then naturally Z would be infatuated with Josh, but he still is obsessed with beth cause she created him
@@Xxsorafan Z wants to marry beth and have many babies.... that was what child Beth said. Josh is a boy... so no babies there.
That bath scene was one of the most epic horror moments ever. It wasn't a scream, or a blatant shock attempt it was just utter terrifying seeing Z behave ominously and yet friendly at the same time. A great build up to that moment.
Yeah I literally rewound that part like 5 times bc of how chilling it was.
LIKE WHAT I WAS SO AFRAID I FROZE
Solid Babadook type moment, just the glimpse of the monster that sticks so solidly in your mind you find yourself seeing it when you're trying to fall asleep at night.
He’s so cute bruh😭
This thing looks a bit cartoony with a smile yet demonic at the same time
“Larry” sounds like a much nicer imaginary friend than “Z”.
That's me!!! ᕙ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ᕗ
He was more real
@@bufflarrythegreat1145 no you're not simp.
Larry and Z should be friends. That would solve everyone’s problem.
@@bufflarrythegreat1145 hi
Lmao I love how short the monster name is. Like it’s probably super long and he just decided to shorten it because no one could pronounce it
Lol! It's probably something like Zignifitastamigoricon
Zimbabwean
They still can't pronounce it. Wtf is Zee? It's Zed.
Zzzizzzleflax
Zuperfragacalalisticexpealadocious
Z in the tub looked terrifying. If he could have just been nice maybe he could make more friends.
I absolutely screamed
he needed to leave some room for Jesus 😒
I got so freaked out I didn't want to go out to pee at night after watching. Damn, I'm even afraid to watch this video because I suspect that I have to see that image again...
@@elm879 man if only i thought that way and wasn't a little sissy
Dude seriously, I thought I was the only one. I’m also freaked out because I’m currently in a bath
Maybe Jenna’s dad remembered that he had a friend named Z when he was younger when Jenna started acting up and he went through his version of this movie. Finally leading him to hang himself to save Jenna’s life just like Jenna realized that she has to do the same thing for her kid. So maybe Z will make his move again if the kid has a family. Or maybe since she survived but with brain damage it messed with the cycle.
That just proves that Z isn't gone at the end then, and that killing yourself won't get rid of him.
I think aslong as 1 person remembers him he'll continue to exist
I was looking for someone to make a connection like that. The parallels were screaming out at the end.
this had been my first thought too
I don’t think it’d help if someone forgot. It seems that Jenna forgot Z at some point but he still existed through someone introducing himself.
Can anyone recommend a horror movie where both parents are on the same page instead of the clueless one parent trope? 🙄😁
The Devil's Candy. Great little flick. I wanted it to be longer.
Can it be Anime, Manga, Books, Light Novels too?
Mama.
Insidious
Its more realistic. The dad isnt experiencing these things and didnt have a psychopath as a friend as a kid. So why would he act crazy like she does? He just going to believe there is an imaginary monster.
I feel like Z wanted to kill her son so she would only think of him, but when she tried to kill herself, he decided to save him instead so SOMEONE would remember him and thus he wouldn't disappear, so I think Z isn't dead, but he might have decided to lay low to protect itself so he's still there with the kid, but is trying not to get him to do something that could endanger Z's existence.
That's an even creepier ending, I love it!
I like that ending!
The way I see it is: With the possible brain damage suffered by lack of oxygen due to hanging, and mental trauma that comes with it, Z is on a much weaker state since the mental capacity to keep him going isn't there anymore. And Josh had an actual connection with Z and probably has lingering thoughts so he says Good Night.
That is way more creepy than I thought
This was the initial theory that I'd had. I don't think Z went away that easy, but also I got the feeling that maybe that's what was wrong with her mother & she had brought Z around. Her mother was in the same state when she had passed away & her having cold feelings were because she knew what Z was capable of & had to do the same for her daughter?
Maybe
The way Z looks during the bathtub scene actually terrified me, and I never find horror movies to be scary. Something about this big eyes and weird mouth it’s like childlike and adult at the same time. Nope nope nope
Also I wish they showed more of Z toward the end, hope there’s a sequel.
I found his appearance there hilarious. He looked like an anorexic Tom Hiddleston
I know! I never get scared too but when he showed up in the bath I almost crapped my pants 😂
@@jossebrodeur6033 Finally someone else said it, he legit just reminds me of Tom Hiddleston. 😭
I thought he looked like Gollum from the live action hobbit film
Like a Junji Ito verson of the BFG
Z was jealous that her son was taking all of the attention from him, along with her husband, hence why Z killed him first
I see you on every video i check the comments you stalker
Maybe
Do u even have a moustache
@@JD-ky9ys why does that matter
@@zthejester5039 because he claims to have a moustache
Z isn't gone. The mom didn't remember Z at all before, and that had no effect on whether or not he existed. Remember, Z left her for alone for years and said he would come back. That proves that he doesn't need anyone to "imagine" him into existence. Z can choose who he wants to appear to and interact with. The whole "she created him, so she can destroy him" is a complete red herring.
I dont think I agree, Z exists on some level sure, probably in the mother's self conscious, but he definitely needed her son to believe in him to start effecting her life again. He wasn't there for years until the son started playing with him. Other than just because it's a horror, if Z didn't need belief to bring him forth, he would never have left the mom or even bothered with the kid.
@@FauxFoxPaw He didn't really need belief to bring him forth. The little boy didn't just imagine him out of nowhere. He was the one who approached the boy. He's probably a family demon who befriends a specific family member when they are little, first Beth's dad, then Beth, and then her son. Sadly, it seems that when the little boy grows up and has a child of his own, Z will come back.
@@FauxFoxPaw pretty sure it was because Beth was a kid. They said that after a certain age kids grow out of their imaginary friends. Beth grew out of it, but Z still followed her, befriended her son so that she would remember him, and Z told her what she had to say to be able to see him “imagine Z”. Maybe it’s like a ritual thing to make him visible to adults that say it? Idk why she was able to see him in the playground tunnel then.
Either way, Z existed without Beth realizing he was still there. It didn’t need her consciousness to survive.
I think you’re right. Z doesn’t NEED anyone. He just wants a plaything companion. If the little boy died AND the mom became brain dead, he’d have no one. So he saved the little boy.
@@mostmelon Or he's still around, and he has the mom in EXACTLY the place he wants her. Unable to leave, and and always near her. Tormenting her by perhaps just using the kid as a companion substitute, hence the boy saying goodnight to him as well. The "marriage" thing was a purely symbolic gesture as far as kids understand it. Remember that she promised him "plenty of kids", and she's unable to go anywhere now, obviously neither will it, since part of her promise is still not fully honored. I think that's supposed to be the hidden horror of it all - it needs more "kids" to believe in it (the ability to influence kids being the key component to the entity), and it seems the more people believe in it, the stronger and more physically "real" it becomes. :/
You and dead meat should do a kill count and ending explained together. That would be badass
Hell yeah
I think they did one before
Yeah..nah..
Z: “actually I pronounce it as ‘Zed’ “
If it was meant to be pronounced that way then it would be spelled that way. lol.
Why though
You do realize Zed is 3 letters, right?
Of all the places I have been to, the US is the only place that calls it Z like Zee. Everywhere else I have studied pronounces Zed.
@@nolaray1062 k
My own theory is that Z is supposed to be an egrigori or a tulpa, a once-imaginary being who becomes partially real. Beth giving herself severe brain damage from the asphyxiation has destroyed the original Z, but Josh may end up recreating him in the future.
What I don't get is why Z partially took on others' appearances in two of the scenes. In the bathtub scene, he is supposed to look kind of like Beth, but then he looks a bit more like the doctor in the kitchen scene.
I originally took the ending to mean that Beth and Kevin's spirits are still around, sort of like how Beth's Dad was still in the house, but Josh also said goodnight to his pet toy just before whispering to Z.
Does anyone remember the exact lines that Josh said at the end? I know he says goodnight to Mom, Dad, Aunty Jenna, and the toy, before whispering to Z. Did he say goodnight to his grandparents?
Yeah his change is appearance is baffling to me. We see 3 versions of Z, the one in the tub, the drawing on the wall, and the one behind the doctor. I can't wrap my head around WHY his form changes every time. It's not like his features are exaggerated, it's actual changes in appearance. As far as we know Josh sees him as a hulking creature with slouching shoulders, but Jenna sees him in two vastly different forms. I don't understand why he changed his appearance 3 separate times, it didn't escalate from something either... it just changed. If the key to seeing Z is to "Imagine Z" then shouldn't all imagined versions of him be similar to some extent? Especially if he's imagined by the same person? The simplest answer is probably the correct one, the director changed his appearance to give the audience a quick scare so we never knew what was coming. But I don't think that's a satisfying answer for the audience.
@@iSkeleton My idea about it is that each person (adult or kid) sees Z differently, which might explain the differences in look, but at the same time, if the mother forget how it looked, her first "re-introduction" to Z would have been the scary mural on the wall. Technically speaking, the creature SHOULD have remained visually consistent, unless you take into account that as an "imaginary friend", a kid's imagination would constantly be changing, which might explain the different "looks". The red eyes constantly remain the same, but I think that's merely a visual cue of the "imaginary friend" being evil, which is a misdirect, since the imaginary being isn't evil - it's based on the traumas of the person who created it. Plus, also take into account that Z's mood swings is a direct mirror to the mom's own feelings. My example for that is when she sulks at the table, you see Z has a similar attitude later on as well. And even that is questionable, since Z obviously influenced her negative even BEFORE her dad had the "event". So Z's origin is still a mystery. It's obviously not a location-bound entity, since it moves around; and it's not some kind of nocturnal creature, because it tore open the door's obstacles in broad day light. It's also not a spirit, because it can actually interact with the real world, and it's not drawing on rage (like feeding on fear or trauma) or negative emotion to manifest itself, so it doesn't fit into any conventional understanding of any other creature in cinematic history. I don't think it actually falls in the demon label, since it was neither summoned, nor infested anything or anyone or attempted to drive anyone to madness or worse. If anything, it had an almost child like mentality, and a temper that matched that. :/
I think that in the end since Beth created Z her giving herself brain damaging effectively crippling herself also cripples Z. Especially since like how foundflix said they’re physically connected, if they’re physically connected then Beth crippling herself practically making herself harmless also makes Z useless and the reason why Josh acknowledged Z in the end is because he can still feel his presence there but Z is too weak to have any control over anyone
@@iSkeleton He is an imaginary friend. He is partially imagined. I know I changed the appearance of my imaginary friends.
@@carlycrays2831 I know that is the logical and most probable solution, but it doesn't translate well to an audience who isn't "in the know".
It feels like I have seen thousands of these “kid with imaginary friend” moves over the years.
Moves or movies? Cause they’re pretty different things hombre
Dime a dozen, man. See also: Child's Play, Come Play, etc.
I know, right? I could have sworn I'd seen this movie get explained by Foundflix before.
Before i wake
this is literally just a TNG episode stretched out into an entire movie lmao
Just sat on the toilet perfect timing
Fucking nice lol
🤣
Number 1 or number 2 girlfriend?
TMI!
Holy crap. You took a 23 min shit? 😳😱
Considering she attempted to kill herself similar to her dad, this may be some family demon. Note that her dad was the one most concerned when she was a child.
They likely came to the same conclusion and decided to end things in an attempt to save the effected child.
i thinked about the same thing, dad killed himself because he also had Z as friend as a child and when he realized he was only one to end it, hung himself, but Z never leaves and shows himself again when new kid is born into family because children are more sensitive to paranormal and such
@@Miss_Corpsefukke a never ending cycle
@@Cs-cp6vo except it can end by dying before even having a kid lol
@@Miss_Corpsefukke The fact that it keeps returning with exactly the same name, makes me think it might the same "thing" coming back again and again and again. The fact that both the mom and her sister, and then her kid all knew EXACTLY the same Z tells me it's something that keeps returning from some place, probably somewhere dark, and it would be interesting why it keeps targeting this family specifically. Still doesn't explain how Z can operate in broad daylight, like the kid being pushed over the stairs, the broken door or the ability to physically manifest to attack the dad. The rules governing the entity is inconsistent, IMHO. :/
I thought the same thing. Maybe it's a family curse or something, Z appears to the kid and influences them trying to catch the attention of the parent, the parent (Z's ex-friend) tries to stop it and protect their child but then decide to end themselves, then the kid grows up, having their own child and forgetting everything about Z until the cycle repeats itself.
I remember when I was 4, I had an imaginary friend named "Shadow". My parents legit thought there was something supernatural going on bcuz I apparently gave him a pretty in-depth backstory. According to my dad, Shadow was one of three Boogeymen that lived in my closet who felt sorry for me when his brothers would scare me and decided to stand up to them to keep me safe. I've always wanted to adapt that story into a book or an audio drama for my channel bcuz damn, Little PDR had some story chops. 🤣
Dude I would totally love to see that adapted into an audio drama lol
How creative and cool!! Please do make it into a book or something before some vulture sees your comment here and steals your idea!!
Yeah not gonna lie, I love the idea of an imaginary friend in a horror movie for once being a protector rather than an evil influence. Like I can totally see the one protector friend fighting the other two, but failing because he's weaker or something and having to get the willpower from the kid, maybe from the parents as well as they figure out they're *real* and also that one of them is good? I dunno, it just sounds like a cool idea.
I think a lot of parents assume that their kids imaginary friends are supernatural but it’s kids just being kids (and kids are weird as shit in the funniest ways)
I love that idea
The doc said to basically remember that she has control over the situation so I believe it clicked in her head that If she tried to kill herself Z wouldn’t kill her son because all Z wanted was her. Therefore keeping her son alive so she could stay alive which would explain why her sister was even able to save the son cause Z was tryna get the mother down from the noose possibly making her son snap out the trance. I’m no found flix so my theory could have a lot of flaws but it’s just how I took it.
A CZcamsr is never late nor is he early, he arrives just when he needs to.
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Very true 😌
Yo good Guy
Go ahead, keep your para social secrets.
"A CZcamsr is never late... Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to".
1968:
Kid: "I'm playing with my imaginary friend
Parents: "Aww that's so cute"
2021:
Kid: "I'm playing with my imaginary friend"
Parents: *Yeets child*
Also another thing
Why can't parents in horror movies just agree that something is wrong with the kids
It's like
"Your son was spotted on cctv ripping out a kids spine"
Parent 1: "omg that's terrible"
Parent 2: "nah,he didn't do it" or "Kids will be kids"
straight up
Probably because there not ethnic parents.
*Boy accidentally breaks something in the house*
Boy: ......sor
Parent: *Wap Wap Wap Wap*
😂😭😭😭💀💀Leave Oofgar Spinebreaker Jr. alone! His parents are just trying to be supportive of him while he finds himself!
Here me out... there wouldn’t be a movie then...
@@kennethwilliams543 if I were to say that I have a imaginary friend to my slavic parents they whould take me to a priest, straigh up. Belive me if slavs were in supernatural horror the movie whould be 15-20 min long.
The design for the Z creature is right out of a childhood nightmare. Very effective creeps! And I love this almost stockholm-syndrome connection between a person and their ghost/demon.
One of my favorite things about this channel is once he's done covering the plot I realize he still gets to talk about his ideas
This is why the SCP Foundation was created.
What is your pfp? I have seen it before, I like it
You cannot mention our foundation in public you know the code. The o5 will send the red right hand after you, then you’ll be a new d class
@@causticmain7477 a shit i better get out of my house
@@pawilox nah that won’t work you know that
@@causticmain7477 you WONT take me alive (shots myself)
Just once I wish a horror movie with the husband that’s not the main focus would not die or call his wife crazy, but also investigates as well to move the plot and having a successful role.
I would have settled for him taking his child's misbehavior seriously as well as not selfishly hiding that rather important information from the other half of the parenting duo. I laughed out loud when he got mad at her for hiding drugging the kid. Like ya that was bad too but dude wtf you have a place to complain?
@@Jenacide granted it was the monsters fault the kid reacted like that but you’re saying he doesn’t have a place to complain about what looks like his wife accidentally poisoning their kid after they both agreed he’s wasn’t goin on the meds?
@@Jenacide so red cards are more important than drugging
@@Jenacide she literally dosed her kid with his knowledge or her husbands knowledge, Which is probably a felony somewhere. But yes, tell us more about his selfish behavior lmao
@@dcul8812 His son was having such awful behavior that he was expelled from school. If he bad been honest with his wife, then maybe they could have found some better solution than just drugging.
Damn, Z made Larry from "Come Play" seem chill by comparison. At least that dude changed your lightbulbs, gave you presents, and just wanted to be BFFs; instead of forcing you to be his spouse and getting mad when you forget 2%.
Maybe they are from the same world and Z is just a more aggressive dude, just like some humans are more aggressive than others.
@@ghost_anna_reads787 :D
@@pogofgreed3707 what? A girl can dream.
@@ghost_anna_reads787 Oh of course. It’s a good theory.
@@pogofgreed3707 more of a good fanfiction. I had one in mind where Beth never gets to the hanging and is revealed, from Zs point of view, to be a cruel oath breaker that broke his heart by breaking her promise to him.
The fucking scene at the Fun zone were we first see Z scared the shit out of me
Bruh when
@@ShreyaSingh-fn4zv @6:44
the bath is worse
I LITERALLY SCREAMED-
yea they creeped me out , but the bathtub scene and banister scared me to death
Can you do an ending explained on the “don’t blink” movie it’s about when people mysteriously disappear with a blink of an eye (everyone like this up or comment so we can get a vote on this one for the next video)❤️
Btw it’s also free to watch on CZcams 👌🏼
Fr ? I've never heard of that movie 🤣
Is this the moutain lodge one or a different one?
@@thedoctorss69 mountain lodge one
I thought that was the movie with a blind killer roaming around his house
Don’t blink as in the angels that move when you blink😅
Sounds more like a generational thing, the dad had Z as his friend, then the daughter, then the son and it'd keep going forever. The next victim going to be Josh's kid so...
Well, the sister is still alive, and the entity can try to take a crack at the kid again, bringing back the sister's memory of it again. Alternatively, when the sister has HER own kid, the same cycle might repeat again. There's the kid's own future family as an alternative. :/
I thought so too. Because the dad hanged himself also.
Probably the mom because her mom was in same state before she passed away.
@@Syndra_maximoff1 True but it did not stop until she hanged herself like her dad. That and her getting the idea from seeing a vision of her dad hanging make me think it was the dad.
Did it say that the dad had z as his friend I could’ve sworn he hung himself over the stress Beth and z was causing him
Man..."Drop Dead Fred 2" definitely hit an edgier note than the first one.
That bathroom scene though 😱
Z is creepy as hell because of how human it looks.
Right? When he shows up in the tub I was like "That's just a dude!! A creepy dude!!" 😂
@@ItsYaBoiV the tub scene made me jump outta my chair
@@refrigerator3391 saaame, and I'm not easy to scare anymore
@@ItsYaBoiV he was supposed to look like beth in the tub. The gorilla was his true form
@@Syndra_maximoff1 I dunno, I've gone back and freeze framed the scenes where you can see him clearest, and he usually just looks like a distorted man, with his mouth opened too wide and full of teeth.
I pretended to have a imaginary friend because I thought everyone had one except me 🤣
Lol I did too.
None of my younger cousins had them and neither did I maybe it just a plot thing for movies
Me, a Canadian: “Wtf kind of movie is called Zed...”
I don’t get it can you explain
😂😂😂😂 likewise darling . Fellow Canadian here!!
@@cheesychildhooddancescool3378 In Canada we prounounce "Z" (zee)as "Z"(zed).
@@LostPlutotarian I first learned this from Stargate Atlantis 😆
@@Jenacide 😝😝 Niicceeeee, yep we represent 😜
2:09am. Really I should sleep. Found Flix uploads. Looks like I’m staying up for a-bit. He never fails to entertain.
And he looks so fancy, too! Button up and hair all did…
Me rn yo😂
14:46 that's a ridiculously low budget paper machet looking monster.
The psychology behind this movie is fascinating to me. The first time I watched it, I immediately got "abusive boyfriend" vibes - from the banging on the table and not wanting anyone else to have her, to the fact he had his way with her in the scene before breaking her phone. This is one of the creepiest movies I've ever watched not because of the visuals or the plot, so to speak, but because it's factual. So many people, women and men, deal with this kind of behavior in relationships, unable to get out. Being in that situation and sacrificing yourself for a child or loved one and then knowing you'll possibly never get to see them again BUT they'll be safe - that's very much real and horrifying.
They are able to get out but most choose not to.... life is about choices....
Somehow this reminds me of the Disney movie Under the bed. The kids imaginary friend becomes a boogeyman when the kid stops playing with her.
When I was looking on google for this movie, I kept getting results for that old Disney Channel flick.
Don't look under the bed?
It's called "Don't Look Under the Bed".
I'd love to see you do an Ending Explained for 'The Number 23' with Jim Carrey. It's a movie I seriously like and enjoyed a lot and given how it is I feel it'd greatly benefit from a video from you :)
Keep up the amazing videos :D
Good one!
Hell yeah I’d love an Ending Explained for it too. I remember watching it when I was a high schooler and everyone else was saying it was no good, but idk, it was pretty awesome.
@@opalwisdom9780 Same here. I watched it and while it was not perfect, I did enjoy. I would like to revisit it now that it has been a while and I am older as well.
I am so down for this if it happens.
@@opalwisdom9780 yeah, people bag on it but I personally really enjoyed it when I first watched it and to this day I still enjoy it ^^
I had an imaginary friend named Stephen. He was either a tall man in a hat or a spider, depending on the day. He once woke me up when I was 5 and told me there was a monster in my room's closet and to scream, so I did. My parents ran in, didn't see anything, but let me sleep with them. Turns out, there was a fruit bat living in the walls and it was in my room that night and peed in my closet.
Anyway, we moved states later that year and when my mom put me in the car, she told me not to worry, Stephen would meet us at our new home. I told her no, Stephen couldn't come with us, he lived here and couldn't come with us. She was like, okay, and said she assumed I was upset about the move. I never had another imaginary friend, and neither did my younger siblings.
I'm assuming there's a correlation between which siblings have imaginary friends and age, but my parents bring up Stephen because my siblings, too young to remember him, would stare up to where I was staring, normally above the bedroom windows or by the kitchen entrance and laugh sometimes, even if I wasn't doing anything. I'd also just say random facts about the city or whisper to the corner a lot. I was a weird kid who grew up weird but stable.
I need WAYYYYY more details on Stephen’s appearance. Oh my god. Whatever you remember I’ve gotta know!
I’m curious where you lived for there to be a fruit bat in your closet.
@@Pocchari Iowa but it wasn't a local bat, we get tiny brown bats in Iowa, but this was a huge guy and animal control took him, i think. It was over 2 decades ago but my parents always said it was a fruit bat. It was big enough to get stuck in the crawl in attic area above my closet.
@@iSkeleton I really only remember that night, since I was just turning 6, that was one of my first memories and pretty much all remember from that time. I remember the bed (a big bed and wooden frame that we left in Iowa when I moved), Stephen in the corner, his hat on, and me just yelling. I don't think I saw the bat, just the smell of it's pee or whatever in my closet. My parents said it was bigger than most bats in Iowa, that they've seen, and always told me it was a fruit bat.
My dad, a social worker, said i was just "imaginative" and since I grew out of it, he never made it a big deal. Like, the moment we got to our new apartment, no more imaginary friends.
My mom only brings it up because her niece and nephew, my cousins, started to get to the age of imaginary friends and they bring up a man in the "locked room" in my grandma's house. It's an old study that needs to be cleaned out so it's always closed, but I've never seen anyone in her house, haunted or otherwise.
@@dinahmyte3749 This story is insane and I love it. Do you remember any of Stephen's features? Or just the silhouette?
Z is only half as evil as his older sibling: E
F
Z has a twin named N.
Underrated comment 😂
And nowhere near as kind as his dear sister S.
Maybe it’s just me but I kind of understood Z as a stand in for mental illness, because it appearantly runs in the family, if you entertain it it just gets stronger and in turn weakens you, and if you treat it with meds, it leaves you a broken shell (like it did Josh, when the mom drugged him). Another reason why I understood it as such is the doctor saying that the mom made it up and has the power to stop it, yet we can hear it moving around, because she no longer has control over herself and the illness is in its full effect.
That's all swell but "and if you treat it with meds, it leaves you a broken shell" would be a terrible message. While some drugs do that, and some people can manage their illness without drugs, for some people they are necessary and do help and don't leave them a shell.
@@Jenacide Thank you for pointing out my poor choice of words here. What I meant was more that they tried to portray how many people feel as if they are less themselves or perhaps weaker when they are using medication for their mental illness, than they normally would. But this is usually because either the meds are not for them or the dosage is not right.
@@janinakovacic6402 I get it. Without my meds I can’t function, but it took me years to find the right dose and combination to finally reach a sense of normalcy. You HAVE to work closely with your doctors and not try to handle things on your own or haphazardly; you shouldn’t even leave it entirely up to them, it takes teamwork to overcome the monster of mental health and she never had it. I can definitely see this movie as an allegory for poor handling of mental health and its treatment.
I think you’re taking a liiiiiittle too deep there buddy
@@BronxGee1 that’s what I love to do with horror films, because you can make even the dumbest horror film and make it sound like an underrated masterpiece by applying meaning to it.
The Zorro reboot looks wild
This movie sounds almost exactly like 2020's, "Come Play".
Another movie about a boy and his scary imaginary friend.
Anyways, can you please do a video on the movie, "New Mutants"? That was suppose to be a scary movie, right?
Come play is a better movie
You mean New Mutants? If so, I don't think it was supposed to be scary, it just touched with nightmare themes, and past trauma, etc
I have seen both and I totally see it!
@@liuwang9899 Yeah, I meant New Mutants. Lol. Thanks.
It was also supposed to be a not bad movie but...well...yeah
I have watched more movies via this channel than the movies themselves at this point. I still watch the films that seem interesting!
This movie is truly terrifying. It's just like being stuck in an abusive relationship with a narcissist. Anyone that has been through that and made it out can relate to Beth and her experiences.
Just when i needed something to watch
Same lol
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He never fails to come in clutch
9:35 that is literally terrifying. WHY DID I DECIDE TO WATCH THIS BEFORE SLEEPING??
Hate to say it, but it was the best part of the film.
12:35 got me, I wasn't expecting a reveal and my heart jumped. Also, same, no sleep tonight for me
Day or sunrise is a lot better to watch if scared easily 👁👅👁, at least it makds it easier for me. I hate horror yet i like how interesting it is
@@lucialaurencena1288 same it scared the shit outta me
@@astro3878 sameee i hate horror the only film i’ve brought myself to watch is it 2 which scared the shit outta me😭
I got so many abusive relationship vibes from this movie, from Kevin (the husband) just totally ignoring his wife’s cries for help, and then Z obviously being this lurking presence that she almost finds comfort in when they’re first living together. And the ending is similar to abuse in that sense too, where one or both parties end up dead or just a complete shell of themselves after managing to get out
Let's not forget the abusive relationship of a parent secretly drugging their child without their consent. Everyone was so bad in this.
Just seeing this now! Awesome to see you tackle our little film.
You pretty much nailed it throughout, I'd say that Beth is beyond 'not in great shape' and the likely lack of oxygen to the brain caused some severe brain damage. Did that get rid of Z completely? Who's to say? But at least for now, it seems that Josh is safe. Perhaps she's stuck in this waking comatose state keeping Z at bay with any of her remaining mental faculties.
Really excited that you took the time to do this video, though! Hope you check out my next one!
Couldn't have explained that ending better myself. Keep up the good work you're the best!!
Did anyone else think that this was a zombie movie from the title
I think I just associate Z’s with zombies
I totally do, until I see any stills from it. But anytime I see the title, I think to myself "what is this zombie flick I don't remember?"
No
Have to say when the scene about seeing Z in the tub with the mother actually made me jump a bit
Me too. I didn't actually think we were gonna get to see the creature that soon.
@@chinglesscheddar When thing catch me off gaurd when I'm half asleep then yes
I wrote you on Instagram about doing a review on this movie a few weeks ago. Glad to see your doing it 😊😊
Always a good day when FoundFlix releases another video!
What really makes me love your videos is that you don't take yourself too seriously. Really makes it a more enjoyable viewing experience. Thanks! 😁
I've never really understood the "Imaginary Friend" thing. Does that thing happen often in US or something? I've never heard of anyone actually having one.
EDIT: I've figured out why imaginary friends are not a thing here. It is considered an "Wrong development of functioning brain" (no joke, that's how the psychiatrist I spoke to described it), so basically it is considered developing mental disorder and is suppressed immediately.
Lol, in my country children usually can see ghosts when they are still very very young bc they are still " Pure" But some eventually grew out of it(not all) but in USA i guess its linked more to imagination ig
@@kww10 Well here we kinda pump into kids that gods, ghosts, spirits or supernatural in general do not exist, so I guess local children do not have anything to make an imaginary friend from. Heck, even Devil is either made fun of or is pictured as friendly and helpful if you are a good person.
I didn't have an imaginary friend myself, and growing up with a Navajo grandma, she used to joke that imaginary friends were actually chindi (evil spirits) and you shouldn't pay them any attention at all. That's not a cultural belief, grandma didn't really believe in that folklore, but I did as a child, and she thought it was fun to tease me about it.
Yeah?
Its a totally normal thing?
I had an invisible Pokemon. I wont say if he was imaginary though...
I'm Puerto Rican and my imaginary friend's name was Sera.
I'm starting to see a pattern in how these movies portray the husbands/male partners. They seem always to be stupid and unsupportive and it just rubs me the wrong way.
Cause men aint shit
and like half way through the movie they snap and shake the kid telling them its not real aaannnddd then they die.
@@harrisdevon9919 lol
Because thats how men are in general
@@herndontaisha3795 That's right. Glad we agree
Bruh I just wanna say I've been subscribed for about a year, and you've been dropping banger videos left and right, keep it up!
My interpretation is that z is some sort of demon following the family, we first see it associated with the dad/daughter but went away with the hanging and then came back to mess with mom/son and left again due to hanging, only to return if this kid also becomes a parent
I watched this movie during an acid trip and it made me feel like I was going to die
Hail Satan! That sounds awful tho
I'd love to hear more.
@@brandonchristensen2990 I like to watch horror movies either while I'm coming up or coming down from an acid trip. It makes me really hard for me to tell what's real and what's fake especially after a massive dose. I watched Z while I was just starting to come down off of 5 or 6 tabs. I'm not sure if you're familiar with psychedelics but it would be hard to accurately recount what it's like but I started to get worried that my stepdaughter's imaginary friend was going to start getting mad at me and my heart was racing so much I was convinced I was going to have a heart attack
Aunt Jenna stepping up and being the caregiver once again. 👏
i love your videos so much because its not like a normal review from the movie it has a personal touch
i thought this was a reupload till i scrolled down the past videos and saw "Come Play" thanks for the ending explained! much love
how this guy has a good sleep is beyond me
that bathroom scene actually got my hairs to stand up
I honestly love your videos! Always excited to watch them 💗💗
Thank you this is a great Birthday Gift. Love this Chanel so so much. Sending Lots of love from Germany.
Happy birthday and all the best.
Man I get so excited when there is a new ending explained out. I know it's kinda creepy and fked but I have listened to all of your videos so many times. To the point it doesn't matter what I watch on CZcams, it will just play one of your ending explained videos as the next video. Happy puppies playing, straight into the ending explained of His House. Then I just listen to ya who catalogue of videos again, go to bed and rinse and repeat the next day.
Anyway what I'm trying to say is, keep up the good work.
Z falling for easy bait in Comp game of TFIL is hilarious, what a suboptimal play, clearly room temperature IQ.
Ohh wow 💯👍🏾 love the vids found flix. Mid weekend comes to completion.
Foundflix: "They play hide and seek"
Me and my bad puns: hehe "hide and Zeek"
Me: patiently waiting for a quiet place part 2. (even though it just came out lol😂)
@@slevinchannel7589 I hope you get banned for this behaviour too
@@GogitoGTHD Buddy,
you say that because you dont get it.
You dont get the difference between Cancel-Culture and its 180 DEGREE OPPOSITE.
Mind the here...
@@GogitoGTHD Buddy, listen: The Report-Button exists for a reason; just like the Police-Phonenumber. YES, people have abused this before (getting called cancel-culture then) but that does NOT mean the Report-Option itself is 'EVVVVILL', duh.
Reporting Racists, G-a-y-haters, Nudity, D-Threats, Scammers and such, is the right thing to do.
Online and offline, we have means to report people to Authorities; thats good to have, not bad to have.
Hope this little explanation helped you understand.
@@GogitoGTHD Buddy, listen: The Report-Button exists for a reason; just like the Police-Phonenumber. YES, people have abused this before (getting called cancel-culture then) but that does NOT mean the Report-Option itself is 'EVVVVILL', duh.
Reporting Racists, G-a-y-haters, Nudity, D-Threats, Scammers and such, is the right thing to do.
Online and offline, we have means to report people to Authorities; thats good to have, not bad to have.
Hope this little explanation helped you understand.
Check the Heavy Spoilers channel. They have a good video up
Dropped 1 min ago liked because I know it’ll be a banger 👌🏼
I JUST NOW got done watching this movie, didnt understand the ending, so looked up an ending explained for it, and here you are!!
Not a single advertisement to interrupt the video. Love it
You know when its uploaded 9 mins ago this boutta slap hard
when he said imaginary friend anyone else instantly think of larry
Love your videos man!
Excellent video thanks
I haven't seen the movie but from what I gathered from this video, I kind of think maybe Z was her Dad's imaginary friend too. His death made Z go away for a while, same as her hanging. Maybe her dad was having a similar situation and killing himself was his way of getting rid of his imaginary friend who had come back to torment his daughter.
Oddly enough, I found Z to be the more tolerable character of the bunch.
1) This movie became a mess halfway through and I did not expect that.
2) It feels like Z is supposed to be, like, the trauma that is almost passed through the family but the movie handles the topic poorly.
3) Why is it always that dads die? Bullshit man.
Man i am so glad i found this channel.
the dude is letting me watch free movies
“Okay so we need a title for our new movie? Marty! Whatcha got?”
“Ummmmmmmm”
“Cmon Marty! If you take any longer I’m gonna be catching Zs!”
💡
Lol
Actually, he even said that the dad was frantic when seeing the psychologist. Plus with the image of him hanging himself. Like what she did in the end, I think Z keeps going down generations and so far no one in the family has been able to get rid of him permanently. Like her father had Z too when he was young.
good video as always
Just curious if you will ever do a blu ray collection tour/ list of what you have. I am just really into collecting and am looking for some recommendations.
Never been this early. The power feels amazing.
😂
Love it
The fact that Beth's dad was more freaked out by Z than her mom and that he hung himself like Beth did makes me think that Z had been a part of his childhood too. It really feels like a cycle of this family being followed by like, a tulpa or something similar, and every generation it latches itself onto a new child.
Excellent review! I have a movie suggestion, "The Dead Center", playing on Amazon Prime. Just terrific!
I haven't even watched the movie but that clip in the little playscape scared the shit out of me
I feel like the doc is about to say 'Clean your damn room bucko'
The stairs scene scared me and my husband. Legit both jumped out of our skin 😹
Love your videos
12:31 ngl that is the most horrifying monster I've ever seen in a horror movie
Bro when the monster was climbing through the thing in the kids place my eyes started watering
Do an explained video for the movie "Slither". That movie was pretty rad