Horror Short Film "I Am Not a Monster" | ALTER Exclusive
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2020
- A young man returns home uninvited to his brother’s engagement dinner only to find himself fighting for his sanity against the violent, mind controlling growth on the back of his head.
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Director: Grace Quilligan
Writer: Conor Patrick Byrne
Producer: Conor Patrick Byrne
Co Producer: Rachel McGill
Cinematographer: Tom Simington
Editor: Ben Rogan
Sound Design: Art Skehan
Score: Nestor Romero Clemente
Production Design: Enya Dunphy & Maire Ni Allurain
Make Up Artist: Meghan McDermott
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I AM NOT A MONSTER
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I like it is to popular
The guy who plays ambrose is my uncle, I'm proud of him :)
Well, if he is, he's impressive
Sure he is... but that’s just my opinion
@@notyouraverageyoutuber3172 but im telling the truth
Kirsty Doyle I did say it’s just my opinion
@@notyouraverageyoutuber3172 k
I love how Alter has been making short films about mental illness. It really helps to let people know that the real horror of the one who are struggling is that no one will help them even though they know how dangerous the voices could do.
There really was a man from a somewhat well to do family called Edward Mordrake. These events are fictional & while the parasitic face could but rarely twitch, Edward said it would talk to him while he was trying to sleep & having mental back & fourth's. Great story, great take & great short movie.
@@clarkyrock4443 well it can be both
@@clarkyrock4443 Edward Mordake was fictional
I feel sorry for him. He's obviously mentally ill and no one lifts a hand to help him.
*Sadiecat*
Whose to say they haven't tried in the past?
At the end of the day his family are not, to the best of our knowledge, mental health experts.
Maybe he wasn't taking his meds or walked out of a hospital to attend the engagement party?
He kept reassuring eveyone he was fine, don't forget.
I'm not trying to roast you, just pointing out a few things that occurred to me to possibly explain why things escalated so rapidly.
Peace.
I feel him
@@salfisher114
My point exactly.
Lots of folk, without asking questions, therefore not knowing answers, kneejerk react, assuming everyone is capable of making logical choices and decisions.
There no patience or allowance.
Sadly, most of the human race are a lot closer to a mental health problem than they realise or would want to know and all it takes is just one thing and their lives spiral out of control.
Seeing how people react to those with a problem makes me glad I've never suffered and more protective of my friends that have.
When people try to help, he says, "NO! It's fine. Tankyoudoe."
@@top_nigerian_news it’s his family.
This kinda hit the nail on the head... I have psychotic depression and so I deal with hallucinations and delusions, one of the most common things for me is ‘they’re gonna hurt you’ over and over and a voice telling me I’m a demon or demonic or evil. This was hard to watch as it hit close to home but it also portrayed the loose grip on reality you have during these times really well. The not understanding who is saying something or what they’re saying, the perceived aggression, the alienation and ‘me against the world’ is all very true... this is the closest and truest depiction of psychosis I’ve seen
Voices in my head used to whisper to me to “look into the dark” over and over and like multiple people were saying it. I guess because that was my worst fear. I always tried to ignore the dark because if I ever looked I would start to see thing slowly form
I'm so sorry for your suffering. I can't imagine how scary it would feel to not know what was real & what wasn't. I hope you have been able to find a med or therapy that has helped bring you peace. ♡
I work in a psyciatric clinic and hospital, we sadly see this all the time, and I thought as well that this hits the nail on the head I am sorry you are dealing with this, and I hope you are finding help and understanding! All the best for you!
hey i used to feel the same way. But now i feel fine. It was when i came up with my theory. Its that the brain is the strongest most powerful tjing i the world and it creates aour realities and evrrything we think we are is true. so once i think of myself as heakthy it has stopped bothering me
@Cody P What was funny about the comment you replied to?
I heard of a real life version of the story. He also had a conjoined twin on the back of his head. He had claimed that at night his twin would torment him by whispering evil things to him. He apparently got his twin removed and he was able to live a regular life after that.
I heard about that! Maybe it’s another case which drove the guy to suicide 🤔
@@RehanaF13 yep that guy said the face would tell him indescribable evil things to him at night and ended up killing himself because the doctors dint have the technology to do surgery to remove the face. Sad and scary .
Gino Perez Yes, and it was on the back of his head, not his neck. I don’t think I could live with that mental torture. Would drive anyone to insanity. Just imagine! Creepy.
@@RehanaF13 I couldn't do it it's already a struggle now with an evil face on the back of my head it's just scary I'd feel so scared lol.
Gino Perez 😂🤣
He was an amazing actor. Please let him know how great he is. The quick facial expressions interchanging with true feelings and an attempt at a mask he thought the person wanted to see,unstable to the point of not being able to hold a mask for more than a few seconds. The smile and eyes.he rocked it!
Thanks so much!
Another great short, ALTER. I felt really bad for Ambrose...the actor did great. I got a sense that he had schizophrenia and the abomination was his way to explain the voices.
Thanks for the kind words!
@@tonydoyle7607 you are welcome! Keep up the good work!
Yes, I immediately thought of schizophrenia as well. I knew a lady who struggled with it.
Me too
@@captainames9226
Just one lady?
Think about that. Lol.
Well done. Brilliant portrayal of mental illness, particularly psychosis/ schizophrenia. Brother's fiancee is overtly forward and flirtatious, but I sense that is a delusion as is all his interactions and internal experience. Bravo!
I think this whole story is from the perspective of the short hair son and that face on the back of his head and the voices think are from schizophrenia and the face on the back of his head is his father and his judgement
Absolutely. 👍
@@glennparker5516 nah fam I just realized it at the very end I was going to say something about trolls on the internet be like the face in the back of the head but then I realized I had a pretty damn judgemental stepfather so yeah
@@glennparker5516 well you will get your prince charming Cinderella and then your stepsisters will chop off their toes and heal and then you'll get your shoe stuck in some tar on the steps of the palace
I'm not saying it's not a mental illness, but its very similar to Edward Mordrake.
@@Queen365 do big brain 200 if I'm not mistaking Mandrake and the face on the back of his head and the face could speak and I forget what else but he was having illusions of things that we're really not there so we could be both right schizophrenia and conjoined twin face thingy
We are all monsters in this world... Some are worst than others
Not wrong. 😞
Amen
I'm stealing your worst, cause it's the bestest!😉🤗
I'm not
@Annika Hendl congratulating
My luckiest day was when I accidentally came in front of "the doll maker"....and it all started with that♥️
Same! 😌
Same dude
Same! 💃🏻
Same 😀😀
Me too
Tony Doyle, the actor who played Ambrose, was so good. Very cute too.
Thanks very much @Tonydesdoyle92 on insta for what's next!
I agree 🙌
@@Witchofthewoods. thank you🙂
@@tonydoyle7607 your acting and the editing were spectacular. What's next for you?
@@thetataliciouschannel2269 I didn't edit! I'm doing the lead in an indie feature and I was awarded funding to write/act/direct my own short follow me on insta @tonydesdoyle92 for more and thank you for the kind words!
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True dat
glenn parker but you’re sure are gonna be dead in a virus hun
glenn parker okay
Same here
I felt for Ambrose. Tony Doyle deserves high praise. Well done.
Thank you!
@@tonydoyle7607 ur great
@@Hriata___ thanks so much
I guess this is what people with some sort of mental illness feels inside their mind 😞 it's hard to fight your inner demons.
Like Schizophrenia I guess... 😕
Ik how he feels...
"We never conquer our demons, we only learn to live above them."
@@beowulfvladmax7710
Very true ,,
Y'all, imagine kissing him and hold by his neck for closure but his back face bit you. 😂😂😂😭😭😭
Lol😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao 😨😨😨😨
I thought that was going to happen
🤣🤣 funny
This hit home for me. Every time he heard the voice telling him they're going to hurt him. Oof. I've had paranoid schizophrenia since I was a kid and I've had the exact same thoughts. I didn't have a face on the back of my neck though 😂 although that would've made things easier, people are not very supportive when they can't see what's wrong
i love how his schizophrenia is shown in this w the “monster” on the back of his neck & screwing up what’s real & what’s not. he’s a great actor & the editing in this is amazing 💫 (plus his accent is super cute)
Thanks!
I thought the editing was stellar as well
@@tonydoyle7607 you edited this film?
@@thetataliciouschannel2269 he's the actor I think
Great take on the Edward Mordrake theme. His second face was said to whisper evil thoughts like this. Brilliant story Alter 👌
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Makes you really feel for people with Schizophrenia. Especially back then when they didn't have medications. Tony Doyle did an excellent job with his portrayal of Ambrose!!
Thanks very much
@@tonydoyle7607 ye well done!.. was great
@@Bobbielea94 thanks so much 🙂
Idk man, really wouldn’t mind seeing tony in more of these hes a wicked good actor and very easy on the eyes. 😏
@@ericamcbearica5526 thanks very much 😊
That guy has schizophrenia.Its filmed in a realistic way.This is what happens to a patient with schizophrenia,they hear & see things which are not real.
My take: he has a birthmark on the back of his neck that looks weird. He was ostracised and abused as a child, and thus developed schizophrenia. The main perpetuater of the abuse was his dad(Correction: brother). The fiancée is the first person who doesn't judge him, so he finally feels love, but she is already his fiancee. He finally cut off the birthmark from the back of his neck, which explains the blood, and finally...
I presume he dies.
so he has a parasite twin like the legendary Edward Mordake......no biggie
Damm dats a good lil idea I like it
@P0werPuppy can you please explain why Ambruce asks his older brother why wasn’t the father invited and also kind of equated himself to the father when he said that he wasn’t invited either but he was still there? Because I interpreted it as him being alike to his father but since he was recessive and gullible so his family allowed him to stay with them for the wedding which wouldn’t have been possible in the case of the father so he was not invited. However, your interpretation adds a total new lens to it do would you mind answering my question!
@@soniarana5061 that's why I said dad (?). So older brother is the perpetuator of the abuse.
The way his mother treats him throughout the film, I'd say she was a participant in the abuse as well.
Deeply disturbing short, showing the horrors of internal struggles within the human psyche. Very relevant for our society today.
Congratulations to all involved, a great story superbly told.
The best depiction of schizophrenia, I’ve ever seen. I could relate 100 %. Fantastic.
He really do be lookin like Voldemort
Wait you’re right he really does
True
I was getting more of eminem ready to drop a sick rap...
@@talhanawaz7951 🤣
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My neighbor down the street has schizophrenia and he comes down to visit us sometimes just for a little while and we feel so bad for him because we don’t know what to do except send him very positive vibrations to lift his spirits. Mental illnesses are no joke. This one really hit close. Well Done 💜🌙
Ok, when he said, “did you invite dad?”
The brother answers, “ I didn’t invite dad”
He responds, “you didn’t invite me either”, chills ran down my spine.
I thought this will not end well.
Looks like he has vanishing twin syndrome with what was left of his twin is on his neck.
Omg this is so good!
Alter you have done it again!
Started my week off DISTURBED!
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The actor that plays Ambrose is gorgeous! Plus, with those acting skills he'd play an interesting type of psycho villan.💋
Thanks so much!
looks like cornholio
I honestly felt so bad for him. He’s such a great actor
So I guess this is about living with paranoid schizophrenic psychosis. It must be a truly terrifying nightmare to have to live with this.
Before Alter I didn't know horror can be sad as well! This movie was incredible!
I thought it was marvelous. There was just enough ambiguity to the film. The actor playing Ambrose was phenomenal.
I've been watching these ALTER Horror Shorts for hours now, but this one has truly made me feel uncomfortable. I felt projected onto Ambrose' character. Great film.
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Me to
Me too
Yo sameeeee
Same
now THIS was a great horror short, good acting, interesting story, some open ends- but an actual story!!! Well done.
I loved it. I had heard there was an urban myth of this kind. I never thought they would make a movie about it. It's great.
No myth. There actually was a man born with his twins head on the back of his head. The man ended up killing himself.
His name was Edward Mordrake.
Whoa
@@lorieakin1771 Yes!! You know I remember his name from American horror story. I do not remember what season it was but I do remember it because I looked him up online. He was born in the 1800's.
@@detrajackson5992 AHS great show.👍
@@detrajackson5992 Freak Show! My favorite season.
This was a masterpiece! I was so completely immersed in it that even my sense of reality was warped. Truly incredible filmmaking!
The color grading🔥
You got to love the 🎥 process. 🖤
Well done to all involved. I don't know what it feels like to have this disorder, but I feel like this gave me a sense of it.
still amazed how this youtube channel makes short film that are better than horror movies
That's the definition of traumatising
Poor guy just needed some help. 😣
some help??? he is 100% psycho
@@dananada9163 you wouldn't help a person with diabetes? Cancer? Any other illness??? Educate yourself!
Great short ♡ based on Edward Mordrake i reckon.
Considering the announcment said "Mordrake son to get married" or something to that affect I'd say yeah, based on Edward.
@@edmondgreen7970 didn't see that! Thanks for putting me in my place! :)
A very, very good story, wonderful acting, pace & film work. A great horror short that left me wanting more, the birthmark shame, a schizophrenic paranoia with controlling father figure imagination was epic, this could quite easily be a full length movie. Great work.
Something dad said...and it stuck.
Dad's always there...you little monster.
you scared me...😨
It reminded me of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
That’s definitely one of the inspirations for the story here. Thank you for watching.
@@WatchALTER Definitely saw an Edward Mordake inspo. Great though!
That was beautifully sad
Nice statement
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That's 2 masks the poor guy has to wear, the damn thing sneezing all over his collar and down his back. The thing looks like someone splatted mashed potatoes on his neck during a food fight.
Lol ew.yehh
All i could think about was feeding the little face french fries 🍟
The broken mirror is such a good metaphor.
This channel is precious
Our ALTERed fans are precious. 🖤
@@WatchALTER thanks from every fan and sub
Indeed 👏👏👏
Great job to the Videographers, Directors, Editors, and everyone involved with this!!
Ambrose was good. I love his character.
Mane I’m in class🤦🏽♀️too tired for school but not for this.
@Soilent Green yep, right...
Soilent Green aweee yea? Being controlled by a school system sounds really fun. So glad you could motivate me.
GoThIE CuTiE Awh yeah, dropping out of school and working in a gas station sounds perfect to me. 10/10 would recommend.
Who tf is mane
its me veeto not you🙃
My favorite Alter short to date! Great job!
Voldemort not looking so good these days.
I also got the Voldemort vibez😂😂😂😂
Once again I have been ALTERed. I love these short horror films. Please make it into a film series. That would be so COOL.
Amazing. The plot, the atmosphere, the acting.
So early here that even Queen Elizabeth ain't born...
Excellent!!! 11!! This short does seriously hits where this part of mental illness is all about. Bravo to the cast!! 👍👍👍👍
this is based off a true story about a man born with two faces named Edward Mordrake. The face appeared to be an undeveloped Siamese twin. He begged doctors to remove it, but they couldn't without killing him in the process. it whispered to him at night and slowly drove him crazy. He committed suicide at the age of 23.
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To people that have Schizophrenia must feel like their everyday life is a dream. That shit must suck so much not knowing what's real or not.
Another short that has altered my mind and I LOVED it
I usually watch one video everyday while having my evening 4pm tea simply because that's the only time I have peace and quiet in my house (i hv a 2yr old) and to really savour these short films. I love Alter 💘. You are my much needed dose of horror everyday. Love love love
I am a LCSW. I'll say this is very accurate. There is nothing on his neck, is all mind. Very sad I will say that much. When I first was getting into counseling, they have ear buds that you put in, and wear them for 45 minutes in a darker room and you walk around and try to read, think, talk etc. With voices playing into your ears. It gives you a taste of what people have to deal with on small level. Anyone can try it. ♥️
Paranoid schitzophrenia...a seriously disturbing short.
Perfect!
This channel never fails to amuse me ! Fantastic short movie !💯
"The mind is its own place, and in it self
Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n."
(John Milton, Paradise Lost))
Holy wow that is exactly what having intensive intrusive thoughts is like for me… it makes me feel like a monster and they WON’T shut up.
I had a friend with schizophrenia it was really hard for him and he would always see weird things or say untrue things it was heartbreaking 😕
This is how Edward Mordrake must've felt...👥
Isn't this based off of a real person? I know that sounds crazy, but I think I actually remember reading somewhere that someone back in history actually had a similar growth.
This is by far my favorite movie on Alter. The acting by everyone is top notch. Tony Doyle will be the next Anthony Hopkins.
Keep coming back to watch this again! It’s so good!
Watching horror movie cause' i feel depressed 😖😖
Hi Jaya! We’re sorry you’re feeling down. We hope there are some people close in your life that you can talk to about what’s going on. Along with that, we hope ALTER can bring you some entertainment. Stay safe, well, and ALTERed.
It's nothing but sometimes i felt depressed for my family situation and for my education career and all
But i can relax it by watching your videos and playing with kids 😄😄
@@jaya1403 Everyone is feeling down in these desperate times beside our own personal problems....
Thank You so much for this! Very good short, I think it would be watched by students of psychiatrics, too: so real, so well performed, so well written, first of all! Thank You for sharing, always!
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Wow this was very well produced and highly polished. I’m proud to say I’ve seen this. Bravo
U r too cute Tony Doyle... 😁😊😘
Great psych horror! Good sound editing in particular.
This is such a good representation for mental illness and the mistreatment of the mentally ill
Mental instability(due to mockery of physical appearance) and as people are inconsiderate to it, great concept and crew! Well done
The only down fall to this is I want more! Some many shorts are meh. But this one we need the back story childhood & wtf is going on. It would make an out of this world, thriller _with_ horror elements. Imagine a full movie or.... live theatre! Omg, is that plausable? Absolutely _loved_ this entire thing. Casting, directing, crew, editing, props, lighting, sound..... just _ALL_ of it is an A++.
When you're too early that no one's in the comments to give you a heads-up😣
I enjoyed this short very much, but I am completely astonished at the acting and screen presence of the young male lead that played Ambrose. I am pretty certain we will be seeing more of this remarkably talented actor (in much bigger and more widely distributed projects...not necessarily better lol). Is he Tony Doyle from the end credits?
Yep that's ne thanks so much!
Very well done. Great main actor. 😊
The movie look so beautiful 💜
That house is where they filmed the tv series Dead Still
The villain origin story of Quirrell we were all waiting for! xD Great movie, great acting!
6:22: "She's poisoning it?" Is this thing making Ambrose see things?
7:26: Oh my gosh, you see the face there on the back of his head?
11:21: It's playing mind-games with him. This is so good.
Not everyone are saints . Each one of us have an Dark side
We all have a dark side ,it’s keeping it in check is the hard part ...
🎵🎶" I 'm friends with the MONSTER at the back of my HEAD "🎵🎶
Oh my word🤣🤣underrated comment right here
Great comment .love em and Rihanna ....
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Opps Ambrose! Feel bad for him. His acting was just superb!
A great take on the Edward Mordrake story! Well done!
ALTER makes lots of wonderful scary short films and this is one of my favorites!!!🙂🖤💀☠👻🧛♀️🧛♂️🦇⚰🕷🕸
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Great Story i was anxious the whole time!👍👏