Moral of the story: *do not go on a walk at 2 am like a lunatic.*

Damn you Jim Carey, leave me alone! I don't want to be in your movies!

“He didn’t look drunk. He didn’t look high. He looked completely fucking insane.” Well they certainly nailed that aspect of the story.

The younger guy smiles back and they forged a great friendship. They were each other's best man at their weddings. I saw them at the hockey game tonight and had a nice chat with them. Good couple of dudes.

"what the hell do you want??" *takes step closer and whispers* "would you like to talk about our lord and savior?"

MAKIN MY WAY DOWNTOWN

Watching it 9 years later, it's still better than most full length horror movies.

‘He didn’t look drunk, he didn’t look high. He looked completely and utterly insane. And that’s a very, scary thing to see.’

"What the hell do you want?!" "Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Jesus Christ?"

Smiling man: *dances my way* Me: *confused* Smiling man: *continues dancing my way* Me: *dances with him in confusion* Smiling man: *still dances* Me: *dances* *LA LA LAND 2*

You know it’s a good film when the actor looks down but you want him to hurry to look back up to make sure he’s safe.

A classic! The actor who plays the smiling man, was cast perfectly.

1:40 me trying to get food from downstairs when everyone is asleep

Am I the only one who just reads the comments during these types of videos just to not get scared??😂😂😂

after 10 years, i finally gained courage to watch this film

Watched this video years ago and no one can beat this smiling man.

When he's crouching and then he gets up and starts doing a walk like a "sneaky cartoon hunter" type of thing, that's a whole new level of pshyco, if this was me in real life i would of died right there from a heart attack

Imagine the guy running at you, and out of panic you run full speed back at him, then both of you just face plant into eachothers faces.

I remember watching this one years ago and I'm here watching it again. 🤣 It caught me off guard the first time lol. This short film captures the essence of the story very well. Excellent work. 👏👏👍

Incredible performance ftom Paul! That moment where smiles changed his tactic from creepy walk to full sprint was great!

this is me trying to ask a girl out

The guy who played The Smiling Man absolutely NAILED the role

Every few months or so ill randomly get a nightmare about this situation. Every time i do, this short's soundtrack always accompanies it, and i find myself running with the same blaring sirens echoing in my mind. I dont know what it is about this short's soundtrack that just unsettles me so much, but if it's able to become the OST of my literal nightmares, it has done its job tenfold.

This was EXCELLENT!!! It's literally EXACTLY like the story. the performances were spot on!

The man walking sounds like when you run on grass in Minecraft

I would have smiled back at him and danced with him. he seems like a nice guy

Even so many years later that scene where he begins to "sneak walk" to the guy like he doesn't want to be spotted even though he is clearly visible still gives me goosebumps

Even after a few years, it still looks great ! A classic, much imitated, but never rivalled ! Thank you again, cast & crew !

"what the hell do you want??" ... "oh hey man sorry i was just a little lost could you give me directions to mcdonalds thanks"

The creepy part of this for me is the fact that you wouldn't really be prepared for anything like this. I feel like I would just freeze up, because it's such a bizarre situation.

The creepiest part about this and others like it is the fact that it makes no sense. It shouldn’t be happening but it is, and this adds to the confusion of whether you should fight or flee. For years and years since I was a kid, every Sunday evening at 6:40 pm I would suddenly feel a sense of doom with extreme anxiety and panicked paranoia with a feeling like I was both everywhere and nowhere. I got to where I’d deliberately force myself to be asleep during that hour. Never did figure it out and watching this brought back those incidents even though I haven’t had this issue in over a decade now.

I come back to this every so often . . . props to everyone involved.

Smiling man: :) *Me* What the hell do you want? Smiling man: are you interested in taking salsa classes?

2:43 “wait! I’ll buy half!☝🏻👴🏻”

Wonderfully unsettling, otherworldly and nerve-jangling stuff ! Great, no reliance on the mainstays of horror, just a creepy narrative, both actors very good, to fit this in such a short running time and have that kind of impact in just brilliant ! Keep making films !!!

I love the atmosphere of this short. Amazing job for such a low budget film.

-She is looking, act natural - 1:06

It's just my drunk uncle. We usually get him a beer and he goes away

The sound and clip of the smiling man sprinting at the protagonist always gives me that nasty gut drop feeling. It's just so unnerving.

O que torna isso imensamente assustador é o fato de que isso se parece muito mais verossímil do que qualquer fantasia exagerada de terror.

1:40 when i try to sneak food in my room when everyone is asleep at 5 am

"Here you dropped your wallet I was just gonna give it to you..."

This kind of understated performance from your actor is actually quite hard to pull off. From one Actor to another bravo to you Sean.

This is one of my favourite short horror films! I love it! I find it more funny than creepy, but I cant tell if its the smiling man himself that makes me laugh or the absolute weirdness of it all! I swear this is based off a creepypasta too

"What the hell do you want?!" "Would you like to buy some girl scout cookies?"

Who else shivered when he started running

Love how accurate this is to the source material

I wouldn't have stopped running. I would've kept going until I got home.

I thought it was Micheal Jackson doing thriller at first

Me: What the hell do you want?! The Smiling Man: Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?

I think I saw this short when I was little, I felt an aura of nostalgia from when I was around 4-5 years old.

More than 10 years later, this video evokes pure nostalgia.

2:11 when you walk in the wrong class at a new school

come on man, the dancing guy is obviously tripping balls and having a great time, we've all been there.

I actually genuinely screamed out loud whilst watching this like a big girls blouse girly scream in the middle of the day with sunshine and everything and that was exactly when he started to run BOOM 😮

Probably my favorite scary short film of all time

Imagine the Smiling Man listening to Never Gonna Give You Up on Air Pods while he was chasing you, and you can hear it

*am I the only one finding the sound of the steps, satisfying?* 🤔

Dude. I remember watching this like, forever ago. It truly scared me when I was a kid, well done.

This is an awesome video .Short ,but ,yet ,really scary. Conqratulations to the person who did it .The actor also ,who played the smiling man ,nailed it.

3:27 how I look at my friend when the teacher says pick a partner

My friends: Your crush is coming this way act normal Me: 1:07

I just narrated this on my channel and my friend told me I needed to watch this and omg absolutely nailed it both of the actors!!!

When I was younger I watched it once, and it was all it took for me to stay awake at night for several weeks.

The part that makes this scary for me is the fact that the smiling man never directly looks at the main character until the end either. He stares at something vaguely above him. For the entire video, you’re waiting for him to lock eyes with the MC or even us (the audience), but his face is just tilted slightly out of reach. It adds to the horror aspect, since a lot of the time, the “monster” in these horror stories usually stares directly at the viewer to make *us* feel like we’re in a helpless situation with the MC. But in this, we kind of want the smiling man to just look at us so we can see some form of humanity within him. But the moment he does, you can’t make out any details on his face because it’s shielded by that manic smile and the lighting. It gives you more of the illusion that the smiling man isn’t a “man”, and more of just a thing that’s pretending to be a man but doesn’t look quite right.

im not even kidding this looks goofy af at first but it was actually scary holy shit

This is one concept extrapolated brilliantly. I love it.

10 years later and still one the best short horror movies i have ever seen

I would've been tracking like I was in the Olympics

Dude said “Minecraft footsteps”

The fact he stands still just looking at him 👀

There is something really unsettling when humans move in such a weird way, "Us" was a perfect example for that. The way the smiling man moves absolutely terrifies me.

I'm having a hard time finding this scary with all of these comments.

He looks like he's seeing something amusing above him that no one else can see...

Very rarely do horror films actually creep me out but this one did it

Bro would get right hooked so fast if it were me at the end, like the second I turn around and saw him it’s boxing time

Plot twist: He’s been hired by local law enforcement to enforce curfew laws

oh so this is what Jim Carey has been up to LMAOOO

They recruited the actual smiling man for this production.😂😂

The audio is amazing, especially the sound of the smiling man's footsteps.

He's just advertising his salsa classes

anyone in a horror movie: runs from monster, than stops to take a breath me: you're so freaking dumb, don't you know that breathing decreases your chances of survival?

“You know, I’m something of a crazy Smiling Man who randomly chases people at night myself”.

Oh man, this is based on one of my favourite urban legends, and it reeeally captures the essence of everything that makes it scary. HOOOOOO BOY this is a good one, CHILLS. CHILLS I TELL YA.

This is like perfect creepy horror , no need for massive jumpscares

2:43 when the microwave is at 2 seconds but you are on the other side of the room

Okay, at first I couldn't reallt take this smiling man quite seriously but after a while, it gets uncanny and when he run towards the guy, it got real. Nice lil' short film!

Came here to watch this by one of the guy's comments in a yt channel called Mr nightmare. Absolutely worth it. Although I'm late but exactly the kind of video I need right now to watch at 2am lol

1:39 *TIP TOEIN IN MY JORDANS*

When the villian is just an eccentric man with cerebral palsy.

this s the best short horror i have seen, the sound of steps running towards the guy is stunning!

I remember reading about this on Reddit a few years back! Well done!!!

My theory: They go to the same dance class and smiling man just can't take the hint that hoodie guy doesn't want to be his dance partner.

2:43 when your somewhere else in the house but need to reach the microwave 1 second before it goes off

I remember watching this when it first came out. this is still one of my favorites

OMG WE WATCHED THIS IN 7TH GRADE😭 I love this so much😂 now I do his little dance moves

2:42 me tryin catch my dog after I asked what it's eatin

Normally you would laugh at that kind of cartoonish sneaking. But when you're alone in the night on an empty street and followed by a weird smiling man looking up in the sky, it suddenly becomes very scary. Especially since it resembles a zombie walking.

WOAW!! .. After 5 Years!! .. I Still Laughing 🤣🤣😂 .. When The Smiing Man started to Run at Evans!!

The best off hand story of all time. And I don’t even know who created it. This short movie is fucking glorious. The footsteps picking up the second he turns around still give me the heebies even tho I expect it.