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  • Check out this well animated and creepy CGI animated film "Francis", Directed by Richard Hickey, and written by Dave Eggers.
    The story of "Francis" came about interestingly from famed radio show "This American Life". Broadcaster Ira Glass asked 6 American writers to create a short story about Adventure. One of these stories written by novelist & screenwriter Dave Eggers, it was read on the show to much acclaim and praise., Richard worked with producer Kevin Batten & a team to turn the words into this short. He worked on the film tirelessly & had 40 people work on all elements of the animation. The film has been shown at Cannes Film Festival and Raindance.
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  • @graceharvey765
    @graceharvey765 4 роки тому +2024

    Did anyone else have to watch this in primary school

  • @salvinsam
    @salvinsam 9 років тому +1952

    The narrator mentioned that the lake is very clean that you could directly drink water from the lake.....Then i saw the girl threw her cigarette. I think the Lake's guardian is mad for polluting the lake. And that's why she wrote in her note "I DID KNOCK FIRST," stating that it was her fault and deserve the punishment.

    • @starbird5776
      @starbird5776 8 років тому +98

      That's a good point! This shows not to litter.

    • @squirel4386
      @squirel4386 8 років тому +34

      +salvinsam She threw in a cigarette? I'm not watching it again to find out, I'm to scared.

    • @johnwhote28
      @johnwhote28 8 років тому +5

      +Mev Wetzker yep

    • @pennybodydovey
      @pennybodydovey 8 років тому +6

      good point

    • @imapersondealwithit8972
      @imapersondealwithit8972 8 років тому +28

      +salvinsam Wait, I thought that the creature said it knocked first. 0.o

  • @Tb-ib9uc
    @Tb-ib9uc 4 роки тому +367

    I only came here cuz of old primary school memories

  • @purdypaints4977
    @purdypaints4977 4 роки тому +378

    Plot twist:*the water is the same water from Moana*

    • @SlyCooper1920
      @SlyCooper1920 4 роки тому +4

      But it's a lake it came from the oceans of Hawaii

    • @zredouts
      @zredouts 4 роки тому +2

      *The ocean chose you*

    • @fizaahx
      @fizaahx 4 роки тому +1

      Arxtic ZR true

    • @almegdadahmed8325
      @almegdadahmed8325 3 роки тому +1

      @@fizaahx you are in 2020

    • @fizaahx
      @fizaahx 3 роки тому +1

      Megdad Ahmed oop-

  • @The_Foreman
    @The_Foreman 9 років тому +750

    Hey at least the monster is polite.

    • @whalepony
      @whalepony 9 років тому +23

      Lol for real when I read your comment.mThis deserves more Likes.

    • @gearandalthefirst7027
      @gearandalthefirst7027 7 років тому +9

      or sarcastic

    • @eviemiller4366
      @eviemiller4366 6 років тому +3

      OrderOfGamers too true

    • @cidfernandez6574
      @cidfernandez6574 5 років тому +2

      OrderOfGamers agreed

    • @bluesky-pb9di
      @bluesky-pb9di 4 роки тому +4

      I would have said be gone in the name of Jesus. Praying real hard.

  • @istartedbawlingwheniwasyou9833
    @istartedbawlingwheniwasyou9833 7 років тому +939

    In my head when she heard the first knock I was like "hoe you better row outta there fam"

    • @candyarts140
      @candyarts140 7 років тому +32

      Me too. i wouldn't wait there for someone to come and kill me. In the first place, i would not even do something crazy as that!

    • @RocRolWriter
      @RocRolWriter 7 років тому +15

      I already know it's not safe to go boating alone at night. If, somehow, I wound up in that position anyway...I'd head for shore at the first knock, I guess (at least the first one where I believed that I'd really heard something, you know?), but if it was already too late and the boat was being held in place, I'd keep at least one oar AND the lantern in the boat with me. So I could fight for my life when It finally surfaced.

    • @themeaffe1837
      @themeaffe1837 6 років тому

      Lol

    • @James-eq4bk
      @James-eq4bk 5 років тому

      lmao

    • @bitchihateyoulol4709
      @bitchihateyoulol4709 4 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 this deserves way more likes

  • @catherinebrown6960
    @catherinebrown6960 6 років тому +401

    Its very hard to make a movie that is scary these days, the audience is jaded and knows all the tricks, but this was engaging, full of pathos and foreboding, and all this is less than 7 minutes. A brilliant piece, skillfully done.

  • @igotnothingbettertodo8744
    @igotnothingbettertodo8744 7 років тому +201

    I remember when I was like 9 or 10 I watched this short. I was a little scared and didn't understand it but I loved the creepy feeling. Now I found this again and by looking in the comment section I understood more. This will forever be one of my favorites

  • @kat8722
    @kat8722 8 років тому +1005

    what if this was an anti smoking ad

    • @cheetodust8609
      @cheetodust8609 6 років тому +6

      Kata it isnt it was made by a professional animator not a ad

    • @kasiausman9610
      @kasiausman9610 6 років тому +4

      Lmaoooo XDDD

    • @paniicbtw5325
      @paniicbtw5325 6 років тому +2

      Lol hahaha

    • @steam4710
      @steam4710 5 років тому

      Ads aren’t 7 min

    • @amberleigh7772
      @amberleigh7772 5 років тому +5

      @@steam4710 Depends if you're on youtube long enough.

  • @elliebojack4980
    @elliebojack4980 8 років тому +550

    Thats why you don't litter.

  • @apxbyonic6637
    @apxbyonic6637 5 років тому +132

    I watched it at school, and there are clues. At the beginning in the bedroom you see him placing down toys on the map. He places down some kind of monster, which might have killed the girl. And in the fish tank you can see something under the boat and it sinks. There are also 3 shadows in the forest that shows it watching her.

    • @SparkzUK.
      @SparkzUK. 2 роки тому +4

      along with how the text is dispersed

    • @eg9327
      @eg9327 2 роки тому

      what shadows in the forest?

  • @mikuhatsune184
    @mikuhatsune184 7 років тому +149

    After the first knocks, the only response I had was to say, "Who's there?" XD The lake inhabitant killed her because she wouldn't participate in the joke. Silly girl.

    • @witchking008
      @witchking008 3 роки тому

      @@bendova5564 uh

    • @yaygames6918
      @yaygames6918 2 роки тому

      This sounds like something Messyourself would say! 🤣

    • @tylermarkle5114
      @tylermarkle5114 Рік тому

      Even then, it wouldn't be very neighborly.

  • @zakialaali3550
    @zakialaali3550 9 років тому +359

    I think it has to do with the ciggarette she threw in the water. At the beginning we were told the lake's water was so clean you could drink it straight from the lake. The ciggarette would have been the start of pollution: the 'first knock', maybe. Then whatever was in the water got angry.

  • @jdf8082
    @jdf8082 8 років тому +684

    it took her because she dumped the cigarette butt in the water

    • @ScienceDiscoverer
      @ScienceDiscoverer 8 років тому +25

      +jd f moral: never smoke of evil lake monsters will eat you!

    • @angeleamourofficial
      @angeleamourofficial 8 років тому +23

      +jd f LOL and she dumped the lantern
      Conclusion: Never Litter

    • @MoiraGSweeney
      @MoiraGSweeney 8 років тому +4

      That is so true no one likes it to be raining cigarettes especially underwater!

    • @Red-Magic
      @Red-Magic 8 років тому

      XD something that small of a deal?? k.

    • @Red-Magic
      @Red-Magic 8 років тому

      +Mira Ilyrana .....good point.

  • @user-zw1ne6km4h
    @user-zw1ne6km4h 5 років тому +20

    2:17
    As soon as she threw that cigarette all hell breaks loose

  • @yusufmohammed8csabuwala934
    @yusufmohammed8csabuwala934 4 роки тому +304

    who else was sent here by their english teacher

  • @LotsinMyMind
    @LotsinMyMind 7 років тому +262

    let this be a lesson. smoking kills.

    • @alexsalomone3935
      @alexsalomone3935 4 роки тому +1

      LotsinMyMind literally

    • @tillybutler8139
      @tillybutler8139 3 роки тому +1

      I always thought it was all about pollution

    • @nataliebarton1174
      @nataliebarton1174 3 роки тому

      In more ways than one apparently

    • @Djordje441
      @Djordje441 3 роки тому

      Ye i will remember that

    • @Djordje441
      @Djordje441 3 роки тому

      now all 7 year olds who watch this are going to think they will get killed if they smoke while canoeing

  • @BamBam12317
    @BamBam12317 10 років тому +59

    The "I did knock first" deal is supposed to relate to the whole concept of politeness which makes it all the more creepier. The thing that wrote in the last page was basically saying "oh well I did knock first so it's okay." It's kind of like if a serial killer, after invading their victim's house, responded to questioning about why they thought what they did was okay with "I did knock first." I don't know how to express this properly but basically think of it as they are saying well I was polite at first...

    • @ezrastardust3124
      @ezrastardust3124 2 роки тому +6

      Damn that adds a whole level of extra creepiness to this
      Proves that whatever killed her was an intelligent being that knew what it was doing rather than just a mindless monster
      How delightfully sinister this all is

    • @messier8379
      @messier8379 9 місяців тому +2

      She throws cigarette on Lake that's made the Guardian of lake mad

  • @floralfairy5282
    @floralfairy5282 2 роки тому +63

    I love the way the narrator doesn’t change the volume of their voice. It really allows for the silence and music to add to the feeling of being unsettled, but still unsure if anything is going to happen.
    Edit: Has anyone considered that perhaps the monster wrote the words at the end? The monster could be saying “I knocked, and gave her a chance, but she didn’t take it”. The monster may have simply accepted an apology of some sort, but instead viewed Francis’ actions as running away from her consequences.

  • @eezhan2579
    @eezhan2579 6 років тому +36

    We watched this in school to learn about how to write "suspense" in your stories, instead we learnt how to not row in the middle of the ocean without mommy xD

  • @deadbutmoving
    @deadbutmoving 9 років тому +860

    My take on the meaning of the story is that the monster wrote "I did knock first" to point out that Francis had put herself into such a vulnerable position (Being out by herself late at night, in the middle of the lake) she couldn't run, even if the monster warned her of his impending attack. Thus his point is she was partly or entirely responsible for what happened to her.
    In this world there are "monsters" everywhere in many forms. If we are naive and/or careless, we put ourselves at their mercy. And Monsters don't have mercy, otherwise we wouldn't call them monsters.

    • @rolandeak
      @rolandeak 9 років тому +20

      Your explanation is perfect, that was exactly what i got from it too, minus the monsters are everywhere part.

    • @KILL3Rjessica
      @KILL3Rjessica 9 років тому +11

      This made everything even better!

    • @deadbutmoving
      @deadbutmoving 9 років тому +42

      rolande ak "Monsters" could also be rapists, murderers, psychopaths, kidnappers, sex traffickers, ect.

    • @fenrir3534
      @fenrir3534 9 років тому +9

      Ya they are EVERYWHERE even behind you it is going to eat you

    • @arturo1400
      @arturo1400 9 років тому +5

      Agree!

  • @martham.6750
    @martham.6750 9 років тому +1267

    I wish I could find more animations like this.

  • @carolyn9046
    @carolyn9046 5 місяців тому +4

    I watched this SO long ago and have drawn smiley faces on my knee since

  • @leobasketcase2986
    @leobasketcase2986 5 років тому +42

    halfway through the video, my sister knocked on the door. Thank goodness I was in the bathroom.

    • @diasdream5790
      @diasdream5790 4 роки тому +1

      Violamae :wait your in the bathroom 🚽 with your device ……………………… I do it too 😑

    • @bendova5564
      @bendova5564 3 роки тому

      Francis' eyes slowly close as her conciousness fades away
      She soon finds herself awake and tied up in a dungeon
      Shes afraid as she comes to the conclusion that she was going to be tortured with pain but boy was she wrong
      Soon a massive 6'5 man comes around the dungeon, each step shakes the floor around him
      Francis soon realises that this man is naked and that he has a 12 inch boner
      Francis starts screaming but the man held her mouth shut
      Shhh little girl, this will all be over soon
      he slams her to the ground as she pants in desperation
      PLEASE LET ME GO, she screams but the man didnt even aknowledge her voice
      shes wriggling and trying to get away but the man rips off all her clothes
      Then the man gets one of his tools and puts a ball gag on Francis' mouth
      Francis Choked on the cum as she screamed in agony and pleasure
      is that all big boy? she asks
      and started going hardcore with francis
      Francis didnt feel scared anymore
      instead she was enjoying herself
      This made the man angry
      So he Forced Up his biggest ejaculation yet and erupted in her mouth
      Francis passed out from lack of breathe
      Everyday from then on, She was fucked by the brute until she passed out
      The End

    • @black_bandit1084
      @black_bandit1084 2 роки тому

      @@bendova5564 wtf

  • @eDrIClImOAnCo
    @eDrIClImOAnCo 10 років тому +452

    The silent sail into the murky mid,
    Who then would hear a knocking bid.
    Thrice the sound below the wave,
    Shall shook such will and all such brave.
    Choices and act and feverish fact,
    Could not be budge for land to tract.
    For remain of morn was a journal be curse,
    With four muddy words: "I did knock first."

    • @PercyJackson123456
      @PercyJackson123456 10 років тому +16

      Question is... who did the knocking? Death, waiting patiently? Maybe a predator waiting for a midnight meal? We will never know, as it leaves much to the imagination.

    • @MegaAeroforce1
      @MegaAeroforce1 10 років тому +13

      Hisao Nakai & Luigi Mario It was a homeless guy.

    • @eDrIClImOAnCo
      @eDrIClImOAnCo 10 років тому +1

      Hisao Nakai & Luigi Mario
      The probable unknown to which we have the right to guess

    • @ImJustHereToCommentPlzIgnore
      @ImJustHereToCommentPlzIgnore 10 років тому +2

      I've never heard this before....

    • @eDrIClImOAnCo
      @eDrIClImOAnCo 10 років тому +21

      zerotheredbloodvamp
      Cause I made it all up

  • @whale4810
    @whale4810 8 років тому +258

    they need to make a movie or a game from this animation

    • @mickie3314
      @mickie3314 8 років тому +3

      Yass! ❤️

    • @hollystobart4472
      @hollystobart4472 5 років тому

      Yes a game would be so cool

    • @T.H1062
      @T.H1062 4 роки тому +2

      I'm writing a story as you read this comment (Unless you're reading this in like ten years and the book is probably published)

    • @user-fk9bw1cg2l
      @user-fk9bw1cg2l 4 роки тому

      @@T.H1062 when're you publishing it?

    • @T.H1062
      @T.H1062 4 роки тому

      kak I’m only on Chapter 2. I’m hoping to publish it when I’ve finished Highschool.

  • @stargalanimates
    @stargalanimates 3 роки тому +14

    I saw this when I was 12 and was scared outta my MIND! Still gives me chills to this day😅😅

  • @riograndedosulball248
    @riograndedosulball248 4 роки тому +49

    I came here from an Ask Reddit video... Good creepy pasta those fuggs have written with this text, the author is pretty good!

  • @erikandersson1647
    @erikandersson1647 9 років тому +71

    People are reading too much into the last line. "I did knock first" is pretty simple; it's like when someone unwelcome knocks before barging into a room and complains "I did knock first". It means the unwelcome creature came on board, and the knock was it's creepy way of being courteous before doing whatever terrible thing it did..

    • @JBFave
      @JBFave 8 років тому +4

      Exactly! People are attaching all of these meanings but it was supposed to be funny.

    • @moggycat99
      @moggycat99 8 років тому +3

      Thank you! The last line really flew over my head. The joke was lost on me XD

  • @Ashen75
    @Ashen75 8 років тому +127

    To people who didn't get the "I did knock first" part, the monster wrote it because he had knocked before killing (or kidnapping or eating or whatever it did to her) Francis. It's supposed to be psychologically scary, and the idea of knocking itself should scare you for a few days, especially if you saw this at midnight with the lights off.

    • @nanyummyify
      @nanyummyify 8 років тому

      +정재현 I'm not even scared just a little depressed, especially after listening to the interpretation above by BMC Productions. Ironically I am watching this at midnight with the lights off totally unintentional.

    • @ujlt7198
      @ujlt7198 8 років тому +1

      +정재현 actually, i'm pretty sure francis wrote it. if someone is doing something extremely risky or bad it can be considered "knocking on hell's door"

    • @viporgaming9233
      @viporgaming9233 8 років тому

      I did see this at midnight... With the lights out...

    • @Ashen75
      @Ashen75 8 років тому +5

      happy bandaner Nope. The video's purpose of the phrase "I did knock first" is to insert fear into it's viewers of knocking. It's psychological. If you hear knocking, it will immediately associate that with this video where the character who experienced the knocking sounds disappeared, probably killed, afterwards.

    • @ujlt7198
      @ujlt7198 8 років тому

      정재현 Lame

  • @flwerhpe3380
    @flwerhpe3380 4 роки тому +13

    This is similar to other theories in the comment section but here’s mine:
    Like someone has already mentioned, the narrator mentioned the water is clean enough to be drinkable. But Francis threw her cigarette butt in the water, polluting it. This made the “lake guardian” mad or something, and knocked the boat to warn her to get out of the water or else it would harm her. But she ignored it the first two times. Normally, when someone’s knocking in real life, they would knock three times before opening the door without permission. She ignored it and so the lake guardian had enough and killed her. The words “I DID KNOCK FIRST” I think is her “knocking” in the water by throwing the cigarette butt in there.
    She knocked first, meaning she disturbed the water first before it did anything to her.
    That’s my theory :))))

  • @gruffcube
    @gruffcube 3 роки тому +7

    I remember watching this in school and my teacher literally paused it every 10 seconds.

  • @bleachbuddies4912
    @bleachbuddies4912 8 років тому +132

    whoa now I have a campfire story to tell >:)

  • @MarlenMari
    @MarlenMari 9 років тому +19

    The first knock came shortly after she thrown the cigarette in the lake - and became stronger after she lost the lamp in the lake. Maybe something was just pissed off cause she used the lake for waste disposal

    • @subtopewpewpie
      @subtopewpewpie 4 роки тому +1

      I think that she started smoking because she was trying to release her stress, since she was depressed. When she threw her cigarrette she started to get stressed out again and she could hear the scary VOICES in her head ( The VOICES were The knocks) that told her to kill herself. She tried to get out but there was NOWHERE TO GO and nobody that could help her. So she gave up fighting for her life by dropping her lantern in The lake, which meant she lost her Will to live. The VOICES started to take control over her and The only option left for her, was to end her life. I think this video was about how suicidal People with depression feels like.

  • @marcanthonyramos3436
    @marcanthonyramos3436 4 роки тому +21

    3:44 there was no monster... it was the lake itself.

    • @maeg.9123
      @maeg.9123 3 роки тому +1

      possibly

    • @muitei2777
      @muitei2777 2 роки тому

      True bro maybe she scared n fell

  • @Maria-bz6bd
    @Maria-bz6bd 2 роки тому +23

    I really loved this animation and it's so underrated. The illustration is beautiful and I loved the cliff hanger. I hope we get a part 2 perhaps. I watched this at school with my teacher.

  • @nevereverr
    @nevereverr 7 років тому +45

    She threw the cigarette in the lake, and the lake monster gets mad. However he warned her 2-3 times to leave, ultimately it is fault for not only littering but also not leaving.

    • @cspdelta8457
      @cspdelta8457 7 років тому +1

      lol

    • @chrono6964
      @chrono6964 7 років тому +2

      He even said at the beggining that the water is so clean you can drink directly from the lake and she trowed the cigarette in the lake and then the lantern xD

    • @illuminati6381
      @illuminati6381 7 років тому +1

      Yep

    • @squirel4386
      @squirel4386 5 років тому +3

      Why keep her in place then?

    • @lwanco1018
      @lwanco1018 5 років тому +4

      She tried to leave, it wouldn't let her.

  • @elderwolves
    @elderwolves 8 років тому +87

    *stares openmouthed, then begins clapping frantically*

  • @bludsucca1852
    @bludsucca1852 7 років тому +16

    My teacher showed us this at school and told us to either finish the story or make a new one that says "I did knock first..."

    • @bendova5564
      @bendova5564 3 роки тому +2

      Francis' eyes slowly close as her conciousness fades away
      She soon finds herself awake and tied up in a dungeon
      Shes afraid as she comes to the conclusion that she was going to be tortured with pain but boy was she wrong
      Soon a massive 6'5 man comes around the dungeon, each step shakes the floor around him
      Francis soon realises that this man is naked and that he has a 12 inch boner
      Francis starts screaming but the man held her mouth shut
      Shhh little girl, this will all be over soon
      he slams her to the ground as she pants in desperation
      PLEASE LET ME GO, she screams but the man didnt even aknowledge her voice
      shes wriggling and trying to get away but the man rips off all her clothes
      Then the man gets one of his tools and puts a ball gag on Francis' mouth
      Francis Choked on the cum as she screamed in agony and pleasure
      is that all big boy? she asks
      and started going hardcore with francis
      Francis didnt feel scared anymore
      instead she was enjoying herself
      This made the man angry
      So he Forced Up his biggest ejaculation yet and erupted in her mouth
      Francis passed out from lack of breathe
      Everyday from then on, She was fucked by the brute until she passed out
      The End

    • @blockofcheese8015
      @blockofcheese8015 3 роки тому +2

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  • @dry0campa155
    @dry0campa155 7 років тому +11

    Damn that forshadowing fishbowl always spooks me

  • @sunscreen7205
    @sunscreen7205 9 років тому +94

    The narrator was the killer.

  • @BlueMaskCrew
    @BlueMaskCrew 9 років тому +722

    This powerful piece is about depression, suicide, and the never ending psychological battles that people suffering from depression go through.
    Francis suffers from depression. The dark, dreary camp grounds (her depression) are too much for Francis to handle, so she escapes, hoping to find a new, happier path in her life. The huge lake represents the cold, dark depths of death (a way out). The boat (Lifeboat) symbolizes her weak and fragile will to live that she desperately clings onto. The lantern (Lifeline) is the last glimmer of hope Francis has that could guide her out of her depression. The "knocking" represents the "voices" within Francis's mind that tells her to end her pain and misery ("Just-Do-It").
    This is not to say that Francis didn't go out without putting up a fight. She tries her hardest to row out of the lake, to break free from the depression that wants to drown her, but to no avail. Not letting go of Francis, the depression has finally overwhelmed and consumed her. Loosing her lantern and finally the oars, all the hope in her has been drained out. Even the Campfire back at the camp went out, symbolizing there is virtually no chance of going back. Francis finally decides to give up.
    Having made up her mind, Francis writes her suicide note in her journal ironically titled: "Vive La Francis". The last words Francis penned were: "I did knock first", meaning that it was indeed, her inner voice, suggesting and commanding her to do the most powerful thing she can ever do: end her own life, under her own terms.
    This was a very memorable and touching short...

    • @ElRanjit
      @ElRanjit 9 років тому +68

      BMC Productions Very plausible and good interpretation, especially because of depression being produced by the mind itself. The whole surrounding that finally holds and kills her is just her mind not letting her go off the boat. She drowns in what has warned her several times before, without having a chance once she entered the boat. She might has survived if she told her parents and didn't go to the lake (which is a symbol for the deepest of depression, as you have mentioned). The resulting message would be as powerful: Don't enter your depression alone, or it will drown you. You can't escape, but you might find some person in your life that can help you learning to swim in your "lake" ...
      The figure of depression could also be easily swapped with "drugs", because once you started them and you are deep in the lake, you won't exit without help. A point for this view is the cigarette she handles with in the beginning of her journey and that she smokes during her time on the lake.
      Message:
      Don't go there alone,
      DON'T go deeper during your darkest hours!
      Learn to swim and live.
      "We don't free us from our feelings, but within them"

    • @joesmith1456
      @joesmith1456 8 років тому +55

      ElRanjit Or it was a ghost that killed her for her human bones

    • @starfun17
      @starfun17 8 років тому +68

      +BMC Productions That was a good interpretation, but i think the creators intended this with some paranormal context you know? I mean, not that deep.

    • @maggiemooming
      @maggiemooming 8 років тому +30

      +starfun17 did you realize the pun you made just there?

    • @starfun17
      @starfun17 8 років тому +12

      Maggie O'Moore Lol i haven't realized..That was a pun not intended.

  • @yourstraightsexualfriendis6940
    @yourstraightsexualfriendis6940 7 років тому +57

    Guys!!! How did he know the EXACT story?! Fancis couldn't have written it soooo exact.
    He murdered her...

    • @meganjames3533
      @meganjames3533 5 років тому +1

      Your Straightsexual friend Is actually heterosexual wow deep

    • @mariasanchezm.364
      @mariasanchezm.364 4 роки тому +1

      The Question , is .
      Who ?.

    • @subtopewpewpie
      @subtopewpewpie 4 роки тому +4

      Bruhhhh THERE WAS NOBODY THERE MAN! IT WAS FRANCIS VOICES IN HER HEAD THAT MADE HER KILL HERSELF, SHE WAS JUST STUCK THERE WITH NOBODY THAT COULD HELP HER OR NOWHERE TO GO SO THE ONLY OPTION WAS TO END HER LIFE

    • @hxney_bee3252
      @hxney_bee3252 3 роки тому +1

      Its Vicki if she killed herself how did somebody write in her journal?

    • @weasalty
      @weasalty 3 роки тому

      @@subtopewpewpie Lol, the answer wasnt confirmed, you dont need to sound like your completely correct

  • @mkivy
    @mkivy 4 роки тому +56

    That was fabulous ! Poor little girl but it teaches u that we parents tell u not to do things and this is why...listen to ur parents...do not wonder into the night...things lie beneath the vail of darkness...

  • @candyapple790
    @candyapple790 7 років тому +772

    I know this is supposed to be scary and it is but I'm just laughing thinking about this super polite lake monster like he knocked on her boat to let her know that he was gonna kill her and then he was like WELL I KNOCKED FIRST JEEZ like honestly can someone write fanfic about this v civil lake monster who just wants to be able to eat people in the most polite way possible

    • @notsuchabadguy
      @notsuchabadguy 7 років тому +20

      Workin' on it

    • @fractalmayhem1272
      @fractalmayhem1272 7 років тому +9

      Thanks! please share when you're don I wanna see that too!

    • @candyapple790
      @candyapple790 7 років тому +10

      +Notsuchabadguy thank you for doing the good work, sir

    • @MissRaex
      @MissRaex 7 років тому +2

      I know what you mean.

    • @captinquark80
      @captinquark80 7 років тому +2

      Anna P i knew it was nanny mcfee I just knew it

  • @cookies9016
    @cookies9016 9 років тому +454

    so who feels like going for a swim?

  • @CocoLive04
    @CocoLive04 Рік тому +10

    I’m rewatching this after ages because it’s still one of my favourite animations, I love psychological horrors. I’m guessing the note at the end was written by the monster saying he gave her a warning before killing her perhaps meaning that because of her carelessness nature it led her to this with the meaning being that if you are careless in this world and don’t listen to the warnings, there are bad consequences. Maybe what she did was throwing the cigarette in the water that set it off as mentioned in the beginning that the water was clear and also possibly meaning that she triggered the monster herself as nothing was there before.

  • @albertleplaguebirb2997
    @albertleplaguebirb2997 Рік тому +2

    I finally found it, 7 years later

  • @yankeediva92
    @yankeediva92 10 років тому +16

    Anyone notice that smiley face she drew on her knee turned into a sad face at 4:39?

    • @Mrsbrokentaco
      @Mrsbrokentaco 10 років тому

      It just looks upside down because of the way she drew it. C:

    • @52hertz5
      @52hertz5 10 років тому +5

      wow, no i did not. cool, nice eye

  • @brattberg
    @brattberg 7 років тому +49

    she should have answered, who is it? then the monster would have left her alone, thats why it says "i did knock first"

    • @Grace-yn1me
      @Grace-yn1me 4 роки тому +2

      That is true! Why didn't she do that?

  • @kezz_777
    @kezz_777 5 років тому +6

    I remember watching this in year 6 and writing about it, people were quite scared aha but very meaningful story now looking back xx

  • @Justice2Hearts
    @Justice2Hearts 7 років тому +7

    It took her because she was polluting the lake. Now she will be stuck forever sweeping the lake searching for that cigarette and unless she finds it, she will never come back.

  • @omegagiga43
    @omegagiga43 8 років тому +65

    This is why you go with a buddy, everyone. And don't litter.

    • @mandypayne3279
      @mandypayne3279 4 роки тому

      When did she litter?

    • @ameliamack3259
      @ameliamack3259 4 роки тому +2

      @@mandypayne3279 she threw the cigar bud into the lake

    • @mandypayne3279
      @mandypayne3279 4 роки тому

      @@ameliamack3259 oh, I didn't see that. What time was it on the video

    • @ok-pg5by
      @ok-pg5by 4 роки тому

      Ruby Doo 2:18

    • @mandypayne3279
      @mandypayne3279 4 роки тому +1

      @@ok-pg5by oh yeah, thanks

  • @ruthe
    @ruthe 10 років тому +174

    Goosebumps!

    • @annodazumalmovie
      @annodazumalmovie 10 років тому +4

      Schön-schaurig! :O

    • @dibbidydoo4318
      @dibbidydoo4318 10 років тому +4

      The lake is haunted...

    • @LoriCiani
      @LoriCiani 9 років тому +1

      Me too, chills up and down the spine as well!

    • @zqqn
      @zqqn 6 років тому

      ruthe.de ikr!!

    • @bendova5564
      @bendova5564 3 роки тому

      Francis' eyes slowly close as her conciousness fades away
      She soon finds herself awake and tied up in a dungeon
      Shes afraid as she comes to the conclusion that she was going to be tortured with pain but boy was she wrong
      Soon a massive 6'5 man comes around the dungeon, each step shakes the floor around him
      Francis soon realises that this man is naked and that he has a 12 inch boner
      Francis starts screaming but the man held her mouth shut
      Shhh little girl, this will all be over soon
      he slams her to the ground as she pants in desperation
      PLEASE LET ME GO, she screams but the man didnt even aknowledge her voice
      shes wriggling and trying to get away but the man rips off all her clothes
      Then the man gets one of his tools and puts a ball gag on Francis' mouth
      Francis Choked on the cum as she screamed in agony and pleasure
      is that all big boy? she asks
      and started going hardcore with francis
      Francis didnt feel scared anymore
      instead she was enjoying herself
      This made the man angry
      So he Forced Up his biggest ejaculation yet and erupted in her mouth
      Francis passed out from lack of breathe
      Everyday from then on, She was fucked by the brute until she passed out
      The End

  • @akawater
    @akawater 4 роки тому +5

    Brilliant! 5 ⭐️s
    I love the narrator!
    Thank you for sharing.

  • @sharikapink4138
    @sharikapink4138 5 років тому +43

    probably shrek :/

    • @gubbins3356
      @gubbins3356 4 роки тому +2

      Shrek is love. Shrek is life.

    • @44i0O
      @44i0O 4 роки тому +1

      _WHAT R U DOING IN MY SWAMP?_

    • @asdgreersf
      @asdgreersf 3 роки тому +1

      "WHY ARE YOU SMOKING IN MY SWAMP?"
      Shrek wants his swamp to be healthy for the environment. Shrek is love, Shrek is life.

  • @PlagueBunny
    @PlagueBunny 7 років тому +159

    I really like this one.

  • @GivozLegacy
    @GivozLegacy 8 років тому +98

    Really wanna see this get made into a feature length film!

  • @meow-zh7xi
    @meow-zh7xi 4 роки тому +3

    Francis really said at the end "ight ima head out"

    • @bendova5564
      @bendova5564 3 роки тому

      Francis' eyes slowly close as her conciousness fades away
      She soon finds herself awake and tied up in a dungeon
      Shes afraid as she comes to the conclusion that she was going to be tortured with pain but boy was she wrong
      Soon a massive 6'5 man comes around the dungeon, each step shakes the floor around him
      Francis soon realises that this man is naked and that he has a 12 inch boner
      Francis starts screaming but the man held her mouth shut
      Shhh little girl, this will all be over soon
      he slams her to the ground as she pants in desperation
      PLEASE LET ME GO, she screams but the man didnt even aknowledge her voice
      shes wriggling and trying to get away but the man rips off all her clothes
      Then the man gets one of his tools and puts a ball gag on Francis' mouth
      Francis Choked on the cum as she screamed in agony and pleasure
      is that all big boy? she asks
      and started going hardcore with francis
      Francis didnt feel scared anymore
      instead she was enjoying herself
      This made the man angry
      So he Forced Up his biggest ejaculation yet and erupted in her mouth
      Francis passed out from lack of breathe
      Everyday from then on, She was fucked by the brute until she passed out
      The End

  • @Red-Magic
    @Red-Magic 2 роки тому +1

    You all watched this in school. I watched this when it was released on YT, and been coming back ever since. Just because I like the shorts posted by CG Bros

  • @matthewsmith3876
    @matthewsmith3876 10 років тому +98

    Am i the only one who thinks if the narrator shut his trap during the time with francis, it would have been a much more atmospheric short?

    • @elizabetharcher8762
      @elizabetharcher8762 10 років тому +2

      ***** think of it as a creepy pasta and the narration won't be so distraction

    • @matthewsmith3876
      @matthewsmith3876 10 років тому +3

      Elizabeth Archer I appreciate the suggestion, but frankly, considering this thing as a creepy pasta would be an insult, considering how shit most of those things are written. That's just my opinion though.(Also creepy pastas are generally a written medium where as this story is a visual/audio one)

    • @matthewsmith3876
      @matthewsmith3876 10 років тому

      ***** I didn't say all creepy pasta's where bad (I happen to like ben drowned quite a bit), but most of them aren't written very well. Still, thanks for supporting my point either way

    • @matthewsmith3876
      @matthewsmith3876 10 років тому +1

      ***** Dude, people have put much more embarrassing stuff up online, don't sweat it.

    • @matthewsmith3876
      @matthewsmith3876 10 років тому

      ***** No prob. Also, I just realised I misread your comment (Though it said all not most) and that my retort was kind of pointless, sooo.... Sorry?

  • @SBJK7
    @SBJK7 8 років тому +221

    those who want to read the inner meaning of story , someone commented 1 year back and i am re posting again
    """"This powerful piece is about depression, suicide, and the never ending
    psychological battles that people suffering from depression go
    through.Francis suffers from depression. The dark, dreary camp grounds
    (her depression) are too much for Francis to handle, so she escapes,
    hoping to find a new, happier path in her life. The huge lake represents
    the cold, dark depths of death (a way out). The boat (Lifeboat)
    symbolizes her weak and fragile will to live that she desperately clings
    onto. The lantern (Lifeline) is the last glimmer of hope Francis has
    that could guide her out of her depression. The "knocking" represents
    the "voices" within Francis's mind that tells her to end her pain and
    misery ("Just-Do-It").This is not to say that Francis didn't go out
    without putting up a fight. She tries her hardest to row out of the
    lake, to break free from the depression that wants to drown her, but to
    no avail. Not letting go of Francis, the depression has finally
    overwhelmed and consumed her. Loosing her lantern and finally the oars,
    all the hope in her has been drained out. Even the Campfire back at the
    camp went out, symbolizing there is virtually no chance of going back.
    Francis finally decides to give up.Having made up her mind, Francis
    writes her suicide note in her journal ironically titled: "Vive La
    Francis". The last words Francis penned were: "I did knock first",
    meaning that it was indeed, her inner voice, suggesting and commanding
    her to do the most powerful thing she can ever do: end her own life,
    under her own terms.This was a very memorable and touching short...""""

    • @nadzds6861
      @nadzds6861 7 років тому +4

      i was looking for this comment. thank u for re-posting. :)

    • @SBJK7
      @SBJK7 7 років тому +2

      welcome :)

    • @plutoporn
      @plutoporn 7 років тому +26

      Or she just got murdered

    • @SBJK7
      @SBJK7 7 років тому

      Yeah... Video is quite good....

    • @pinkapocalypse7703
      @pinkapocalypse7703 7 років тому

      Sandesh Hegde wow..

  • @ravenartistofficial
    @ravenartistofficial 6 років тому +11

    Knock Knock...
    Whose there?
    FRANCIS
    F-Francis who?
    ...
    Hello?
    **a set of arms quickly grab my Hood and pull me into the water**
    OH SHIET---

  • @simileoluwaogunbadejo1440
    @simileoluwaogunbadejo1440 7 місяців тому +1

    I will never in my life forget the day that I watched this in primary school and how scared I was/still am

  • @theasiansensation917
    @theasiansensation917 9 років тому +373

    Did anyone else find Her a little bit attractive?

    • @eekdcat2570
      @eekdcat2570 9 років тому +13

      she made me moist. -grandma clump.

    • @mherheangiray9523
      @mherheangiray9523 9 років тому +9

      She reminds me of me. She was scorchin' Lolz

    • @mherheangiray9523
      @mherheangiray9523 9 років тому +1

      Ginger O'Toole u k nothing about me what makes u have the right to judge me and what do u mean by me as a 'lady boy'

    • @mherheangiray9523
      @mherheangiray9523 9 років тому +19

      Piss off pervert

    • @mherheangiray9523
      @mherheangiray9523 9 років тому +3

      Right, well good for you and I could see that your proud of that, aren't ya

  • @ScubaDiverMan408
    @ScubaDiverMan408 10 років тому +81

    its cause she threw the cigarette into the water.. trust me

    • @TorrenOglethorpe
      @TorrenOglethorpe 10 років тому

      Oh my god D:

    • @misakiyata6306
      @misakiyata6306 10 років тому

      thought about that too xD

    • @Graycata
      @Graycata 10 років тому

      That thought crossed my mind too

    • @dr.richardfeynman7230
      @dr.richardfeynman7230 9 років тому

      Trust me I'm an engineer

    • @96ecstasy
      @96ecstasy 9 років тому +2

      Aly Young a pretty classy creature who is against littering and always knocks first

  • @dxadly
    @dxadly 5 років тому +2

    I watched this 2 years ago.. it still gives me chills everytime I watch it

  • @twelvetwelvet
    @twelvetwelvet 4 роки тому +7

    I read reviews about this animation, but they were negative. It’s strange to look at such people, because to come up with such a story is very difficult, I even know by myself. Personally, I really liked the story and the animation itself. The meaning that lies here is much deeper than we are looking at the surface. Animation can be interpreted as follows:
    Forest is depression, problems. The girl wants to run away from them. The animation also says that she left the camp without the knowledge of her parents. Similarly, teens with problems do not tell their parents. In the hands of Francis was a flashlight - this is the last hope. When the girl began to row to swim away from the monster, the flashlight fell into the water - she lost hope. In the end, we see a personal diary, as it were, the inner world of a person. Looking there, we saw strange pictures. This can be compared to a person with major problems. All this time in animation and not only, Francis fought, hoped, but she was not lucky. “I knocked first” - the phrase can be deciphered as schizophrenia, a split personality, or suicide. The girl could not stand the test and in the end she suffered a terrible fate.

  • @madelainerhea1008
    @madelainerhea1008 9 років тому +220

    Wail watching this as soon as the guy said "there was written four words, I DID KNOCK FIRST" my dad knocked on my door telling me dinners ready... ;_;
    reanaction
    the guy: "And on that page said four words...I DID KNOCK FIRST"
    *KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*
    ???: DINNERS READY!!!
    *opens door*
    me: DAD WTF?!?!? ;_;

    • @starbird5776
      @starbird5776 8 років тому +4

      Oh, crap. That must have been scary

    • @charlottewoodrow5540
      @charlottewoodrow5540 8 років тому

      lol

    • @pennybodydovey
      @pennybodydovey 8 років тому

      lol

    • @Red-Magic
      @Red-Magic 8 років тому

      Awesome! ^_^

    • @Aisheyru18
      @Aisheyru18 8 років тому +1

      +Madelaine Rhea I would have had a heart attack.
      That makes me think of the one night I was watching someone play Clocktower, you know the one with Bobby Buroughs? And his giant scissors freaked me out. But when I tried to fall asleep afterwards I swear I heard footsteps and the sounds of something clicking together. I don't know who it was, if it was my dad or a sibling. So yeah I know how freaky those moments are.

  • @outofpocket72
    @outofpocket72 8 років тому +1053

    "Then she heard something strange. It was like a knock. She sat up, assuming the boat had drifted to shore, but no...it was...
    JOHN CEEENNAAA
    Edit: four years later I do not find my comment funny but I’m glad others did 😂

    • @alyssayong5009
      @alyssayong5009 8 років тому +6

      +Stephanie K oh my goodness, this is amazing!

    • @briciolaa
      @briciolaa 8 років тому +2

      +Stephanie K made my night actually

    • @Tinker-fq6pm
      @Tinker-fq6pm 8 років тому +1

      lol

    • @wendydkitty1880
      @wendydkitty1880 8 років тому +1

      +Lucidpotato Oh my god YES

    • @chrono6964
      @chrono6964 8 років тому +1

      +Lucidpotato LMAO!! xD

  • @melodiesblue2442
    @melodiesblue2442 6 років тому +6

    that. was. AWESOME!!! Definetly telling that at the next sleepover!. >:)

  • @slanusgreenstreet5316
    @slanusgreenstreet5316 7 років тому +4

    Whew...
    that was a wild ride...had me on the edge of my seat the whole time!

  • @syin1993
    @syin1993 9 років тому +12

    I believe this is an anti-littering short. The knocking started as soon as she threw her cigarette into the water, in an area of nature where everything was supposed to be clean.
    "I did knock first."

  • @robtarry3205
    @robtarry3205 10 років тому +30

    Will the thing attack her if it was daylight instead of night? its seems ironic that all human fear is set at night time and loneliness. We fear the dark so we create the setting of such stories at night.

    • @pupspepper
      @pupspepper 10 років тому +5

      as if the fear of darkness = unkowingness is what controls us and not the one using it against us at all.

    • @AdamNisenziSpisak
      @AdamNisenziSpisak 10 років тому +3

      Grzegorz Dubaniowski Fuck the king

    • @barrettavey7217
      @barrettavey7217 10 років тому +1

      Long live king stannis baratheon first of his name

    • @AtriasNaradan
      @AtriasNaradan 10 років тому +7

      that's why we need Batman

    • @elizabetharcher8762
      @elizabetharcher8762 10 років тому +4

      AtriasNaradan or the Doctor! "Hey! Who turned out the lights?!"

  • @edvvtem
    @edvvtem 5 років тому +4

    **so anyone up for a nice boat ride**

    • @xkilla911
      @xkilla911 5 років тому

      *knocks on your boat* "lol it wasn't me"

  • @lillydarroch1630
    @lillydarroch1630 4 роки тому +5

    It was the stick all along !

  • @akileaf4029
    @akileaf4029 8 років тому +22

    It's quite creepy watching this at half past eleven in your bed when everything around you is covered in darkness and the only thing visible is the light of the mobile.
    But the feeling is all the same so magnificent and exciting thanks to this amazing animation.
    I wouldn't have wanted to miss it!
    Thx

  • @breeholthus2423
    @breeholthus2423 7 років тому +49

    telling this story at my class camping trip tonight they're gonna love it

    • @erica-vw3gm
      @erica-vw3gm 6 років тому +3

      Bree Holthus i told this to my drama club hahaha

  • @A-pkbc
    @A-pkbc 5 років тому +5

    On the first knock if I were her I would just
    GET OUTTA THERE!

    • @bendova5564
      @bendova5564 3 роки тому

      Francis' eyes slowly close as her conciousness fades away
      She soon finds herself awake and tied up in a dungeon
      Shes afraid as she comes to the conclusion that she was going to be tortured with pain but boy was she wrong
      Soon a massive 6'5 man comes around the dungeon, each step shakes the floor around him
      Francis soon realises that this man is naked and that he has a 12 inch boner
      Francis starts screaming but the man held her mouth shut
      Shhh little girl, this will all be over soon
      he slams her to the ground as she pants in desperation
      PLEASE LET ME GO, she screams but the man didnt even aknowledge her voice
      shes wriggling and trying to get away but the man rips off all her clothes
      Then the man gets one of his tools and puts a ball gag on Francis' mouth
      Francis Choked on the cum as she screamed in agony and pleasure
      is that all big boy? she asks
      and started going hardcore with francis
      Francis didnt feel scared anymore
      instead she was enjoying herself
      This made the man angry
      So he Forced Up his biggest ejaculation yet and erupted in her mouth
      Francis passed out from lack of breathe
      Everyday from then on, She was fucked by the brute until she passed out
      The End

  • @elenitriantafillopoulou8111
    @elenitriantafillopoulou8111 6 років тому

    For years, no movie of any kind made feel like this short story did.

  • @maitreyisinha4379
    @maitreyisinha4379 9 років тому +92

    My guess is it is a mermaid cause in old greek fairytales the mermaid used to knock underneath the boat and get the people fall into the ocean and used to eat them .

    • @maitreyisinha4379
      @maitreyisinha4379 9 років тому +1

      Doesn't anyone get thid

    • @jeilymateus2317
      @jeilymateus2317 9 років тому

      I do

    • @Unenthusiastic_
      @Unenthusiastic_ 9 років тому

      No mud?

    • @ashtrathewitch9
      @ashtrathewitch9 5 років тому

      @Ri'AikaCröw sirens possibly?

    • @squirel4386
      @squirel4386 5 років тому

      @Ri'AikaCröw there are hundreds of different types of mermaids. I once tried looking for the original mermaid myrhs and just got a bunch of references that contradicted each other.

  • @caitlin6799
    @caitlin6799 9 років тому +10

    This is why you don't go on a freakin lake in the middle of the night.

  • @user-qo6gw4nr8c
    @user-qo6gw4nr8c 2 місяці тому +1

    Yes it was so scary but amazing at the same time like the suspense we all need another one like I did knock first please we need part two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Isimenme_
    @Isimenme_ 2 роки тому +1

    Narrator: She was feeling peaceful
    Me: feeling very disturbed on her behalf.

  • @candiosa77
    @candiosa77 10 років тому +26

    Why i watch this before bed and i gotta pee i don't wanna go in the hallway now.

  • @Mad9977
    @Mad9977 10 років тому +65

    grmbl -_- is there a second part to that story? would be great to know what happened, greatly done video.

    • @ShmuPixel
      @ShmuPixel 10 років тому +9

      I don't think there is a second part, nor a need for one (it says "the end" in the last seconds of the video anyway). The sentence at the end says it all, "I did knock first". It's not put there at random, there is a moral to the story. Everyone should make its own reasoning about what happened and why. That's the whole point! :)

    • @MrEtmer
      @MrEtmer 10 років тому +44

      ***** Yeah, I feel that this whole story was meant to "represent" something... perhaps some issues in life. Something that a young teen/adult could experience... here is my sort of theory.
      I have found some interesting things... like in 0:47. I feel that the aquarium became a sort of foreshadowing/clue.
      - There is a boat with a man on it, floating on the top. The top is well lit. (Could represent a peaceful/tranquil/happy situation.)
      - There is a girl statue under the water. (Could represent a victim)
      - There is a skeleton head. (Could represent death or demise)
      - There is an empty treasure chest. (Could represent false promise)
      - There is a diving helmet. (Not sure what this could mean... but I often think up of life-support. It could also represent reliance.)
      This is all I have found so far.
      ---------------------------------------------
      Edit: I did think up of a possibility, that... this could be somehow related to drugs? It is my first idea.
      Drugs can tend to be one of things that seem okay at first... something to get us away from people, and something to put us into this little world to be peaceful. Though, then problems start to arise. The knocking could either represent these problems, or the rising addiction to drugs. However, the girl just ignores it at first, and lets it pass.
      As a result, the problems start to increase more and more... until she decides that she should try to stop. However, she is put into a situation where she cannot get out anymore... to the point where she is hooked. She cannot get out of her addiction. So she just ends up riding with it... hoping that one day it could stop.
      Now, on the "clues" from the aquarium:
      -The boat and tranquil sky can represent the good feelings that happen when you first take such drugs.
      -The girl on the bottom can represent entrapment, "drowning" (in the issue), or a previous victim.
      -The skeleton head could represent the result of being hooked (a physical/mental demise).
      -The treasure chest (that opens and closes) can represent money, being constantly emptied due to the drugs.
      -The diving helmet can represent the reliance to such drugs. (or, it can represent the reliance on money, due to the fact that the diving helmet is near the treasure chest.)

    • @ShmuPixel
      @ShmuPixel 10 років тому +5

      MrEtmer Well thought! I didn't see it that way at first, but now that you mention it, it makes sense. :)

    • @MrEtmer
      @MrEtmer 10 років тому +3

      ***** Thank you. It is fun to try to decipher things~ ^w^

    • @Aefire1
      @Aefire1 10 років тому +6

      MrEtmer I love your reading. Here's mine:
      The knocking was described, repeatedly, as though it sounded just like someone knocking to get in the door. "Acknowledge me," it was saying. The girl refused to believe that this knocking was in any way related to the knock of a door, even though it sounded just like it. "I did knock first" was telling us that sometimes what we perceive is, in truth, exactly as our subconscious would have us believe, and only when sense and 'reason' intercede do we make false jumps of logic. Sometimes, we just have to say to thing that knocks, "Come in."

  • @janimatics
    @janimatics 4 роки тому +2

    I remember stumbling upon this in the 6th grade. It scared me so much that I had to watch it over and over again to realize it wasn’t as bad as I may have thought. It’s been over 5 years and I still remember how scared this film made me. I’m glad I came back to watch it again and understand it better

  • @unwashedrice2299
    @unwashedrice2299 7 місяців тому +2

    Monster has got to be a frog with tentacles 💯💯💯

  • @YasmeenCheM
    @YasmeenCheM 8 років тому +50

    I watched this short, thinking it was a light-hearted one. It was everything but that haha~
    I thought the narration would take away the mood of the story but surprisingly, it didn't. It has that urban legend sort of vibe going on (the kind when you are all huddled up together, listening to ghost stories) and the anticipation leading up to the last scene was well done!
    Anyways, great job to those who made this. I'm having chills running down my spine right now :D

  • @Dinito235
    @Dinito235 10 років тому +16

    This was amazing! The graphics, the narrator, the music and sound effects and the story line! Absolutely beautifully done. Great job!

  • @plushmasterlegends9805
    @plushmasterlegends9805 4 роки тому +5

    We watched this in school and one of my classmates kept yelling JUMP

    • @quacky2365
      @quacky2365 4 роки тому

      LOL

    • @bendova5564
      @bendova5564 3 роки тому

      Francis' eyes slowly close as her conciousness fades away
      She soon finds herself awake and tied up in a dungeon
      Shes afraid as she comes to the conclusion that she was going to be tortured with pain but boy was she wrong
      Soon a massive 6'5 man comes around the dungeon, each step shakes the floor around him
      Francis soon realises that this man is naked and that he has a 12 inch boner
      Francis starts screaming but the man held her mouth shut
      Shhh little girl, this will all be over soon
      he slams her to the ground as she pants in desperation
      PLEASE LET ME GO, she screams but the man didnt even aknowledge her voice
      shes wriggling and trying to get away but the man rips off all her clothes
      Then the man gets one of his tools and puts a ball gag on Francis' mouth
      Francis Choked on the cum as she screamed in agony and pleasure
      is that all big boy? she asks
      and started going hardcore with francis
      Francis didnt feel scared anymore
      instead she was enjoying herself
      This made the man angry
      So he Forced Up his biggest ejaculation yet and erupted in her mouth
      Francis passed out from lack of breathe
      Everyday from then on, She was fucked by the brute until she passed out
      The End

  • @lillylover3394
    @lillylover3394 6 років тому +4

    My teacher is showing us short parts of this in class and asked us to predict what happens next so I just watched it.
    Everyone predicted that she got eaten by bears.....

  • @Inichan
    @Inichan 9 років тому +13

    Anyone just guessed that there was a creature or so that was a bit pissed about the first thing she just tossed into the lake? It's home?
    Then the lantern falls in and it goes "Excuse me?!"
    Then she pokes around with the 'wooden things' and it gets a bit more pissed about it, not knowing that she actually was trying to leave and it itself was keeping her from doing so ....something simple as that?

    • @batking4342
      @batking4342 9 років тому +16

      Very true. Or just got p*ssed off because she threw a cigarette in the lake, and the creature's thoughts are "OH HELL NO! NOT IN MY LAKE.@

  • @DJcreatorCararel
    @DJcreatorCararel 7 років тому +25

    I was wondering the first minutes of the video if it had a lesson but then I just realize it was just a creepy ass short story that I am watching at 1am...

    • @RocRolWriter
      @RocRolWriter 7 років тому +1

      Worst time to watch something like this. But, of course, the world is full of idiots (and I'm one of them, so no offense intended) who watch horror vids after midnight.

    • @essenceedits1063
      @essenceedits1063 7 років тому

      same

  • @ForseCrafts
    @ForseCrafts 3 роки тому +1

    Fransic:*throws cig into water
    Something:this will not be tolerated!

  • @gearandalthefirst7027
    @gearandalthefirst7027 7 років тому +5

    As a great man continues to say often, "But what about dragons?"

  • @zyaneg9273
    @zyaneg9273 9 років тому +7

    My take is kinda based around the fact that she was smoking. The first knock came after she threw her cigarette into the water. Maybe it's the "addiction" knocking on the boat, telling her "this is a warning. Quit while you can." And maybe she's refusing To think that it's taking over her so the knocking continues to warn her. When she's stuck in the water, it's too late and the addiction is taking over. And then "I did knock first" could maybe be equal to "I did warn her."
    But that's just my take on the story.

    • @hopeyouhaveagreatdayd1457
      @hopeyouhaveagreatdayd1457 2 роки тому

      that's a great view on the story, love the original opinion (not saying that other people don't have great ideas too!)

  • @Graphomite
    @Graphomite 10 років тому +11

    Perfectly executed tie-in of narration, animation, setting and music.

  • @Red-Magic
    @Red-Magic 5 років тому +2

    It's been over three years since I first watched this. At least once or twice a year since then, I turn off the lights after dark, turn on my dated but powerful surround sound, light the TV and watch this.
    Edit: it's now 2021, still occasionally coming back to this

  • @Benjabola
    @Benjabola 5 років тому +1

    What a creepy unsettling delightful cartoon that calms my frattered nerves.