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  • Опубліковано 24 кві 2019
  • An inquisitive girl is convinced by her controlling mother that her dead dad will resurrect if they show how much they miss him. That is, until he begins to rot...
    “Home Education” directed by Andrea Niada
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  • @reinabanna407
    @reinabanna407 5 років тому +10637

    Who loves alter?! I LOVE ALTER ❤️ 💕

  • @ishyl9977
    @ishyl9977 5 років тому +5681

    And that my friends...is how to raise a serial killer

    • @siddhantamallick6837
      @siddhantamallick6837 5 років тому +105

      Yes cap'n I am taking notes!

    • @zasherakhan6957
      @zasherakhan6957 5 років тому +21

      Yep

    • @whitewolfy-mw4eb
      @whitewolfy-mw4eb 5 років тому +17

      ×)🔫😛

    • @sha7799
      @sha7799 5 років тому +11

      lmao xD

    • @drvoltage9792
      @drvoltage9792 5 років тому +109

      Dude your right the saddest part is that there are actually people like this in the world. This goes for the mom and the daughter.

  • @caseymcalister5016
    @caseymcalister5016 4 роки тому +4341

    The scariest moment was when she said bacteria are mammals.

    • @A3._coffie
      @A3._coffie 3 роки тому +41

      YUP

    • @SunBunz
      @SunBunz 3 роки тому +367

      …And that air is “made of oxygen.” 😂
      She ignores the 78% nitrogen.

    • @humanitywasamistake5015
      @humanitywasamistake5015 2 роки тому +157

      Scariest part was when she made goat noises at a goat head

    • @user-jg1yy7mb4i
      @user-jg1yy7mb4i 2 роки тому +11

      Also..y-your profile is kinda creepy ngl-

    • @user-jg1yy7mb4i
      @user-jg1yy7mb4i 2 роки тому +5

      Also..y-your profile is kinda creepy ngl-

  • @CatmunistCom
    @CatmunistCom Рік тому +4618

    the actor who played the dad killed it

  • @esvin8771
    @esvin8771 3 роки тому +1113

    Somewhere in Glasgow England lies a little cottage in the woods, and in the Attic are 2 vacuum sealed corpses and a 95 year old woman reading them poetry waiting for them to wake up from their sleep to congratulate her on passing their test on rot.

    • @iamthesenate5982
      @iamthesenate5982 2 роки тому +56

      Why must you scare me in this way

    • @Mangeen
      @Mangeen 2 роки тому +62

      Glasgow? England?

    • @spartanboxing9906
      @spartanboxing9906 2 роки тому +74

      Glasgow is in Scotland

    • @Mangeen
      @Mangeen 2 роки тому +17

      @@spartanboxing9906Thank you. A true hero

    • @mirmalchik
      @mirmalchik 2 роки тому +17

      but how does a family find meat, if they don't even know where dust comes from?

  • @mikurusagawa6897
    @mikurusagawa6897 5 років тому +9937

    I always rot a bit to test people around me

  • @shavedparmesanprosciuttoan4317
    @shavedparmesanprosciuttoan4317 4 роки тому +11242

    SPOILER ALERT:
    (Just my interpretation) First time I watched I thought the mother was crazy, ruling her household with a narcissistic and obsessive compulsive world view that she projects onto her daughter.
    However, a second look reveals that the mother is just as much a victim as the daughter. A victim of the father’s constant paranoia and psychosis. Their home is filled with disturbing artwork and grotesque Frankenstein taxidermy projects. A sign on the door demanding to keep it locked, and a glance at a page in his journal reveals a paranoia under which he demands everyone in the house live.
    He’s taught Rachel many things, like throwing a bone in the forest to see where it leads to, picking up dead pieces of hair and flesh in the forest and holding them to her ear to listen... her father was out of his mind, and clues in the film point to Rachel possessing the same mental illness as her father. She seems to hear and see things that aren’t there, and as the film progresses and the imagery of the millions of bugs crawling gets more and more frenzied, that’s Rachel slowly succumbing to her psychosis.
    That moment in the woods, staring into the goats dead eye, is the moment her mind left the “in-between” and her inherited insanity rose to the surface. She then goes home and bludgeons her mother, ties her up, vacuum seals her father, and recites a poem about how she found the “in between” in the woods.
    Even after his death, the father is an ominous presence in the house. The women are afraid of offending him, worried he’s pretending and that he’ll overhear something he doesn’t like and won’t come back. They’re convinced he’s testing them so they must be on their best behavior, doting on him, bringing him gifts and reciting poems and making sure the house is clean to his liking because as the mother says “you know what your father is like”. She is insistent on carrying on as normal and pretending like nothing bad is happening, because that is how her husband has taught her to cope when he becomes violent or insane. And if she follows his rules, he’ll notice and come back.
    This film is Intuitive and clever and grim, the imagery is spot on but the symbolism is not overbearing. The actress playing the mother is so fantastic she really makes this story what it is. I’m so impressed. Serious dogtooth vibes!!

    • @andreaniada
      @andreaniada 4 роки тому +549

      Dolce Luxe thank you for this! You are bang on - the father and daughter are indeed similar in a way the mother isn't, and your interpretations are very true. This should be a top comment!

    • @rutituti678
      @rutituti678 4 роки тому +410

      Good gracious thank you for explaining lol.. I couldn't quite figure out what was going on

    • @judelion8655
      @judelion8655 4 роки тому +74

      Your spot on!

    • @nakjskjkdndkd
      @nakjskjkdndkd 4 роки тому +45

      @rutituti678. Me either lol. I still have no clue

    • @MrWeezo21
      @MrWeezo21 4 роки тому +178

      I wish I was your type of smarts.

  • @lily-billy4671
    @lily-billy4671 3 роки тому +665

    Them: “he’ll come back”
    The dad: anyway I start rotting

    • @anton_c8gur
      @anton_c8gur Рік тому +12

      hes just testing them

    • @ellaelliott4415
      @ellaelliott4415 3 місяці тому

      What I don’t get is how them being there equates him to coming back with air…

  • @TheFauxDeer
    @TheFauxDeer 7 місяців тому +179

    5:01 I just love the little bit of detail where for the book titled "Grammar and Spelling", "Spelling" is spelt as "Speling", further showing how not particularly well educated the family is on top of the other insane things.

  • @BeautifulbyDesign18
    @BeautifulbyDesign18 5 років тому +3400

    That man is going to be bones in a bed and they're still gonna be saying "he'll be back soon" 🤦🏾‍♀️😂😂

    • @prettyvibes8088
      @prettyvibes8088 5 років тому +31

      For real

    • @kolehiyala
      @kolehiyala 5 років тому +82

      And the mother will keep on insisting that the father is only testing them

    • @najahahmed3654
      @najahahmed3654 5 років тому +24

      Ikr bloody hell

    • @AquaticSCP
      @AquaticSCP 5 років тому +6

      kitkatcoco67 its one word decomp

    • @ashtreesystem5265
      @ashtreesystem5265 5 років тому +13

      Delusions are lies that tell the truth

  • @maheenahmed6653
    @maheenahmed6653 4 роки тому +5272

    Scariest part: The chicken, cauliflower and those whole eggs weren’t seasoned at all

    • @nathanvaupel9985
      @nathanvaupel9985 3 роки тому +164

      Ikr?! An hour and a half of the mom cooking and you got yourself a horror movie.

    • @MarMarZ999
      @MarMarZ999 3 роки тому +186

      The egg moved

    • @Oliver-ku3oc
      @Oliver-ku3oc 3 роки тому +117

      @@MarMarZ999 oh thank god I'm not the only one that saw that I thought I was losing it

    • @sofiagonzalez2739
      @sofiagonzalez2739 3 роки тому +38

      Fr she didn’t even put salt and pepper

    • @elenamahassen5273
      @elenamahassen5273 3 роки тому +25

      ATLEAST ADD SALT 😫

  • @user-ec9rd8gc3s
    @user-ec9rd8gc3s 8 місяців тому +53

    i love the casual misinformation that dust and bacteria are mammals

  • @stardustsparkles22
    @stardustsparkles22 Рік тому +174

    The actress who does the crazy abusive mother does a spot on job! Perfect! The clipped words,the shrill voice, and the obsession with cleanliness. Does a very good imitation of the abusive mother.

  • @cryingtrouble
    @cryingtrouble 4 роки тому +2208

    Mom: "Stop questioning things you know nothing about"
    SO WHAT'S THE POINT OF QUESTIONING THEN?

    • @DarkAfter_____
      @DarkAfter_____ 4 роки тому +39

      L. Sousa Official exactly. We’d know nothing if we stopped questioning what we don’t know

    • @littlekitsune1
      @littlekitsune1 4 роки тому +96

      It's code for "Shut up, I want to be right."

    • @shananalexander9789
      @shananalexander9789 4 роки тому +8

      L. Sousa Official Yeah mom is damaged I think.

    • @mariahwalton75
      @mariahwalton75 4 роки тому +3

      right?

    • @-_Fawi_-
      @-_Fawi_- 4 роки тому +3

      I was just watching this part and i asked myself the same thing XD

  • @cosmicrot4634
    @cosmicrot4634 5 років тому +3586

    5:42
    girl: can you make anything hard?
    mom: yes
    mom's brain: how the hell do u think you got here rachel

  • @HingWenYi
    @HingWenYi Рік тому +546

    I feel connected to this short film, it reminds me of when I was home-schooling, there is gaslighting and there is indoctrination and bullying. It takes courage to tell the truth to someone who was in denial. I applauded Rachel for accepting that her father is dead and he is no longer with her.

    • @FusedPixelz
      @FusedPixelz Рік тому +4

      Woah. I never knew that’s what homeschooling is like. I hope it didn’t take too long for you to pull through.

    • @Honey_is_not_ok
      @Honey_is_not_ok 10 місяців тому +24

      @@FusedPixelz typically this is only when radical religious people home school I’ve been doing online school and I love it

    • @Rackemup8
      @Rackemup8 9 місяців тому +4

      Sure sure lol. Seems contrived

    • @loveyouzen
      @loveyouzen 9 місяців тому +1

      @@listlessdandelion3587I hope you and your loved ones are okay)❤

    • @danhernandez8095
      @danhernandez8095 8 місяців тому +29

      She didn’t come to realization that her father is dead. She’s just as crazy as the mother. She said that they need to be here when he returns so they can open the bag and give him air. The whole family was delusional

  • @Gracie7711
    @Gracie7711 3 роки тому +400

    Goat: Lays there
    Girl: “MEEEEH”
    Goat: “Bich-“

  • @peculiarshanice4586
    @peculiarshanice4586 5 років тому +1349

    "Stop questioning things you know nothing about" The irony of that statement

    • @mikurusagawa6897
      @mikurusagawa6897 5 років тому +38

      Worst thing about that is that I know (we probably all do) people in real life who state the same with the same lack of any knowledge

    • @robbit4butterfly
      @robbit4butterfly 2 роки тому

      @@mikurusagawa6897 😯 A couple of seconds ago I've posted this to another comment: This sentence is of major importance and actually easy to comprehend. But it is horrible that it has to be explained. I fear people when they act as a mass.
      Now I read your lines ... Gives me some hope.

  • @mariarose616
    @mariarose616 5 років тому +2169

    The dad died , mother in denial, teaching her daughter that he would come back if they kept away the bacteria...... Yup... totally bonkers!!

    • @siddhantamallick6837
      @siddhantamallick6837 5 років тому +9

      Lmao

    • @TheVillager446
      @TheVillager446 5 років тому +49

      That just goes to show that the daughter is more grown up than her own mother. Lmao 😆

    • @desaulniersco1095
      @desaulniersco1095 5 років тому +39

      It took me a Hot Minute to realize the dad was dead, not in a Coma.

    • @sixkicksfightertricks8470
      @sixkicksfightertricks8470 5 років тому +24

      The mom was turning it into a religion too.

    • @Carriedmusic
      @Carriedmusic 5 років тому +13

      Thanks for explaining that for me. I was wondering what the hell was going on

  • @urdadslettuce2652
    @urdadslettuce2652 2 роки тому +145

    i feel like whenever i watch an odd kind of cryptic start of an ALTER short film, my brain automatically thinks to open the comments as the absolute saints in the comments always explain the well thought out plots of the story perfectly. Thank you to ALTER and those amazing people in the comments who explain the amazing storylines and their well thought out and directed short films

  • @tsa_chum3216
    @tsa_chum3216 3 роки тому +199

    This film deserves more appreciation. Clever plot, really!
    Dealing with the loss of a loved one (through death or them leaving)... denial... discovery (courage to overcome boundaries and explore... the truth)... and even acceptance... of the inevitable... death... and the reality of this world. Bravo!

  • @keileycrother8320
    @keileycrother8320 4 роки тому +1826

    SHE DIDN'T EVEN CRACK THE EGGS
    SHE JUST PUT WHOLE, RAW EGGS WITH SHELLS IN HER FOOD

    • @Quinn10
      @Quinn10 4 роки тому +148

      British cooking yo.

    • @Pawelandbajer
      @Pawelandbajer 4 роки тому +19

      @@Quinn10 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Star_Comet
      @Star_Comet 4 роки тому +94

      Keiley Crother
      And one was moving, bro

    • @tracysmith9999
      @tracysmith9999 4 роки тому +4

      Hehehehe 🤣🤣😂😁

    • @majichour2491
      @majichour2491 4 роки тому +45

      We didn’t even get to see what the final product looked like.

  • @imsad3630
    @imsad3630 4 роки тому +2505

    “He’s just rotting to test us”
    Me when having a breakdown

  • @BasementNero
    @BasementNero 3 роки тому +25

    The Actor playing the mother is fucking fantastic, she sold every emotion, especially the denial.

  • @johannahunderwood4596
    @johannahunderwood4596 2 роки тому +105

    This short was brilliant, and I love how it unfolded. There is definitely abuse going on here and my perception is that both the mother and the daughter were abused in this home by the father. I think that there was possibly violence and emotional abuse towards the mother first by her domineering husband and that when she domestically instructs her daughter and slaps her for being out of line, it is so the girl can navigate around her father and avoid more serious violence from him towards her and possibly back to the mother for not doing enough to educate her daughter "right". The mother was probably already broken when her daughter was born and appears to be obsessive compulsive and is clearly uneducated in matters of science, which is kind of funny if the situation was not so serious. The only way to get her to listen was to tape up her mouth, and as we leave her tied up in the chair, she will now be a victim of all the faulty education she has imparted in this years-long tyranny. Couldn't happen shiver a nicer person!

    • @felin_de_la_nuit
      @felin_de_la_nuit Рік тому +1

      Excellent analysis 👌🏼

    • @godofmath1039
      @godofmath1039 10 місяців тому

      Why are all of you so averse to the idea of a woman (especially a white woman) being an evil, manipulative abuser? Isn't there enough evidence in the video suggesting that that is so?

    • @rgerber
      @rgerber 9 місяців тому +2

      hey damn that makes so much sense- i didn't even consider that. Thats why she couldn't let go of her stubborn behavior- people experiencing abuse are still often suffering the consequences even if the abuser isn't around anymore.

  • @Vortex-zb6be
    @Vortex-zb6be 5 років тому +1694

    “Foxes fly water is dry and trees are upside down”
    Hey look at that she discovered Australia

  • @william8153
    @william8153 3 роки тому +3082

    “Stop questioning things you know nothing about”
    It’s that how you learn? I mean...

    • @dalayshawest7502
      @dalayshawest7502 3 роки тому +22

      right like what

    • @ayushdwivedi4686
      @ayushdwivedi4686 2 роки тому +7

      Yeah seriously

    • @chemicalwonderland2492
      @chemicalwonderland2492 2 роки тому +21

      I think you meant "isn't"

    • @robbit4butterfly
      @robbit4butterfly 2 роки тому +8

      This sentence is of major importance and actually easy to comprehend. But it is horrible that it has to be explained. I fear people when they act as a mass.

    • @yamato6114
      @yamato6114 Рік тому +1

      The family functions like a cult. Cults don’t want you to question. They want you to obey.

  • @bonesmcgee3355
    @bonesmcgee3355 11 місяців тому +28

    Both of these actresses do a fantastic job in their roles, from the way the mother is set in her opinion despite having evidence she's wrong, to the way Rachel wants to question things she doesn't know given she's only ever been told things from one source, I love it

  • @returnofthegoth2220
    @returnofthegoth2220 Рік тому +36

    The tension in this film is palpable. It felt like it was bleeding out of my screen with every shot. The composition is gorgeous and edited well. The soundtrack really cranks it up. Really hope to see the actress who played Rachel in more things to come.

    • @rgerber
      @rgerber 9 місяців тому

      it was really well at building a world that sucked me in and i wanted to somehow see or know more from those characters

    • @thankyouverymuch
      @thankyouverymuch 2 місяці тому

      Ooooo somebody's been watching UA-cam "horror story" channels. There's a law that if you put a horror story on UA-cam, it MUST include the word "palpable". Without that word, the video will not be allowed to be published.

  • @edencrocc7220
    @edencrocc7220 5 років тому +751

    *"he's rotting a little bit... to see how we react"*

    • @lillian4058
      @lillian4058 5 років тому +7

      random craft love that line 🥰

    • @foxerrio6283
      @foxerrio6283 5 років тому +13

      They are still believing he would come back but... He isn't coming back anymore...

    • @Chickenlegs41
      @Chickenlegs41 4 роки тому +2

      It's only a flesh wound!?

    • @eret1761
      @eret1761 4 роки тому +5

      Chickenlegs41
      There were flies IN his flesh... Idk much about science but thye’re probably sucking his blood or something. That and they said he smelt horrible.

  • @shadowwolf7880
    @shadowwolf7880 3 роки тому +46

    My Gosh, I would pay literally EVERY price to see this as full, 1h 30minutes movie!
    AMAZING WORK, EVERYONE, JUST AMAZING!🥰🥰😍😍 *stands up* 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

    • @andreaniada
      @andreaniada 3 роки тому +3

      Thanks for watching ShadowWolf! A full length movie is in the works!

    • @shadowwolf7880
      @shadowwolf7880 3 роки тому +2

      @@andreaniada Oh my god, where I will be able to see it?

    • @andreaniada
      @andreaniada 3 роки тому +1

      @@shadowwolf7880 Good question!! Unfortunately I have no answer yet as we still have to shoot it, but stay tuned!!

    • @shadowwolf7880
      @shadowwolf7880 3 роки тому +1

      @@andreaniada I need to find website or channel ^.^
      Goodluck with this AMAZING production!

  • @SakurasSweetHeart
    @SakurasSweetHeart Рік тому +60

    I love rotting a little bit to test my loved ones💀
    But forreal, this was my first Alter short horror, and I absolutely fell in love 😩👏🏾

  • @perizatismailova2646
    @perizatismailova2646 5 років тому +2308

    That girl is rebirth of Anne Hathaway!! A great actress is coming

    • @nihaans3108
      @nihaans3108 5 років тому +36

      Perizat Ismailova ya actually she is reminding me of Hathway

    • @ozymandiasramesses1773
      @ozymandiasramesses1773 5 років тому +2

      Ironclaw XII It’s like she’s acting like Anne Hathaway in real life, then?

    • @triciamariztay6772
      @triciamariztay6772 5 років тому +2

      I also thought about it too!

    • @jennahilw9297
      @jennahilw9297 5 років тому +1

      Perizat Ismailova that’s what I thought too!

    • @jennahilw9297
      @jennahilw9297 5 років тому +3

      Ironclaw XII Anne Hathaway is a Queen! Love her

  • @gabrielleg.n.7489
    @gabrielleg.n.7489 5 років тому +1885

    "He is rotting a little bit, to see how we react." .. WELL , we`ll see about that 🤣

  • @chrishoward3733
    @chrishoward3733 9 місяців тому +8

    These two are in a psychotic state of mind. Grief does that.

  • @lakshverma7850
    @lakshverma7850 3 роки тому +20

    She: air is made of oxygen .
    My teacher : 78% of nitrogen and 20.9% oxygen.

  • @reika.00
    @reika.00 5 років тому +991

    *“he’s rotting a little bit to see how we react”* yeah sure hun whatever floats your boat

  • @theindigoafterlife
    @theindigoafterlife 5 років тому +3052

    I think the casting of the girl was perfect, her big doeful eyes tell the most amazing story!

    • @LemonGrab-qf6xj
      @LemonGrab-qf6xj 5 років тому +61

      Omg yaaassss shes amazing she needs to be in more movies and series

    • @reachbean
      @reachbean 5 років тому +38

      She looks like Michael Jackson lol

    • @HashbrownMashup
      @HashbrownMashup 5 років тому +20

      Did you mean doleful or doe-eyed? Cuz either way you're not wrong

    • @meatballsandwich5329
      @meatballsandwich5329 3 роки тому +2

      @@reachbean LMAO fr

    • @itchypp1766
      @itchypp1766 3 роки тому +8

      i love her eyes they speak a thousands words...I love a woman with beautiful big eyes.

  • @alyssamay9237
    @alyssamay9237 Рік тому +6

    I know people are talking about the "no one wants to rot" line, but I burst out laughing when Rachel finished vacuuming her dad with "hi"

  • @sarahhurst701
    @sarahhurst701 19 днів тому +2

    The actress portraying the mom is hilariously brilliant!👍😂 And the daughter at the end just kicks this whole caper up into another gear of insanity!🤣🤣

  • @ms.retro.dreamz9756
    @ms.retro.dreamz9756 5 років тому +836

    It's funny how the "grammar and speling" book isn't even spelled correctly, such irony

    • @tatyananachelle4684
      @tatyananachelle4684 5 років тому +14

      I thought I was the only one that noticed that 😂

    • @minarooda
      @minarooda 5 років тому +37

      Yes, and "Drawring" too

    • @t.g.6080
      @t.g.6080 5 років тому +23

      I think thats the point

    • @hope_playz9251
      @hope_playz9251 5 років тому +7

      I think its because of their accent, thats how they say spelling, with only one l.

    • @kassandra7313
      @kassandra7313 5 років тому +14

      they also use the wrong word in "Knitting and Sowing" lol sowing is for seeds, sewing is the thing with needles and thread

  • @jamiesimiele6767
    @jamiesimiele6767 5 років тому +3401

    Honestly the daughters performance is great. Absolutely heartbreaking

    • @-tim0-261
      @-tim0-261 3 роки тому

      And yet.. u start an argument

    • @neshaoinspopolk4417
      @neshaoinspopolk4417 3 роки тому

      Honestly...

    • @sarahpusey9052
      @sarahpusey9052 3 роки тому +9

      I thought the daughter's facial expressions were spot on hilarious. Especially when she was in the woods with her 🦴 bone! "Rachael, go get your bone"! 😂🤣😂🤣

    • @vitorribasboska6792
      @vitorribasboska6792 3 роки тому

      @@neshaoinspopolk4417 wewedgwuuu

    • @neshaoinspopolk4417
      @neshaoinspopolk4417 3 роки тому +1

      @@vitorribasboska6792 I'm sorry, did you mean wedgwood?

  • @YourFavTessa
    @YourFavTessa Рік тому +6

    "The way into the nightmare is our only way out"
    Oh, that hit different.

  • @avengerrc7023
    @avengerrc7023 3 роки тому +12

    What scares me the most is the fact the mother reminds me of my 4th grade teacher.

  • @silverpslm
    @silverpslm 4 роки тому +1301

    This mother and the mother from the other short horror flick who killed her children for being dirty should get together and have tea.

    • @berkleep9885
      @berkleep9885 4 роки тому +14

      Omg sooo true!!

    • @sr4698
      @sr4698 4 роки тому +8

      What one is that I wanna go watch it

    • @berkleep9885
      @berkleep9885 4 роки тому +26

      @@sr4698 it's called Childer

    • @khanhduy9740
      @khanhduy9740 4 роки тому +14

      @@berkleep9885 just watched that shit yesterday and then this =)))

    • @michelegreene2481
      @michelegreene2481 4 роки тому

      YES

  • @Marie-tw4ui
    @Marie-tw4ui 3 роки тому +1012

    " He's testing us."
    Yeah and you are failling miserably.

  • @robertkrout3916
    @robertkrout3916 3 роки тому +7

    Most of these shorts have way better acting and directing than Hollywood

  • @tamyahgalentine9734
    @tamyahgalentine9734 9 місяців тому +9

    Holy shit i related to this 4:10 the mother gaslighting the daughter to make her think she is "immature" so she can stay in control

  • @h_xsociety530
    @h_xsociety530 4 роки тому +521

    "he's rotting a little bit..to see how we react." wtf kind of logic is that

    • @lawrenceofarabiaarabia9177
      @lawrenceofarabiaarabia9177 4 роки тому +19

      h _ xsociety Possibly the most brilliant line in all of cinema!

    • @bichen-up-ur
      @bichen-up-ur 3 роки тому +15

      The cake in fridge ate itself cause everybody likes cake

    • @jadety6102
      @jadety6102 3 роки тому +1

      @@bichen-up-ur I just can’t😂😂This made me laugh way too hard

    • @rae7864
      @rae7864 Місяць тому +1

      I always rot just a lil bit to test my loved ones... you don't? 👀

  • @sodakidd7553
    @sodakidd7553 4 роки тому +1146

    "Can you make anything hard?"
    Me and my mature brain: that's what she said lololol

    • @randomuser5443
      @randomuser5443 4 роки тому +1

      Just get into a freezer, or rope

    • @AmandaB.6529
      @AmandaB.6529 4 роки тому +6

      Sheconds I laughed at that bit too lol 😂

    • @Amanda___
      @Amanda___ 4 роки тому +3

      Same😆

    • @milliethewillie
      @milliethewillie 4 роки тому +9

      NO STOP YOU CANT DO THAT TO ME

    • @Em-mn8jp
      @Em-mn8jp 4 роки тому +4

      Michael Scott has entered the chat

  • @BucketHeadianHagg
    @BucketHeadianHagg Місяць тому +3

    Literally one of the best short stories I’ve ever seen! The ending was absolutely fantastic!!

  • @poranglinos
    @poranglinos 2 роки тому +10

    why did the girl look like michael jackson at 13:56 LMFAO

  • @adrianacastro9123
    @adrianacastro9123 4 роки тому +1616

    rachel- how do you know he’s pretending?
    mom- because, nobody actually WANTS to rot, Rachel 😂😂😂

    • @priscillafreiburghaus8755
      @priscillafreiburghaus8755 3 роки тому +13

      lmao such a Karen

    • @brandleythecat4570
      @brandleythecat4570 3 роки тому +23

      I mean....she's got a point👀

    • @adamburdt8794
      @adamburdt8794 3 роки тому +4

      Best line in the flick

    • @persephoneblack888
      @persephoneblack888 2 роки тому +7

      @dani cali why does it have to be one country vs the other? With 7 billion people on this planet I'm sure anyone from anywhere can come up with a harrowing horror idea. It doesn't matter where you're from. Horror is universal.

    • @Killformee
      @Killformee Рік тому

      @dani cali u sound dumb

  • @eggo3045
    @eggo3045 5 років тому +551

    *centuries later*
    ~the dad is just bones now~
    “He’ll come back soon”

    • @yahlikejazz7084
      @yahlikejazz7084 4 роки тому +39

      Mother: he just dried up a bit to see how we react.
      😂

    • @sr4698
      @sr4698 4 роки тому +7

      Just testing us

    • @umikayumi2690
      @umikayumi2690 4 роки тому +10

      Rachel : And look mom, you're rotten just like me.
      Mom : Oh, we're also testing him.

    • @theyoutubepoet7428
      @theyoutubepoet7428 4 роки тому +2

      Spooky scary dad

    • @lachelnderhund
      @lachelnderhund 4 роки тому +1

      @@umikayumi2690 To see how he reacts

  • @LilacUnderworld
    @LilacUnderworld Рік тому +2

    A beautifully disturbing film about two people grappling with the idea of mortality and grief, the mother with denial and the need to control and the daughter with naïvety yet curiosity and creativity.

  • @jokerjourney6230
    @jokerjourney6230 2 роки тому +25

    Home education must actually be one of the best horror movies I have ever seen in a few months! You are literally amazing

  • @myco_noob8027
    @myco_noob8027 4 роки тому +1004

    "Get your bone and go find your father something special in the woods" LMFAO

    • @enrique8190
      @enrique8190 4 роки тому +39

      Lmfaoo I wonder wtf was the purpose of the bone

    • @julieboys8194
      @julieboys8194 4 роки тому +5

      @@enrique8190 what did it come from?

    • @enrique8190
      @enrique8190 4 роки тому +6

      @@julieboys8194 who knows

    • @thedrunkenramblingsnorthea4201
      @thedrunkenramblingsnorthea4201 4 роки тому +14

      do you think the bone and the "can you make anything hard?" is all some complex fertility symbol?

    • @user-pc4ww1tw3m
      @user-pc4ww1tw3m 4 роки тому +3

      *i readed that comment at the moment she said that*

  • @OrabitsMadness
    @OrabitsMadness 5 років тому +725

    Im sitting here on second watch through wondering what the hell the mother was making in the kitchen

  • @StrangeDetectives
    @StrangeDetectives 7 місяців тому +4

    Gurl he's dead to you mean he's "testing us" 😭😭💀

  • @artificialvoid7555
    @artificialvoid7555 3 роки тому +10

    I love looking for horror shorts late at night and then ending up watching films from a new channel all night, Alter has some great content, lots of unexpected endings

  • @Daniellespah
    @Daniellespah 4 роки тому +766

    "He's rotting a little.. to see how we react"
    Him: *dead*
    Flies: *buzz buzz*
    Them: 👀👀

    • @liadoesntknowanymore
      @liadoesntknowanymore 3 роки тому +7

      Hotel: trivago

    • @Daniellespah
      @Daniellespah 3 роки тому +1

      @Justin Trudeau because I thought it was funny enough to comment fym move on lmao I could say the same thing about your reply

    • @liadoesntknowanymore
      @liadoesntknowanymore 3 роки тому

      It's not just copy and pasting, the video did not make me laughbut this person's comment did. You calling someone brainless for making a joke is very rude and insensitive

    • @Daniellespah
      @Daniellespah 3 роки тому

      @Justin Trudeau I didn’t but thank you

    • @vanessa_katafono_fiji9578
      @vanessa_katafono_fiji9578 3 роки тому +1

      OMG....no need to be so rude !!! Keep your hateful comments to yourself...the world would be a more peaceful and happy place if it weren't for people like you, Ben

  • @localwyrm
    @localwyrm 4 роки тому +4881

    I love these films because unlike most horror films, where it's just jump scares, these are actually suspenseful and creepy. I love this. It's like Creepypasta for UA-cam

    • @WatchALTER
      @WatchALTER  4 роки тому +284

      Sounds like you've been ALTERed. 🖤

    • @localwyrm
      @localwyrm 4 роки тому +60

      @@WatchALTER Yup! And I'm so glad. Been binging all week.

    • @tasha3757
      @tasha3757 4 роки тому +15

      I think they're thriller not horror

    • @localwyrm
      @localwyrm 4 роки тому +19

      @@tasha3757 Can't deny the creepy aspect though

    • @raz8552
      @raz8552 4 роки тому +25

      I couldn't agree more! This was the scariest one I've seen so far. The edgy madness of mother and quiet insanity of this whole situation is sheer terror, and it is literally right up in your face silently screaming at you, and you just cannot look away. I felt like I was going mad by the end of it. This was brilliant! Poor Rachel...

  • @alexax3888
    @alexax3888 3 роки тому +6

    "That the way into the nightmare is our only way out" my favorite phase, this was amaizng

  • @jackojumpscare
    @jackojumpscare 3 роки тому +9

    The first sign that the mom is not fit for teaching
    *She clapped after a poem*

  • @scarlettsilvestro5597
    @scarlettsilvestro5597 4 роки тому +501

    Ok... did this lady just say bacteria are mammals...
    I didn’t listen during taxonomy, but that ain’t it sis.

    • @CupidRed40
      @CupidRed40 4 роки тому +5

      I was thinking the same thing lol, maybe its a better way of summing everything up that she doesnt care about to make her daughter focus on the fathers past down paranoia idk lolol

  • @idontlikebreaving1726
    @idontlikebreaving1726 5 років тому +685

    *Obsesses over things being clean*
    Rachel:*crawls near dead things and bugs on the forest floor*

    • @messyjess8357
      @messyjess8357 5 років тому +5

      Nice profile.

    • @jazzyangelflower3344
      @jazzyangelflower3344 4 роки тому +6

      BAAAAAAAH

    • @lissasue6241
      @lissasue6241 4 роки тому +23

      Obsessed over dust and bacteria but has a huge collection of stuffed dead animals... and she doesn’t wash her hands after touching the raw meat

    • @raz8552
      @raz8552 4 роки тому +5

      @@lissasue6241 Maybe mum's cooking killed dad?

  • @lifewriter7455
    @lifewriter7455 Рік тому +4

    Absolutely brilliant, the film oscillates in perfect balance between art and horror, creating this intelligent movie of poetic angst. And the young woman is such a genuine talented actress.

  • @spacetearable
    @spacetearable Рік тому +2

    There are...SOOO many half-truths in what the mother is teaching. She's not an intentional liar and she loves her family...she's just a zealot and in denial. This is SUPER well written.

  • @joanne1199
    @joanne1199 5 років тому +648

    I thought the goat head was going to scream

  • @biteme9371
    @biteme9371 4 роки тому +408

    I need to see the finished result of that meal she was cooking though 😂

  • @Mezzy..
    @Mezzy.. 2 дні тому +1

    The acting and cinematography is so unbelievably good

  • @brittanymontague5084
    @brittanymontague5084 2 роки тому +7

    I’ve been binge watching horror shorts for a couple days and this one is my favorite ! I knew the deal as soon as she finished reading the first poem… but story and execution- so clever!

  • @temtem8110
    @temtem8110 4 роки тому +1265

    Kudos to the main actress who’s out there vibing with the worms and listening to death in some creepy ass forest for the sake of our enjoyment

  • @lexb978
    @lexb978 5 років тому +1074

    Seriously, what is up with all the dead things lying around

    • @SensuGang
      @SensuGang 5 років тому +37

      I See it Everyday when I go to grab a Lunch

    • @cosey2426
      @cosey2426 5 років тому +1

      Simbå Sàmá lol

    • @neridacoad2124
      @neridacoad2124 5 років тому +23

      they are animal hunters

    • @jupiterdiurnal436
      @jupiterdiurnal436 5 років тому +22

      if you're talking about in the woods, then I can tell you that it isn't far from the truth. If you look for dead stuff in the woods, you're almost certain to find some. If you're talking about in the house, well, it's pretty heavily hinted that this is a family of witches. so like. spook

    • @thatoneguy9065
      @thatoneguy9065 5 років тому +1

      I think the Mom is Homicidal?? Maybe idk tho

  • @Quesoquantum
    @Quesoquantum Рік тому +13

    I am so excited I found this channel. I love love love horror that doesn't need blood to be scary. Alter, if you see this you're my new favorite horror channel. 💜💙

  • @VamDav
    @VamDav Рік тому +3

    This is an absolute gem that works even better upon a second viewing. So many little slices of twisted beauty. Hats off to all concerned.

  • @lilyraimey3499
    @lilyraimey3499 5 років тому +734

    Damn, she’s beautiful. Looks like a young Anne Hathaway.

    • @djaerialzparker4892
      @djaerialzparker4892 4 роки тому +22

      Lol that's what exactly popped up in my mind the second I saw her lol

    • @everlypoe6155
      @everlypoe6155 4 роки тому +6

      Didn’t see your comment until now but YES

    • @chadellis8294
      @chadellis8294 4 роки тому +42

      Thought she looked more like Michael Jackson, post surgeries.

    • @white8992
      @white8992 4 роки тому

      true

    • @roseleperlier1991
      @roseleperlier1991 4 роки тому +7

      @@chadellis8294 😂😂😂

  • @rhiannagreen296
    @rhiannagreen296 4 роки тому +1230

    I mean, home schooled kids are always a little weird but...

    • @RaeganScarlett
      @RaeganScarlett 4 роки тому +57

      I don't mean to start an argument but unless you mean we're weird in a good way than I'm offended
      Edit: (I'm not deleting what I said because I want you to know what these comments are replying to, but I just want to let you know my opinion has changed before you reply to me with how homeschoolers actually are weird and I shouldn't be so offended.
      I AGREE. I agree. Homeschoolers definitely have weird personalities. They lack social skills sometimes but most - if not all - homeschoolers I know are very good at socializing)

    • @roobee1234
      @roobee1234 4 роки тому +45

      @@RaeganScarlett baby chill it's a joke

    • @RaeganScarlett
      @RaeganScarlett 4 роки тому +30

      @@roobee1234 I know but it's still pretty offensive 🤷‍♀️

    • @sandhyalambor172
      @sandhyalambor172 4 роки тому +33

      @@RaeganScarlett I am not a home schooled person but just a normal girl but still I agree with you cauz it does sound offensive....no one is weird that's what I feel....

    • @RaeganScarlett
      @RaeganScarlett 4 роки тому +15

      @@sandhyalambor172 That's a good opinion and I wish more people had it

  • @kicknsystm
    @kicknsystm 4 місяці тому +2

    My mom used to often reply "Because I said so". Not under these type circumstances but I couldn't help but remember it through this.

  • @user-wk8ln8jt6h
    @user-wk8ln8jt6h 3 роки тому +11

    what you all want/wanted to see 19:13

  • @GatoTomato
    @GatoTomato 5 років тому +451

    “I made sure to plaster your head so you won’t have a lobotomy” this film is breaking me

  • @Purity.Palette
    @Purity.Palette 5 років тому +720

    Its true that if a thing is being constantly told, one believes it and accept it as it was told. I totally hate how this mother who is lacking in education herself, makes her daughter believe his dad is gonna comeback. He's dead bruh just accept it.

    • @applestobuttercups6035
      @applestobuttercups6035 5 років тому +22

      You figure a lot of people tend to go a little crazy after they’ve lost someone they loved

    • @Purity.Palette
      @Purity.Palette 5 років тому +9

      @@applestobuttercups6035 correct. This woman gone too far.😂

    • @Purity.Palette
      @Purity.Palette 5 років тому +2

      @Brandon Greco I know it's wrong but my whole life has been a lie bruh😂 don't know what's real anymore just saying.

    • @rickypedia999
      @rickypedia999 5 років тому +10

      The sad thing is there are people like this. They become convinced that what they believe is true, get offended when someone says something different, and when everyone else says the same thing the incorrect person t he ows a fit and cuts themselves off from everyone else. There totally are people who would home educate their children because they are convinced the school systems are teaching wrong info.

    • @TheLastCrow5150
      @TheLastCrow5150 5 років тому +1

      It goes both way with the school systems. There are really bad school and there are also very good ones. It depends where you go to school. It's the location, the neivhborhood, which makes the school good or bad.

  • @brazilianambassadordale8223
    @brazilianambassadordale8223 2 роки тому +5

    Almost each and every one of these videos is so worthy of analysis it's hard to resist writing an essay on each one I watch. I love it all, and this one was extra sad and dark...

  • @fairygirl2911
    @fairygirl2911 10 місяців тому +2

    HOLY SHIT @ HOME EDUCATION. been binging horror shorts for some creative inspo for the last 2 hours and this one absolutely blew me away. Writing is so beyond clever and love how it circles back and evolves without feeling redundant. Acting performances are SO, so good and genuinely FUNNY and relevant all at the same time. Wardrobe & HMU are so perfect for characters they are maintained yet still flawed enough to make us feel there with them. The fly montage, ohmygod. The sound design with this in particular was *gorgeous*. Shots are incredible, extra crispy and intelligently stitched together with such wonderfully unflattering lighting in the best way. Excellent job to everyone on this short, I just had to share how much I truly enjoyed this project. Been an Alter fan for years but this one rlly blew me away. The overall message was felt without being forced, and personally something I fixate on in the spoon-fed media age. This team accomplished comments on censorship and mental health in a way that felt actually original and not overexaggerated. We tend to define horror with very graphic, visual imagery; but Home Education really makes you wonder; maybe the scariest thing for us humans is anything unknown/the result of, or in this case, literal lack of knowledge.

  • @babycado5166
    @babycado5166 3 роки тому +496

    The way the mom treats her daughter kills me.

    • @yourformeranxiousstubbornb5195
      @yourformeranxiousstubbornb5195 3 роки тому +9

      My mom is worse xD😭✨

    • @AbbeyKitty1013
      @AbbeyKitty1013 3 роки тому +3

      Ikr

    • @AbbeyKitty1013
      @AbbeyKitty1013 3 роки тому +12

      @@yourformeranxiousstubbornb5195
      I feel bad for you ;(

    • @jknMEMES
      @jknMEMES 2 роки тому +1

      was ist dein lieblingsfach?

    • @massiveplayground9118
      @massiveplayground9118 2 роки тому +4

      @@yourformeranxiousstubbornb5195 Did your mother use to call you "anxious stubborn brat" and the like? But now you've progressed in finding your own identity, and that's why you add the word "former"? Gosh, if this is true, I really wish you a lot of inner strength and supportive friends to help you heal from those insults, so that your past won't drag you down anymore ☺🤗

  • @QIPhotography
    @QIPhotography 4 роки тому +577

    "I made sure to plaster your head so you wouldn't have a Lobotomy"......GOD, I love this girl!

    • @UserName-gk8ew
      @UserName-gk8ew 3 роки тому +4

      i dont even know what a labotomy is

    • @gregthemerrow5306
      @gregthemerrow5306 3 роки тому +32

      A lobotomy is a surgery of sorts where part of a person's brain is removed, usually to help fix chronic nightmares and things like that. I don't know what this girl was on about.

    • @superswagmimi4237
      @superswagmimi4237 3 роки тому +89

      @@gregthemerrow5306 i’m pretty sure it was meant to serve as another example of her mother’s twisted teachings.

    • @azure_vxiii
      @azure_vxiii 2 роки тому +17

      @@superswagmimi4237 Yes. Home-schooling is limited to the knowledge of one's parents, and god forbid that person should have such a dummkopf for a mum.

    • @Joestudly
      @Joestudly Рік тому +7

      @@gregthemerrow5306 Home schooling is never a good idea

  • @terranomckenzie4140
    @terranomckenzie4140 3 роки тому +8

    9:15 its the shoes for me😂

  • @underwaterspacetraveler17
    @underwaterspacetraveler17 2 роки тому +1

    Wow! I have watched many different shorts played here on Alter... and I have to say, I think I have found my number 1 favorite. This was absolutely fantastic. Truly wonderful. The acting is brilliant. The whole atmosphere.. the storyline.. the shots.. even the poems(especially the last one) are just superbly executed.
    Man oh man, well done.. to everyone involved in the creation of this film. A true masterpiece. 👏

  • @amyntut
    @amyntut 4 роки тому +365

    The way they believe he will be back, is like my kids telling me they will clean their room soon .

    • @cassandrab2747
      @cassandrab2747 4 роки тому +5

      Cuz no one wants to . Saying that from a kids heart (I'm am a kid)

    • @Zeepjeliefs
      @Zeepjeliefs Рік тому

      😂😂

  • @sneharoychoudhury138
    @sneharoychoudhury138 5 років тому +871

    Bacteria are mammals.☺
    I am gonna leave my microbiology honours.☺

  • @beyonafavors4406
    @beyonafavors4406 3 роки тому +4

    I am addicted an OBSESSED with Alter. My favorite addiction so far get in it yall!!!!!! All the shorts are incredible!

  • @rgerber
    @rgerber 9 місяців тому +1

    LOVED IT!
    It was disturbing in a beautiful way- not unsettling. The mother wasn't really a bad person- just undereducated and naive. I'm glad she wasn't that typical psychotic- violent clicheed character

  • @fox_voice
    @fox_voice 5 років тому +1412

    The only thing that I understood is that home education is terrific

    • @andreaniada
      @andreaniada 5 років тому +6

      Thank you! That means a lot :)

    • @arav13
      @arav13 5 років тому +33

      well it is. Think about what the hell happens when parents decide to go full woke by "teaching" their flat earth BS to their non vaccinated kid

    • @NielsenWill
      @NielsenWill 5 років тому +28

      Yeah because this is an accurate representation of home education....
      I guess they should now make a horror video about governmental school education and show you how great that is, maybe something like Nazi Germany governmental school education.

    • @NielsenWill
      @NielsenWill 5 років тому +24

      @@arav13 - Yeah, everyone should go to public education to learn that sex is an illusion and there is no difference between a man and a woman.

    • @arav13
      @arav13 5 років тому +9

      @@NielsenWill I don't get you buddy, but as long as there is no home schooling I'm fine with that

  • @trashbasket11
    @trashbasket11 5 років тому +548

    I homeschool my kids and honestly most of the other mom's sound like this woman. Science curriculum should be monitored and knowledge tested just like math and language arts.

    • @TheWeirdSpecialty
      @TheWeirdSpecialty 5 років тому +19

      I was homeschooled and yeah there were no exams. Luckily, I didn't need them. Now I am a Computer Science senior in uni with a gpa of 3.70 out of 4. So it worked out for me.

    • @bethstarmer1926
      @bethstarmer1926 5 років тому +35

      In my country, homeschooled kids aren't even registered. It's really sad because for kids with severe anxiety or special educational needs, homeschooling could be really useful, but it's often used by weird people like this woman, and they teach their children that schooling is bad so wrong information is passed down through generations.

    • @AgeraXXX
      @AgeraXXX 5 років тому +7

      I find your comment very interesting. I was homeschooled, and I met some of the craziest and most backwards family from it. There is no doubt that homeschooling certainly has some major downsides, I feel like I suffer from some issues that worsened due to being homeschooled. Now as a college student, i feel free from it all though

    • @horizont6883
      @horizont6883 5 років тому +1

      Yet you spelt "moms" wrong.

    • @goodluck2119
      @goodluck2119 5 років тому +1

      In my country if you are home schooled you should be registered in a normal school so teachers can come to your house and help you learn

  • @thomaskentwgu2874
    @thomaskentwgu2874 3 роки тому +5

    Amazing offering! Love the slow yet intense build up! Impressed with the poetry in the colors, actions, blocking, cinematography, pacing, and in the very language itself. Very well done! It haunts me; and I love it!

  • @jisooisnotscary4250
    @jisooisnotscary4250 2 роки тому +5

    2:47 I thought mr. Bean will fall now 😁🤣

  • @ArtByZac
    @ArtByZac 4 роки тому +440

    The scariest thing about this short film is that it perpetuates the myth that poetry needs to rhyme

    • @zitrone9187
      @zitrone9187 2 роки тому +7

      Thats what i thought LMFAO

    • @Jakamo2323
      @Jakamo2323 Рік тому +36

      Mom: He must be proud. It's not easy making rhymes like that.
      The Girl: Oh dad, you the best dad I've had. I'm glad. But you're dead and that's bad, and makes me sad.

    • @ar7elle
      @ar7elle Рік тому

      LMFAOOOOOO

    • @cherries_channel
      @cherries_channel 11 місяців тому +2

      And that bacteria are mammals

    • @linaelui
      @linaelui 10 місяців тому +1

      @@Jakamo2323PLSSSS💀

  • @melodylilac9299
    @melodylilac9299 5 років тому +316

    When the fox said “🥺” I felt that

  • @sassycat1825
    @sassycat1825 Рік тому +1

    I think I've already left one comment long time ago. But again - brilliant work. Simply brilliant! Would love to see more from the same staff. Keep up the good work. Huge thumbs up.

  • @elsl669
    @elsl669 3 роки тому +2

    i am grateful I found ALTER during the day. I am addicted and would have not been able to sleep. Its so creepy, uncanny and captivating... Is is as though it is a slice of life from an alternate universe, or something kept behind closed doors. Something so close yet so far. I love it!