I posted this video on twitter and Kyle Edward Ball himself liked my post. My ascension is complete, there is nowhere to go but down from here. If you liked the video, be sure to summon a demon and SMASH that like button. It's like smash or pass. Kinda. I explicitly told you not to say I didn't warn you... Damned if you do damned if you don't, I tricked you all!! Thanks for watching:) See you next week when I will be turning myself into drew gooden through osmosis.
I went to a 9 PM showing of Skinamarink alone. I knew going in it might not be for me or not scare me, but I sat back, and gave it my undivided attention. I can honestly say this was one of the most jarring, terrifying, upsetting things I have ever watched. I was paralyzed by fear. When I was young, I would sometimes have vivid night terrors and this movie brought all of those feelings to the surface. I spent the entire movie with my shoulders bunched up to my neck and my heart pounding. As a lover of analog horror, found footage, creepypastas, and cursed images, Skinamarink felt like all of those things rolled into a longer format, and it worked.
I interpreted the camera shots as it’s immersing the viewer, and putting the viewer into the children’s shoes. Also it plays like a nightmare and the graininess reminds me of how a nightmare feels, also the darkness that’s ever growing.
This is exactly why it’s so scary. The fears we have as children never really leave us, we just become better at rationalizing them. This film brings us right back to our worst fears as children
I would say as well that the camera is playing from two perspectives. One the children's and simultaneously the monster tormenting them, so we're never entirely on either side. Which is a very uncomfortable feeling, not knowing where you truly stand within the realms of the movie.
The myriad of topics you've chosen to handle recently are beyond cutting edge. They are macabre, soul-searching, obviously provocative mind depth pieces done in professional, yet minimalist fashion. Another triumph for this channel, now truly worthy of outside consideration of notice to your talent far beyond your years . Your future is bright, and getting brighter with each delving into a new psyche of the human experience. Keep exploring. The world may end up coming to you.
My interpretation was that both Kaylee and Kevin may have been enduring physical and sexual abuse from their dad. He was playing twisted psychological games with the both of them like the “look under the bed” scene Or when he says, “I want to play” referring to the LEGOS and then the teddy bear(or bunny?) drops to the floor. Abusers like to embed cues into their victim’s mind thus making them connect exact moments when said abuse will occur. As Kaylee states,“I feel strange”. Kaylee most likely spoke up about this abuse and ended up with the punishment of no eyes or mouth in her afterlife body/vessel; she can no longer “see no evil nor speak no evil”. Reminiscent of the kid that had his tongue cut for “speaking evil” in Wes Craven’s film, ‘The People Under the Stairs’. Another implication of sexual/physical abuse is that of their mother appearing at the edge of the bed with her back turned, she can’t even turn around to look her daughter in the face, as she carries a lot of shame and had become very aware of the abuse her husband had been dishing out, perhaps even partaking in the abuse as well; as she states to Kaylee, “close your eyes”. There’s a film from 1988 called ‘Nuts’ featuring Richard Dreyfuss that immediately came to mind; the story is a woman kills a guy in self defense and then the whole film revolves around a courtroom drama. It’s revealed that her father was sexually abusing her for years. Before the Sex acts would occur he would give his daughter money to keep her quiet and her mother was very aware of what had been going on. Underrated film, IMHO. Also, the toilet disappears then two buckets appear, it immediately made me think of a news story where a couple in Florida had their child chained up in their basement and he endured years of abuse. One of the things the police found when they recovered his body is a bucket that he had been given to him to use as a toilet. The stair fall scene with Kevin, right before he fall Kaylee asks “are you hiding?” Why would Kevin be hiding if Kaylee said to her dad that he was sleepwalking when he fell? as their dad claims on the phone call. I think perhaps it was a demon(dad’s inner demon) inflicting one of his many abuses and pushed Kevin down the stairs. The “put the knife in your eye”, slashing blood on the carpet and bloody window(or wall?) scenes are implying their murder, as dad went on a rampage then takes his own life. Kevin did muster up the strength to call 911, but drops the phone, perhaps that was the moment he passes over. The family has been in a sort of home bound purgatory(doors disappearing, toys floating, cartoons on repeat loop), but then their guardian angel(look up angel number 572 in numerology) at the end appears to free the children’s soul, as she states “go to sleep” as if to say you can go to the light now, children; or maybe they go to sleep wake up and the same cycle repeats over and over. I’ll stick with the they went to the light theory, as gives me more closure to this interpretation.
Also need to mention that this wasn’t my initial interpretation. I was going along the lines of the Insidious films, on a purely paranormal path of dissecting it. After 3 viewings I’ve been just blown away at how many different ways this film can be interpreted. A work of art, IMHO. 🤌💋
I really enjoy horror, but unfortunately cannot watch it since it is able to affect my day-to-day life in negative ways; but I really enjoy the concepts, themes, and ideas that horror presents, as well as the emotions they bring up in the audience. Analysis videos and explanation videos help me intake horror media in a manageable way that allows me to enjoy it where I otherwise would be unable to, so Thank You for making this video! Analog horror is some of my favorite style and genre, to the point where I've even tried watching the media itself here and there. Always an enjoyable experience to see even if I have to mitigate the experience a little by watching with friends and the lights on lol
This makes a lot of sense, and I've never really thought about my videos that way. So thank you for commenting my friend! Analog horror (and most horror) can be really fun to watch with friends haha. There's a lot of entertainment in even the really bad ones when watching with a group imo
I agree with you, I’ve always been super susceptible to nightmares so I instead watch analysis, summary or theories on it even if I haven’t watched it, it’s almost like reading around the subject to understand instead of just watching the horror.
I also cannot watch a lot of horror films and probably can’t watch this one but I enjoy listening to the concepts of the horror bc the art of it is beautiful.
Agreed I have adhd and one of my symptoms is having almost no control over my thoughts. Things tend to come up into my brain at the worst times. So scary movies tend to come out at night. This movie is a nightmare even the trailer bugged me.
I wish I got to see this movie when it was in cinemas. Also I agree, watching a movie in an empty cinema makes the experience so much cooler. My local cinema recently aired the Truman show and almost no one showed up. One of my favorite cinema experiences yet.
I love that when people talk about their experiences of seeing the movie in theatres they'll mention something along the lines of how many people were also in the theatre. I work at one where you sit down and order your food in the theater. The day before I planned to see it, my co-worker told me she was so scared she had to leave. The next day, I come alone and the theatre is empty aside from myself, it was raining so hard that you could hear it through the walls and that same co-worker is my server. She immediately points out that I came by myself and then told me that was a bad idea. I think it being alone in a dark room with rain bulleting down and mixing into the movie's audio atmosphere was the best possible way to watch Skinamarink. I'm new to horror movies but I don't think I'm easy to scare but by the time the sever came back to drop the check, just her walking up the stairs and into my peripheral felt like the entity taking over the house was reaching to get me, too. By the time "The End" appeared on the screen and the lights came on, I was in a fetal position in my chair and looking between the gaps in my fingers. Like your experience of talking with strangers about the movie, I stayed behind while the server set up for the next showing and we talked about how confused but entranced we were.
Horror isn't really my genre, but you present things so well I am compelled to watch your presentation. I don't think I'll watch Skinamarink, inasmuch as my own demons are terrifying enough, but I'm glad you are here to guide us through this.
I got demons but I watch scary movies so that way I can tolerate them more easily. It helps a lot and I think skinamarink was one of those films that showed my fears in a completely new way.
The short film Skinamarink is based on is called "Heck". Seems like an obvious clue. That short is amazing and has one of the biggest jump scares I've ever seen.
@@MyName1sJosh yes I second your question because I've seen it only once but I didn't remember a jump scare. I'm not saying it didn't happen, I just want to know what it was and when it occurred so that I can brace myself when I watch it again.
Honestly very surprised how much this movie freaked me out. I've been a horror fan since middle school and I've seen some really intense shit (Martyrs, Cannibal Holocaust, etc.). When I went home after seeing it in theaters I had to sleep with the lights on, and I haven't had to do that in years.
Is it really that good?! I'm in the same boat as you, I've been a horror fan forever, no movie scares me. I've seen it all (that isn't actual snuff) and came out unphazed. Could this be the movie that I've been looking for?
@@internetera1523 and what schmuck watches horror movies in broad daylight? I only comment since im hyped to watch it tonight, alone. Not atmosphere during the day. So yeah, im gonna comment around, let people enjoy shit man
Same here. I go out of my way to try to find the scariest, most unsettling horror movies out there, but this one made me sleep with the lights on as well. I hadn't done that in years, the last time being when I was scrolling through too many nosleep reddit posts. It goes to show that the less I see, the more scared I get. My imagination is scarier than anything that can be shown.
Just saw the movie a couple of days ago, and something you forgot to mention at about 6:39 was how not only the visual scare but also the audio scare work together. After a literal hour or so of nothing but static, footsteps, and low voices, the loud jumpscare noise sounds 10x louder than it actually is. Great video as always 👍
As a long time supporter of foreign and independent films, I agree with your commentary about the majour film industry today especially the regurgitation remakes that leave my mind screaming "Where are the fresh creative films?!" If you find them, they'll most likely be in the indie art house cinemas where I feel totally at home. I will confess that I have walked out of a film in a chain theater but only once a long time ago.
What I like about this movie is, unlike many mainstream horror movies, it doesn't have much of a discernable message. It's strictly here to make you uncomfortable and keep you up at night, saying "wtf did I just watch".
My childhood after my parents allowed me to watch a horror movie or them telling ghost stories at bedtime. Terror..........Thanks for stirring up memories 😳🙀 Loved it Daniel! Good job:) Oh I had that Fisher Price telephone 😊
David Lynch uses infrasound in a lot of his films and I heard this movie used it as well. It’s a hum or droning sound that is just below a person’s threshold of hearing and it causes anxiety. So you feel anxious when you are watching the movie but don’t know why. I got a headache the first time I watched “Eraserhead” and didn’t understand why. But subsequent views made me realize I get a headache every time I watch it. I believe it is the background infrasound.
It definitely does, there's a lot of static and droning buzz, although I wasn't aware there was more inaudible sound as well. This movie reminded me a little of Lynch's stuff actually
after seeing both skinamarink and heck, i do have to say that while skinamarink is more *scary*, heck is just outright depressing. both of them invoke a primal kind of dread, though.
I used to hate horror movies because the only horror I knew were slasher films. But over the past few years I’ve been introduced to more psychological horror stuff and it’s made me enjoy the genre a lot more. And although this movie seems absolutely up my alley I genuinely don’t think I would be able to stomach it. I’m saying that in the best way possible. It’s amazing that a movie with such a low budget is able to become what it is.
I started watching the movie at midnight the other night, and got just before the reveal of Kaylee’s face before my roommate started going to bed, making me go “YES, thank you, perfect” and I shut my laptop so quickly and turned off my lamp. I then got really paranoid cause I wasn’t even halfway through the movie and I just shut off all of my lights to go to sleep. I then finished it the next day and ( having spoiled the events for myself ), I spent the remaining hour just terrified and sobbing over these poor children’s fates. I think the movie’s an excellent piece of horror but by the time the fisher price phone showed up, I wasn’t even scared of it. I was crying and pissed off at it, cursing it out for how it tortured those kids. Now any time I get paranoid of it, I think of it like the ending of the Babadook ? I imagine the phone and then start cursing it out in my head as though it’s powerless to do anything in that smaller form. I love this movie so much though, it’s ruined my life in the best way
as a huge fan of liminal spaces, analogue horror and the horrors genre in general, i'll be sure to check this movie out! thank you so much for this video, it's so well presented (like all of your videos are), and really makes me want to watch skinamarink.
Skinamarink plays on so many primal fears. As you watch it, you recall the fear of the dark (and the things you imagined lurking through it) when you were a child, and at the same time you (as an adult) are terrified for the children because you are unable to protect them from what is happening.. At least that is the case if you accept the events unfolding in the film at face value. Skinamarink is so unbelievably ripe for audience interpretation.
You keep Introducing me to new things I never thought I'd like. Thank you for doing what you do, you have no idea how much you've helped and inspired me
It makes me happy to hear it, thank you so much for watching and caring about this stuff. Inspired you say? Are there any artistic projects you're working on or have been apart of?
@@cricket.wireless Only recently have I started acting on the stuff that inspires me. I always used to write, but beyond that everything was just exciting ideas I would flesh out in my head. I'm not sure if that's exactly what you're talking about, but ya know
Thank you for watching my friend! You should try lucid dreaming sometime, I almost never have real nightmares anymore (I used to pretty much every night, stupidly intense ones too)
The cinematography reminds me of those nights I wake up from a nightmare drenched from sweat and have to go downstairs to get water. The pure tension as your eyes dart around the familiar environment that’s now dark is something unique. The dark makes you question whether or not the thing you saw quickly darting across the floor is your imagination or not. It’s something I haven’t had in a while, however watching Skinamarink brought all those memories flooding back.
Something about the way the movie is filmed with the liminal spaces in that house setting immediately sends me into a C-PTSD induced panic attack - so personally I can't bring myself to watch it in full. But, this kind of thing, a review of the content and effects and breaking down possible meaning, helps a lot! And also I can listen in the background without immediately wanting to throw up or hyperventilate in a room with every light on and every possible window and mirror covered :3
i REALLY enjoyed the last 30 minutes, it captured a sense of horror i used to only feel as a child at night. however, the first hour of build up dragged on way too long for me, and got pretty frustrating. i completely understand building tension, but an entire hour was a little much. i really liked how i was always straining to see something in the dark, and how i was rewarded every time i really did see something. and i really love the concept of a reality bending demon or monster that’s simply just toying with its victims. the scene where blood splattered on the wall, the entity shrieks, and then it resets 4-5 times really solidified the idea that it’s able to reset time, therefore extending the torture forever
You didn't warn me Also the phone jumpscare. My ears. Owie. I like skinamarink, it feels nostalgic. It makes me miss my childhood home and the kid that used to live there. I hope she's okay, even though I know she wasn't.
I love this concept, sometimes I’ll walk to the living room at like 3am and just start hearing my nephews toys go off and it’s scares the shit out of me everytime 🥺
I’ve never once been so shaken up by a movie. Sure, it dragged on at points, but when this worked, it worked WELL. I’ve loved horror my whole life but sweet Jesus. I Haven’t been this scared since I was a kid. The familiarity of every single thing about the movie just makes everything visceral. I couldn’t look away for the whole damn thing. I LOVE how they only use loud noises or jumpscares every once in a while, making you believe you’re safe, and after the very first jumpscare, you know what they’re willing to do, so you know somethings coming, but not knowing when, or if it will do it again. So you’re on edge and tense the whole time.
I took the chance and just finished watching the movie and I was just so tense the entire time. I don't know how to explain it, it was unsettling but it was worth the watch. I also had a weird feeling of nostalgia which I can't explain but this was super interesting for sure. it makes me curious for what's to come.
Well it sure woke me up. Just getting home from a 15-hour shift getting ready for bed I see this notification from you. And now this is what I think about all night LOL 😂
I watched skinamarink in theaters a couple days ago and I have never been so tense during a whole movie, I'm so glad I brought a blanket because I needed the comfort. When it was over I literally couldn't move until I heard the 1 other person in the theater grab his stuff and go. 10/10 loved it and loved your review
I think the level of concentration we all have to exert in order to follow along is a huge part of why it's literally seared into everyone's consciousness! I loved it but I was exhausted for days afterwards!
Brilliant analysis! This movie bypasses the conscious mind and aims directly for the subconscious. Watching it was exactly like sleep paralysis, as you said. For several minutes after it ended, I couldn't move and was holding my breath. Amazing, terrifying movie.
Skidamarink a-dink a-dink Skidamarink a-doo I love you Skidamarink a-dink a-dink Skidamarink a-doo I love you I love you in the morning And in the afternoon I love you in the evening And underneath the moon Skidamarink a-dink a-dink Skidamarink a-doo I love you Skidamarink a-dink a-dink Skidamarink a-doo I love you Skidamarink a-dink a-dink Skidamarink a-doo I love you I love you in the morning And in the afternoon I love you in the evening And underneath the moon Skidamarink a-dink a-dink Skidamarink a-doo I love you I love you
This sounds like such an amazing experience and I really wish I had the patience and attention to detail to watch it. If by any chance you're into analog horror in general (y'know, instead of just enjoying the outstanding ones), may I recommend the Vita Carnis series? It's a bit lacking in horror at times, but I just enjoy it all the more for that. I'm sure you'll understand why if you decide to check it out. It also contradicts itself once or twice, but if you really want, you can wave it away as the government not wanting people to panic or new information coming to light.
I found an analog horror series that like recently just started. It doesn’t have a name but it’s really interesting and I really suggest watching it. It will probably keep you up at night though lol m.ua-cam.com/channels/OjSYjY5UMVqOdVLfvlHDnw.html
I don’t really like horror that much, but your hilarious commentary still convinced me to watch this video. I probably won’t see skinamarink but I will definitely see your next video on it! Keep making cool videos!
As a man of many words, often too many, I'll try to keep this brief. Your scriptive and narrative skills are paramount here. While the Skinamarink analysis was incredible, your skillfully editorialized epilogue was nothing short of spectacular. This, your summation, will be your work of art that will get you noticed. True talent has a way of finding the right landing spot. You're in the air now, circling. Keep doing what you're doing on this channel. You have a great cadre of co-pilots.
watched this movie with the homie while high in a pitch dark room on a windy night awhile ago and honestly? it was a great experience. i got super immersed and the wind shaking the windows a bit that night along with other house noises going on in reality in addition to the movie was such a great atmosphere to accompany the watch. the beginning hella reminded me of a depersonalisation/derealisation episode.
Also you mention an entity, but the whole time I could only think about the house being the entity, like in that one Jacob Geller video about anatomy and control
eek! saw this in the theater and had an audible reaction to that play phone jumpscare!! I don’t tend to spook too easily anymore but this movie had me on the edge of my seat. I found that the length of the film was intentionally long and disastrous; it felt like a hell I not only couldn’t escape from but couldn’t look away from either. I had to know how it ended, and for some reason I couldn’t let go of the hope that it would end more pleasantly despite the mounting evidence that it wasn’t gonna be pretty for those poor kids. Such a great video :) glad I found your channel !!
there's these moments ( the quiet scenes) in skinamarink that pry on childhood fears, creeping in the hallways, looking for your parents, terrified of a sibling who sleepwalks. honestly the first part of the movie is my favorite i could feel my chest tightens, unnerved to even breath, my eyes rolling over the shots of dark hallways over and over again. constant state of anxiety and mind you there's NO relief. i love it. the second part fell apart for me when the entity started talking and we got to see kaylee's face and all. yet you pointed that the phone changing to the toy phone damn i didn't notice that it changed, that is so cool. so looking for your analysis Daniel!!
thank you so much for explaining how the movie made you feel (12:00 me too), and how it did what it did within itself, instead of extrapolating a concrete allegory/rationalized exterior plot. it helps me appreciate it for what it is.
It feels like the horror genre is sort of returning to where it was in the 80’s with indie films like Terrifier 2 and Skinamarink getting such successful theatrical releases. Terrifier 2 is the first time we’ve had an unrated gorefest in such wide theatrical distribution since films like Maniac, The Evil Dead, Day of the Dead, Re-Animator, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, etc.
Fun fact: Kyle didn’t get that grainy-ness with a different tape like Super 8. He did it all in post. He spent a whole MONTH adding the color grading and distortions.
I saw it in theater tonight and we also all stayed in our seats for at least a few minutes after the end, terrified and unsure. And I also immediately started talking to a stranger on the way to the women's bathroom about it haha. The bathroom was very disorienting and backrooms-y so it kept the vibe going
another great video from daniel profeta. another GRAND video. another MASTERFUL video! another video! make another one! make another video! now! make it now! now! make a video now! make it now. do it now.
What a good video! I know you didnt have time, but i really would have appreciated discussing the childlike cruelty of the entity- Its not the typical "demon from who knows where", it seems to be learning its own powers as it goes, and expresses a childlike glee towards the usage of its powers to torment these kids. Its unlike most of these types of villians by not having a sense of enjoying its immortality- It has kid logic- The equivalent of tearing wings off a fly for fun. Which makes the film only scarier.
Skinamarink is not for me for multiple personal reasons, (just watching videos about it make me nervous) but the big cultural shift towards support for indie art is something I absolutely wanna support!!! We need to help foster more creative and original, outlandish, polarizing, ad-unfriendly, and statistics-shattering masterpieces like Skinamarink, and other similar projects! Heck, the guy responsible for Marcell the Shell with Shoes on, got with A24 to made a BEAUTIFUL film adaption of his old YT series, complete with authentic stop motion and the same genuine vibe from the old series! And THAT RIGHT THERE…Was enough validation for me to stay independent in my projects, because creative, Arthouse projects don’t have to just be horror, or weird or abstract. And while I love that stuff and want to make stuff like it, I also want to make wholesome family films, but not in the “strictly Hollywood” way. Long story short… INDIE CREATORS RISE UP! OUR TIME HAS COME!!!
So this movie is basically a depiction of a typical night for me with psychotic PTSD symptoms. Kidding (not really) aside, I think I'll like this movie a lot because of how much I relate to it in that sense of having had sleep paralysis nightmares and bad paranoia. I was excited when I saw the trailer because this is the kind of horror I dabble in myself because of my own experience with mental health. I live in a really old house, and often I've tried to make short horror films in artistic ways, just like this, but ended up trashing everything because I thought it would be boring. Skinamarink might just make me dig up all my old footage again. Can't wait to see this movie.
Phenomenal video man. Gave you a sub right away. This movie stripped me down to my very soul and rattled it like a piggy bank. I have never been so affected by a “horror” movie before. It feels even wrong to consider this a “horror movie” as it has somewhat silly connotations. This movie felt downright demonic. Evil. You gave some amazing insights into why it affected me so much. Thank you
I actually don’t know how anyone is scared of this. I have no hate towards the movie, or the fans of it, it just didn’t scare me in the slightest. I was with my dad in my dark basement with surround sound with a quite big tv. Yet, I was still not scared. I don’t know. Some of the jumpscares got me like the phone, but that was just sudden fear. My dad didn’t like it either. I like to see the theories because it was an interesting film, but overall not scary 🤷♀️
I wonder if this is how the upcoming Five Nights at Freddy's movie is going to be like. All these constant camera shots of the house almost look like security surveillance. Just change the setting to a family restaurant after closing, add in some scary animatronics moving in a inhumane fashion (maybe some jumpscares too), show arcade cabinets display some disturbing imagery and there you have a rough idea for a FNAF movie.
Ooohhhh mmmaaannn I'm still got my hair standing up and the chills. What a great indie movie!!!! This director and producer are going to get calls from Jason Blum and guirmillo Del Toro if they're not working for them already. This is way better than paranormal activity series. I'm usually not disturbed by most movies but this one,terrifier 1,creep, and tusks made me very disturbed and that's saying alot.
It sounds as if this is a new indie art form - the way the Blair Witch Project's breakthrough kick started a wave of "lost footage" movies, as well inspiring the Supernatural Activity series.
@@danielprofeta Here's hoping. Having movies being made by so little allows almost anyone to make a movie. A;as, that often leads to have to shift through the chaff to find the gems.
I’m excited to hear your theories. I have two main theories. One follows the theme of abuse I’ve seen often but added in that the mom ended her life because the dad was abusive towards her and once she had, he directed his abuse to the children, first towards Kaylee mainly as she the older of the two. And maybe he accidentally kills her and takes his anger out on Kevin. The second one being, it’s simply a visualization of Kevin’s night terrors after he falls down the stairs. Not that he’s in a coma but simply he starts having these vivid nightmares.
Great video, and I pretty much concur with everything you said 🙂 I'm definitely rooting for Kyle to get the opportunity to do something bigger and better. I was really neutral on the movie but I will say that the 'bedroom sequence' had me inwardly reduced to a scared peek-through-my-fingers-like-I'm-5 years of age- state and it is done so masterfully that it will probably resonate around my noggin for quite some time. Hopefully not when I'm going to sleep later on my own :D
you know i absolutely love horror. i grew up watching horror and its one of the only things i ever watch! (alongside comedy) but the thing is, i have never seen anything as disturbing. because normal horror movies are not that terrifying, even if they are scary you know whats gonna happen. but this, this is actually horrifying. i want to watch this but it looks as if i watch it im not gonna sleep for a looooong time haha. the noises and the feel of it are so real making it even a worse experience. ill probably watch it but i definitely am not doing it alone. thanks for the great commentary again :))))))))
100% Right about the sleep paralysis. I shit you not right before I have episodes. My dream camera will focus on corners of rooms, ceilings, door ways, and floors. and a sense of dread and anxiety quickly ramps up in my chest. If this feeling persists for too long, BAM! I get hit with the sleep paralysis episodes. I've learned to wake myself up before it happens though. But YES. I felt so fucking uncomfortable watching this movie and it only got worse as it went on. 10/10
I appreciate this review as it’s my favorite horror movie ever made. Edit: you should check out the directors yt channel he makes some insanely good content.
Me now, as a adolescent, wants to watch this. The me with a brain, that is more mature would say: "if you watch this you will cry, it's past midnight, go tf to sleep you stupid child, but tbh I want to watch it too,". You do an amazing job at explaining what I feel like almost every night, especially after I watch shit like this.
Be careful my friend, I've made myself sick watching stuff like this when I was younger, for months at a time lol. If you think something's going to really bother you, click off. Stay safe, stay sane, thanks for watching:)
Hahaha. Love this. Really love that you know about it, and went to see it. Mostly glad that I know you, and your brain and your talents and, and , and....thanks for this one D. Talk soon.
gotta admit, i liked "Heck" more in its directness in shorter time. NOT that i didn't like Sk, or that it didn't hypnotise me EVERY moment throughout, but at least as a companion piece, i appreciate both... and feel compelled to make my own vid because so far, NO ONE has explained a perspective i can't seem to shake, and it's (appropriately) maddening...!
I posted this video on twitter and Kyle Edward Ball himself liked my post. My ascension is complete, there is nowhere to go but down from here.
If you liked the video, be sure to summon a demon and SMASH that like button. It's like smash or pass. Kinda.
I explicitly told you not to say I didn't warn you... Damned if you do damned if you don't, I tricked you all!!
Thanks for watching:) See you next week when I will be turning myself into drew gooden through osmosis.
Congrats on getting that like from the man himelf!
Now you just need to get jack stauber to write you an email
I think you mean Danny Gonzalez?
*gets jumpscared by some weird humanoid*
Phone-yeeted
Nyctophobia-worsened
PTSD-Aquired
You unlocked a new phobia. Fear of long hallways
I went to a 9 PM showing of Skinamarink alone. I knew going in it might not be for me or not scare me, but I sat back, and gave it my undivided attention. I can honestly say this was one of the most jarring, terrifying, upsetting things I have ever watched. I was paralyzed by fear. When I was young, I would sometimes have vivid night terrors and this movie brought all of those feelings to the surface. I spent the entire movie with my shoulders bunched up to my neck and my heart pounding. As a lover of analog horror, found footage, creepypastas, and cursed images, Skinamarink felt like all of those things rolled into a longer format, and it worked.
I interpreted the camera shots as it’s immersing the viewer, and putting the viewer into the children’s shoes. Also it plays like a nightmare and the graininess reminds me of how a nightmare feels, also the darkness that’s ever growing.
Exactly!
This is exactly why it’s so scary. The fears we have as children never really leave us, we just become better at rationalizing them. This film brings us right back to our worst fears as children
I would say as well that the camera is playing from two perspectives. One the children's and simultaneously the monster tormenting them, so we're never entirely on either side. Which is a very uncomfortable feeling, not knowing where you truly stand within the realms of the movie.
This really seems like an allegory for child abuse.
That is exactly my current interpretation of the whole thing yeah.
The myriad of topics you've chosen to handle recently are beyond cutting edge. They are macabre, soul-searching, obviously provocative mind depth pieces done in professional, yet minimalist fashion. Another triumph for this channel, now truly worthy of outside consideration of notice to your talent far beyond your years . Your future is bright, and getting brighter with each delving into a new psyche of the human experience. Keep exploring. The world may end up coming to you.
Metaphor***
Not an allegory
@@SnailHatan nope it's an allegory! metaphor is a short phrase, allegory is a work. allegory*
@@SnailHatan no, a metaphor is a phrase
My interpretation was that both Kaylee and Kevin may have been enduring physical and sexual abuse from their dad. He was playing twisted psychological games with the both of them like the “look under the bed” scene Or when he says, “I want to play” referring to the LEGOS and then the teddy bear(or bunny?) drops to the floor. Abusers like to embed cues into their victim’s mind thus making them connect exact moments when said abuse will occur. As Kaylee states,“I feel strange”. Kaylee most likely spoke up about this abuse and ended up with the punishment of no eyes or mouth in her afterlife body/vessel; she can no longer “see no evil nor speak no evil”. Reminiscent of the kid that had his tongue cut for “speaking evil” in Wes Craven’s film, ‘The People Under the Stairs’. Another implication of sexual/physical abuse is that of their mother appearing at the edge of the bed with her back turned, she can’t even turn around to look her daughter in the face, as she carries a lot of shame and had become very aware of the abuse her husband had been dishing out, perhaps even partaking in the abuse as well; as she states to Kaylee, “close your eyes”.
There’s a film from 1988 called ‘Nuts’ featuring Richard Dreyfuss that immediately came to mind; the story is a woman kills a guy in self defense and then the whole film revolves around a courtroom drama. It’s revealed that her father was sexually abusing her for years. Before the Sex acts would occur he would give his daughter money to keep her quiet and her mother was very aware of what had been going on. Underrated film, IMHO.
Also, the toilet disappears then two buckets appear, it immediately made me think of a news story where a couple in Florida had their child chained up in their basement and he endured years of abuse. One of the things the police found when they recovered his body is a bucket that he had been given to him to use as a toilet.
The stair fall scene with Kevin, right before he fall Kaylee asks “are you hiding?” Why would Kevin be hiding if Kaylee said to her dad that he was sleepwalking when he fell? as their dad claims on the phone call. I think perhaps it was a demon(dad’s inner demon) inflicting one of his many abuses and pushed Kevin down the stairs. The “put the knife in your eye”, slashing blood on the carpet and bloody window(or wall?) scenes are implying their murder, as dad went on a rampage then takes his own life. Kevin did muster up the strength to call 911, but drops the phone, perhaps that was the moment he passes over.
The family has been in a sort of home bound purgatory(doors disappearing, toys floating, cartoons on repeat loop), but then their guardian angel(look up angel number 572 in numerology) at the end appears to free the children’s soul, as she states “go to sleep” as if to say you can go to the light now, children; or maybe they go to sleep wake up and the same cycle repeats over and over. I’ll stick with the they went to the light theory, as gives me more closure to this interpretation.
Also need to mention that this wasn’t my initial interpretation. I was going along the lines of the Insidious films, on a purely paranormal path of dissecting it. After 3 viewings I’ve been just blown away at how many different ways this film can be interpreted. A work of art, IMHO. 🤌💋
Fascinating
@@diamondmatos I second Cavan's comment, this is incredibly interesting to think about. Thank you for sharing!!
Incredible interpretation
Are you by any chance a psychologist or study religion and/or film? That was a very in-depth analysis you've given!
I really enjoy horror, but unfortunately cannot watch it since it is able to affect my day-to-day life in negative ways; but I really enjoy the concepts, themes, and ideas that horror presents, as well as the emotions they bring up in the audience. Analysis videos and explanation videos help me intake horror media in a manageable way that allows me to enjoy it where I otherwise would be unable to, so Thank You for making this video! Analog horror is some of my favorite style and genre, to the point where I've even tried watching the media itself here and there. Always an enjoyable experience to see even if I have to mitigate the experience a little by watching with friends and the lights on lol
This makes a lot of sense, and I've never really thought about my videos that way. So thank you for commenting my friend!
Analog horror (and most horror) can be really fun to watch with friends haha. There's a lot of entertainment in even the really bad ones when watching with a group imo
I agree with you, I’ve always been super susceptible to nightmares so I instead watch analysis, summary or theories on it even if I haven’t watched it, it’s almost like reading around the subject to understand instead of just watching the horror.
I also cannot watch a lot of horror films and probably can’t watch this one but I enjoy listening to the concepts of the horror bc the art of it is beautiful.
I have the same experience. That's why i love videos like this.
Agreed I have adhd and one of my symptoms is having almost no control over my thoughts. Things tend to come up into my brain at the worst times. So scary movies tend to come out at night. This movie is a nightmare even the trailer bugged me.
I wish I got to see this movie when it was in cinemas. Also I agree, watching a movie in an empty cinema makes the experience so much cooler. My local cinema recently aired the Truman show and almost no one showed up. One of my favorite cinema experiences yet.
Almost like the theater itself is a liminal space lol
Also, Truman Show is a freaking masterpiece, I'm jealous
i watched it in a theater and it was terrifying
I love that when people talk about their experiences of seeing the movie in theatres they'll mention something along the lines of how many people were also in the theatre. I work at one where you sit down and order your food in the theater. The day before I planned to see it, my co-worker told me she was so scared she had to leave. The next day, I come alone and the theatre is empty aside from myself, it was raining so hard that you could hear it through the walls and that same co-worker is my server. She immediately points out that I came by myself and then told me that was a bad idea. I think it being alone in a dark room with rain bulleting down and mixing into the movie's audio atmosphere was the best possible way to watch Skinamarink. I'm new to horror movies but I don't think I'm easy to scare but by the time the sever came back to drop the check, just her walking up the stairs and into my peripheral felt like the entity taking over the house was reaching to get me, too. By the time "The End" appeared on the screen and the lights came on, I was in a fetal position in my chair and looking between the gaps in my fingers. Like your experience of talking with strangers about the movie, I stayed behind while the server set up for the next showing and we talked about how confused but entranced we were.
Horror isn't really my genre, but you present things so well I am compelled to watch your presentation. I don't think I'll watch Skinamarink, inasmuch as my own demons are terrifying enough, but I'm glad you are here to guide us through this.
Thanks for watching Jammin Kauai Man, love your profile picture
I got demons but I watch scary movies so that way I can tolerate them more easily. It helps a lot and I think skinamarink was one of those films that showed my fears in a completely new way.
The short film Skinamarink is based on is called "Heck". Seems like an obvious clue. That short is amazing and has one of the biggest jump scares I've ever seen.
What would you say was the jump scare in Heck?
@@MyName1sJosh yes I second your question because I've seen it only once but I didn't remember a jump scare. I'm not saying it didn't happen, I just want to know what it was and when it occurred so that I can brace myself when I watch it again.
@@Irish_Georgia_Girl my guess would be the face that appears on the stairs at the end
Honestly very surprised how much this movie freaked me out. I've been a horror fan since middle school and I've seen some really intense shit (Martyrs, Cannibal Holocaust, etc.). When I went home after seeing it in theaters I had to sleep with the lights on, and I haven't had to do that in years.
Martyrs really fucked me up man, it's been a second since I've thought of that one
Is it really that good?! I'm in the same boat as you, I've been a horror fan forever, no movie scares me. I've seen it all (that isn't actual snuff) and came out unphazed. Could this be the movie that I've been looking for?
@@internetera1523 and what schmuck watches horror movies in broad daylight? I only comment since im hyped to watch it tonight, alone. Not atmosphere during the day. So yeah, im gonna comment around, let people enjoy shit man
Same here. I go out of my way to try to find the scariest, most unsettling horror movies out there, but this one made me sleep with the lights on as well. I hadn't done that in years, the last time being when I was scrolling through too many nosleep reddit posts. It goes to show that the less I see, the more scared I get. My imagination is scarier than anything that can be shown.
Just saw the movie a couple of days ago, and something you forgot to mention at about 6:39 was how not only the visual scare but also the audio scare work together.
After a literal hour or so of nothing but static, footsteps, and low voices, the loud jumpscare noise sounds 10x louder than it actually is.
Great video as always 👍
YES, the freaking audio was so nerve wracking haha
As a long time supporter of foreign and independent films, I agree with your commentary about the majour film industry today especially the regurgitation remakes that leave my mind screaming "Where are the fresh creative films?!" If you find them, they'll most likely be in the indie art house cinemas where I feel totally at home. I will confess that I have walked out of a film in a chain theater but only once a long time ago.
Which movie did you walk out of (if you don't mind me asking)?
@@danielprofeta I'll email you the reply because it was a big blockbuster film and I don't want the comment section to potentially go off topic.
Let me guess … la Lorona ?? Lol, I nearly walked out of that in the theatre. It was awful.
What I like about this movie is, unlike many mainstream horror movies, it doesn't have much of a discernable message. It's strictly here to make you uncomfortable and keep you up at night, saying "wtf did I just watch".
My childhood after my parents allowed me to watch a horror movie or them telling ghost stories at bedtime. Terror..........Thanks for stirring up memories 😳🙀 Loved it Daniel! Good job:) Oh I had that Fisher Price telephone 😊
We had that phone too.Fisher Price is located just south of Buffalo,NY where I live.
Ghost stories are weirdly so fun haha, despite the terrifying aspect
David Lynch uses infrasound in a lot of his films and I heard this movie used it as well. It’s a hum or droning sound that is just below a person’s threshold of hearing and it causes anxiety. So you feel anxious when you are watching the movie but don’t know why. I got a headache the first time I watched “Eraserhead” and didn’t understand why. But subsequent views made me realize I get a headache every time I watch it. I believe it is the background infrasound.
It definitely does, there's a lot of static and droning buzz, although I wasn't aware there was more inaudible sound as well. This movie reminded me a little of Lynch's stuff actually
@@danielprofeta I really need to see it. I would like to see it in a theater but when you live in the middle of nowhere….
after seeing both skinamarink and heck, i do have to say that while skinamarink is more *scary*, heck is just outright depressing. both of them invoke a primal kind of dread, though.
I used to hate horror movies because the only horror I knew were slasher films. But over the past few years I’ve been introduced to more psychological horror stuff and it’s made me enjoy the genre a lot more. And although this movie seems absolutely up my alley I genuinely don’t think I would be able to stomach it. I’m saying that in the best way possible. It’s amazing that a movie with such a low budget is able to become what it is.
Yeah, the indie nature makes me want to shout from the rooftops, it's so freaking cool that this was possible.
I started watching the movie at midnight the other night, and got just before the reveal of Kaylee’s face before my roommate started going to bed, making me go “YES, thank you, perfect” and I shut my laptop so quickly and turned off my lamp. I then got really paranoid cause I wasn’t even halfway through the movie and I just shut off all of my lights to go to sleep. I then finished it the next day and ( having spoiled the events for myself ), I spent the remaining hour just terrified and sobbing over these poor children’s fates. I think the movie’s an excellent piece of horror but by the time the fisher price phone showed up, I wasn’t even scared of it. I was crying and pissed off at it, cursing it out for how it tortured those kids. Now any time I get paranoid of it, I think of it like the ending of the Babadook ? I imagine the phone and then start cursing it out in my head as though it’s powerless to do anything in that smaller form. I love this movie so much though, it’s ruined my life in the best way
Love being in almost-empty movie theaters! And really loved your new song on tumblr.
Woohoo, thanks so much for listening to it Stella
as a huge fan of liminal spaces, analogue horror and the horrors genre in general, i'll be sure to check this movie out! thank you so much for this video, it's so well presented (like all of your videos are), and really makes me want to watch skinamarink.
Hell yeah, hope you like it!! Thanks for watching
Skinamarink plays on so many primal fears. As you watch it, you recall the fear of the dark (and the things you imagined lurking through it) when you were a child, and at the same time you (as an adult) are terrified for the children because you are unable to protect them from what is happening.. At least that is the case if you accept the events unfolding in the film at face value. Skinamarink is so unbelievably ripe for audience interpretation.
You keep Introducing me to new things I never thought I'd like.
Thank you for doing what you do, you have no idea how much you've helped and inspired me
It makes me happy to hear it, thank you so much for watching and caring about this stuff.
Inspired you say? Are there any artistic projects you're working on or have been apart of?
@daniel profeta no, but I make up stuff in my head. I don't have a way to explain it to people. Sorry, that's weird
@@cricket.wireless No worries, I think I know what you're talking about, it's not weird at all
@@danielprofeta oh thank you, usually people don't understand when I say just that
@@cricket.wireless Only recently have I started acting on the stuff that inspires me. I always used to write, but beyond that everything was just exciting ideas I would flesh out in my head. I'm not sure if that's exactly what you're talking about, but ya know
God, I am acting REALLY bold for someone who has to sleep in an hour.
I think I’ll be having intense dreams for a decade now
Amazing video once again this was really interestingly scary
Thank you for watching my friend! You should try lucid dreaming sometime, I almost never have real nightmares anymore (I used to pretty much every night, stupidly intense ones too)
@@danielprofeta I think I’m ok thanks though and yeah
The cinematography reminds me of those nights I wake up from a nightmare drenched from sweat and have to go downstairs to get water. The pure tension as your eyes dart around the familiar environment that’s now dark is something unique. The dark makes you question whether or not the thing you saw quickly darting across the floor is your imagination or not. It’s something I haven’t had in a while, however watching Skinamarink brought all those memories flooding back.
Something about the way the movie is filmed with the liminal spaces in that house setting immediately sends me into a C-PTSD induced panic attack - so personally I can't bring myself to watch it in full. But, this kind of thing, a review of the content and effects and breaking down possible meaning, helps a lot! And also I can listen in the background without immediately wanting to throw up or hyperventilate in a room with every light on and every possible window and mirror covered :3
i REALLY enjoyed the last 30 minutes, it captured a sense of horror i used to only feel as a child at night. however, the first hour of build up dragged on way too long for me, and got pretty frustrating. i completely understand building tension, but an entire hour was a little much.
i really liked how i was always straining to see something in the dark, and how i was rewarded every time i really did see something. and i really love the concept of a reality bending demon or monster that’s simply just toying with its victims. the scene where blood splattered on the wall, the entity shrieks, and then it resets 4-5 times really solidified the idea that it’s able to reset time, therefore extending the torture forever
"A kind of unfortunate name"
What are you talking about? He's CLEARLY Ballin'!
You didn't warn me
Also the phone jumpscare. My ears. Owie. I like skinamarink, it feels nostalgic. It makes me miss my childhood home and the kid that used to live there. I hope she's okay, even though I know she wasn't.
I love this concept, sometimes I’ll walk to the living room at like 3am and just start hearing my nephews toys go off and it’s scares the shit out of me everytime 🥺
I’ve never once been so shaken up by a movie. Sure, it dragged on at points, but when this worked, it worked WELL.
I’ve loved horror my whole life but sweet Jesus. I Haven’t been this scared since I was a kid. The familiarity of every single thing about the movie just makes everything visceral. I couldn’t look away for the whole damn thing.
I LOVE how they only use loud noises or jumpscares every once in a while, making you believe you’re safe, and after the very first jumpscare, you know what they’re willing to do, so you know somethings coming, but not knowing when, or if it will do it again. So you’re on edge and tense the whole time.
I just realised, you reference GRAYSTILLPLAYS in your intro to youtube, which is just, Amazing,
I took the chance and just finished watching the movie and I was just so tense the entire time. I don't know how to explain it, it was unsettling but it was worth the watch. I also had a weird feeling of nostalgia which I can't explain but this was super interesting for sure. it makes me curious for what's to come.
This movie is definitely nostalgic. But that makes it extra terrifying
I WAS LITERALLY THINKING ABOUT THIS. take your crown you awesome royalty 👑 but fr thoo I’m so in love with your content
I AM ROYALTY AREN'T I?
jk, thanks for watching. please stay in love, we're only just getting started
Clear and rational take on a brave new movie. Thank you.
Thank YOU my friend
Well it sure woke me up. Just getting home from a 15-hour shift getting ready for bed I see this notification from you. And now this is what I think about all night LOL 😂
Apologies lol:) Thanks for watching nonetheless
Daniel I will always watch all of your videos as much as I can. I learned a great deal from you and appreciate everything you put out ❤️
I watched skinamarink in theaters a couple days ago and I have never been so tense during a whole movie, I'm so glad I brought a blanket because I needed the comfort. When it was over I literally couldn't move until I heard the 1 other person in the theater grab his stuff and go. 10/10 loved it and loved your review
:) thanks for watching my friend
i did NOT expect the car seat headrest jumpscare at the end! i LOVE that band,, and after a great video too!!
I think the level of concentration we all have to exert in order to follow along is a huge part of why it's literally seared into everyone's consciousness! I loved it but I was exhausted for days afterwards!
Brilliant analysis! This movie bypasses the conscious mind and aims directly for the subconscious. Watching it was exactly like sleep paralysis, as you said. For several minutes after it ended, I couldn't move and was holding my breath. Amazing, terrifying movie.
Skidamarink a-dink a-dink
Skidamarink a-doo
I love you
Skidamarink a-dink a-dink
Skidamarink a-doo
I love you
I love you in the morning
And in the afternoon
I love you in the evening
And underneath the moon
Skidamarink a-dink a-dink
Skidamarink a-doo
I love you
Skidamarink a-dink a-dink
Skidamarink a-doo
I love you
Skidamarink a-dink a-dink
Skidamarink a-doo
I love you
I love you in the morning
And in the afternoon
I love you in the evening
And underneath the moon
Skidamarink a-dink a-dink
Skidamarink a-doo
I love you
I love you
It’s really cool to see you make a vid on Skinimarink.
You didn’t warn me
Hello again my friend, love your channel.
Thanks for watching, this movie was the first that truly "scared" me in quite awhile
This sounds like such an amazing experience and I really wish I had the patience and attention to detail to watch it. If by any chance you're into analog horror in general (y'know, instead of just enjoying the outstanding ones), may I recommend the Vita Carnis series? It's a bit lacking in horror at times, but I just enjoy it all the more for that. I'm sure you'll understand why if you decide to check it out. It also contradicts itself once or twice, but if you really want, you can wave it away as the government not wanting people to panic or new information coming to light.
Thanks for the recommendation!!
I found an analog horror series that like recently just started. It doesn’t have a name but it’s really interesting and I really suggest watching it. It will probably keep you up at night though lol
m.ua-cam.com/channels/OjSYjY5UMVqOdVLfvlHDnw.html
I don’t really like horror that much, but your hilarious commentary still convinced me to watch this video. I probably won’t see skinamarink but I will definitely see your next video on it! Keep making cool videos!
This video has done it's job in really unsettling me
Welcome to the club haha, I scared myself editing
@@danielprofeta something I just wanna say is that I love your content and I think you should get more recognition for it
As a man of many words, often too many, I'll try to keep this brief. Your scriptive and narrative skills are paramount here. While the Skinamarink analysis was incredible, your skillfully editorialized epilogue was nothing short of spectacular. This, your summation, will be your work of art that will get you noticed. True talent has a way of finding the right landing spot. You're in the air now, circling. Keep doing what you're doing on this channel. You have a great cadre of co-pilots.
Greatly appreciated George, thank you for watching! Onwards and upwards.
Daniel...
You didn't warn me
watched this movie with the homie while high in a pitch dark room on a windy night awhile ago and honestly? it was a great experience. i got super immersed and the wind shaking the windows a bit that night along with other house noises going on in reality in addition to the movie was such a great atmosphere to accompany the watch. the beginning hella reminded me of a depersonalisation/derealisation episode.
AHH THIS VIDEO WAS SO CREEPY Daniel ur giving me nightmares bud
I've given myself nightmares... I'll just stay up all night again
Seems like a comfy movie. Would love to watch it when I'm trying to go to sleep :) (this is genuine not a meme it genuinely seems comfy)
Also you mention an entity, but the whole time I could only think about the house being the entity, like in that one Jacob Geller video about anatomy and control
@@MarigoldMonarch You have will of steel to call this a comfy movie
eek! saw this in the theater and had an audible reaction to that play phone jumpscare!! I don’t tend to spook too easily anymore but this movie had me on the edge of my seat. I found that the length of the film was intentionally long and disastrous; it felt like a hell I not only couldn’t escape from but couldn’t look away from either. I had to know how it ended, and for some reason I couldn’t let go of the hope that it would end more pleasantly despite the mounting evidence that it wasn’t gonna be pretty for those poor kids. Such a great video :) glad I found your channel !!
there's these moments ( the quiet scenes) in skinamarink that pry on childhood fears, creeping in the hallways, looking for your parents, terrified of a sibling who sleepwalks. honestly the first part of the movie is my favorite i could feel my chest tightens, unnerved to even breath, my eyes rolling over the shots of dark hallways over and over again. constant state of anxiety and mind you there's NO relief. i love it.
the second part fell apart for me when the entity started talking and we got to see kaylee's face and all. yet you pointed that the phone changing to the toy phone damn i didn't notice that it changed, that is so cool.
so looking for your analysis Daniel!!
Yay! I’ve noticed that whenever you post I always have good days. Yesterday I auditioned for my dream school and it went really well.
That's so sick, let us know if you get in!!
Also, thank you, the sentiment means a lot:)
@@danielprofeta Definitely! Although I won’t here until early March
And you’re welcome :)
@@danielprofeta I’m currently number three on te waitlist!
thank you so much for explaining how the movie made you feel (12:00 me too), and how it did what it did within itself, instead of extrapolating a concrete allegory/rationalized exterior plot. it helps me appreciate it for what it is.
It feels like the horror genre is sort of returning to where it was in the 80’s with indie films like Terrifier 2 and Skinamarink getting such successful theatrical releases. Terrifier 2 is the first time we’ve had an unrated gorefest in such wide theatrical distribution since films like Maniac, The Evil Dead, Day of the Dead, Re-Animator, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, etc.
Fun fact: Kyle didn’t get that grainy-ness with a different tape like Super 8. He did it all in post. He spent a whole MONTH adding the color grading and distortions.
I saw it in theater tonight and we also all stayed in our seats for at least a few minutes after the end, terrified and unsure. And I also immediately started talking to a stranger on the way to the women's bathroom about it haha. The bathroom was very disorienting and backrooms-y so it kept the vibe going
This came out literally right after leaving the theater having seen it
Did you like it when you saw it? Was there anyone else in the theater?
I read that as skidmark.
another great video from daniel profeta. another GRAND video. another MASTERFUL video! another video! make another one! make another video! now! make it now! now! make a video now! make it now. do it now.
See you soon then boss baby
What a good video! I know you didnt have time, but i really would have appreciated discussing the childlike cruelty of the entity- Its not the typical "demon from who knows where", it seems to be learning its own powers as it goes, and expresses a childlike glee towards the usage of its powers to torment these kids. Its unlike most of these types of villians by not having a sense of enjoying its immortality- It has kid logic- The equivalent of tearing wings off a fly for fun. Which makes the film only scarier.
I have never felt more intense dread in my life from a film. Finally, analog horror done right. Great review.
Skinamarink is not for me for multiple personal reasons, (just watching videos about it make me nervous) but the big cultural shift towards support for indie art is something I absolutely wanna support!!! We need to help foster more creative and original, outlandish, polarizing, ad-unfriendly, and statistics-shattering masterpieces like Skinamarink, and other similar projects! Heck, the guy responsible for Marcell the Shell with Shoes on, got with A24 to made a BEAUTIFUL film adaption of his old YT series, complete with authentic stop motion and the same genuine vibe from the old series! And THAT RIGHT THERE…Was enough validation for me to stay independent in my projects, because creative, Arthouse projects don’t have to just be horror, or weird or abstract. And while I love that stuff and want to make stuff like it, I also want to make wholesome family films, but not in the “strictly Hollywood” way.
Long story short… INDIE CREATORS RISE UP! OUR TIME HAS COME!!!
I really like your channel. You introduced me to many intriguing content!
So this movie is basically a depiction of a typical night for me with psychotic PTSD symptoms. Kidding (not really) aside, I think I'll like this movie a lot because of how much I relate to it in that sense of having had sleep paralysis nightmares and bad paranoia. I was excited when I saw the trailer because this is the kind of horror I dabble in myself because of my own experience with mental health. I live in a really old house, and often I've tried to make short horror films in artistic ways, just like this, but ended up trashing everything because I thought it would be boring. Skinamarink might just make me dig up all my old footage again. Can't wait to see this movie.
Adding: "You didn't warn me."
I want to see your horror movies...
Phenomenal video man. Gave you a sub right away. This movie stripped me down to my very soul and rattled it like a piggy bank. I have never been so affected by a “horror” movie before. It feels even wrong to consider this a “horror movie” as it has somewhat silly connotations. This movie felt downright demonic. Evil. You gave some amazing insights into why it affected me so much. Thank you
I actually don’t know how anyone is scared of this. I have no hate towards the movie, or the fans of it, it just didn’t scare me in the slightest. I was with my dad in my dark basement with surround sound with a quite big tv. Yet, I was still not scared. I don’t know. Some of the jumpscares got me like the phone, but that was just sudden fear. My dad didn’t like it either. I like to see the theories because it was an interesting film, but overall not scary 🤷♀️
I wonder if this is how the upcoming Five Nights at Freddy's movie is going to be like. All these constant camera shots of the house almost look like security surveillance. Just change the setting to a family restaurant after closing, add in some scary animatronics moving in a inhumane fashion (maybe some jumpscares too), show arcade cabinets display some disturbing imagery and there you have a rough idea for a FNAF movie.
Skinamarink is frightening because it reminds so many of us of our first nightmares. It sure as fuck reminds me of my first nightmare
Ooohhhh mmmaaannn I'm still got my hair standing up and the chills. What a great indie movie!!!! This director and producer are going to get calls from Jason Blum and guirmillo Del Toro if they're not working for them already. This is way better than paranormal activity series. I'm usually not disturbed by most movies but this one,terrifier 1,creep, and tusks made me very disturbed and that's saying alot.
It sounds as if this is a new indie art form - the way the Blair Witch Project's breakthrough kick started a wave of "lost footage" movies, as well inspiring the Supernatural Activity series.
I hope it does mark the beginning of a revival
@@danielprofeta Here's hoping. Having movies being made by so little allows almost anyone to make a movie.
A;as, that often leads to have to shift through the chaff to find the gems.
im so glad to find this video because my older brother talked about a movie with a similar plot like this.
Was the movie your brother was talking about that has a similar plot called "Heck"?
@@Irish_Georgia_Girl he never said the title before but when I told him he was watching the movie
I feel this movie didn’t scare me, but scared my childhood memories, I remember watching happy cartoons with my brother when we were scared
i swear i loved horrors and thrillers before this but know i love them even more thank you sooo much for this i love it 🤩😍🤩😍
:)
I’m excited to hear your theories. I have two main theories. One follows the theme of abuse I’ve seen often but added in that the mom ended her life because the dad was abusive towards her and once she had, he directed his abuse to the children, first towards Kaylee mainly as she the older of the two. And maybe he accidentally kills her and takes his anger out on Kevin. The second one being, it’s simply a visualization of Kevin’s night terrors after he falls down the stairs. Not that he’s in a coma but simply he starts having these vivid nightmares.
Great video, and I pretty much concur with everything you said 🙂 I'm definitely rooting for Kyle to get the opportunity to do something bigger and better. I was really neutral on the movie but I will say that the 'bedroom sequence' had me inwardly reduced to a scared peek-through-my-fingers-like-I'm-5 years of age- state and it is done so masterfully that it will probably resonate around my noggin for quite some time. Hopefully not when I'm going to sleep later on my own :D
You didn’t warn me… (can’t wait to watch the movie, if it is avaliable in the Netherlands)
Hopefully it will be
Looking forward to the shudder release. This looks like a good one
It's definitely different, but I really enjoyed it
Thanks for watching!
I'm ngl Im waiting to watch this one until I can enter an altered state of mind. I feel that'll be best for this movie
God, this has such harmony and horror esque vibes
i physically can’t watch stuff like this with kids in danger but i wanna support cause i love the concept 😭
you know i absolutely love horror. i grew up watching horror and its one of the only things i ever watch! (alongside comedy) but the thing is, i have never seen anything as disturbing. because normal horror movies are not that terrifying, even if they are scary you know whats gonna happen. but this, this is actually horrifying. i want to watch this but it looks as if i watch it im not gonna sleep for a looooong time haha. the noises and the feel of it are so real making it even a worse experience. ill probably watch it but i definitely am not doing it alone. thanks for the great commentary again :))))))))
100% Right about the sleep paralysis. I shit you not right before I have episodes. My dream camera will focus on corners of rooms, ceilings, door ways, and floors. and a sense of dread and anxiety quickly ramps up in my chest. If this feeling persists for too long, BAM! I get hit with the sleep paralysis episodes. I've learned to wake myself up before it happens though. But YES. I felt so fucking uncomfortable watching this movie and it only got worse as it went on. 10/10
This is a fascinating film and really well made such creative minimalistic work very impressive
Great insight and analysis dude. Agreed on all fronts, unforgettable theater experience seeing this one. Scared me to tears.
In the portion where we we're supposed to look away, in like, the first three seconds my left eye started to hurt
Damn,,,
I LOVED it. Made me wanna try again to read House of Leaves
I appreciate this review as it’s my favorite horror movie ever made.
Edit: you should check out the directors yt channel he makes some insanely good content.
This film even watching it in clips is absolutely terrifying!
That first clip really disturbed me.
It only gets worse.
@daniel profeta oh geez! Lol I'm going to have to watch this with my cousin. Have you seen the movie Mandy?
@@BillyBulletPewPew With Nicolas Cage?
@@danielprofeta yes!
Me now, as a adolescent, wants to watch this. The me with a brain, that is more mature would say: "if you watch this you will cry, it's past midnight, go tf to sleep you stupid child, but tbh I want to watch it too,". You do an amazing job at explaining what I feel like almost every night, especially after I watch shit like this.
Be careful my friend, I've made myself sick watching stuff like this when I was younger, for months at a time lol. If you think something's going to really bother you, click off.
Stay safe, stay sane, thanks for watching:)
Hahaha. Love this. Really love that you know about it, and went to see it. Mostly glad that I know you, and your brain and your talents and, and , and....thanks for this one D. Talk soon.
This is horrifying
My thoughts exactly
It's pretty intense yeah
Skinamarinki dink dink skinamarimki doo i love you.
Anyone hear this as a kid? This little melody? Am I crazy?
First thing I thought of when I saw the movies name
“Come away a changed person”
Yeah, I won’t ever be able to walk down a dark hallway, down the basement, pass a pitch black room
Man, I never expected to get jumlscarer by a fisher price telephone lmao, great video btw, rlly makes me wanna watch the movie 👍
So happy it’s doing well!!
gotta admit, i liked "Heck" more in its directness in shorter time. NOT that i didn't like Sk, or that it didn't hypnotise me EVERY moment throughout, but at least as a companion piece, i appreciate both... and feel compelled to make my own vid because so far, NO ONE has explained a perspective i can't seem to shake, and it's (appropriately) maddening...!
Your theory, please.
@@Commander_Rane - stay tuned for the podcast! I feel like I could do an entire season just about SK!
Watched it last night in an almost empty theatre. It now lingers in the dark corners of my mind.