"Sociopathy" a short film by Shawn M. Essler

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6 жыл бұрын

An eight-year-old boy locks his abusive father out of the house in order to protect his mom. Written & directed by Shawn M. Essler. Starring Danielle Smith, Ken Rhodes, Jeff Moon and Jordan Smith as Elliot.

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@TheWeebMusician 5 жыл бұрын

This isn’t what sociopathy is supposed to be but its still a great short film !!!!

@AnthonyFilms29 5 жыл бұрын

billiehoe11 its is, the dad wasn’t the sociopath, the boy was. The father was abusive and was the perfect way to manipulate his dad into getting killed

@TheWeebMusician 5 жыл бұрын

Karma Productions i knew that,i knew the boy was. But i dont really think sociopathic people care about anyone or anything

@imainternettroll9014 5 жыл бұрын

billiehoe11 the boy is defending not a sociopath that’s what you call a psychopath most sociopaths arent extremely crazy

@dulcedominguez3466 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheWeebMusician a sociopath is able to feel empathy and love for certain people especially if they are really close

@dulcedominguez3466 5 жыл бұрын

@@imainternettroll9014 yes but then again psychopaths do not care about anyone, and this boy is defending his mother and sociopaths in many cases hate when you mess with someone they love and they will make you pay the consequencess

@AnthonyFilms29 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome film. *spoiler warning* I loved the twist and how the viewers were also manipulated into believing the dad was evil. Great work

@rem4229 5 жыл бұрын

I didn' understand Dad ia evil?

@MissTique247 5 жыл бұрын

Well, as I see it, the Dad WAS evil! That's why the kid threatened him about making her cry again. And one ciuld argue he was justified in doing what he did. Manipulating that situation. But what makes the kid sociopathic is the smile at the end. He ENJOYED "killing"his father! THAT aint right!

@user-kr2pv5ho5s 4 жыл бұрын

Kathy Hines Just cause someone with ASPD doesn’t have emotions, doesn’t mean they enjoy killing someone. That would be a sadistic person. What I think the kid felt is more that way: „Mom, gets beaten up, I don’t like that. I need to find a solution for it..that could work! Finally, he can’t hurt her anymore, it’s over. I‘m happy that everything worked like it was planned. Mom, doesn’t need to suffer anymore“. The kid could be labeled with ASPD, cause it has a lack of emotions, but his way to process empathy is different. He likes his mother, by his own way. That’s the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath, sociopaths are able to have empathy and become that way by trauma. People need to make research about ASPD. That’s a extreme example for someone with ASpD, but not all are that way. That are humans too.

@anandsuralkar2947 4 жыл бұрын

@@rem4229 yup i too didn't

@aidenhyder8331 4 жыл бұрын

of course this is the first comment i see before even watching

@svetlankaivanovq7472 3 жыл бұрын

Angel boy saved his Mommy ! I cried. Thanks so much for this film.

@shawnessler9648 3 жыл бұрын

Svetlanka, I understand your view on the piece, but I'm curious why you think the father is the sociopath. The kid manipulated the situation, not the father. Me, as a filmmaker, I also manipulated the situation, to make you think that the father was abusive. Note: you never see abuse on the father's behalf. It's only implied... by the son.

@svetlankaivanovq7472 3 жыл бұрын

@@shawnessler9648 Then in this case, if the child is the main subject, this is not sociopathy, (which is by nurture) but psychopathy, which is by nature !

@mephistotells2387 3 жыл бұрын

@@shawnessler9648 That's not a manipulation of your viewers. This is just a false information (error) given in the film title itself. It's obviously psychopathy, speaking of a young child.

@unknownstranger6875 Жыл бұрын

@@mephistotells2387 Well he would actually be diagnosed with conduct disorder as he is still a child, and someone cannot be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (sociopathy or psychopathy), until they are adults, but you are right in that he comes off as more psychopathic than sociopathic.

@anakinskywalker3777 3 жыл бұрын

Glad they’re not demonising Sociopathy because I’m tired of being looked at like I’m a monster. Putting all the blame on me as if the blame wasn’t the people and environment around me when I was a child, abusing me rejecting me then blaming me for being me

@shawnessler9648 3 жыл бұрын

Anakin, thank you for understanding that you are a sociopath. A lot of commenters don't seem to understand this, and I got tired of explaining the same thing time and time again. You probably understand that the man that you work for is a psychopath, too.

@sheeshmf 2 жыл бұрын

Feel you bro

@goofball2228 Жыл бұрын

Ikr

@nickharley2344 Жыл бұрын

You're definitely not a sociopath. Lol.

@thomasthegreatape808 Жыл бұрын

@@nickharley2344 true, too much emotions and details

@i.t.s.t.h.e.c.a.l.z.o.n.e 4 жыл бұрын

Holy hell👏👏👏 bravo to everyone in the film. you guys truly did amazing work. im defenitly sharing this with alot of people i know

@ilacarnero 6 жыл бұрын

this is so good, it deserves so many more views!

@shawnessler9648 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The lack of views is my own fault; I didn't promote the film very well. But, I'll be shooting a new short film in a couple of months. Be sure to check back later this year.

@bobbasic 6 жыл бұрын

Ok I think I got it, it's ok to kill sociopaths

@ilacarnero 6 жыл бұрын

Ari Nykänen are you serious or joking? I can’t tell lol

@bobbasic 6 жыл бұрын

Ila Carnero It was sarcasm. Now that I think about it, the kid was propably more sociopathic. Because of the abuse ofcourse.

@ilacarnero 6 жыл бұрын

Ari Nykänen I can’t tell over the internet lol but yeah

@baileymoran8585 4 жыл бұрын

I locked my parents out of the house once. I was 5, and they were in the yard. I didn’t know that. I thought I was home alone, and remembered all the ‘don’t let strangers in... they might even impersonate mom and dad’ talks. I was terrified, but thought I was doing right. Then my parents got a spare key from my aunt about 30 minutes later. I was yelling ‘no! Strangers lie to get in the house!’ I got grounded but also praised for remembering what I was taught, lol.

@stevechristie2569 3 жыл бұрын

Bailey are you 25-35?

@pointless132 4 жыл бұрын

lol, seems more like psychopathy than sociopathy

@xachlysxx420 4 жыл бұрын

Haven't watched it yet but I don't think it can be psychopathy because psychopaths have lack of remorse and lack of empathy meaning psychopaths don't really feel anything for other people

@pointless132 4 жыл бұрын

@@xachlysxx420 maybe watch the video before you decide im wrong

@Albanez39 3 жыл бұрын

The differences are minimal and the terms are often used interchangeably. The most popular definition is that a psychopath falls at the end of the anti-social spectrum, while a sociopath is on the path of going there. Sociopaths can still feel some empathy and emotion, and are more capable in planning something instead of just acting out on impulse...In that regard, the kid is more of a sociopath than a psychopath since he elaborated this "great" plan to kill his father. Which could have failed in any moment, and should have...because people don't go around killing other people just because of a text message. The kid should have perpetrated the crime, not the grandad. Anyway, I digress.

@McRibbed 3 жыл бұрын

@@xachlysxx420 all psychopaths are sociopaths but not all sociopaths are psychopaths

@aestheticvibes6951 2 жыл бұрын

@@Albanez39 actually sociopaths are more impulsive since they act out on anger

@joserefugio88 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful film

@MissTique247 5 жыл бұрын

Daaaammmmnnnn.... I really don't know what else there is to be said...

@diamondcutie9274 4 жыл бұрын

me: * is trying to watch a sad/sorta scary short film * also me : "that kid has a war machine toy :o"

@realworlddddd4717 3 жыл бұрын

I love this film. Lol. I laughed.

@jimelwilliams7523 4 жыл бұрын

WoW this was amazing. It does seem to be psychopathy overall because a kid doesn't usually plan a murder at that age because of (verbal abuse 1:08), the kid would tell someone(other family, teachers, police) or just clearly ignored. This kid warned the dad once, and got him murdered the next. To be smart enough at 8 yrs old to set up a homicide on Dad before any type of equally intellectual options, That's psycho!!!, but the sociopathy CLEARLY shows when the music stops at 4:08 to 4:14. The boy hasn't even noticed that he made his mom cry all over again(which was the reason he got him murdered in the first place) as he smiles while mom is now hurt!! Ignorance of Emotions

@gwslakme 2 жыл бұрын

when the little kid didn’t take away his head during that other person killed his dad. i knew that kid is the evil one in this movie

@MrAdryan1603 2 жыл бұрын

LOVE that little kid. Maybe (DEFINITELY!!!) not the best way to go about something like that, getting somebody physically hurt (unless you're defending yourself from an attacker and I hate that I have to specify that...), but we only have one life and abusers don't change! The horrible father had to go. Cheers, awesome short.

@obox911 Жыл бұрын

Very very very very very nice short film👏👏

@raymondweston8997 4 жыл бұрын

I like the way that this child thinks. His mother was unable to make an adult decision; which resulted in her child having to be the adult, for the both of them. Its unfortunate; that A LOT of adults / parents; place their child (ren) in that position. The majority of the time; its females who place their children into the position, of having to deal with, or clean up their mess

@unknownstranger6875 Жыл бұрын

I think the point of the short is that the kid is the sociopath, and is also manipulating the audience into believing that his dad is the sociopath. Couples have arguments all the time and make each other cry. It may not have been intentional of the dad to make her cry.

@iris-pb8bw 5 жыл бұрын

great work man

@shawnessler9648 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@skeletonoftheumbrella7644 5 жыл бұрын

Love it

@shawnessler9648 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Skeleton!

@anthonycastellano7555 4 жыл бұрын

Not excusing the boy’s behavior, but he protective of his mother and doesn’t it require empathy that he made her upset and that upset him.

@edsuratos2993 3 жыл бұрын

Sociopathy (2017 short film) Jordan Smith as Elliot. Also in the cast are Danielle Harris, Ken Rhodes and Jeff Moon in their supporting roles.

@altheastv2426 4 жыл бұрын

The quarantine lead me here

@unknownstranger6875 Жыл бұрын

*Spoiler* I knew the kid was the sociopath. Edit: He comes off more as a psychopath as others have pointed out and I must agree considering how cool, calculating, and calm he was throughout the whole situation. In reality he would be diagnosed with conduct disorder as children cannot be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (sociopathy or psychopathy) until they are adults. Anyways, this was amazing.

@nikkijo9999 Жыл бұрын

So the kid is the sociopath?

@ilin3911 5 жыл бұрын

i was waiting for a bad review but since nobody actually watched it .. ; it doesn’t seem real !

@MissTique247 5 жыл бұрын

I watched...loved it too!

@darkskinisalwaysin 2 жыл бұрын

So would he be considered a high functioning sociopath?

@chartykirk4282 7 ай бұрын

P.s.....loved when the mom was like ...."dads coming and ur toys are EVERYWHERE!!!!!!"....and lil bro looks down at like the 4 toys out lined up in one spot ....and he just had a look like..."are you kidding me??..all over??...daddy got Moms all twisted ... he gots to GO!..."....he didnt even wait til dad made her cry again....he just said nope..mom sounds cray...good enough...😂

@rockmetalband 2 жыл бұрын

He is a psychopath not a sociopath sociopaths are made by the society. I am a sociopath I don't want to kill anyone.

@goofball2228 Жыл бұрын

Sociopaths are made, and psychopaths are born. Is that correct?

@rockmetalband Жыл бұрын

@@goofball2228 yes

@Gigachad9840 3 жыл бұрын

Why didn’t they let him in?

@megachef0421 3 жыл бұрын

Sociopath or psychopath?

@birdscantfly1085 4 жыл бұрын

The name of the title sounds like Shawn Mendes. Shawn M. Essler.

@shawnessler9648 4 жыл бұрын

I... I can't really fix that one. But, thanks for watching!

@user-og2ci2lo5w 11 ай бұрын

who was thr sociopath?

@Rohitkumar-sm9tq 3 жыл бұрын

This is more like a psychopathy

@anakinskywalker3777 3 жыл бұрын

It’s not because he cares for his mum, sociopaths love some people, he did this because he loved his mum

@blessingomogbor1942 2 жыл бұрын

@@anakinskywalker3777 psychopaths can listen to ppl who are close to them and he’s over protective to his mum the kid is definitely not a sociopath he’s a psychopath more

@vivivivi4397 5 жыл бұрын

Devil kids

@housewifefromhell5801 3 жыл бұрын

That's a good boy.

@luki007 5 жыл бұрын

thats wrong , sociopaths are impulsive and hardly able to plan , more likely psychopathia

@shawnessler9648 5 жыл бұрын

Sociopaths are TYPICALLY more impulsive than psychopaths, but they are, by no means, unable to plan. The main difference between the two is that psychopaths are unable to have any bond with another, where sociopaths can. Sociopathy is usually considered simply a less severe form of psychopathy. The boy obviously has a bond with his mother, thus he would not qualify as a psychopath. Under the circumstances of the film, he would not have formed a bond with his father, which is why he feels no empathy nor remorse in plotting and causing the father's death. In reference to the film itself, Elliot bonds with his mother because she is the parent that let's him get away with stuff. The father does not, and his treatment of the mother has started to impact his relationship with his mother. Thus, without a moral compass or tie to his father comes the events of the film.

@luki007 5 жыл бұрын

check out some statistics , most of the murders and other crimes comited by psychopats are planed. Sociopatia is impulsive , it is similar to BPD in this asspect. Cluster B personality disorders are in general similar to each other. You are right that psychopats are unable to make relations , but it is just yt , and not book about clinical psychology , not everything must be 100% accurate, they are also unable to feel for instance fear , just like here.

@shawnessler9648 5 жыл бұрын

Well, if you look at statistics, psychopaths are more likely to become serial killers. Sociopaths are more likely to become abusers. Thus, the statistics don't hold in your favor, since the little boy in the film is far more likely like become an abuser than a serial killer. And, being that it's "yt," meaning my turn, the difference between psycho- and sociopathy are nearly the same, outside of extremity. If the child was a psychopath, he would have killed the father himself, without remorse. But, by sheer definition, he cannot be a psychopath, since, as stated, he holds a bond to his mother. And, as the director of this film, I urge you to look at 2:21. There, you can see a brief moment of fear in the kid's eyes. His eyes flash to his mother for a frame or two. In that moment, he's not sure she'll side with him. The moment of fear is fleeting, but it is there.

@screamingllamaproductions8570 5 жыл бұрын

@@shawnessler9648 To be honest from watching the film I felt like you didn't know exactly what a sociopath was and was just another person who throws the term around loosely without a shred of background knowledge BUT after reading these two replies I can see that you understand it very well, so well done with the video.

@colossusequinox5388 28 күн бұрын

Sociopath or not he is was cute kid

@TnhxU4TVnm Жыл бұрын

this is not about psychopathy but ok

@Albanez39 3 жыл бұрын

A sociopath can't feel emotions, so it leads me to believe this was a classical Oedipus complex where the boy wanted his mum for himself, and that's what pushed him to "ambush" his father. Unfortunately, this doesn't explain how the grandad would slash his son-in-law just because of a couple of messages...unless he knew that the father was a violent maniac and was actually scared he would hurt his daughter and grandson. Regardless, a normal person would call the police and try to keep him there until they arrived. I think this would have been a much better film if the son had covered the garage floor in petrol and just lit it up as soon as his father went in to look for the key. Perhaps you couldn't burn down a garage, so I don't blame you for this. But the son should have perpetrated the crime!!! Overall, it's a well shot film...and you should keep making movies, no matter how bad they are. You only learn by making mistakes! :)

@Branstock 3 жыл бұрын

"Sociopath can't feel emotions" LMAO. Most stupid affirmation ever. It's not they can't feel, they avoid empathy because they cannot handle emotional pain as other people do. Besides, they perceive relationships as some kind of game in which the more empathetic one is the one who loses.

@anakinskywalker3777 3 жыл бұрын

I feel emotions who told you we can’t feel emotions

@sushreeswain1554 2 жыл бұрын

They can feel emotions except for the fact that they have low empathy and guilt.

@goofball2228 Жыл бұрын

Yeah they do feel emotions.

@chungusbungus745 5 жыл бұрын

Lol yea i might be a sociopath

@chartykirk4282 7 ай бұрын

Whatever that kid is.... psycho-socio schizo path or what not.........he can def be diagnosed with being genius AF!!!....he plotted that murder out like some oceans eleven style heist shyte!!!!....with the stealthy move by move shots through the house like. BAM! ....had the gramps synched up perfectly for the fatality...bam!!! ...grab that glock and plant it.. ...bam !!!🎉🎉. Not a beat skipped....all in time for a finale one liner that hit like a BOSS!! !!.....makes me really wanna know exactly.what he told big daddy last time he made her cry......bet Pops wished he had took the kid more seriously...like WAY more....lil james bond secret agent. Assasin MUV!..go on with ya sociopathic self lil bro!💯💯😎