I know this wasn't meant for that, but I would legit watch a show about our main character. Her doing her craft to various customers, the consequences, the scenarios with this exact atmosphere...nothing too flashy, or crazy, or even anything that escalates past the subtle nature of the magic as its shown, because it's really good.

Absolutely love the way she's practicing her craft. There's no glamour of fancy objects, it's ordinary items being used, like the tea bag and a jar. The atmosphere and the music really set the mood. Love it! wish there could be more stories about these characters.

I'm impressed with Jasmine's screen presence and acting. Harry, you might want to get her into another film before she's just too mega-huge to get into an independent short.

This is what I understood from it: The young lady is naturally gifted and practices witchcraft from which she earns money. The guy brings her clients. The first client we meet wants to know about a future business deal. She touches him and has a vision of the deal going badly and of her client getting stabbed. She shares this vision with him exactly as she sees it and that is what impresses him so much (he was probably skeptical of her abilities, said he expected a “little old lady”). The psychic refuses the next client saying she is tired. In the morning, her helper asks her what the birds are saying alluding to more of her gifts. She says they simply want to go somewhere warmer. He also mentions putting the person she refused to see on some list (a blacklist possibly of ppl she refuses to work with) but the psychic insists it’s fine and she was just tired. We then meet another client, a young girl “Saf” who brings a lock of hair possibly from an unfaithful boyfriend as the helper says “it’s about loyalty” when Saf says she doesn’t want “him” hurt. The psychic hexes the disloyal person by putting his hair in a jar with other ingredients, sealing it and having the jar buried so it’ll take effect. The psychic has another guy helping her who says he has buried so many of these hex jars. The next client is an older man who wants to speak to his deceased wife. She seemingly acts as a medium to allow this conversation to happen. This causes the lights to go out while a woman appears in the room with the psychic. A senior person in this witchcraft business shows up to tell the psychic that they don’t consort with the dead because it’s not worth it. We realize that the woman who appeared behind the psychic (interrupting her attempt to reach the dead) was actually the psychic’s own sister “Bea” who is psychic is as well and was thus able to find her witchy sister. Bea shows up in the flesh, knocking on the door. The second helper and the psychic grab weapons before they answer the door (clearly no one visits them other than clients). Bea tells the psychic their Mom is concerned about her while the psychic spreads salt on the floor as though she is going to cast a spell on her own sister. The psychic says she could teach Bea (witchcraft) and that Bea would be good at it but it is clear that Bea does not agree with the witchcraft and business side of all of this although she too is gifted. It seems that her sister was also the client she refused to see in the beginning. The psychic reveals she was just joking with the salt and hugs her sister. It seems like she may reconcile with her estranged family but we then see the second helper going outside to bury something (probably another hex jar) while the birds fly overhead, signifying that things haven’t really changed yet. She is still practicing witchcraft. She is the gutterwitch.

This is the stuff I like, a story with a subtle and strange atmosphere and grounded characters. No gimmicks or over reliance on humor or jump scares, just a straight forward urban "horror" story (I put horror in quotation since it really had more suspense than scares)

*watching this channel starts from the dollmaker now we are addicted to this channel*

I love the "we dont fuck with the dead" foreal man

The real horror is Ed trying to dig a hole with a square spade....

------- The camera just loves Jasmine Blackborow (her name and surname seems a spell itself): very good acting. Kudos from Italy

Okay this needs to be a show PLEASE. I need more of this so bad. Give it to me🖤

Girl has talent but so do many others. What sets her apart isn't just the charisma, it is how she doesn't show any weakness in her game. This leaves you overall impressed with her performance at the end because there isn't anything to really critique. Bravo.

This is weirdly the most accurate I've ever seen witchery portrayed. Good job to everybody!!

A wonderfully put together short film, the main character was brilliantly played by the actor. She gave the character an air of mystery that made you care about her and want to know more. This is exactly the type of film that could easily be a full length study of the good and bad that comes with this type of gift. And I need to know how many bloody jam jars are in that garden! Congratulations to all involved, you made a great piece of drama.

Alter: *posts a new short film* Me: *forgot to drink my coffee*

I really enjoyed this and wish it had been longer....by turns unsettling, horrifying and intriguing...and very original too, mixing gangster with witchcraft in a modern day setting...the acting was top notch and the cinematography masterful, the setting colourful and austere at the same time. Excellent short!

as a witch , i am pleased with how you represented the craft, you either know or researched it well. salt is for protection or cleansing . the circle was not a joke .or should not have been ,perhaps a way to remove the emotions ,as being a child as she said , or to cleanse the relationship.the sister hugged her first ,she was slow to return the embrace ,showing the problems were hers , and she needs to do shadow work on her self , the sour jars and her budget craft was nice to see , as well as no harry potter hocus pocus , magick. i my self liked she used animal parts , you did not make her into a fuzzy bunny glenda the good witch , this would make a fantastic series , for more modern non wicca witches , the actors were great , believable and drew me in , wondering on the witch that policed her , head witch . is she in a coven ?? or solitary with perhaps a teacher keeping an eye on her , loved it do more

It isn’t often that I find a film, full length or short, that makes me sit back and ruminate on what I saw. It feels like I binged the first season of a short show and now I’m just left wanting more and hoping that isn’t the last. Guys, you’re better than a lot of pros out there. The actors were phenomenal and all felt natural. There was a lot of talent in this. I’ve seen a few Alter videos I was liked but this got me to subscribe. I’m grateful there’s a platform that encourages filmmakers to do their best to tell stories.

I would adore for this to be a series or a full length film!

I really loved this film. It's so cool to see a witch featured with authenticity in a movie. She's probably an urban witch. Using basic stuff and practicing inside the city. Pretty cool. No fancy crystals or elaborated altar. It's what it's like besides Pinterest witchy aesthetic posts. It's simple, powerful, and the witch can use basic items to cast spells. One only need their spirit and focus to practice witchcraft. Items and tools are useful, and they're here to channel energy but you don't NEED super fancy stuff

Why hasn't Netflix green lit this? Has real potential!

I am glad I watched this twice as for me it made more sense. A young woman who practices witchcraft in the modern world makes a living selling her services. Instead of living in the woods, she lives with two roommates in low income housing. She has a broken washer outside her apartment. Her two roommates her get clients. I think she also has psychic powers as she can see the future (evidenced by the how she sees her client Jay get stabbed). She can set hexes and she can summoon the dead. She is part of a group as a fellow witch came to chastise her for messing with tbe dead. (A code of ethics for witches?) She has visions such as a roommate dying and seeing her sister before she is there. She also seems to have a connection with her sister who in my opinion has psychic powers she does not want to lose. The sad thing I saw is that even with all her powers the witch seems to be unhappy and miserable as if she is trapped in her gutterwitch lifestyle. Her two roommates and fellow witch also seem to be miserable. Flying geese can represent a changing of the season and hopefully there is a change on the horizon for the gutterwitch. That's my interpretation. The acting was great and the gutter environment had the right amount of squalor. This was enjoyable and a different take on witchcraft. Many Thanks to Harry Baker, the cast, and crew. Excellent work. Peace.

This is criminally underrated. Have to say I loved everything about this.

I think it’s a little comical that this tough gutter-witch And her thugs were so nervous and afraid it only for it to be - her ( potentially ) less evil sister. Lmao. I love this one though I keep coming back to it. Literally a perfect short. This wouldn’t even do well as a full feature. And I say that about most Alter films. Bravooooo 🎉🎉🎉🎉

I'm still confused, no lie. But it's still a good short film, the shots are awesome, the vibe is amazingly well put. Alter is just an awesome chanel for great cinematic artistry.

OUTSTANDING ! Top level acting, great dialogue , just fricking great across the board ! This is how it's done .

I enjoyed this movie so much! Great job to everyone who worked on it. I wish this was a full length film.

anyone know the plot ??? kind of confused.

Oh my God I love everything about this show....Oh Oops, I'm sorry...this film... this short film!! What I want to say... What I Was Going To Say....What I Want To Say Is...Is That "Gutter Witch" ABSOLUTELY OUGHT TO BE A SERIES!! In Fact, I DEMAND IT! This FILM... This "SHORT" MUST BECOME A TV SERIES! IMMEDIATELY!! IT ALSO MUST INCLUDE THIS ENTIRE CAST!! THIS WAS PERFECTION! FROM START TO FINISH! I LOVED IT... COMPLETELY!!

I wouldn’t mind seeing this as a series, with all the characters involved. Well done!!

I love this so much: the premise, the acting, the camera work. Absolutely fantastic. Kudos to the filmmakers and cast!

The main actress is really good, charismatic and the salt scene at the end was brilliant!

Outstanding 💯👍🏾. The cast, crew, setting, scenery, script everything was polished and on point. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💙

I can‘t believe how you sways, always find such amazing actors and actresses, how the atmosphere and soundtrack is on point every time, managing to let the scene breathe and develop on its own. Your work is outstanding and makes me - for the first time - fall completely in love with the art of filmmaking.

This was fantastic. What a great lead actress.

I loved every bit of this!!! This left me wanting more of this story.

I have watched so many Alter vids but I have to say, this one was my absolute favorite!!! it was filmed so perfectly. the acting was believable and it seemed that they truly had been with her throughout X time frame. It was simplistic but artistic enough and didn't make witchcraft into "The Magicians" or other movies/shows/ideas/etc but a raw could-be realistic side to the craft. IDK why it drew me in but I could literally watch like seasons of this. awesome!

I loved it! Especially the music and the casting. Great atmosphere!

I actually loved this. Just enough story and just enough grit! Well done!

Be aware that with this short film you have made me addicted and that I expect a television series focused on this.

I'd like to hear more from the director, Harry Baker. This short had so much more to it than the simplified cover description. Loved it's style and technical qualities, but the characters - every last one of them - where phenomenal! So many possible side-stories from writing this good.

Realizing that "Teeth" was an alert animation film which was the very first one i watched but i thought my first watch was " *The Dollmaker* " Wow alter you really are remarkable when it comes to horror films and stories. I truly love your channel.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE FREE CONTENT! IM LOVING THIS CHANNEL! FOUND IT YESTERDAY AND I CANT STOP WATCHING.

I don't think Safi is the victim here acting as a client seeking revenge. Everyone in the room appears to be on informal terms, and refers to each other on a first name basis. Cal even sends his love to Safi's mom. I think Safi is part of this coven, likely a witch herself, and an incident involving a man who she was close to occurred, and they had to take care of him, hence the statement "This is about loyalty", likely in reference to loyalty to their group. Note that Safi said "I didn't want to hurt him", past tense, which may mean that she didn't intend harm to come to this man when this all started, with their involvement causing him to find out too much, which necessitated him to be dealt with. Keep in mind that at no point is it inferred that it was necessarily a romantic relationship, he could have been a friend or even family member. It might just be trendy coincidence, but the female characters all have hanging gemstone necklaces and black nail polish (couldn't tell about jacketted Mary), perhaps meant to be a visual cue that they all have a connection to witchcraft? The men seem to be there solely as enforcers/workers. As an aside, note the necklace continuity error in the scene from @3:48 onward. I think the "list" Cal refers to is likely a hit/jar list. I am not sure, but they seem to treat the jars as people who have been buried as in a graveyard, so perhaps it is more lethal than just a hex? One concerning thing in light of Libby being a prognosticator is that when she opens the barrier to the dead, she sees her sister and gasps, which I will assume is not a coincidence. This might signify that in the near future her sister will end up in the afterlife, which could explain the additional buried jar in the last scene, as she too now knows too much. Alternatively, her psychic exploration may have allowed her similarly endowed sister to psychically discover her location, which shocked Libby. A thought provoking scene is where Libby reads the entrails of the bird and divines Cal's shooting by a person with a hoodie and gloved hand, possibly the same person in the immediately preceding vision who had an ungloved delicate appearing white skinned hand, all ending with a gasp of realization as she envisions Bea. Perhaps Bea was intent on liberating her sister from this coven? It appears that the predicted future can be, dare I say it, altered, which makes me ponder if Libby also chose loyalty to the coven by jarring Bea? Something that is eluding me, is twice Safi is visualized during Libby's prognostication, first after cleaning up a circle and finding what appears to be a lock of hair, and second in the final divining circle scene where Safi is seen looking sideways.

Should be made into a TV series

This is the first horror short I've seen that genuinely could be made into something much bigger. A lot of the time, while the short is great, I think making a feature length would take away the essence of it (the pacing, or the mystery as a result of not having time to explain everything). But with this I really feel like there's so much more story to be told.

This is a good enough psychological horror short film!

This needs to be a series.

"Gutterwitch" was created by the wicked Harry Baker and his fantastic team. Check out his and Featherside Films socials to keep up with their spellbinding work: instagram.com/hakerbarry/ instagram.com/feathersidefilms/ twitter.com/BarryHaker twitter.com/featherside

I would definitely love to watch this as a whole series, I want more!! Love it!

I wish this was a series.

in my early life i was a certified witch instructor and i can confirm, all procedures shown in this short are valid.

This was actually both very dark and funny. And it left everything open to question in the best way. Thanks!

WOW, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS FILM, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Alot of story put into 20 minutes. That's good writing for it not to get muddled. Good job man pretty good.

She put her sister in the salt to protect her from the spirit world.

Loved the originality of this flick! No crazy flashy gimmicks, just straight forward crating.

Very good! I actually watched this one at 1X speed :) Would love more of this character!

Really enjoyed this, Harry! Such a lot of incredible detail in a short time. There's a lot of wonderful talent here and I think it's great that people are asking for this to be a series. Nice work!

Ive always been fascinated by witchcraft, the use of nature and how one can draw power from it. Ive seen many films pertaining to the craft but never experienced it in such a beautifully portrayed version as this. Its not glamorous or supernatural or speaking in strange tongues but authentically real and fantastically human. The actress playing the witch really is brilliant she brings out the emotional rawness of the craft and delivers a proformance that needs very little dialog or explanation. I loved it!! I cant wait to see more of your work.❤️❤️

THIS FILM IS AMAZING, I LOVE IT THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!

This was a brilliant film and Jasmine was a revelation

Nice work. Congrats to all involved 👏🏾

Why is it how we're stuck with so many crap horror movies that u would think by having a huge budget, would actually be worth watching but alas....nope! We find better substance and overall quality with better acting, and everything else thru these shorter movie, who are also better at story-telling with the limited resources they have? This was another shorty that is definitely a bestie!

When you're supposed to be doing laundry but ALTER TV is more important.

This would work as a pilot for a show solid characters and world building.

Absolutely excellent. Thank you.

Excellent, everything was on point

This was absolutely enthralling. TY.

I need this as a feature length film. I would love more of this story

One of my favorites on here! Well done!

great acting by everyone. i loved it!

The acting was great all around. They chose Libby's actress perfectly. I'm waiting for the Safi explaination as it's one of the biggest cliff-hangers imo. Hex gone wrong or perhaps it really was a game and there was no hex at all. Either way, bad news for the guy in the room with Safi during the hex.

I am so damn glad I found this channel. I have always been a huge fan or horror and creepy shit, and this channel has it all! Excellent film. The acting is freakin' astounding! Bravo to everyone involved in this masterpiece. It leaves you wanting more! I would seriously watch this as a series if there ever was one. It was simple, no frills involved in the witchcraft. Just basic stuff. I loved it

This was very, very good.

FAntastic! I'd watch more of this.

Damn I wish this was a series!! Incredibly intriguing, sucked me right in!

I’m so in love with this channel!!

Interesting premise and was quite gripped.

I wish it was about 20 more minutes really good

This was incredibly well done. All the actors were amazing! I'm so sad it's over. You should make an entire series of Gutterwitch.

She's amazing I've seen her in other shorts. She's gonna blow up. I'm a fan man!! MORE SCREEN TIME FOR HER PLEASE!

This was very good. Very good concept and I love the cast. 🔥

Excellent. 👏🏻👏🏻 bravo to all!

This one is very well made!!!

Im impressed with the acting

This is several cuts above the other movies where people dig holes with flat shovels.

Definitely needs to be a series or full length movie !

Really loved it. Quite catches witchcraft very good. The mixture of psychology, a little bit of show and the real dancing on the edge with the unknown while trying to interpret what you see. The actress was very good in capturing this, double thumps up 👍👍

Id watch a series of this! Just incredible.

Confused people asking for the plot, I think the title is the plot. Just the daily life of her, reality can be scary too.

Found alter in 2019... Still addicted to it💜

I think that this needs a part 2

This is gold.

i LOVE that they are strapped lmfao

Her sister hugging her was so great for some reason

Despite my best efforts I was really drawn into this one. Great job.

This is so good! I want this to be a show. "Gutterwitch" is also a great name for that show!

This should be a full movie

bravo.that was rich. must have been a blast to film

This is the kind of poor girl who only meets John Constantine because she had no idea of her very sharp limits, and when she would die cursing his name he would blame himself for something entirely her fault.