Horror Short Film "The Itch" | ALTER
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- čas přidán 20. 09. 2020
- At the first sign of an itch, Addy feels like something could be very wrong. With constant deflection by her husband and doctor, Addy decides to take matters into her own hands.
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More About THE ITCH: An intense focus has taken over the mind of Addy, a pleasant, but ordinary 20-something woman. What started out as a minor skin irritation, has developed into something more concerning. Her arrogant and often insensitive boyfriend, Enzo, brushes off her anguish by convincing her it’s just in her head. As Addy’s body deteriorates from relentless scratching, she stops at nothing to find relief. Through creams and ointments to seeking professional help nothing seems to curb this constant itch.
As her situation gets worse, she notices the virus spreading to other people she comes in contact with. She attempts to warn those who she has infected, but no one will believe her. Addy must find a way to kill the itch at the source, even if it means putting her life and those she loves in jeopardy.
Ethan Walden - Writer/Producer
Connor McIntyre - Director
John Regalado - Director Of Photography
Adam Stilwell - Producer
Chelsea Jordan - Addy
Shayn Herndon - Enzo
Bobby Gutierrez - Doctor Bunker
Nicholas Daue - Handyman
Jeff Bloom - Editor
David Suchanek - Production & Sound Design
Peter Doherty - Music
Nathaniel Peterson - Sfx & Makeup
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THE ITCH
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"You brought me home for this" that's not how loving someone sounds.
to be fair, I'd probably react the same way if my gf called me for what looks to be a little scab. he didn't understand what she was feeling, or anxious about.
I have ptsd and for awhile I would scratch myself while asleep and my husband would take care of my scratches the first time it happened he said home from work to make sure I was ok. So honestly I see both sides to this but I feel bad for her I also had really bad exama growing up and my skin always itched.
@Coitus Handguns Not really, just a growing number of people being properly diagnosed and not ignored.
@@nic1852 yeah but if they were obviously very visibly distressed as well as doing things like staring into the distance and not responding to speech cues every 15min, youd probably take it more seriously than "just a scab", right?
Mmm hmm
this is honestly what OCD feels like. you have these obsessions. and you perform these compulsions to try to make it go away: the scratching, the bandaid, the cream. but it only helps temporarily. and the things you'll do to make that "itch" go away get more and more extreme.
It's also how eczema feels. I get it in my ears and spreading to my temples. Agony that just won't quit.
My interpretation :
Her "itch" wasn't really a physical itch. It was a metaphor to anxiety & depression. She started feeling anxious & depressed. One day she had a rush of anxious feelings and needed someone to calm her so she called her husband home. But he ended up saying " you called me home for this" but said that she'll be fine. So the next shower scene/ losing hair scene was her sudden rush of anxiety again but this time didn't wanna tell the husband because she knew he wouldn't care enough and hush it down. The doctor scene probably was her therapist whom she wasn't talking about the "itch" but about her anxiety. Slowly her anxiety got more and severe.
Well sure but anxiety doesn't make you take someone elses skin off lmao
@@gamarleton wth is wrong whit u????
@@kristiinamae4609 did you even watch the video? do you know where you are right now? are you gonna tell me that anxiety makes someone a murderer now?
I think it's a bit more than anxiety , it looked like she killed her husband in the end . But then who's the guy at the end scratching his neck? .
@@kristiinamae4609 no wat the hell is wrong with u?? Anxiety and depression don’t make ppl do this stuff. This is a horror movie about something more sinister clearly.
No wonder ur being downvoted!
Is it just me or did this make anyone else itchy?
Everyone in our room are scratching themselves!
Yes I felt itchy.
This is actually a normal psychlogical reaction. Like pushing up your glasses when someone else does or clearing your throat when someone else does.
The film even explored this with her itch getting worse when seeing others with a passive itch.
It's psychosomatic and it's annoying me. Lol.
@Lee Courtney lol yea
YES!! 😩
It all started when she noticed her neighbor outside in the beginning. It’s like she’s shedding her skin. Getting rid of the old her and getting a new body. Like a metaphor for her relationship and how she’s ready to leave or “jump out of her skin”.That’s why the neighbor was itchy too. He’s her escape.
Awesome analysis, Sophia! Thank you so much for watching!
Miss Sophia - A metamorphosis or transfiguration into a new relationship? Nice!
I agree! Good analysis
Can you please point it out for me, which is the scene that shows the neighbour is itchy... Coz like I tried but I can't find it.. So it would be really helpful if you could just show it to me 😅
@Sonia Rana start at 11:00. That’s towards the end. He’s outside her window and he scratches the back of his neck. Hope this helps.
She was bad at making eggs. This made me want eggs, so I made some. Mine were better than her eggs.
Did we even say about eggs and who cares of yours was better bruh-
Good work making eggs
@@galaxyxgamer_ytplayz9741 hater
Like whattt 😂😂
Like did you Lay the eggs ?, you mentioned "MAKING" eggs.
Your wife calls you and you leave it to 6 'Missed calls'. You reach home, and find blood splatter on floor mat...
And you casually (with a 'tone') ask "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?"...
Come on man.... 🤦🏻♀️😓
What would you do, freak out? How would that help?
Well he could have thought she was bleeding, and needed help somewhere else.
Oof that is no husband. But a dumbell
@@Geanerikc_Ent. fantastic point bro haha love having smart dudes on my side
He was worried he found blood he didn’t know where she was it’s where are you not how are you it makes since.
As someone with hypochondria and bipolar disorder, there’s really nothing worse than when people just won’t believe you.
Is bad when they don't believe you in general...
I also have hypochondria, have had it since I was a little kid, and it does hurt when no one takes it seriously
They dont believe you because you LITERALLY SAID YOURE A HYPOCHONDRIAC!! What the utter fuck do you supposed they do when youre a hypochondriac? Feed your illness by agreeing with everything you say or TRY to break the cycle? Think about it🙄🙄
hi dad
@d b yes. Uber weird hunny....UBERRRR weird and confusing...i wonder what he THINKS they should think and act like-- being that he's a hypochondriac and all🤔🤔🤔🙄
Me: *about to go to bed*
Also me: *ehh, let’s watch this first*
Same.... it’s 9:38 lol and I have school tomorrow 😂😂😂 but I’m like “let’s watch something to scare the sh!t out of me! 🙃
Literally me right now
me right now🤣
@@enternamehere5802 are your schools open?? How???
@@diptisrivastava7935 yeah they are, I’ve been going to school since September 15th, it sucks ik
The husband seemed very insensitive
Almost makes me think he was in on it
He's a prick
Interesting. If you watch during the opening scene, you see the big book saying "Obey." Not sure if that was intentional. This could be a metaphor for self harm and body dysmorphia. She seems depressed and bored with her daily routine, and clueless boyfriend. She feels she has to obey the same routine over and over. You can tell she doesn't speak up often and commits to these relationships with no real direction. The boyfriend is a dope who shows some concern yet no enough and of course she doesn't feel satisfied. Her "itch" so to speak is her lack of joy and structure in her life. And So she "itches" it away and naturally, things go south. Short, effective, love the Cronenberg body horror of course.
Maxie! Thank you so much and this is a great analysis of the film and the effect we hoped it would have on our audience. There's lots of fun background easter eggs showing her decline so keep your eyes peeled!i
everything in these shorts is intentional... no?
@@matycee To the best of our intentions!
Nice!
Thank you.
Not sure if the "Bandaid on a bullet wound" idiom is intentional (probably), but it certainly is well done. I can see the allusions to depression, self-harm, body dysmorphia, and anxiety.
Love the analysis! Thanks for watching and sharing!
I felt like it did have have something to do with depression or anxiety but also that she was just in an emotionless relationship and her "itch" is that nagging feeling of her inner feelings wanting out but doesn't know the correct course of action on how to relieve the feeling......regardless Alter NEVER fails to be amazing and I loved every second of it
This is an awesome analysis! We're so happy you enjoyed the film!
I think you're reading too much into it. Maybe not everything with mental health HAS to be about depression or anxiety. Some people slip entirely off the deep end, or have explosive psychotic breakdowns and murder their loved ones, or cut off their own limbs or any number of deranged, terrifying things.
Things like cutting your husband up with a buzzsaw because you've snapped after years of being patronised and barked at by your partner in this dingy, cramped little dump on a street in nowheresville...
@@theitch6882 Did anyone ever hear the saying, "AN ITCH YOU JUST CAN'T SCRATCH?" This is what this whole film is about isn't it? She wants out, she's unfulfilled, she wants the guy next door, and that scene in the washroom with the lube? Yeah, she is ready to move on for sure.
The scariest part for me was trying to convince myself I wasn't itchy >:( still amazing once again though alter :)
Thank you!
pp
I was afraid to itch myself cuz she always has some self thoughts coming in her mind after someone Icthes
I’m over here dying 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah, this is done really well. I was feeling itchy just watching it. That sound design, and the close-ups of scratching...
Watching someone scratch is as contagious as seeing someone yawn...this made me itchy😬!! Also, the boyfriend was an unempathetic prick 😑
Me too itchy
But good looking:))
yeah but remember he was doing what he was told to do
These are better than like actual horror movies where you watch it In the cinema or get a dvd of it
Thank you!
@@charleswolf1812 Hey now, some of us have a really hard time getting rid of our DVDS! Got about four hundred collectin' dust and holdin' memories!
@Charles Wolf why wouldn’t you watch it on dvd you don’t have to travel or potentially get annoyed by strangers
Charles Wolf
I have a ton of DVDs I use for my car for my kids, and I have DVDs so I can watch my shows on my laptop while my kids watch theirs on tv.. DVDs are still around, &+ hopefully will always be around! 👏🏼 Now if they said “or get a VHS of it.” then I’d say who has those anymore lol 👏🏼😅😄😁
Because the whole story is being told in 10 minutes. Try to stretch it to an 2 hours movie...
I feel like one of the ways this could be interpreted, is that she was suffering from OCD. Anybody on the outside has no idea how truly severe obsessive thoughts can get, which is why they say “just leave it alone” or “there’s nothing wrong with you”. However, one with OCD cannot merely ignore these thoughts, which is why they must complete certain compulsions - no matter how strange said compulsions might seem to the outside world (which could also be why she was isolating herself at home, so nobody could see and judge the things she was doing).
What can be more terrifying than a young woman with a clear psychiatric disorder, with a husband and a doctor so stupidly negligent as not to notice ...
Ok
We agree! Life becomes scarier when those around you you thought could support you refuse to or unaware of how to. Great analysis!
I feel like I’m in an Alter time loop.
I keep watching them one after another with no end in sight!
Sad!!!! Sad sad sad!! The poor, tormanted woman!! The actress did an absolutely amazing job!! I totally felt her pain! Excellent short film!
I just wanted to say I feel like lately Alter has been doing a lot of videos towards mental illnesses lately and I love it. Brings awareness we dk what’s going on in people’s head and what they have to deal with. You guys are awesome!
The title is enough to give me goosebumps.
Gave me a bit of an itch
Not all horror films need jump scares, most just need elements that make you unsettled and keep you in the edge of your seat leaving you wanting more. Films that use too many jump scares seem to lack other important elements in a good film. This channel portrays what a good horror film should be like, bravo 👏
Couldn't agree more! We're big fans of Ingmar Bergman and he made the scariest movies of all time with nothing but a passing thought and a moment held in a doorway.
'You're left with your own conclusions'- the most scary thing of Alter. 😂😂🙄
A patronizing husband and doctor lead to this poor girls decline. No one ever knows how you feel, but is always ready to tell you to get over it. Wonderful Movie.
Great analysis, Rene! Thank you so much for watching!
I have eczema too. That sh** is really damn itchy! Lol...
Kelly Davis me too. On my fingers. It’s horrible 😭
On my feet even when i itch it really bad
Damn all of you are suffering extremly.
I have it on my arms and I agree
That’s all I could think about while watching this. Last summer I got horrific eczema that covered my arms, hands, and neck, and the itch was at times, absolutely unbearable, and scratching it just made it a million time worse. I feel your pain 😅
Well this hit close to home. Thankfully my partner's not one to say "you called me home for this?" when I really need him
My fabulous nephew is suffering from OCD, his amazing mother said it is like an itch you can't relieve. A brain itch. Completely perfect description of what OCD IS!
This reminded me of a friend who thought she had bugs crawling in my hair. She ended shaving her head and would a spray bleach "to get rid of the bugs". It was so sad and scary at the same time. Turns out she was doing a done of meth and I guess going crazy. So sad. I ended moving and lost contact with her.
Is she dead? Would be nice to try to contsxt her
That’s so sad 😞
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Thank you for saying that, we really appreciate it! 🖤
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Not to be a Grammar Nazi, but did you mean to write "there"?
@@thomasafrica9724 yeah probably thanks anyway.
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As soon as I saw the name of the video, I immediately thought of the expression "to scratch an itch", and I guess that's open to interpretation. This woman wasn't satisfied with her life, she seemed depressed and frustrated, it's literally like an itch you cannot scratch, a kind of internal struggle you can't quite put your finger on. The acting was great as usual!
I feel like she new her husband was cheating, and this is how it played out because she wouldn't confront him. The old sayings of " He had ants in his pants" and "He had an itch he needed to scratch" played their part in this film as well.
I thought it was brilliant!
Yep. Something was definitely bugging her.
She was obviously very antsy.
But in the end she turned out to be a real cut-up.
These are seriously better than full-length million-dollar horror movies!
True
Never underestimate an itch, cause it might cause a great disaster. I rather apply sanitizer or dettol whenever I have an itch, it really does the work!
Who the hell makes eggs like that they looks so perfect then she just mashed them up like why
Not going to lie, when I seen that he rejected SIX of her phone calls I got triggered!!
@Liiightgold on ig thats the thing I think he just ignored the calls. I don't remember exactly now tbh but I think thats right.
Maybe with another woman
I once had an itch. This happened seven years into marriage.
Lol...omg that is horrible 😂
Are you a boomer, by any chance?
Lol, I see what you did there!😉
I am the only one that, after the video began to scratch , out of nowhere🤣🤣🤣 i just start scratching
This happens more than People realize. Nowadays, Doctor's and Specialists won't give their time to really find the root cause and also really explain to the Person suffering. Especially in the Midwest. A Doctor will look at Patient's chart seeing that previous Doctor wrote "Delusional?", so your already judged prior to Doctor seeing you, with no studies. It's all about the money. Why should Doctor study to find out why Person is suffering when they could see multiple other Patients to fill up their Bank account. If Doctor's/Specialist's don't know a (Quick Fix), Patient is passed around until their broke.
Majority It's stress, or with all the poisons in fast food/commercial food in boxes that last edible all year long. Majority It's scabbies. Yes!, a Person's immune system being low, they can be the only one in household that has it. In Midwest, Scabbies are always diagnosed as something other and Person suffers physically and emotionally by their Spouse's/Family telling them they don't have anything, you need rest. ..
The way the music just came to an abrupt halt at around 3:17 was hilarious
Not entirely sure what was going on but it made me itch like hell! Brilliantly acted, beautifully shot and a great portrayal of anxiety.
I have a an itch to dude you still have a itch itchy itching right now
Oh anxiety. It manifests in the most horrible ways sometimes.
Honestly ya'll I saw this as a metaphor for OCD. Compulsive itching, scratching, and picking is a big thing for ppl with it. So I kinda saw it as her going crazy due to intrusive thoughts, the thoughts were of harming others like her SO. And then when the guy showed less than ideal signs of love she kinda snapped and went through with the intrusive thoughts. That's just how I saw it tho cause I have OCD, so obviously that's gonna be my first interpretation.
her: *makes tea and toast*
me: *is scared because idk why im scared and that scares me*
With the ants being shown this reminds me a lot of that old urban myth about the girl who thought she had a pimple, but it was really a bunch of spider eggs laid under her skin and one day they hatched....
Hmmm.... i think we've seen that somewhere....
Yes it was a movie, it was a cursed makeup powder and she used it more and more to cover her spot until it hatched. I remember the close up of the spiders and one went to her eye.
@@winniekwan4916 Never seen the movie. Heard the urban legend and read it in the book Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark.
Oh yeah scary stories to tell in the dark! Used to scare the crap out of me as a kid
Psychogenic itch can be related to anxiety, ocd or depression without any underlying dermatological cause. Some people do have such conditions, and often misunderstood or lack support. Fiction does reflect reality.
As someone who has had skin issues AND anxiety my whole life, this is a perfect portrayal of it.
Also, the moment where you use a fork to scratch yourself and it´s better than sex.
At the end the neighbor was scratching the back of his neck.😱
christo Mitchell E
I loved this! One thing I think was brilliant was they really left it up to you, the viewer, to decide for yourself if what is happening to her is some sort of crazy sci-fi type bug invasion scenario, or if it's a metaphor for her troubled life! (I personally am going with the metaphor ) if that were the case, I'd say the "itch" is her becoming aware that she is miserable in her current life. Her husband is dismissive and an ass. She seems frustrated with her life and that it's not going anywhere. She starts "itching" to get away! But as she starts losing her grasp on reality, she begins self-mutilation (cutting, burning, pulling out her hair) Nothing she does gets rid of her itch, so she does the only thing left.
FANTASTIC! The actress who played Addy put forth an award-worthy performance! One that, so fraught with pain and sadness, that it COULD NOT have been easy to give! I applaud her for the performance, and the director for helping her shine. And of course, I would never miss applauding ALTER! Without you, my life would be sorely missing something....😎✌
Kathy! What a wonderful and thoughtful interpretation of the film! We definitely agree part of the fun is leaving it in the audiences hands and leaving their minds to make leaps and bounds. When horror becomes personal to the audience that's when things get really... itchy.
And I couldn't agree more about Chelsea Jordan (the actress who played Addy). Her performance is incredible and she put herself through some strong emotional turmoil to produce a performance that is at once human and unsettling.
Thank you for watching!
@@theitch6882 Wow....Thanks! It means a lot when I know the people who created the film are checking out what people are saying, and then take the time to respond! It let's us know our voices are being heard! And I will be looking for more from you... Good luck in your future endeavors! 😎✌
@@MissTique247 Likewise, it means a lot when the audience takes the time to let us know how the film affected them! It's what makes the horror community so great! Thank you again!
@@MissTique247 love reading your thoughts on these films. ❤
@@monicathomas3386 You are so nice! It really is nice to hear your thoughts are appreciated. I actually take my time and work hard to make those little "theories" both interesting and entertaining. I know I will never make everyone happy, but its nice to know SOMEONE appreciated it! 😊✌💕
Ngl tho
I think i like this psychological horror movies rather then the jumpscare ones
That ending was honestly soo unexpected
Loved it
Thank you, Karina! We're glad you enjoyed the watch!
Same! Jump scare movies only stress me OUT.
I have anxiety, depression and I'm always itchy!
What's scary abt this is that I took some new medication and there was a side effect where my skin felt like it was crawling with bugs....I thought I was going crazy. Come to find out that that particular side effect had never happened to anyone else so I final stopped taking it, the itching stopped but honestly I thought I was going to carve my skin off it was so bad.
Ok, no matter how pissed off he was, declining 6 calls? wtf?
Literally blocked her calls while she slipped from highly confused and panicked right down into murderous psychopath, possessed by her own demons.
He could have stopped this.
The sound editing is the hero here. Great job, David Suchanek! 👍♥️😊
Clever idea for the story! Loved the detail of the ants, everyone she encounters overly scratching, burner and lots more. Congratulations!!!
Hey Bruce!!! Thank you for these best "witches" on the short!
It’s so crazy how I related to the itching parts dealing with eczema
This reminded me of scary stories that I had read online that were about people being really itchy.
You guys are blowing my mind with these movies. Thank you so much!
Well, here's my "saying what i saw" theory since all the ones i read were thinking way too abstract and complicated IMO.
I think she was predisposed to bipolar disorder or disaffective disorder and broke down mentally as a result of an unhealthy (maybe abusive) relationship where she felt controlled. A prisoner with no agency smack bang in the middle of a "perfect" life.
Analysing the opening conversation, the man comes into the kitchen and tells Addy "I told my mom you would pick up my stuff after work" to which she doesn't respond. He then waits, but when a response is still not received he aggressively barks "ADDY."
So first thing to take away: he's telling her the stuff about picking up his belongings for the first time, here. Which means he made the decision for her beforehand, and it was merely a matter of letting her know what she would be doing, as opposed to asking if she could. Coupled with his immediate escalation after a "3rd strike" with the replies indicates that there is generally an expectation in the relationship that she _will_ speak when spoken to or there will be consequences.
Already this paints a bleak image of their relationship. One where she feels like a piece of property to a man she likely is falling out of touch with, over time.
Bad relationships cause stress. Stress can cause hives, so when she started itching it was entirely likely she was telling the truth about everything, but it is clear Enzo is only interested in this as far as it relates to attending dinner with his mother or his ability to go to work. He minimises her concerns and tells her not to worry about it like a parent would a child. She's already on the edge, breaking out in sores from this kind of cold, uninterested treatment, so she goes to a doctor.
Now, hives are a funny thing because they can make quite a big mark on you, but unless the doctor thinks to check your histamine levels then there's a good chance it'll look like you're perfectly healthy. Because this isn't a typical manifestation of hives due to allergy, the doctor probably assumed it was no big deal, which is something they kind of have to do in their profession and its normally not a problem, but by now Addy is far from being in a normal state, and her last/best hope of being validated just told her that its basically all in her head.
Addy snaps in the face of being unable to reconcile the hell she's been feeling for days, with the bored tone of the doctor, giving her the answers he gives to everyone. What she's experiencing is so real its all she can think about, but everyone else tells her it isnt.
Having no one to turn to that she can trust. Or even anyone she thinks will listen, the hives worsen and now she's standing in front of the mirror, itching on every square inch of her skin. She calls Enzo and asks him to come home as she is scared and wants support. Enzo accosts her for interrupting "his" life for something that he is sure will be trivial (because she's such a paranoid fool), but he begins to head home, anyway, figuring she'll only annoy him more if he doesn't. [This is another example of the undertone of their relationship. He believes she ought to feel guilty for disrupting him because in his mind, he is the key player in their lives so if he is doing something, its automatically more important than what she's doing, which highlights again how he views her as more of a pet or caretaker]
In a trance, she cuts a huge wound in her flesh. Coming to again, she's reached her limit of panic and confusion. She's cutting herself to bits and she _just can't stop scratching_ and it keeps spreading and getting worse.
Scared and at the end of her tether, she dials Enzo - no answer. She doesn't even know he decided to come home and is around the corner. She maybe even assumes he's put his phone on silent and forgotten about her. 5 more calls go through - nothing. This is it. Its up to her to get herself through.
But this is where I suspect she has her first full blown manic episode, characterised by a couple of things but most notably the drastic shift in behaviour. Where before she was timid, aloof, jumpy and always REacting(very anxious, depressive characteristics), now she is very much a polar opposite- confident/certain:
"I gave it to you, Enzo. I gave it to them."
Determined and driven to a goal and making actions toward it (grabbing the saw, physically touching him to get his attention), hyper-focused (all she can think about is the itch and getting rid of it) and in charge. She is no longer REacting... just ACTing. She clearly has a plan in mind and she is doing it right now. The logistics of it dont matter because in this state, she is confident she will work it all out.
This all strikes me as an example of the dichotomy between manic and depressive episodes. When youre up, you can do anything. Take on the world. When youre down, you can get very down and feel hopeless and lost. Sometimes people have this happen in a cyclical nature, fairly predictably, and sometimes people can just sort of be on the verge of it, and it just takes the wrong type of trauma to set it off and it can happen at any age.
So for Addy... her support structures have eroded around her, maybe only in the last few weeks... or maybe it was the last few years? She probably doesn't even remember, now. All she knows is that staying in this place is making her worse. Staying in her _skin_ is making it worse. Its spreading, and she has to get rid of it.
I think one of two things happened after we no longer see the two:
1) she kills Enzo then kills herself, remaining in the manic state the entire time and turning on herself in an ultimately fatal way in an attempt to get rid of the itch; or
2) she kills Enzo and then comes to some time later, likely highly confused and drenched in blood only some of it hers. She's either within sight of Enzo or not, and if she isn't she would presumably come upon him very shortly, and either way would have to piece together what she's done and from there, it's anyone's guess. I honestly don't know what happens when you traumatise someone so much they go murderously insane and then snap them out of it just to traumatise them again. Either way her outlook is incredibly bleak from there.
Moral of the story is: there is no moral. This is just the sort of thing that can and has happened before, so i guess take it as a reminder that the world is (not can be, is) a dangerous and scary place, and just because you don't see why someone is so worried, don't think that means their concerns aren't real or serious.
Also don't keep your angle grinders out where anyone can grab them if you're gonna treat your gf like shit her whole life.
What's sad about this is when she says "I love you Enzo" it kinda suggests to me that the whole time, part of what made this all so harrowing for her was how much she loved him. She probably wanted nothing more than that happy relationship with the man she loved, but because she didn't speak out to the right people, and no one took the time to see how she was feeling, she ended up going to a place she could never come back from. Its sad and terrifying because it could happen to anyone and you saw how much time there was (vaguely) between those frantic 6 calls and her turning up with soulless dead eyes and a power tool. It doesn't take long at all...
Anyway if you made it this far, thanks for entertaining my little theory. Let me know what you think I got right or wrong, and finally don't forget this one was all just make believe, so go take a short break to shake off some of the heavy and bring yourself back to your reality - that should stop the itch. 😉
Bruh how much time did you spend writing this. I appreciate it though
I... find it frustrating that so often people are like "gosh how long did it take you to write this!?" in this twittery day and age. "TL;DR" says people who spend HOURS reading hundreds of comments instead of just one book. Social aspects I suppose, but it comes across as so shallow to me.
Anyway I sadly agree with your analysis, I suffer from chronic depression and dissociative identity disorder due to twenty years of Crohn's and other autoimmune disease issues. I've only known one person who was bipolar, and knew two manic depressives, and studied a lot of ... well, all of it I guess, looking for answers and help when doctors didn't seem to care. I don't think Enzo was being deliberately abusive, but he certainly took everything about Addy for granted, likely a sign of how close they once were. I've seen married life change very suddenly after several years in couples, and honestly the so called "seven year itch" was the first thing I thought of when just seeing the title. So there could be some intended parallels there too, and it ties in nicely with your description. Addy NEEDED attention and to feel wanted, Enzo needed life to go smoothly and according to plan, and for the first few years of their marriage they both managed to do that.
Monotony in relationships can lead to isolation even when spending time with someone constantly, (role-expectation, work and chores, just daily living and surviving evolves within a marriage differently than it does as say with children growing up with their parents despite the obvious enormous changes there too over time) and Addy had to withdrawal inside to find agency, to find herself or a core, since he wasn't providing it to her as them being a couple. She was just "there," to him, and expected to be, not maliciously on his part but definitely self-absorbed. And when she DID finally start to cry out, she couldn't do so because she seems like she felt it might harm their relationship or make her seem weak or whatever, so it internalized like you said and manifested physically as psychosomatic hives. Rather, stress induced hives. It was very real, but didn't have a physical cause until she started abusing her own body to try to rip out the pain.
From there it's as you said, her isolation spiraled quickly alongside her mental deterioration, and when she finally snapped she felt she was saving everybody from what she'd been going through. She saw it in everybody, everybody was itching, bugs were scritching EVERYWHERE, and she saw it as her fault. (She thinks) : Of course it was, the doctor said it, Enzo said she needed to just stop thinking about it and it'd go away but since she couldn't it didn't so that was her fault too, and now everyone was infected and it was her fault, her fault, her fault, her fault...
It's a terrible thing to lose your sanity, whether temporarily or permanently, it's just the most terrible thing. Illness can be fought, even with placebo. But the placebo is from the mind, and a great deal of the will to live must come from the mind, and if you're extremely social or have tied your being so tightly to one person and then feel that relationship slipping... it's so hard. Life is so hard. Hopefully we don't have to go it alone, and even if you're just a random youtube commentor or reader, I'd like you to know that I'm thinking about you and I wish you well.
EXQUISITE NACHOS, excellent and well thought post, thanks for sharing and I wish you all the very best in all things. Be safe everybody :)
2 PS: he keeps asking her about "not going in today," implying several times that she's been feeling "unwell" alot lately and perhaps skipping work? Perhaps making him feel like she wasn't trying as hard as he obviously was in his mind to keep everything going, and after a long while he was feeling resentful. No excuse, but there's a lot to unpack here. Second PS, you're not related to Exotic Butters are you?
I forgot all about this! 😅
Thanks for the comments/support - i did indeed spend too long writing that. :D
Note to self: always take your gf calls even if you with your side chick
Always take care sooooooooooo much of ur gf too
Don't have a side chick 😤
I can’t believe how well done this is. I’m blown away
Thanks for the support! We had so much fun making it!
@@theitch6882 it made me cry, I am devastated
Alters short Horrors are way better than any Horror Movies from Hollywood... Some are more Horror than others but still these short films are so amazing
The irony about using the color yellow is that it's usually intended as a cheerful, positive color, but here, it's almost overwhelming. It's also interesting that there's a book reading 'obey' at the beginning (I got "They Live" vibes from that).
Yellow is a colour associated with insanity, for example, the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper.”
@@dancevibelounge6391 my fave short story. I thought the movie sucked, I was so excited to find it then so disappointed 😭
I really loved this, especially the sound design, editing, directing, and everything that was bloody (the blood was super convincing/realistic). The only thing I disliked was the casting for the lead character. Don't get me wrong, the actress seems really talented, and did a great performance, but for a short film about an insatiable itch, the actor/actress really needs to sell the audience on just how maddeningly uncomfortable they are, and a crucial part of that is facial expressions. This actress just wasn't facially expressive enough to sell me on their character and make me really feel what that character is going through.
As usual, you guys deliver!! In true GOOD horror fashion, it's what you DON'T see that is most terrifying!!
Thank you for watching!
I felt how she felt when she called her boyfriend and he didn’t pick up her call, it’s like when I needed somebody the most they don’t pick up.
My legs are itching & now my eye itches! This was a great short film!
This actress is good it’s like if Anna Faris stared in a serious thriller film...which is a good thing
i was litlary itching through da WHOLE video
SCARYYY
Y’all got some really good actors
Very cleverly delivered! LOVED this short! 😀
Was this about being unhappy in a relationship or something.
Excellent short film!!! Brings it, with tension and suspense ... Very well acted, and the visuals definitely got under my skin! haha
A well-made short film. Impressive direction and performances.
Obviously, this is a metaphor for "the seven year itch" and you can tell by the way she's watching her neighbor work on his house. The "itch" is driving her mad and she feels like everyone around her can sense it. In the end, the only way she can scratch it is to kill that little ant that's getting in the way of her sweet, sweet relief.
Moral of the story: My scratching anxiety
spookiest part was when she did a terrible job cooking those eggs!
i love the spooky stuff thanks!!
As a sufferer of chronic eczema...Bravo.👏👏👏
Severe itching is the stuff of horror movies.
You don't know how to feel watching this . Itchy , sad , frustrated , shocked ...... Excellent work for real 👌
Thank you so much! We're really happy you enjoyed it!
@@theitch6882 I can't wait to see what you have next !
I think she found out she's in the wrong skin.
her husband clearly didn’t love her 😠
That steel sponge immediately made me go 'oh no'
The itch was the itch to break up with that terrible man lol. Look how dry he had her contact. He didn’t care about her at all
This was a really great horror short but she was scratching so much she made me scratch 😂😂❤ Thanks Alter for another great one💝⚘
25 seconds ago.....woah, a shame there's no theories in the comments section though!
Still too new. I haven’t finished watching yet :) though I’m stumped myself especially with the ending. Though the lack of subtitles probably help the difficulty
@@reychop haha
You've got to give it a little time for others to watch...then think about thier theory. I almost always write synopsis on my theory...if I really liked the film, but I just this minute watched it and when I looked at the comments, there were several theories posted....😎✌
The intensity of her putting on the first bandaid was awkwardly scary
I had itches two times watching this... LOL
Great film!! Itches and chills...
Gratitude!
TOO cool! She's a loon and he deserved it. Loved it! Straightforward and directly to the point.
Did this make anyone else start to itch
You should've been on set!
@@theitch6882 dude this is cool but creepy af
It’s so crazy that everyone has a different mindset & how you never know what someone has going on in their heads!!! Check on people please !!
Yes thank you for reminding friends of this very important note♥️
It was so good that it was difficult to watch. Definitely felt itchy as well on more than one occasion.
Love the exploration of someone falling into madness. Well done! The storytelling was on point throughout with all sorts of different creepy scares. Inspiring for our own short horror films!
Thank you! Can't wait to see what ya'll are working on!
...Oooh. I watched it again and saw some new stuff. I almost feel like the contractor with the saw is a guy she cheated on her boyfriend with, and the "itch" is the guilt building up inside her...Not sure if that was intended but there's an element of that going on as well.
@@HomemadeHorror well now that's pretty interesting...
Well, story was not that great but my god the cinematography is splendid!
John Regalado, our DP, is a magician wizard of the highest order. We were very low budget and he carved light with the very limited equipment we were able to afford!
Brilliantly done 😮
Very good direction, very good actors.
I love this channel from years...
This short movie make me feel itchy and super uncomfortable, but I still love it!
You are itchy itches lot
Me as someone who had an itching problem and could not stop itching, it bothered me a lot. Poor girl
Audio design is reeeeeeally good in this one