@@margaretriley4957 I remember watching this in another video and I was genuinely so creeped out 😂 and as soon as he turned to the good side it amazed me how quickly my perspective of it changed
I liked that they scared the girlfriend off instead of killing her. She might have been cheating, but she wasn't involved in the murder and it's nice that Dani was kind enough to make that distinction. The fairly traumatic way she was forcefully shown ghosts exist and the loss of her boyfriend seem like a decent "punishment" for cheating, especially since it was the dead wife that scared her the most.
Okay let's get this straight, SHE was not the one cheating HE was. Can we please stop being idiots who blame women for MEN's actions?? Again, it was HIM who cheated and lost his girlfriend as a punishment.
@syaoran5259 she did willingly commit adultry though. She knew he was married but still got with him. She was not blameless. And she did have control of her actions so we can blame her. "If you knowingly take of stolen money, but did not steal it first, you are still guilty for consciousness sake."
@@-llouu that’s a good analysis too. But my view on him being killed by the bellboy recalls an earlier moment in the film, actually the moment we are introduced to the bell itself and told that the last person to ring it was dead, having seen the bellboy.
Just said the same, two days after you 😂😂 The offerings, some from her, the blood, tooth and hair to bind it to her, the scroll which may have it's name, all combined to animate it for as long as she is alive
Just said the same thing lol. The star symbol on its head reminded me of the Star of David, since the Golem was used in a lot of Jewish stories as a protector.
@@sheisking97 i still enjoy it. the way i see it, it turns the twists from surprise to anticipation. it's like rewatching a movie--i love get out and have watched it multiple times. knowing the twists to me almost enhances the movie as i can pick out the hints before the reveal, and the tension builds for me when i know something bad is about to happen. also, ngl, it does make horror movies less stressful for me to know what's going to happen lol. i enjoy being scared but i deal with enough stress and adrenaline in my own life. all my opinion ofc
@AC57001 Wow, that's such an interesting perspective. Meanwhile, I hardly even watch trailers because I hate to know anything about what I watch. Do the jumpscares still have any impact?
@@sheisking97 yeah for sure, with a recap like this it doesn't ruin the scares. tho rewatching a movie for a second time definitely changes things. depends on the scene i guess--goes back to that that thing i said about shock vs suspense. on a second watch the shock fades but there's almost more suspense, like a form of dramatic irony
This is why I love Foundflix over all the other recap channels on UA-cam. It’s just title of the movie and year they were released. Meanwhile, all these other channels use clickbaity titles like “Masked man stalks teenaged campers” or “Girl discovers she has fire powers”. If I see one of those videos, I automatically click “don’t recommend channel.”
He has personality! He also isn't a god damn AI voice. That alone makes him one of the best ones. Wish he would do more genres like supernatural movies.
and it's always the degenerate horny titles that get the most clicks too, makes me feel like humanity deserves whatever apocalypse is going to happen in the next decade or century
What are you even talking about lmao. I swear people these days see one iteration of something and then create a whole narrative in their head that they firmly believe lol
I got the feeling that she knew the trap door was open….she knew she had to pay the price for killing an innocent man and instead of avoiding it she faced it. 🤷🏼♀️ Just the feeling I got.
One thing to note. Darci sent the doll to kill the man with the glass eye. Found out she had killed an innocent man. She said she’d pay the price. And she did. She knew the trap door was in front of her. She walked into it anyways.
I don' think that was the case. She could've "paid the price" on her own terms. She still had unfinished business to deal with Ted and Ivan, she wouldn't jeopardize everything by knowingly walk into the trap door at this moment.
She was unaware there was a hole .... the doctor quietly removed the trap door while she was distracted by their conversation .... Karma killed her, its her retribution for taking revenge on the wrong guy (the good guy in fact) for her sister's death. Obviously she would have preferred to get her punishment AFTER settling her score with her sister's husband, but karma has its own ways ...
"We are connected". I thought that referred to her dead sister, but in retrospect, it was in all likelihood referring to the statue that she remotely controlled using her "personal items". There are some similarities with the Jewish golem here. A golem would be made of clay and animated by carving a mystical word on its forehead, and it would be given orders via written instructions on pieces of paper that were put in its mouth.
Yes, this is what it reminded me of as well. The legend of the golem of Prague was of a body made of clay which was an empty shell until an inscription of the name of God was ritualistically inserted in its mouth or forehead, giving it life and a specific purpose. Here we have items of different nature inserted into the wooden figure's head, which seems to only give it some minimal animation, but later Darcy completes the ritual and has active control over it until she passes away.
Mr Oddity is basically a golem. A person shaped doll or statue who has the name of the people he is to serve/protect (in this case, the hair/blood/images of the person) placed within
I wish that is would’ve been Darcy’s (the blind sister) spirit moving into Mr oddity to kill the husband rather than the bellhop ghost, as revenge for killing her sister.
the husband was merely too evil and pragmatic of a monster to do that. if it was left alive I'm sure it would eventually have had another burst of life from The Blind Ones spirit much like how the Wife possessed the camera (and saved the new girl) the Blind One Most likely would have inhabited Mr Oddity given some time for her spirit to transition. As when it first moved that was her using her life essence instead of spirit residual energy (spooky mumbo jumbo I know but that's how haunted objects are usually described, something that takes time to build energy after someone does a traumatic death their personal belongings gain more energy. This is likely the same thing The Blind One reads and how she "sees" events in the past by "tasting/sensing" the residual energy in the personal belongings, + she's a witch and witches often become powerful ghosts due to rituals like the belongings being placed in Mr Odditys head.) But the husband exercised the demonic statue through holy flame, but God/Fate in tandem with the Devil/Blind Witch sent another object over which could ONLY kill him if he chooses to be egotistical and disrespect/be in denial of the supernatural forces that 100% want him dead. He COULD have just thrown the bell away and in that way admitted he does partially believe in his sister's families supernatural beliefs but even after her death, her being a ghost, the sister clearly demonstrating forbidden knowledge (knowledge that couldn't/ can't be known), and his cohort being murdered by a supernatural ritual, he STILL was too egotistical to admit her beliefs are Valid or should at least be partially respected (also demonstrated by him burning the Blind sisters spiritual belongings and thusly the personal items containing her very essence within the statue) so due to that final act of egotism THAT active and "sinful" choice killed him due to his own hubris. Karma in the most direct form, Karma you actively chose to invoke instead of simply playing it safe (especially saying he's willing to burn personal items and kill loose ends but isn't willing to simply NOT do the one miniscule action he was told will kill him due to his ego regarding the supernatural beliefs of his wifes family) plus ➕ Shocovs gun is always fun in movies and it's nice to wrap back to the beginning with some seemingly small thing becoming the big finally after you 100% wrote it off as unimportant. Mr.oddity came in half way and thus doesn't carry the same narrative weight of karma and having your death feel certain since the start especially when rewatching the movie.
oh yeah and also his new wife claiming to see his murdered wifes ghost also failed to make him respect/believe the supernatural ontop of everything else I listed.
@@kingramon437 thank you! I watched it 3 times and I was quite confused, I know that they were doing repairs on the house hence the tent. But it was odd that the husband didn’t believe the girlfriend at all! Even with proof he was like nahhhh
he was undone by his disbelief in the supernatural, it totally connect the plot from the beginning of the film to the end. It's better it ended this way because he could've gotten away with it all, but his dismissiveness of Darcy's connection to the spirit world comes back for him in the end.
Mr. Oddity is definitely a play on classical golems with witchcraft mixed in. It would make sense that the final order it had was kill his masters murderer.
@@DefinitelyNotRin It would have been more satisfying if the movie shows the fear on the husband's face when he realise the bell boy ghost is standing right beside him ....
Whenever a story uses curses as a motif, I think back to "One curse, two holes". As in, if you curse someone, you will have to pay a price equal to the curse. So I suspect the wooden man to be a cursedoll, in a sense. Usually they bring bad luck to whoever is cursed, but in this case its more literal.
It’s interesting that there’s an occurring theme of the errors people can make just by judging on appearances. It's so multilayered too. Dani and Darcy judging Olin, Yanna judging Darcy, even the Doll and the Audience. The whole thing with eyes too.
Thanks for this video! I loved this movie, but was confused as to when Darci knew certain things and did certain things. The best I can tell it went like this: Darci thought Olin killed her sister and sent the Oddity to kill him. She then receives Olin's eye, touches it, and learns that it was actually Ivan and Ted behind the murder (since Olin had overheard them plotting, hence why he was at the house that night). Darci then realizes she needs to get revenge on Ivan and Ted. After Ted stops in to the shop, she comes up with her plan and sends the haunted hotel bell as insurance in case things don't go as planned. She shows up at the house, Ghost Dani scars off Yanna, and Darci is killed before exacting her revenge. However, Ted takes care of Ivan, and the bellhop will take care of Ted. My favorite part of all this, is that Darci KNOWS Ted is just the type of asshole who HAS to ding the bell to prove he's right.
I think Darcy knew she was going to die, which is why she had to psych herself up to answer the phone and did so at a run. I feel that somehow her death was necessary to fully activate the wooden statue, and she was hoping she wouldn't have to resort to it.
Hope so otherwise she’s really really dumb. The way he handled phone would make any person in existence suspicious. Not handing her phone is illogical AF even without knowing he offed sister
If you're disappointed by the ending because Darcy (the blind twin) died, remember that she used the wooden man to mistakenly murder Olin (the crazy guy that warned Dani) before she knew it was Ivan, the orderly sent by Ted. Kharma came to collect on her sins.
I think she killed herself because she knew what she did, it feels like everything she did was pretty deliberate. I think she knew the hole in the floor was there that’s why she took off running into it after hesitating for a while
2:41 exchanging I love you's - Wrong! I was watching it and she said I love you and he replied- love you, at that point I was like oooh he is cheating isn't he
right? after he visited darcy at her shop i paused the movie and said “okay my theory is the husband sent someone to kill the wife since he knew she’d be there by herself and the way he said “love you” sounded so disingenuous, and they want us to think it was the glass eye man
It's pretty obvious that he's the villain when he said, "I'm okay with being the villain," right at the beginning. I don't mind it at all when a story reveals its hand like that as long as the payoff is good.
Trash movie. Who lets anyone bring in a weird looking demonic mannequin into their house? The movie lost me right there. I would have told her you can stay but your creepy mannequin is not staying.
@@flacohernandez4380 well it certainly isn't the best horror movie of the year like "when evil lurks" was for 2023, but it's up there for sure. Did you see anything you liked this year or do you not know where to look?
Darcy walked into the trap on purpose. We know she is not stupid, and she also mentioned that she has to pay for what she did to Ollie. I think that is why we see her hesitate the first time the phone rings. She knows that he has set a trap for her and that she is likely going to her death, but she is willing to do it because she knows Ollie was innocent and there is no real way for her to overcome both he and Ivan. She knew this whole plan would lead to her death which is why the reception bell is delivered to him after her death. She was betting that he would probably find a way to get away with what happened but knows his pride would get the better of him and that he would ring the bell and remain cursed the rest of his life. Great movie!!
When Dani got into her tent and was shuffling through the pics in her camera to eventually come across the pic showing the intruder in her house, I got chills. Both she and I immediately knew she was done for at that point. I also thought that the movie was good overall, but I thought the fact that Dani had misplaced her phone when Olin came to her house to warn her of the intruder was a bit weak. I mean any woman who is in a big house in a remote area, alone while her hubby is working late at night, is gonna make sure she has her phone near her at all times. Besides she was in an area where it was hard to pick up a signal, except for that one spot in the house when she spoke to her hubby and sister earlier. It would have been a more plausible story for her to have had her phone but was unable to find reception in the place to call the cops. Also, I wonder whose tooth that was in the wooden man's head.
Man, I love FoundFlix's delivery in general, but the way he says "that's goOOD!" after the part about the curses being lifted on purchase really got me.
When she says Dani “hoped to open (he opens the skullcap of the skull on display in her shop) that closed (he replaces the skullcap) mind of [his]”, that was a cool detail.
I thought the movie did well with scaring the hell out of me, but i hated the ending. I also predicted the husband was behind the whole thing about 15 min in.
I think Darcy was sick again and that she knew that the trap door was open. Which is why she hesitated for so long. She had the gift of "other sight" so I fully think she would know. I just think she didn't want to live after having the wrong man killed ans not having her sister (ans maybe being sick again). She could die knowing that the right people would pay for their crimes.
Awesome video!! Would you consider doing one on Over the Garden Wall? It’s not as gory or scary as most of the things you talk about, but it’s a child-friendly spooky delight and I want to know how you feel about the antagonist. It’s also its 10 year anniversary this year!!
Hello Mr Foundflix! Please cover “No One Gets Out Alive”. My friends and I watched it awhile ago and was genuinely very confused and would love your explanation and deep dive about the ending!
@@ngannguyen4170 nope, searched for it after I watched the movie and again just now. Unless the UA-cam search is completely messing up (which I wouldn’t put past it) it’s not there :(
He had recap of this movie, IIRC, but anyway it's based on a book where everything is very different and detailed, you should read it, it's a bit of a slog, but creepy atmosphere is well done.
I'm sure someone else already mentioned it but the cymbal banging monkey toy is from the film Merlin's Mystical Shop of Wonders, a movie that was famously riffed by the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crew. It, too, is a cursed object that kills whatever living creatures are near it without regard: children, dogs, fish, your houseplants. That was fun to spot.
I knew I would probably enjoy Oddity but I enjoyed it more then I thought. I love the production of the creepy house and wooden man in it. The creepiest film I have seen this year. V/H/S Beyond is the scariest I have seen this year it was incredible, but Oddity just has that simple creepiness that works just so well.
The doll is a golem. It’s to protect the person it’s connected to. It also can be used to take revenge. It follows the will of whoever is in possession of it
Oddity was pure nightmare fuel 😳💀 From the eerie soundtrack to those unsettling close-ups… like, why did every scene make me feel like something was watching me? 👀 And don’t even get me started on that twist at the end 😱 This movie crawled under my skin and stayed there. Definitely not sleeping with the lights off anytime soon! 😬🕯️
As I often do, I turned this off after one minute because the intro was so good that I want to watch the movie first before I come back to this video...
@17:08 I had no idea you were into MMA! I've been a die-hard fight fan since before the Griffin vs Bonnar fight ignited its mainstream popularity. I watch pretty much every event, & almost even competed in an amateur kickboxing event in my much younger days. My life ultimately went in a much different trajectory, but i still enjoy it vicariously. I know It's not really relevant to the video, but it's always interesting to discover that creators you love & have followed for (sh1t man, like 5 or 6) years share same/similar interests as you. It just sort-of reaffirms why you gravitated toward them in the 1st place, ya know? ✌🏻🧔🏼♂️
I was big UFC fan (ordering the ppvs, etc..) circa 2006-7 .. i liked Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, but Tito was my fave lol. I go thru phases, like around 1996-7 i was into boxing & loved watching Oscar De'LaHoya.. then got really into football around 2009-13(Geaux Saints & LSU).. now days with so much staging, politics over the actual sport, & thrown fights/matches/games my sports interests have fizzled immensely 😑 Anyways..hope you have a great weekend 😊
I think the lady wasn't sleeping at all but tethering her soul to the doll when she sat at the table... it got interrupted when personal items were removed from the doll's head... the movie could've been amazing if she put her sister's soul in the doll instead and have a guardian from beyond to stop her from falling to her death... come to think of it, her sister could've warned her even without the doll but only saved the unfaithful husband's mistress... it's almost like she only came to die... such a waste, she could've used her powers in a better way... especially since her first plan didn't work, honestly I'm not even sure if the second plan worked either... we had two situations where things didn't go the way we expected... like the opening of the door in the beginning, and the effectiveness of the doll... I wouldn't be surprised if the hotel worker's ghost failed at the end
The scariest 'doll moving' thing I've seen done well is Hell House LLC, where you don't see the figures moving, you just see that they've moved, and they're now looking at you. *shivers*
Ending could’ve been a little better. I was hoping he got cocky at the end and spammed the bell supercharging the bellboy’s rage and we got to see a brutal finisher move. But best horror movie I’ve seen in a while nonetheless
I liked the way the film was slightly connected to Caveat 2020. It didn't have full on cameos, but the rabbit at the start and the screeching of the foxes whenever the supernatural about was a good nod.
I like this guy he been here for me for years with his videos I mean years never comment tho but helps so much it’s just movies some might say not me tho this guys like the lebron of changing a day from bad to good Lebonbon
If Darcy killed Olin with Mr Oddity, and yet as many claim she was required to die to activate him fully and that’s why she ran into the trap door like she knew it would kill her, then she couldn’t have killed Olin the same way (unless she died twice, lol). So either she didn’t need to die to activate the golem, which makes sense since he was already moving a bit, OR, she didn’t kill Olin. Which is reasonable since the husband or Ivan both could’ve done it no problem. But then she would have to have gotten the eye somehow despite not having killed the guy. OR she killed Olin but not with the golem, which I could also see since she has a bunch of other haunted stuff in her shop to use. I wish this was a little clearer.
If she can have visions of dead ppl by touching an item that was close to them .. why not touched one of her deceased sister’s items to know who killed her? Her wedding ring, her jeans idk 🤷🏻♀️
to think, the main guy is so OP; he absolutely knows about supernatural and curses (from small details and logical deduction, imho), yet displays complete innocence while outsmarting everyone without a slight remorse or fear. I feel like he rings the bell just for fun and for some company...
Im very surprised no one has brought this up, i haven't read it anywhere else either...im pretty sure the wooden guy is called a golum in the occult world. They are made of stuff from the earth, clay, mud, wood, etc. Made to do do its owners bidding. Really great movie!
The guy in the hoodie at 8:30 reminds me of that Japanese pudding commercial where the guy is spooning his head with a spoon and eating it. 😂 I hope more creators play with “uncanny valley” more instead of gore or shock/jump scares for baddies in the future. It’s so much better.
The wooden doll was the most terrifying thing I had seen in a while until he became the thing I cheered for. Then he was chill
20:10 Oh heeellllll No!
Them oak boys up 100 yea
This was a perfectly phrased and succinct way of describing this movie. I was literally clapping for the wooden boi at the end. Get 'em!
reminds me of the jewish golem in supernaturals tv series
@@margaretriley4957 I remember watching this in another video and I was genuinely so creeped out 😂 and as soon as he turned to the good side it amazed me how quickly my perspective of it changed
I would love the store as an anthology horror show. Each episode featuring a cursed object and how it ends up there.
If thats the sort of thing you like, you should check out "guillermo del toro's cabinet of curiosities" - pardon me if you already have!
@@martian8987 Fantastic show! Can't wait for another season.
Yes! Or a series of Darcy using witchcraft and psychometry to solve mysteries.
There was a show like that called Friday the 13th the series.
Like Friday the 13th the series? Or Warehouse 13?
I liked that they scared the girlfriend off instead of killing her. She might have been cheating, but she wasn't involved in the murder and it's nice that Dani was kind enough to make that distinction.
The fairly traumatic way she was forcefully shown ghosts exist and the loss of her boyfriend seem like a decent "punishment" for cheating, especially since it was the dead wife that scared her the most.
I also loved that even the dead wife told her to “run” instead of haunting her and killing her, it was such a good direction
Okay let's get this straight, SHE was not the one cheating HE was. Can we please stop being idiots who blame women for MEN's actions?? Again, it was HIM who cheated and lost his girlfriend as a punishment.
@@syaoran5259no. She knew that he was married. She is a shitty person. You don't need to white-knight fictional women.
@@syaoran5259Dawg it’s just a movie and they’re actors what does it matter which one cheated in a hypothetical situation 😂. Go touch some grass.
@syaoran5259 she did willingly commit adultry though. She knew he was married but still got with him. She was not blameless. And she did have control of her actions so we can blame her. "If you knowingly take of stolen money, but did not steal it first, you are still guilty for consciousness sake."
The scariest part was wondering if the guy was actually going to get away with it. I cheered quietly to myself when I saw the bellboy
Yeah but what did the beel boy do?
@@EastsideSILENCER777well for me it’s implied the bell boy killed him
@@drax14QC Fair enough.
To me I thought it meant he would always be haunted by him
@@-llouu that’s a good analysis too. But my view on him being killed by the bellboy recalls an earlier moment in the film, actually the moment we are introduced to the bell itself and told that the last person to ring it was dead, having seen the bellboy.
The wooden man seems similar to a type of golem, only lacking the autonomy that golems possess.
yes!
at 25:57
that's what i thaught.
all the items put inside the
golem to puppeteering it move
its a type of vodoo. personal items tied to her, binding the wooden man to her and her life.
Just said the same, two days after you 😂😂
The offerings, some from her, the blood, tooth and hair to bind it to her, the scroll which may have it's name, all combined to animate it for as long as she is alive
Just said the same thing lol. The star symbol on its head reminded me of the Star of David, since the Golem was used in a lot of Jewish stories as a protector.
I liked that horror monster. They need to do a proper remake of that movie. But I'm sure it's gonna be rough and hard to get it done right.
man, i love the concept of the monsters being on the protagonist's side! so unique i'll definitely watch this :)
You'll still watch the movie even after the breakdown?
@@sheisking97 i still enjoy it. the way i see it, it turns the twists from surprise to anticipation. it's like rewatching a movie--i love get out and have watched it multiple times. knowing the twists to me almost enhances the movie as i can pick out the hints before the reveal, and the tension builds for me when i know something bad is about to happen.
also, ngl, it does make horror movies less stressful for me to know what's going to happen lol. i enjoy being scared but i deal with enough stress and adrenaline in my own life. all my opinion ofc
@@AC57001 Hmmm...fair enough! :)
@AC57001 Wow, that's such an interesting perspective. Meanwhile, I hardly even watch trailers because I hate to know anything about what I watch.
Do the jumpscares still have any impact?
@@sheisking97 yeah for sure, with a recap like this it doesn't ruin the scares. tho rewatching a movie for a second time definitely changes things. depends on the scene i guess--goes back to that that thing i said about shock vs suspense. on a second watch the shock fades but there's almost more suspense, like a form of dramatic irony
This is why I love Foundflix over all the other recap channels on UA-cam. It’s just title of the movie and year they were released.
Meanwhile, all these other channels use clickbaity titles like “Masked man stalks teenaged campers” or “Girl discovers she has fire powers”. If I see one of those videos, I automatically click “don’t recommend channel.”
He has personality!
He also isn't a god damn AI voice. That alone makes him one of the best ones.
Wish he would do more genres like supernatural movies.
and it's always the degenerate horny titles that get the most clicks too, makes me feel like humanity deserves whatever apocalypse is going to happen in the next decade or century
Friday the 13th and Carrie were bangers tho grandpa.
What are you even talking about lmao. I swear people these days see one iteration of something and then create a whole narrative in their head that they firmly believe lol
@@almostontimehero5415 And here I was thinking the second one mentioned was "Firestarter" with Drew Barrymore.
I got the feeling that she knew the trap door was open….she knew she had to pay the price for killing an innocent man and instead of avoiding it she faced it. 🤷🏼♀️ Just the feeling I got.
100% what I thought, I mean she had to know
Yeah blood for blood and what not but what do you mean by innocent since he did do it?
@@Vicerion17 she had the guy with the glass eye killed because she thought he killed her sister, he didn’t the orderly killed her sister.
Why would u live in a house with a giant trap door if you’re blind? 🤷🏻♂️🤣
@Stark21293 she doesn't live in the house, she was just visiting. Her sister's ex husband does.
One thing to note. Darci sent the doll to kill the man with the glass eye. Found out she had killed an innocent man. She said she’d pay the price. And she did. She knew the trap door was in front of her. She walked into it anyways.
I don' think that was the case. She could've "paid the price" on her own terms. She still had unfinished business to deal with Ted and Ivan, she wouldn't jeopardize everything by knowingly walk into the trap door at this moment.
@jimpavlyuchenko9420 nah she knew. Ivan she planned to kill herself. The doctor, she sent the bell knowing the consequences.
She was unaware there was a hole .... the doctor quietly removed the trap door while she was distracted by their conversation ....
Karma killed her, its her retribution for taking revenge on the wrong guy (the good guy in fact) for her sister's death.
Obviously she would have preferred to get her punishment AFTER settling her score with her sister's husband, but karma has its own ways ...
"We are connected". I thought that referred to her dead sister, but in retrospect, it was in all likelihood referring to the statue that she remotely controlled using her "personal items".
There are some similarities with the Jewish golem here.
A golem would be made of clay and animated by carving a mystical word on its forehead, and it would be given orders via written instructions on pieces of paper that were put in its mouth.
Mr. Oddity reminds me of the golem of Prague, give him objects of protection and he will protect or avenge. Really cool ending explained
Yes, this is what it reminded me of as well. The legend of the golem of Prague was of a body made of clay which was an empty shell until an inscription of the name of God was ritualistically inserted in its mouth or forehead, giving it life and a specific purpose. Here we have items of different nature inserted into the wooden figure's head, which seems to only give it some minimal animation, but later Darcy completes the ritual and has active control over it until she passes away.
Oi veyyy that's not just a wooden goy!
25:57 THAT'S A GOLEM for sure
evidence of golem 20:33 - 20:67
Mr Oddity is basically a golem. A person shaped doll or statue who has the name of the people he is to serve/protect (in this case, the hair/blood/images of the person) placed within
I wish that is would’ve been Darcy’s (the blind sister) spirit moving into Mr oddity to kill the husband rather than the bellhop ghost, as revenge for killing her sister.
the husband was merely too evil and pragmatic of a monster to do that. if it was left alive I'm sure it would eventually have had another burst of life from The Blind Ones spirit much like how the Wife possessed the camera (and saved the new girl) the Blind One Most likely would have inhabited Mr Oddity given some time for her spirit to transition. As when it first moved that was her using her life essence instead of spirit residual energy (spooky mumbo jumbo I know but that's how haunted objects are usually described, something that takes time to build energy after someone does a traumatic death their personal belongings gain more energy. This is likely the same thing The Blind One reads and how she "sees" events in the past by "tasting/sensing" the residual energy in the personal belongings, + she's a witch and witches often become powerful ghosts due to rituals like the belongings being placed in Mr Odditys head.)
But the husband exercised the demonic statue through holy flame, but God/Fate in tandem with the Devil/Blind Witch sent another object over which could ONLY kill him if he chooses to be egotistical and disrespect/be in denial of the supernatural forces that 100% want him dead. He COULD have just thrown the bell away and in that way admitted he does partially believe in his sister's families supernatural beliefs but even after her death, her being a ghost, the sister clearly demonstrating forbidden knowledge (knowledge that couldn't/ can't be known), and his cohort being murdered by a supernatural ritual, he STILL was too egotistical to admit her beliefs are Valid or should at least be partially respected (also demonstrated by him burning the Blind sisters spiritual belongings and thusly the personal items containing her very essence within the statue) so due to that final act of egotism THAT active and "sinful" choice killed him due to his own hubris. Karma in the most direct form, Karma you actively chose to invoke instead of simply playing it safe (especially saying he's willing to burn personal items and kill loose ends but isn't willing to simply NOT do the one miniscule action he was told will kill him due to his ego regarding the supernatural beliefs of his wifes family)
plus ➕ Shocovs gun is always fun in movies and it's nice to wrap back to the beginning with some seemingly small thing becoming the big finally after you 100% wrote it off as unimportant. Mr.oddity came in half way and thus doesn't carry the same narrative weight of karma and having your death feel certain since the start especially when rewatching the movie.
oh yeah and also his new wife claiming to see his murdered wifes ghost also failed to make him respect/believe the supernatural ontop of everything else I listed.
@@kingramon437 thank you! I watched it 3 times and I was quite confused, I know that they were doing repairs on the house hence the tent. But it was odd that the husband didn’t believe the girlfriend at all! Even with proof he was like nahhhh
he was undone by his disbelief in the supernatural, it totally connect the plot from the beginning of the film to the end. It's better it ended this way because he could've gotten away with it all, but his dismissiveness of Darcy's connection to the spirit world comes back for him in the end.
@@ataridc I 100% agree with you! I think that the wife and Darcy’s ghost would come back and get him
Mr. Oddity is definitely a play on classical golems with witchcraft mixed in. It would make sense that the final order it had was kill his masters murderer.
When the bell was revealed in the package I was like "YAAAA!
Felt very predictable but I was so happy anyways. The ending was perfect
@@DefinitelyNotRin
It would have been more satisfying if the movie shows the fear on the husband's face when he realise the bell boy ghost is standing right beside him ....
Whenever a story uses curses as a motif, I think back to "One curse, two holes". As in, if you curse someone, you will have to pay a price equal to the curse. So I suspect the wooden man to be a cursedoll, in a sense. Usually they bring bad luck to whoever is cursed, but in this case its more literal.
It’s interesting that there’s an occurring theme of the errors people can make just by judging on appearances. It's so multilayered too. Dani and Darcy judging Olin, Yanna judging Darcy, even the Doll and the Audience. The whole thing with eyes too.
Thanks for this video! I loved this movie, but was confused as to when Darci knew certain things and did certain things. The best I can tell it went like this: Darci thought Olin killed her sister and sent the Oddity to kill him. She then receives Olin's eye, touches it, and learns that it was actually Ivan and Ted behind the murder (since Olin had overheard them plotting, hence why he was at the house that night). Darci then realizes she needs to get revenge on Ivan and Ted. After Ted stops in to the shop, she comes up with her plan and sends the haunted hotel bell as insurance in case things don't go as planned. She shows up at the house, Ghost Dani scars off Yanna, and Darci is killed before exacting her revenge. However, Ted takes care of Ivan, and the bellhop will take care of Ted. My favorite part of all this, is that Darci KNOWS Ted is just the type of asshole who HAS to ding the bell to prove he's right.
I love when Mr Oddity showed up and said "its oddity time" and odditied all over
I think Darcy knew she was going to die, which is why she had to psych herself up to answer the phone and did so at a run. I feel that somehow her death was necessary to fully activate the wooden statue, and she was hoping she wouldn't have to resort to it.
Hope so otherwise she’s really really dumb. The way he handled phone would make any person in existence suspicious. Not handing her phone is illogical AF even without knowing he offed sister
If you're disappointed by the ending because Darcy (the blind twin) died, remember that she used the wooden man to mistakenly murder Olin (the crazy guy that warned Dani) before she knew it was Ivan, the orderly sent by Ted. Kharma came to collect on her sins.
can't say she didn't see that one coming!
I just thought that Mr Oddity required a payment in kind for his services.
And in a very violent way
I think she killed herself because she knew what she did, it feels like everything she did was pretty deliberate. I think she knew the hole in the floor was there that’s why she took off running into it after hesitating for a while
@@martian8987 I see what you did there...')
I really like Darci bringing the Wooden man with her and being so calm even though she knew there was a possibility she could die there
2:41 exchanging I love you's - Wrong! I was watching it and she said I love you and he replied- love you, at that point I was like oooh he is cheating isn't he
right? after he visited darcy at her shop i paused the movie and said “okay my theory is the husband sent someone to kill the wife since he knew she’d be there by herself and the way he said “love you” sounded so disingenuous, and they want us to think it was the glass eye man
It's pretty obvious that he's the villain when he said, "I'm okay with being the villain," right at the beginning. I don't mind it at all when a story reveals its hand like that as long as the payoff is good.
@@nathanwilliams3877 and it was good, you really didn’t know if it was him for sure until the reveal
One of the best movies this year. Really glad the director behind caveat is getting noticed
Not the best I
Think talk to me was better
@@Qbano2k talk 2 me is from 2022 man. Also I said one of the best. Please parse what you read before responding
Trash movie. Who lets anyone bring in a weird looking demonic mannequin into their house?
The movie lost me right there. I would have told her you can stay but your creepy mannequin is not staying.
@@rofflesvanwagon Trash movie. The bar must be low these days.
@@flacohernandez4380 well it certainly isn't the best horror movie of the year like "when evil lurks" was for 2023, but it's up there for sure. Did you see anything you liked this year or do you not know where to look?
The wooden man is a golem used in Jewish folklore as a protector or a tool of revenge.
Of course. Never made the connection it makes sense. I thought Golems were made of clay to symbolize Adam
That "Bummer!" edit was a funny touch. I liked it.
Yeah that was 10/10 editing, I nearly spat my drink out 😂
No literally I just about died at that part 😭
Darcy walked into the trap on purpose. We know she is not stupid, and she also mentioned that she has to pay for what she did to Ollie. I think that is why we see her hesitate the first time the phone rings. She knows that he has set a trap for her and that she is likely going to her death, but she is willing to do it because she knows Ollie was innocent and there is no real way for her to overcome both he and Ivan. She knew this whole plan would lead to her death which is why the reception bell is delivered to him after her death. She was betting that he would probably find a way to get away with what happened but knows his pride would get the better of him and that he would ring the bell and remain cursed the rest of his life. Great movie!!
When Dani got into her tent and was shuffling through the pics in her camera to eventually come across the pic showing the intruder in her house, I got chills. Both she and I immediately knew she was done for at that point. I also thought that the movie was good overall, but I thought the fact that Dani had misplaced her phone when Olin came to her house to warn her of the intruder was a bit weak. I mean any woman who is in a big house in a remote area, alone while her hubby is working late at night, is gonna make sure she has her phone near her at all times. Besides she was in an area where it was hard to pick up a signal, except for that one spot in the house when she spoke to her hubby and sister earlier. It would have been a more plausible story for her to have had her phone but was unable to find reception in the place to call the cops. Also, I wonder whose tooth that was in the wooden man's head.
I think it was thee blind womans hair blood and tooth as she was controlling him
Man, I love FoundFlix's delivery in general, but the way he says "that's goOOD!" after the part about the curses being lifted on purchase really got me.
It made me laugh too. He was referencing the monkey paw story (person selling cursed items to Homer) from Simpsons Halloween episode.
2:39 listening to this while taking a nap. When you mentioned balls on his desk I was like "wait what?"
I loved Oddity! Especially the little cameo from the Caveat rabbit.
I love the Simpson's treehouse of horror "that's bad", "that's good" reference 😂
The wooden guy was so scary and the plot hole in the movie was that the characters WERE TOO CHILL ABOUT HIM 😂
When she says Dani “hoped to open (he opens the skullcap of the skull on display in her shop) that closed (he replaces the skullcap) mind of [his]”, that was a cool detail.
1:37 laughed so hard at this interjection😂 “ghosts? Could beeee”could be the motto for this whole channel
He is a pretty funny guy
I thought the movie did well with scaring the hell out of me, but i hated the ending. I also predicted the husband was behind the whole thing about 15 min in.
It was predictable for me to,but still i enjoyed it.
The tent jumpscare got me good. My mom and i legit screamed. So far this is my 2md fav horror movie of the year
What's your favorite? I'm always looking for a good horror movie to watch. This one was a pleasant surprise of how good it was.
Could you do Exhuma (2024) or Kill List (2011)?
Love this channel.
I've never heard of "Exhuma", but "Kill List" (as well as "A Field in England") is a truly unique film.
@@drewgoin8849 Exhuma is a Korean film. Kill List blew my mind. So dark and so effective! Should be a classic.
@@drewgoin8849OMG i love exhuma
Another vote for exhuma!
Love that the bell was a good ol Chekov's gun.
I think Darcy was sick again and that she knew that the trap door was open. Which is why she hesitated for so long. She had the gift of "other sight" so I fully think she would know. I just think she didn't want to live after having the wrong man killed ans not having her sister (ans maybe being sick again). She could die knowing that the right people would pay for their crimes.
Awesome video!! Would you consider doing one on Over the Garden Wall? It’s not as gory or scary as most of the things you talk about, but it’s a child-friendly spooky delight and I want to know how you feel about the antagonist. It’s also its 10 year anniversary this year!!
Yes!!! I love that show and how they tied it up so neatly in one season.
Can you do Plateform 2 that movie was so damn confusing
Yes. I was gonna say the same thing
Esciapply towards the end
@@The_Blaxk_Dream00 ESPECIALLY honey
Why the hell would anyone keep THAT as a gift.
Hello Mr Foundflix! Please cover “No One Gets Out Alive”. My friends and I watched it awhile ago and was genuinely very confused and would love your explanation and deep dive about the ending!
I think he already did try a quick search
@@ngannguyen4170 nope, searched for it after I watched the movie and again just now. Unless the UA-cam search is completely messing up (which I wouldn’t put past it) it’s not there :(
Oooohhh I actually really liked that movie !! I hope he reviews this one !!
@ngannguyen4170 Maybe you're thinking of No One Will Save You
He had recap of this movie, IIRC, but anyway it's based on a book where everything is very different and detailed, you should read it, it's a bit of a slog, but creepy atmosphere is well done.
I'm sure someone else already mentioned it but the cymbal banging monkey toy is from the film Merlin's Mystical Shop of Wonders, a movie that was famously riffed by the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crew. It, too, is a cursed object that kills whatever living creatures are near it without regard: children, dogs, fish, your houseplants. That was fun to spot.
OMG, YES! I watched this today and was praaaaying that you would cover it soon 😊
😂😂 Ghosts!?!? Maybeeeee. The tone of the maybe got me good.
Oh wow I'm early. Perfect timing. Been wanting to see a video on this!
Could Mr Oddity be a form of Golom
my precious
I think you mean golem
@@ethanhodge6331 thank you for the correction
Mr. Oddity is basically a type of Gollum like in Jewish folklore ! Instead of a scroll in the mouth it's personal items in it's head.
I knew I would probably enjoy Oddity but I enjoyed it more then I thought. I love the production of the creepy house and wooden man in it. The creepiest film I have seen this year. V/H/S Beyond is the scariest I have seen this year it was incredible, but Oddity just has that simple creepiness that works just so well.
The doll is a golem. It’s to protect the person it’s connected to. It also can be used to take revenge. It follows the will of whoever is in possession of it
Do you get a frozen yogurt with cursed item purchase? 😂
SIMPSONS DID IT!!! That was a very sneaky reference, I love it! ❤
LOOKING GOOD DUDE, I started watching you in highschool and now I'm in second year college and have provided lots of entertainment value to me thanks.
Thanks for posting this 18 minutes ago. I was soooo bored! 😅
Oddity was pure nightmare fuel 😳💀 From the eerie soundtrack to those unsettling close-ups… like, why did every scene make me feel like something was watching me? 👀 And don’t even get me started on that twist at the end 😱 This movie crawled under my skin and stayed there. Definitely not sleeping with the lights off anytime soon! 😬🕯️
As I often do, I turned this off after one minute because the intro was so good that I want to watch the movie first before I come back to this video...
This is one of my favorites of the year
5:48! A Simpsons reference in a Foundflix video!? My day is complete
Not related to the video, but I’m digging the new hair! Looks good on you.
Yessssssss! I've been waiting for this review!!!
If I was olin I would've just gotten her phone from the car and given it to her to call the police
I thought that too, I rewatched it. Im pretty sure she says she thought it was in her car but it wasnt.
Thumbnail is you when mom pulls the curtains on you.
@17:08 I had no idea you were into MMA! I've been a die-hard fight fan since before the Griffin vs Bonnar fight ignited its mainstream popularity. I watch pretty much every event, & almost even competed in an amateur kickboxing event in my much younger days. My life ultimately went in a much different trajectory, but i still enjoy it vicariously. I know It's not really relevant to the video, but it's always interesting to discover that creators you love & have followed for (sh1t man, like 5 or 6) years share same/similar interests as you. It just sort-of reaffirms why you gravitated toward them in the 1st place, ya know? ✌🏻🧔🏼♂️
Ok guy
@@kingsofthegridiron *_Banger_* reply to my comment. 10/10 👏🏼🧔🏼Glad someone stepped-up to say it. & a real hero... A real human bean.
I was big UFC fan (ordering the ppvs, etc..) circa 2006-7 .. i liked Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, but Tito was my fave lol. I go thru phases, like around 1996-7 i was into boxing & loved watching Oscar De'LaHoya.. then got really into football around 2009-13(Geaux Saints & LSU).. now days with so much staging, politics over the actual sport, & thrown fights/matches/games my sports interests have fizzled immensely 😑 Anyways..hope you have a great weekend 😊
It's been a while since I've watched this channel and the new hair style was a jump scare I didn't expect.
I think the lady wasn't sleeping at all but tethering her soul to the doll when she sat at the table... it got interrupted when personal items were removed from the doll's head...
the movie could've been amazing if she put her sister's soul in the doll instead and have a guardian from beyond to stop her from falling to her death... come to think of it, her sister could've warned her even without the doll but only saved the unfaithful husband's mistress... it's almost like she only came to die... such a waste, she could've used her powers in a better way... especially since her first plan didn't work, honestly I'm not even sure if the second plan worked either... we had two situations where things didn't go the way we expected... like the opening of the door in the beginning, and the effectiveness of the doll... I wouldn't be surprised if the hotel worker's ghost failed at the end
Love these reviews!
The scariest 'doll moving' thing I've seen done well is Hell House LLC, where you don't see the figures moving, you just see that they've moved, and they're now looking at you. *shivers*
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Thumbnail looks like the Dwayne wade statue
Haha good one 😂
Bummer* is so crazy 24:46 😂😂😂😂😂
Not that funny lol
mister oddity is whats called a GOLEM
Happy sunday crew (the older crew....the OGs the new ppl move funny in the comments) 🫤🤨😂😂❤❤
Love your work, foundflix🥰💚
Ending could’ve been a little better. I was hoping he got cocky at the end and spammed the bell supercharging the bellboy’s rage and we got to see a brutal finisher move. But best horror movie I’ve seen in a while nonetheless
I appreciated the simpsons "That's good! That's baaad" joke
Yup, that wooden guy will be in my nightmares tonight
Well then use him against dream foes, duh
@@martian8987 true
Please do "Don't Listen" it's Spanish and it's so good but left me a bit confused. PLEASE!!!!!!
Always glad for these ❤
I was literally going to ask you to explain this one! So glad you did!
I liked the way the film was slightly connected to Caveat 2020. It didn't have full on cameos, but the rabbit at the start and the screeching of the foxes whenever the supernatural about was a good nod.
I watched it at TIFF and it was such a pleasant surprise!
I like this guy he been here for me for years with his videos I mean years never comment tho but helps so much it’s just movies some might say not me tho this guys like the lebron of changing a day from bad to good Lebonbon
I like how with this Director, the ghosts are vindicated in their revenge!
If Darcy killed Olin with Mr Oddity, and yet as many claim she was required to die to activate him fully and that’s why she ran into the trap door like she knew it would kill her, then she couldn’t have killed Olin the same way (unless she died twice, lol). So either she didn’t need to die to activate the golem, which makes sense since he was already moving a bit, OR, she didn’t kill Olin. Which is reasonable since the husband or Ivan both could’ve done it no problem. But then she would have to have gotten the eye somehow despite not having killed the guy. OR she killed Olin but not with the golem, which I could also see since she has a bunch of other haunted stuff in her shop to use. I wish this was a little clearer.
She used the golem because that guy drew pictures of it killing Olin
im fairly certain she didnt need to die to activate Oddity, she just jumped through the trapdoor to 'right' the wrong of killing Olin
She literally said she killed Olin lol
@@jarrettvdb5916 But that guy was drawing those pictures even before that guy got killed, how?
If she can have visions of dead ppl by touching an item that was close to them .. why not touched one of her deceased sister’s items to know who killed her? Her wedding ring, her jeans idk 🤷🏻♀️
All she would see was a masked killer. Since her sister didn't know who killed her
It’s so crazy how Krampus is the first ending explained video on the channel
to think, the main guy is so OP; he absolutely knows about supernatural and curses (from small details and logical deduction, imho), yet displays complete innocence while outsmarting everyone without a slight remorse or fear. I feel like he rings the bell just for fun and for some company...
1:00 Surprised that, this wasn't advertised in Ireland. 7:00 24:45 😨. He is the murderer.
10:20 🤣🤣"おねえちゃん" . 22:45 😡😡. 23:30 😡😡. 27:45 🤣.
Nice straight forward movie, the "twist" was way to obvious in my opinion but still enjoyable
You should cover the substance when is comes to streaming!!!
The mic audio on "s" sounds is rough.
Love the channel
But it is pretty amazing the lack of audio engineering/care put in for some of these huge channels…
I rewound to watch "ghousst? Cood be~" more times than I'm willing to admit.
Great video as always lol
I have to say I was pleasantly surprises by this movie, the trailer looked good but I was going in with low-ish expectation.
Please do the 2024 v/h/s movie it was so hard to see what happened at the end!! Also great job as always love your stuff!!
Im very surprised no one has brought this up, i haven't read it anywhere else either...im pretty sure the wooden guy is called a golum in the occult world. They are made of stuff from the earth, clay, mud, wood, etc. Made to do do its owners bidding. Really great movie!
That’s sounds good! Seems well done too! I like the way they did this
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Please consider making a video on the Substance! It changed my life
The guy in the hoodie at 8:30 reminds me of that Japanese pudding commercial where the guy is spooning his head with a spoon and eating it. 😂 I hope more creators play with “uncanny valley” more instead of gore or shock/jump scares for baddies in the future. It’s so much better.