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Fun fact: the Moder can be seen throughout the movie before the massive reveal,it's been hiding and stalking the group the entire time which makes it much creepier and scarier that this massive thing is somehow about to hide in plan sight multiple times and has the patience/intelligence to stalk it's prey

I like the thought of burning the forest down to destroy such a creature, but it is probably a terrible idea. The Nordic language is often in the form of runes, which hold a magical significance in many cases. There are runes carved into the trees throughout the forest, which might be binding the entity to that forest. Destroy the forest, and you may be destroying a seal and allowing the monster to roam free.

If you connect the wounds on Luke’s chest, it makes an Odal rune, which among other things, means “Family”. Luke was marked to join the pagan community rather than being sacrificed

The "parachute" they found was actually a tent. If you look at the wallet at 9:50, it's a picture of a family with one girl standing away from the rest. Most likely, the VW bus that was found in the beginning was owned by the family. They came to the woods to go camping, Moder marked the girl, and killed the rest. The girl grew to be the woman who was talking to Luke in the village.

I like the idea that Moder hangs her victims in the trees as a way to make a mockery of Odin's sacrifice to askr Yggdrasil. That's actually pretty metal and shows how petty the Jötunn can be.

Consider the possibility that it isn't limited by the woods but is bound by them. Like, it is well adapted to them and would obviously have difficulty operating elsewhere, but what if burning the woods doesn't trap it, but releases it from a trap it is already in?

The reason the moder dropped luke instead of killing him is because it wanted luke to pray to it, to submit to it, hence why when luke got back up, the moder pushed him back down, to force luke to worship it, but luke always intended to fight back.

I don't blame Luke for hiding. There's bravery and then there's assessing the situation. 1) he's outnumbered 2) they have longer weapons 3) they are under the influence so more tolerant of pain 4) They are much more violent. Good luck scaring them off 5) They are much more experienced in fighting 6) they've got nothing to lose

Fun fact: The "cross" they pin the sacrifices to is itself a rune with a few meanings; courage, protection, and funnily enough _elk._

Legit one of the coolest monster designs I've seen in a long time. One of the few times where the reveal of the monster only enhanced the horror rather than detracting from it.

4:59 As someone who grew up in the country you'd be surprised how many vehicles are in the deep woods and completely overgrown.

Since she is able to make people hallucinate so vividly there's a chance that the immortals she's made are having a wonderful time. She could be giving them the greatest experiences they could ever ask for through hallucinations.

Bears actually can pull an entire elk into a tree. It makes them feel safer when eating. However, they can't string it up like it was because they don't have opposable fingers like the monster thingy.

It's actually trapped in the forrest by the runes, if we go in with the supernatural element. Several of the main ones mean family, boundary, and protection. Put them together and it extremely loose and roughly would be "This group must remain here." More literally It's "The family must remain within this boundary or be punished." When I first watched it I thought the runes meant the cabin was protected from whatever creature was present, but watching I realized I had the context wrong. I'm by no means an expert in the runes or anything close, but I find them interesting and read about them a bit.

This movie is a perfect example of why shortcuts are the shortest distance between point A and certain death.

Fun fact: Odin, the leader of the Norse gods, is said to have carved humans from driftwood to look like him and his friends. So it's less "the gods look like us" and more "we look like the gods". It's also common to hang charms made of driftwood as they ward off bad intentions!

As for people being related to their gods, in Irish mythology the Irish people are said to be direct descendants of Donn, the god of death. And fun fact, Donn had a great hall called Tech Duinn where he gathered the souls of his descendants after death. Nobody was allowed in if they didn't share his blood. Meaning the Irish basically had their own exclusive afterlife.

I had a different take from the movie as far as the monster went., especially since it's naming is likely important, Moder being mother. Additionally I seem to remember some mention of I think it was the Vikings whom abandoned sickly children in the wilderness, so it's possible that Moder was supposed to be linked to abandoned children. When it comes to the very specific criteria for selecting a new inhabitant for the village, it seemed that it selected the man because he was not just unable to cope with the loss of his friend and the trauma of the event, but also his freezing up and hiding out of sight when it happened, not unlike a child might. The fact he was being ostracized by the rest of his group may have been a secondary factor that triggered his marking. Thus I got out of the movie is that it is some sort of twisted parental figure. Everyone who enters the forest is either an intruder and threat to her collected 'family' and must be dealt with, or a wayward 'child' to be added to her collection after having branded as belonging. Given how ancient parenting techniques were fairly cruel in many places in the world, having an ancient local-deity having a twisted sense of parental protection over the village makes sense. When the man was escaping, he finally 'grew up' and was able to find the strength to stand on his own and fight back thus it allowed him to leave, or alternatively he had been accepted as a child and his rebellion got him banished from the haven it believed it had granted him.

Design of the moder was very good. The scariest part of it is to me that it can very easily hide in plain sight in the forest. Something that big and that silent is more chilling than many more "gory" monster designs.

I never really saw Luke as being a coward, it was just self-preservation and what he does later on proves he isn't one. At the store the friend should have just given the dude his wedding ring like when it comes down to it its just a replacable item. 🤷🏽‍♀️

"you should never ask a evil paganistic god her weight" just perfect

Jotun is a term in Scandinavian mythology that ascribes to all supernatural beings that while not the gods but is used to describe "Giants" and other primordial things. Such as Normal Giants like Logi and Utgard-Loki, and the Ice Giants of Jotunheim, and the Fire giants of Muspelheim. Or creatures like Hræsvelgr which, while not a giant (but well a giant bird) is a being that predated the Asir.

I think you did address this towards the end, but - Moder kept pushing the main character to the ground at the end because she was trying to make him kneel before her in worship like the cultists did. She might gain sustenance from worship and as such, she doesn't want to kill the last person around to give her power after killing all of her cult. Also, damn, you're pretty hard on the main dude 🤣. It's like you say in the beginning - some people just have an intense Freeze response. He clearly felt horrible guilt over the incident in the store and still did what he could when he was in the forest to save his friends.

One thing I noticed is that Moder plucked out the blonde cultist’s eyes because she looked at her. They all have to bow down and not look. I noticed as well that Moder has 4 arms. The two main ones, and two that are just below her eyes. Also the reason she doesn’t kill the protag after he burns her followers is likely because she only has a few left now and needs all of them she can get, and is thus still trying to get him to submit. I think this creatures power and sustenance comes directly from being worshipped. Notice how being shot while the elders are burning barely registers for her, but then after the elders are all dead and she purges the followers that look at her, an axe swipe hurts her. This makes me think that she gets weaker if she has less worshippers

Roanoke: "Sorry about the lack of games in Roanoke GAMES." Me: "My guy, every video you put out is enjoyable."

As an actual Swede, some input for context: -In Norse mythology, what constitutes a "god" vs some other supernatural being is somewhat subjective: The jötnar (usually translated as "frost giants", though I think this probably borrows too much from Roman mythology) were distinct from the Aesir gods, but could apparently still intermarry and procreate with them. (Some accounts specifically involve a jötun marrying or trying to marry/rape an Aesir.) Occasionally, full-blood jötunns where counted among Aesir as equals and worshiped as legit deities. Notably Loki, Skaði and Gerðr were all jötunn who married into or - in the case of Loki - was adopted as Aesir. So, apparently they weren't vastly different in the physiological sense. One should probably think of this as less a matter of different species and more a matter of different cultural _tribe._ (See also the Vanir, who were "other" gods apparently indistinguishable from the Aesir.) -Also in Norse mythology, shapeshifting was a relatively common ability. Some individuals could change their _hamn_ (physical shape) and therefore simply turn themselves into animals, and this was regarded as normal. Loki, specifically, is very known for this ability - even managing to be the _mother_ of Sleipnir after turning himself into a mare. Loki's three other known children were a huge wolf, a gargantuan snake and a goddess who was half corpse split down the middle. (Fenrir/Fenris, Jörmungandr and Hel, respectively.) Since the mother of the three (Angrboða) was also a jötunn, all three of Loki's children by her were full-blood jötnar. A personal theory of mine is that they at least partly inherited the shape-shifting ability of their father and simply appeared in the form they felt was most comfortable or natural. The implication, it seems, is that jötnar can naturally change their _hamn,_ or shape. Assuming, of course, that Loki wasn't just very special that way. (The guy is incredibly vague given what little we know of him, and of the mythology in general.) So, basically, the difference between a jötunn and a god was mainly a matter of context, and it seems they could often look like whatever the heck they wanted. Appearances aren't much to go by, at least when it comes to the jötnar. And no, I don't think there are any surviving pagan communities around here. The old religion has been very thoroughly extinguished by Christianity over the last two thousands years or so. Frankly, it would be more interesting if it wasn't. If you do come across some insane cult in a remote part of Sweden, most likely they'll be some variety of Christian.

I love the shot at 29:08. Showing the monster simply looming with no buildup is really effective and making it genuinely scary. The director’s cut of Alien also does something like this and it’s my favourite scene in that movie, no musical buildup either. It’s just there.

Fun fact: if Luke reacted at the store, it is very likely that he would get beaten to death too, since a bat has longer reach than a (averagely breakable) bottle, also you can't really sneak up on people that are highly alert (like aggressive robbers). One more reason I wouldnt blame him.

I can't really dunk on the guy for freezing when his friend was in trouble. 1) Definitely because who knows what any of us would do in that situation. 2) Narratively, gives us an arc for the character.

I absolutely love the design of Moder and is one of my most iconic creature designs in recent media. I watched the movie just bc of it's silhouette in a Netflix promo.

Fun fact, there are actuslly FOUR fear responses. The Most commonly known are Fight and Flight. Lesser known is freeze, the fourth is one nobody really talks about, and that is Fawn. I doubt Fawning would do much good in this scenario, but essentially, to fawn is to, say, tell a human serial killer or whatever that it's super impressive how he killed your friends or family, and just keep flattering, complimenting and being charming with them. Whatever buys you more time, right, best case scenario the killer decides you're entertaining enough to keep alive and he kidnaps you instead of killing you. With any luck the killer is pretty dumb and you'll be able to get a passerby to take notice and get rescued within a day or two. But yeah, that is how fawning works as one of the four fear responses.

If it wasn't such a big part of the movie, I wouldn't even have paid attention to Luke's "choice." There's a much bigger moral quandary in play: Rob refused to give up a material possession because of sentimental value knowing full well it would likely cost him his life. I don't recall recall his backstory, but if his wife (and children?) are still alive, do you think they're going to applaud his bravery? She's now a single mother because Rob knowingly chose to die (and still lose the ring) than to live, buy another one--and spend the rest of his life being a good husband and being in his children's lives. And that's not all! Let's pretend I'm Rob and you're Luke. Are you the bad friend for not helping me attack 2 armed thugs who seemingly only want money OR am I the bad friend for expecting you to willingly risk your own life because I selfishly refused to give up a material possession? I would never ask such a thing of my friends. I've been a lifelong boxer and I'll tell ya right now the bottle Luke had wouldn't have meant a damn thing, doubly so from the distance he was at. Even more so if he was not mentally experienced for violence. I can already hear people saying, "NAH DAWG, I'D TOSS THAT BOTTLE AND BUST HIS NOSE." Let me preemptively help save you from a future mistake: 1) Aside from a firearm, a knife might be the worst possible weapon to come up against. I could talk at length about that, but there's tons of videos explaining why I'm sure. They're bad news. BAD. 2) If you haven't been in--or conditioned to be in--these kind of violence situations, let me please share a vital tip: you plan for what could go wrong, not for how badass you're going to be. It's not "I'll throw the bottle and destroy him!" You want to win? You better have 3 follow-up plans just as good for when you miss that throw because your hands are shaking like a leaf and you aren't exactly the Kobe Bryant of bottles. Then what? Fists? More bottles? Okay. They get to you after braining Rob anyway. The only person at fault here was Rob, and shame on him and anyone questioning Luke for choosing life over a circle made of metal.

"Before he met his untimely end, at the hand of British crackheads, also known, standardly, as Londoners" As a Brit, can confirm

Funny story, I was searching this channel swearing Roanoke already had a "The Ritual" video, turns out I watched Nerd Explains video like a year ago when I started watching Roanoke. Anywho, glad to see this movie getting analyzed, keep up the good work my man.

This creature's design is absolutely great. A mixture between demonic and organic. Like something between myth and reality.

I'm already really freaked out by supernatural beings but holy CRAP this thing scares me to hell and back. Whenever I see it's little glowing eyes and glimpses of it just casually standing in the open I get chills. Idk why, but glowing eyes scare the snot out of me + this thing is so powerful and intelligent that it doesn't feel the need to hide and yet still it remains mostly unseen because humans are very good at not seeing what they don't want to. By the time you've realized it's targeted you, you're basically dead. So anyways, uh, I'm never camping again; BYE

Fun Fact: if this thing was discovered it would probably be studied by whoever got the rights to the woods instead of being killed. Curiousity > Survival

So glad that he asked to cover more myth like creatures in movies! This was the first thing that came to mind!

So, some people have pointed parts of this out, but I'll go into a bit more. Moeder (or Moeter or Moetr, could be spelled many different ways and I just don't know the proper nordic) is as you said a Jotunn. But it gets a bit more complicated the further you go in. In the grander Norse mythos there are many realms all connected to the world tree, Yggdrasil. Of which most realms are home to a group of humanoid races. For example, the realm we inhabit is called Midgard. Midgard is meant to be a sort of interconnecting point and the home of mortals. From there you have Asgard, Vanaheim, Jotunheim, and so on until you have nine realms in total. Since Midgard is often meant to be the intersection of most of these realms, a lot of stuff tends to make it's way TO midgard. Hence why we have this creature that is a child of Loki. Loki is a half giant who had a child with Angrboda, who is either a full giant or also half giant. They had a number of children, but we're focusing on this one. Now jotunn aren't typically . . . gods in most cases. They are remembered and memorialized, sure, but they typically are not beings that are actively worshipped. Which makes this creature interesting due to the fact that it WANTS to be worshipped. Now when it comes to ancient rituals it gets a bit murky. This is mostly due to christianity putting a torch to old traditions. So I am pretty sure this creature is pretty much taking the "express" route to worship. Hence the gratuitous sacrifice. Now what is more interesting is the act of how it accepts tribute. Instead of say "devouring" or so on, it seems to take the tribute and toss it onto the trees in a visceral display. This could be taken many ways, but I think it's a bit of an old blood ritual. By tossing tribute onto the trees, it lets the blood feed the roots. This strengthens the trees which have runes carved into them. So from what I think I can gather the trees are acting as wards or a barrier. A way to keep either vengeful gods or creatures from other realms from entering. I'm pretty sure it was more tame in the past, but again I think it's taking the Express way. Probably due to either panic or just not knowing how to properly do things. As you said the forest used to be far more vast. Which meant more places to roam, more villages for tribute and probably a bigger buffer to keep the eyes of Odin off of her back. But it's just an idea really.

Geralt: "Forest monster, scaring and killing people. Goat antlers. Sounds like a Leshen."

As far as whether paganism is considered witchcraft, not inherently. However, the concept of witchcraft predates Wicca by several thousand years as Wicca was made up by Gerald Gardner in 1954. Germanic/Norse Pagan mythology actually has it own version of witchcraft called seidr. It actually largely informed the concept of witchcraft in Christian Europe. As far as semantics go, I think it would be accurate to call it witchcraft as long as the wicker man was intended to cause some sort of magical effect. To your question of whether humans were said to be descended from Jotunn, nope, though it is a very logical guess. In the creation myth of Germanic/Norse Paganism, Odin and his two brothers Vili and Vé were walking down a beach and found two logs washed ashore, one of ash and the other of elm. Odin gave the logs spirit and life, Ve gave them movement, mind and intelligence and Vili gave them shape, speech, feelings, and the five senses. The logs then became the first humans, Ask and Embla.

''spooky forest'' heh you mean my backyard? (i live on a forest covered island in Sweden) also yes were doing fine up here, its actually really easy to live in peace with these things, you just need to put up a proper sacrifice on the lynch tree every Sunday at around midnight, they are quite polite when fed.

I like to think that Luke grew a spine (aka character development/redemption) over the course of the movie, as he didn't ditch his other friend when he was in need and learned how to fight back, both against his trauma and the 'person' assaulting him. But that's just me "shrugs"

The entire situation sucks for Luke- from the mugging, his friend's death, to him being blamed for it, especially since it seems like that blaming didn't occur only under the duress of the events. As for dealing with Modir... honestly, I'd say "keep mouth shut" may be the best policy. *Maybe,* set up shop and keep people out, or otherwise keep it from getting more worshippers on the off chance that it does gain strength from them. Elsewise, start talking to every single specialist in Norse Mythos and get their opinion on the runes and some of the lower level effects of the monster. Then work up to "Well, let's say that the hypothetical monster *is* a Jotun. How could you guarantee killing it in a way that it can't cause anymore harm?" Say that you are writing a book or something. Authors are always asking weird questions and hypothetical scenarios. However, if this is, indeed, a Jotun, then there is the possibility that *Odin* exists. So the more expedient idea- or at least a worthwhile back up plan- may be to, well. Start fucking praying to Odin and asking him to, _"Please,_ fulfill [his] oath to eliminate the Jotun." Or find someone else who already worships him to page him about the Jotun that he missed.

24:22 In Norse mythology the first two humans were made from ash and elm flotsam by the gods Odin, Vili, and Ve, one shape their bodies, one gave them minds, and the other gave them souls. So it's actually that humans were made in the image of the gods.

I remember that a comment on another review of that movie had a pretty good idea to survive that thing: since it's apparently the son/daughter of Loki, it kind of proves that the north Gods are a thing, at least to some extends, so trying to call on the help of some of the more helpful one (like Thor or Odin) could potentially be a good way to get some help.

This was actually a good horror movie and the Monster was always in the background hidden really well and really it was really in the background a lot when pointed out lol

The suggestion to burn the forest down made me remember a quote from "The conjuring" which is: "Sometimes its better to keep the genie inside the bottle". If something is bound to a particular area, you might just want to leave it be instead of taking a risk and accidentally setting it loose

The monster was so cool, I decided to read this book, but I had to stop half-way through. Everyone told me the second half was when it got good, but even though Adam Nevill is an excellent writer, he has this little problem called "not getting the fuck on with it". He can't describe something in a single paragraph- he needs eight pages. And if he describes it once, he needs to describe it half a dozen times. You can only read about how dark and gloomy and damp the forest is a certain number of times before you just can't take it anymore.

24:25 in Norse Mythology humans were actually created from wood so we're not really related to the gods in that way. Askr and Embla made from an Ash tree and an Elm tree

A fun thing I like to think the reason she didn’t leave the treeline to chase him is (well the more speculative biology reason but anyway) that it could be that she’s used to predators (be it other gods or Joten or the like) she avoids due to not being able to handle them on her own or the predators having an advantage outside forests because she has less chances to hide or fight them off due to how different the terrain is. She doesn’t realize they’re all likely gone or corralled into little pockets of forests or rivers and lakes like she is and that it would be safe for her to continue running down prey or moving from town to town for new worship. Or it’s magic.

What I find really interesting is that this movie also implies that more of Moders kind exist. Meaning they could make sequels of other Yotun hunting people.

Loved this movie. And dear god the scene where he's looking off into the distance into the trees and it suddenly moves gave me literal chills.

As a Belgian, I can confirm no one comes here by choice and we are being kept here by force, send help!

I have been going through your older videos, so seeing you add supernatural creatures and lore discussion is super awesome! I love your movie recaps man, you are the best creator for these! I haven't been able to find your gaming videos, but I will someday!

Ik this is a year old but i LOVE this creature design! Id love more monster movies where the creature has prey characteristics because its just super unsettling to me! Like when i hear about chronic wasting disease or zombie deer i get real creeped out. A prey animal behaving strangely is unsettling! So when a monster has obvious prey characteristics, there is just a deep sense of wrongness it brings. And personally i feel deer/elk etc specifically have that potential to make scary monsters due to how they are viewed as harmless prey irl. Side note dont ever underestimate the damage a prey animal can do when its terrified or provoked lol

Completely different creatures being part of the same “race” or “specie” is a very common thing in mythology, especially Norse. Just look at Loki and his sons, Loki is a giant who has a fairly human look and his four offsprings are: a ginormous snake that wraps around the world, a giant wolf with basically infinite strength, a height legged horse who can run at absurd speeds and a half dead half alive woman who rules the underworld

The creature in this movie doesn't force all the group to recall traumatic events. Luke is the only member of the group with an event traumatic enough for Moder to consider him fit for purpose and fit for worship. It's confirmed by the movie itself - Dom before he is sacrificed - that the nightmares the other men were having were visions of their own death. They aren't terrified because they're being forced to relive bad memories, and they are instead terrified because they've been shown how Moder intends to kill them. As for the woods, it's hard to say whether or not Moder is forcibly kept in the woods by the many runic inscriptions we see, or whether it is simply tied to forested areas and has chosen that specific area to make its own "territory" for the purpose of hunting and gathering worshippers. Because we cannot precisely define whether the Jotun is trapped within that sector of forest, or conversely chose that sector of forest for itself, we can't rightly say that burning the entire forest would actually destroy the Jotun inside. It certainly might - but only if Moder is truly trapped to that specific sector of forest regardless of the runic inscriptions. If the runic inscriptions are keeping Moder there, for example, then you will burn what are in effect guardian trees before you burn Moder, and at that point Moder is free. Conversely, if Moder has simply chosen to live in that location and the inscriptions are its own, then there's nothing necessarily stopping it from fleeing the burning forest and at that point you've just made an incredibly powerful creature incredibly angry. Burning followers is one thing, as followers are inevitably replaceable. Burning down an entire forest? Not sure that's the way to go, chief.

I think you mentioned making videos about Cryptids. It would be pretty cool to see cryptids and other fantasy creatures. I know it can get pretty crazy with all the different backgrounds and sources, but you do a really good job breaking down all of those options.

I know im sooooo late but ive been binge watching since i found this channel. Love the south park reference right off the bat "if you forest when you shouldve mountained, youre gonna have a bad time" you are hilarious dude

nice to see roanoke going for the "simply annihilate the elk demon's sacred ground" approach, highly efficient and very respectable

9:44 it was a parachute? i always thought it was the tent of the family from the photo, that went camping out there. eventually the family was also chased to the village where only the mother or daughter survived bc she was marked, becoming the nicer younger woman (bc of the whole everlasting life thing) that checks on them

i’ve been subscribed to you for a while and always liked your videos but i haven’t seen you on my suggested page for months FINALLY your videos pop up without me having to look for them

I love, love, love this channel! I found it on a KZfaq suggestion and have binge watching for days!

The ᛟ Rune is called Ophala meaning "Heritage, Home". The other hung next to it ᛉ is Algiz (algirsh) meaning "Defense, Elk" Most (not all) Norse runes are more round than the Proto-German progenitor runes which are jagged like these. The Norse probably did use Old Futhark Runes when they still stoke a dialect of Proto-Germanic however, their changing language (Old Norse) forced them to alter the Futhark to meet the linguistic changes. most runes if written upright are positive. blessings and such. if written upside down they are called "merkstaves" which reverse their positive meaning. For instance in proto-germanics: Fehu ᚠ : Wealth Sôwilô ᛋ : Strength there are runes whose name alone are negative Naudiz ᚾ : Peril, Emergency Kaun(an) ᚲ : Blister, Ulcer btw: i see later in the vid the runes are more curved which is very much norse.

16:35 I choose to imagine that in an alternate world the thing just starts throwing rocks at him. Not even big ones like it intends to unalive him but like small rocks that will just really freaking hurt. He's doing his little scream at it and in return it just started pelting them with rocks. A moment that could be rather funny similar to and I believe it was dog soldiers the guy just hammering the werewolves hand.

Great video. I love the monster in this. So amazing and otherworldly. And the forests looks quite similar to the forests of northern Sweden, even though it's filmed in Romania. I think our forests are a lot bigger though. It still covers a lot more land than much of mainland Europe does. Probably because we have a pretty low population density. I'd just like to say, that Moder is probably based on a moose and not an elk. There are no elk in Europe, so the Jötunn would have no reason to take that shape. Elk only live in North America and some parts of Asia.

I love this movie. I wish more people would talk about it. Maybe the build up is cheesy for some, but I love it so much. The emotion and guilt the MC feels really went to me.

"Luke raises Man's Answer" That's such a powerful description for a gun.

I'm really into supernatural creatures, and while I love the more biology focused videos you do, I absolutely adore that you're going into more mystical movies.

Great video!! It made me want to get through a rewatch, almost.

Please do more supernatural creatures and entities on your channel! There’s just something interesting and fascinating about a science-minded individual covering creatures and entities that are, by nature, supernatural.

I get that everybody would probably say Hey I would have done this this and that but you truly don't know what you would do in those situations until they present themselves! We would all like to think we would be the hero but it doesn't always work out that way!

I've watched most of the movies you cover, but I always listen to the summary anyway. Very entertaining channel my dude.

I absolutely love you for using the witcher 3 ambience music in the background. You are a damn legend.

Roanoke, it wasn’t a parachute they found, it was the family’s tent. Not criticizing, I know it was an honest mistake. Like the video, keep up the great content.

I like this movie for the human element of the movie. Luke is hinted to be an alcoholic, and its perfectly human to freeze when attacked. Combine the two, he's not gonna stick his neck out. Each of the friends treats Luke differently about it, which would 100% be the case. Every friend you have would likely feel differently about it. But in the end, he didn't do anything wrong (in my opinion). Him not reacting doesn't mean he killed his friend. It was all wrong place wrong time. Which is the same with the friends in the forest. Wrong place, wrong time. Then you have to wonder what's going to happen after this? He went on a trip to the forest with friends and all those friends died. The police would suspect the hell out of him, not to mention Dom likely had told Gayle his opinion of Luke, so she wouldn't be on his side. His life is a cluster fluck after this. And that sucks balls. 😕

Personally, I found this channel while you were doing movies and that's been my favorite part. The game ones are still great, but I like having the recap before the science.

One of the things I found interesting about this creature in the movie is how its design bears similarities to the wendigo of popular culture.

What in the seven shades of hell is that thing?! Nightmare fuel, god

I was like I noticed this movie sounds familiar I didn't realize fondflix had did a review on this but I'm still super interested to hear the breakdown of everything how you do The reason I remembered it was cus of the big beast like creature on the thumbnail!

What is even amazing from this video is that there is a soundtrack behind all of Roanoke's voice and it comes from the Witcher 3. This actually suits the movie as the modern reminds me of the Leshen in Witcher 3.

Not sure why but this might be my favorite video of yours. I’ve watched it quite a few times lol

Choosing Witcher 3 OST for the background (specially The Crones' theme) was a great choice, fits well with this movie's aesthetic :D

Loki is depicted in Norse Mythology has neither male or female generically. He shapeshifts both into male, female, and animals forms, and yes he does various things as a horse in the mythology. So Moder "Mother" by comparison could possibly be neither male or female aswell. Though I don't know hardly anything about Moder in general.

“Well, if there's anything that I know about philosophers it's that they love to agree with each other all the time...” -Bilbo Baggins

I love the Skyrim music playing during part of the science/lore explanation lol

I'm a big fan of the original book and I was quite pleased to see how the movie turned out, though I could have sworn there was a short prequel story written by the author but I can't seem to find any record of it. From what I remember it was about a writer or painter in the late 19th/early 20th century who came to visit the village back when it was actually a village to get some peace and quiet while he worked on some new material, the story is told through his perspective via diary and he learns a lot about the people who once lived in the village and their strange religious practices.

Well, since you asked: In Norse mythology, Odin and his brothers created Earth from the remains of the Father of all Giants and created us humans. Let's just say there's been bad blood between Aesirs (including us humans) and Jotuns, because, c'mon, how would you feel if your parent was chopped up and used to make a world that gave birth to tiny creatures? You might be pissed off and want to kill every Aesir, Vanir, and Human you see, or if you're a Child of Loki, have humanity worship. However, you should also teach them a lesson by being cruel to them. Let's just say, if you want a Jotun who is kind to humanity, consult with Loki or his sons, Jormangandr or Fenrir, but not his daughter Hel. She deals with the Dead and gives them peace in the afterlife. Other Jotuns are pretty much spiteful towards Humanity, Fire Giants are much worse. As far as I know, killing a Jotun is pretty straightforward: Just aim for the ankles and hope you bring it down to its knees so you can deliver the fatal blow. It worked for Thor, and all he needed was the world's heaviest hammer. Also, be sure to choose the right Runes for the job.

I just love the fact that Witcher music is used in the background, fits so well!

I really like that you can see the monster stalking these guys. Like in 0:56 to the left of the main tree you see it start to walk away.

I gotta say, I actually like that you're branching out to more fantastical or otherwise supernatural things. Me being a fan of fantasy and folklore as well as a man of science, I like to entertain myself with ideas about how supernatural and mythological beings from fantasy and folklore would function in the real world if they existed, or how science could be applied to a fantastical/mythological world.

*Moder!* *The Jötunn!* One of my favorite monsters EVER. 😵

Gotta love the subtle god of war music in the beginning lol

YES! been waiting for this one for awhile now :O

"Just when it comes to his own life" lmao the shade being thrown

I liked this, glad to see supernatural stuff is being considered now there are so many different ways things can go. I'd love to see a video on orcs from LoTR or something similar.

I like the idea of overcoming and slaying a god and keeping the axe that’s been dipped in its blood as sort of like a dragon slayer kind of weapon from berserk, making the axe much more powerful than it would’ve been. This also opens the idea of maybe a godslayer storyline. Idk just some cool thoughts.

Oooh. A Roanoke episode about my own dear Sweden. Awsome...