Film Theory: What is the Bird Box Monster? (Bird Box Netflix)

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  • Опубліковано 4 лют 2019
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    Bird Box is one of the BIGGEST horror movies right now. It's inspired dozens of theories trying to answer the BIG question. What is the Bird Box monster? Today Theorists, I'm throwing my hat in the ring and I think we've hit on something big! You see, the monster in Bird Box has left a lot of clues for a creature we never see. I've gathered the evidence and you are going to want to hear this! Let's go!
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  • @tidepod10yearsago97
    @tidepod10yearsago97 3 роки тому +7038

    How to survive this monster
    Step 1: be the cameraman

  • @beepaboopy6602
    @beepaboopy6602 4 роки тому +9323

    Normal people: *dies seeing it*
    Blind people: hmm pathetic

    • @marnie1129
      @marnie1129 4 роки тому +315

      *sips tea

    • @pennelagoon
      @pennelagoon 4 роки тому +131

      I actually think the movie was scary

    • @xsynnn8060
      @xsynnn8060 4 роки тому +197

      "Where is everyone in this town?"

    • @marnie1129
      @marnie1129 4 роки тому +76

      @@xsynnn8060 died from blindness

    • @kyle_boo1394
      @kyle_boo1394 4 роки тому +85

      Blind people
      “Oh they just want to die”
      (Seconds later)
      “Oh my son is dead”
      (Luaghs)
      Im the bird box (smirks)
      Hahhahaha

  • @cb-9938
    @cb-9938 Рік тому +734

    Simply put its Cosmic horror. Letting our brains fill in the gaps of what we've been told will be scarier than whatever they could show us, goes back to the innate fear most have for something unknown

    • @bencubus1814
      @bencubus1814 9 місяців тому +19

      Yeah, it's good horror, but lazy literary practice. I don't think the author actually had an explanation past his clear inspiration from Lovecraft.

    • @snowman9631
      @snowman9631 День тому

      I am a fan of the "mind makes up worse things" but birdbox never did it to me.

  • @Kiwi_Kiwi_Vids
    @Kiwi_Kiwi_Vids Рік тому +1277

    Me enjoying a horror movie about a monster who kills people when they see it:
    Matpat trying to tell me its a giant squid written by a man from Rhode Island:

    • @CookieandChoco
      @CookieandChoco Рік тому +12

      Its scp 096

    • @Kiwi_Kiwi_Vids
      @Kiwi_Kiwi_Vids Рік тому +3

      @@CookieandChoco what

    • @scrubysponge7282
      @scrubysponge7282 Рік тому +47

      @@CookieandChoco scp-096 doesn't make people go insane when they look at it. The creatures in bird box are more like eldritch horrors, which can make people go insane by looking because the average human literally cannot handle what they are seeing

    • @XVI__YT
      @XVI__YT Рік тому +4

      Cthulu?

    • @TK-Reikon
      @TK-Reikon Рік тому +8

      As a Rhode Islander this comment made me smile. Also his house is still standing!

  • @chonkyboiwithamustacheanda257
    @chonkyboiwithamustacheanda257 4 роки тому +8053

    Quiet place: Can't talk
    BirdBox: Can't see
    Periodic table and multiplication table: Can't remember

  • @mtnd02.06
    @mtnd02.06 5 років тому +7555

    "Just remove your blindfolds and hit that subscribe button"
    Nice try Cthulu.

    • @ThompsonTime794
      @ThompsonTime794 4 роки тому +40

      Lol

    • @eggroll3055
      @eggroll3055 4 роки тому +64

      Cthulhu*

    • @mtnd02.06
      @mtnd02.06 4 роки тому +58

      @@eggroll3055
      WhoGivesAFlyingFuuuuccckk*

    • @eggroll3055
      @eggroll3055 4 роки тому +103

      @@mtnd02.06 I do. The Dark Lord gets stronger when someone says his name wrong.

    • @CallumTechz
      @CallumTechz 4 роки тому +17

      Waldo the frick is wrong with you

  • @ToothpickFromHell
    @ToothpickFromHell 3 місяці тому +136

    Man, I am gonna miss MatPat. He was a big part of my childhood and I didn’t even realize it until I was in 8th grade.
    But that’s just a theory.

  • @qwertymcflurry3013
    @qwertymcflurry3013 9 місяців тому +63

    The reason this concept of an unseen villain is so brilliant is that the people who watch the movie can fill in what they fear them most. The reason why characters like Master chief, Predator, or Ghostface are so popular and successful is because the audience can see what they think the monster or character looks like. This makes them popular because the audience either resonates with them or fears them.

  • @marcus....
    @marcus.... 3 роки тому +5143

    All people who will be invincible
    1. Blind people
    2. The thing itself
    3. Me because I’d sleep through it all

  • @user-qx4vs7ne8w
    @user-qx4vs7ne8w 5 років тому +3762

    Bird Box monster: Exists
    Blind person: I'm about to end this man's whole career!

    • @VeerSingh-do4er
      @VeerSingh-do4er 4 роки тому +35

      Good one

    • @rjtp2552
      @rjtp2552 4 роки тому +36

      The followers still kill you

    • @tallt5823
      @tallt5823 4 роки тому +5

      tuxman3osmanov gg it’s really hard but I left it at exactly at 500 likes

    • @honeykawaii5076
      @honeykawaii5076 4 роки тому +2

      True

    • @madmaxtt2578
      @madmaxtt2578 4 роки тому +5

      tuxman3osmanov gg your face gets stuck in my head like everyone

  • @cameronhodgetts920
    @cameronhodgetts920 Рік тому +67

    I think that the thing that surprised me more than anything about Bird Box was the amount of underrated talent in it. John Malkovich, Tom Hollander, BD Wong, David Dastmalchian, Sarah Paulson, and of course Sandra Bullock.

  • @ElNomada2505
    @ElNomada2505 7 місяців тому +16

    Bird Box Bercelona is actually a great movie, and I'd love to see MatPat make a theory about it

  • @die-brot-frau
    @die-brot-frau 4 роки тому +2631

    Question: Whats the Bird Box monster,
    Answer: a Mirror.

    • @RelicPerez
      @RelicPerez 4 роки тому +24

      @@melekalikimaka1038 lol

    • @die-brot-frau
      @die-brot-frau 4 роки тому +20

      @@D00000T First they faked the moon landing, Now THIS?!?!

    • @VanessaStJohn
      @VanessaStJohn 4 роки тому +28

      People that worship the bird box monster: oh yeah I looked in a mirror and started worshipping it
      I'm just imagining a ton of invisible mirrors running around the world right now 😂

    • @funguslord6
      @funguslord6 4 роки тому +1

      That wouldn’t work you’d just be showing whatever it is what it looks like and it probably already knows

    • @PlatonicPluto
      @PlatonicPluto 4 роки тому +7

      no, its a box with a bird on it!

  • @shiro-hb2zo
    @shiro-hb2zo 4 роки тому +7159

    Bird box: can’t see
    Quiet place:can’t talk
    Hush: can’t hear
    Silent: Can’t make noise
    You: can’t get a girlfriend

    • @dreat2400
      @dreat2400 4 роки тому +304

      Leave me alone

    • @fi7564
      @fi7564 4 роки тому +116

      That's true since I'm a girl for the last one

    • @juny-dn5ud
      @juny-dn5ud 4 роки тому +83

      not everyone wants to be in a relationship?

    • @mepnet
      @mepnet 4 роки тому +34

      Because I am a girl.

    • @mepnet
      @mepnet 4 роки тому +22

      And I'm ten.

  • @kinseyfaucette4377
    @kinseyfaucette4377 2 місяці тому +16

    Fun fact: In the next bird box movie they made. Our protagonist is one of the people who saw the monster. And everyone who's seen the monster keeps calling it an angel.
    Oh and when the protagonist opens there eyes, After they have died these gold things go up in the air. I suspect those are spirits. In all seriousness, there's a lot more religion in the next bird box movie than there is in this one

    • @CMPP160
      @CMPP160 7 днів тому

      NO SPOILERS 😭

  • @skeletor1344
    @skeletor1344 Рік тому +30

    You mentioned the monster being like infinity, I have a similar but way different theory.
    There are two things the human brain can't comprehend, Infinity and Nothing. I also believe that the suicidal thoughts are caused by the brain not understanding what it see's. While Film Theory says that the monsters are a representation of infinity, I suspect the opposite, Nothing.
    The monster for one can't interact with the real world because it is "Nothing". Having nothing to use to interact with the real world. The Incarnation of "Nothing" also uses the voices of dead people, the dead are no longer here and therefore are "Nothing" in most scientific theories on what happens after death.
    I do not think it is a variation on a previous creature, but the human mind now trying to comprehend something not able to be seen until that point.( I'm not quite sure about how the brain can now see the monster. I suspect it is an evolution of the brain to start, but not be able to finish, comprehending it.
    This could also be the reason certain insane people are able to "see" the monster. Some crazy people see the world in their own way, so it would alter Nothing into something. One great example is the Joker movie, Where he imagines his own fantasy because he is insane.
    The reason the car's alarm would react is because something turned into nothing and it changed something that would indeed set off an alarm. a similar thing for how it casts a shadow, the air gets moved and there is no longer something that the sun can transfer light through.
    The birds in this movie act as a warning for when something bad is about to happen, they can chirp out to warn others. The birds would most likely feel "Nothing" ( some sort of coldness or darkness, but most likely something we never felt before) and would react.
    That is my personal theory. It probably isn't the whole story, I couldn't really check every possibility because this is not my job. This was just something I thought about after the fact. Also thanks to @shadowless454, I had no idea why the birds chirped until I read your comment.

  • @LT_U
    @LT_U 5 років тому +2536

    I know what the monster was.
    It was 2018 UA-cam Rewind.

  • @bellablondon6172
    @bellablondon6172 5 років тому +2932

    I finally figured out what the Birdbox monster is:
    Sonic The Hedgehog (2019)

    • @coffeemelonr
      @coffeemelonr 5 років тому +138

      Disproven:
      “You’re not so bad”

    • @Auraaa8495
      @Auraaa8495 5 років тому +10

      Bella Blondon boom

    • @Rit678
      @Rit678 5 років тому +10

      yes

    • @skprog
      @skprog 5 років тому +4

      come look its not so bad

    • @tristinbreland7017
      @tristinbreland7017 5 років тому +3

      before the fix

  • @thomash8408
    @thomash8408 Рік тому +40

    I was thinking that the monster was actually death personified. Like not singular, more like grim reapers of all types from across the world. That would help explain why they can’t open doors, why they are described as beautiful and not too bad once they see them, and why the drawings are so varied. They’re seeing different regions of the grim reaper. It explains the ability to change their voices to dead and living loved ones. The only thing it doesn’t explain is why the insane aren’t affected.

    • @PlanetShelf
      @PlanetShelf Місяць тому +2

      I think insanity entails a lot of thinking about death and other things that are typically incomprehensible, so your theory sounds pretty well-based!

  • @BloomingEclipse
    @BloomingEclipse 9 місяців тому +12

    Hey Mapat, there is this new movie i found that is like, another story in the same world of Bird box, this could answer a ton of questions, as you can see the actual shadow of the creature near the middle of the movie, it's called Bird Box Barcelona (Sorry i may have confused you, i thought it was at the end)

    • @raphaelaoliveira5935
      @raphaelaoliveira5935 9 місяців тому +1

      That's a great movie! Matpat should watch it

    • @BloomingEclipse
      @BloomingEclipse 9 місяців тому

      @@raphaelaoliveira5935 Yea, like, and the shadow, looks like the accurate angel, doesn't it?

  • @martabartoszewska104
    @martabartoszewska104 4 роки тому +2913

    We all know that the monsters were the cats from the movie Cats 2019

  • @maisenlexia4716
    @maisenlexia4716 4 роки тому +1973

    Bird Box Monster: * finds me *
    Me: * takes off blindfold *
    Bird Box Monster: Wtf is she doing??!
    Me: * *Takes out my Uno Reverse card* *

  • @duckgirl6792
    @duckgirl6792 Рік тому +8

    this reminds me of "when day breaks" an SCP-001 proposal

  • @Banana-zu8tn
    @Banana-zu8tn Рік тому +6

    0:13 imagine being his neighbor, and just hearing that randomly.

  • @kaeilaraine36
    @kaeilaraine36 4 роки тому +2887

    Quiet place: can't talk or make noise
    Bird box: can't see
    Corona: can't touch
    The clue was right in front of us all these times

    • @kyle_boo1394
      @kyle_boo1394 4 роки тому +93

      No corona is
      Social distancing
      Which sucks btw

    • @lisaledingham5664
      @lisaledingham5664 4 роки тому +76

      It’s all fun and games till they fuse

    • @ieatedgod
      @ieatedgod 4 роки тому +51

      Next thing you know it’s “can’t be alive”

    • @james8616
      @james8616 4 роки тому +15

      Naw, corona is no lick
      Like that girl, remember

    • @lyle977
      @lyle977 4 роки тому +5

      @@kyle_boo1394 okay? Cant touch was a comment on social distancing what are you talking about

  • @jesuschrist1518
    @jesuschrist1518 4 роки тому +13777

    Bird box monster: * exists *
    Blind people: * exist *
    Bird box monster: you weren't supposed to do that

    • @qqqhv8777
      @qqqhv8777 4 роки тому +331

      Not really, they can just drive the non blind people to kill the blind ones.

    • @sapphirewolf2913
      @sapphirewolf2913 4 роки тому +75

      @@qqqhv8777 how?

    • @abdilibrahim993
      @abdilibrahim993 4 роки тому +183

      @@sapphirewolf2913 Did you watch the whole movie?

    • @sapphirewolf2913
      @sapphirewolf2913 4 роки тому +111

      @@abdilibrahim993 I did I just have bad memory

    • @abdilibrahim993
      @abdilibrahim993 4 роки тому +66

      @@sapphirewolf2913 oh. Okay.

  • @KlausRosenberg-et2xv
    @KlausRosenberg-et2xv 2 місяці тому +12

    I just read the books, they are amazing. All we get to know about the creatures is that they are not violent, creature is not the right term for them, they make some weird quiet sounds like steps, they have a sense of gathering around specific places, they can climb to the roofs of houses, they can not be "trapped" or "captured" as a creature, they somehow multiply because it's said they have likely tripled 17 years after the first event.
    Also, in the second boom called Malorie, spoilers ahead, it is discovered a way to see again and live normally, everyone can see again and live normally while using a two way mirror, but the "creatures" never go away.

  • @kentarougonpachirou2550
    @kentarougonpachirou2550 10 місяців тому +9

    Watching this video after the second movie just makes me so happy for no reason

  • @mepnet
    @mepnet 4 роки тому +1928

    Bird box monster: I fear no man, but that thing..
    Door
    Bird box monster: *it scares me.*

    • @TGymer
      @TGymer 4 роки тому +56

      Maybe its just like really REALLY polite

    • @Alon-yu2yv
      @Alon-yu2yv 4 роки тому +22

      This, this makes me smile

    • @tutle7507
      @tutle7507 4 роки тому +3

      Lol

    • @nightwalker0669
      @nightwalker0669 4 роки тому +7

      What about blind people

    • @user-uq2sb9fz1x
      @user-uq2sb9fz1x 4 роки тому +9

      Nightwalker 06
      SPOILERS: that’s how the movie ends, the girl and kids find a blind institute where they could be safe with the blind people

  • @potato7918
    @potato7918 4 роки тому +1324

    Blind people:
    *Y O U D A R E O P P O S E M E M O R T A L*

    • @yaboioreo5187
      @yaboioreo5187 4 роки тому +14

      They would be ok

    • @rodanthekurgerbingemployee6942
      @rodanthekurgerbingemployee6942 4 роки тому +23

      Well if your blind in bird box
      It would not work as good because dew to Alot of crazy people
      And you can't see where are you going so you can ran straight up to a crazy people
      That's the only downside to being a blind people I did not watch bird box but that's my theory

    • @enchanted4468
      @enchanted4468 4 роки тому +5

      Crazy Peoples: *Yare yare*

    • @hangingwiththecousins6060
      @hangingwiththecousins6060 4 роки тому +1

      potato H A H A

    • @laurarenfrow8361
      @laurarenfrow8361 4 роки тому +1

      Blind people would never die

  • @unknownchoujin1436
    @unknownchoujin1436 10 місяців тому +19

    Who else came back to this video after the release of Bird Box Barcelona?

  • @daltoneldridge8423
    @daltoneldridge8423 Місяць тому +4

    HES BACK MATPAT NEVER DIES

  • @user-md9cc4hh3t
    @user-md9cc4hh3t 5 років тому +1876

    what's the monster?
    **dEPrEssIoN**

    • @blazeburner4039
      @blazeburner4039 5 років тому +43

      @Stary Włóczykij I personally think that its a joke. . . but yeah it doesn't make sense

    • @fahimp3
      @fahimp3 5 років тому +4

      So blind people don't get depressed? Humm...

    • @TangleSaturnalia
      @TangleSaturnalia 5 років тому +2

      R/wooosh

    • @UNB0XT
      @UNB0XT 5 років тому

      @Durv • dangit ya got me

    • @cirriform
      @cirriform 5 років тому +3

      @@fahimp3 time for me to become blind *this is sarcasm*

  • @commiedogborkins5568
    @commiedogborkins5568 5 років тому +1556

    Insane people:I want to die I only need to see this monster
    *insane person stares at it*
    Monster:um I can't kill you
    Insane person: :(

  • @peppermint724
    @peppermint724 5 місяців тому +7

    Blind people be chillin'

  • @BeverlyHighland
    @BeverlyHighland 10 місяців тому +44

    What makes sense to me is that its ability to mimic loved ones and such might not be intentional to the monsters. It might just be a part of it that it unintentionally uses to capture souls, like how we use food in traps.

  • @JadeSpecter
    @JadeSpecter 5 років тому +2541

    Normal People sees the Monster
    *Immediately kill Themselves*
    "Will Smith sees the Monster"
    Will Smith: A haha ah that's Hot That's Hot

    • @NolyWasp
      @NolyWasp 5 років тому +47

      A Hahaaaa.. its rewind time!!

    • @anomalousmaterial217
      @anomalousmaterial217 5 років тому +51

      Literally nobody:
      Somebody:
      Once told me the world is gonna roll me
      Edit: Thanks for the likes guys!

    • @dalde0534
      @dalde0534 5 років тому +16

      *ITS THE FORTNITE BUS ITS TAKINNG CONTROL OF US ALL BECAUSE WERE INSANE NOOOOO*

    • @spongebobslesserknownbroth9769
      @spongebobslesserknownbroth9769 5 років тому +5

      Dang dude that’s a really funny joke how has nobody ever made that joke before

    • @joandaniels9241
      @joandaniels9241 5 років тому +1

      Shane: Aye, that's a spooky costume!

  • @ISLeone
    @ISLeone 4 роки тому +603

    "Who even hangs pots to the ceiling"
    "WHO EVEN CUTS SANDWICHES IN HALF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE APOCALYPSE"

    • @sparkz6349
      @sparkz6349 4 роки тому +7

      who does anything during the apocalypse?

    • @karmakazama497
      @karmakazama497 4 роки тому +3

      And none of you are gonna talk about the fact that he has a kitchen on the first floor?

    • @jackiefarnham8825
      @jackiefarnham8825 4 роки тому +3

      Ikr😂😂😂😂😂

    • @pleasesmile5961
      @pleasesmile5961 4 роки тому +3

      Kira Kazama
      what do you mean?

    • @natalieneal5181
      @natalieneal5181 4 роки тому +3

      I REFUSE TO EAT IF I CAN'T HAVE MY SANDWICH CUT IN HALF!!

  • @PyandGalatea
    @PyandGalatea Рік тому +161

    You're like no other Matpat.... studying the Bible for a theory? I have the rapture verses memorized because my parents told me to years ago 🤣 I loved listening to verses I memorized and being like: Hey! I know that verse

    • @atomdecay
      @atomdecay 4 місяці тому

      How I felt after doing AWANAS as a kid

  • @mikayhintsala5662
    @mikayhintsala5662 Рік тому +4

    I think in my opinion that Charlie was right about it being the demons/spirit that takes the form of youre greatest lost or fear because in that one scene we see a girl see the bird box monster and she said “mom” which was later revealed by the guy that her mom was dead. Not just that but the bird box monster can also sound like our loved ones which the bird box monster used to try to trick Malorie and the two kids to remove there blindfolds. Also I think there are a lot of monsters and not only one monster and they are also different monsters due to the different reactions of people, I also think that these monsters have different abilities like the one where it can mimick voices while others couldn’t.

  • @cellsbells
    @cellsbells 4 роки тому +25512

    Wait what if the monster looked in a mirror-

    • @craigieboy7283
      @craigieboy7283 4 роки тому +1264

      I would wanna know

    • @nguyenphan7246
      @nguyenphan7246 4 роки тому +792

      U is da genius!!!! 🤓🧐

    • @nannobot1280
      @nannobot1280 4 роки тому +577

      Don't over think it

    • @davidremilio8946
      @davidremilio8946 4 роки тому +411

      Woah, that all you need

    • @salthesock1546
      @salthesock1546 4 роки тому +592

      Lol I never thought I’d say this (I thought bird box was crap) but I want a sequel with a giant mirror. 😂

  • @Snukkuri
    @Snukkuri 2 роки тому +12127

    Can we just appreciate the Camera man for being able to survive long enough to make this movie for everyone

    • @kentarooo5571
      @kentarooo5571 Рік тому +361

      An under appreciated hero he is👍✨

    • @rickopelfrey2805
      @rickopelfrey2805 Рік тому +78

      😆😂😆😂😆

    • @astralslayer3962
      @astralslayer3962 Рік тому +360

      He is one of the crazy people. He wants us all to see this beautiful being…
      He failed miserably

    • @yuh7000
      @yuh7000 Рік тому +33

      😂hahahaha

    • @Observant1199
      @Observant1199 Рік тому +102

      The camera man can survive anything

  • @Weird0Wolf
    @Weird0Wolf 9 місяців тому +6

    Please make a theory on the sequel movie!!!!

  • @endlesslyfallingk
    @endlesslyfallingk Рік тому

    It reminded me of the great old ones so gotta say I love seeing someone else see the same thing, my first audible purchase was the complete works of hp lovecraft

  • @connormell1916
    @connormell1916 4 роки тому +1687

    It's Justin Beiber holding a sign that says "I Love You"

  • @frenchtoastfluff
    @frenchtoastfluff 4 роки тому +374

    Every blind person would survive. The one time they would say, "I'm so happy I'm blind." Lucky them.

    • @matthewmcgrail1546
      @matthewmcgrail1546 4 роки тому

      I have to agree with you

    • @katanakat7691
      @katanakat7691 4 роки тому +3

      You know tof from last Airbender ya they would easily life

    • @random_dude2582
      @random_dude2582 3 роки тому

      @@katanakat7691 THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT!!! The movie wouldn't be a problem for her. It would a walk in the park.

    • @katanakat7691
      @katanakat7691 3 роки тому +1

      #BlackLivesMatter lol good to see I'm not the only one who thought about that

    • @radu8547
      @radu8547 3 роки тому +1

      Lets just hope that scp 173 doesn't exist in that universe (if you don't know search on the scp wiki)

  • @Lavadog11
    @Lavadog11 Рік тому +7

    I'm pretty sure that you said it in another video but the best monster is the one you don't see. Nothing they can put on a screen in Holloywood will ever be as scary as what my/your/our mind can come up with.

  • @r3dor
    @r3dor 10 місяців тому +3

    7:19
    Bro rlly foreshadowed the spot

  • @jackintheblox506
    @jackintheblox506 4 роки тому +2067

    I know why they wouldn’t show the monster.
    *they didn’t have a high enough budget*

    • @danyiaya2283
      @danyiaya2283 4 роки тому +13

      lol😂

    • @jasonstarrising
      @jasonstarrising 4 роки тому +5

      JackInTheBlox
      Lmao 😂

    • @mariabasheer7356
      @mariabasheer7356 4 роки тому +49

      i thought you were gonna say cause then we'd die too

    • @Stalkergames916
      @Stalkergames916 4 роки тому

      Pretty good idea why

    • @queasyweasel
      @queasyweasel 4 роки тому +14

      They didn’t want Signs all over again 😂 Srsly tho, keeping it unknown makes the imagination create something way scarier than any budget could’ve

  • @siophecles
    @siophecles 5 років тому +3254

    I think it's shaggy in his purest form, in which he's so pure we can't comprehend his heavenly form

    • @HodenkoboldDerBoss
      @HodenkoboldDerBoss 5 років тому +109

      the human brain actually cant process the form of shaggy at 100% of his power wich causes madness and severe brain damage

    • @robojumadecreier8668
      @robojumadecreier8668 5 років тому +83

      @@HodenkoboldDerBoss Who said the limits of Shaggy power is 100%?

    • @zivan2214
      @zivan2214 5 років тому +55

      @@robojumadecreier8668 He meant to say that 100% is the highest power Shaggy can be at before causing people to spontaneously implode.

    • @Firegirl483
      @Firegirl483 5 років тому +13

      @@zivan2214 shaggy maxes out at 115%

    • @Firegirl483
      @Firegirl483 5 років тому +37

      @@HodenkoboldDerBoss the human brain can't even process his power at 3% let alone 100%

  • @Archiver_Studio
    @Archiver_Studio 9 місяців тому +6

    Oh how much I wish Matpat would try making a theory using the Bird Box sequel
    I would LOVE to see that

  • @3v3lyn....7
    @3v3lyn....7 5 місяців тому +2

    The sound effects at the start chefs kiss

  • @Koda5Ds
    @Koda5Ds 4 роки тому +631

    Me: *takes off glasses. Has 50 20 vision* "Fight me nerd. I'm too blind to see you." *Starts to punch air randomly*

  • @ReturnOfMonke
    @ReturnOfMonke 3 роки тому +6104

    A little theory of mine: the creature is the physical manifestation of one’s greatest guilt. It may seem like it’s “not so bad” or confusing enough to say “oh my God what the f*ck is that?” but once you finally recognize it, it drives you mad to the point where the only way to stop it is to end your own life.

    • @banana8hannah650
      @banana8hannah650 3 роки тому +264

      That's a good one

    • @ashleydragon4129
      @ashleydragon4129 3 роки тому +118

      you know, I agree

    • @Realism-vg4eo
      @Realism-vg4eo 3 роки тому +113

      Hmmm....sounds like satin or demons to me...which theoretically makes sense just death is not always instant.

    • @karlmarx4050
      @karlmarx4050 3 роки тому +300

      Tyler McGaugh and it could be the reason why the crazy people aren’t affected because they don’t have anything to be guilty about hmmmmm

    • @taitostrom5177
      @taitostrom5177 3 роки тому +23

      Interesting

  • @grrgoodvids8350
    @grrgoodvids8350 2 місяці тому +2

    Goodbye, matpat, you will be missed a lot.😢

  • @unknowncanvas
    @unknowncanvas 8 місяців тому

    i was rewatching this video cause its one of my favorites and then i wanted to watch bird box again for funsies and theres a new one! if my some miracle you see this it would be awesome to see another theory on the new movie!

  • @ilovetowatchmemeseveryday6014
    @ilovetowatchmemeseveryday6014 4 роки тому +10884

    why they won't show the monster?
    the monster is probably copyrighted

  • @asimkolasevic6295
    @asimkolasevic6295 5 років тому +1278

    Monster: come on take the blindfold off!
    Me: Nope
    MatPat: *uploads video*
    Me: *rips blindfold off*

    • @cubejsb6684
      @cubejsb6684 5 років тому +17

      Monster- Hahahahaha... *_PATHETIC_*

    • @ignoremelol2576
      @ignoremelol2576 5 років тому +3

      Hehehe

    • @asimkolasevic6295
      @asimkolasevic6295 5 років тому +1

      @@hannah-uj4bf What Are You Talking About? I Made This On My Own.

    • @wendawls.3463
      @wendawls.3463 5 років тому +4

      @@hannah-uj4bf ...y. you realize a coincidence is a thing, right..? not everyone is stealing from you lmao. people are so defensive and scared of being copied these days or somthin

    • @aries6006
      @aries6006 5 років тому +1

      How do u know that mat pat uploaded?

  • @chrismedina9163
    @chrismedina9163 10 місяців тому +2

    I come here hoping you will be doing a new episode of this, with Bird Box: Barcelona.

  • @Chill-Ice
    @Chill-Ice 6 місяців тому +1

    According to a quick search on Google, the monster looks like "a green monster with a horrific baby face"

  • @palm5962
    @palm5962 5 років тому +802

    The monster is...
    probably too expensive to make. Sorry fellas :/

    • @caleb4753
      @caleb4753 5 років тому +38

      They made the monster and removed it. They confirmed it took on people's fears. They removed the scene with the monster because it wasn't effective.

    • @tbreads7621
      @tbreads7621 5 років тому +7

      Imagine if that is true, when Scott makes an entire fnaf series of movies too, imagine the look on the devs faces.

    • @stuffing_.9839
      @stuffing_.9839 5 років тому +2

      It is a Gray baby

    • @stuffing_.9839
      @stuffing_.9839 5 років тому +2

      Slug

    • @Charok1
      @Charok1 5 років тому

      they didn't learn from the horrible shaman movie

  • @Teav55
    @Teav55 4 роки тому +534

    Bird box: Can't See
    Hush: Can hear
    A Quiet place: Can't speak
    A Quiet hush box: Game over

    • @baconoof
      @baconoof 4 роки тому

      Wo w

    • @ACPtheAudioPhile
      @ACPtheAudioPhile 4 роки тому +42

      Cool! Did you notice you just said see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil?

    • @zeidxd6311
      @zeidxd6311 4 роки тому +2

      at first i thought you were referencing that famous batman comic "Batman :Hush " lol

    • @midori.4464
      @midori.4464 4 роки тому +7

      Cxrxmel Xpples that would be hell on earth .-.

    • @tlgk7697
      @tlgk7697 4 роки тому +1

      İt should be cant live

  • @DuhItsDonutZ
    @DuhItsDonutZ 10 місяців тому +2

    Can’t WAIT for the next movie’s (bird box:Barcelona) theory

  • @somekid475
    @somekid475 10 місяців тому +7

    This theory no longer holds due to the new movie bird box barcelona. The main character seemed like a good person so i think it is triggered due to trauma. it picks people who have great faith or great trauma and uses that to manipulate them into killing the others. he realized this towards the end of the film and they actually put forward a good arguement saying that they might be quantum beings

  • @nguyenphan7246
    @nguyenphan7246 4 роки тому +775

    Medusa: *Watches birdbox*
    *Picks up phone*
    “Mom you never told me I had siblings”

  • @TheUtopian847
    @TheUtopian847 5 років тому +738

    They never showed the monster because they couldn't afford to make it look good

    • @Mark-xw5yt
      @Mark-xw5yt 5 років тому +117

      Or because they didn't want to kill the millions of people watching the movie

    • @lskaido3423
      @lskaido3423 5 років тому +30

      @@Mark-xw5yt always that one person

    • @TheUtopian847
      @TheUtopian847 5 років тому +14

      @@Mark-xw5yt you have a point there

    • @theduckler5770
      @theduckler5770 5 років тому +11

      @@TheUtopian847 ladies and gentlemen, we got him

    • @wylowz1319
      @wylowz1319 5 років тому +24

      @I'm stupid but,
      Your name is glorious for arguments.

  • @dancesmokesmile344
    @dancesmokesmile344 11 місяців тому +2

    I wonder what would happen if there’s a crossover with the creatures from bird box and the creatures from a silent place in the same universe/town. Like what would that be like realistically if they had to walk around without seeing but also make sure not to make noise.
    The absolute most terrifying would be like what was mentioned in another episode, with both of those and the weeping angels though. A monster you HAVE to look like every second, one you can’t look at, and at the same time one you can’t make any sound near

  • @Peppermint-Snaps
    @Peppermint-Snaps Рік тому +4

    I was under the impression it was some sort of eldritch being/s due to the fact that according to most lore about the old ones, just seeing them caused your brain to basically go haywire and either make you self harm, hurt others or just go utterly bonkers. Which tracks, especially if you consider the only people that don't just go crazy already ARE crazy. I think the more important question is to ask, what sort of mental illness to people in this universe have to have to not go loco.

  • @yrimji
    @yrimji 4 роки тому +1406

    Monster:
    "Feeling cute maybe make people suicide by looking at me idk"

    • @lizerdfootjinx3917
      @lizerdfootjinx3917 4 роки тому +15

      •o• •o• OMG THATS SO PERFECT THIS COMMENT IS UNDERRATED 👌😂💀

    • @No_OneV
      @No_OneV 4 роки тому +5

      So dark :D Why do you have to do this

    • @yab0iKaleb
      @yab0iKaleb 4 роки тому

      This made me think of myself

    • @requis4921
      @requis4921 4 роки тому

      I’m da 1,000th like
      Lit

    • @ElizahMendoza
      @ElizahMendoza 4 роки тому +1

      Thank you for making me laugh but I’m still scared

  • @ryanj7986
    @ryanj7986 3 роки тому +6486

    I like that the entity is never seen in Bird Box. The fact that characters appear to be able to see it, but the audience never does, makes it that much more chilling to me.

    • @austinbunny4012
      @austinbunny4012 3 роки тому +133

      Ooh 😮 that is true. Now that I think about it, it feels a bit scary.

    • @wonderbookk
      @wonderbookk 3 роки тому +240

      We are scared of what we don’t know

    • @sammygecko_
      @sammygecko_ 3 роки тому +230

      And so they wouldn’t risk the bias/opinions of the audience ruining how scary it is. Instead, the monster is whatever they think it to be (visually). If they had a set design, one half of the audience might be terrified or put in awe, but the other half could just go “what? This is it?? That’s so stupid”

    • @zerogamer935
      @zerogamer935 3 роки тому +20

      I just look at the persons eyes to see what they’re seeing

    • @MDMd-ys7ed
      @MDMd-ys7ed 3 роки тому +3

      @@austinbunny4012 it will die right

  • @Synthose1
    @Synthose1 11 місяців тому +3

    You’re the reason I got into the Cthulhu Mythos, thanks!

  • @mater5930
    @mater5930 Рік тому +4

    I would think that NOT KNOWING what the monster is is part of the scare. The unknown invokes fear.
    I've watched some horror movies where the final reveal of the monster was disappointing.

  • @spyrospangpanagiotidis8863
    @spyrospangpanagiotidis8863 5 років тому +722

    Just realized how op daredevil would be in this movie

    • @alextorres4667
      @alextorres4667 5 років тому +40

      big facts he'd basically be superhuman

    • @Rhyz-1
      @Rhyz-1 5 років тому +18

      Immortal

    • @blackshogun272
      @blackshogun272 5 років тому +39

      @@alextorres4667 Daredevil in Bird Box be like:
      *"Finally my time has come. Now I shall inherit the Earth and reign supreme. As the Blink God, Darvelis !!!"*

    • @1986svs05
      @1986svs05 5 років тому +5

      superhero...

    • @niteowlx5178
      @niteowlx5178 5 років тому +8

      Nope, Daredevil can see as the sounds sense around him and make an image in his head, if he hears the creature setting off car alarms and knocking things over then Daredevil would then see the creatures outline and go insane and kill himself

  • @justasalesman8472
    @justasalesman8472 5 років тому +655

    *Hush:* Can't Hear
    *A Quiet Place:* Can't Speak
    *Bird Box:* Can't See
    *Don't Breathe:* Can't Breathe

  • @impurr5681
    @impurr5681 8 місяців тому +2

    Definitely want to research the significance behind the biggest parts of the movie. Birds. I wonder if birds have any religious or cultural significance in a rapture/protection situation. Could just be a thing thrown in there to help the characters out and provide depth, but the last scene with all of the flying birds in the garden like safe house seem significant image wise

  • @UnactiveChannel1
    @UnactiveChannel1 Рік тому +2

    4:32 best book cover in existence

  • @cheeseman9579
    @cheeseman9579 3 роки тому +1780

    Monsters: Look at me i have come to scare you
    Blind people: but i cant see
    Monsters: Understandable have a nice day 🚶🏽‍♂️

    • @charlesreborn1858
      @charlesreborn1858 3 роки тому +45

      Crazy people who aren't effected: Its free real estate

    • @junacecam2855
      @junacecam2855 3 роки тому +12

      Me: "Most understandable comment ever."

    • @kizuano176
      @kizuano176 3 роки тому +1

      Haha yeah

    • @xxxebxnygrxce2330
      @xxxebxnygrxce2330 3 роки тому +5

      It effects the eyes I don't think it matters if your blind if you look at it but can't see you don't see it but the eyes do

    • @sk8pepe762
      @sk8pepe762 3 роки тому +2

      Lol

  • @madokamelody
    @madokamelody 5 років тому +272

    Monster : take off the blindfold
    Me : **takes off blindfold and looks at sun**
    Monster : uh....
    Me : gotcha bish

    • @retrookim
      @retrookim 4 роки тому +1

      sam the cloud fox I blind that why

    • @RandomCubeLookingShape
      @RandomCubeLookingShape 4 роки тому +5

      THIS IS HOW YOU SURVIVE

    • @lolllol598
      @lolllol598 4 роки тому +2

      You know the monster can go in front of the Sun.......HMMMMMMMMMMM

    • @midori.4464
      @midori.4464 4 роки тому

      sam the cloud fox I would SO do that!

    • @jayplayz4229
      @jayplayz4229 4 роки тому +1

      @@lolllol598 Our eyes would be like wait a moment and adjust to the darkness after looking at something so bright

  • @allthingstoi3117
    @allthingstoi3117 9 місяців тому

    One thing about these creatures (versus A Quiet Place) I like, is that you have a better chance of survival. Its so hard to not make any sound. If you do, some terrifying creature will literally eat you or chop you to bits. At least in this story, they only need to be blind folded outside. As long as you cover the windows, you are "safe"/safer.

  • @jak2gooberglub
    @jak2gooberglub 9 місяців тому

    I hope he makes an additional theory video on bird box barcelona

  • @bellasothercorner8234
    @bellasothercorner8234 4 роки тому +1129

    Everyone could’ve survived if they use this one thing
    UNO REVERSE CARD

  • @TypetwoAbsolute
    @TypetwoAbsolute 4 роки тому +667

    The monster was actually budget all along. "So beautiful I'm sorry you can't see it"

  • @slythe7360
    @slythe7360 Рік тому +5

    I have a question about the theory, Mat Pat said that "The dead in Christ shall rise first", and he uses that for people in birdbox hearing the dead. However, at 12:49 of the video he also says that the entity mimics the voice of Mallory who is the protagonist to get her kids to remove their blindfolds. Mallory is not dead though therefor ruing this part of Mat Pats theroy.

  • @UsuallyShin
    @UsuallyShin 10 місяців тому +3

    Pls do a theory on bird box barcelona!!

  • @sink9035
    @sink9035 5 років тому +383

    The monster is just a glimpse of UA-cam rewind 2019.......

    • @emilymarieart
      @emilymarieart 5 років тому +19

      Now this is a theory I can get behind!

    • @AndroidHarris
      @AndroidHarris 5 років тому +5

      Don't look at it.

    • @thewhiterito2974
      @thewhiterito2974 5 років тому +3

      Oh god Pewdiepie’s channel was completely taken down and T-Series became the most subscribed UA-camr oh crap I have to kill my self

    • @gavinstiltner1477
      @gavinstiltner1477 5 років тому +1

      Wait what? Well I'm chiming with you

    • @gavinstiltner1477
      @gavinstiltner1477 5 років тому

      Stupid auto correct

  • @bombermanking
    @bombermanking 5 років тому +1831

    The monster is just a guy pouring the milk in a bowl before the cereal.

  • @anka2468
    @anka2468 9 місяців тому

    Can we get a follow-up video that includes the new lore from Bird Box Barcelona?

  • @Springzuko
    @Springzuko Рік тому

    at 9:51 that quote reminds me of a theory u made with the mandel catalogue gotta say im glad i re watched this after a few years

  • @awierdo2878
    @awierdo2878 3 роки тому +2386

    In the movie the creature was supposed to look like a gaint snake with the head of a baby it was later removed because the actress playing Malorie couldn't stop laughing

    • @working.k9.clover
      @working.k9.clover 2 роки тому +300

      @@Our_broken_constellations it was supposed to be a snake with babies head but it was cut because the director didn’t think it was convincing enough, i agree, u can look up pictures because the prosthetics were made but were eventually not chosen

    • @violet2749
      @violet2749 2 роки тому +171

      It was just meant to look like that because that is malorie's fear- having a baby

    • @PastaWhichIsBurnt
      @PastaWhichIsBurnt 2 роки тому +36

      Baby head snake man named baby tom snake the 3rd

    • @Minyadagniriel
      @Minyadagniriel 2 роки тому +20

      sounds like Beetlejuice.

    • @gearsofzakk7791
      @gearsofzakk7791 2 роки тому +10

      @@Minyadagniriel Beetlejuice is Bird Box monster

  • @mediocreandworse59
    @mediocreandworse59 5 років тому +564

    The monster is a television screen that plays all of your embarrassing moments in life

  • @danieldeclue1466
    @danieldeclue1466 Місяць тому +1

    You know, the whole Rapture
    thing does actually make a bit of sense, when you consider that biblically accurate angels look much more like Cosmic Horrors, such as the drawings we witnessed

  • @Mr_RandomCommenter
    @Mr_RandomCommenter 10 місяців тому +1

    Mat Pat, it is time for a sequel, Bird Box Lore Europe DLC in Barcelona and there are some juicy details for its local monster and more. Can't wait after 6 months of its release for the film theory

  • @just-a-silly-goofy-guy
    @just-a-silly-goofy-guy 5 років тому +5046

    The monster is demonetization

  • @cxq0148
    @cxq0148 5 років тому +474

    Blind people: HA WHO HAS THE DISABILITY NOW

    • @unfunnymonke8135
      @unfunnymonke8135 5 років тому +1

      Jenna Pacquette - 😂😂😂😂

    • @stilltryingtofindanorigina9080
      @stilltryingtofindanorigina9080 5 років тому +6

      You son of a bitch 😂😂😂

    • @Azusa_segs
      @Azusa_segs 5 років тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @bababa.6683
      @bababa.6683 5 років тому +3

      😂😂😂 ι'м ѕσ ∂єα∂ ℓмασ αи∂ υя ρяσfιℓє ρι¢тυяє gσєѕ gяєαт ωιтн ιт

    • @subswithnovideos-fl7hx
      @subswithnovideos-fl7hx 5 років тому +1

      I DEADASS ALMOST CRIED 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @KirukatoSan
    @KirukatoSan 9 місяців тому +1

    So is he going to do a theory on a prequel or the sequel on the bird box sense it has some answers of how it looks like well bit of tips on Netflix

  • @OceanBear666
    @OceanBear666 Рік тому +3

    Is it possible that when it comes to storytelling the audience is just not meant to see or know the monster. The idea builds a sense of subconscious realism for the audience because seeing is believing & keeping the true sight of the monster a secret adds to the same fear response the characters in the film are undergoing.

  • @arundownshack1019
    @arundownshack1019 4 роки тому +1286

    I know this video is old, but still.
    I'd like to propose a different theory. What if instead of the monster being the Great Old One Cthulhu, it's a different elder being from the same mythos, Nyarlathotep. Let's not disregard the other drawings of the creature that were shown. Nyarlathotep is shown as a shapeshifter, so what if the monster was constantly changing? That would explain the different drawings. It would also explain why the monster seems to chase humans. Cthulhu and other higher beings have no regard for humans, as we are below them. However, Nyarlathotep is different in the regard that he takes interest in human beings. But that's just a theory... A COMMENT THEORY! Thanks for reading..
    Edit: Wow guys, thanks for the Reddit gold! Seriously though, I'm glad you guys seem to agree with my theory.

    • @Little_Eris
      @Little_Eris 4 роки тому +16

      I smell Persona in here and it’s nice

    • @arundownshack1019
      @arundownshack1019 4 роки тому +26

      @@Little_Eris I've never played a single game in the Persona franchise. I don't even know what it's about. I'm talking about the Lovecraftian monster Nyarlathotep, not whatever you may find in Persona.

    • @Little_Eris
      @Little_Eris 4 роки тому +15

      TEK/ /THEEMERALDKINGDOM it’s kind of a joke where in the first two persona games Nyarlathotep is the main antagonist in their

    • @Fighter11244
      @Fighter11244 3 роки тому +17

      From what you've said here, I think this comment is underappreciated. Although I've not read or learned anything regarding about H. P. Lovecraft and its lore before or after watching this video, it explains everything. Although when thinking about it after writing the first part of this comment, the only thing it doesn't explain is the voice mimicking of alive and dead people and how could it take the form of humans that other people seem to recognize, but it has never seen itself (both probably explained in the H. P. Lovecraft lore I'm assuming if this is the monster). Unless if Nyarlathotep can mimic the voice of people it has never heard and look like people it has (most likely) never seen, then this isn't the monster. But I will admit, it was a good theory that goes with what MatPat was looking into (after explaining away the other mythical creatures.

    • @rociocastro7816
      @rociocastro7816 3 роки тому +6

      Regardless of who’s right they were invented by love craft and they make u loose your mind and they have worshippers

  • @broccolitastesgood
    @broccolitastesgood Рік тому +4145

    Imagine the monster from A Quiet Place and the monster from Birdbox combined, where you can't make noise, and you can't look at.

    • @FelixCSmith
      @FelixCSmith Рік тому

      Instant death

    • @roseygardenwhite
      @roseygardenwhite Рік тому +253

      That sounds so scary

    • @-OneofManyNames
      @-OneofManyNames Рік тому +498

      That's two out of the five senses you can't use, good luck in that scenario

    • @onett5200
      @onett5200 Рік тому +325

      @@-OneofManyNames and the most important ones too

    • @c1vxaei_
      @c1vxaei_ Рік тому +153

      ohh yea. you cant even use sign language if the monster is within your fov

  • @philiplestermallari924
    @philiplestermallari924 10 місяців тому +3

    Updated theory based on bird box barcelona please 😁

  • @MercedesSLSFan
    @MercedesSLSFan Рік тому +5

    These horror film theories are constantly giving me paranoia but i cant stop watching them (someone pls help me lol)