Tunnel (Award-Winning Short Film)

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  • @bearbrown2597
    @bearbrown2597 Рік тому +2063

    I'm sorry, but the ending totally lost it for me... when the guy was freaking out, constantly ending back up at the same place - that was scary AND to date, this had been one of the best fear inducing short horrors I have seen. I think a more ambiguous ending that leaves the fear of forever being lost would be better

    • @arnasar777
      @arnasar777 Рік тому +45

      I was also upset that he ate a tourist because he is not a zombie, he is a lost person.

    • @Irish_Georgia_Girl
      @Irish_Georgia_Girl Рік тому +29

      Bear Brown ~ exactly. I didn't understand the ending AT ALL

    • @trapey
      @trapey Рік тому +12

      @@Irish_Georgia_Girl It did seem it was tagged on.

    • @TruthSurge
      @TruthSurge Рік тому +45

      totally on the money Up to the wheezing and the guy turning around lunging at you, it was interesting and scary to think that all roads looped back to the tunnel no matter what. It's like the author said hmmm, I can't think of a cool ending though. Let's just do the worst jump scare ever and ruin a potentially cool film. Great! The echoing sounds at the start were great because you think they are echoing till the long one hits. then you go well, maybe it's a long tunnel. then you hear the FIRST sound come back way later and you then have the sinking feeling it's some monster or alien duplicating the sounds. Then you have the loopbacks which were pretty well done. It's just the same tunnel but edited with gradual sound coming in to give the feel he is really unable to escape the tunnel then.... person two comes along and ruins it all. Better to end it with dude #2 walking in, disappearing and then you hear the whiz sound once more then the guy screaming, cut... end. if you can't come up with a genius ending, just leave it open. Don't do a 13 year old iPhone video ending. :(

    • @briankerr2110
      @briankerr2110 Рік тому +35

      Cheap ending. Even less expensive but much more cinematic alternative, let him keep running the loop until the sun goes down. He sits down in the dark, crying. 10 seconds of black screen with sobbing. Cut to credits. A lot of shorts leave the ending open and we get better closure from our own imaginations. That being said, this film could have been made by one or two people and it was still worth watching. That isn't an easy feat. This could literally have been filmed for the cost of a kazoo and a fake blood capsule. Not bad at all. Honestly just clean up the ending and re-release. And yes I realize that film won at the 2021 festival. Everything in 2021 was crap. First place still has room for improvement, and I'd like to see more of the creators' work. Just run the storyboard past a few trusted friends or fans before diving into the project. Cheers

  • @nickboyd3904
    @nickboyd3904 Рік тому +1003

    The ending would have stood out as a great loop if the main character, after hearing the kazoo that final time, took out his kazoo and played it back meaning he was the one who played it for himself initially

    • @TheNinnyBug
      @TheNinnyBug Рік тому +67

      Yessss!!!! That would have been the perfect ending!

    • @prophetofhorror
      @prophetofhorror Рік тому +26

      That would have definitely worked as an ending. How about if he took his bag but left the kazoo behind for the next hiker to go into the tunnel and disappear, so that becomes the never ending cycle? No, scratch that. I like your idea better.

    • @jamesmartin4857
      @jamesmartin4857 Рік тому +13

      That's what I thought was going to happen..but got kind of disappointed.

    • @mohammadtausifrafi8277
      @mohammadtausifrafi8277 Рік тому +3

      Or just keeping it an inexplicable stuff. Looping has become common.

    • @HannaMagdalena
      @HannaMagdalena Рік тому +1

      Yeah that's what I assumed at first too

  • @alexanderholloway7110
    @alexanderholloway7110 10 місяців тому +218

    Addiction can be like this. Always circling back to the same dark threat, not wanting to enter in but it keeps calling to you no matter which direction you go.

    • @AdventureofMadnessOfficialAOM
      @AdventureofMadnessOfficialAOM 7 місяців тому +4

      True bro

    • @mohamedndaro1431
      @mohamedndaro1431 3 місяці тому +5

      You nailed it

    • @ADI-eb4ee
      @ADI-eb4ee 2 місяці тому +5

      Same happening with me. I try to not get distracted from phone and social media. But it keeps happening doesn't matter how much I change my routine. Initially I used to study in night but study 1 hour and wasting 5 hrs on mobile so I changed my routine .and now I goes to library, try to wake up early but always ended up wasting my 4-5 hours on this. It's like I don't have control on myself.

    • @GMObkirchner
      @GMObkirchner Місяць тому +2

      Wow! Amazing analogy.

    • @Sarah24871
      @Sarah24871 Місяць тому +2

      So very true!!

  • @professord1522
    @professord1522 Рік тому +81

    Ahhh. Stumbling upon a dark, mysterious tunnel in the woods, then walking-in to it after hearing inexplicably -delayed "echoes." What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

  • @elonawilliams4809
    @elonawilliams4809 Рік тому +327

    First extra echo coming from a cave is my clue to run 🏃

    • @t3553ract
      @t3553ract Рік тому +14

      Looks like at that point it might be too late

    • @rambostallone1693
      @rambostallone1693 2 місяці тому +2

      Sure do

    • @ms.mustlovecats1556
      @ms.mustlovecats1556 Місяць тому

      @elonawilliams4809
      You are 100,000,000,000% right.
      But more importantly . . . . . . . . . . . you would NEVER find me hiking in a woods in the first place. 😒

    • @j0j0kay
      @j0j0kay Місяць тому

      @@ms.mustlovecats1556 sad

    • @RossDeveau
      @RossDeveau 12 днів тому

      Agreed!!!

  • @gregbuster4187
    @gregbuster4187 Рік тому +1893

    Jump scares are unimaginative and uninspired. The end scene ruined what could have been a satisfying short film.

    • @montyzx7r
      @montyzx7r Рік тому +102

      Why dont u make one then ...

    • @captainbeastazoid7084
      @captainbeastazoid7084 Рік тому +84

      It didn't "ruin" it. That's excessive. Still very good

    • @Beck-rv7xr
      @Beck-rv7xr Рік тому +71

      I agree, it took some of the mystery away and was kind of a let down.

    • @DarkEntityYt001
      @DarkEntityYt001 Рік тому +35

      Still not a worthy Jumpscare for me cause I expected that...

    • @angelenathomas-scruggs4308
      @angelenathomas-scruggs4308 Рік тому +30

      I agree it should have been anything else but a jump scare

  • @mrman8868
    @mrman8868 Рік тому +44

    This took the prestigious “I’ve seen this somewhere before” award.

    • @thankyouverymuch
      @thankyouverymuch 13 днів тому +1

      Sure did. It's almost exactly the same as every other "Tunnel" movie. Same plot. Same basic characters. Two guys on a phone, one goes missing due to getting trapped by a paranormal tunnel, the other guy goes looking for him and finds the tunnel where the first guy disappeared.

    • @you.3158
      @you.3158 13 днів тому +2

      The dark show

  • @taydeadwards4502
    @taydeadwards4502 Рік тому +68

    I watched this twice to see if I missed anything and I think I chose to just enjoy it for what it is. I like to think that the guy that walked in the tunnel was his friend that called to check on him in the beginning. Seems like maybe the main character was going through some things and maybe this tunnel was like an existential crisis that he couldn’t get out of until someone else came along

  • @taracollins5597
    @taracollins5597 Рік тому +111

    2:40 NO way am I going near that tunnel. At first spontaneous sound.....I'd be running & saying The Lord's Prayer! :)

    • @sicooper4230
      @sicooper4230 Рік тому +1

      Pray to LL Bean..

    • @andreaadams7335
      @andreaadams7335 Рік тому +1

      But he was stuck in the loop..I was saying the same ..run!;;

    • @whalien1239
      @whalien1239 Місяць тому

      I have paused there like let me check comments first

    • @whalien1239
      @whalien1239 Місяць тому

      And i know i realised i should have not

    • @taunja7915
      @taunja7915 Місяць тому

      I would have called my friend to search for me and stayed put on the bridge.. that's the closest he got to where his car is parked .

  • @hoshilily
    @hoshilily Рік тому +87

    It was okay until the ending scene. It went downtunnel at there. 2/10.

    • @quixotable
      @quixotable  Рік тому +10

      Nice.

    • @emoney7404
      @emoney7404 Рік тому +10

      That is good point. Ending could have gone better

  • @nonexistentfuture519
    @nonexistentfuture519 Рік тому +420

    Very cool concept! Loved it. I agree with others on the ending. I would have also liked to see more of a panic while the main character is running through the woods. More disheveled and scared maybe shots of desperately screaming for help. Even though there isn’t any sound, the audience would be able to feel the nightmare the actor felt. This would have sold the fear more for me IMO. Really well done I enjoyed this a lot.

    • @victorcruz9492
      @victorcruz9492 Рік тому +3

      Lol they literally did that

    • @edwardchapman6003
      @edwardchapman6003 Рік тому +1

      It's really good, until the end seems a bit of a let down in comparison sadly. There' an 'air of menace' up to that point, perhaps the second character could be delighted to emerge through the increasingly creepy tunnel unscathed - then at the other end encounters the first character either dead or crazed out of his mind. I dunno, something more tho cos it's decent.

    • @suraya1224
      @suraya1224 Рік тому +1

      I sensed his panic, even without the noise. I kept thinking, try your cell phone, but I know he wdnt hv gotten reception.

    • @jenniferhiggins227
      @jenniferhiggins227 Рік тому +3

      ​@@edwardchapman6003 I get the impression it to do with him been trapped he keeps ending up back at the same tunnel creepy af

    • @nonexistentfuture519
      @nonexistentfuture519 Рік тому +2

      @@victorcruz9492 sorry maybe it wasn’t clear. I wanted more of that and I wanted it to be more intense

  • @aa-vy7cw
    @aa-vy7cw 8 місяців тому +23

    Oh, I've felt like this before! Being lost while hiking when no one else is around and the sun is starting to go down. It's scary. That's why you have to pack extra water, food, and something warm to wear just in case you become too tired to find your way out before dark. The scariest thing is mountain lions and bobcats that you see roaming around, not sinister caves. Hmmm. Then again, maybe I just got lucky to escape in time????? This film was pretty awesome! A sequel/part 2?

    • @shadowprince4482
      @shadowprince4482 2 місяці тому

      The scariest thing is people. Been working at night out in the woods for years and the scariest thing in the forest walks on 2 feet. A bear cub is a close second though. Mountain lions are spooky but you get used to them pretty quick. Usually they are just trying to figure out if you're prey or not. Fight back or yell and they back off quick. They like to stick to eating things they are used to. A guy around Lake Tahoe was inside his sleeping bag sleeping and managed to fight one off. No major injuries even. As long as you don't run you're fine.

  • @lauriejoneswilson5925
    @lauriejoneswilson5925 Рік тому +57

    Pretty good. Great scenery and tense, but you won’t catch me going into a cave that keeps playing a kazoo back at me 😂

  • @thealphatimmy5979
    @thealphatimmy5979 Рік тому +39

    fantastic actor, his ability to convey emotions and thoughts without lines is incredible

    • @doomedarts
      @doomedarts 6 місяців тому

      Yeah, I really like his acting! I saw a lovecraftian sci-fi short yesterday and none of the 4 actors in it were nearly as good.

  • @rgerber
    @rgerber Рік тому +15

    there was this short movie recently where some guy enters a modern concrete tunnel where he could never escape from. He can still see the exits on both sides but simply can't reach them and if someone else enters, he doesn't even exist....

    • @rosabeliarsmirez5251
      @rosabeliarsmirez5251 3 місяці тому +2

      Oh yeah i watched it to its sort of similar to this film

  • @pracheebagoria2116
    @pracheebagoria2116 Рік тому +11

    why is no one talking about how the movie gives, the vibe of "dark"

    • @pranaybiswas2798
      @pranaybiswas2798 Рік тому

      Because dark is of different level. This is very naive..

    • @AchinthyaSandaru
      @AchinthyaSandaru 4 місяці тому

      I was searching for this comment

    • @thankyouverymuch
      @thankyouverymuch 13 днів тому

      The true terror is that comma in your comment. Get out, intruding comma! Get out of that statement! And give back the capital letter and the question mark!
      To answer your question, how would you know what people are talking about? Is that haunted comma telling you lies?

  • @doganfeyzullah
    @doganfeyzullah Рік тому +34

    ending was funny. I felt like there were not any good idea for the end and they just wanted to finish with a joke. the script, the acting and as an idea this short as a whole deserves a better ending.

  • @uragzmenot9456
    @uragzmenot9456 Рік тому +11

    In our beliefs, we need to take off our clothes and put them back in reverse. Our ancestors believe that back then most places are either woods or forest hence people were prone to getting lost. Happened to me before getting lost in the woods and tried reversing my clothes. I was able to return home as if someone led me. I thought I was only lost for about an hour but when I got home, they were looking for me for about 4 hours already.
    There are mountaineers and hikers who happened to get lost in the forest and were never found again despite knowing this belief. Some people say that maybe they never felt lost at all hence they never tried reversing their clothes. Some maybe have not remembered this trick at all. Some may have thought that they are just still hiking for hours but they are actually lost for weeks or even months already.
    We have folklore belief that people who got lost in the forest probably have found the home of mythical environmental spirits. What they see is no longer the reality of the place hence there is no way for them to go back home.

    • @melanimatejak6821
      @melanimatejak6821 Рік тому +3

      There are very similar folk beliefs all over Europe. The culprits are thought to be faeries (or pixies, goblins etc). The way to break the spell is also reversing your clothes.

    • @Irish_Georgia_Girl
      @Irish_Georgia_Girl Рік тому +2

      When you say put your clothes back in reverse do you mean inside out or backwards or what?
      This is very interesting to me since lost hikers and such have actually been found by search and rescue teams wearing their clothes inside out or something.

    • @uragzmenot9456
      @uragzmenot9456 Рік тому +1

      @@Irish_Georgia_Girl It's interesting to know that despite we live in different countries with different beliefs, some of them are similar. Perhaps unexplainable beliefs could be true then or at least people are trying to do it even if they are skeptic when situation calls for it.

  • @swi3906
    @swi3906 Рік тому +20

    For me the use of Clair de Lune felt perfect to encapsulate the 'just one one' phenomenon that always hits me while hiking. I have to see whats up just one more hill, around just one curve, across one more stream, just one more...adventure. It feels so tempting to keep exploring.
    Luckily, it's hasn't ended like this for me...yet.

  • @kristymichaellusthaus2392
    @kristymichaellusthaus2392 Рік тому +11

    Scared the crap out of me. It's left me with that creepy feeling.. to be honest I got so unnerved I closed my eyes when I saw the first guy standing facing the cave wall. Good job!

  • @kenzmatt221
    @kenzmatt221 Рік тому +36

    In Malay culture, this is real. We call this situation as 'kena sorok' (hide by 'something') Mostly they were found by rescuer after a few days but some cases, they were lost forever without any clue.

    • @TomAS-wm5mn
      @TomAS-wm5mn Рік тому +8

      you mean people ended missing and found reported being at an entrance of a tunnel and ended back at the same tunnel over and over again? or some other type of rock formation or tree etc

    • @three6ixdrew
      @three6ixdrew Рік тому +6

      may be it’s south asia thing bc we have something like this too literally my biggest fear as a child

    • @iheworld134
      @iheworld134 Рік тому +1

      @@TomAS-wm5mn it involved a myth or ghost stories...

    • @karnagefails333
      @karnagefails333 10 місяців тому +1

      Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

    • @andibensisva2155
      @andibensisva2155 Місяць тому

      @@TomAS-wm5mn Indonesian here. Not the tunnel, it's about you are keep on going then realized that actually you end up in the same place over and over again. Happen in the jungle, mountain, or crossroads.

  • @KM-zh3co
    @KM-zh3co Рік тому +3

    I was watching this video from India Kerala , I had a similar experience in my past while I had been walking alone in a rubber plantation in my thirteen years age I was isolated in the middle of very large plantation and I couldn't find out the access to come out in to my route I wandered more than three hours I fall in fear but last I prayed to God for finding out my route finally I reached in my proper access but I didn't see any devil but I think something bad evils in the atmosphere what we need to do in this kind of situation We must trust on God and be courageous don't lose your mind control So only God would save us ..thank you

  • @jr-woodsproduction
    @jr-woodsproduction 10 місяців тому +11

    I really loved the use of sound and the different cinematography used in this film. The different cuts used in the film really portrayed a sense of being lost scared!

  • @k.p.8458
    @k.p.8458 Рік тому +22

    Damn, was about to think i finally found a short horror story that was really well done, uncanny and maybe actually unsettling, then theres that ending... why :(

    • @thankyouverymuch
      @thankyouverymuch 13 днів тому +2

      Probably because every other movie called "Tunnel" is the same plot with the same characters but no ending, so they thought they could plagiarize a crappy overdone story as long as they gave it an ending this time.

  • @pattyoconnell1953
    @pattyoconnell1953 Рік тому +27

    I will avoid tunnels.
    Really beautiful scenery and loved the piano 🎼 music 🎶

  • @nidakato77
    @nidakato77 Рік тому +7

    In japan, there is a tunnel like this, and nobody has the courage to enter, as they say, who enters, never leaves.🎌

    • @karnagefails333
      @karnagefails333 10 місяців тому

      There seems to be a lot of creepy shit in Japan, including that suicide forest.
      I would love to visit or even live in Japan one day, if not to just get the hell out of USA...

  • @jefflerner7526
    @jefflerner7526 Рік тому +2

    That left me wondering why it won any award(s).

  • @samtasticsongs3012
    @samtasticsongs3012 9 місяців тому +3

    The piano music at the beginning had a very nice touch, very well done! Sometimes you don't need "big" music to complement the film.

  • @poonamkane9019
    @poonamkane9019 Рік тому +51

    In konkan part of Maharashtra, India, this phenomenon is called as Ranbhul. (Ran is jungle and bhul means lost). Person can come out of this situation only if he is lucky or someone helps him. Mostly good spirits help in such situations as our forefathers believe.

    • @quixotable
      @quixotable  Рік тому +10

      Didn't know that but it fits perfectly. Thanks for sharing!

    • @a.b.c.wanybodycanwatch2666
      @a.b.c.wanybodycanwatch2666 Рік тому

      Aamchyakade yala chakva mhanta madam,Devulband Shri Swami Samarth Maharaj yachya picture madhye dakhvlay tasa

    • @shaheedjoad3725
      @shaheedjoad3725 Рік тому +1

      I am from goa as the konkan railways tunnel is one of the longest, I was thinking about the same

    • @Irish_Georgia_Girl
      @Irish_Georgia_Girl Рік тому

      Interesting!

    • @ndwstark9918
      @ndwstark9918 Рік тому +4

      Yes you are right. But in my country we say a diffarant name. I am from Sri Lanka. there are very creepy stories about this. especially when some people in my country went to find the tomb of King Rawana, many lost in the forest. it says there is a plant name "Manmula wall" which can make you lost. and then there are some Yakka spirits who really don't want people to finger their business can make people lost in the forest too. But Some good spirits like deva or naga and even some Yakka spirits too help people to find stuff and get back. but some make people lost. I remember another story. two children who went to get some fire wood suddenly disappeared in the forest. mist was everywhere. but never found. I don't know if it is true or not. But we heard this from a villager like 24 years ago in a place call Lokanthaya in sri lanka. My final thought is these days people don't belive it. but just like you said Ranbhul can happen.

  • @gelan8543
    @gelan8543 9 місяців тому +7

    Watching it, instantly reminded me of the TV series Dark (2017). And the wheezing sound he heard back from the cave was from him, on the other end of the tunnel, a time displacement event, very similar to Dark. I agree the ending was rushed. It would have been better to see the skeleton remains of the photographer because he was caught in a time loop. Just like the next victim.

  • @Azril05
    @Azril05 Рік тому +153

    Great short! Loved the cinematography and camera angles. I know this cave and surrounding area. I love going there. You’ve now given me something to think about next time I go there. I do agree with the others here, if you had just left the whereabouts of the first guy unknown and let the second guy fall victim as well, that would have been a better ending. Still! Well done!!

    • @avisiktachakraborty3438
      @avisiktachakraborty3438 Рік тому +1

      Unknown cave in forest...next time one groups fall victim,Noone there

    • @willemvandeursen3105
      @willemvandeursen3105 Рік тому +1

      @Azril05,
      ...but...but you went into the cave? And came out of it, at the other side??
      Nope. I'm not going in there. I'd rather stay out. Die outside, in the sun.
      A nice short, well-time. But I agree with others.
      I find the blood not making much sense. Alternative: the young man showing his face that has aged considerably, making clear that a lot has happened to him. Or not... A time loop thingy perhaps.
      The possibilities for a story like this are actually endless.

    • @sedamargaryan6168
      @sedamargaryan6168 Рік тому

      Where is the cave? I live in Pennsylvania. It looks like a Norristowns Farm Park .

    • @Azril05
      @Azril05 Рік тому +2

      @@willemvandeursen3105 Yes! I went in.....but I came out in this world, not the one I left behind. I've been searching for a way back but I can't find it. I'm trapped here!!!!!! The only answer is to try and find the cave again and go back through it......

    • @SiiriCressey
      @SiiriCressey 7 місяців тому

      It's a cave, not a tunnel?

  • @MalkuthSephira
    @MalkuthSephira Рік тому +82

    So I really loved this and I have some thoughts about the ending that make the initially weird and seemingly unnecessary last shot make a lot more sense, or at least, my theory on what was happening would account for it in an interesting way. Could be wrong, but I don't think there's any evidence against my interpretation, so for anybody interested, here's what I'm thinking.
    The first thing we learn about the protagonist is that he's been acting out of character lately - it sounds like he's being distant in a way that's not typical for him and his friends are starting to worry. This might be nothing, but considering how insistent his friend was on the phone, I'm inclined to think we heard that call for a reason. Basically, we immediately establish the possibility that the protagonist is not doing well mentally. If that isn't actually relevant, then I'm not sure why we had that call on-screen at all. (Entering the tunnel was also weirdly hard for him, like it was repelling him on purpose until eventually it let him in. I'll get to why that might be worth noting in a moment.)
    At the end, the echoing sound of his whistle... thing (can't remember what those are called) plays from the tunnel as someone else (someone who seems like the cave explorer type) approaches the tunnel. But, the tunnel allows the new guy in immediately. There's no spatial warping mind-screw, he just walks in. As he's getting deeper into the cave, what originally sounded like the echo of the whistle-thingy starts to shift and sound more like a weird, hysterical human noise, kind of an unsettling, broken whimper. Then the new guy sees the first guy, who's spaced out hardcore, and we get a strange jump-scare.
    So basically, what I think was happening is that there was no supernatural element, or if there was, it had nothing to do with space shifting. I think the original protag's friends were right to worry about him, and we're seeing him have a psychotic break. There may never have been an echo of a whistle at all, just the sound of him freaking out deep in the tunnel, severely distorted by the tunnel's acoustics (hence the slow shift of the sound into something very different when the second guy comes in). Second guy approaches the cave, hears a weird noise, and goes in. Nothing strange happens at first and he is allowed to enter immediately rather than experiences weird space stuff, because nothing strange other than mental illness has ever been happening. In the cave, he finds the first guy, who's losing his shit, and first guy kind of lunges for second guy in an ambiguous way that might or might not have been hostile.
    That's my two cents. I like my interpretation better than "and the jumpscare at the end was out of place and didn't quite fit", so I'm probably sticking to it. That said, even if this wasn't the intention and the very end just kind of fizzles and that's that, I'm not gonna complain much about the literal final second of a video not landing very well when every other second was fantastic. All in all I really enjoyed it. At best it's a really clever subversion of expectations that's taking a big risk on viewers not putting pieces together, and at worst, it was an excellent horror short that had a single second of mild disappointment at the end. Either way, I had a great time.

    • @joshuathered1100
      @joshuathered1100 8 місяців тому +5

      I think you nailed the creator's intention: mental illness

    • @SiiriCressey
      @SiiriCressey 8 місяців тому +2

      The whistle-thing is called a kazoo.

    • @cap10zomb
      @cap10zomb 7 місяців тому +1

      He was running in circles going crazy. This was a good read

    • @DeadPixel1105
      @DeadPixel1105 5 місяців тому

      OMG, shut up.

    • @quixotable
      @quixotable  5 місяців тому +6

      Fantastic analysis. Thanks for sharing!

  • @YoBrand15
    @YoBrand15 Рік тому +78

    I agree with other comments. The concept and buildup were absolutely brilliant. The ending was one of the worst I've ever seen. This should just be reuploaded ending with him going into the cave. If anything, it could have been when the guy walked into the cave at the end he saw several copies of the original guy. Or he just saw a wall with no entrance to the cave to increase confusion. Anything but the current ending... it didn't even look good and wasn't even remotely scary or creepy. Such a shame because if this were to be remade with a better ending itd be one of the best out there.

    • @thekp503
      @thekp503 Рік тому +8

      I agree 100%. I was disappointed. I enjoyed it up until then. I guess he forgot to start at the end and work backwards.
      I hope my comment doesn't discourage, he's got talent. Kept me watching for what 8 minutes are so.

    • @andreaadams7335
      @andreaadams7335 Рік тому +4

      I though the only way out was to go into the cave to escape the loop he's stuck in, and it was another him on the other side answering the call

    • @andreaadams7335
      @andreaadams7335 Рік тому +5

      At first when the reply happened I was going...RUN NOW GET AWAY but he couldn't

    • @quixotable
      @quixotable  Рік тому +15

      Thanks for watching! We'll take any and all feedback. Appreciate you taking the time to write a comment.

    • @YoBrand15
      @YoBrand15 Рік тому +2

      @Quixotable no problem! Other than the ending it was great. Thanks for accepting the feedback!

  • @andreasmartin7942
    @andreasmartin7942 Рік тому +8

    Rule No 1 for the aspiring cave explorer: always bring a second light source.

    • @karnagefails333
      @karnagefails333 10 місяців тому

      He would have been fine if he'd brought a second kazoo.

  • @JateCharaireFATE
    @JateCharaireFATE 25 днів тому +1

    Guy: *goes in a tunnel after hearing a weird noise coming from it*
    Me: natural selection!

  • @Julia-lk8jn
    @Julia-lk8jn 24 дні тому

    I love how beautiful the scenery is, including the tunnel. It creates such a great contrast to how threatening this lovely place gets when there's no way out.

  • @Cookie-ri9pz
    @Cookie-ri9pz Рік тому +9

    These things on UA-cam about disappearances and things like camping. I've been a life long camper, hiking and hunting/fishing these types of shows. It's made me scared of the woods in a way. Guess I better quit watching them. That book series Missing 411 show different people missing under bazaar circumstances in the trails and parks. Sometimes they are found and sometimes not. The shows/podcasts and books that are true are the freaky ones.

  • @annaelisavettavonnedozza9607
    @annaelisavettavonnedozza9607 Рік тому +29

    I COMPLETELY disagree with all the other commenters. I really like the ending. I got the sense the cave glamoured him into believing he was trying to leave the woods, when really he was staring at the wall the entire time

    • @mrxking1
      @mrxking1 3 місяці тому

      So like he was just insane? Hmm

  • @Oriol-oo7jl
    @Oriol-oo7jl Рік тому +1

    -"Don't get lost in there"
    -"I won't get lost"
    Gets lost asf

  • @rockahbilly76
    @rockahbilly76 2 місяці тому +3

    Which award did that win? Why did he have a kazoo? Why did he drop his backpack? Why was his face bleeding? Why was this done at all?

  • @dafnyanessaguiali4157
    @dafnyanessaguiali4157 Рік тому +40

    What I love about this is that it kept me invested despite the crisp of cinematography. The angling is brilliant it gave us a different point of view of the environment. Makes the forest creepy. The ending was kind of disappointing but it can still be improved! Luv this.

  • @Mare_art
    @Mare_art Рік тому +4

    Wait. That’s it?

  • @chrisparnell2806
    @chrisparnell2806 Рік тому +11

    Is it me or does everything hinge on coincidentally having a kazoo? Thank goodness the other guy coincidentally had a headlamp. All joking aside, well shot. Technically this looks and feels like a well directed, good budget film. Bravo.

  • @adilmuneer3135
    @adilmuneer3135 Рік тому +6

    Ending scene ruined it all. Could have been much better and suspensful

  • @screestv9407
    @screestv9407 Рік тому +6

    Deserved such an award winning the short film Is amazing!!!

    • @genantamtam9364
      @genantamtam9364 Рік тому +3

      How is this good?
      Its the worst short ive seen

    • @screestv9407
      @screestv9407 Рік тому

      @@genantamtam9364 sounds like you can make an better one.

    • @genantamtam9364
      @genantamtam9364 Рік тому

      @@screestv9407 if? You must be joking, even you can make a better one

    • @screestv9407
      @screestv9407 Рік тому

      @@genantamtam9364 what do you think is not good in that short movie?

    • @genantamtam9364
      @genantamtam9364 Рік тому +3

      @Screes Tv what IS good besides the camera quality?
      A guy goes in a loop by entering a tunnel... isint there million of movies with same idea? Where us the creativity?

  • @skullsnguns22
    @skullsnguns22 4 місяці тому

    I am so glad you made the protagonist smart enough to walk away from the cave at a _90-degree_ angle. It wasn't enough, but at least he tried.

  • @GWsavedMYlife
    @GWsavedMYlife 11 місяців тому +14

    What a beautiful landscape!

  • @princeamongmen7064
    @princeamongmen7064 Рік тому +9

    Would of been cool if he was a really old man in a red flannel shirt breathing his last into a purple kazoo…

  • @melissarogers9385
    @melissarogers9385 Рік тому +8

    Intense! Awesome! Great short film, loved it👍

  • @ArtiomNeganov
    @ArtiomNeganov Рік тому +15

    It seems to me, this cave has become a superstar. It definitely deserves an Oscar.

  • @YooLookMarvelous
    @YooLookMarvelous 2 місяці тому

    I’m of the David Lynch school of film-making. I love that the film doesn’t resolve to something obvious; it leaves deliberate gaps so you can fill in your own ideas about what’s happening. It occurred to me that the message being left on his phone takes place later in the timeline, after he becomes stuck in the “loop” or whatever it is he experiences. I see this as a story about how we get lost in our own personalities, searching everywhere for some way to make sense of ourselves. .

  • @powerofthesun1000
    @powerofthesun1000 Рік тому +70

    Always fun to discover a new fear you never had before. 🙃

  • @pilgrim985
    @pilgrim985 6 місяців тому +6

    That’s 7 minutes and 53 seconds of my life that I can never get back.

  • @pilargarcialopez6258
    @pilargarcialopez6258 4 місяці тому

    Muchas gracias por vuestra labor, es un orgullo ver que vosotros los jóvenes que sois el futuro, tengais las ideas claras, fuerza y valor para hacer frente tantas injusticias. Yo soy mayor, pero podéis contar con mi apoyo para esta resistencia tan maravillosa. No cambieis nunca. Gracias.

  • @duffelbag1127
    @duffelbag1127 Рік тому +1

    Guy who goes hiking in skateboarding shoes, goes into a dark tunnel with no flashlight and leaves his backpack behind deserves to get lost.

  • @walt1a
    @walt1a Рік тому +5

    This would be a great big budget Sasquatch movie. They are excellent mimics. Aliens, ghosts and witches have been done to death...

  • @syedumairnaeem6724
    @syedumairnaeem6724 Рік тому +8

    I would have liked a better ending. Apart from that this is a great short movie very well done. This topic is perfect for a full-fledged horror movie. Excellet stuff.

  • @TheAvprobeauty
    @TheAvprobeauty 4 дні тому

    the pizza on his hat is off putting. got chills immediately. great flick!

  • @johnshaddick6858
    @johnshaddick6858 9 місяців тому +1

    The tunnel looks like a rail road tunnel. You can tell the paths he is walking on, is the railroad bed. I wonder where this is.

  • @RCBA-fs3ux
    @RCBA-fs3ux 2 місяці тому +2

    Isn't this the cave from dark TV series 🤔

    • @_Marea_
      @_Marea_ 11 днів тому

      same what i thought about 😂

  • @jeremiahmarkusmedia6915
    @jeremiahmarkusmedia6915 Рік тому +5

    Pretty cool stuff, the rising action was solid..Kinda reminds me of the first episode of Dark, when the main character enters a tunnel searching for his lost brother, and falls into a time continuum or something..

    • @wasimali7834
      @wasimali7834 2 місяці тому

      I think thats the same tunnel

  • @howtopaint3552
    @howtopaint3552 8 місяців тому

    I got lost in a forest once and it tricked me into seeing a street with parked cars just a few miles ahead, when i got here, there was nothing but more trees and forest, no signs of civilization, cars or streets, it kept showing me things that were not there until I collapsed in the floor of exhaustion then ended up in the other side of the city in someone's yard and vomiting from some sort of sickness, really wild out there be careful!

  • @usatheesh7779
    @usatheesh7779 27 днів тому +1

    Moral of the film
    Never leave your camera

  • @nealdmiller
    @nealdmiller Рік тому +12

    you can't just leave the story line there!!! more, please

  • @MisterG2323
    @MisterG2323 Рік тому +99

    I think I would have liked a different ending, but what you settled on worked well enough. Strong Blair Witch vibe, obviously. Kudos! Glad YT threw this one on my feed.

  • @michaeld2519
    @michaeld2519 2 місяці тому

    An alternative ending: The afternoon goes by and the main character hasn't been heard from, so his friend goes into the forest to look for him. He finds the backpack on the path, but there is no tunnel entrance now, only moss covered rocks. He keeps walking, and soon sees a tunnel entrance, much like the first one. He shouts out his friend's name. It echoes with a pause and then echoes again. Intrigued, he slowly walks towards the tunnel... Screen fades to black and roll credits.

  • @BatMite19
    @BatMite19 6 місяців тому +1

    I thought the second guy was going to find the first guy standing in the corner ... oh, wait, wrong movie.

  • @tdatrandomguysdwl
    @tdatrandomguysdwl Рік тому +8

    What "awards" did this win?

  • @RangaNanayakkara
    @RangaNanayakkara Рік тому +4

    The ending of the movie was poor. A better ending could have been the final guy seeing thousands of corpses of the first guy on the other side of the tunnel

    • @YoBrand15
      @YoBrand15 Рік тому +1

      This is what I thought was gonna happen lol

  • @EvilMonstar12
    @EvilMonstar12 2 місяці тому +1

    Why is nobody talking about the kazoo? What kind of person walks around with a kazoo in their shirt pocket? Scariest part of this short film.

  • @doofmaczemy
    @doofmaczemy 2 місяці тому

    Missed opportunity for the perfect comedy. After all the Kazooing, The hiker pulls a gun and confidently walks inside the tunnel. Screen cuts to black while you hear a single gunshot. Credits roll.

  • @tuilorraine
    @tuilorraine Рік тому +23

    For me, this was about the power of sound. I think the film-maker might have first asked themself, "Let's take one simple innocent sound, like maybe a childish whizzy- whistle and see how creepy we can make it."
    It doesn't matter what the ending is. (I see a lot of people complaining about the ending.) Any ending that gives any kind of finality is fine with me. It was about the sound itself. Now we spend hours trying to work out in our brains, what might have caused that non-echo. The acting was superb. The setting was beautiful. The music was perfect. And I was terrified.

  • @cmcimagesmedia
    @cmcimagesmedia Рік тому +123

    Brilliant suspense, Great build up and creative angles, Really enjoyed it, Felt the emotion of being lost and confused, Ending was a bit flat but on a whole very impressive.

    • @Vanu92
      @Vanu92 Рік тому +6

      The scene with the echos had my heart pounding, really cool how compelling and clear of a store is portrayed with how little dialogue there is. The final scene is a little strange but still got me 8.5/10

    • @gemstar7286
      @gemstar7286 Рік тому +1

      Blaire Witch similarities .

    • @AdventureofMadnessOfficialAOM
      @AdventureofMadnessOfficialAOM 7 місяців тому

      Yeah this had good suspense that made me keep watching

  • @rumenaldo
    @rumenaldo Місяць тому

    So happy I found this short movie. A year ago, I got a super space cake in Amsterdam and experienced exactly the same story - walking in a circle and seeing same ppl on same part of the city, doing same things. Got the weird feeling that I’m dead and my soul is circulating non stop in a circle. On top of that I didn’t know how I “die”, so that’s added and extra stress and much more intense to the space trip. The wildest experience ever in my life. Get a friend with you, if you ever do some shit like that 😂

  • @plausiblereialability6759
    @plausiblereialability6759 Рік тому +2

    I know this place. Nice to see it hasn't changed in 30+ years.

  • @thecottageatwoodlandcorners
    @thecottageatwoodlandcorners Рік тому +27

    Yeah, agree with the other folks re: The Ending. But the concept was good. I've seen some other tunnel pieces like this, and other cabin/horror that is similar where people come back to the same spot. But I still think it was well executed here as well. I almost think it could have ended with the second guy just entering and letting it fade to black as his torso filled the cave opening behind him. Like "another victim of the cave".

  • @believer1317
    @believer1317 Рік тому +5

    Ending disappoints

  • @Aline44840
    @Aline44840 14 днів тому

    The tunnel scene reminds me of "The Signalman" from 1976. That was a great old horror movie

  • @jasondelvaux3036
    @jasondelvaux3036 7 місяців тому

    The best part is, I personally always go hiking in remote places all by myself. Except I never bring my phone.

  • @robertjudy9135
    @robertjudy9135 Рік тому +9

    Creepy video. Well done. I would like to see a movie.

  • @edwarddeevy7347
    @edwarddeevy7347 Рік тому +4

    he just needs a light at the end of the tunnel experience !
    W E I R D !!!!!!

  • @stevesoukup3273
    @stevesoukup3273 Рік тому +3

    Seems like he got a small case of " Tunnel Vision " , Awesome short film, Deserved an award...

  • @trinityburks5768
    @trinityburks5768 11 місяців тому +2

    Just the casual kazoo that every hipster has with em

  • @bitterstories418
    @bitterstories418 Рік тому +38

    That was brilliant. Never thought you could do so much with just few camera angles, and one person.

  • @dreamsofturtles1828
    @dreamsofturtles1828 4 місяці тому +4

    Very good! Very well acted & the photography was beautiful. The sounds from the cave were def. scary. I would have liked a better ending...some story around it. Maybe a continuation of the movie to show more -?
    This reminded me of an actual experience i had walking in the woods. I was fairly familiar with this forest & came upon a very small waterfall . It was about mid-afternoon. The waterfall was non- descrip, but i felt drawn to it. I seemed to hear a voice coming from the water, a female voice. There were colors in the water too & I was fascinated by them. Next thing i knew i was looking down at my hiking boots walking back along the trail i had taken to get there. I had zero memory of leaving the waterfall or of how much time had passed, but the sun was low in the sky so I knew a fair amount of time had passed.
    I was so freaked out i couldn't hike that trail for several years. Finally i did go back , but nothing happened. It was just a little waterfall.

  • @reneilwemoshidi5164
    @reneilwemoshidi5164 Місяць тому

    Least scariest short story I've EVER seen, as in EVER!!!

  • @willoughby1888
    @willoughby1888 11 місяців тому +1

    In 1984, I left an outreach ministries parked van that was 9 miles away from where we were camped at Babyfoot Lake in Oregon, thinking I could make it back there again soon if I hustled. It was about an hour after dark on a recently wet, but now clear-sky, full moon evening. I was traversing the mountainside trail I had came from 2 hours earlier when all of a sudden THE STORM came in suddenly, obscuring all signs of the bright full moon and stars. Talk about dark!
    I now had to feel my way as I walked on the trail because I couldn't see the trail even at all. So I got the bright idea that If I touched a tree on my right as I went forward, I'd veer left a little. Same if I had encountered a tree on my left. Thankfully, most of the storm's heavy downpour had hit the mountaintop high above me. Well, I thought anyways at the time. Then I heard THE NOISE. Something was coming right at me from high up the mountain and TEARING through lots of trees to do so! I could distinctively hear trees making snapping sounds as if they'd at least been hit really hard, if not broken in two. The loud sounds were coming CLOSER and CLOSER.
    When the 'thing' got to around 50 feet from me, I froze and held my breath while praying that BIGFOOT wasn't going to eat me! It was HIM, I knew it. I was going to be one of his victims like we'll maybe read about. And I just knew Bigfoot could probably smell me, zero right in on my location, or maybe my fear. Or both. It was hunting me down while the rain covered it's tracks! Smart! I had enough time to think Bigfoot hunting down a defenseless human in a storm was kind of smart. But anyways...
    40 feet, 30 feet, 20 feet, 10...9...8...feet and it seemed as if the 'BIGFOOT OR OTHER SCARY ITEM' was going to pass several feet in front of me instead of directly come right at me in the pitch dark that I had grown a bit more accustomed to visually. Then one last tree WHACK and CRACK and I watched a huge boulder the size of a large doghouse say "hello" and "goodbye" to me and tear down the mountain far below just about the time I recognized what it actually was.
    I was suddenly feeling so blessed that I was alive and all was well and good, mostly. I was then aware to be also glad I had somehow been aware that I had a bladder to consider. As that boulder was tearing trough the trees to get me, I was concentrating only on my two weak knees, and I easily might forgotten all about the liquids other than rainwater flow that were involved.
    PS: I liked my ending better than yours. Yours was a quick "BOO" when I was wanting thoughtful "Twilight zone".

  • @briankerr2110
    @briankerr2110 Рік тому +3

    Shorts have approximately zero time for backstory or character development, and oftentimes ending closure. I understand and respect that. This movie was also shot with very few people on an extremely small budget, and also during the pandemic. I think the creators did a fantastic job utilizing their resources. I would suggest running the storyboard past a few people before diving into the project though. The ending would have been better if left open. Shorts don't have to close the story and this one failed in it's attempt to do so. I'd modify one scene, fade to black, and run credits. A good 90% of the criticism on this page wouldn't exist. Keep doing what you're doing though. Cheers

  • @NaveenJain-bi2wj
    @NaveenJain-bi2wj Рік тому +6

    What award????

  • @sirapos6550
    @sirapos6550 7 місяців тому

    The Blair Witch Project was a blessing and a curse at the same time.

  • @singaivendan369
    @singaivendan369 Рік тому +2

    Just in the Whistle...The Director BLOW MY MIND!!! Huh..How Many Ghoos Bums...Not just the Bums. Almost like an electric shock went Head to TOE. That's it Bro. Amazing...Amazing. What a great horror that i have ever watched. Deserve to be awarded. 👏👏👏

  • @WORKINGSTIFFSTV
    @WORKINGSTIFFSTV 11 місяців тому +9

    This was really great and enjoyable to watch! Excellent work!

  • @AdventureAceSweden
    @AdventureAceSweden 4 місяці тому +3

    Scary, real horror! I love it, a masterpiece up till the ending.

  • @pikeflowed
    @pikeflowed 9 місяців тому

    The ending could have been more strange and unsettling, but everything else was well done and constructed, certainly was hair-raising, an interesting concept.

  • @rogeriosousa9474
    @rogeriosousa9474 Рік тому +6

    Why is this so terrifying?!

    • @sicooper4230
      @sicooper4230 Рік тому +2

      He left his backpack...

    • @Lazlow23
      @Lazlow23 Місяць тому +2

      It's not. Not even a little bit. It's boring, trite, tired, unimaginative, repetitive, frustrating, pointless, uninspired, monotonous, lifeless, tedious, insipid, flavorless, weak, and characterless. What's really terrifying is that there are people who think it's terrifying, or even good.

  • @HollyTree_
    @HollyTree_ Рік тому +3

    I really enjoyed this. Well done!

  • @a-juanchannel1756
    @a-juanchannel1756 9 місяців тому +1

    Wow. From Mild Scene to shocking twist of the story. Amazing.

  • @user-kd8me2mr5l
    @user-kd8me2mr5l Місяць тому

    Music definitely play an important role. When the beat comes, fear comes

  • @emmahealy4863
    @emmahealy4863 Рік тому +3

    THE KAZOO GOT ME 🤣

  • @pommydiva1
    @pommydiva1 Рік тому +5

    hey, good short movie. be horrible if something like this DID ever happen