"A Serbian Film is not queen shit" is such a great line/transition I come back just to watch May deliver it

These were my comfort videos on loop for MONTHS during a depressive/chronic illness episode, and playing them in the background helped me get functional enough to do some of my work instead of just lying in bed all day, I'm just entering another one, so uh... thank you 💜

Opening 0:00 Tier 1 11:55 Tier 2 19:30 Tier 3 42:00 Tier 4 59:20 Tier 5 1:17:00 Tier 6 1:33:15 Tier 7 1:52:00 End 2:21:30

So I’m a disabled person who loves horror. Texas Chainsaw Massacre was one of the first horror movies that made me want to talk about the conversations we need to have about disability and horror. Because whoooooo boy.

It's hilarious to me that May warns you on the content for several minutes then starts talking about the Chucky and Annabel.

Disturbing side note: sade sato (the same man who directed Mai Chan’s Daily Life) also directed actual self harm fetish films similar to how Lucifer Valentine has made movies with real vomiting.

There's something about May's personality as much as the topics of the videos themselves, but I'm always so happy when I see she's uploaded and I LOVE that we've gotten like 4 in past 10 days

I keep coming back to your iceberg videos because I like playing them just in the background lol It’s so nice to have them all in one big video. Keep up the good work, I LOVE your channel ❤️

Revisiting this, I’m honestly less shocked/angry that this type of stuff exists, because it always will. I’m more angry that people spread it because they think these absolutely terrible things are funny, and that people being legitimately traumatized by it is funny. That sort of parasitic behavior and indifference to suffering is reprehensible.

another correction you missed: Nobody was hurt or killed by the bjork stalker's bomb. It was intercepted and safely detonated before reaching bjork by police following the discovery of his body and the tapes.

I like how you included movies that you thought should be on the iceberg but weren't. It shows that you really know your stuff. I can't fathom how you could sit through such gruesome movies though, I get squemish at stuff like Saw.

I used to be one of those kids who would go in the horror section at Blockbuster to look at the scary pictures on the DVDs, despite deeply regretting it every single time. I guess being here watching this is just the natural progression of that. Anyway jokes aside you make great videos and I really enjoy them

Just here to say May's book is genuinely super good and sparked my love for reading again so y'all should legit buy it

Hey so as a super normie who nevertheless is morbidly curious, I really appreciate videos like this! I get entirely too anxious from watching horror movies but I just... wanna know? And these videos help in satisfying that urge immensely. Thank you for suffering for me, May! :D

gonna fall asleep to this and then rewatch it when i wake up- once because may’s voice is so soothing that even her speaking about really gruesome things is so calming and twice because i love may’s commentary and how she covers these icebergs

I think the thing that helps Salo work and A Serbian Film doesn't work is that the guy who made it has made film adaptions before. Like, before Salo, he made a trilogy called The Trilogy Of Life, where he adapted three famous stories of the past (The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales, and A Thousand And One Nights (Arabian Nights)) to reflect the positivity and beautifulness of life. Salo was part of The Trilogy Of Death, which would show the dirtiness and negativity of life. Salo and Sodom would've been two different projects at one point, but were later combined into one. The second one (or just the next movie he wanted to make) would have been a biopic about Gilles de Rais, but was dropped when he died. Also while I was trying to look up the names for The Trilogy Of Life I had to unfortunately learn that he uh, he likes them young. Like, the "when he was 41 he met what he called "the great love of his life" when he was 15" kind of young. Really gross stuff. And to keep my note from the last time I saw this iceberg: Check out the Tetsuo The Iron Man soundtrack. It's some real good industrial metal.

I was recommended to you on tiktok by a creator also speaking about this iceberg. And omg you’re amazing, this entire video is just beautiful. And thank you for watching this ish and explaining it to us so I don’t have to 😭❤️

Nostalgia Critic's "The Wall" being an addition here is so funny. Been watching through your videos lately and absolutely love them.

Okay so Friday the 13th disturbs me for one reason and one reason only: they actually killed that snake in the bedroom/cabin scene earlier in the film. Brutally. The story of it is extremely sad, with the snake's handler apparently screaming and begging them not to do it. Genuinely soul-crushing to learn about in a way that very few other things are. They killed that guy's pet (?) right in front of him while he begged them not to. Extremely disturbing and something that makes me feel physically ill. If I'm wrong please fucking tell me I'd love for this to not be true.

Genuinely one of the worst things is that I feel like I’m into some fucked up stuff, have not personally seen anything past tier 3, and recently learned my younger sister saw that shotgun suicide tiktok video mentioned at the end of this? Like I’m genuinely more fucked up about how casual she said it like “oh yeah that shotgun suicide video haha, fucked me up!” I hate the internet. She’s a 16 year old girl.

May, I want you to know that this iceberg analysis has helped me out. in the 00s, I was one of those edgy teens that looked this sort of stuff up. In many ways it effed my brain hole up. So to see you came out on the other side in one piece it kind of offered me a sort of closure.

Would love to hear your thoughts on the most disturbing films that have little to no violence/gore

With Midsommar, I think it's also a really good exploration of the insidious nature of far right radicalism and the desire to "go back to tradition" and how cult like the mentality is and as such, how it can easily suck someone in and how even observers might not realize what is happening.

You’re one of the most thoughtful creators on this platform. Thank you so much for all you do to make videos like this! The sign off on this series has stuck with me since it came out.

me and my buddy started watching nyx fears again after rediscovering her years later and she's absolutely been the spark to the gasline that is our passion for disturbing media and we love her commentary on it so much

I have no idea how the Mexican film Atroz isn’t on the iceberg. I didn’t even watch the actual film.I only watched a Spookyrice breakdown of it and felt extremely nauseous. I have never felt that way watching gore ever in my life.

I saw Philosophy of a Knife when I was 14, and the gore bits fucked me up for so long. But honestly, the most horrific part of this film is the fact that it's a whole goddamn FOUR AND A HALF HOURS LONG -_-

I will always say if you want a true disturbing movie about the atrocities in the Balkans, watch The Seasoning House. A Serbian Film is just a creeper directing a movie to get off. I think he used his "message " as a means to excuse his fantasies. Just one crazy chick's opinion ❤

I spent a lot of my later teens and twenties (35 now) watching most of these movies but the older I get, the lower my tolerance is for this kind of violence. Mostly the real stuff, but even some of the more intense fictional ones are harder to watch now. I guess I somehow inadvertently resensitized myself. I think that's probably a good thing though lol. I know you won't see this, but I love your videos and podcast, btw.

Thanks for the video, May. You approach these subjects with a lot of care and thought that is often lacking in horror writers and reviewers, and it's a breath of fresh air. Take care of yourself: even if you've seen it all, stuff like this is still plenty harmful to think about.

You have such a kind & genuine personality, I really enjoyed the entire experience of this iceberg. I wanted to say: I think although this video was hard to make it is SO important and you did an amazing job at providing support the entire way through. You made sure to mention multiple times not to look it up and leave it to you & provided great explanations on why someone wouldn’t want to watch it without just being dismissive. I keep thinking about how many people you probably steered away from making a bad decision by going into the iceberg alone. I might’ve researched these and even been exposed to images I didn’t want to see but didn’t have to (plus whenever I felt the need to look myself you’d soon say something about how it’ll scar us).

Thank you for making a video with all 3 parts. Here’s to your continued well being and the KZfaq algorithm.

I was just rewatching these a few days ago! The subject matter is pretty heavy, but I love hearing your take on it and your voice and commentary are very soothing. Thank you for making this ♥

Hi, Mae! I hope its not weird that your iceberg videos are some of my favorite videos to listen to while working or doing stuff around my house. I would love to see more long form content like this.

Hey May, idk if you'll see this, but how did your cameo in We're All Going To The World's Fair come about? What was that experience like?

Friday the 13th actually contains some real animal snuff that was achieved under some very horrifying circumstances. Funny that the top level and bottom levels have that in common.

I very much appreciate you documenting these things, May. I will be here everytime to show my support & because I don't want to be ignorant to the bad things in the world. Don't forget to take care of yourself when you feel upset by this subject matter. Also please tell Cindy we love her. Such a good kitty!

I love having videos playing in the background while I'm drawing, especially ones that you don't need to look at. This was a perfect way to revisit this iceberg with you! Thank you, May, for making horror so accessible to many of us!

as awful as shoujo tsubaki is, i will at least say it's *not* /horny/ anime bullshit (if that makes sense) and its treated with more gravity than you'd expect. i respect that, at least but since its a fairly realistic of an orphan girl going through the worst shit imaginable, its fucking miserable to sit through. and after all that, the movie literally ends with tsubaki, abused and now abandoned, wailing into the void as the camera fades out. its very effective, but jesus!

I think the cuteness of yourself + cat ears helps offset the most gross parts of this iceberg. A great video to listen to even instead of ever putting any of the terrifying and grotesque content mentioned into my eyeholes!

It was the screams of the other people in the car in that brick video that were the worst thing, psychologically.

Hey, Chief mod from the subreddit here. Just want to say it's cool how a topic from the AMAs ended up in this video. I hope you appreciate May. :)

Also, on the note of Lucifer Valentine, I also had a similar sentiment towards him at first due to the extreme niche he was pulling off, a friend of mine even got their hands on a physical copy of slaughtered vomit dolls and I found myself a little envious haha. But he is known to be really controlling and potentially really abusive. Here is a good video on the experiences some of the girls in the trilogy! : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nsyWqbilvcuYiWw.html

The validation of the Warrens in The Conjuring films is honestly one of the most ethically questionable things in the iceberg ;-)

Gummo kind of makes you think about how there is extreme poverty in the USA. Poverty that we usually do not think exists in a first-world country. There are parts of the US that basically are forgotten and left behind by the rest of our society and that is extremely uncomfortable to think about.

I can't stop thinking about the horrible Infections some of those women must have gotten

I love Nyx Fears. i put her videos on while I write and draw; and eat up the raw unfiltered commentary

I have enough squirm just listening to you talk about it, I can't imagine suffering through all of that.

One minor thing I learned regarding the KT Trilogy entry (as an additional note) is that there are actually two things it could be: The collected works of Kiyotaka Tsurisaki of Orozco the Embalmer infamy, including The Wasteland (which isn't on the iceberg for whatever reason), and a series of *extremely* intense BDSM films with a somewhat artsy bent about which very little is available on the Internet. Given how low the entry is, I think it's referring to the latter, but the former is still one hell of a thing.

You're literally my favorite youtuber ever. I mean this in the most affectionate way possible! Your videos have helped me when I feel the worse at times and listening to you is super comforting! I mainly live for your icebergs, they are disturbing yet very interesting to listen to oooooo. XD keep going!!

No im not trying to kill myself youtube im trying to watch a queen

I love Cannibal Holocaust but it was the first movie I ever torrented because I really wanted to see it (I LOVE 70s and 80s Italian horror) but due to the very real animal cruelty and killing, I refused to watch it in a way that meant anybody involved would get a penny of my money.

i don't totally know how to phrase this cohesively but i used to do this thing where i purposefully looked for the most personally upsetting porn i could find and would just go into these obsessive binges where like, yknow I'd literally be dissociating and shaking pretty much the entire time bc I think my justification was that I was using it as some kind of cope? i dont really remember 90% of that experience bc i was literally so out of it throughout and my only thoughts were mostly just being constantly plagued by the media i was consuming, but basically I have some sort of deeply repressed childhood sex trauma thing happening and for some reason i thought watching porn that I knew would personally upset me in particular was a great way to deal with that. in hindsight i think it was more of a self harm addiction than a genuine coping mechanism, since it literally just further traumatized me and didn't help anything but all that to say I really appreciate you talking about how seeing some of the really bad shit can be genuinely traumatizing bc like, I'd never rlly heard anyone bring it up before and i think last yearish there was just like a solid month where literally every single night I would have nightmares sort of mashing together elements of all the shitty porn i saw so uh yeah thanks for talking abt your trauma, it's like, validating of my own trauma

hey may i just wanted to say i so appreciate you not showing any graphic content in your videos like this. i am someone who is interested in learning about these subjects but Not someone who enjoys seeing them so you are my path to that good good brain rot. buying ur book now love u

In the “Don’t Fuck with Cats” documentary they showed portions of the “1 lunatic, 1 icepick” video and it was upsetting because it has no warning . If you watch this documentary be warned they show the videos of the animals dying and show portions of the real snuff video and it has no warning in the beginning. It wasn’t necessary for them to show actual videos the killer made in the documentary.

Can you put time stamps on this queen? Ive been rotting my brain watchin all your suggestionz and ive been loving it!

it's such a treat to see so many videos recently edit: oh right it's the disturbing movie iceberg. my condolences and thank you for your service.

oh my god the video of the mom getting a brick to her head in the car fucked me up for so long and i just remembered the reason i saw it was because shane dawson put it in one of his old ass conspiracy videos. i wish so much earned karma to this man

As someone who read Audition before I watched the movie (both recently) I was really glad the torture of the dog wasn't included 😬 that part was particularly hard to read

So, fun fact. I've actually seen the full version of the Devils. Like the FULL uncut, doesn't officially exist version. My old film studies professor is like an expert in the director and was given a copy by his wife. Genuinely feel quite privileged cause that movie's pretty damn great.

Not only do I love your videos but I love your company via your videos. I genuinely love you as a person. 🖤

Jesus christ I didn't even know about Josh Dugger having "that" video on his computer...absolutely insane. Also honey I'm so sorry you saw that brick video...it will never leave my mind either.

My friend used to work at a video store in Tennessee where Harmony Korine would come in and get a butt ton of old Disney videos while he was doing the whole Trash Humper thing.

hi may!! i've been watching u since i was in middle school, i graduated high school a few weeks ago :) i cant wait to buy ur book and read it!! ur videos r the best, have a great day

I binged the hell out of the first 3 videos after watching wendigoon's series. it's so nice having them all combined into 1 :) i listen to them all the time while i do homework! thanks so much for all the hard work

Not me thinking immediately "dont f with cats" at the beginning when you described how internet ppl don't appreciate and will come for you if you cross that line though... Shout out to living in the same city as Luca :$ Also your closing message was really well worded and a good way to think about it. Whether from curiosity or accident or whatever leads me to finding some things I think I handle the brain part well but it does give me pissed/vigilante esque feelings very strongly. Your note on it- more people are thinking f that which is good and the over all positive note of how it implicates us all to do our best is a lighter way of taking that feeling.

What a coincidence, I literally just watched all three parts of your original iceberg yesterday. Gonna take me a bit, but I'll come back to watch this full mega video once I can get the filth out of my brain for long enough lol

I remember I picked the original Evil Dead movie to watch with friends and when Ash started chopping away bits of f l e s h one of my friends was like ew what is this like one of those snuf films!? Thats when I realized either my friends are sheltered super normies or my teenage years exposed too much to the internet has completely desensitized and jaded me

I really love what you said at the end about coloring our existence. It’s so true.

"Your body growing and changing without your consent" so puberty as a trans person yeah sounds terrifying ngl

Where the Dead Go to Die is an extremely bizarre movie even apart from its nightmarish visuals. First of all, it's an anthology film that has three chapters in it. The first one's unsettling, but clearly meant to be an extremely dark comedy, since it's a parody of 50's shows like Lassy and Leave It to Beaver. The second and third parts are where the really nightmarish, trippy shit starts happening. The way the characters move looks off because all of the human animation was mocapped with a Microsoft Kinect camera. The last weird thing is that Mr. Screamerclauz, despite his status as an extremely obscure Z-grade horror film actor and director managed to get some notable actors with cult fandoms to act in it, like Linea Quigley and M Dot Strange. He later went on to make a few more animated horror movies as well as starting a series of unofficial American Guinea Pig movies.

Martyrs deeply disturbed me. I mean I was happy I saw it once but I neeeeeever want to see it again.

I'm a new subscriber, and I'm already so into how your brain works. You actually helped me a lot to understand the trauma I got from watching NSFL stuff, and how to deal with it. Maybe it's weird but you cleared some shit up to me more than my therapist. I feel safe here :)

Oh it’s a compilation. Legit thought you were doing the iceberg again.

I like how the tier list goes from mainstream normie stuff to actual illegal content

I think Tetsuo The Iron Man is the worst movie of this iceberg i've seen. No as in quality, but as in how bad it fucks me up specifically, even though i love it's execution. Among my friends, i call it "the absolute best movie i never wanna fucking see ever again".

"This is what the kids are calling an iceberg, because it's an Iceberg!" Me: "write that down!"

ur vids were literally my comfort vids when going thru mental health episodez and being unable to sleep. so much love for u may my queen ❤️❤️

LMAO one of the first things that comes up when you google "Mermaid in a Manhole" is the parents guide. I haven't watched it yet, but from what May is telling us here, I feel like maybe parents and kids should give this one a miss???

Jay Hernandez actually has a great performance in Hostel. And there's a cameo from Takashi Miike, so I kinda appreciate it even if it's a dumpster fire.

Fun fact: the soundtrack of where the dead go to die was made by swift treweeke aka passenger of shit aka mc bushpig. His music is basically md pope at a rave, but ive heard claims that his grandpa helped start the psychedelia art movement

Fred Vogel is a really nice guy lol. I know the content of an artist's movies don't always dictate their personality but he was a top notch dude and I was taken aback slightly.

Interesting that you mentioned the one specific video that traumatised you as I can safely say I agree that is probably the single most fucked up thing I've seen- and you don't even physically see the carnage. The fact that videos like that one are readily available on youtube is a disgrace, and I don't think enough people talk about the real, psychological impact of seeing fucked up shit on the internet- it sticks with you. Before anyone asks, no I'm not gonna link or spread the video any further and I hope to god it's been taken down by now.

it is so true that this shit screws you up, I haven’t seen a lot of these but i did see the guy blowing his head off with a shotgun and I have seen that video once in my life, yet can remember it so vividly it really did mess me up a little bit, i’m just glad it didn’t really affect my daily life I just randomly remember it sometimes :,,)

The “budding confidence” part makes me smile so much :3

thank you for doing this, i've rewatched these vids a million times!!! now they are all in one beautiful package ~

just found you while working and i’m already obsessed. i really like your sense of humor and how you just carry yourself throughout the video. you seems like a good ass person down to the core.

Why is it when I am watching this as a comfort video youtube links me to the suicide hotline?

i bust a gut at the nostalgia critic bit lmfao bless you may

I only just recently discovered you through your nsfl iceberg video, but these videos in the background are making writing and drawing infinitely more fun! Your personality is wonderful and I love your energy. Keep up the good work!

If you made an audiobook of Fluids, I would definitely listen to it at work. Unfortunately I'm extremely busy all the time lmao and can't take time to sit and read.

The hair and the ears were a certified iconic look huh

i resent tetsuo being that far in the tier list since that's like, an actual movie with a plot.

15:52 We do NOT all stan Ed and Lorraine Warren

Hey may/nyx i came here from the in praise of shadow drama and so far im impressed and also keep up the good work

Loving your videos lately, so glad you’re posting a lot!

I'm happy I found your channel! I appreciate the dorky yet understandable way you explain things. Subbed!

my mom can’t handle any graphic or scary movie but she was actually able to sit thru nightmare on elm street, but if her or I watched it as a little kid it would have really scared us I think

Aw man, I had just watched the entire iceberg series this weekend to help me concentrate while drawing. And now this happens to be out the day after I just finished.

Hey, I just wanted to say that I really appreciate the positive note at the end. I think I really needed to hear that, I'm going to go do something that makes me really happy now