To hell with modern movies and their jump scares, *this* is terrifying

See kids, "My daughters will dance for you" translates to "These wolves will tear you limb from limb" in elfish.

Everyone’s talking about how creepy it is, but THAT SAND ART IS AMAZING

“In his arms the child.... IS DEAD” Why did my school make me watch this it’s giving me nightmares

Damn, the Erlkönig just went from "I got games and Gucci in my place" to Jared Fogle real quickly

how precisely German this poem is it's written by Goethe with music by Schubert dark and gorgeous from beginning to end a ride of anxiety that ends in tragedy it leaves me wanting to ride it again the sand art does the poem justice

If this is "comedy" then DAMN IS IT SOME DARK HUMOR.

I will never forget my music teacher playing this classical piece for my class in early elementary school. Complete with telling us the backstory behind it. He was absolutely incredible at telling stories and I remember being mesmerized and terrified by both the music and story. One of the earliest things that instilled my love for the horror genre.

This is like... one of the most brilliant songs EVER. it's perfect. I literally cry everytime.

This was actually...really amazing. The art direction was good, as well as the transitions, and the art style combined with the grittiness of the sand made it just disturbing enough to haunt my memories. Good work!

German tales are so dark and captivating

you’re bringing your son home on horseback You: Why am I hearing boss music?

The Erlking (in English) is a symbol for death. The father is trying to race home, because his son is ill

Categorized under "Comedy"...?

The way the elf king moves is so smooth, it's quite terrifying. 10/10 I love it

I absolutely adore this. I love the intensity of the song, the gorgeous visuals, all of it. One great moment is when the Erlking actually attacks the child, and we see the only instance of color in the entire animation.

As a musician, this makes me weep tears of joy.

Beautiful animation. It really does the song and poem justice. Bravo.

Damn....not to trivialize how incredible this music is, but I have the flu, a fever, & my daughter made me watch this...... Redefines traumatic fever nightmares, lol!😍

in childhood in the Soviet Union, this song, like Goethe's work, was in the compulsory school curriculum. she made a frightening impression on me and still scares me

I must say, this expression, both the visual and musical, really expresses the underlying story. I'm impressed

We got to the romantic era in my music class... This is amazing

This sand art animation increases spookiness and sadness of the poem. Insultingly underrated!

Can we give props because this animation was made with sand!!(⑉⊙ȏ⊙)

THESE TRANSITIONS ARE AMAZING, WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THEM???

I love the violent and strong ending to the piece. It symbolizes the bad ending the poem has.

Beautiful beautiful sand art. I’ve watched many iterations of erlkonig and this is one of my favorites. Well done.

I’m learning about the Romantic Period in Music Appreciation and my teacher played this when talking about Franz Schubert. The art and music is haunting yet breathtaking.

WOW! I HAVE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS WHAT I'M FELLING! IT'S JUST PERFECT!!

Wow. That was truly amazing. Thank you for posting.

This work is horrendously thrilling. Enough to touch the deepest aspects of all senses. Truely amazing !

The gifted. As a classical musician/composer. It was the first time to hear it in the series. I like the slow music box version more... Highlights the harmony way better... Worth pondering!

This captures the mood of the piece perfectly.

The density of art is shooting through the roof on this thing. First a 1st class poem, then a 1st class composition. Add a 1st class recording and then an amazing artwork. My brain can barerly cope with the stream of impressions.

Original----------------------------------------------------------- Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind? Es ist der Vater mit seinem Kind; Er hat den Knaben wohl in dem Arm, Er faßt ihn sicher, er hält ihn warm. "Mein Sohn, was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht?" - "Siehst, Vater, du den Erlkönig nicht? Den Erlenkönig mit Kron und Schweif?" - "Mein Sohn, es ist ein Nebelstreif." "Du liebes Kind, komm, geh mit mir! Gar schöne Spiele spiel' ich mit dir; Manch' bunte Blumen sind an dem Strand, Meine Mutter hat manch gülden Gewand." - "Mein Vater, mein Vater, und hörest du nicht, Was Erlenkönig mir leise verspricht?" - "Sei ruhig, bleibe ruhig, mein Kind; In dürren Blättern säuselt der Wind." - "Willst, feiner Knabe, du mit mir gehn? Meine Töchter sollen dich warten schön; Meine Töchter führen den nächtlichen Reihn, Und wiegen und tanzen und singen dich ein." - "Mein Vater, mein Vater, und siehst du nicht dort Erlkönigs Töchter am düstern Ort?" - "Mein Sohn, mein Sohn, ich seh' es genau: Es scheinen die alten Weiden so grau. -" "Ich liebe dich, mich reizt deine schöne Gestalt; Und bist du nicht willig, so brauch' ich Gewalt." - "Mein Vater, mein Vater, jetzt faßt er mich an! Erlkönig hat mir ein Leids getan!" - Dem Vater grauset's, er reitet geschwind, Er hält in Armen das ächzende Kind, Erreicht den Hof mit Müh' und Not; In seinen Armen das Kind war tot.

my theory is, that the child was sick, and was being taken to the nearest doctor, and you know those hallucinations you have with fevers? i think that’s what was happening.

This is terrifying and suspensful. It keeps me at the edge of my chair but I absoulutely love the artwork. I am also 10 years old and I have to watch this as part of my music history homework. I still can't believe how amazing the animation is.

the sand animation is just splendid but with the song it's just superb... Subarashii!...

I watched this for an art assignment, and I gotta say, this is a literal masterpiece.

Oh wow, my heart is still raising! That was amazing!

Woahh! This looks so amazing!

watched this video in german class a few years ago & forgot the title of it, finished watching over the garden wall today & it reminded me of this video, then reading about fan theories for otgw I was reminded of the title of the poem. What a weird and coincidental way to find this video again

I mean the song is amazing but the sand art is AWESOME!! overall well done though.

Prolly one of the coolest and creative videos ive ever seen

This video is amazing! The art, the sound, the piece! Thank you for sharing this amazing video here. I teared up by the ending 🥹 It was so sudden and full of sorrow, I was so scared and sad, even though I knew the ending, but I couldn’t stop my hopes 💔

This is splendid and thoroughly amazing! Astonishing and beautiful.

When he said “ MEIN FATHER MEIN FATHER” I felt that

Absolutely incredible Awesome job

I love how terrifying this is. I got the chills while watching this.

This was so good!

Beautifully done. So sad and deeply moving.

Amazing...creeepy...sad.

Woah Schubert and Goethe can be great horror movie directors!

The father's face at the end looks like he's saying " aaaah sh*t, my wife's gonna kill me"

I remember watching this in my honors English class, and it was one of the only things in that class that did not make me go insane.

So beautiful!

"Be quiet, stay quiet, my child" Well, he got what he asked for... O_o Also, as many said already, what's with the KZfaq categorization...

I miss seeing stuff animated on 1s. beautiful

This is terrifying beautiful

I love this story so much, for the underlying, or maybe overlying? theme that the father is taking his sick child through the woods, and the erlking that the boy sees may not be a malicious spirit but delirium from an illness. But at the same time, it could very much be a spirit and the more the boy pays attention to it the more power it has to tear him away. Either way by the end he's dead, but the story is enchanting.

this is a masterpiece

I feel like I need a warm shower and to spend time with my family to recooperate from seeing this because by god it is terrifying

I swear, the art style and medium makes it even more scary.

Absolutely love when the boy says “Do you not see the erlkoenig?” And he points directly at you.

Great illustration

Beautiful!

This is great video! Very informative

That's amazing.

Who is watching it in 2020?

AMAZING SONG!

Incredible, just incredible

I feel like the erkling just wants a friend.

Que profundo. Que bello.

This song is a game changer in music class had the entire class engaged

I have to study this work for German literature. As I watch it I bless the birth of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Spooky terrifing dark, but still worth listening and watching

This is creepy And awesome I like it

this was really cool

My music teacher played this song when i was in elementary school i finally found it after years of searching ,looking back at i don't understand why he played it, but i been so eager to find it

Holy shit, the animation and the music!

Such a fucking cool song. My voice teacher said he would give this one to me if the piano wasn’t so hard to play lol 😭😭😭

I never think that classic music can be this good

wow this is badass

this was buried in the depths of my freshman brain and 5 years later it popped up in my head and i cOULDNT find it but it just came up on my recomended so thanks fbi man

everyone saying it's creepy while I'm crying because that's sad

Very good Video! Subtitels (Even if i am german, its still cool to See, that there is some english sub) Schuberts Music The Poem And a Sand Film!

Ok... now I am aware that he might come for me now....

Chills... Literal Chills...

this is wonderfull...

Idk what artstyle this is but i fucking love it. And you're telling me it was made with SAND? It looks like it was made with cutouts or something...

I get goosebumps

God i love this.

Hello, your video is very impressive! Can I use your video in my class?

Impressive really

A work of art

This is scary but I like the music

This shit slaps hard schubert with the 🔥

Stupenda!!!

It's interesting that the low E minor version of Erlkönig was chosen for this video rather than the original G minor version. They're both good, but the latter is more common.

I watched this for band and this was just wow