This is one of the best horror shorts I've ever seen. Everything, from the design of the characters to the plot is just PERFECT. Mr Bobo looks terryfing. That and uncle saying " he feels like he has a mind of his own" makes you to expect this to be a simple cursed toy-based story,but ohan does it turn out to be much scarier. Another thing I would like to point out is that there are moments where you expect to be a jumpscare, but they just aren't there. Infact, how does a simple horror story work: First you get a set up that gets more and more uneasy, then it culminates into a jumpscare that scares you for a second or two, but what it also does is it brings away ( either partially or fully) the uneasy feeling you had while watching. In this case, however, the uneasyness doesn't go away. It stays with you for a while after watching. And that, in my opinion, is a mark of a true horror masterpiece. P.S. Oh wow, I didn't expect this comment to turn into an essay on how horror films work. Badically, what I wanted to say is " great video, dude. Very spooky"
I think it’s possible they would have Probably internalized abuse probably suffered from the boys grandpa. He grew up and now he has an even more twisted way of “punishing bad kids”
I'll be real, I think the scariest thing about this whole short might just be the aunt. Im serious. It's just so disturbing how she's only seen once in the whole short and then never again. Plus, the fact the narrator mentions her working in the basement with Charles makes it extremely clear by the end, that she was completely involved with the Mr. Bobo thing. Chilling
OK, I'll be honest for a second. When the narrator said that she "worked with Uncle Charles in the basement", it wasn't at all a horror scenario that I had in mind! X)
@@darkimflamos1872 In all fairness who was expecting it? Think almost all of us thought this would’ve just been your typical story about a haunted toy possessed by someone
@@oscarotoole Same, I must even say that at the beginning, I was a little disappointed thinking that it would just be a story about a haunted toy (even if its design is terrifying) so I was happy for the final twist ^^
I find it creepy how the narration stopped after Oliver entered the house. It leans away from the whole 80s kid show aesthetic and into something creepier.
The way, he said, “Uncle Charles” before he wound up in the basement, he sounded so scared and confused, made it seem like this wasn’t just based on something from real life, but that it’s really happening
@@spater2692I think he means being abused as a child leading to as an adult wanting to abuse their child, as a cycle. To break it is to not abuse your child even if you were abused as a child, so hopefully the child goes on to not abuse their children.
@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521its unfortunately very common in different families under the impression its “normal”, but im glad youre able to doubt it, since no one should ever have to experience that
i think my favourite part about this short is the design of Mr. Bobo, he looks so odd and other wordly despite also looking like somthing that would have 100% been allowed to be sold back in the day lmao.
And I like THAT especially. The design. He's not something like Huggy Wuggy who has a generic monster face (Irl he's advertised as the horror mascot so no wonder people buy it, but in the game he's supposed to be a normal toy. Who would buy that!?) This thing however is just a plush. I'm not exactly sure what it is, which is also the trademark of some old toys. The black empty eyes are scary but also common for stuffed animals. The scariest thing about the toy however is its size and long arms which create the effect of just barely resembling a shape of a living animal. I'm pretty sure he's supposed to be a monkey or an ape, hence the long limbs and name "Mr. Bobo". Imo he could be a robot, or Oliver really just had a nightmare. The latter is possible since the monkey didn't do diddly squat to him for the entire night. That is, unless its role isn't to harm others...
Mr friend please make a Version of this video but instead of bobo being a camera it's a fucking terminator and it beats the shit out of Oliver and goes on a rampage
Idk why but this is somehow far better than other horror shorts I’ve seen. All the other ones are like “ooh Mr bobo grows a big mouth with sharp teeth oooooh!!” But this is more grounded which makes it scarier somehow
@@nobodytheowl what you are currently saying does not make any sense. He said that the video went from FNAF 4 to a call to cps, or child protective services in short. You just repeated FNAF 4 twice in your sentence, that is all I'm saying.
@@nicholasmatthewsusanto192 It made sense though. In FNaF, William Afton (the main antagonist) watches and experiments on his youngest son from hidden cameras in his bedroom. He also talks to him through a walkie talkie in his favorite plush toy. That's what the comment was referring to.
When the uncle said him and Oliver's dad use to play with Mr Bobo as kids, it made me realize there could be a generational trauma pattern going on. Like the reason the uncle is doing this could be because him and his brother were also put through the same "Punishments" as Oliver. If they misbehaved or did something wrong, like "hurt" Mr Bobo, they'd be locked in the basement and monitored through the camera until they learn how to act properly. Which is terrifying and adds a lot of extra layer to this whole situation
I like how the dialogue is framed in a way to give several different impressions on how things could have gone, at least when I watched it. The main case for me is the idea that the two weren't actually Oliver's aunt and uncle. The narrator notes how Oliver seems to know where he's going (which gave me a sense of unease), how he hadn't seen his aunt and uncle for years and didn't know if they'd recognize him, and how the uncle only calls "Auntie Pat" by her name after Oliver already called her that name. I love how that was framed, making the actual reveal catch me even more off guard. Great work :)
British stop-motion children’s content like this will always be scary. You took that and somehow made it more uneasy and dark. Crazy you don’t have more people watching this.
They did a good job on the face of the uncle. They made it look exactly like the eternally bored stare some of those types have. Like Dylan Roof for example. They've no interest in the world, in art or beauty. Their entire world is about the 'dance' of taking down prey. There is absolutely nothing going on behind those eyes unless they find what they want: an extremely unbalanced power dynamic. And because they only have themselves as a reference they'd up and tell you "That's how the world works." because they think all people are secretly like them.
with how the grandpa seemed to have started the whole uncle bobo thing it seems more to me that it’s a cycle of abuse type of thing. for the uncle it really is how the world works because he’s mostly had experience with people who were like he ended up
I don't know what's worse, if the real uncle Charles and aunt Pat were killed and replaced by strangers or that they were actually his relatives and this is part of some generational abuse going on.
@@Emma88178I think they just saw the short film by itself and not on whatever night mind was since the shirt is available on TH-cam and has lots of views Also what’s the point of that title correction if it’s basically the same thing like don’t even correct it atp
Dude the twist was fucking insane, I got chills which is so damn rare watching short horror films like these. I scrolled through your channel and your style of animation and horror is great, really brings that childhood fear kinda feels. You deserve more views, I’m subscribing your content is great.
What was the twist exactly? What did he do to him other then chian him up ( not like that’s not bad within itself, why are bounding someone else’s child?) Is there a prequel to this story that I’ve missed. The comments say something about cycle of abuse and whatnot and I’m not seeing it all here, so what happened?
@@outathisworld2130 Pretty much the kid was tossed to hang with his aunt and uncle, they seemed like chill folks only to be recording him for likely creeps or for their own gain I’m assuming sexual (why else why would they be recording him?) and chained him up to abuse him however they decide to do so. The twist was that the trusted adult figures could not be trusted and the stuffed animal wasn’t the antagonist, the true villains were the adults all along.
I love the narration style for the voices and storytelling. It adds a ton of texture to the way this story is presented, like I'm being told a cautionery tale. The animation style is just as spectacular, the frames being mainly still really adds to the uncanniness. Also, this supposed uncle and aunt gave me all kinds of ick. Mr Bobo was already creepy enough, but the idea of the people you're supposed to trust (ie family members) being the ones to invade your privacy and boundaries the most? Eeugh. Incredible work. The unease the moment Oliver became scared of his uncle was unreal.
This may sound weird but this kind of gave me the same feeling as when I read the original Pinocchio story for the first time. Just the prospect of a young boy being put through traumatic situations just because he was ‘bad’. Also the hanging. That’s one of my favorite books so I liked this a lot, how it’s not just scary monsters, but more real and grounded and messed up.. idk, this is a good short horror film.
Shocking enough, I feel like the uncle learned from his dad alongside Oliver's dad that was a abusive grandpa, to the point of spying, but the twist and horror was so good, even how you said it calm and not in a tone like "OOH SO SCARY" is a chef kiss (1:ty for 100 Likes!:3
This reminds me of The Kid with the Camera in the sense that it seems like supernatural horror, but in reality, it almost seems like a psa for children meeting dangerous people.
I like how the horror of the animation isn't like, actual monsters and demons. it's just an abuser man/woman/couple that hunts the main character kid. Nice job!
LOVE the kid with the camera inspiration, and genually, I love that this one has more of a "human" horror, you probably already heard, but I like the use of generally supernatural horror tropes you weaponized for the twist, it hits a lot more when you realize its a camera. my only real suggestion would be maybe you coulda integrated the static of the old film as part of the reveal. like when you realize that bobo is a camera, the VCR thing goes away, idk. But good job man. just smart, also love that they keep the uncle's true motivations still otherwise secret, although you could probably get some ideas.
5:45, it says "CAM 6" so I guess that there are other hidden cameras around Oliver's room or the house. The fact that the aunt and uncle were "working" but they still knew what Oliver was doing is giving out the fact that they were probably fake working and were actually looking at the cameras, or the work they were doing could've been looking at cameras or fixing them to a point where they saw Oliver with Mr. Bobo and what scares me the most is that he went to the uncles house by his self on a bus without any adult. Great story, when you think that theres gonna be a jumpscare there isn't, just how a simple horror story works.
I’m going to assume that uncle and his brother grown up in an abusive household And I am going to theorize it was more than child abuse I can’t say it here but you can guess what I’m thinking
@@EarthwormShandy basically I think the Uncle is a child M🤬lester along with the dad who m🤬lested him and the brother but that just me reading probably too hard into it😅 Could be just child abuse
The boys dad? No, why would he. He sends him out there where he has no signs of trauma, just so he can abuse him with his brother. It’s definitely possible, but it’s just be the uncle.
This short really hit home to me, as I’ve gone through something similar involving a family member. For some reason, watching this and reading the comments comforted me, because I know that there are people that DO care and know what it’s like, contrary to how I felt before about my situation. This was great, keep doing what you’re doing Mr.Friend :] (sorry if this makes no sense, i’m not good at putting my thoughts into words)
@@KingPicoFNF it’s a very complicated situation, but tldr the police here can’t do anything about the situation because it happened outside of the country, but thank you so much for your concern and tip, it means a lot! :)
My head cannon is that the uncle and aunt went on to claim that Oliver never showed up at the house, and so his parents and the police were sent on a wild goose chase for the abductors who were, in reality, right under their nose.
Damn, the way this all played out is far more disturbing and chilling than any story about posessed stuffed animals, totally thought Mr. Bobo was actually posessed. Sometimes reality is scarier than fiction... It doesn't sink in until after the camera is discovered and the uncle is standing at the doorway that the sickening feeling of dread sets in for what presumably is about to take place... The absolute dread lingers with you long after it ends.
I think what happened is that the aunt and uncle have a sick fetish and the uncle probably got it from his dad The dad became stronger while the uncle internalized the abuse and made an even sicker way of punishing bad kids as a self loathing kind of tactic I believe he sexually assaulted the boy and then dragged him into the basement to film his torment further.
Look, all I'm saying is that maybe there was a reason Oliver's parents hadn't allowed him to go to his Aunt and Uncle's for 4 years. Or worse, maybe there was a reason his parents didn't go with him.
One detail I love is that "Uncle Charles" never volunteers any information, just confirms what Oliver thinks. It's unknown if that even _is_ his aunt and uncle, and I think that's the creepiest part
A possible explanation or basically what happened: A young eight year old named Oliver takes a visit to his uncle and aunt after getting dropped off by a public bus, only he went to visit them alone. Once shown his room, Oliver first notices Mr.Bobo, a lanky life-size rat plushie. His uncle told him that he and his brother used to play with him thinking at times he had an actual mind. During night time, Oliver is tucked in bed, Mr. Bobo is missing from the same place he was sitting at, but goes to sleep saying he isn’t real. Mr. Bobo stalks him in his sleep, Oliver wakes up the next morning playing with his truck to notice Mr. Bobo on the drawers again. Oliver throws his toy truck at him but apologizes, stopping for a bit to see a glowing red light in the plushie rat’s beaded eye. He takes the eye off to reveal a camera, his uncle enters the room to see them and closes the door behind him. Soon, Oliver is chained by his hands on a wall, his shirt seemingly taken off, while Mr. Bobo stares at him on a chair with the toy truck on the floor.
this and the kid with the camara are scary...becuse at first it seems as if its a other worldly creature. but in the end...its realistic...its human...its...its something that could possibly happen and probably has happened. this is horror...not the stuff you can't imagine...its the stuff you can. the man made horrors
This got shared on an analog horror subreddit, and I must say that this looks very good to me off the jump. It reminds me a lot of The Kid and The Camera with the clay figures and British narration.
Freaking loved this, man! Setting it up as mascot horror, only to reveal that the “mascot” was never the true monster, or even its own character! Now THAT was a refreshing and frightening twist!
After I finished this. I, for some reason, felt underwhelmed. It just didn’t give me the same eerie feeling as The Kid and The Camera. I closed the video out and went about my day. However, at night, I just couldn’t stop thinking about it. I then had a dream about it that scared the living hell out of me. Woke up in the middle of that dream and refused to open my eyes, afraid of seeing Mr. Bobo, because I was half a sleep. Thought about it more when I woke up in the morning and now, days later, I am back rewatching the video for a 2nd time. I guess it didn’t give me the same feeling as The Kid and The Camera, but it gave me a different feeling with the same effect. Good job 😭
I thought it would be that the actual aunt and uncle had moved away and no one knew yet, and these people weren’t really related to Oliver’s family. Then I thought Mr Bobo would be evil. It turned out the aunt and uncle were his actual relatives and unfortunately terrible people.
News Report aftermath: News reporter (Heather Jones) : Little Oliver was suddenly put into the hospital after his parents founds bruises and cuff marks on his body. This was so sudden just after he got back from his aunt and uncle ‘who was currently suspects of this awful abuse’. *update handed to her* This just in. The aunt and uncle were taken for questioning what happened. The uncle claimed that Mr. Bobo hurt him after one misbehaved move. The father commented; “Mr. Bobo was a stuff animal he and I played as children. There is no way he could do that. He and I once thought he had a mind of his own.” The police looked around the house and they were stunned to see a basement looking like a dungeon. Needless to say this Mr. Bobo is nono. The uncle was transported to the local asylum after claiming Mr. Bobo did it 16 times. If you have some info about this, contact the police. This is Heather Jones. Stay tune for the local weather report.
Bro Oliver’s voice saying “uncle Charles?” At 6:23 had me in tears and now he’s probably very confused why his uncle chained his arms and left him hanging in the basement to die alone :(
This was incredible. I was going into this thinking. It was going to be another kid in the camera knock off or whatever it’s pronounced, and I was pleasantly surprised that it isn’t. The twist with Charles is heartbreaking because of the realism in it. Analog horror such as urban spook use the topic of being abducted and horrible things to them in a horrible way It’s just made for you not only did you blur out but you didn’t. Oh my God this kid got stabbed 185 times that’s what is scary You perfectly Handled it maturely The scary part is the realism and not the fact that it’s disturbing subject matter well done. I’m definitely gonna come back to theses
This had to have been made by the same genius behind the kid and the camera right? If not then wow! Whoever made this did a great job adding that same animation and horror theme into this
I think if it ended when he closed the door, it would have been more impactful. Leaving it up to the imagination will always lead to a darker and more twisted outcome than you could ever come up with. Overall a really good short film.
This is a video that leaves you with far more questions than answers in a good way. Were these two really Oliver’s aunt and uncle? Why wasn't he allowed to see them for four years? Did something bad happen the last time he saw them that Oliver doesn't remember? If so, why are his parents letting him back there on his own now? Does the grandpa have anything to do with this? So many questions and its a feat that it makes me curious instead of frustrated as some stories like these do. All in all, great video!
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This is one of the best horror shorts I've ever seen. Everything, from the design of the characters to the plot is just PERFECT. Mr Bobo looks terryfing. That and uncle saying " he feels like he has a mind of his own" makes you to expect this to be a simple cursed toy-based story,but ohan does it turn out to be much scarier.
Another thing I would like to point out is that there are moments where you expect to be a jumpscare, but they just aren't there. Infact, how does a simple horror story work:
First you get a set up that gets more and more uneasy, then it culminates into a jumpscare that scares you for a second or two, but what it also does is it brings away ( either partially or fully) the uneasy feeling you had while watching.
In this case, however, the uneasyness doesn't go away. It stays with you for a while after watching. And that, in my opinion, is a mark of a true horror masterpiece.
P.S. Oh wow, I didn't expect this comment to turn into an essay on how horror films work. Badically, what I wanted to say is " great video, dude. Very spooky"
I appreciate your analysis of the film. Thank you!
Hi :3 @@mrfriendhorror
I really liked your video and the one of the gum guy or something... If you want to collab, i'm free for collabs too
@@Contenidounderrated bruh why did you respond to a 3 month old comment
holy yappingtons.
999th like!
5:45 I love how the screen says CAM 6, implying there are probably other cameras that he hasn’t found
Seriously. These types of things could happen to anyone, especially a kid
There was no way this wouldn't have ended the same way, regardless of Oliver's actions.
They didn’t just want to watch a boy innocently sleep.
Well they would have had the basement properly prepared for him if he wasn't so nosey
I think it’s possible they would have
Probably internalized abuse probably suffered from the boys grandpa.
He grew up and now he has an even more twisted way of “punishing bad kids”
The fact that the aunt and uncle were "working" in the basement even before Oliver discovered the camera pretty much confirms it
pls reply is oliver d**d or was just punished??@@wellyesiamfabulous223
@@KoltenNguyen when was the grandma mentioned?
The way the aunt stood in the doorway looming over the boy with her eyes staring him down...
It was kinda hot, ngl/j (The aunt, NOT the child involved.)
@@pinkartist8692digital footprint
@@pinkartist8692You’re a loser
I’m so lost were is that scene😭
@@braedynlopez9562i think hes talking about 1:12
I'll be real, I think the scariest thing about this whole short might just be the aunt. Im serious. It's just so disturbing how she's only seen once in the whole short and then never again. Plus, the fact the narrator mentions her working in the basement with Charles makes it extremely clear by the end, that she was completely involved with the Mr. Bobo thing. Chilling
OK, I'll be honest for a second. When the narrator said that she "worked with Uncle Charles in the basement", it wasn't at all a horror scenario that I had in mind! X)
@@darkimflamos1872 In all fairness who was expecting it? Think almost all of us thought this would’ve just been your typical story about a haunted toy possessed by someone
@@oscarotoole Same, I must even say that at the beginning, I was a little disappointed thinking that it would just be a story about a haunted toy (even if its design is terrifying) so I was happy for the final twist ^^
She made walnut cookies though
@@Lasagnaman901yeah, I'd love the recipe.
I find it creepy how the narration stopped after Oliver entered the house. It leans away from the whole 80s kid show aesthetic and into something creepier.
More like...early 00s..
They didn't let him in
4:29
They didn’t let bro in😭😭
Well, maybe also because they needed the narrator to do the dad's voice? Idrk
The way, he said, “Uncle Charles” before he wound up in the basement, he sounded so scared and confused, made it seem like this wasn’t just based on something from real life, but that it’s really happening
Seriously, this could happen go anyone or any kid. It's scary
I agree. That confused little 'uncle charles?' just makes everything worse in the end...
It's crazy because Oliver fantasy of thinking the doll might be real or not was met with a much worse reality that his uncle was the monster.
Can someone explain to me what the uncle did was it SA or Just torture
@@L1pby I think the short leaves it to your imagination on purpose, although I think it's unfortunately the first one...
Uncle couldn't break the cycle of abuse apparently.
Cycle of abuse?
Yeah he said "me and your dad loved this toy" i think same happened to the unc and yk the abused becomes the abuser@@spater2692
@@spater2692I think he means being abused as a child leading to as an adult wanting to abuse their child, as a cycle. To break it is to not abuse your child even if you were abused as a child, so hopefully the child goes on to not abuse their children.
@@vaderkid does such a cycle exist.
If I was abused, why would it want to abuse my child.
@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521its unfortunately very common in different families under the impression its “normal”, but im glad youre able to doubt it, since no one should ever have to experience that
i think my favourite part about this short is the design of Mr. Bobo, he looks so odd and other wordly despite also looking like somthing that would have 100% been allowed to be sold back in the day lmao.
And I like THAT especially. The design.
He's not something like Huggy Wuggy who has a generic monster face (Irl he's advertised as the horror mascot so no wonder people buy it, but in the game he's supposed to be a normal toy. Who would buy that!?)
This thing however is just a plush. I'm not exactly sure what it is, which is also the trademark of some old toys.
The black empty eyes are scary but also common for stuffed animals. The scariest thing about the toy however is its size and long arms which create the effect of just barely resembling a shape of a living animal.
I'm pretty sure he's supposed to be a monkey or an ape, hence the long limbs and name "Mr. Bobo".
Imo he could be a robot, or Oliver really just had a nightmare. The latter is possible since the monkey didn't do diddly squat to him for the entire night. That is, unless its role isn't to harm others...
I agree, the combination of unfamiliarity and nostalgia is really effective
5:33 I thought the camera was a cyborg eye and he was about to spring up like the Terminator
I should have gone with that
@@mrfriendhorror just give him a leather jacket, sunglasses and an 1887 Winchester and you’ll be all set 😂
@@cashverhil4883lol😂😂😂😂
lmao i literally said “skynet is now online” in my head when i saw that 💀
Mr friend please make a Version of this video but instead of bobo being a camera it's a fucking terminator and it beats the shit out of Oliver and goes on a rampage
Idk why but this is somehow far better than other horror shorts I’ve seen. All the other ones are like “ooh Mr bobo grows a big mouth with sharp teeth oooooh!!” But this is more grounded which makes it scarier somehow
Thanks! I wanted something not outside the realm of possibility (with this story at least)
@@mrfriendhorror that’s why your the best horror short creator I’ve seen glad you actually made me feel scared
If you think this is scary you should watch The Kid and The Camera, this is definitely inspired by it
@@sprite-consumer7677 loved that one
Not really from what I seen but yeah this is really good
This went from being fnaf 4 to being a call to cps
If you know anything about the lore of FNaF this basically just went from being FNaF 4 to,, being FNaF 4.
@@nobodytheowl what you are currently saying does not make any sense. He said that the video went from FNAF 4 to a call to cps, or child protective services in short. You just repeated FNAF 4 twice in your sentence, that is all I'm saying.
@@nicholasmatthewsusanto192 It made sense though.
In FNaF, William Afton (the main antagonist) watches and experiments on his youngest son from hidden cameras in his bedroom. He also talks to him through a walkie talkie in his favorite plush toy. That's what the comment was referring to.
@@myst1que_mach1ne Whoops, guess I didn't catch the point😅
@Nicholas how do you know op is a he? (Usernames and avatar don't always have to match users gender) they/them pronouns need to be used more.
When the uncle said him and Oliver's dad use to play with Mr Bobo as kids, it made me realize there could be a generational trauma pattern going on.
Like the reason the uncle is doing this could be because him and his brother were also put through the same "Punishments" as Oliver. If they misbehaved or did something wrong, like "hurt" Mr Bobo, they'd be locked in the basement and monitored through the camera until they learn how to act properly.
Which is terrifying and adds a lot of extra layer to this whole situation
An interesting take. I like it
Like it from a storytelling perspective of course. It's an abhorrent situation in real life 😅
@@mrfriendhorrorOh definitely, no one in real life should have to go through these things. But I'm happy you like the concept for writing reasons! ^^
hurt people hurt people
Is it abuse or sexual abuse occurring in this short film.
I like how the dialogue is framed in a way to give several different impressions on how things could have gone, at least when I watched it.
The main case for me is the idea that the two weren't actually Oliver's aunt and uncle. The narrator notes how Oliver seems to know where he's going (which gave me a sense of unease), how he hadn't seen his aunt and uncle for years and didn't know if they'd recognize him, and how the uncle only calls "Auntie Pat" by her name after Oliver already called her that name.
I love how that was framed, making the actual reveal catch me even more off guard. Great work :)
British stop-motion children’s content like this will always be scary. You took that and somehow made it more uneasy and dark. Crazy you don’t have more people watching this.
Is it British though? He gets off the bus on the right side. British bus front exits are on the left.
Bobo's first appearance onscreen made me jump so hard, good lord
How? 😂😂
My first reaction to Bobo was
"Oh hell naw!"
They did a good job on the face of the uncle. They made it look exactly like the eternally bored stare some of those types have. Like Dylan Roof for example. They've no interest in the world, in art or beauty. Their entire world is about the 'dance' of taking down prey. There is absolutely nothing going on behind those eyes unless they find what they want: an extremely unbalanced power dynamic. And because they only have themselves as a reference they'd up and tell you "That's how the world works." because they think all people are secretly like them.
with how the grandpa seemed to have started the whole uncle bobo thing it seems more to me that it’s a cycle of abuse type of thing. for the uncle it really is how the world works because he’s mostly had experience with people who were like he ended up
I don't know what's worse, if the real uncle Charles and aunt Pat were killed and replaced by strangers or that they were actually his relatives and this is part of some generational abuse going on.
Really nice work.
I assume “The Boy and the Camera” played some inspiration? It definitely has that kind of feel to it and utilizes similar elements.
Thanks! Yeah, I've always found claymation kind of freaky and that video was incredible
@@mrfriendhorrordude I’m trying to make my own Anolog horror can you give me any tips? (Also the narrator voice was amazing)
@@mrfriendhorrori thought that you must had been inspired by that short
You can thank Night Mind for the premiere of that short film. Which I take you’re a fan? Also the name was “The Kid and the Camera”.
@@Emma88178I think they just saw the short film by itself and not on whatever night mind was since the shirt is available on TH-cam and has lots of views
Also what’s the point of that title correction if it’s basically the same thing like don’t even correct it atp
The fact that this gem hasn’t broken 1k views is crazy. You deserve a million.
Appreciated!
That was significantly scarier than I thought it was going to be. Super natural toys are spoopy ... This is actually disturbing and spine chilling.
Dude the twist was fucking insane, I got chills which is so damn rare watching short horror films like these. I scrolled through your channel and your style of animation and horror is great, really brings that childhood fear kinda feels. You deserve more views, I’m subscribing your content is great.
Appreciate that, thanks man!
@@mrfriendhorror Yeah dude I mean it your videos are awesome
What was the twist exactly? What did he do to him other then chian him up ( not like that’s not bad within itself, why are bounding someone else’s child?)
Is there a prequel to this story that I’ve missed. The comments say something about cycle of abuse and whatnot and I’m not seeing it all here, so what happened?
@@outathisworld2130 Pretty much the kid was tossed to hang with his aunt and uncle, they seemed like chill folks only to be recording him for likely creeps or for their own gain I’m assuming sexual (why else why would they be recording him?) and chained him up to abuse him however they decide to do so. The twist was that the trusted adult figures could not be trusted and the stuffed animal wasn’t the antagonist, the true villains were the adults all along.
@@MaggotfilledFlesh oh cool
This is very reminiscent of that other short horror film called The Kid and the Camera. It has the same kid-like animation style and everything.
Thank you! I couldn't remember the name of that video, at first I had to scroll through all the videos, cause I thought it was the same creator.
Yes! For an instant, I thought there were related haha!
@@tarwater27 Tbh, I almost forgot myself. I edited my comment several times as a result until I remembered.
Thank you for noticing too
Thank you for noticing too
the moment the narrator (who was usually directly talking to the audience) was muffled behind the door, my eyes actually widened
You have officially made me feel bad for this character like he’s only eight
I don't think many people mention that the lack of music just makes this short so creepy the whole way through.
I love the narration style for the voices and storytelling. It adds a ton of texture to the way this story is presented, like I'm being told a cautionery tale. The animation style is just as spectacular, the frames being mainly still really adds to the uncanniness.
Also, this supposed uncle and aunt gave me all kinds of ick. Mr Bobo was already creepy enough, but the idea of the people you're supposed to trust (ie family members) being the ones to invade your privacy and boundaries the most? Eeugh. Incredible work. The unease the moment Oliver became scared of his uncle was unreal.
This may sound weird but this kind of gave me the same feeling as when I read the original Pinocchio story for the first time. Just the prospect of a young boy being put through traumatic situations just because he was ‘bad’. Also the hanging. That’s one of my favorite books so I liked this a lot, how it’s not just scary monsters, but more real and grounded and messed up.. idk, this is a good short horror film.
Shocking enough, I feel like the uncle learned from his dad alongside Oliver's dad that was a abusive grandpa, to the point of spying, but the twist and horror was so good, even how you said it calm and not in a tone like "OOH SO SCARY" is a chef kiss
(1:ty for 100 Likes!:3
But the kid's dad was probably decent enough
@@jackislegitterrified3689 To be fair maybe, Oliver did seem like a good kid
You did amazing job with the narration as always! Nice seeing ya collab with other people 🤙🔥
This wasn't a collab, but thank you!
This reminds me of The Kid with the Camera in the sense that it seems like supernatural horror, but in reality, it almost seems like a psa for children meeting dangerous people.
This one isn’t meeting new people, it’s danger from people around you
As in family
I like how the horror of the animation isn't like, actual monsters and demons. it's just an abuser man/woman/couple that hunts the main character kid. Nice job!
I love how the whole thing is a slide show and then suddenly Mr Bobos shadow is fully animated.
I love the camera POV that says “cam 6” just implying it’s not the only camera absolutely bone chilling
LOVE the kid with the camera inspiration, and genually, I love that this one has more of a "human" horror, you probably already heard, but I like the use of generally supernatural horror tropes you weaponized for the twist, it hits a lot more when you realize its a camera. my only real suggestion would be maybe you coulda integrated the static of the old film as part of the reveal. like when you realize that bobo is a camera, the VCR thing goes away, idk. But good job man. just smart, also love that they keep the uncle's true motivations still otherwise secret, although you could probably get some ideas.
5:45, it says "CAM 6" so I guess that there are other hidden cameras around Oliver's room or the house. The fact that the aunt and uncle were "working" but they still knew what Oliver was doing is giving out the fact that they were probably fake working and were actually looking at the cameras, or the work they were doing could've been looking at cameras or fixing them to a point where they saw Oliver with Mr. Bobo and what scares me the most is that he went to the uncles house by his self on a bus without any adult. Great story, when you think that theres gonna be a jumpscare there isn't, just how a simple horror story works.
I’m going to assume that uncle and his brother grown up in an abusive household
And I am going to theorize it was more than child abuse I can’t say it here but you can guess what I’m thinking
No, I can't. Explain.
@@EarthwormShandy basically I think the Uncle is a child M🤬lester along with the dad who m🤬lested him and the brother but that just me reading probably too hard into it😅
Could be just child abuse
The boys dad?
No, why would he. He sends him out there where he has no signs of trauma, just so he can abuse him with his brother.
It’s definitely possible, but it’s just be the uncle.
@@Kumo5980Thats child abuse, bro.
@@Kumo5980 Why did you censor out a word
the fact that at 0:44 you can see two body bags in the backyard, possibly the real aunt and uncle
No, they are the real aunt and uncle. This isn’t paranormal its realistic.
This short really hit home to me, as I’ve gone through something similar involving a family member. For some reason, watching this and reading the comments comforted me, because I know that there are people that DO care and know what it’s like, contrary to how I felt before about my situation. This was great, keep doing what you’re doing Mr.Friend :] (sorry if this makes no sense, i’m not good at putting my thoughts into words)
It's awful that you were put in a similar situation. How are you doing today?
@@astrellax11 im doing pretty good now ty for asking!! it was hard to get over but i was able to :]]
@@sunofthejester so sorry about that
@@sunofthejester should have call the police nobody in your family member should touch you except the one who birth you
@@KingPicoFNF it’s a very complicated situation, but tldr the police here can’t do anything about the situation because it happened outside of the country, but thank you so much for your concern and tip, it means a lot! :)
This dark turn this took threw me for a loop. I need more content.
Bro is cooking
Cooking what?
Cooking the vids
My head cannon is that the uncle and aunt went on to claim that Oliver never showed up at the house, and so his parents and the police were sent on a wild goose chase for the abductors who were, in reality, right under their nose.
Damn, the way this all played out is far more disturbing and chilling than any story about posessed stuffed animals, totally thought Mr. Bobo was actually posessed. Sometimes reality is scarier than fiction... It doesn't sink in until after the camera is discovered and the uncle is standing at the doorway that the sickening feeling of dread sets in for what presumably is about to take place... The absolute dread lingers with you long after it ends.
CoryXkenshin would have loved this on spooky scary Sunday :(
I think what happened is that the aunt and uncle have a sick fetish and the uncle probably got it from his dad
The dad became stronger while the uncle internalized the abuse and made an even sicker way of punishing bad kids as a self loathing kind of tactic
I believe he sexually assaulted the boy and then dragged him into the basement to film his torment further.
What makes this great is it's so realistic. This could actually happen
Look, all I'm saying is that maybe there was a reason Oliver's parents hadn't allowed him to go to his Aunt and Uncle's for 4 years.
Or worse, maybe there was a reason his parents didn't go with him.
oliver's parents wanted to get rid of his ass lol they knew damn well his uncle was sketch
This is very unsettling great job! Its crazy this hasnt breached 1k views. You need more attention
Kind of you to say, thanks!
One detail I love is that "Uncle Charles" never volunteers any information, just confirms what Oliver thinks. It's unknown if that even _is_ his aunt and uncle, and I think that's the creepiest part
I thought SO too. But he says "your aunt and i"before Oliver called them that, SO i think they really we're his family
It's pretty irresponsible of the parents to let their eight-year-old son ride a bus to visit his uncle and aunt.
A possible explanation or basically what happened:
A young eight year old named Oliver takes a visit to his uncle and aunt after getting dropped off by a public bus, only he went to visit them alone. Once shown his room, Oliver first notices Mr.Bobo, a lanky life-size rat plushie. His uncle told him that he and his brother used to play with him thinking at times he had an actual mind. During night time, Oliver is tucked in bed, Mr. Bobo is missing from the same place he was sitting at, but goes to sleep saying he isn’t real. Mr. Bobo stalks him in his sleep, Oliver wakes up the next morning playing with his truck to notice Mr. Bobo on the drawers again. Oliver throws his toy truck at him but apologizes, stopping for a bit to see a glowing red light in the plushie rat’s beaded eye. He takes the eye off to reveal a camera, his uncle enters the room to see them and closes the door behind him.
Soon, Oliver is chained by his hands on a wall, his shirt seemingly taken off, while Mr. Bobo stares at him on a chair with the toy truck on the floor.
S*xual abuse?
Dude that’s no a explanation, you literally just resume the video
@@fabiolalara1874 you mean a summary? resume means continue.
@@PadLocky_v2what was the point of this comment?
this is genuinely a rare really good twist ending in any horror content ive ever seen
It’s funny how “mr.bobo” sits there like golden Freddy
this and the kid with the camara are scary...becuse at first it seems as if its a other worldly creature. but in the end...its realistic...its human...its...its something that could possibly happen and probably has happened.
this is horror...not the stuff you can't imagine...its the stuff you can. the man made horrors
4:28
"Oliver spent the day playing with his favorite toy, *while his aunt and uncle worked in the basement*"
That doesn't sound suspicious at all.
Oliver punt him its a toy😂nvm the uncle was the problem......
This got shared on an analog horror subreddit, and I must say that this looks very good to me off the jump.
It reminds me a lot of The Kid and The Camera with the clay figures and British narration.
"stop that oliver you're not 7 anymore" got me dying 😂
Freaking loved this, man! Setting it up as mascot horror, only to reveal that the “mascot” was never the true monster, or even its own character! Now THAT was a refreshing and frightening twist!
That was amazing. It did a complete 180 with what I thought was going to happen.
Glad you liked it!
After I finished this. I, for some reason, felt underwhelmed. It just didn’t give me the same eerie feeling as The Kid and The Camera. I closed the video out and went about my day.
However, at night, I just couldn’t stop thinking about it. I then had a dream about it that scared the living hell out of me. Woke up in the middle of that dream and refused to open my eyes, afraid of seeing Mr. Bobo, because I was half a sleep. Thought about it more when I woke up in the morning and now, days later, I am back rewatching the video for a 2nd time. I guess it didn’t give me the same feeling as The Kid and The Camera, but it gave me a different feeling with the same effect. Good job 😭
How did I not see this until now?! This is amazing! X3
I thought it would be that the actual aunt and uncle had moved away and no one knew yet, and these people weren’t really related to Oliver’s family. Then I thought Mr Bobo would be evil. It turned out the aunt and uncle were his actual relatives and unfortunately terrible people.
News Report aftermath:
News reporter (Heather Jones) : Little Oliver was suddenly put into the hospital after his parents founds bruises and cuff marks on his body. This was so sudden just after he got back from his aunt and uncle ‘who was currently suspects of this awful abuse’.
*update handed to her* This just in. The aunt and uncle were taken for questioning what happened. The uncle claimed that Mr. Bobo hurt him after one misbehaved move.
The father commented; “Mr. Bobo was a stuff animal he and I played as children. There is no way he could do that. He and I once thought he had a mind of his own.”
The police looked around the house and they were stunned to see a basement looking like a dungeon. Needless to say this Mr. Bobo is nono.
The uncle was transported to the local asylum after claiming Mr. Bobo did it 16 times.
If you have some info about this, contact the police.
This is Heather Jones. Stay tune for the local weather report.
Bro Oliver’s voice saying “uncle Charles?” At 6:23 had me in tears and now he’s probably very confused why his uncle chained his arms and left him hanging in the basement to die alone :(
There’s another video made by this guy that shows Oliver was just locked up for a day and survived.
What I've recently learned from horror: Don't sends your kids off alone to a relative's house if you haven't seen that relative in a while.
When “mr bo bo” was standing upright it reminded me of mr Hopp’s playhouse
Great twist! I legit thought it was leaning towards the supernatural, but it was grounded with the uncle being creepy.
This was incredible. I was going into this thinking. It was going to be another kid in the camera knock off or whatever it’s pronounced, and I was pleasantly surprised that it isn’t. The twist with Charles is heartbreaking because of the realism in it. Analog horror such as urban spook use the topic of being abducted and horrible things to them in a horrible way
It’s just made for you not only did you blur out but you didn’t. Oh my God this kid got stabbed 185 times that’s what is scary
You perfectly Handled it maturely The scary part is the realism and not the fact that it’s disturbing subject matter well done. I’m definitely gonna come back to theses
Thanks! I'm glad it was better than you were anticipating
@@mrfriendhorror yeah It was truly awesome
5:09 bro is NOT Walter White 💀
This had to have been made by the same genius behind the kid and the camera right? If not then wow! Whoever made this did a great job adding that same animation and horror theme into this
this short is the first thing I watched after waking up from a nap. 10/10, it enhanced the experience even more.
Have a wonderful rest of your day
I'm getting the "kid and the camera" vibes from this, great job!
My joke aside the realistic horror abput is is what twists my guts. Great job
One of the best analog horror shorts ngl, the part where 3:47 Bobo’s shadow can be seen moving creeped me out, and also, who is watching Oliver?
I think if it ended when he closed the door, it would have been more impactful. Leaving it up to the imagination will always lead to a darker and more twisted outcome than you could ever come up with. Overall a really good short film.
I’m thought that Oliver would be trapped there forever but no, he’s just trapped there until he acts good again
“That’s Mr booboo,” what the frock is a Mr boo-boo
mr bobo sold me fent outside walmart
The scariest monsters are the ones you've already seen, but haven't realized ARE
this was a crazy twist! i feel so bad for the boy. I wonder if the aunt is also working with the uncle too. its sick
Damn, what this implies is so messed up, the aunt is freaky too!!!
this is a genuine good story, but im really confused! can someone explain the context?
I love this video, It doesn't have cheap jumpscares and low quality old tv screen filters😄
This kinda has the same feel as “The Kid and The Camera” 😅 I love it
first time a youtube video has given me chills up my spine. holy crap. this is phenomenal work.
2:00 you can see the texture of the wall is the same as the backrooms wall textures. Cool right?
I'm definitely getting The Boy And His Camera vibes.
This is a video that leaves you with far more questions than answers in a good way. Were these two really Oliver’s aunt and uncle? Why wasn't he allowed to see them for four years? Did something bad happen the last time he saw them that Oliver doesn't remember? If so, why are his parents letting him back there on his own now? Does the grandpa have anything to do with this? So many questions and its a feat that it makes me curious instead of frustrated as some stories like these do. All in all, great video!
very good, the animation still reminds me of the Kid and the Camera video
Yeah its creepy.. but the fact is oliver just turned 8😢
great job on this! mr.bobo has a cute but scary design
If i saw this as a kid i would piss my pants
i just saw this as an adult and i pissed my pants
when cory comes back, we know we gotta send this to him
5:45 One detail I noticed is that the camera feed says “Cam 6,” implying there’s more hidden around the house.
I came from goose boose
Welcome
Didn't need to be explicit to be totally creepy, simple, scary, perfect.
Time for Mr Bobo to become a Hobo gtfo of the house lmao
I like your rhymes
I like your funny words, magic man🙂↕️
2:40 When i'm alone by my grandma😟
This reminds me of The Kid and the Camera. Love it
cool style! reminds me of the kid and the camera almost :3