Horror Short Film "FRAGILE.COM" | ALTER

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  • A teenage girl who more than anything wants to be told she's special is approached by a charming man who promises her fame, fortune, and affection-if she agrees to livestream herself crying for his niche website, Fragile.com.
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    More About FRAGILE.COM: A teenage girl, Mara, who more than anything wants to be told she's special is approached by a charming man who promises her fame, fortune, and affection-if she agrees to livestream herself crying for his niche website, Fragile.com.
    As she delves deeper into the world of the site, Mara begins to lose touch with herself as well as reality. Her biggest fears start seeping into her everyday life until eventually the horrors of reality and those in her head are completely intertwined.
    She'll have to get a grip on what's really important, otherwise she'll risk losing what really made her special in the first place.
    Director: Alison-Eve Hammersley
    Writer: Brittany Menjivar
    Executive Producer: Lena Waithe
    Producer: Russell Sanzgiri
    Producer: Ruth Du
    DP: Lauren Guiteras
    PD: Ariel Vida
    Editor: Guangwei Du
    Composer: Marcus Thorne Bagala
    Starring: Carly Stewart & Colin Woodell
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  • @StarrChild.
    @StarrChild. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6243

    A lot of people really looking at the horror aspect being the crying/fetish side and hardly anyone is pointing out how this is a clear story on grooming. She's in high school and a 30 year old man is manipulating her as entertainment for other, mostly older, men.
    In the end when she can't cry a lot of comments seem to be talking about how it's empowering for her and worked as a twisted way of therapy, but in reality it was taken away from her. A human response to let out emotions was twisted and manipulated to be pleasure for others that she feels she can't even have a private cry to herself because crying is no longer for her. It's for others.
    This is one of the best horror shorts I've ever seen. A near perfect depiction of manipulation, underage grooming and touching on a part of cyberbullying. I hope this actress will be going places.

    • @caprisun437
      @caprisun437 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      I think there is a bit of everything in it

    • @Amanda-cv7vn
      @Amanda-cv7vn ปีที่แล้ว +130

      And then that man moved onto another young girl

    • @brunobailly7013
      @brunobailly7013 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I saw that too. That's precisely why I didn't like it. Too cynical, too harsh, too hopeless. The grooming is clearly apparent the first time she does her livestream on the site and she reads "client", and everything that happens next just confirms how manipulated she becomes.Yep... Didn't like this.

    • @MeganKugs
      @MeganKugs ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I agree completely. I actually watched this quite some time ago and it just popped up again so I decided to take a look at some of the newer comments. (I think it really says something about this piece that two years after it’s release people are still watching and commenting, ALTER really showcases some insane indie talents). Yours is one of the best comments I’ve found. Very insightful and I think you grasped some aspects that passed others by, which is unfortunate, I wish everyone has seen the themes that you did. I’m really glad to see the grooming and cyberbullying being pointed out. Also the fact that this incredibly important emotion has been robbed from her is such an important part of this and invoked a very visceral reaction in me. I think this was written and directed extremely well and I too hope this actress goes on to better and better things because she did an amazing job. Loved your critique!

    • @ashokwwf
      @ashokwwf ปีที่แล้ว +39

      If you think about it, it is not so dissimilar from the life story of p0rn st@rs. They do the act for others, they make money out of it, they may or may not enjoy it that much, their expressions and emotions are fake. But when they really find their true love, and want to get physically close to them, do they enjoy it or "feel it" as much as they should? I don't know. They lose one of the most human feelings - the feeling of physical intimacy towards our loved ones.

  • @iamvenom1352
    @iamvenom1352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10470

    Alter would be dangerous with a bigger budget 😃

    • @Heroinedown
      @Heroinedown 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I am Venom Dangerously good then...

    • @MercilessMrBrooks
      @MercilessMrBrooks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +359

      You do know Alter dont produce or fund any of these shorts right? They're only a platform for indie shorts like MTV for music back in the days.

    • @ArielCotton
      @ArielCotton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      What budget? They host other people's content.

    • @AlleyCryptid
      @AlleyCryptid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +230

      Alter doesn't make all the short films, Alter is a way for indie film makers to show their film's to a larger audience. CryptTV makes their own films, effects, etc. Alter exhibits film makers. It's like Alter is the museum show casing the art, the museum didn't paint the art pieces. No one running the museum had anything to do with the galleries. It's just a spot to show case smaller talent.

    • @yourroyalhighness6297
      @yourroyalhighness6297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Yatukih_001 I suggest you take a look at Crypt TV. They are a lot like Alter, but has some major difference like @Clovilah said. I always binge-watch there.

  • @charliewegner
    @charliewegner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4965

    I loved how she acted when she was clearly trying not to cry in front of her friends, it was so accurate! How she avoided eye contact, even avoided talking because she knew she'd cry. Great actress :)

    • @piaschlomer8630
      @piaschlomer8630 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      she is a tough woman, she is able to look in every eye just talking and she does not need to cry!

    • @lightofheaven787
      @lightofheaven787 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@piaschlomer8630 sorry 🗿 you Don't have to say what should she do 🗿
      I cry like baby in front of everyone 🗿

    • @Weluvvarmanii_
      @Weluvvarmanii_ ปีที่แล้ว +7

      me on the daily lol

    • @JiaPia3
      @JiaPia3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@lightofheaven787 i don’t think you understood that comment, dear.

    • @JaydragonM
      @JaydragonM 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I went through the crying phase.... when it doesn't stop for long enough, the crying does stop I guess... it got replaced by grief wails, and growls.
      I can still cry occasionally... when I think someone cares about me. Otherwise the tears don't flow anymore.

  • @j.8028
    @j.8028 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1352

    the way i, as a girl, knew the second he said he was a director looking for people to cast that it was going to be bad. casting directors don't just get a person off of their looks, NEVER go with someone who randomly approaches you talking about casting you to an "audition", its not safe

    • @ciaraautumn5389
      @ciaraautumn5389 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      sana from twice

    • @klownivore
      @klownivore 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Ok but there are literally people who do that it's an actual job what you just described is called talent scouting and it's where scouts will look for someone who has any defining qualities they're looking for and judging based off of first impressions whether or not they're worth scouting if they are then they will get something (can be a phone number or just anything that can be used by the casting directors to know that they were found by a talent scout next would be normal auditions and often those who were scouted receive more attention from the casting directors because they have specific qualities that are aligned with their idea of whatever the audition is for

    • @LED816
      @LED816 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Uh… yes they do. Like that’s EXACTLY what they do lol

    • @gh02tdu2t
      @gh02tdu2t 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@klownivoreyou should probably specify what is and isn't normal for talent scouts so people dont just go trusting random people that come up to them willy nilly

    • @brandiarmstrong2902
      @brandiarmstrong2902 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Definitely look into the person and their agency before you go anywhere or give them any money. Best-case scenario of getting played: check out Robert Barone's experience in Everybody Loves Raymond. Worst case in these type of stories? Check what happened to Phoebe Hallowell in Charmed. Hopefully, if you guys have a bad experience, it'll skew closer to the Robert end of things. But in a story like this, my money's on something a bit closer to Phoebe's fate.

  • @reneebrady8389
    @reneebrady8389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6446

    What is really scary is that you *KNOW* that there are people that have fetishes like this...the internet has something for everyone, no matter how weird or creepy....
    Very well acted!

    • @sulosky
      @sulosky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I don't know that.

    • @natasha4440
      @natasha4440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Dacryphilia is the proper term for it

    • @reneebrady8389
      @reneebrady8389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@natasha4440 lol..oof and it has a name 😲 man people are weird!

    • @ceebbees12345
      @ceebbees12345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      The fetishes aren't that scary, the real scary part is not realizing how far is too far when you get sucked into something like this, how being vulnerable for a moment can ruin you

    • @baguette4607
      @baguette4607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Fetishes are...hard to explain. If somebody wants to hear my take on it go ahead

  • @jesiah5556
    @jesiah5556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4251

    She really said “Ain’t got no tears left to cry”

    • @bischwester8619
      @bischwester8619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I didnt think of that 😭😭

    • @BLUEBDAWG
      @BLUEBDAWG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lmaooo

    • @gemmakenyon6046
      @gemmakenyon6046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@rubymargetts9838 no u

    • @moniqtl
      @moniqtl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@rubymargetts9838 someone learned the f word 😮

    • @morgan7728
      @morgan7728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gemmakenyon6046 you😀😐

  • @Lrbrz
    @Lrbrz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3417

    This short film is great commentary on how older men prey on younger impressionable girls and manipulate and exploit them. Based on the comment section people seem to be taking the crying website too literally.

    • @lilscenechick1995
      @lilscenechick1995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      That's TH-cam comment sections for you. Most people only take away surface level interpretations.

    • @clarie4497
      @clarie4497 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      idk I'd be fine letting the guy playing the director prey on me >_>

    • @djrydell
      @djrydell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @@clarie4497 woww youre so funnyyyy

    • @andrewallison4287
      @andrewallison4287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You know woman do too

    • @dariozacchino8100
      @dariozacchino8100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      I love how there are Always men under this type of videos or comments that go "men too" "women are bad too". I mean calm down dude, of course men are abused too and women are evil, not specifyng this everytime does not mean this doesnt happen. Thats no point on going under videos of abused girls saying that men are abused too, under videos of abused men saying women are abused too, or videos of human violence in general to Say that animals are abused too. Thats clear as hell that in this world nobody Is safe and literally everyone can be a dangerous bastard, but this thing of "yes but men too/women too" Is getting cringy, and for what, to feel Better in your own genre everytime a bad thing come from someone with your same reproductive organs? Reality Is this, everyone sucks

  • @OISHIROSE
    @OISHIROSE ปีที่แล้ว +490

    I'm surprised some people are taking the ending positively. Sometimes you should cry. Sometimes you need to cry. If you can't do it at those times, it's not a good thing.

    • @Notyourbiggestfan1
      @Notyourbiggestfan1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      if you can’t cry at times your meant to it’s said that your heart is so used to depression it can’t produce the tears anymore.

    • @Diamond-rl2on
      @Diamond-rl2on 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Notyourbiggestfan1🤧true

    • @Lucid_high09
      @Lucid_high09 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I relate 😔

    • @MrDarkSammy
      @MrDarkSammy 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I know this is a year old comment but I personally somehow lost the ability to cry, idk if it were the meds I was on (a lot of antipsychotics mixee with antidepressants and benzos), and it doesn't matter.
      What matters is that after crying, your brain releases the Good Feeling, the rush of sudden calmness and even happiness.
      The weight that has driven you to tears lifted a little. You get to breathe easily for a while longer.
      I can't cry. Anytime I feel it coming it's like my brain slams the door, and I suddenly stop. The feeling remains. And it pilles up.
      I used to think people who don't cry in shows and movies are cool as hell, and I aspired to be like that. To be strong. This is not strenght. This is my greatest weakness because that weight is going to suffocate me eventually.
      I want to cry so bad

  • @quoteworld3375
    @quoteworld3375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5921

    That moment...she can't cry... Thats the real horror!!

    • @markanthony1004
      @markanthony1004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      I read this a real humor...sorry tired long day at work and now I’m heading to night class so yaay

    • @LifeInPink999
      @LifeInPink999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      Or maybe she just saw what a trash is the man who made her cry and got over him and that shady director. Maybe it’s good she is not crying I believe she moved on and now can go with her life knowing who are worthy to include in it.

    • @cerealsauce4639
      @cerealsauce4639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@nickimillennium are you talking about the horror film or her ACTUAL career?

    • @Bella-gg4oz
      @Bella-gg4oz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@cerealsauce4639 I know you didn't ask me, but I assume they are referring to her character, as in what Mara did on camera, similar to that of porn stars being filmed.

    • @Bella-gg4oz
      @Bella-gg4oz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@nickimillennium Really interesting take, I quite like this.

  • @homunculi0408
    @homunculi0408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3863

    Me at the end: This would be a good time to go full Carrie on them, Mara.

    • @JetBlack2024
      @JetBlack2024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Darn I was hoping so. Oh well

    • @Clauds71
      @Clauds71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      😂

    • @c-dawg2763
      @c-dawg2763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Yeah. The ending is a little disappointing.

    • @JeenieJolie
      @JeenieJolie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      IKR! lol

    • @shinmiyatasb6923
      @shinmiyatasb6923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Ikr....I wish it could've been like Carrie at the end!🤔

  • @catz293
    @catz293 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

    "he's almost as hot as Edgar Allan Poe" what😭😭

    • @jeonghanism
      @jeonghanism 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      i think it's touching on how edgar allan poe was as disgusting as this guy, as he married his wife when she was 13 and he was 27.

    • @malinasworld
      @malinasworld 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That character Molly is a writer. Pretty fitting that she’d romanticise a long dead poet.

  • @thecottageatwoodlandcorners
    @thecottageatwoodlandcorners ปีที่แล้ว +144

    What's weird is how this actress kind of was crying for a job. And it's amazing how she can both cry and have trouble crying--really good acting.

  • @cinnamonbits26
    @cinnamonbits26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2366

    The school is just cool with a 30 year old as a prom date?

    • @onyx-og7li
      @onyx-og7li 3 ปีที่แล้ว +184

      I think he climbed through a window

    • @tiffanysmith1993
      @tiffanysmith1993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      A lot of schools are this girl I went to school with her date was 35

    • @FiveMCity
      @FiveMCity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Legal age is 18 here..so.. technically you can bring 2 of them in 2020

    • @cinnamonbits26
      @cinnamonbits26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      I am so sick of this whole mindset of "it's ok to be 30+ and date 18 year olds cause they are legal!" Shit. Mentally they are still teens. I'm 32 years old. 18 year olds are children to me and most other adults I have talked too. It's just so gross.

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@tiffanysmith1993 Jesus...😂

  • @kakalibhose6605
    @kakalibhose6605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1598

    Imagine how much she had to cry for the audition as well.🤧

    • @chaeratonic
      @chaeratonic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Ik 😭 omg her face is ✨hydrated✨

    • @wenloom
      @wenloom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Become HUMID

    • @AlleyCryptid
      @AlleyCryptid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      She never had to cry, she never actually cries. It's so fake the entire time, it's almost frustrating. This is what someone who wants attention looks like. Fake crying, fake emotions. This is what that girl at the party who wants the guys to look at her, looks like. She whimpers and pretends to be upset so others will comfort her and she thus becomes the center of attention. I'm not saying that was what this was about, just that this girl has no acting skill at all. It's literally at a high school level. I cannot believe all the compliments people give to "actors" in every Alter short that comes through, as if it's just a given they are great because they were in something.

    • @kakalibhose6605
      @kakalibhose6605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @StarSimp bahahaahaha

    • @awhxscar-9223
      @awhxscar-9223 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      my sister wrote the movie and told me she threw up.

  • @abigailrose4
    @abigailrose4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1024

    I feel like there’s a meaning behind this, almost like a deep, hidden thing lying behind what horror the film is. It’s not scary because of monsters or jump-scares, it’s scary because of the way we can’t find the meaning, but we know it’s there, and we are scared of what we can’t see, or what we don’t know.

    • @pepperpie9481
      @pepperpie9481 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm getting themes of the commodification of women-especially young women. Through history we've been seen this way- they sell our motherhood, or our beauty, our sexuality, our youth, our virginity, you name it-they sell it right out from under us, back to us and in a worse way to men. They use us to sell cigarettes, alcohol and clothes, Axe body spray. Freaking cheeseburgers. You name it, and they've used women to sell you something. And it hurts in a million ways- makes us change our bodies and buy the makeup and the mani-pedi combo and the wax and the high heels. We find ourselves getting cosmetic surgery-literally cutting into ourselves- to please those who look at us. We develop eating disorders and worse. We get them because we have been exploited and manipulated through our insecurities, told that when we do not please those around us we no longer have value. Hence the end- she no longer has anything left to give. She has become the sum of her parts.

    • @piaschlomer8630
      @piaschlomer8630 ปีที่แล้ว

      aja

    • @fwoggityfwog7840
      @fwoggityfwog7840 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Wow you just described most Alter films in the most perfect way possible. I've been trying to figure out how their videos are so eerie, and you explained it so well

    • @smallasiancommunist3306
      @smallasiancommunist3306 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      There is, its a metaphor for how vulnerable girls and lured and manipulated into the porn industry, exploited, and many times forced to hurt themselves to increase profits

    • @foxlancaster4044
      @foxlancaster4044 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Or what we DO know.

  • @kiwikiwi4150
    @kiwikiwi4150 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +233

    This is the only short film in a while that has genuinely terrified me. Just the idea of a 30 year old man manipulating a vulnerable teen into sex work is SO SCARY. And the fact that it keeps her from having healthy and normal reactions to things? Brilliant writing. Absolutely devastating.

    • @raquelsirkin2730
      @raquelsirkin2730 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it was sex work, even though not explicitly its fetishing@@jasonknowskarate6020

    • @JellyShark8
      @JellyShark8 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jasonknowskarate6020it’s heavily implied

    • @catfan7220
      @catfan7220 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@jasonknowskarate6020The "tear fetish" is meant to be a stand-in for sex work and "cam girls"
      Almsot everything about the way that creep manipulated and lied to her is scarily accurate to how groomers prey upon young girls vulnerabilities.

    • @whiterabbit_productions9708
      @whiterabbit_productions9708 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jasonknowskarate6020 She's crying for guys who 9 chances out of 10 go to that site because it's their fetish
      It's like posting pics of your feet or armpits for cash. You may not be into it, but they are

    • @Glowwyy123
      @Glowwyy123 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jasonknowskarate6020It was for peoples fetishes, so yeah, it could be considered sex work

  • @rhia-2251
    @rhia-2251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4451

    While it has a premise of being sold as a fetish, I don't necessarily think it's a sexual transaction between her and the men watching her. For example, the tear ratings and them wanting the emotion to be authentic; in a growing society where we get more and more emotionally calloused, we crave intimate emotions. Hypothetically, we could get to a point where we don't even remember what those emotions looked like or felt like. Certainly everyone Mara runs into acts this way due to the consistent cruelty. She is marketing an emotion and eventually runs out just like those who view her

    • @neiltappenden1008
      @neiltappenden1008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      Interesting point of veiw

    • @WatchALTER
      @WatchALTER  3 ปีที่แล้ว +544

      Really well said and great insight Rhiannon. Thank you for watching!

    • @akillianhammersley
      @akillianhammersley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      So well put, thanks for checking it out.

    • @lorieakin1771
      @lorieakin1771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👍

    • @brittanymenjivar3617
      @brittanymenjivar3617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @Rhiannon 🖤 spot on. Thank you for watching!

  • @RubberHoseToons
    @RubberHoseToons 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1360

    As someone with a lot of hidden anxiety and the need to cry a lot, this girl is way too accurate

    • @s133p3r0
      @s133p3r0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Social media leads to those problems.

    • @Fruidish
      @Fruidish 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@s133p3r0 who the fuck asked

    • @nikita-vp7ms
      @nikita-vp7ms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Fruidish they true though. it often is the case

    • @adorableadory9645
      @adorableadory9645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ikr

    • @Soliloquy-gy6zf
      @Soliloquy-gy6zf หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@adorableadory9645lapodballe. LA feraillyniouf

  • @jaslanaye6191
    @jaslanaye6191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    it’s giving me black mirror vibes i love it

  • @AltJGirl
    @AltJGirl ปีที่แล้ว +32

    i think the point that this film is giving is that pain people prey on those that seem weak and will tear them down until they aren't themselves anymore. He took away her ability to express her sadness and fetishized her pain.

  • @eyesackim
    @eyesackim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3208

    The director was ingenious in naming the girl Mara. The name “Mara” comes from a Hebrew word meaning “bitter”

    • @AZodiacCancer
      @AZodiacCancer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      It's also Nordic for Mare, it's where nightmare comes from. It's associated with sleep paralysis

    • @joelee5875
      @joelee5875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Thank you for that bit of information.

    • @RealiTeaV
      @RealiTeaV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Oooh that’s interesting 👀

    • @dr.ing.salmanstmsc538
      @dr.ing.salmanstmsc538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      In Hindu Mara means Soul

    • @gbrown932
      @gbrown932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It's also my stepdaughter's name but pronounced Mara like Lara Croft.

  • @buttercupwalker
    @buttercupwalker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2968

    but...the therapy worked...she was done crying.....

    • @Adderall_sorry
      @Adderall_sorry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +184

      The problem is crying can be released for people I’m pretty sure that’s why she was begging herself to cry in the bathroom

    • @sharobb6904
      @sharobb6904 3 ปีที่แล้ว +297

      Or the experiment was so emotionally manipulative that it made her go numb...That's not good either.

    • @sharobb6904
      @sharobb6904 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@mrteargas8692 Enlightening point of view. There are so many different outcomes lol, any one of them could be true💯

    • @naheemahahmed
      @naheemahahmed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Or was she

    • @SethXB
      @SethXB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      sir, no one said anything about her needing therapy, let alone going in this short clip... wym

  • @QueenBrownShuga1973
    @QueenBrownShuga1973 2 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    This was great! Alter is the kind of psychological thriller/horror I have been craving that's not gory. Thank you so much.

  • @davidlahaye1202
    @davidlahaye1202 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    That reaction at 1:39 was absolutely fantastic. The quick turn to hide and movement of the facial muscles to distract one from their emotions was done spot on!

  • @journeymansmitty8283
    @journeymansmitty8283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +868

    Sometimes it's wiser to stay alone then to be around people that are bringing you down🤔

    • @trishsleeps
      @trishsleeps 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I agree a lot with that

    • @Scarshadow666
      @Scarshadow666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same with me, though I understand that it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea whether society is involved or not (some people are built to be comfortable with being alone, and some people wouldn't be able to stand it)! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @Dramadonia
      @Dramadonia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      So very true. I'm glad I enjoy my own company, they say I'm weird etc but I'm cool with that

    • @journeymansmitty8283
      @journeymansmitty8283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Dramadonia no that doesn't make you weird you just cool have a good spirit type of person🤔👊

    • @IvorPresents
      @IvorPresents 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amen

  • @caom3i
    @caom3i 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1946

    GETTING PAID FOR CRYING????? WAIT LEMME JUST REWATCH BANANA FISH
    guys- "My soul is always with you" 🙂

    • @chelsea7986
      @chelsea7986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      FR😭

    • @Ldrlvr355
      @Ldrlvr355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      LMAO NOO AHAHSHDH

    • @justanormalpersonwholovesm8337
      @justanormalpersonwholovesm8337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Stoppppppp I’m still not over anything 😩

    • @theTrend7
      @theTrend7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Oh gosh no. That show whew...😢

    • @marcjtdc
      @marcjtdc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      PAID NOT PAYED SMH

  • @tesstickles5170
    @tesstickles5170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    I think the crying IS supposed to be an allegory for sex and pornography. Her connection with the creepy director guy is like an abusive relationship. She puts out for him, she tries to please him, and she might receive money and praise in return. Even when she's degraded, she tries to brush it off. At the end, I think it was brave for her to stand up to him, but it was too little, too late. The director guy wanted her to cry harder by exposing her, but she just can't... I was thinking that she'd smash the mirror to continue maiming herself. She can't cry even if she wants to... maybe it symbolizes how after enough abuse, a gal just... snaps? Can't love, even if she wants to. Hopefully, she kicks his bitchass!

    • @botnet7175
      @botnet7175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      well said!!

  • @tsommers3284
    @tsommers3284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    She was a terrific actress!! Very impressed with how she portrayed her emotions!!

  • @damien2316
    @damien2316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +412

    i think she has no tears left to cry

  • @mounitamurmu4550
    @mounitamurmu4550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2565

    So seeing crying people is also a fetish ??!! 🤔
    This is just disturbing.

    • @wgtow3434
      @wgtow3434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      Sadism

    • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodbl1520
      @yourfriendlyneighborhoodbl1520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Dacryphilia

    • @dvdbox360
      @dvdbox360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      How can you get turn on by people crying? nothing sexy about that

    • @micatnono8100
      @micatnono8100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @Teena Courtney what a weird husband if dat was me ill make u cry of happiness cuz that what partners should do

    • @nisha1636
      @nisha1636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Same way I felt when I found out balloons was a fetish.

  • @stephenbruce5431
    @stephenbruce5431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I was crying by the end because there were ads literally every two minutes.

  • @stephaniehabern2813
    @stephaniehabern2813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    As someone who’s terrified that I won’t be able to make art that matters if I heal, this one is def sticking with me

    • @Soliloquy-gy6zf
      @Soliloquy-gy6zf หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lapodbal. LA feraillyniouf

  • @weeniehutjr9977
    @weeniehutjr9977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    you can get paid for crying? and here i’ve been doing it for free. sign me tf up.

    • @tylerlane4587
      @tylerlane4587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Absolutely 😂

    • @erikapearl6946
      @erikapearl6946 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too! I cry all the time as I am in constant mental/emotional torture.

    • @benjaminollis7621
      @benjaminollis7621 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Probably only pays if your female though, I bet..

  • @alexanderkulakov1345
    @alexanderkulakov1345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1165

    Wow! This short film looks like a new episode of the "Black Mirror" series! The plot, cinematography, directing, casting, and especially the performance of Carly Stewart is very impressive! I'm glad her character, Mara, didn't commit suicide and she stayed alive. But the ending is still very sad. I would even cry if I could 😥

    • @CheezeHead-ps9xf
      @CheezeHead-ps9xf 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why can't you cry? Do you have some kind of disease or something bruh?

    • @ZiRR0
      @ZiRR0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CheezeHead-ps9xf Why can't you cry? Do you have some kind of disease or something bruh?

    • @nickjohnson1178
      @nickjohnson1178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why can't you cry? Do you have some kind of disease or something bruh?

    • @userkie
      @userkie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      wtf are the replies

    • @Ems.creations
      @Ems.creations ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@userkie wait where are they?!

  • @elrickaharris609
    @elrickaharris609 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Man this has SO much potential! So many learning opportunities for our youth! I see following a stranger into something that you have no idea on what it may be! Fake friends!! Self harm!! Low self esteem!! Empowerment! The guy preys on young females! She’s also so easy to get crushes on people and have her own little fantasy about it! The potential danger of the type of room they’re running!

  • @emmabarry7985
    @emmabarry7985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    If someone paid me for crying then I would be rich.

  • @moniquevandeplas5210
    @moniquevandeplas5210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +367

    Damn...all the tears I cried when I was younger and I missed out cashing in!

    • @piranhaowner1967
      @piranhaowner1967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Yes…we could of been billionaires…👍

  • @dracawyn
    @dracawyn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +361

    These Alter horrors are getting TOO REAL.
    After this, I need to scroll back through and find one of the older ones with demon clowns or something just to chill out. Frick

  • @mkg2124
    @mkg2124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Lots of people go weeks or even months without crying, so pressure on you to cry at least once a week would be really hard, I feel.

  • @user-aesthetichere
    @user-aesthetichere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Loved this 👏👏👏 It really just showcases how disturbing and deceiving some trends can become over the internet 😢

  • @gregorygrieves2494
    @gregorygrieves2494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2263

    She is a great actress. I love her look, it's so different from most actresses.

    • @MotionlessKnight
      @MotionlessKnight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      She's cute. :3

    • @rast7408
      @rast7408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      She is pretty!💯💯👸🏻

    • @itsmeebitch_
      @itsmeebitch_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Whats her name

    • @rafaelleal9406
      @rafaelleal9406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ciertamente lo es

    • @jantheman419
      @jantheman419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MotionlessKnight bathroom enemas

  • @reeewind14
    @reeewind14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    i feel so bad for her cause she needs validation but i love how she slowly gets her power back such a beautiful girl!

  • @alessia3500
    @alessia3500 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I feel like there’s a meaning behind this, almost like a deep, hidden thing that no one can find and probably never will. L for the tears love.

  • @lolaotter2593
    @lolaotter2593 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For a while I was so emotionally screwed up and on medications, it was impossible to cry and the absolute frustration you feel when you’re upset and can’t cry is unnerving

  • @ksxksf1447
    @ksxksf1447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    It was so true to form that it was actually difficult to watch. Well written, with incredible acting.

  • @izzieb.2926
    @izzieb.2926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +397

    My question is where are this girl's parents in all this?
    And also how dare they call her ugly she's so pretty😡

    • @cosm1c.pearls
      @cosm1c.pearls 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I think so too like i could only wish i was pretty like this

    • @luisanve3259
      @luisanve3259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah ,she's beautiful but his eyes are weird and sad.

    • @lowkey_obsessed27
      @lowkey_obsessed27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lel

    • @iamthequeenb1979
      @iamthequeenb1979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She is average

    • @mnirwin5112
      @mnirwin5112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I wonder if calling her "ugly" isn't a trick of sorts to get her into a tearful mood ...

  • @gathermyself6316
    @gathermyself6316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    This was beautifully put together, the acting was amazing and the cinematography and story was fantastic!

  • @Mal1ily
    @Mal1ily 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is one of my favorite channels. I’m just so intrigued by the minds of all of these different directors. I love this actress and I truly hope to see her in bigger projects, this is too good!!! Binging this channel is my guilty pleasure 💜

  • @hazchickgames2840
    @hazchickgames2840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +425

    My theory behind what the clients get from seeing her cry is confidence. If someone who is deemed pretty or beautiful by your own standards is crying and you manage to console them, then I imagine that could be a big ego boost. Of course, different people may get gratification from the same thing for different reasons; the school friend who saw her just thrived on the idea of someone experiencing emotional pain.
    Reading into the scene where Duco makes her eyes bleed, that's effectively the pretext for what happens; she's bled dry of tears and emotion in exchange for his money. "Selling your soul" as it were.
    The paradigm of being "the centre of humiliation in front of the whole school" is generally the worst nightmare of most teenage girls that would result in endless tears. The shock on her face when she realises not even that could make her cry was palatable. The attempt to burn herself under the water was cherry on the cake.

    • @daintydalmatian
      @daintydalmatian 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      They are sadists who like hurting women

    • @g0zuu
      @g0zuu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MrListerTheTittyTwisterwhat even got u to ts point

    • @ruairicorrigan3582
      @ruairicorrigan3582 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Doll I think it's just a fetish

  • @glennparker9059
    @glennparker9059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    Awww no more tears for Molly. Soo is this the part where she discovers her special powers and everyone dies?

    • @tomsdottir
      @tomsdottir 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So that's what Pickering is up to these days?

    • @MWorsa
      @MWorsa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      “They’re all gonna laugh at you!”
      *flames ensue

    • @1bossofbosses
      @1bossofbosses 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Carrie reference i see what you did there.

    • @tomsdottir
      @tomsdottir 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Teena Courtney "No tears for Molly"

    • @nzingabascombe7991
      @nzingabascombe7991 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ok but like carrie did went feral on those people tho

  • @Nofinator
    @Nofinator 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Never trust anyone who responds to a text message with a phone call.

  • @CoverBydAn
    @CoverBydAn 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Her no crying, then cry, after getting rejected… so so good… made me cry!

  • @bren8043
    @bren8043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    The way he kissed her head gave me chills, just really creeped me out.

  • @penguinsuit9100
    @penguinsuit9100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +494

    Literally got no tears left to cry. This was a good one 👍

    • @brittanymenjivar3617
      @brittanymenjivar3617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you! I'm glad it resonated with you

    • @Animelover-ei1wb
      @Animelover-ei1wb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lmao (;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)

    • @Starteller
      @Starteller 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Got numb

    • @menelikm9779
      @menelikm9779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brittanymenjivar3617 Oh wow, you were the writer of this film? Fantastic job!

    • @brittanymenjivar3617
      @brittanymenjivar3617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@menelikm9779 Thank you!

  • @annellle
    @annellle 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    a crying fetish is truly quite evil when in the minds of predators and perpetrators, or people willing to hurt others to fulfill this fetish.
    my rapist paused when i started crying after failing to fight him off, and asked why i was crying. i said i was in severe pain and he was hurting me. he told me to “cry harder” for him and inflicted even more intense pain as he raped me repeatedly for the next few hours. he put me through hours of incredibly severe pain because he wanted to see and hear me cry profusely, because he was fucking depraved and got more aroused the worse i cried. yet i was in so much pain i couldn’t actually stop crying, and maybe if i did stop, he wouldn’t have hurt me that much or that long, and i wouldn’t be as deeply traumatised as i am now.

    • @Ro-wc1ug
      @Ro-wc1ug 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      None of that was your fault, if he wanted to see you cry he would’ve done anything to see it. You had no control over that

    • @jeonghanism
      @jeonghanism 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      i'm so very sorry this happened to you :(( none of it was your fault, and it's like you said, he was depraved. and the other persons reply is totally right too

    • @vilmariedominguez
      @vilmariedominguez 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Omg I’m so sorry that happened to you

  • @niharbehere1584
    @niharbehere1584 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Good horror isn't necessarily scary, but uncomfortable. This captures that perfectly. Well done!

  • @CalmSoothingSounds
    @CalmSoothingSounds 3 ปีที่แล้ว +327

    Disturbing metaphor... Great acting!

    • @lessliejohnson6932
      @lessliejohnson6932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This has the elemants of Carrie in it, but yet this short film has much more truth to it. A very good watch. Keep up the excellant work!

    • @CalmSoothingSounds
      @CalmSoothingSounds 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@lessliejohnson6932 true and a very unique way to portray the adult industry in a high school environment. Hats off for the makers!

    • @akillianhammersley
      @akillianhammersley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thanks so much, glad you both enjoyed!

    • @brittanymenjivar3617
      @brittanymenjivar3617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you so much! Glad it resonated with you all

    • @CalmSoothingSounds
      @CalmSoothingSounds 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@brittanymenjivar3617 well deserved for you both! And thank you for your replies 🙂

  • @levelist7304
    @levelist7304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    ALTER always produces great videos on youtube, hands down.

  • @jopossum568
    @jopossum568 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The horrifying thing about this to me is that it reminds me of something that actually happened to me. When I was younger I had issues with selfharm and one time when I was in a hospital because of that there was another patient, a young man, noticing what was wrong with me. He told me it turned him on and that he'd like to have sex with me. He also wanted to see me do it and asked if he could see and touch the wounds/scars. I was lucky enough to be called to the doctors office at that moment and got away from this situation, I remember being completely overwhelmed and dizzy from drugs, therefore unable to defend myself or respond properly. I never saw him again. But after all this years it still sends chills down my spine.

  • @jamiwami
    @jamiwami 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Alter, your short horror films have improved so much throughout the years!! It’s been so long since I watched your films and I can say that I am truly impressed on how much they’ve gotten better. Keep up the good work!! You went from the typical scary stuff with gore and blood to more realistic things like this.
    EDIT: no matter what, it’s always the realistic things that are the scariest out of them all.

    • @BoyaBob_
      @BoyaBob_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just so you know, the horror films arent made by alter. Alter is used to share films made by small producers to get them more popular and stuff.

    • @jamiwami
      @jamiwami 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BoyaBob_ ohh, ok good to know

  • @rosiecherub6773
    @rosiecherub6773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Horror isn't all about ghouls, poltergeists, or any other spirits you can think of. Sometimes the real horror lies in the reality and truth of life. Not being able to feel a certain emotion can ruin someone's life mentally, and eventually lead the person to harming one's self physically. Now *that's* the true horror.

    • @IdislikeTechnology
      @IdislikeTechnology 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Exactly. True dangers lie within living itself.

  • @tats763
    @tats763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I thought it was amazing. Her desperation to be seen as "legit" drove her to such lengths, to feel like 'someone,' instead of part of the background.

  • @TheAdeybob
    @TheAdeybob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    bravo! An outstanding short! I bet the lead actor playing Mara (Carly Stewart - one to watch for the future) was emotionally exhausted after filming - she really rose to the challenge of such a demanding role!
    Massive congratulations to all involved. x TY!

  • @michaeladeleon867
    @michaeladeleon867 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    3:20 had me dying the way he said it 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

  • @dustlandfairytale974
    @dustlandfairytale974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +708

    A lot of people don’t know crying is an actual fetish? There’s even a name for it.

    • @Oscarlopez12456
      @Oscarlopez12456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Seriously?

    • @elisabetecristina6188
      @elisabetecristina6188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Drakophylia

    • @OhmiyaStorm
      @OhmiyaStorm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      @@elisabetecristina6188 Dacryphilia *

    • @JeenieJolie
      @JeenieJolie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@elisabetecristina6188 lol the prefix "Drako" is a typo for "Draco" which it means Dragon and philia means strange love, or obsession. Something tells me that's not it

    • @bargerver8796
      @bargerver8796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Huh? Not really? What crazy shit. But I guess in 2020 nothing really surprises me anymore! 🤣

  • @joeyj6808
    @joeyj6808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    Yikes. Alter never fails to disturb. Well done!

  • @leroyj3627
    @leroyj3627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    This is absolutely the creepiest, most realistic, most moving, most... disturbing... "horror" movie I have ever seen... by far! WOW!!
    I just KNEW this would be an amazing production based on the like/dislike ratio. Impressive work. Great acting, great storyline, settings, music, etc. Thank you!

    • @franklinsannicolas2409
      @franklinsannicolas2409 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      FUNNY AND STUPIDEST JUDGE CASES. YOU CALL YOURSELF DOWN PAYMENT SO THEY RENT YOU NOT YOUR HOME? THAT'S FUNNY. PICK HIM UP. HA HA HA YOUR MOTHER AS YOUR DEFENDANT AND YOU ARE? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW I MOCK. HA HA HA THEY LAUGH.

    • @userkie
      @userkie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@franklinsannicolas2409 wtf

  • @pandareijgah3820
    @pandareijgah3820 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The fact she trusted someone who came up to her while she was obviously and openly having a moment of (emotional) weakness says a lot/too much already

  • @katroamleft4721
    @katroamleft4721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I didn't understand the reaction of the people at the prom. I mean...none of them reacted, no teachers were around... To be honest I would think it is an art project, or I would ask her if she is OK. I would never think like "oh she is payed for that".
    I guess it was a bit hypercontectualised

  • @luzonlasagna
    @luzonlasagna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    the way i couldn’t focus on the short cause duco was so fine-

    • @aliceminnie9437
      @aliceminnie9437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah I hated myself for doing that knoeing that he is bad but, damn he is dashing🤣

    • @grahammc88
      @grahammc88 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      For real

  • @dannydemonic4799
    @dannydemonic4799 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m a goth metalhead vampire but pretty conventional straight guy with no fetishes I can think of. It’s amazing what people are into. Not kink shaming just fascinating.

  • @ericjourdain892
    @ericjourdain892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love this version of Carrie, with tears instead of blood.
    I also love this version of female empowerment, twisted and complex and dark.
    👍

    • @benjaminollis7621
      @benjaminollis7621 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There was no empowerment involved at all

    • @ericjourdain892
      @ericjourdain892 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@benjaminollis7621 Whatever you say, Benjy...

    • @benjaminollis7621
      @benjaminollis7621 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Losing the ability to relieve stress by crying.. to express and clear negative emotion, is empowering to you?!

    • @benjaminollis7621
      @benjaminollis7621 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean the web site guy was empowered I guess

  • @MisterG2323
    @MisterG2323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    Ms Stewart has a strong Shirley Manson vibe. Excellent acting job from this young lady.
    Good short, strong work from all involved. Kudos!

    • @akillianhammersley
      @akillianhammersley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed!

    • @MisterG2323
      @MisterG2323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@akillianhammersley I'll definitely be looking forward to whatever you all come up with next! Separately and/or together.

  • @MotionlessKnight
    @MotionlessKnight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    That ended rather abruptly. Will this one get a part 2?

    • @WatchALTER
      @WatchALTER  3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      We agree, would love to see more! Spread the word about the film and follow the director Alison-Eve Hammersley for updates!

    • @Nina.VanRobiart
      @Nina.VanRobiart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@WatchALTER this one was shit.

    • @WatchALTER
      @WatchALTER  3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@Nina.VanRobiart Can you provide some specific aspects of the film that didn't work for you? Always curious to hear a variety of feedback.

    • @chillerkiller5462
      @chillerkiller5462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @ALTER don’t listen to him just a hater, btw good video

    • @MotionlessKnight
      @MotionlessKnight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@chillerkiller5462 Agreed. I thought it was great, just left me wanting to see what happens next.

  • @morethanahumanbody3339
    @morethanahumanbody3339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    why are all these short films better than most movies :)))

    • @benjaminollis7621
      @benjaminollis7621 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because Hollywood is too obsessed with pushing social propaganda

  • @yandereskitty
    @yandereskitty ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I want alter to have their own streaming service lol I'd not mind paying to watch full movies.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    This is a pretty messed up movie, I like the message it sends though

  • @dianawackrow3777
    @dianawackrow3777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    This is another "don't trust a pretty face" lesson. The devil is beautiful...he used to be God's favorite.

  • @amypond7631
    @amypond7631 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i think the real horror isnt just in the manipulation of social media and how it drives you to do terrible things to yourself, but in the "mara, im 30... but we can find a way". that hit me like a ton of bricks bc if it wasnt creepy enough already, its also incredibly real... and so easy to skim past.

  • @rimrick665
    @rimrick665 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Really good! Really speaks to the idea of selling ones self to appeal to others and how in the end we've sold more than we thought we agreed to...

  • @Taoteh11
    @Taoteh11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Brilliant. No more left tears to cry.
    And the message is so clear : Don't trust strangers.

  • @29lookingood
    @29lookingood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Wow, Carly Stewart is an amazing actress. Thanks for a brilliant movie Alter 💙

  • @minnaandersen6249
    @minnaandersen6249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Why does this feels like a black mirror episode? I love it! 🥰🥰😩

  • @ThePinkyPreppy
    @ThePinkyPreppy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how these vids start off so nice to the point where you forget its a horror film and it gets so so much scary

  • @smilingvanny8178
    @smilingvanny8178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    “No tears left to cry.”

  • @foxblossom16carlsen21
    @foxblossom16carlsen21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Honestly this is superb! Not only does it show how some times our money and fame make us do things like crying in front of screen but that sometimes we get to far into our minds that we forget and over react to the things that happen around us also the actor Carly Stewart is awesome! Thanks Alter!

  • @KevinMacaringue
    @KevinMacaringue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Really awesome film!!!! Very disturbing, realistic and always hinting at something just beneath the skin. I love the finale.

  • @echob7751
    @echob7751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was a really good film. I have been in similar shoes to hers and it was really sickening. Being unable to cry is one of the worst feelings.

  • @patronsttroll5712
    @patronsttroll5712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Bruh, is there really a market for this cuz I can cry for days.

  • @beaniestranger0125
    @beaniestranger0125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    How does alter pump out all these and have them be CONSISTENTLY good?! Like they are always so interesting.

  • @EarlOfMaladyCrescent
    @EarlOfMaladyCrescent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I'm not quite sure how this is classed as a horror. That said, I liked the story. The female lead is brilliant! I've heard crying is really hard to do, in acting. That I can believe! It seems strange that people would want to pay to see someone cry though.

    • @Prettylama284
      @Prettylama284 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      It’s more like a real life horror it’s kinda showing you how easy it is for a predator to influence a child it’s scary but it’s sad at the same time

  • @4aaabriiil
    @4aaabriiil 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Has anyone else noticed the fact that there are two actors playing roles within the Vampire Diaries universe?

    • @sissyalesch2768
      @sissyalesch2768 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What?!? Who/where? I didn’t notice!

  • @deborakusuma548
    @deborakusuma548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Love the acting, storyline and cinematography!! Poor thing she had no tears left to cry. I got back sore and felt real pain in my heart watching it. 🥺

  • @rw5258
    @rw5258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Hump Day Disturbia!
    First she needs better friends, whoever thought your tears can be worth so much.
    Thanks Alter

    • @WatchALTER
      @WatchALTER  3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Thanks for watching! Decent friends always help and crying should be a last resort side hustle.

    • @amandaroman3471
      @amandaroman3471 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s about dominance. Sooner or later they demand more and more to get more and more thrills. These things are very dangerous. I know as I was apart of it as a heroin addict. There is some very very sick men out there who can and will find where you live and then demand whatever they want or threaten you- many girls had this happen: some had small kids some living w parents and all ashamed of how far it got and tried to keep it hidden. They never realize when you cam it opens a connection and they can easily swipe things from your devices. Young naive girls get involved and then trapped. It’s sad really.

    • @ladyraven2256
      @ladyraven2256 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amandaroman3471 Good Advise esp for younger generations . They use to say a Picture is worth a thousand words but THE INTERNET is Worth Thousands 😢 Also it's is a Lifetime of Embarrassment . This is a Good Short to Show your Kids a Causionary film since most are home for Covid 19.

    • @spiceyseason981
      @spiceyseason981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amandaroman3471 I agree that noone should have to go through that.

  • @theexpierow8951
    @theexpierow8951 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    as someone who knows how to cry at will super easily (it took some practice) I see this gig as an absolute win

  • @wawaelias8842
    @wawaelias8842 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Geez the acting is incredible!! This was truly hard to watch! I was legit thinking "Dame he dont feel awkward being at a prom in his 30's" until I realized. This was all in her mind. She made that scenario up to try and make herself cry, without having to hurt herself physically.

  • @JakubWojciechowski933
    @JakubWojciechowski933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    I just adore this moment when he tells her she wants to cast her and she's both happy and sad in the same moment. Jesus, it's so convincing. I could believe that that's how she got the role here

  • @evekollar3230
    @evekollar3230 3 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    I loved the ending ...
    She grew stronger and to a point where tears changed to strength and determination to get over what she discovered the exploitation of her vulnerabilities.
    When she took that deep breath at the end you can see the transformation in her face and feel her personal power return - no longer a victim mindset!

    • @froggiest_froggie1960
      @froggiest_froggie1960 ปีที่แล้ว

      @danicali fr

    • @pockysmoky3246
      @pockysmoky3246 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      She was frustrated because she was returning to her old self when she couldn't express her emotions. I don't know how you got something like that from that scene. It was simply to collect her thoughts 😭

    • @bogwife7942
      @bogwife7942 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      ""victim mindset"" god I hate that phrase. she was abused.....there's nothing empowering about no longer being able to cry because even that most basic human expression has been stolen from you and exploited

    • @spacefalls8260
      @spacefalls8260 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      tf

    • @why7189
      @why7189 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      No offense but i think you completely missed the point. She wanted to cry to release the pain but physically couldnt.

  • @angelxo7174
    @angelxo7174 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like how it says short horror film and it's 20 minutes like it's the best one i saw in a while

  • @xmetalxloverx
    @xmetalxloverx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Realize how he started calling her star instead of mara