The Worm | Animated Horror Story

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7 ай бұрын

A psychologist attempts to uncover the mystery behind his teenaged patient's strange behavior and finds more than he bargained for...
CHECK OUT THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED BRING THIS VIDEO TO LIFE:
EARLY CONCEPT EXPLORATION
- Domenic Serena / jabberjock
STORYBOARDS
- Melissa Xu / itabiaa
- Christian Larocque
DESIGNS
- Francesca Falcioni
- Shi Chang
- Melanie Chabot
- Jordan Voth
BACKGROUND ARTISTS
- Jordan Marchand
- Rachel Scott / rachelscottdraws
- Shannon Carty
- Naomi Devenport
- Bonnie Badour
- Robert Lautenschlager
RIGGING
- Nathan Dickey
- Rick Gi
CG CAR
- Russ Klawitter
ANIMATION
- Jean Luc Sauve / jean-luc-sauv%c3%a9-26... - (Jean Luc actually helped me with all kinds of random stuff aside from animation, like dabbling in some design stuff and getting the character rigs to work great!)
- Liane Savioe
- Sarah Connelly
- Stefan Frank
- Natalie Westrup
- Giza Di Giosia Rabbe / gizanicolle
- Trisha Hartnett
- Rob Zilio
- Jason Kelly
- Colin Hovila
- Alex McGowan
- Chantal Williams
- Heather Wood
- Krystalle-Ann Innes
- Ryan Wright
- Barry Kennedy
- Danielle Hodgson
- Grace Roe / graceful_doodles
- Melissa Courville
- Christine Dy
- Kate Hanchuk
FX ANIMATION
- Matt Stewart
- Dany Xenos
- Matthew Timms
- Darren Bird
- Glenn Wright
COMPOSITING
- Chris Goettler
- Vu Nguyen
- Andrzej Neugebauer
EDITING
- Mike Stefanelli
- John McKinnon / skunkypants
MUSIC
- Ryan Carlson / ryajamcar
VOICE ACTING
- Erin Scott
SOUND
- Connor B
- Julian Rudd
PRODUCTION MANAGER
- Niya Mirtcheva

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@DWHAAD 6 ай бұрын

A lot of people have been asking questions so I'll just pin this here! - What is that song on the radio at the beginning? It's an original song we made for the video. We called it "Thinking It Over" and it was written by my buddy Ryan Carlson who did all the music you hear in "The Worm". He's awesome. Ryan's friend Carmen Elle did the vocals for us. - Where can I listen to the full song? Here you go! open.spotify.com/album/1hF6L6a6UCIXe049y0pf11 - Is the opening sequence a dream? Yes. It is one of Sparrow's dreams. - Are you going to make more stories? Absolutely. It'll probably take a while though. I also have a regular job and animation takes a lot of time and work. I make this stuff because I love doing it, so I'd rather just take my time and be happy with the things that I make than rush out videos just to chase some algorithm or something. This is just for fun. - What did Sparrow actually do? What she had to...

@rennoib 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, you should pin this comment to keep it on the top.

@yxt-Youssef_324.siiiiiii 6 ай бұрын

@MitchelHart 6 ай бұрын

this film ia amazing and incredibly well done. you've definitely got a good side gig doing this

@Senhor_Raposo 6 ай бұрын

E um SCP? 🕴️🕴️🕴️🕴️

@chivonfortney1656 6 ай бұрын

I love it❤!

@luznoceda423 7 ай бұрын

I was wondering why the animation of this channel was so familiar. It turns out the director of Hilda The Series is behind this channel. He's impressively talented and I wish his channel will reach millions of subs

@God_melon_cat 6 ай бұрын

Ayooooo its luz noceda

@luznoceda423 6 ай бұрын

@@God_melon_cat lowres noceda, actually 🤓👆

@Iguanodon-fb7rs 6 ай бұрын

Oooooohhh, I know it seemed familiar. Hilda always had that horror feel to it.

@gianlu018 6 ай бұрын

For me the animation is like a version 2.0 from shows like TOH or gravity falls, probably because it's a small team but the animation is more one image and little movement.

@MillyKKitty 6 ай бұрын

I knew that someone working at Hilda must've been involved. Yesss. 👏👏👏

@doodlebuglet7619 2 ай бұрын

“It gets passed on when you tell people about it.” *Proceeds to tell everyone on the internet*

@ryanp9 26 күн бұрын

Dumb

@TarrareyoutubeOF 25 күн бұрын

Sigma doctor

@_salvaa_ 20 күн бұрын

😂

@fanbouyant1056 16 күн бұрын

Dude its ALREADY on the internet, so you wasting your energy..😜

@ItsWednesdayMyDudes3 12 күн бұрын

Thats the twist of the story, he shares it so he can pass it on to anyone else

@DMCMaster550 4 ай бұрын

I like how the narrator, isn't recounting events to warn people away, as seen in stories like "At the Mountains of Madness", but for selfish reasons, so he doesn't have to deal with it anymore. I also like how his curiosity, is what helped The Worm to live. Sparrow knew, had the capacity to do awful things, to keep others from spreading The Worm, but also the strength to keep from spreading it herself. What she didn't count on, was a curious doctor, who had the moral flexibility to not only undergo a frowned upon practice for answers, but to spell it all out, in order to free himself. She almost won, if it weren't for him.

@RustBot42 Ай бұрын

Not to mention the fact that the newspaper on the desk describes the incident as a "murder-suicide attempt" with four of the teens dead, plus an unidentified adult male. This is conjecture on my part, but this seems likely to be "the old man" she spoke about, the one who used to call her "Little Bird". Either spurred on by the Worm, or in a desperate attempt to stop something they knew nothing about, they killed the man, and then killed themselves (or even killed each other) to completely burn any possibility for it to happen again. Except... Sparrow didn't.

@vizthex Ай бұрын

and in the same way, our own curiosity is what allowed him to spread it the worm to us.

@MC-yg1mq 5 ай бұрын

Cool how the song at the beginning talks about sparrow hosting the worm "In the mist of memories remains, yeah I've had this dream before, I always wanted more"

@daniskowt2470 2 ай бұрын

omgg i didnt realize that!!!! thats sickk detail

@alexfrancisco9327 6 ай бұрын

It's a small (and obvious) detail, but demonstrating the passage of time through the character's hair is brilliant.

@salmascreativitypen4489 5 ай бұрын

Agreed, I noticed how Sparrow’s hair started from neat to rough and neat again with her time at the mental hospital.

@yamato6114 Ай бұрын

@@salmascreativitypen4489And it goes from her hair being red to just the tips red to show it’s growing

@salmascreativitypen4489 Ай бұрын

@@yamato6114 Exactly, thanks you gotta watch out for the small details.

@Latinriver 5 ай бұрын

This is so good. The idea that a curse is being passed onto you, the viewer, always ends a slight chill down my spine. Even if I know it’s just a story.

@pierrecurie 5 ай бұрын

some stories are more true than others...

@notthatbad42 5 ай бұрын

They’re called cognitonazards, and they’re an interesting concept

@gdottothegamer1001 5 ай бұрын

@@notthatbad42I did a bit of research. It's not that, it's called infohazard. The name is pretty self-explanatory. You give some info about a monster or something like that to others and they'll get infected. The one that you said can only happen through your senses. Touch, smell, hear, taste, and sight

@D3xteRC4T 5 ай бұрын

Scared the shit outa me

@cccyanide3034 5 ай бұрын

it's just a story ... or is it ? 🤔

@ProfJamie20 27 күн бұрын

This has two of my absolute favourite horror tropes in it!! 1) Cognito hazard type thing that gets “passed” to the viewer at the end 2) The LITERAL monster is not actually the TRUE monster (while The Worm is indeed terrifying, the psychiatrist is the one who allowed it to escape, infected everyone else with it, and also abused his power to violate a vulnerable patient’s consent and a whole bunch of other malpractice things - The Worm wouldn’t have spread if it wasn’t for him) This was SO fantastic, the atmosphere and everything else was SO haunting and beautiful and just brought everything together, I just discovered this channel today and these are all so amazing!!! 💕💕

@NoodleGoblin 5 ай бұрын

Mnemonic hazard stories that end with the narrator telling us about the thing and "passing it on" to the audience never fails to send chills down my spine and give me goosebumps! Good work!

@looking4agoodtime89 2 ай бұрын

The storyteller just added a lot more bodies to the Raid. LOCK N LOAD! CAUSE WE GOING IN! AND WE GONNA KICK THIS THING’S ASS!

@medexamtoolsdotcom Ай бұрын

Then read "Nothing But Gingerbread Left" by Henry Kuttner. Some say it actually inspired the "funniest joke in the world" monty python sketch.

@elizabethk007 7 ай бұрын

This was even better than the first one! I loved how fluid the dream sequences were. The minimal movements during the doctor's narration makes the dreams more jarring.

@fedymunke8684 6 ай бұрын

Gay!?!?

@gleove1 6 ай бұрын

A Nightmare On Elm Street

@JadenGregg-su9no 6 ай бұрын

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@shadowclaw7210 6 ай бұрын

You got 666 likes

@jaygooese4242 6 ай бұрын

Well I didn't see that 1 coming

@mistercrool2538 6 ай бұрын

This is one of those 15 to 20 minute videos that makes you positively feel like you’re watching a 90 to 120 minute long film. I’ve been getting interested in indie shorts (live action and animated) lately and this one is definitely going to my list of favourites.

@theknight1573 5 ай бұрын

I know right, especially the last 10 minutes felt both like 2 and 100 minutes at the same time

@unicornfishhh1116 3 ай бұрын

I love how you used her hair dye to express the passing of time so creative!!

@minecraftpogfam3760 Ай бұрын

Wow, I am blown away at this remarkable short film. The build up to the end, it pulls the whole thing together making me feel more in the story. It left me with goosebumps, not only from feeling uneasy but also how good it was. I just subscribed and can’t wait to see more

@melanieodhner4686 5 ай бұрын

I love how the doctor's moral flexibility and her vulnerable position adds its own layer of horror, and puts a hauntingly relatable twist on the "horror as morality tale" trope. If you cross people's boundaries for their own good, it miiiiiight turn out well... But keep in mind, you might just get your brain eaten by a contagious lovecraftian dream worm! 🙃

@jessica6608 5 ай бұрын

Well said! Honestly the part of this that bothered/stuck with me the most was the fact that they drugged her against her will.

@cinemartin3530 3 ай бұрын

I like it when people try to see subtext in what they watch. A very useful quality that fills our leisure time with great meaning. I completely agree with your conclusions)

@jameschristopher2540 3 ай бұрын

@@jessica6608 of course. But some people are like that. Kinda like the maze runner.

@ItIsILIV-rx1px 3 ай бұрын

It’s true! Sparrow tried to save them, and he took it on himself. And now, he’s done a thing he can to get it away from himself! He’s not a good guy 😅

@diontaedaughtry974 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for passing the worm to us and dooming us all to hell. Now I gotta try to stay awake like the kids in A Nightmare on Elm Street. 1-2 the worm is coming for you. 😱

@Basilililisk 6 ай бұрын

It will be of no use... eventually the mist will come, and with it the worm

@melvinfranco2142 5 ай бұрын

@@BasilililiskWhat would happen if a true psychopath was infected by that thing?

@alwynwatson6119 5 ай бұрын

Yeah well I went full crocodile Dundee on Freddy Krueger as a Therizinosaurus. You know “that’s not a claw this is a claw“ if the worm wants to come for me then I hope it likes getting the mitochondria treatment. Do you know because mitochondria were bacteria before our cells hijacked them. I would recommend that anybody who had a dream about this tries the psychic equivalent of that.

@melvinfranco2142 5 ай бұрын

@@alwynwatson6119 What do you mean by that?

@fullmentaljacket4159 5 ай бұрын

@@melvinfranco2142 I think AW6119 is implying that they're going to hijack the worm for their own purposes. A little like accepting a tapeworm to suppress one's appetite on purpose. The tapeworm thing is real, and I suspect that trying to harness an ancient psychic nightmare abomination would be similarly fraught.

@RansvensAnimation Ай бұрын

The art design on this is so ridiculously good! Character designs, backgrounds, and even the way the voice acting is processed brings such a great atmosphere and polish. Well done!!!

@aceupsleeve9331 4 ай бұрын

As an animator this is SO good love the simplicity yet attention to detail. Sound work is amazing too. bravo all around

@MMumbles 5 ай бұрын

A little detail I love is how Sparrow's hair color gives you an idea of how much time has passed. Very well done!

@keenanhaasbroek1491 6 ай бұрын

You understand horror and terror really well, terror is when you understand it and it scares you, horror is when you don't. A monster will terrify you, a concept will horrify you. Very well done.

@bedlam_blaze1840 6 ай бұрын

Other way around, but yes

@Self-replicating_whatnot 6 ай бұрын

Isn't it the other way around?

@command5613 6 ай бұрын

Terror starts before the horror actually arrives

@Stiqetastic 6 ай бұрын

I've never heard anyone call them "terror stories" but okay

@ellemueller 6 ай бұрын

Terror is when you don't know and you're afraid of something terrifying. Horror is when you find out what seemed terrifying is actually horrifying and you cannot easily accept it so you may go bonkers to some degree because it's horrifying.

@OneBitGaming 4 ай бұрын

I love these animated shorts on youtube, so many talented people sharing their work.

@TheMisbegottenOphanim 4 ай бұрын

This looks beautiful! I hope there's an entire show like this!

@Soundwave._ 6 ай бұрын

Shocked to see none of the comments acknowledging the true horror aspect of this, the medical malpractice. The narrator isn't sympathetic at all. As someone with mental illness who has had psychiatrists good and bad, I would not want to be in this guy's care ever. The attention to detail with the notes on his patient and the way he makes subjective assuptions about her and belittles her (soft-spoken, smaller than expected, etc) is subtle but terrifying.

@DWHAAD 6 ай бұрын

Exactly! The monster in this story is not the worm.

@Soundwave._ 6 ай бұрын

@@DWHAAD Indeed. Very chillingly written, great story!

@skystygian 2 ай бұрын

Agreed! What really tipped me off was how he ultimately passed it onto the viewer, he knew how it worked and yet he went ahead and spread it anyway. I guess that just begs the question of if the parasite affects the mind of the host and makes them want to spread it, or if he's just inherently bad and that was his reasoning. Given Sparrow seemed to be fighting sharing about it though I think it has more to do with the person than the parasite.

@derpstick5467 Ай бұрын

@@skystygianso I’m guessing sparrow is the girl and she seems to be okay at the end? lol sorry to the creator I did skip around cause I figured she’d end up torn to pieces by some monster, though if she still suffered mentally from the experience then well maybe death was preferable.

@ariadnefrolich7243 Ай бұрын

Recently started going to a new doctor's office myself and it was shocking how the whole staff seemed to be actually concerned with helping their patients, rather than if we had the money to pay for treatment/had all the proper forms filled out. The fact that such attitudes are the exception rather than the norm in Healthcare really says a lot about our society, and none of it good.

@kayurien845 5 ай бұрын

The fact that this isn't a whole season show is a tragedy. I am left wanting more

@Animation_fan14 Ай бұрын

Honestly big studios need to get independent creators like this one their own show!!

@loggling5135 Ай бұрын

@@Animation_fan14 Big studios usually come with corporate bureaucracy that ruins or hinders the original creator's vision. Or they're just absorbed into the studio to work on something unrelated to their passion.

@noahdaanimalguy7673 29 күн бұрын

@@Animation_fan14good news for you, they actually do have their own show! It isn’t as directly horror like this but they have a show on Netflix I think called Hilda

@addy7464 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for choosing this aspect ratio. It feels amazing when the video fills the whole screen.

@SOULxxdragon 4 ай бұрын

That was super amazing, the animation and sound design were super neat! The slow build up to what everything means was super interesting! Amazing work to y'all!~

@theroundestfrog7913 6 ай бұрын

It's like a memetic spc type of thing. I absolutely loved that. The contrast of soft and "childish" animation with an absolute horror of something grater than you, of not being able to run away or change your fate once you came to contact with it. The vague description of it changing you to something violent, and becoming contagious to everyone around you.And the best is that it has a perfect trap based on one of strongest human impulses, curiosity. I just really loved it, thank you for making it.

@dracovoid2001 6 ай бұрын

Shark punching center

@wooshwoosh2000 6 ай бұрын

@@dracovoid2001 i bet there's an mft out there searching for this thing

@dracovoid2001 6 ай бұрын

Totally unrelated to the scp foundation

@JoseHernandez-xv2bt 6 ай бұрын

@@wooshwoosh2000I think MTF “Village Idiots” are on the hunt currently

@waffles001 6 ай бұрын

@@dracovoid2001he didnt say it WAS an scp, he said it was similar

@dcbandit 6 ай бұрын

This is my favorite style of horror, no actual blood or gore, just something to haunt you to your core, very classic. Slashers never haunt you like this, they mostly rely of cheap jumpscares and gore, which while can work, it never really lasts. Nothing better than a classic story! I love the animation too, very much belies the true horror that is about to unfold. And when it does, it goes hard, so smooth and intense! Love it.

@RralRonaldo 6 ай бұрын

Just love how you generalize all slashers

@relight6931 6 ай бұрын

Yah, the mistery or misery or both, paired with dreadd and slow unraveling of either clues or one's own sense of reality just has this sense of a gift that just keeps on giving.. Except you never asked for it or wanted it.. For me a horror that doesn't stay with you for a while after watching, just ain't horror.. Using jump scares is relying on using human instincts to produce a reaction. It is cheap. So is using gore, or using ones sense of disguast. I have not made my mind on using uncanny movement yet. Good horror is as most genres, good story telling, with intentions of bringing certain emotions, atmosphere.. This piece right got it all..

@clydecraft5642 6 ай бұрын

@@RralRonaldobecause slashers are for adrenaline junkies, aka modern idiots who want a rush.

@dcbandit 6 ай бұрын

@@relight6931 exactly!

@Adultswim-A-Plus 6 ай бұрын

You said it all... I loved the narration. Made me hang In There 😅

@metaphysicalmonsters3667 Ай бұрын

Reaaaally good character animation in this one!! Great job to all the artists (including sound designers and voice actors!) who brought this story to life!

@swarple 3 ай бұрын

Wooo cosmic horror! Wooo infohazards! Loved this. I’ve watched a few animated horror shorts recently but this one is definitely my favorite. So creepy. Also that monster design? Awesome. It’s just all awesome.

@Ohallo-tp2eb 6 ай бұрын

Nice, infohazards are always a cool concept, and it’s cool to see a horror animation that uses a more typical ‘cartoony style’

@SixxWolfZx 6 ай бұрын

That's what took me by surprise I wasn't expecting a legitimate psychological trick to strike fear into the viewers. That made me smile, it was good!

@farinafranqui 6 ай бұрын

This is a cognitohazard, not an infohazard

@SAMMYTASTISCH 6 ай бұрын

@@farinafranqui You know, what "cognito" means, right

@farinafranqui 6 ай бұрын

@@SAMMYTASTISCH Yes because if you know the information, it's dangerous. An infohazard is information that *can* be dangerous if you follow it. If someone told you how to easily break your thumb, thats an info hazard. You wont break your thumb, but now you can. A cognitohazard is information that *will* be dangerous if you know it.

@dukedevlan5457 6 ай бұрын

@@SAMMYTASTISCHS.C.P REDACTED, REDACTED

@DarkandTwisted 6 ай бұрын

As a horror/thriller writer, illustrator and animator myself, I must say this was very well done. Brilliant writing, illustration and animation. I hope there is a part 2. 😍🥰👏👏👏👏👏

@Adultswim-A-Plus 6 ай бұрын

Indeed

@somanemeth6317 6 ай бұрын

Don't worry, it will come in your dream... :D

@Adultswim-A-Plus 6 ай бұрын

@@somanemeth6317 Then It Will beg for its freedom from the monsters in my mind :D

@jonathansandusky7446 6 ай бұрын

@@somanemeth6317 Nah. The real terror was the egregiousness of all those damn bass drops. Like, really? Motherfuckers.

@hrothgarnogar 6 ай бұрын

It doesn't need a part 2. The story is complete. The whole point, if you were paying attention, is that YOU the viewer are the next part.

@matthew_thefallen 4 ай бұрын

This is some awesome stuff! The animations were precise and perfect! The story is so good! great job! :D

@Unlucky_RabbitFoot 3 ай бұрын

That twist had me in shock- beautiful storyline with beautiful animation

@TheSaiProducts 7 ай бұрын

Man, from one host to another... it was well done, kept one curious enough till the end.

@Bananappleboy 6 ай бұрын

Man, is there an end to the numerous of people with OneShot Niko profile pictures?

@JadenGregg-su9no 6 ай бұрын

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@katestarkey8375 6 ай бұрын

Man, now ima have anxiety about *this* for a few weeks

@gesso9061 6 ай бұрын

@@Bananappleboy no, we are always there

@StyxDescension 5 ай бұрын

This sort of concept is called an infohazard and I think these are really freakin' cool concepts for horror stuff. Fantastic short!

@adamofblastworks1517 5 ай бұрын

"The Bye-bye man" I can't help but laugh every time I think of that.

@AllyOJustice 5 ай бұрын

@@adamofblastworks1517 this is that done correctly.

@yeetus5111 5 ай бұрын

or cognitohazard

@DiabloDelMer1 5 ай бұрын

Memetic hazard is another one.

@Plazmasoldier 5 ай бұрын

⁠@@yeetus5111It’s more like a subsection of cognitohazards

@sqocks8254 5 ай бұрын

This was really, thank you for making this. ❤

@animateduniverse720 4 ай бұрын

This was amazing, I enjoyed every moment of this, I looked in the comments and saw that the art style was immediately familiar to me, and it looked exactly like Hilda and you know that the guy who was involved with Hilda made this just blows my mind, you did absolutely amazing and just bravo!

@MinibossMakaque 6 ай бұрын

Ok, so I'm just guessing here, but the unspoken part of the story might be something like this: When you tell someone about the worm they get the worm and you're cured. If you tell a group, they all get the worm. The worm doesnt want to kill it's host. And the narrator expected to meet a monster. So Sparrow and her group of friends all received the worm at the same time, presumably from the old man. Sparrow realized how the worm spread and killed everyone who'd been infected excluding herself.

@DeathKitta 6 ай бұрын

I thought the longer you have the worm the less control you have over yourself and the worm kinda forced her to kill her friends.

@AltriaQueenOfMoths 6 ай бұрын

@@DeathKittaIt wouldn't kill its own hosts. She killed them so they wouldn't spread it.

@DeathKitta 6 ай бұрын

@@AltriaQueenOfMoths I don't know. Like, if the worm doesn't have control over you and just feeds of your energy and fears, than the problem isn't that big to straight up kill people. Someone tells you about the worm, you have a nightamre, you tell someone else and you are free. It makes it worse if one person tells many, cause then there are many worms. But if you contain this to one for one, or tell this to someone dying so they can't even get to tell anyone else... Maybe I am overdoing with ratiolizing it xD

@katchii93 6 ай бұрын

@@AltriaQueenOfMothsdamn i thought they were just driven mad and unalived themselves. her doing it so it wouldn’t spread makes it creepier and more tragic

@satsujin4027 6 ай бұрын

@@AltriaQueenOfMothsOk but if that was true and she was able to go that far to protect others, why not kill herself andbtake the worm with her? She was already in a state where she didnt have anything to lose and if protecting others was her priority, the logical answer was for her to kill the last host: herself. Is there any chance that the worm actually stopped her from doing that somehow?

@paleoartstudios783 7 ай бұрын

Another outstanding piece of animated storytelling. I tell ya -I love this stuff. Seven months out of University, and seeing this really takes me back to the final year around October, when I would lounge about the cafe, attend the writing club, and write stories. Reliving memories is reliving the good times. Awesome video

@Jack-Liu-wj4ct 3 ай бұрын

DUDE!!! this animation is so good as well as the sounds and voices! Top tier storyline and gives cool vibes!

@Mr_Shinigami1 3 ай бұрын

YEAAAH!! This is what I wanna see from animated horror stories. Thank you SM ❤️❤️❤️

@chriswolfe403 6 ай бұрын

the transition from un-dyed roots to almost all brown hair is ACE. This detail alone is worth my total attention

@user-vj2bp7ib4t 4 ай бұрын

Top notch storytelling. Everything here is done with grade A diligence and talent. The music, the animation, the way the story is portrayed with the animation. All of it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. A well done effort indeed.

@ArtzyMoonz_ 3 ай бұрын

Heh, that's actually pretty neat. These Animated Horror Stories are definitely something I'll have to force my friends to watch with me- they are pretty awesome. New sub!

@walleandeve1 6 ай бұрын

These short stories are better thought out and more captivating then pretty much anything I've seen coming out of big producers recently. You have a real talent for this, please never stop.

@WarriorofSunlight 6 ай бұрын

Most good creepypastas or online horror stories that I’ve read or listened to have stories far superior to most actual horror movies. I guess some things are just hard to put into live action, at least without an astronomical budget.

@foul-fortune-feline 6 ай бұрын

@@WarriorofSunlight Animation, on the other hand.... /gen

@WarriorofSunlight 5 күн бұрын

@@foul-fortune-feline I absolutely love animation.

@x.Galaxolotl.x 6 ай бұрын

The thing is people will probably watch this at night, therefore when they go to sleep (if they do sleep) they may dream about The Worm because it was the most relevent thing in their mind, this could mix with memories of the past and possibly create an nightmare like the one we saw in this animation, so the ending could actually kinda happen in theory, whether this was the goal or just pure accident it's still super freaky if you think about it, great job either way 💜

@theredgermandude6469 6 ай бұрын

Im goin to sleep now. Im gonna tell you tomorrow

@Eulers_Identity 6 ай бұрын

@@theredgermandude6469Share your findings 👍

@NaraMidnight 6 ай бұрын

It's 1:50 AM for me, I'll see how it goes.

@StoneBox_761a 6 ай бұрын

Me with autism and over lapping brain parts: "ok."

@theredgermandude6469 6 ай бұрын

I didn't dream about it, but I haven't slept so well in a long time

@syd_cheshire 3 ай бұрын

Dude if this was a series I would go crazy! This was so well made! Keep up the amazing work

@Despoina_Nyx 10 күн бұрын

Just found your channel thanks to your shorts, damn from one aartist to another you rock! Amazing work!

@ultmateragnarok8376 6 ай бұрын

A very cool concept. The worm seemed to shift forms, and with our limited sample size of one dream for each person, it's impossible to say if its shape adapts to its host, or if you get a new horror every time you sleep. That interests me. I suspect the old man was just as desperate as Sparrow was, as the psychologist quickly got. Given it's said it wants to propigate, I wonder why it leaves its hosts. And why it led Sparrow to supposedly kill those others - did they die by passing it on, one by one? Does passing it on to a group kill all but one? What of explaining it to someone after you lose it? It's a very interesting concept, with a lot of unknowns that just make it scarier. No telling how this thing's going to act, or what, precisely, it's feeding on.

@alwynwatson6119 5 ай бұрын

My hypothesis is that the worm hosts eventually die after it has taken all it can. She was infected last and it didn't drain her as fast because it needed her to pass it on. It worked. The worm and its offspring now have 870k hosts to choose from. It probably eats positive emotions or possibly souls based on the effect it has on people.

@ajlovechrist 5 ай бұрын

What

@vanzeralltheway8638 5 ай бұрын

Because its such an abstract concept, let me just guess an abstract answer too. As alwyn said, it probably feeds off of your fear for as long as it could. Maybe, after sparrow got infected she decided to tell 4 other people (the Woodfield Five) presumably her friends (kid of similar age) and then the 5 of them started to have the same nightmarish dream. They might be having it in turns, or a few at the same time, or a few at the same time in the same dream, or no patterns at all... The obvious things is the 5 of them are breaking down. Maybe because these 5 kids are the initial contractor or relatively young the nightmare didnt break them far enough, and some of them accidentally told other people that, ufortunately, isnt as strong as them and those other people turned insane or commit unalive. Maybe its the guilt, maybe its their initial misunderstanding of what the "feed me" mean, but i think the worse happened then and these kids decided to end the suffering and killed the other infecteds. They made it into the Woodfield 5 case afterall so maybe all 5 of them are not desperate enough to kill themselves yet, and fully understand the effect of speaking about the "you know what" so they zip their mouth. Maybe the worm just got bored after nesting inside sparrow for so long and decided to fully jump to other host. Who is to say that it cant just jump back to any previous host ? Well, what it wants is obvious. Lets use a tree as an analog. All you need to do is to water them trees or in case of a big tree, just let them be and they will grow and survive on their own. You feed on them by plucking their fruit, maybe shaking the tree will get you those fruit or well, you know what i mean. It specifically didnt kill so it can continously harvesting their fear.

@Extex_ 5 ай бұрын

This is amazing, portraying a physciatrist like a noir detective

@itgetsworse4667 4 ай бұрын

I love this! the art style is amazing! pls keep creating!!!!

@Sgront 22 күн бұрын

a story with a perfect tension.......once started to notice it you get sucked in ! and perfect background music, happy you having a friend doing this ! this sadly remembers me to the fatigue of depression.....lot of parallels, this is also a parasite that eats you up in my humble opinion !

@tred6292 5 ай бұрын

This is beautiful animation. Reminds me of Hilda and Infinity Train. Great story too. I was intrigued throughout the entire thing, and yet, only at the end did I realize the true scope of what the story was trying to tell me.

@ailamusic6135 5 ай бұрын

It’s actually by the same person who directed Hilda!

@moroseloki1912 3 ай бұрын

Not sure what any of that is. But yeah animation is dope.

@looking4agoodtime89 2 ай бұрын

You mean that the doctor just added a lot more people to the raid? WELCOME ABOARD! AIM FOR THE LEGS FIRST! WE CAN FUCKIN *GET* THIS SONUVABITCH!

@derpstick5467 Ай бұрын

@@moroseloki1912Hilda and the infinity train is another animation made by the creator, look at it since you like the animation.

@InternetStrangerThatCanRead 6 ай бұрын

The things you can do with animation compared to live action is amazing. I love the minimal movement it allows people to focus on the dialogue and the way you held back how the worm is spread until after the story actually sent shivers down my spine. Needless to say I am now subscribed.

@Adultswim-A-Plus 6 ай бұрын

Yes... Yes... Right on 😄

@Cookedandcreepy 6 ай бұрын

I wish I could do animation 😩

@MatheusCrediDio 6 ай бұрын

Now we'll dream with The Worm...We all doomed!😱

@Adultswim-A-Plus 6 ай бұрын

@@MatheusCrediDio It will take some time eating through thousands of people before eventually getting to you 😏... Your Safe for now,😶

@MatheusCrediDio 6 ай бұрын

@@Adultswim-A-Plus Thanks for the information bro...Now I have some time to think of a plan to stop The Worm!

@andrewksadventures 2 ай бұрын

This was Great! Really enjoyed it. Well done.

@sassycat1825 2 ай бұрын

Wow! That was a really good one. Haven't enjoyed a good story like that since ages. Can't wait for more. The song at beginning is great. Everything is so well done.

@2BagSam 7 ай бұрын

I've waiting for so long and they finally delivered this masterpiece.

@johnjriden 7 ай бұрын

Couldn’t have said it better myself when I saw the notification across my screen I almost dropped my phone.!!!!!

@SeinIshamiado 6 ай бұрын

Animation takes time

@2BagSam 6 ай бұрын

@@SeinIshamiado 😐ok?

@SeinIshamiado 6 ай бұрын

@@2BagSam I'm just saying. You wait a long time because animation takes a long time.

@katchii93 6 ай бұрын

passing it on by just telling other people about it - one of my favorite tropes when executed well and it was here! i realized by the end that we were next 😆 love the style and animation! i know this is from the director of hilda and i love hilda just as much. splendid work 💕

@shaunpocalypse 4 ай бұрын

This whole passing it on thing sounds a whole lot like SCP and I'm surprised not to see any comments about it lmao

@idkimjustherenow Ай бұрын

I absolutely love this animation and the storytelling, its so well done and genuinely pulled me into the story enough that i began to suspect the twist before it happened! Always a joy to see! One thing especially freaked me out tho, and its the fact that Sparrow's character design very closely resembles someone i know IRL, and that scared the shit out of me. wonderful job!

@mohammedali5023 4 ай бұрын

I did NOT know that it would end like that, this gave me goosebumps and was AMAZING to watch. Thank you for demonstrating you awesome work ❤

@CTRLVCatMemes 6 ай бұрын

HOW has KZfaq not pushed this harder!? Its a CRIME!

@MegaMindYt0909 6 ай бұрын

Yeah instead they just push lgbtq bs

@hildamarston4077 7 ай бұрын

Finally. Another creepy story from your part! Gotta say, your artstyle in the animations seriously gives me Hilda vibes, it looks almost similar. And i like it. We need more animations with this style.

@elizabethk007 7 ай бұрын

It gives you Hilda vibes becuase the guy who makes these is the art director for Hilda

@hildamarston4077 7 ай бұрын

@@elizabethk007 No way. You're kidding.

@foxpro3002 7 ай бұрын

a guy who works with on show directed this, he's an animator I think.

@elizabethk007 7 ай бұрын

@@hildamarston4077Nope, not kidding! Look up Andy Coyle

@hildamarston4077 7 ай бұрын

@@cynicg I don't think this was actually made by the people who made Hilda. What makes you guys think that?

@masontalarico7090 29 күн бұрын

This channel is AMAZING!!! Can't wait for the next one.

@hanzosiku 3 ай бұрын

The most impressive horror short I have seen. From the first 2 minutes you could see the high production values & love put into making it. The story would fit well in any of Lovecrafts or Kings works. The story doesn't really leave you but lingers in your subconscious.... like every good psychological horror movie should. Great voice acting and sound work too. 👌

@Imnotsmg4bob 6 ай бұрын

The Worm: **gets passed onto me** My sleep paralysis demon: *YOU PICKED THE WRONG HOUSE, FOOL!*

@ilikecats-sn3oh 6 ай бұрын

My sleep paralysis demon is called greg and one time i played uno with him i think it was in a dream because he’s in those too

@lord_ozymandias 3 ай бұрын

sleep paralysis demon and the worm get into a custody battle

@ariadnefrolich7243 Ай бұрын

Not to be disrespectful to those who suffer from sleep paralysis, but the idea of the demon fighting off other evil entities simply because it was there first makes me laugh.

@thehyperion5333 28 күн бұрын

Would be like Sukuna.

@Jay_Vee1 6 ай бұрын

I'm genuinely so glad I came across this video on my recommendations. The animation, voice work and story were nothing short of enthralling, and I really hope more people learn about this channel. I know this will probably just be an one-shot story, but I wish we could learn more about Sparrow and the doctor. Overall, an amazing work! Props to everyone who participated in it!

@HeyStartA 2 ай бұрын

This is good! This is good storyyyyy!! This is good story tellinggggg. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Goshhh! I was hooked!

@MrTophatGd 2 ай бұрын

This deserves to be in a movie theater. Great Job!

@user-vn5xj6yc9p 7 ай бұрын

That is so well made. The art style, the voices and animations. Everything is great and especially the usage of diffrent kind of phobias made that great and the breaking of the fourth wall worked great. Amazing.

@Mankey619 6 ай бұрын

It’s an amazing Lovecraftian horror short movie you’ve ever made. I like the concept and ideas of a worm that feeds on your inner most fears, like a parasite and goes from host to host.

@a-s-greig Ай бұрын

Mine must be starving. Poor little guy...

@Vares65 5 ай бұрын

OUTSTANDING! Thank you for this one!

@idallysmosqueda222 Ай бұрын

10/10, very well done. Beautiful animation

@CordellPotts 7 ай бұрын

Normally I wouldn't think this art style would mesh with horror. It does though. It adds an innocence that makes the dark things seem even darker.

@wandry96 6 ай бұрын

I didn't expect such a ending until 5 seconds he actually unveils it. I think it's a really great and original idea. Really a wonderful short animated film , the music is top notch besides the animation itself and even the dub. Really looking forward to see another one ASAP.

@KweenOrion 5 ай бұрын

Lovely art style, fabulous score, top of the line writing, I think I found a new favorite artist!

@miracam2865 3 ай бұрын

genuinely so good, obsessed with the animation

@ForkLefts 7 ай бұрын

Oh, DAMN! The doctor's dream sequence was absolutely stunning, both visually and atmospherically!

@RubberDuckKid 6 ай бұрын

This is fantastically done. Everything an eldritch horror should be, well done

@Rexicide 11 күн бұрын

Thank you for including closed captions!!

@cinemartin3530 3 ай бұрын

uite a good story, with a compelling narrative and an eye-catching style. At first I was surprised by this level of quality, but after reading the comments, everything fell into place. Some professional did this, and this explains a lot. Such work can serve as an example in some respects for people like me, who have plans for their own history. And I will definitely use it, for which I want to say thank you 🤗

@figthegiant4065 6 ай бұрын

THAT ENDING WAS BRILLIANT- Takes me back to my creepypasta days🏆

@Cosmicsans2517 2 ай бұрын

Always 😊

@hotelbravowhisky7084 6 ай бұрын

Anyone else curious what Sparrow and her friends did and how they died? Also, if the Worm can only inhabit one body at a time, how did they have shared psychosis? Aside from that, I loved this one! It was great! It just left me with some interesting questions

@user-iv1fn3kh7k 6 ай бұрын

It might have been ruled as shared psychosis because of the close time frame

@MillyKKitty 6 ай бұрын

In the newspaper it says "FIVE DEAD IN ****(perhaps mass?) Murder/self-deletion. Teenaged survivor in custody". Based on that, I think they all had decided to end the parasite with them.

@MillyKKitty 6 ай бұрын

Since it says five dead, Spara's mother might have been involved in it. It would make sense since she was from a spiritualist commutee, so she might have been the last one carrying it? Or it was an uninvolved party that spread it.

@koboldsage9112 6 ай бұрын

The mother was part of a cult that was feeding the worm one troubled teenager at a time. One escapes, tells 4 others, and once they believe, once they are all infected, they arm up and wipe out the cult, appearing to outsiders like a murderous rampage. Maybe the worm makes it hard to tell friend from foe once the bloodshed starts. Maybe the worm is temporarily sated by bloodshed. This could be a whitewolf fomori campaign.

@YoshimotoZentaro 6 ай бұрын

It was shared, just not at the same time. It was a series. Also, I'm pretty sure the shared psychosis was ruled out.

@aleneajacklyn7348 3 ай бұрын

I am so impressed with the backgrounds and environment design in this short!

@youwhatimean 3 ай бұрын

This is an amazing piece of art . The mist being the unease of life and the worm being the problem of life . Until u tell someone about your problem you'll never be free of it . Again love this animation ❤

@MarsBarzzzz 6 ай бұрын

This is extremely impressive. The dream sequences are so cool, the storyline is even cooler. Infohazards can be hard to pull off effectively, but this was perfect. Immaculate job!!

@scarystories1800 6 ай бұрын

I’m an absolute sucker for stories that involve the watcher or reader into it! When done right it adds a whole new layer of spookiness to it. Keep it up cause these stories have been amazing!

@tibble_studios Ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing. I am going to show my whole family tonight!!

@Jackerd6 Ай бұрын

This is such a smart story plot. Hope you make more great stories!

@OhNoImHere 7 ай бұрын

To be honest, this channel needs more attention. I love everything, the story, the art, the animation. Good job guys!

@siyabonganongilane3486 6 ай бұрын

Well Darn, this is the most intriguing story I've ever come across and your animation style brings nostalgic memories from cartoons like Steven Universe and the Regular Show. This was the best animated horror I have ever watched and you have gained a new sub this day. Absolutely beautiful work this is.

@slowmotionfear2 6 ай бұрын

man, you need to read/watch more stuff if this is the best you've ever seen lol.

@siyabonganongilane3486 6 ай бұрын

Relax man. I've watched great stuff and still watching great stuff. I'm just admiring someone's working who by their quality of work has a passion for what they do. So I just expressed myself the way I felt when I was watching the animation. That didn't mean I don't know a lot of interesting movies,series,mangas and comic books alright.

@nks08_ 2 ай бұрын

This is super well made. The animation, dialog, story, it's fantastic.

@Morberis 5 ай бұрын

Love it! Cant wait to see whatever else you make

@Aiden-wg4pu 7 ай бұрын

Wow, this story was so great! The doctor’s narration, the animation, so good. The dream was phenomenal, and felt like a real dream! I like the idea of an infohazard, and their potential for stories is limitless.

@Hype_Films 6 ай бұрын

Shout out to all the people who worked on this!! Its super cool what people can do to make a dope project this turned out super amazing and everyone did amazing working on it!!

@saltymisfit6566 3 ай бұрын

The animation is spectacular and whoever your narrator is is doing a perfect job with the pacing the pronunciation and just the overall vibe it just hits different than other anime I've seen