VANILLA CAKE - SHORT HORROR FILM | CRYSTAL PASTIS
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- čas přidán 27. 10. 2016
- Written and Directed by Crystal Pastis
Alex's 16th birthday quickly takes a turn when he begins to discover the horror that is brewing under the surface of his family.
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"I can't believe you're turning 16"
Looks 25.
I literally said the same to myself.
Hes acting
Hiring kid actors is a pain in the ass. A lot of rules
PNWfox yup
Lol I was thinking that too!!
When I have kids, and they tell me that they want chocolate cake, I'll get them chocolate cake. I promise.
😂😂😂😂
You Better
😂😂😂😂😂These horror shorts have convinced me to nvr love or marry or have kids... M btr this way
@@sheelalipinayak8037 A few fictional horror shorts convinced you not to do those? I can understand most other reasons, but a few stories?
@@EiriktheNordAndersen-ju4gl no I was pretty sure before... But these confirmed that ppl can turn other way round.. I have seen that in real life too
I don't know if anyone else saw this, but look at how plain the setting and Alex's clothes are in the video. There is not hint of personality to the room on the side where Alex is located vs the side we see the mother on when she is messing with the flowers. Alex himself is wearing a plain shirt with khakis and dress shoes, all things that a 16 year old would not pick out themselves to wear on their birthday for a celebration so simple. Anything with pattern has to do with the Mother and what she can control, such as the dress, party hat, and other little decorations around the room. Anything that fits outside of the mother's control, such as the baseball card, is ridiculed. Vanilla cake itself is seen as very plain, so the Mother making a "plain" cake for her "plain" son is just another one of her mind games to keep him under her thumb. If he was belittled for 16 years and everything he suggested went unheard because his mother had to be in control, it's no wonder he snapped.
Wow, that makes sense. Thanks for explaining.
You so fcking genius bro
I read it similarly. That she emasculated him. He is sitting rhere with th birthday hat on lookin everything but happy while she proceeds to talk ill of his father, his heritage. It was the final drop for him.
he has no self control, killed her cuz she said something that hurt his feelings
@@wake_up_samurai77 you don't know, if someone's holding everything in a tiny drop can send it over board and bursts.
This does such a good job of painting the picture of an abusive/toxic mother in a single scene, and what makes the son snap. Then delivers an epic twist that's just *chef's kiss*
i mean it was obvious from the beginning that she killed him so not much of a twist but I still enjoyed it
When you wanna be like your dad but find out you're just like your mom.
Damn that’s tuff
That's a good one....🤔😐!!!
Forreal💀💀💀
Deep
I feel stupid for not realizing that.
PLOT TWIST:
it was just vanilla frosting on a chocolate cake
Oh no
But what if he wanted a vanilla cake with chocolate frosting
@@cherry8835 oof then rip mom
How do you know
@@danickaperrone219 it was a joke tho
This film is actually pretty real if you think about it. When you hold in your anger, at one point you snap and for around 3-4 seconds you get mentally deranged, meaning you can literally kill someone within those 3 to 4 seconds of snapping. If you've seen the Great Gatsby, there's a scene where Gatsby snaps and for a few seconds, he gets extremely angry and almost kills Tom, before calming back down again.
It wasn’t ever “like father like son”
It was like mother like son. What a nice family 👍🏽
Guys, I don't think he wanted vanilla...
Phew I thought it was just me
Lol
Me neither
ll_Extremely stressed_ll ahaha
ll_Extremely stressed_ll no I think he definitely did😂
Producer: so what's the name of the movie
Director: vanilla cake
Producer: i said chocolate cake goddammit
STABS*
You’re funny
Lol
LOLL
Don’t say the lords name in vain
3:13 wow… now this is some beautiful work… the symbolism of him covering everyone in the family photo except for his mother
"Baseball killed Ruth "
Son to his future son:
So u see,vanilla cake killed my mom
*gets vinalla cake instead of chocolate*
kid: so i see you have chosen death
**vinalla**
꧁Grace꧂ vanilla**
Imogen Arthur look at the comment
🤣🤣🤣lmao
It did but wow-
the real question is, did he ever get his chocolate cake?
No, his next birthday he made his own cake before realising he made it vanilla again, then he stabs himself from making such a terrible mistake
@@rainbowzgrqce oh no-
@@rainbowzgrqce dang su!c!de
I feel bad
Lol
i think that behind all of this, he was so mad at his mother for everything she was saying, but he was holding it in, and once she brought out of the vanilla instead of chocolate cake, that’s what made him snap. not just the cake.
The scary thing is that there are some women out there who exercise a total control over their children and spouses....Very deserving movie! Impressed by the exceptional acting and exellent script. It is crazy how many limitations that mother put on her family members one can read in her monolog.
plot twist: the cake in the inside was made of chocolate
Just imagine
Plot twist x2: it was red velvet
@@helpme5511 plot twist #3 inside was a note that said “april fools”
@@helpme5511 plot twist it was marble cake
Plot twist it was hollow
People talk about how the son killed her because of vanilla cake instead of chocolate, but when a person is mad enough and just holding it in, anything can make them break, even the fact the cake isn't like what they want. My theory is that the son was so mad at the mom for everything she was saying, so he just couldn't take it any longer
Nah he wanted chocolate cake
Are u just going to excuse the fact that he just stabbed his mother in the stomach
bruh same
Yes, I agree with you but now he doesn't has both his mother and father, and that's why we need a thing called patience
@@lucashasluck6737 no,just pointing about the sons anger,nothing else about killing
I love horror like this. It feels real. You can bet this actually happened somewhere.
"You're not ten years old." Says the woman who put the birthday hat on him.
I guess that cake was
*TO DIE FOR*
Carrots N Hummus get out.
*exit my line of sight immediately*
• Pastel Paint • *slaps knees and wheezes* dad joke time
Lola Torres more like uNclE jOkeS
• Pastel Paint • stop...please...just stop-
Is no one going to talk about how dad look like he got buried a like a day ago....
@Nemo Gummy decomposition would've happened within a month. Especially since the body wasnt properly prepared, the dad should've been a skeleton
Thought was me alone 😁
Maybe he was a saint.
I think it looks buried less than a day ago, typically the lower portions of the body turns purple hours to a day after death due to the collapse of blood pressure in the system.
@@dwbeast3862 😂😂😂😂😂
I had the pleasure of watching this one last year. Tonight, I decided to watch it again because I had forgotten the ending. I was definitely not disappointed 😂. Loved it the second time around as well. Excellent 👌 job.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Get your kid an ice cream cake and everyone is happy.
Yep I agree
that is NOT the moral of the story.
I hate ice cream cake
What if the dad died because the mom wanted CHOCOLATE CAKE TOO😂😱
Nah she wanted that rose garden he wouldn't let her have
Plot twist 😭
sai pravardhitha no duh😂
@@pravardhitha2732 you...
@@pravardhitha2732 Not at all sai 😂 she a saint 🤦♀️
am i the only one who was focused on the fact that the cake was crooked? 💀
Nope
Nope
Zoe Patterson I saw that too
I was focused on that too!
Me too. It slightly aggrivated me
Did anyone else notice how her garden planted above her dead husband was well grown yet her husband wasn't in a decomposition state, meaning whoever made this film has no sense of time
This story hits close to home. My stepmother is the same kind of woman like the mother here. Only talks about herself saying mean things to everybody around without even realising what she is doing. She always had to be the main character, gets loud at any arguments and even more mean and abusive. My Dad starts drinking becouse of that. Guess what? She leaved him becouse he was drinking.
On my side, i developed a personalty disorder from that time 🥳 as well as her own son btw. So i am very beside the Boy and his feelings. He doesn't kill her for the cake, he kill her for sixteen years, his whole life, of harrasment and vocal abuse.
*gets vanilla cake instead of chocolate"
Boy: I'm about to end this woman's whole career
Lol
Whole career you mean more like end her entire life 🤢
Good
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i think you spelled life wrong
He didn't stab her over the cake, yes that pushed him over but it was really the way she had been talking about his dad, and she probably talked like that about him for a long time.
Oh
Yup
I don't think that the topic concerning the dad was the only thing that tipped him over. I feel like there was something there, maybe he was sick of all those scathing words and demeaning attitude. Or, there was just a multitude of things that snowballed.
And how controlling she was. He probably didn't have any friends because of her.
wHaT? 👁👄👁
The father’s corpse looked like he just got killed an hour ago. Wouldn’t it have been more realistic to show a skeleton in a naval uniform?
This was so good. I would watch this as a series!
Mom: *(says many awful & offensive things)*
Alex: I sleep.
Mom: *(bakes a vanilla cake instead of chocolate)*
Alex: *R E A L S H I T .*
Hahahahahahhhhh!!
Man the chocolate was the one thing that set him off
@@fedoraspeaks8962 i think all of the other things before the cake was pushing it closer and closer
@@Austinc5904 it's called a joke
@@fedoraspeaks8962 alright
She said cut it....
He cut something alright
Yoai Binger
He cutted thru his mommy’s little un-pregnant stomach
Yeah she didnt say specifically where to cut it, so, whos the real winner here?
Gabby Koulaouzou LOL
No lie and no cake
Yep real good too and all that frosting on the ground
plot twist: it was chocolate cake with vanilla frosting
"I wanted chocolate..."
"Oh, it's chocolate in the middle, it's just the outside that's vanilla!"
"Oh, thanks mom!"
Good ending :)
So basically tell me if I'm wrong or not ,but the mom killed the dad because she wanted a garden and the son because he wanted a chocolate cake.🤔🙁😐
fun Bunny yep!
Probably more implies on their relationships the husband was a man she didn't love who didn't let her live how she wanted and she ended up treating her son the same way until he snapped too
(X) Like father like son
(/) like MOTHER like son
Yup
fun Bunny now he’ll have a chocolate cake on his birthday . yay .
The mom loves to hear herself talk and look where it got her.
blacklotus1991 couldn’t be more true :V
Yep
@@HikingAdv3ntur3s yep
GalaXy_World :/
She also killed the father so kinda deserved it
I remember watching films like these (including this one actually) when I was maybe 8 or 9, and it scarred me for life- I still am scared of certain things to this day because of these, and this one was tamer than the ones I remember. It was a phase I had and kept for probably three years, so there was a ton of scary shit on my mind after that-
Please everything has a plot twist these days and I’m so here for it 😅💀
When he says “is it too much trouble to have a f-ing chocolate cake on my f-ing birthday?!!” All I could think was “so you just gonna bring me a birthday gift on my birthday to my birthday party on my birthday with a birthday gift!?”
I edited it to be the exact words🥳
same man
Lmfao
😂😂😂😂dead
Mia Kipp I think it is.. “So you gonna give me a birthday gift on my birthday with a birthday gift”
yOeN cHiMcHiM I edited it after watching it over and over to memorize it so now it’s correct👌
Who thought that making vanilla cake would discover all this shit?
i liek😉😭🦄
Mimi Hart ikr
Mimi Hart the vanilla cake represented her breaking his last straw
Its not just the cake. The mom's a bitch.
S
I love this. It’s a metaphor for how the smallest thing can push us over the top.
Him when his mom says offensive and cruel things: I am not too angry, happy thoughts
Him when he gets vanilla instead of chocolate: *This is where I cross the line*
A man she never loved
A child she never wanted
A boy who killed his mother
A birthday without cake
Edit: Jeez, it's 2020 and people still come to this comment... I didn't expect that. Thx
Masterzoroark 666 aaaaaaaaaaaa
help me write my summaries please
Amazing poetic skills 😍
a cake without chocolate
There are way more important things than a fucking cake, guys. Seriously. Get that through your small minded heads right now.
No one gonna talk about how she planted her garden on his body? That is the BITCHIEST move and I LOVE it.
If you plant a garden on someone's body, the land where it is planted gets some kind of protein or some shit from the dead body which helps to grow the trees better than usual
@@ahnaffarhan2230 i have heard that somewhere, and it's true
@@hansellancephilippe4075ikr
he*
It's a plot twist from another movie, can't remember the name, but stars Johnny Depp.
Moral of the story: when ur kid wants chocolate cake, ALWAYS get them chocolate cake.
This is so good! He has been angered by his mom for so long, he must've built up an immense hatred for her. When he finally breaks and murders her, and discovers that his mother murdered his father, he realizes that he is the same as his mother: a killer. Now, he must either hate his mother and himself, or not hate himself, and in turn, not hate his mother. He must identify with her. Another thing is that he also must feel that his father was hatable, too, since he killed his mother out of hatred, and his mother killed his father out of hatred, so now the character understands how his mother must've felt about his father.
Aww poor mother rest her soul, then again she was a bitch so who knows where her soul is?, What?! Its true!
Q'squad good shit
Q'squad you so terribile...😉
Q'squad WHAAATT, roasted XDD
Word mate
Q'squad cool want to be my frand
All you had to do is to get him chocolate cake and none of this would’ve happen
give the kid his damn chocolate cake
😂
Facts
When I saw the dead dads body. The amount of noise my gasp made woke up my cat.
Your short horror films are fantastic. Please make more of them.
He looked like early 20s to me, so at first I thought it's a story about a psychotic mother who celebrates her son's 16th birthday every year to remind him about something.
Trueee
Why why whyyy why
I love this concept!
It makes even more since for him to be pushed over the edge!
So what is this about I just understood he got pissed cuz he wanted chocolate cake.
When they filmed this did the neighbors ever get fucked up when they saw a guy dragging the mom with a camera showing ...
Evelyn Mata hahaha! It was definitely awkward
They probably would've thought it was a snuff video;;
Evelyn Mata ikr😂
I was thinking the same haha
Evelyn Mata it's fake dum dum
Fun fact about my family. My parents ask us what cake we want, and the meals we would like to have that day. We don’t have to do chores for the week and we watch whatever movie we want on our birthday night. My parents say that’s it’s our day. They always make us what we want. 😊
Plot twist: the cake was vanilla on the outside and chocolate on the inside.
*serves vanilla cake*
Alex: *I'm about to ruin this whole woman*
*end 😉
@@theultimatedragonx _I'm about to end this whole woman's life?_
@@not_herobrine3752 *_Im about to end this whole woman_*
Vanilla cake: am I a joke to you?
*I'm about to end this woman's career*
Imagine getting killed by the wrong side of a knife
I would be pissed.
He stabbed her with the cake cutter, not the butter knife she was holding. If you rewatch slowly, you can see it.
That would be painful as hell
YoungMeaz_21 xD
And say:
Ups! Lemme get it by the good side.
Really liked this short film. Excellent stuff, very atmospheric.
I had five children, between birthdays and holidays, we almost always had a cake going. People called us the cake house, this guy should moved in, chocolate is my favorite too.
A tiny part of me wants to think the son killed his dad and doesn’t remember..I can’t shake the feeling.
peachpanda96 like norman bates?
I had the same feeling too..
Long Live The Wang he ended up killing his father ?
I think the mum killed the dad because he would not let her have a garden and the son wanted to be like his dad but was like his mum.
@@JamesParker1998 Correct
My question is...did the cake ever get eaten? What if it was chocolate on the inside just vanilla icing
Edit: OMG THANKS FOR ALL THE LIKES!
That would be some shit
That would be sad
no he said 'this is vanilla" and she sorta hummed a yes
Elise johnson if I was him my wish would be I will like to have my mother back
Peach Sweet but 2:52-2:56 she said "mhm, go ahead and cut it" so i think his mother tryna surprise him that inside the cake there's a chocolate 😔
Great 1950s style. Excellent character building within the first 2:50 minutes. Not an easy thing to do.
I couldn't wait to see where the plot would take me after the he did what he did. And you definitely delivered.
Oh, and I noticed the rose bush symbolism at the end. KUDOS!!
All time favorite horror film❤keep up the AMAZING work. Your doing great.
mom: You're not ten years old
me: Bitch, you treat him like one. seriously? a party hat?
The Toxins a party hat isn't for kids only its for people who can realy enjoy those special momments ...but yah she treat him like a ten years old
The Toxins hey party hats are cool!But ya otherwise She treats him like a child
The Toxins ye ikr
The Toxins that's absolutely right hahahaha
You call your own mother "bitch"???
Woah- this is absolutely amazing. Rather than being a cliche horror movie about some monster and using cheap jumpscares, this is completely psychological which I love.
I agree with everything you just said.
Michael Bliss but u did.
London Purvis agree
It's cool
yeah not cliche at all.....cuz there's never been a movie about the dark underbelly of seemingly perfect suburbia or rapid-fire shots of random distorted imagery and noise (about the 1:15 mark) and there's never been a movie about a son's murderous impulses cultivated by an overbearing mother.
Again as the tradition continues 🎂. Love this short horror film
*This kind of vídeos are so weird, but kinda good at the same time*
I now understand the importance of getting the right kind of cake for the kids birthday parties.
EDIT: Wow, thanks for all the likes.
BECAUSE, IF U DON'T GET THE RIGHT CAKE, THERE'S A GOSSIP CLOWD AROUND U >:V
elmo uwu what the fuck??
And dont you forget it!! Hahahaha
@Cheyenne Mabb You cant say that nowadays, it is not very politically correct to exclude the nuts. They are an essential piece of many a pie and deserve their moment in the spotlight.
@Oof! ofcouse im joking. But i do agree with Louis CK when it comes to nutallergy.
When I saw that he stabbed his mom, I was like, "Wow, SO greedy." Then I realised his mom killed his dad I was like, "Well, You did the police a favour."
Herribeater it wasn’t just the cake that set him off, his mom was driving him insane with her rude remarks about his dead father and the cake was the last straw
Herribeater or a flavour? Hehe
NOOO WHY AM I SEEING THE COMMENTS ;-;
just received a spoiler about this thing that his mom killed his father ;-;
cu It's a 7 minute short and you got bored before 5:10 which is when you find out his mother killed his father. With an attention span that short you deserve spoilers lol
Spoiler much
The family that slays together...
Stays burying each other in the backyard?
Yeah! Let's go with that.
Great job. I did NOT see this coming.
Wooow! That was crazy!I did not expect that!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
*plot twist*
After he killed his mother , he went inside and decided to eat his cake and when he cut it open there was chocolate on the inside of the cake *DUN DUD DUNNNNN*
ink Gamer That WOULD b a good plot twist. And then when he realizes that, he's all "whoops" lol
Plot twist: the chocolate had poison of some sort.
Wait what went inside who😂
That's what I thought as well, as soon as he killed the mother, he would then realize then cut the cake, and feel guilty with depression his whole life :/
😭😭😭🙌🏾🙌🏾
“I told you I wanted chocolate cake”
“MHM, cut the cake”
bruh moment
It was chocolate inside
Omg this was one of the best short horror films I've ever seen 😊❤
This is brilliant. In modern society this honestly terrifies me.
Also, love the filming angles like the shovel dragging over the axe/tool, really nice touch. And the garage light swinging. Really great touches that totally build the anticipation and uneasiness of the situation.
I do think its really interesting that everyone is so understanding, to the point of justification, for his murder. Interesting that society has come to a place where people recognize theres always a back story, and try to understand others. But also Interesting that everyone instinctively picks up on the films cue/forshadowing to blame the mother!
He just happened to dig in the same spot where his father was buried?
Mama Swiss
Yeah, it seemed a bit over coincidental.
It was under (or near) the mother's rose bush. She mentioned that he never liked her having those roses. So I assume she decided to deliver an f-bomb by placing his body underneath it. But then again, his body should have decomposed.... well the film is still amazing. :)
Muser4Life well, we don't have any timeline about his death, maybe he died just a day or tow before the son's birthday, maybe she kill him the very night he came back home for the birthday.
+Muser4Life well, someone likes being technical
Mama Swiss ikr
The creepiest thing was that his Dad was a NAVY ADMIRAL, an exceedingly high rank in the military. And the mom kept shunning the Dad. Something was up with that Mom. Very odd. So many questions - SEQUEL PLEASE!!
You're really Lena Luthor
Sequel would be amazing!
More like a prequel is needed
It’s because he was a Jew she said so I think she hates Jews
@@josiehuff6013 She never said that
What a twist to the end , loved it ❤
the fact that this was uploaded on my birthday makes me shiver..
R U ALIVE AND WELL?!
2019 anyone or is it just me ??
Me too;)
Me tooooo! 😊
Meeeeeee 🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋❤️
Me tooo
Marcenae Lynette 2020
The boy: *Cuts into the cake after killing mom*
The cake: *chocolate with vanilla frosting*
😂
Blatantly copied another comment that was made a month before yours
@@oceanboy1014 it's probably not copied. they probably just noticed the same thing
That's what i was thinking bc she said "cut into it" lmao
You win some you lose some
There is a comment from eleven months ago above yours saying the same thing cant anyone be original
Perfectly valid response to not getting the cake you asked for in my opinion
"I wanted chocolate."
"Mhm, go ahead and cut it."
*bruh*
The blood matched her dress really well.
Red suit you too ❤.
Can you send me your adress and give me a copy of your home key ? 😁
@@l.k.roline4296 ill pass. 😂
@@thaddeusmiller9134 oh really ? 😖
@@l.k.roline4296 yes really
LMAOO
wait so she killed her husband
now the child killed his mother
im waiting for the dog-
Poor Doggo
Steve would probably keep him
Oh no
I think the father drowned but idk- maybe she was talking about another man or maybe it was a cover up story??? 🤔
Mum killed her own husband
Kid killed the mum
And the dog killed the kid:D
NO WTF
This plot twist hit different.....damn...that demon (the mother) was Satan's favorite with a soul like that.
Oh my God, i was about to bake a vanilla cake for a client so came on CZcams to look for exciting recipes, you know something new. Now that I've seen this i think I'll call my client to confirm it its vanilla cake or chocolate cake she wants.
Apparently murder runs in the family
Natalie Bulliman agree
577 likes
Natalie Bulliman 608 like
Agreed
I agree it does
Is nobody gonna talk about how well the actors are playing ?
They do every video 🤦🏽♂️😂😂
mom: talkin smack
alex: annoyed asf
mom: keeps talking
alex: im going to end this mans whole career
Wooow! A really original idea. Congratulations!
His reaction to that cake was like: so you really just gon bring a vanilla birthday cake on my birthday to my birthday party on my birthday with a vanilla birthday cake.
imani drozd wait what I'm confused xD
Ally Johnson it's a funny vine 😂
oh XD
imani drozd isn't this from loiter squad? But instead he says present?😂
LOITER SQUAAAAD
he just woke up in the wrong side of bed thats all
lily this, lily that you're not talking about uncle grandpa, are you?😂
lily this, lily that .....as in the side of bed where he kills some one? :/
lily this, lily that this made me die of laughter
Definitely one of my new favorite horror shorts
“I can’t believe your turning 16! My sweet boy..”
HELL NAH THAT DUDE LOOKS 48
This spoke to me a bit. At the beginning we see a 1960's poster family, it would seem like the mother is a perfect with and house keeper, and she's a very loving care taker for her boy. It would seem to be this at first glance, perhaps neighbors and townsmen see this image of the family "perfect. Loving home, Everything's okay." but behind closed doors, we find out everything is not okay. The mother uses abusive language, and it seems that all of that abuse has taken an emotional toll on the boy, to the point of insanity. Symbolically, I feel like this film is about that we don't know what goes on behind close doors, and that emotional abuse is just as damaging as physical as now the boy becomes something bad at the end, a killer or "just like his mother." It's like comparing a child coming from an alcoholic household, in their adult years they also become an alcoholic. This was very well done, I enjoyed it.
you need to stop writing big paragraphs and that equal to the same length as the actual short film.
Cisco It's called analysis.
Keyli Schmitz
In other words, Melanie Martinez - Dollhouse
Keyli Schmitz I like u call me dear +918668919256
or the movie welcome to the dollhouse
Mom: "Really Alex? Honestly you're not ten years old!"
Me: "WELL YOU'RE TREATING HIM LIKE A ONE YEAR OLD!!!! YOU ONLY PUT ONE CANDLE ON HIS BIRTHDAY CAKE!!
Laura C yasss
Laura C lol
Lol “YOURE NOT TEN, YOUR ONE
Mr Who ? No wonder they couldn’t afford a damn chocolate cake
They couldn't afford 16 candles so they used 1
Kid : "I Want Chocolate"
Mom : "Have Vanilla"
Kid : "Did I Stutter"
WOW DEFINITELY KEEP PURSUING YOUR PASSION IF YOU’RE INTO THIS!!! SO GOOD