Film Theory: You Will NOT Be Saved! (The Exorcist)

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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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  • @jayemover_16
    @jayemover_16 Рік тому +2738

    MatPat's pronunciation of Japanese words being either spot-on or "there was an attempt" sent me for a loop

    • @SpringStarFangirl
      @SpringStarFangirl 11 місяців тому +58

      Me too. I was laughing pretty hard.

    • @potentiallyRealWarrenGraham
      @potentiallyRealWarrenGraham 11 місяців тому +35

      YouRye

    • @SpringStarFangirl
      @SpringStarFangirl 11 місяців тому +25

      @@potentiallyRealWarrenGraham very much an attempt was made

    • @0320hkada
      @0320hkada 11 місяців тому +107

      I mean at least he tries! That can't be said for very many youtubers, a lot of them just guess on the pronunciation and never bother to check, whereas it seems like Matpat usually looks up the pronunciations of words he's unfamilliar with and at least attempts to pronounce it properly.

    • @Bisexualdragon4042
      @Bisexualdragon4042 11 місяців тому +55

      I just know he was listening closely to Google and repeating the words over and over again, only to start over because he heard a local say the word, knew he was saying it wrong, and he started the whole process again.

  • @Ky-kx2hd
    @Ky-kx2hd Рік тому +2171

    As someone who has lived near reservations and heard many Native-American stories, their monsters freak me out more than anything else I've ever heard. It's a lot of work just getting them to talk about the darker stuff - they're so passionate about their beliefs and you can feel it when they speak in reverent tones of the things in the dark... it really makes me wonder sometimes!

    • @Average_Grilledcheese_fan
      @Average_Grilledcheese_fan Рік тому +134

      It's hard to get us to talk about them because its actually not allowed. Saying their names and ( at least in my culture ) writing their names can call them.

    • @Average_Grilledcheese_fan
      @Average_Grilledcheese_fan Рік тому

      @@sinfully.sweet.2548 mine too

    • @makaylabailor1211
      @makaylabailor1211 Рік тому +47

      Agreed. I was always cautioned by my family to never speak such a name outlook and especially not if I was alone at night near any kind of forest. Years later, and here I am still on edge ever hearing it being spoken aloud through a phone screen.

    • @The_Sharktocrab
      @The_Sharktocrab Рік тому +17

      Its because in their belief mentioning the evil things can draw their attention

    • @SingingSealRiana
      @SingingSealRiana Рік тому +9

      the true wendigo is one of very few monsters I find scary!

  • @StrawRabbi
    @StrawRabbi Рік тому +1543

    As a native I'm so happy you did your research. The amount of people that throw around terms like wendigo or skinwalkers for things they don't understand is eye rolling. Every horror channel on UA-cam brings them up but never does any research- so happy you have!

    • @spudsbuchlaw
      @spudsbuchlaw 11 місяців тому +20

      Not native but I am very particular about my religious scholarship, and I too appreciate his research

    • @Sacration
      @Sacration 11 місяців тому +7

      Fr

    • @sapphirewingthefurrycritic985
      @sapphirewingthefurrycritic985 11 місяців тому +10

      I learned about the skinwalker from an episode of Ben 10 . In Ben 10, the Yenaldooshi was described as a werewolf which was half right since skinwalkers are shapeshifters and so were old school werewolves but this version merged the classic movie monster and the yenaldooshi into a hybrid of the two.

    • @22kitten33
      @22kitten33 11 місяців тому +10

      I had done my research into wendigos myself a few years ago, but apparently I managed to miss some stuff cuz I learned new things I didn’t know. Not much, granted, but I didn’t know that the legends say a person can be taken over by more reasons other than just cannibalism. Super interesting, and I love that the theorist team always tries to do as much research about every topic they can.

    • @StrawRabbi
      @StrawRabbi 10 місяців тому +6

      @@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985 I saw that a long time ago and hated it. Mostly 'cause the native female (I'm Navajo and I Believe she was) was just an awful character (personality wise) and was disappointed. But I wasn't really into how they portrayed it. There were a lot of nit picks but since it was a children's cartoon I didn't expect anything.

  • @Theendboss_
    @Theendboss_ 11 місяців тому +415

    “This meets all of our criteria KIDS check POSSESSIONS check” I think this perfectly describes Mat and the editors mental health

    • @mommalion7028
      @mommalion7028 10 місяців тому +4

      This comment deserves so much more love. It’s the funniest line in the whole episode

  • @kharnthebetrayer8251
    @kharnthebetrayer8251 11 місяців тому +287

    I do find it really interesting that these exorcisms... mostly involve, essentially, giving someone some care and attention.
    Clean up the room and ask them what's wrong
    Get them clean and bathed, surrounded by people trying to help them.
    You can really see how these would work, whether its a real spirit possessing them. Or someone suffering some kind of menral breakdown

    • @samuelesanfilippo222
      @samuelesanfilippo222 9 місяців тому +13

      on the topic i remember a story that i think belonged to the islamic folklore, about a woman being unattended by her husband, she made a plan with other people, she would act like a crazy person and when her husband get worried and call a priest to check what's happening they tell him that she was possessed and he has to do some things to drive away the djin, buy jewelry and clothes, good food, treat her well and so on, this kept going for sometime and then she calmed down but he was warned that this happen because of his attitude toward her and the djin may come back again, so solving their marital dispute.
      i likely missed or got wrong some dettails but you get the gist.

    • @Mythical4227
      @Mythical4227 4 дні тому +1

      @@samuelesanfilippo222huh, that’s interesting and surprisingly believable

  • @birbshaveteef
    @birbshaveteef Рік тому +478

    Another thing to note, if you’re ever on a reservation or in the woods by native or sacred land, DO NOT SPEAK THEIR NAMES. To them it would be like you’re trying to get their attention, especially skin walkers. Even talking about them can draw them towards you.

    • @Oleanierum
      @Oleanierum 11 місяців тому +31

      I've heard some people make something that sounds similar like flesh pedestrians or smth
      Is that cool to say or is it anything that alludes to skin walkers

    • @Crow-jo2nq
      @Crow-jo2nq 11 місяців тому +6

      What names would you have to speak? I just need to know what not to say

    • @birbshaveteef
      @birbshaveteef 11 місяців тому +25

      @@Crow-jo2nq don’t say skinwalker or wendigo those are really the main ones, but i don’t like saying the rugaroos name either because they’re shapeshifters as well. Its honestly better to not know about them. Then you don’t have any incentive to speak their names or speak about them.

    • @birbshaveteef
      @birbshaveteef 11 місяців тому +8

      @@Oleanierum as long as you don’t include their actual name you should be ok.

    • @jessevos3986
      @jessevos3986 11 місяців тому +5

      Or don't worry about it, if you don't want to be possessed by fear instead

  • @ShayTheValiant
    @ShayTheValiant Рік тому +7170

    I wonder how many people that were "demonically possessed" actually had undiagnosed mental disorders that were made worse by performing exorcisms on them instead of getting them actual help.

    • @Daggoth65
      @Daggoth65 Рік тому +721

      Nearly all of them

    • @L33Reacts
      @L33Reacts Рік тому +434

      I am the last person you would think who would believe in "possession" but it absolutely exists. A lot of the cases probably are what you say they are. But I promise there are some that are absolutely authentic. You won't fully believe it till you actually experience it but I hope you don't have that experience.

    • @Deppability
      @Deppability Рік тому +518

      If you listen to "actual" Exorcists, they say they test for exactly that first. Some of the indicators of possession that they test for, that can't fall under mental disorders are knowledge that the patient couldn't have and them being able to speak languages they couldn't have learned.

    • @Doorknob15
      @Doorknob15 Рік тому +118

      Saleem witch trials want their money back

    • @alvimc5359
      @alvimc5359 Рік тому +93

      @@Deppability they thought priests will not test that. It is sad how low priests sit on their mind.

  • @arialash1113
    @arialash1113 11 місяців тому +29

    8:01 i loved that. "Our king died and hes hauting us what do we do?"
    "Tell him hes a demi god and he has to go to heaven to rule us."
    "By the heavens that just might work!"

  • @jimmybamboo6892
    @jimmybamboo6892 11 місяців тому +135

    Having a Yurei/Yokai themed Exorcist movie would be really rad. Onmyoji (shinto exorcists) have been very much romanticized and fantasized in modern media. A more grounded, faith-based version without all the magic could be interesting, especially exploring their historical relevance.

  • @Greenwitch69
    @Greenwitch69 Рік тому +187

    I'm so happy he actually got SPONSORED by the movie itself!!! I'm so proud of you mattyboi!!

  • @quanmach3887
    @quanmach3887 Рік тому +238

    I feel like Matpat should do a theory on The Promised Neverland, it would be interesting.

    • @chonkyboi._.
      @chonkyboi._. Рік тому +5

      the anime, what would he even theorize about?

    • @amnahansari-lg9nw
      @amnahansari-lg9nw 11 місяців тому

      That would be cool

    • @crimsonmoonrise9785
      @crimsonmoonrise9785 11 місяців тому

      Even Turning Red was possession and exorcism.

    • @ZainKhan-sn4ps
      @ZainKhan-sn4ps 11 місяців тому +5

      I could see a couple theories there, but the second season was very rushed and didn't come out as good as the first

  • @N1C0K1LLM3PLS
    @N1C0K1LLM3PLS 11 місяців тому +113

    I so love the way MatPat portrays Islam (and religions in general) so respectfully and how almost everything he says is actually true.

    • @CL-fg5ne
      @CL-fg5ne 6 місяців тому +2

      Yeah for real. A lot of UA-camrs insult and joke about Islam and religion in general, but I appreciate that he tried being highly respectful. Sad to see him go now

  • @mauro27279
    @mauro27279 Рік тому +251

    You know matpats on the high life when hes sponsored by LITERAL UNIVERSAL

    • @drcgaming4195
      @drcgaming4195 Рік тому +17

      The amount of money he would've made...

    • @kingdomstorm4205
      @kingdomstorm4205 11 місяців тому

      @@drcgaming4195not just him …don’t forget he sold the company

  • @Average_Grilledcheese_fan
    @Average_Grilledcheese_fan Рік тому +125

    Matpat I just wanna say that im so happy you actually do your research in all your videos :] The way you talk about all of these cultures with respect makes me so happy

  • @TamakiAsher1998
    @TamakiAsher1998 3 місяці тому +3

    Hey, follower of Shintoism here!
    6:59 - If an exorcist movie or series is ever set in Japan, it would be a great representation to see Inari Shrines and their maidens.

  • @primitiveape210
    @primitiveape210 Рік тому +523

    matpat can find lore in anything even if it was a single piece of grass

    • @pathogenposting
      @pathogenposting Рік тому +15

      Is grass REAL?! (THEORY)

    • @nebulaticbee
      @nebulaticbee Рік тому +6

      XD Love this comment section

    • @nebulaticbee
      @nebulaticbee Рік тому +2

      @qrter124 yeah-...

    • @aliza_h
      @aliza_h Рік тому +2

      There's a UA-cam channel called The Grass Man that's pretty fun

    • @pathogenposting
      @pathogenposting 11 місяців тому +4

      @qrter124 Game Theory: You NEED to touch GRASS!

  • @Whysoaphasinstructions
    @Whysoaphasinstructions Рік тому +93

    I love seeing accurate representation of the wendigos here! The wendigo is one of my favorite bits of folklore from where I’m from and it was also nice seeing representation from Japan as someone who’s also Japanese!

  • @aceultraboss
    @aceultraboss Рік тому +118

    We definitely need more monster/ghost movies based on these spirits, I watched “The Weird Origins of The Wendigo” and the story the guy tells us from the 1800’s…
    Yeah…that’s definitely worth it to make a movie about the Wendigo.

  • @Looooore4life
    @Looooore4life 11 місяців тому +11

    I love how chill everyone in the comment's are it feels just really welcoming so thank you everyone for that

  • @andrewwood9684
    @andrewwood9684 10 місяців тому +24

    The analysis of the wendigo makes me realise just how much Until Dawn's team nailed the interpretation of the wendigo in the game

  • @AmayaIsOkay
    @AmayaIsOkay Рік тому +49

    Wow, never expected Matt to cover Cree mythology! As Cree myself, I think he did a pretty good job. I just wish he mentioned how uncomfortable most of us in the culture get when someone uses the name of the creature. I dont expect him to refrain from using it as hes not part of the culture, just wish he at least acknowledged that its a taboo. Otherwise, lovely episode as usual.

    • @Strnds
      @Strnds Рік тому

      If it's ok to ask, if you don't call it by name, how do you refer to it? If not ok to ask, I completely understand

    • @deathmauler181
      @deathmauler181 11 місяців тому

      What is cree?

    • @orchidvity4748
      @orchidvity4748 11 місяців тому

      ​@deathmauler181 a native american group

    • @MissRockabellaHart
      @MissRockabellaHart 8 місяців тому

      ​@@orchidvity4748tribe*

  • @presentlycrescent
    @presentlycrescent Рік тому +17

    The way I CHEERED at the monster reveal
    They are honestly just… some of the most horrifying things. The twisting and devouring of humanity, both your own and others, the inescapable nature of it, how it is driven by desperation and need, the metaphor for how the acts can warp a person, etc.

  • @pricetatum282
    @pricetatum282 11 місяців тому +9

    I appreciate you giving disclaimers at the start of the video and being tactful and respectful about faith and religion instead of just treating it like a joke for entertainment.

  • @DarkRubberDucky
    @DarkRubberDucky 11 місяців тому +76

    I always enjoy hearing religious stories. I'm an atheist, but I believe that humanity as a whole needs faith, and it's fascinating hearing what good and evil looks like in other cultures.

  • @the_godbodor7026
    @the_godbodor7026 Рік тому +47

    Can we get maybe another part or two for this, going over some more possible possession and exorcism processes cause this video was extremely entertaining plus getting to hear about these other cultures like this is extremely fun.

  • @coreymallard6650
    @coreymallard6650 Рік тому +112

    Please do more of these videos!!! I love learning about different cultures’ beliefs surrounding spirits and how they interact with the world in different ways. Whether it be guardian angels, haunting, curses, possession, I love hearing about it. I find it so interesting!!!

    • @CordeliaWagner
      @CordeliaWagner 11 місяців тому

      Educate yourself. There is already enough esoteric bs going around.
      We have to move forward and abolish superstition!

  • @NBAreelsZz
    @NBAreelsZz Рік тому +14

    As a 13 year old who has never watched the exorcist, or any other scary movies, this video scared me a lot

  • @thedoctors666
    @thedoctors666 11 місяців тому +4

    For the record MatPat, the Shaitan is not a type of jin, he is one specific jinn/demon who disopayed god and vowed to lead humans to sin. He is like lucifer, but in Islam we believe He wasn't an Angel, but a jinn that worked with the angels at first. And Plus, all Jinn are said to be Made of spacifically smokeless fire. And also, in islam nothing can come from the underworld, except angels that watch over the souls there.

  • @djcokeisnotreal9810
    @djcokeisnotreal9810 Рік тому +77

    The Wendigo is probably one of my favorite spirit/monsters when it comes to myths and legend's. Thought it's to bad that it's been miss appropriated so much, both in that it changes a group of peoples culture to something very different than what it actually is and that it sucks that the whole deer skull monster we usually see with wendigos is bad,because it looks like a really awesome monster.

    • @jayemover_16
      @jayemover_16 Рік тому +15

      I'm glad Until Dawn gets wendigos right. It's only one game, but it's popular and is a good example of how they should be portrayed (with the usual amounts of artistic license). I'm still waiting on the "grows in proportion to what it eats" thing turning a wendigo into a kaiju equivalent. That would make a good movie.

    • @djcokeisnotreal9810
      @djcokeisnotreal9810 Рік тому +7

      @@jayemover_16 loved how scary they looked in that game, reminds me a bit of that shy guy scp or the rake.

    • @ジハ-u5k
      @ジハ-u5k Рік тому

      i never heard of wendigos until that game, heard its quite accurate which is good@@jayemover_16

    • @SingingSealRiana
      @SingingSealRiana Рік тому +6

      yeah, feel you, there is a reason why tht design caught on that well . . . the truely unforgivable thing though is not changing the monsters appearance, but its essence. Making just a yeti that eats humans out of it destroys what the wendigo is about, kills all the nuance and what makes is so so scary. The deerhead makes kinda sense, its a pray animal so having that hunt you is scaryer for the broken trust in a way just how the wendigo turns your fellow men into a threat you cant easely spot. deception as in calling with a loved ones voice does belong to the wendigos nature after all

    • @0320hkada
      @0320hkada 11 місяців тому +5

      Yeah, I feel like pop culture mixed up the windy boi and the not-deer. It's a shame, because they're both very cool and terrifying creatures, and I don't see hardly anyone talk about the not-deer as they're not very well known outside of the Appalachian mountain region.

  • @the_godbodor7026
    @the_godbodor7026 Рік тому +16

    The idea that future Exorcist could take inspiration from other cultures and their spirits is something that has me extremely excited, especially if they put the effort and make it all extremely faithful and accurate

  • @dinovods3
    @dinovods3 Рік тому +12

    Kids, Possessions... no death...? You've forgotten a key part Matthew!!! 0:35

  • @mackenziesharpless7314
    @mackenziesharpless7314 11 місяців тому +8

    I need a film theory on the movie Talk to Me!! After watching it I have so many questions and Matt is the only one I trust for these answers!! Hoping to see a breakdown on the LOREEEE in this movie as I religiously watch almost every video from each of the theory channels. Can’t wait to see more amazing stuff from y’all !

  • @BL_LOVER666
    @BL_LOVER666 11 місяців тому +10

    I'm a Norse Pagan and Cherokee descendant as somebody who is half Cherokee. I like to say that your research on the wendigo was very good, but Norse mythology also has some demonic entities that would make pretty good final bosses for this franchise. Edit I'm also half Creek, according to my grandmother and she said when she was young they had to deal with a wendigo.

  • @nah.shy0945
    @nah.shy0945 Рік тому +40

    i’m a native american (navajo) and you got the Wendigo explanation amazing!!! I can’t explain a wendigo more perfectly than you

  • @toycamera6112
    @toycamera6112 Рік тому +31

    I think one of the most necessary exorcisms comes from film (and art), itself. ^_^ We need to encounter our demons through the magic circle of cinema in order to integrate them harmlessly into our waking persona. At least, that's one of the reasons I make films.

  • @deadtired19
    @deadtired19 Рік тому +64

    God I love watching Matpat on a cold autumn day

  • @OB_Gaming
    @OB_Gaming 3 місяці тому +2

    Even though he’s retired from being the head of the channel, his memory will always live on. I hope he’ll be able to have a good life with his family and I hope that will all be able to eventually accept the change is something that has to happen change all always happen and nothing will forever be the same not the oxygen in the air nothing, so we need to accept that sometimes people need to stop what they do and I hope that will all be able to accept that he is still living a good life

  • @Shythalia
    @Shythalia 11 місяців тому +8

    So glad a very popular YT channel like yours is educating viewers on what wendigos really are because like you said, people keep misrepresenting them and TikTok is not helping (although TikTok is more obssessed with skinwalkers and they also misrepresent them a lot). I'm not even a Native American.

  • @TheSoullessImmortal
    @TheSoullessImmortal Рік тому +26

    Like I said on your Game Theory, could you also do a Film Theory on Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs? The one about the giant meatball exploding, and the scene where it intakes large amount of water molecules in the atmosphere to create those wave of foods. I’m genuinely curious as to the consequences those two could have on the planet as a whole.

    • @dafilmqueen556
      @dafilmqueen556 Рік тому +7

      My childhood! Ah yes, a theory about Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs would be great. Plus, I can't wait to hear MatPat make jokes about the voice cast (like the fact that Bill Hader, who voiced our beloved Flint Lockwood, is now famous for his role as Barry) and coming out on top with a theory that will be either dark or hopeful..

  • @joliefong8
    @joliefong8 Рік тому +6

    You know, the anime Ghost Hunt is about a group of ghost hunters solving paranormal mysteries that feature a group rooted in science, a person ordained by a catholic church, a monk (buddhist), a shinto priestess, and a medium. This is really cool if you’re interested in this stuff.

  • @Ace_of_the_Chaos_Element
    @Ace_of_the_Chaos_Element 11 місяців тому +5

    I remember reading a story on the wendigo. A woman encountered a wendigo, so in order to survive the encounter she decided to treat the creature as it were her grandparent. Eventually when her brother had gotten back from hunting and he saw the creature his sister pulled him aside and told him her plan. I'm a bit fuzzy on the details after the start, but eventually the wendigo asks the woman to make a sweat lodge and the man to get a constant stream of wood. I don't remember how long the story said it was inside, but eventually an old man emerged from the lodge and coughed out a frozen heart and instructed the girl to toss it in the fireplace. At least I think that how the story went, it's been at least an actual ten years since I last read that story

  • @Prof.Noodle
    @Prof.Noodle Рік тому +15

    8:25 Guys, I have solved furries.

  • @guynamedgrey
    @guynamedgrey Рік тому +23

    i havent watched it yet, yet im still gonna watch the theory video on it. isnt that ironic?

  • @piratemann5098
    @piratemann5098 Рік тому +4

    MatPat: I know which one is going to be the hardest.
    Us viewers: Talking about your feelings 12:55

  • @datbreadman7125
    @datbreadman7125 Рік тому +11

    8:19 guys, we found out how furries came into existence

  • @matthewfredericks25
    @matthewfredericks25 11 місяців тому +7

    4:47 so they're basically chaotic neutral

  • @Whatchyadoinghere
    @Whatchyadoinghere 11 місяців тому +7

    3:57 Finally, we have been mentioned

  • @esper-13
    @esper-13 Рік тому +5

    9:50 so who's going to tell MatPat that concept is used in the anime/manga "Blue Exorcist" 😂

  • @DrownedWick8
    @DrownedWick8 Рік тому +37

    Honestly MatPat going on a ghost hunting trip with Sam and Colby would be really funny because he would be pointing out facts in every. single. place. imaginable.
    Also everyone reading this comment, demons are no joke, so no poking around because doing so can lead to something far beyond our understanding. Something evil.

  • @lalapotsky
    @lalapotsky Рік тому +5

    10:20 did anyone else thought that was cutout matpat or was it just me-

  • @Thatchaoticelf
    @Thatchaoticelf 11 місяців тому +14

    These theory’s have more real life fact than most paranormal investigators in the western world put into their jobs lol well done mat

  • @elihoy5977
    @elihoy5977 Рік тому +2

    The worst demon is the secular one which are just mental heal disorders which must dealt with by showing understanding and patience while taking sometimes years of hard work to overcome.

  • @SomeRandomDutchGuy1
    @SomeRandomDutchGuy1 Рік тому +5

    Small correction about Ifreet. They're not really much more evil than the average Djinn, but just more easy to anger. As spirits of fire and smoke are wanton to be.

  • @psyckwhoever4197
    @psyckwhoever4197 11 місяців тому +7

    I wonder how hard it was for him to tell so much stuff about yokai without mentioning the parallels to yokai watch. I guess there's another episode about it already at 80% completion, just because of the research done for this episode 😜

  • @YuYu_Kami
    @YuYu_Kami Рік тому +9

    I'm really glad Mat did some in depth research on these so people can learn a little bit about it, especially Wendigo. Until Dawn did a surprisingly good job but a lot of other media portrayals focus on what makes for good entertainment instead of accuracy.
    I was just watching Halloween Wars this year, where they used the skeletal figure with antlers to represent the Wendigo. (They also said something about it being part tree?) But when someone made the comment "What is a Wendigo without antlers?" All I could think was "Correct."

    • @Jumpyman_thegamerYT
      @Jumpyman_thegamerYT Рік тому +1

      I heard an interpretation that it looked like a humanoid deer (without antlers) that was rotten and decomposing, that also stood on its hind legs. Is this right or am I wrong?

    • @royal_bloom3925
      @royal_bloom3925 6 місяців тому

      ​@@Jumpyman_thegamerYTHii so if your still wondering about this they are called "Not deer." They smell of rotting flesh and they do stand on their hind legs. If you have any more questions just ask!!

    • @Jumpyman_thegamerYT
      @Jumpyman_thegamerYT 6 місяців тому

      @@royal_bloom3925 Thanks for letting me know! Both the Wendigo and Not Deer are 2 of my favourite cryptids/folklore.

  • @_PandaRed
    @_PandaRed Рік тому +18

    Regarding the Arab exorcism ritual, its very casual in concept but I've been in the room for an exorcism once. It's so much more hectic than you could ever imagine. The "possessed" individual is flailing around and screaming while the exorcist is trying dominate the jinn by reciting the Quran loud enough to be able to be heard over all the screaming. I wish no one has to witness anything like that, especially when it involves loved ones.

  • @josephrosa8970
    @josephrosa8970 11 місяців тому +3

    Film theory, thank you so much for that quick disclaimer on how you were approaching this faith-based topic. I just really appreciate the candor and respect you took a minute to show.

  • @AUSans101
    @AUSans101 Рік тому +39

    It’s always a good day when Matt posts

  • @NekoEcho13
    @NekoEcho13 11 місяців тому +4

    I definitely think you're right. The Wendigo would be an interesting final boss. These movies have so much based around faith/religion that it would be interesting to see one where there's a real world mental disorder equivalent that could be the explanation behind it. You'd be able to watch the film not knowing whether or not the person/people are truly possessed or suffering from a mental disorder. They could even touch on the morality of exorcisms and how they've been used in the past wrongfully/unknowingly, due to lack of knowledge, on people who were suffering from mental illness, just making their issues worse. It'd definitely be an interesting plotline for a story in this universe, while also bring some new things to the table like the new film is with multiple faith's rather than just one.

  • @thatonellamawhoissoobsesse8138

    I really like videos like this where it's more of theorizing a hypothetical instead of trying to spin an outlandish story from the base material

  • @isabelp9169
    @isabelp9169 10 місяців тому +1

    Matpat: “ if you encounter a wendigo in your dreams it can follow you into the real world.”
    Me: “no mom i can’t go to sleep tonight! I will get possessed!”

  • @annematson1992
    @annematson1992 7 місяців тому +1

    MatPat mispronunciation of Afarit and Yurei killed me

  • @SonicForges
    @SonicForges Рік тому +14

    As a Baptist Christian who loves your videos, I'm excited to see how the pastor deals with the demon!

  • @jesusromanpadro3853
    @jesusromanpadro3853 Рік тому +5

    I tried to get some information about the Wendigo a few months ago. You explain it better than many of the things I found.

  • @glitchedcartoonwarsofficial
    @glitchedcartoonwarsofficial 11 місяців тому +4

    9:53 the wendigo

  • @missing_name
    @missing_name 11 місяців тому +2

    I feel vindicated that I wasn’t the only one tired of seeing exorcism done through a Christian/Catholic viewpoint.
    I’m by no means trying to bash it, but I always felt that it would be incredibly interesting to see another religions/culture take on it.

  • @socksbenjelloun5196
    @socksbenjelloun5196 11 місяців тому +2

    this episode was done beautifully, the way islam was covered was amazing!! it’s rare to see islam talked about in a way that doesn’t just spew hatred.

  • @Thewolfartist24
    @Thewolfartist24 11 місяців тому +8

    5:00, Fun Fact, there are more evil jinns than there are good jinns.
    ps I am a muslim, fyi

  • @zacharisincennes8026
    @zacharisincennes8026 Рік тому +5

    I have a theory request. In the Disney Channel original series Recess, there was a feature length motion picture special called Recess School's Out. In it, the main antagonist Dr. Phillium Benedict opted to eliminate summer vacation as we know it by moving the moon with a tractor beam, and sending the Earth into another Ice Age. But can this be done in real life? What would happen if someone tried it?

  • @LukeBroome
    @LukeBroome 11 місяців тому +3

    I think a good idea for a game theory during October would be for Phasmophobia and trying to find the hidden story in the game! Or maybe seeing how many of the ghosts are close to their real life representation

  • @corysawyer5147
    @corysawyer5147 11 місяців тому +2

    I fully respect the disclaimer about religion, you have done more than 99% of entertainment in respecting other beliefs

  • @16Haverson
    @16Haverson Рік тому +1

    I like how I've warched 3 different videos that all somehow talk about jinn/genies without knowing I would.

  • @william.dayring
    @william.dayring 11 місяців тому +4

    Wow, this quickly became one of my fav film theories so far!

  • @TheKlutz31013
    @TheKlutz31013 11 місяців тому +4

    A well researched video. Exorcisms and stuff scare me since I saw a lot of horror movies as a kid but I find religion and folklore so fascinating. Great video!

  • @kylepeters8690
    @kylepeters8690 Рік тому +5

    I'm surprised you didn't get gaijin goombah to come back and help with this video. He's got a whole series on Yokai, but he's also covered dJinn and even the wendigo in the past. Would have been the perfect chance to bring on an old friend

  • @lukewilliams6083
    @lukewilliams6083 11 місяців тому +3

    Matt showing he hasn't watched the actual movies by mispronouncing the main character's name.

  • @masterklaw4527
    @masterklaw4527 Рік тому +2

    Let’s be completely honest. Hearing the demon and/or the possessed person be referred to as “the exorcist” and not the person actually performing the exorcism is the spiritual successor (pardon the pun) to the monster (whose name is Adam) from Mary Shelly’s seminal novel being falsely referred to as “Frankenstein”.

  • @zanivisor
    @zanivisor Рік тому +4

    Wow, the exorcist sponsored film theory. That's got to be an unfathomable feat for the theorists!

  • @beautylove9753
    @beautylove9753 11 місяців тому +3

    As a muslim. You did you work. But. You missed few things: 1_ It takes a strongly religious healer to talk to an entity and to fire it away.
    2- yes. Many of the Jinns attack humans as a revenge from a human who hurt them and yes they just want to be heard.
    3- jinns are dangerous only when they fall in love with a human. They stick to the human and refuse to leave.
    4- most of exorcism sessions have a relation to jealously.
    5- Allah said clearly in Quran. Ppl who use witch craft are no longer muslims. Even if they remained practicing Islam because : you ask help from an entity to hurt humans which means Forbidden . But ppl do it anyway.
    6- Witch craft has few goals: to make you sick and spend the rest of your life in bed with no known sickness. To stop a woman from finding true love and marrying or have children . To stop a person from having any successful business or even finish school. And the most common one is to separate married couple and cause hate and divorce.
    7- exorcism takes a lot of power and it leaves the cursed broken. Physical healing takes time.
    So . Yes. May Allah protect us all.

  • @theblackgoatofthewoods
    @theblackgoatofthewoods Рік тому +1

    There is ONLY one way to deal with people who say they got a demon inside them.
    Punch Punch Punch Punch
    Until they say
    "Ok, Ok! I am an adult! I go back to work! Just stop punching me!"

  • @BiggestPhangirl
    @BiggestPhangirl 11 місяців тому +1

    Back a few thousand years ago, people with epilepsy were considered possessed. Have fun trying to exorcise seizures…

  • @vernahinman8392
    @vernahinman8392 Рік тому +6

    0:50 what’s behind the hair mat pat 🧐(I’m not meaning to be rude I just wanna say something (I think) is funny)

  • @shanedrown599
    @shanedrown599 11 місяців тому +5

    Hey MatPat love the theories they help me get through work and I appreciate all you guys do. But I haven't seen any theories on supernatural, it's one of my favorite TV shows and I'm sure with 15 seasons there's so much you could find to theorize about.

  • @christinecallison3934
    @christinecallison3934 Рік тому +15

    It’s Halloween season! This is perfect!!😁

  • @atlantiadragonwing
    @atlantiadragonwing 9 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for going over these different cultures, I liked learning about them!

  • @emmanuelmadla9921
    @emmanuelmadla9921 11 місяців тому

    "GET OUT OF MY FRIEND GHOST!!"
    *SLAP*
    "THE POWER OF PAIN COMPELS YOU!!"
    *BIG SLAP*

  • @davidzea-smith1417
    @davidzea-smith1417 Рік тому +27

    Universal is taking notes, right?
    Those ideas are the next Exorcist movies right there.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Рік тому +11

    It always a great day when matt posts

  • @BenjaminDolphin
    @BenjaminDolphin 11 місяців тому +10

    2 thoughts came to my head when discussing the Wendigo.
    1, the Wendigo is the equivalent to a real life zombie attack. So you have to blast it to pieces without getting infected by the spirit.
    2, call up the WB studious to get Jensen and Jared to resurrect themselves as the Winchester bros to fight Wendigos like they did in S1E2.
    Those are really the only options.

  • @Dum__Bch
    @Dum__Bch 11 місяців тому +1

    As a muslim, it's wonderful that our religion does the one thing we believe in' peace. Don't hurt the jinns, just let them vent.
    As a japanese, that's hilarious. Yokai and Yurei = Covid

  • @toddhollen
    @toddhollen Рік тому +1

    If you want a movie about someone afraid of becoming a cannibal while becoming a cannibal just watch "Raw". Or "Bones and All."

  • @danielbabb1676
    @danielbabb1676 Рік тому +4

    I think it would have been nice to see Gaijin Goomba explain part of the Japanese segment. It just felt like a good place to see him

  • @Mr12Relic
    @Mr12Relic Рік тому +5

    10:49 "They're gaunt and emaciated, so hungry for human flesh they chew their own lips off."
    Or, like me, they don't get enough sun and have anxiety.

    • @B1_1_9_7_5
      @B1_1_9_7_5 10 місяців тому

      Bodies made of ice sound to me like a frost Giant there are many similarities between the Indian religious beliefs and the Norse mythology

  • @MissSirenita
    @MissSirenita Рік тому +2

    I really hope it’s good. I also love the idea of different demonic entities and that exorcism exists everywhere.

  • @shadowfyst997
    @shadowfyst997 11 місяців тому +2

    9:35 there's a really awesome anime called Mononoke about an exorcist who uses a katana. It's obviously more complicated than that, and it's a *really* trippy show, visually, but definitely worth a watch. It's a spinoff from a different anime called Ayakashi:Samurai Horror Stories(or something like that), where the protagonist of Mononoke (Medicine Seller is his name) appears in one of the arcs of the Ayakashi.

  • @FlameFoxen
    @FlameFoxen Рік тому +20

    Been on a horror kick, exactly what I’ve been waiting for!

  • @lvtv8877
    @lvtv8877 Рік тому +5

    Funny story:
    My 40 year old dad is terrified of the exorcist movie. When he was a kid his older siblings put the movie on there TV when he was a kid. And he's still terrified of everything about this movie.
    One time he was looking through a magazine at a gas station and saw the face of the girl wile she was being pazest in the magazine and he quickly throwe the magazine on the flor.

  • @deadowl833
    @deadowl833 11 місяців тому +4

    You won't be hiding behind your hands. You'll be hiding behind your shame. This movie was a mess. Look, I'm a huge fan of the original , and Blumhouse had some good ideas mixed in here. It was just so poorly done.

  • @RedRobertify
    @RedRobertify 11 місяців тому

    They're NOT besties...they're mortal enemies. Pazuzu was explicitly invoked to violently drive Lamashtu off.

  • @alexkuhn5188
    @alexkuhn5188 11 місяців тому +1

    On the topic of Yokai interestingly some Yokai are created when a Kami becomes corrupted, usually by what they are the Kami of becoming polluted and those particular Yokai can actually be turned back into a Kami. An AMAZING example is in the movie Spirited Away where by washing all the garbage (including a whole bicycle) off of the Stink Spirit it turns back into the dragon like form it had as the Kami of a specific river. As another UA-camr put it: Yokai are unworshipped Kami and Kami are worshipped Yokai, or in other words the only difference between Kami and Yokai is that Kami are worshipped.