Watched the making of documentary and the director, Ben Wheatley, and the crew didn't have any idea Reece was going to come out of the tent with that face. He was told to come out looking 'stunned' or 'shocked' or something. Great bit of improvisation.
I actually met Ben the other day and asked him what his and the crews initial reactions to him emerging were and he was saying how good of an actor Reece Shearsmith is and how he apparently has an extensive knowledge of horror cinema.
One of the only scenes that genuinely stirs an emotion in me every time I watch it as strong as it did the first time, and I still cant properly explain what that actual emotion is. I'm not horrified or scared by it or anything like that...more kinda transfixed and utterly captivated by it. The choice of that track Chernobyl from Blanck Mass is genius for this scene too, its a big part of it. I must have watched this scene a hundred times on UA-cam at this stage, it just keeps drawing me back!
The context of the screaming for a minute prior is important to the scene itself. It creates this 'what is going on in there?' build up which leads to horror when he emerges from the tent with the music...oh the music. Also, I was watching late at night and for the first 30 seconds couldn't tell if he still had his face or if his skin was removed from his skull which made it all the more creepy.
Absolutely sensational. The scene, genuinely, chilled me to the bone. The image remained with me long after watching the film. Shearsmith is such an amazing actor. He can portray abject horror & menace, without dialogue, almost effortlessly. Such a powerful scene with pitch perfect music......
@@justinmontalvo2819 We don't know, that's the point. Something horrible is happening and yet we can't grasp what it might be, besides something very distressing and painful for our studious friend.
@@justinmontalvo2819 my take is that the sorcerer was hypnotizing or putting a spell over him, binding them together and when he comes out of the tent he is under the sorcerer's control
I agree. Whether it’s The League of Gentlemen Psychoville Inside No 9 or his various other small roles in stuff like Spaced, Reece Shearsmith is a fantastic actor, incredibly talented. I’d love to see him in more film roles
I saw this last night (on the big screen). This is one of the creepiest moments in film I've ever seen...apparently Reece S. did the eyes rolled back and freaky smile spur of the moment! Genuine un-ease from his fellow cast!
the whole film is a stunning piece of art. beautifully shot and genius with its use of sound and musical score. it gives my head a trip. never will a field in the english summer seem the same
A brilliant example of British film making at it's best! This unique movie is a classic!Both visually and audibly stunning with a fantastic script!! Why aren't there films like this being made today?
I have yet to see this film although I walked in when my family were watching on exactly this scene and I couldn't look away. The music is so beautifully haunting and familiar I could swear ive heard it before! Reminds me of some of the soundtrack to stranger things or versailles..
"You cannot escape the field, Whitehead!" "Then I shall become it! I shall consume all the ill fortune which you are set to unleash! I shall chew up all the selfish scheming and ill intentions that men like you force upon men like me and bury it in the stomach of this place!" The script is masterful.
Of note: the prior 5 solid minutes of horrifying screams were not depicted in this segment. That was a huge build-up to this scene and leaves you wondering what the fuck actually happened in that tent. The Devil is an Irishman.
Yes! This is the exact scene I was looking for. I don't think I can remember yelling/screaming without backing sfx ever in a movie. He's nailed a mind that's beyond cracked - the way he erratically trudges along carrying his feet. Prolly thank ALOG for those skills Wheatley's 'Free Fire' - here I come :D
I think I might have spoiled this film for myself by watching this scene first. Haven't seen the film yet but would have been better to have been surprised by this I think.
this comment is 6 years old, but same thing just happened to me, I think. I hope to be wrong, but damn, can't avoid that feeling of knowing when you've caught something that you shouldn't have seen without the greater context. :L
Same here boys.... and I hate to say it but yes.... it’s just so fuckin unsettling.... okay topic change and I have a scene that is amazing but different. Dispite what you may have heard.... watch midsommar *SPOILRERS* Make sure you watch the whole scene meaning the whole heavy breathing like 5 minutes before it, that is if you don’t want to watch the whole movie but anyways the cliff scene (that’s all I’ll say) AN AMAZING SCENE WITH THE SOUNDTRACK AND SOUND EFFECTS TO REALLY make your insides feel it. Any recommendations from you all?
@@theshoes7488 Seconding their recommendation of The Lighthouse! Also: Green Room, Bone Tomahawk, The Invitation, Suspiria (Remake), and Annihilation all have some very solid sections that I would recommend in the "unsettling" category, especially if you're looking for gnarly like the cliff scene.
kind of bugged me actually. I recognized the track straight away and it just felt like plagiarism. Like it's fine if it's the same composer or director reusing a track in another movie, but it wasn't. They just straight up stole a AFIE track and used it at the end of their film.
There are several occasion where I find surreal art films extremely pretentious boring and or unwatchable. So many directors indulgences ruin those types of movies or focus on redundancies and stylistic excess to the point where something interesting is ruined. Ben Wheatly However, was able to do this and avoid many of the pitfalls I usually have with these sort of films and actually ended up making A Field In England one of the best films of 2013.
If u ever get the chance to see Basin Magdy 'visual art' films you will have perfect example. Pretentiousness is a thing, if anything an under-used word imho
i'm not planning on watching it, ive seen quite a few reviews - i love film but dont have the time to watch many nowadays.people had commented that this was a good scene so i checked it out - simples! : )
BornKingGamer same. No idea why it’s a great horror scene or creepy or whatever. Like how is it creepy? Beautiful music though, which definitely doesn’t help with being creepy.
This piece is amazing as it gives you a disturbed feeling but the music in the back is giving beauty to the scene as he is obviously tripping on mushrooms, hence the screaming but it gives beauty because that is what whitehead is seeing
I’ve never seen this film before. I have no context for this, so I’m probably way off. I know nothing about the film. Saw this referenced in one of CineFix’s lists. It almost seems like the death of the man in the tent’s personality. He looks like he’s gone completely insane. That scream was like a final gasp for air before what was left of a stable, cognizant mind became totally dominated by silent madness. He doesn’t move like a person anymore. He moves like an animal. Something tells you the only reason he’s upright in the beginning is because of that rope. It’s like his final tie to his own humanity and in the end even that’s gone slack. He’s just a feral creature, hunched over and bleeding onto the grass.
The scene in the ending of the Lighthouse (2019) where Winslow stares into the light is similarly haunting and also his distorted screaming are his final moments of his sanity.
It's Whitehead's idiot/insane/demonic face that gets me.
And the way Cutler's face changes from sneering to horrified.
Watched the making of documentary and the director, Ben Wheatley, and the crew didn't have any idea Reece was going to come out of the tent with that face. He was told to come out looking 'stunned' or 'shocked' or something. Great bit of improvisation.
I actually met Ben the other day and asked him what his and the crews initial reactions to him emerging were and he was saying how good of an actor Reece Shearsmith is and how he apparently has an extensive knowledge of horror cinema.
Genius actor.
If they'd known he was going to come out making that face, they'd probably have all told him to stay in the tent!
Reece is bloody fantastic. Such a gifted individual and a truly lovely human.
Yeah that smile is terrifying.
One of the only scenes that genuinely stirs an emotion in me every time I watch it as strong as it did the first time, and I still cant properly explain what that actual emotion is. I'm not horrified or scared by it or anything like that...more kinda transfixed and utterly captivated by it. The choice of that track Chernobyl from Blanck Mass is genius for this scene too, its a big part of it. I must have watched this scene a hundred times on UA-cam at this stage, it just keeps drawing me back!
🙏🙏🙏
Ohhh damn that's blanck mass? I watched the film today and knew the music sounded familiar but couldn't figure out where i knew it from
Amateur
You sir are an absolute Saint. I have spent years trawling through soundtrack unable to find this song and now I can rest ❤
That is a great sentiment, I feel exactly the same way.
The context of the screaming for a minute prior is important to the scene itself. It creates this 'what is going on in there?' build up which leads to horror when he emerges from the tent with the music...oh the music. Also, I was watching late at night and for the first 30 seconds couldn't tell if he still had his face or if his skin was removed from his skull which made it all the more creepy.
That’s a great reading of his expression, you’re right, it really does resemble a skull’s rictus grin.
I've been utterly in love with this movie for years. This scene is still as haunting as when I first watched it
Absolutely sensational. The scene, genuinely, chilled me to the bone. The image remained with me long after watching the film. Shearsmith is such an amazing actor. He can portray abject horror & menace, without dialogue, almost effortlessly. Such a powerful scene with pitch perfect music......
Can you tell me what this scene is supposed to be
@@justinmontalvo2819 We don't know, that's the point. Something horrible is happening and yet we can't grasp what it might be, besides something very distressing and painful for our studious friend.
@@justinmontalvo2819 my take is that the sorcerer was hypnotizing or putting a spell over him, binding them together and when he comes out of the tent he is under the sorcerer's control
I agree. Whether it’s The League of Gentlemen Psychoville Inside No 9 or his various other small roles in stuff like Spaced, Reece Shearsmith is a fantastic actor, incredibly talented. I’d love to see him in more film roles
@@booshist - absolutely! 👍
This really unsettled me. It's like looking into somebody else's nightmare.
I saw this last night (on the big screen). This is one of the creepiest moments in film I've ever seen...apparently Reece S. did the eyes rolled back and freaky smile spur of the moment! Genuine un-ease from his fellow cast!
Agree. This scene, bizarre and unforgettable, will stay with me for a long time. It wouldn't work without the music either.
Thinking about what was going on in that tent to make him him scream like that and lose his mind is terrifying. Such a great and unique movie.
Probably set him a hard technical baking challenge! (This comment is in honour of Reece Shearsmith winning GBBO star baker)
the whole film is a stunning piece of art. beautifully shot and genius with its use of sound and musical score. it gives my head a trip. never will a field in the english summer seem the same
Why does this make me cry mate?😢
Bring in back my lsd days
Miss her too. Proper devastating music
A brilliant example of British film making at it's best! This unique movie is a classic!Both visually and audibly stunning with a fantastic script!! Why aren't there films like this being made today?
fast becoming one of my favorite scenes of all time.
Horrifically beautiful.
Even without a Skull Throne.
Unreal. Scary, absolute perfection. Never seen anything like this.
Me coming out of my flat after a year in lockdown.
Oh Emma
Me entering and exiting the bathroom after hubby's been in there for 20 minutes.
This scene tears me apart every time.. thanks for the upload.
Loved this sequence. Loved the music. Loved this film!
Aphex Twin smile
I thought exactly that
Reece Shearsmith, you fucking nailed this. I want to see you more
The acting in this film, not just in this scene, is absolutely stellar.
You would know all about that as you have such masterful knowledge on how to act and what acting is.
This is one of those once you see it, there is no way to un-see it scenes. It stays with you and can't be shook. Major creep show.
I think this will undoubtedly will become a classic scene in British horror
What happens in the tent stays in the tent.
Sainsbury's chestnut mushrooms produce much the same effect if eaten a couple of hours after the sell-by date.
Oh my days
can confirm
OMW to Sainsbury's - you better not be foolin' 🤣
@@demonwithglasshand Is it true?
Love this scene and the music. Super film.
I have yet to see this film although I walked in when my family were watching on exactly this scene and I couldn't look away. The music is so beautifully haunting and familiar I could swear ive heard it before! Reminds me of some of the soundtrack to stranger things or versailles..
its called Blank mass chernobyl
That very final noise makes it funny to me. Perfectly edited 😆
Splendid film, very much enjoyed the "still" shots as well
"You cannot escape the field, Whitehead!"
"Then I shall become it! I shall consume all the ill fortune
which you are set to unleash! I shall chew up all the selfish scheming and ill intentions that men like you force upon men like me and bury it in the stomach of this place!"
The script is masterful.
Is it? Seemed to go absolutely nowhere.
@@stevenborg102 Over your head mate, that's where it went.
Dan Corkery thanks. It’s so beautiful and I hate when people say it’s random nonsense
@@aniavaldezlanzagorta8696 I.e.have a different opinion than you?
Steven Borg yes you do and I respect it. I’m talking about how the lines are written not about the story
Of note: the prior 5 solid minutes of horrifying screams were not depicted in this segment. That was a huge build-up to this scene and leaves you wondering what the fuck actually happened in that tent.
The Devil is an Irishman.
You know, I don’t even have context but I think if that was left in I wouldn’t have slept tonight.
@@madam-mint watch the film, genuinely brilliiant, the entire movie was shot in 2 weeks
@@tedthecommenter5364 just seeing this now, apologies-TWO WEEKS, good word! That’s quick!
That's how I feel after a day at work
2013 movie, but this is already a classic scene
Absolutely terrifying and undeniably beautiful
That scream is absolutely blood curdling. Terrifying scene
Reece has a rare skill to subtly create the most disturbing characters.
Acting 👏
Recommend me more movies like this with such great soundtrack!
under the skin
''Open up and let the devil in''
Brilliant. Just brilliant
Brilliant scene!
Insane to think that the man who directed this, also directed The Meg 2
The first human spacewalk in history. Truly spellbinding.
I think we're witnessing the birth of Papa Lazarou....so O'Neill's first name surely must be Dave.
It paraphrases both Beckett and Aphex Twin. Got to love it.
17th Century space-walk: "Houston/Stratford - umbilical is secure...I'm leaving the capsule/tent".
I though of Windowlicker as soon as he walked out of the tent. The score is very Aphex Twin to, imo.
In the pre-climactic montage where Whiteheads eats all the mushrooms I actually believed they were playing a specific track of SAWII
Yes! This is the exact scene I was looking for. I don't think I can remember yelling/screaming without backing sfx ever in a movie.
He's nailed a mind that's beyond cracked - the way he erratically trudges along carrying his feet. Prolly thank ALOG for those skills
Wheatley's 'Free Fire' - here I come :D
This movie genuinely disturbed me.
This is just so so gorgeous
the slaving burden of not being your own man, master...this is what we do everyday if we don't love our jobs, careers, endevours
One of the most underrated scenes in cinema
I think I might have spoiled this film for myself by watching this scene first. Haven't seen the film yet but would have been better to have been surprised by this I think.
this comment is 6 years old, but same thing just happened to me, I think. I hope to be wrong, but damn, can't avoid that feeling of knowing when you've caught something that you shouldn't have seen without the greater context. :L
MondayNightFriend I have just ruined it for myself too. Seconds in I knew I’d made a mistake!
Same here boys.... and I hate to say it but yes.... it’s just so fuckin unsettling.... okay topic change and I have a scene that is amazing but different. Dispite what you may have heard.... watch midsommar *SPOILRERS*
Make sure you watch the whole scene meaning the whole heavy breathing like 5 minutes before it, that is if you don’t want to watch the whole movie but anyways the cliff scene (that’s all I’ll say) AN AMAZING SCENE WITH THE SOUNDTRACK AND SOUND EFFECTS TO REALLY make your insides feel it. Any recommendations from you all?
@@theshoes7488 The lighthouse has some incredibly unsettling scenes if you havent seen it
@@theshoes7488 Seconding their recommendation of The Lighthouse!
Also: Green Room, Bone Tomahawk, The Invitation, Suspiria (Remake), and Annihilation all have some very solid sections that I would recommend in the "unsettling" category, especially if you're looking for gnarly like the cliff scene.
this is a great scene in a great movie
What does it mean?
Beautiful
God I fucking love this movie!! I just finished watching it for the first time and already want to watch it again..
shouldve left more screaming from the tent before he comes out, it hits even more! from insane pain to bliss.
Hallo Dave! You're my wife now!
I have no idea what's happening.
an ecstatic rotten rebirth
This is up there with the end scene in The Ring (Japanese) for pure sinister horror for me.
He's got his Aphex Twin face on!
This music has just been used in the movie Censor.
kind of bugged me actually. I recognized the track straight away and it just felt like plagiarism. Like it's fine if it's the same composer or director reusing a track in another movie, but it wasn't. They just straight up stole a AFIE track and used it at the end of their film.
Absolutely mental film
Just a pity that the rest of the film comes nowhere near this utter masterpiece of a scene. I so, so wanted to love it. Reece can do no wrong, though.
Superb scene.
fou d'amour pour cette scène
Real horror.
There are several occasion where I find surreal art films extremely pretentious boring and or unwatchable. So many directors indulgences ruin those types of movies or focus on redundancies and stylistic excess to the point where something interesting is ruined. Ben Wheatly However, was able to do this and avoid many of the pitfalls I usually have with these sort of films and actually ended up making A Field In England one of the best films of 2013.
+Godzilla52 I never use the word pretentious unless I'm describing someone who uses the word pretentious.
OldSamVimes You need to watch more bad arthouse movies then.
+OldSamVimes
I feel the exact same way. What an over-used word.
If u ever get the chance to see Basin Magdy 'visual art' films you will have perfect example. Pretentiousness is a thing, if anything an under-used word imho
+Adam Smith yeah Also the French film Amer is perfect example of a pretentious art film. Thankfully its not very long.
Gorgeous music, powerfu
This bit is class. The film is a mindfuck. But this is genius.👍😎🤗
Not as effective if you don't see him going into the tent and the full screeming.The first time I saw this scene I was like WTF !!!
Yeah, the screaming followed by this really freaked me out.
i'm not planning on watching it, ive seen quite a few reviews - i love film but dont have the time to watch many nowadays.people had commented that this was a good scene so i checked it out - simples! : )
So awesome.
“He that leads the righteous astray… ”
I don't get it, granted I haven't seen the movie. Why is this so terrifying? Am I missing something?
BornKingGamer same. No idea why it’s a great horror scene or creepy or whatever. Like how is it creepy? Beautiful music though, which definitely doesn’t help with being creepy.
looks nice in x2 speed as well
Speed it way up and play Benny Hill music.
I know this is disturbing but I'm so desensitised I can barely tell anymore. The next scene with them all running around the field disturbed me more.
Is this a scene from 'Carry On Camping - The Director's Cut'?
The treasure is the mushrooms ;)
Ah yes: the Aphex Twin Windowlicker smile.
Per its reputation, I expected this to be really disturbing, but I’m strangely moved.
Makes me want to cry. Melancholic.
The two things aren’t mutually exclusive. Whitehead was a very sweet guy
What exactly just happened to him?
It's implied that he's possessed or drugged or both. But it's the not knowing that makes it so disturbing.
@@ligernull yeah some twisted alchemical torture of some kind, left to your imagination
Reminds me of the Shell Shock picture, if you google Shell shock you will know instantly what image i'm talking about. Chilling
Totally agree
What happened in the tent ?
Whatever scares you the most.
Best thing since Haabermaasters The Doctor and the Pencil.
Werner Herzog would be proud.
So does Jodorowsky i think
Walkies! Walkies! Walkies!
Coming out of lockdown
You stop me while walking, or address me directly again...I'll turn ye into a frog!
Yes.
Wasn't a huge fan of the film but this scene alone was genuinely disturbing.
This piece is amazing as it gives you a disturbed feeling but the music in the back is giving beauty to the scene as he is obviously tripping on mushrooms, hence the screaming but it gives beauty because that is what whitehead is seeing
I’ve never seen this film before. I have no context for this, so I’m probably way off. I know nothing about the film. Saw this referenced in one of CineFix’s lists. It almost seems like the death of the man in the tent’s personality.
He looks like he’s gone completely insane. That scream was like a final gasp for air before what was left of a stable, cognizant mind became totally dominated by silent madness. He doesn’t move like a person anymore. He moves like an animal. Something tells you the only reason he’s upright in the beginning is because of that rope. It’s like his final tie to his own humanity and in the end even that’s gone slack. He’s just a feral creature, hunched over and bleeding onto the grass.
The scene in the ending of the Lighthouse (2019) where Winslow stares into the light is similarly haunting and also his distorted screaming are his final moments of his sanity.
@@LavaWave666 oh gosh yeah that scene is horrifying
I DON'T GET IT!!!!
I'm back again, and I still don't get it.
Nor me
Lucy Hoyi it’s just weird af hated the film
They should have played "Come To Daddy" during that scene - would be an interesting alternative.
That comment made my day Lmao
Even Richard D James had to start somewhere.
I feel sincerly that this scene would have been more chilling sped up and with Benny Hill music, I am sure you will agree