SAFETY IN PILLS | A Walten Files Retrospective
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- I'm going to tell you a story of broken people. Beautiful people.
Bon's Burgers was supposed to be a magical place full of fun and excitement, until people started to go missing. Late one night, loud music is heard blaring from the restaurant, and something isn't quite right with the animatronics.
Produced by Chilean filmmaker @thewaltenfiles and inspired by Scott Cawthon's Five Nights at Freddy's series, The Walten Files is an analog-horror web series chronicling the mysterious events surrounding Bon's Burgers and the associated animatronic characters.
The series also serves as a love-letter to analog horror; there are countless references and homages embedded within. I was able to locate callbacks to Local58, FNAF VHS, Gemini Home Entertainment, and more!
I've wanted to make this video for MONTHS. The Walten Files is an INCREDIBLY dense series and it means a lot to me; I really wanted to make sure I could get this one right. However, I'm really proud of my recent retrospective on @Battington's FNAF VHS series, and people seemed to really enjoy it, so I finally mustered up the confidence to bite the bullet and make a Walten Files video.
This isn't an analysis or a theory video; it's just a retrospective. Honestly, putting out Walten Files theories is quite intimidating - the fanbase can be very, very passionate, and I fear that I might upset some die-hard fans who don't necessarily agree with my interpretation.
GO WATCH THE WALTEN FILES NOW: • Video
SUBSCRIBE TO @thewaltenfiles (congrats on 500k Martin!)
Check out my other FNAF VHS Videos!
Battington's FNAF VHS Series: • FNAF's SCARIEST Series...
The FNAF Plus Tapes: • FNAF Plus VHS
The Interviewed: • Death is TOO GOOD FOR ...
The Incident Logs: • The Most TERRIFYING FN...
Garrett Wade's FNAF VHS: • The One You Should NOT...
FOOTAGE CREDITS
The Walten Files 1 - Company Introductory Tape: bit.ly/3rsk9lq
The Walten Files 2 - Relocate Project: • The Walten Files 2 - R...
The Walten Files 3 - BunnyFarm: bit.ly/3STPuZU
Lucky You: • Lucky You
Commercial: bit.ly/3fD14KG
Guilty: • Guilty
Game Theory: FNAF, The Clue that SOLVES Five Nights at Freddy's! - @GameTheory: bit.ly/3CtcM3p
(MatPat just always makes his way into my videos XD)
MUSIC
Mirror Temple (Magic Mirror Mix) - Celeste: • [Official] Celeste B-S...
Donkey Kong Aquatic Ambiance (DKC) - Super Lofi World: bit.ly/3fAdqmS
Hell's Whisper (Disgaea)
JR's Ending Theme (Midnight Motorist Remix) - 3FS
#TheWaltenFiles #MartinWalls #FNAF #FiveNightsAtFreddys #Animatronics #FNAFVHS #AnalogHorror #TheftKing
*The Walten Files is so dope. I love it.*
The TTS at 11:00 uses weird pronouns ("...hoping that _HIS_ beloved husband..." "I know where _SHE_ is."), but I presume this is a mistake. I used both genders; why not?
I've wanted to make this video for MONTHS. The Walten Files is an INCREDIBLY dense series and it means a lot to me; I really wanted to make sure I could get this one right. However, I'm really proud of my recent retrospective on @Battington 's FNAF VHS series, and people seemed to really enjoy it, so I finally mustered up the confidence to bite the bullet and make a Walten Files video.
Agreed
Agreed
theft king, do what you want to do! If you make something that you're willing to put your time and effort in, your viewers will appreciate and enjoy it! Feel free to take whatever risks you desire, and if it makes you uncomfortable, don't do it! As long as you make content, in any shape or form, or at any time or place, we'll be here for you and be glad you're alive and well. Have a great day, great video, and great job in general!
maybe its just me but perhaps jack (i think thats the character they were talking about, correct me if im wrong) uses he/she pronouns and thats martins way of hinting at that? thats just my hunch anyways.
Hmm, CC is being wonky and isn't showing. Hope everything is working out okay on your side, TK!
Edit: took a while but cc finally showed! :)
The absolute balls on Ashley for walking up to what's left of Billy and playing tape that literally says "Discard".
Hell yeah
The reason the series is so scary is because some charracters have balls of steel like i would not go near anywhere abandones and there are people in the series who go there in the midle of the night or go the for multiple days and then to add to that even touch some creepy looking rotten animatronics and to add to that one of them goes to a place that is very very bad looking and doesn't turn back immediatly being like oh fuck this shit i'm gonna go home and hide under my blanket i can't play a normal horror game out of fear yet there is someone who plays it and continues after seeing dead relatives as charracters in the game in mangled and glitched forms i would quit at the first notable glitch
"That sign won't stop me cause I can't read!"
Wouldn't be as scary if she went "Nah, let's get the FUCK outta here" and lived
I think it says discord ngl
Remember children, when going into an old storage facility, don’t forget your: Key, Flashlight, Snacks, Camera and most importantly, your Jack Walten
Damn, almost forgot him, thanks for reminding me!
@@vandergamer8682 no problem :)
Gotta always take my emotional support jack walten with me!
Can I take lancer with me?
He's like Jack but he's not Jack
@bendover8639 here me out. Both
“Found you!” still gives me chills
Same
@mxlouka Playz why not make a short story on it and post it on a writing website it sound like something I would read
SAFETY IN PILLS,
SOPHIE.
@mxlouka Playz wattpad
@mxlouka Playz tell us how to find it when ur done
I'd like to quickly point something out that someone had mentioned on a different video. You can hear faint breathing during the burial of the children, implying that they were still alive when buried and had survived the car crash, Felix was just too drunk to notice and buried them alive.
This series holds a really special place in my heart, it's what comforted me through vet visits for my late cat. Despite knowing the story like the back of my hand, I still like watching new videos that show up on my fyp. It's been a year since getting into it and I'm still fixated on it.
Holy crap.
woops ☠️
Oops is daisies, I buried 2 living kids - Felix
Oopsie*
Yoo
I'd just like to add something, one of my fav moments in analogue horror comes from this series it has to do with the game, basically at the start Sophie spells her name incorrectly but by the time we get sha asking if she's still beautiful, sha calls Sophie by her name
Good spot dude, I didn’t catch that one before
Not to mention the notion of the game being able to do TTS like that is really implausible for the time period.
Soapie*
@@theftking do you even like banny because her intro of her name says other wise
E
Fun Fact for those who don't know:
Animatronics (like Chuck E Cheese, or the Rock-afire Explosion) are controlled by an air compressor, and air hoses that are connected to pneumatic cylinders inside the mech. Also, It was called a "Mech" before Scott called dubbed it as an "Endoskeleton".
Unrelated: Watching scary movies you were scared of as a child is kind of interesting. Because like many other things, it can lead up to who you are as a person in the future. Like picking up on some of the witty personality traits from Chucky.
I was Terrified of Chucky when I was little, but was somehow completely enamoured with Coraline.
I cried with coraline cuz aracnophobia ITS THE FIRST MOVIE THAT MADE ME CRY OUTA FEAR 😥
I love Coraline!!!
This reminds me a lot of dang the lore is def unique but stuffing bodies in animatronics a restaurant with creepy robots checkered floors a character shoved to the side
I really like the art/animation style of the Walten Files, feels like cardboard cutouts on 3d surface while still feeling realistic in its own weird way
Whether that was intentional or not is probably something I will never know but it's still really cool
To be honest i dislike the style it just looks weird to me
@@literallyfemboi its supposed to look unsettling
@@literallyfemboi its supposed to make you feel weird. that's the point of analog horror
Like Southpark
@@Smengy_Golf_Official exactly like South Park
Brian's fate is scary to picture until you imagine Bon plying and squishing his face like pizza dough, like the weird cg face graphic that plays during his death.
He should have had his Jack Walten with him.
@@charlesdoe2872 Reference to another comment?
Still scary though.
Felix must be a very rich fella, driving a rolls royce
and actually killing someone in it, this takes a lot
I mean-he is the founder.
When he says "would you let your kid go near them?"
Like WDYM I WONT GO NEAR THEM WHY WOULD MY KID
I think the reason why martin inclued the obituary is because it gives a reasonable explanation to jack posessing the bon suit. maybe he was stuffed in there by felix after they had a fight?
Jack is alive
@@wolfslayer7539 well shit.
@@atuliyengar9638 yeaaa
@@wolfslayer7539 how
@@theorangetrooper7603 I DONT FUCKING KNOW BUT HE IS MARTIN CONFIRMED
In my opinion, The Walten Files is indeed a good series.
However, it focuses too much on doing disturbing imagery. It’s not anything bad, but it feels like it’s just thrown alot. Even at Bunnyfarm, let’s all admit, the last few jumpscares were kinda unescessary.
However, it’s a good series. I can’t wait for TWF4
interesting take bunny farm did feel like a lore dump but it was still cool
Remember that Martin didn't expect the series to blow up the way it did; _nobody_ expects that. I think this is part of why TWF4 has taken so long - Martin probably wants to take his time and really top everything prior with it.
That said, at the same time, Bunnyfarm has the scariest moment in the series _("Am I still beautiful, Sophie?")._
@@theftking Oh absolutley. That moment scared the hell out of me.
Idk man I absolutely love the walten files and other vhs horror series, I don’t know how else to put it but the overwhelming amount of tension and information is weirdly calming
@@dc10cargodoor I understand the point you’re making. But something Martin should do (or at least in my opinion) is make it more on sound. He should kind of stop with the jumpscares (not entirely, just a little), and instead focus more on the tension that the sound is making. For Example: When a door opens on it’s own, we hear the music get more twisted and wierd. However, when we expect a jumpscare the most, nothing happens. Idk, just a thought. But I understand.
25:17 I feel like he'd want them to be found. he'd feel horrible if the other guy's kids aren't found and just all went missing so he'd probably want them to be found eventually but want time to run and hide
The Walten Files is my favorite horror analog video. This series got me hooked and I can’t wait for more updates.
TYSM NDQ! I know; I'm super amped for part 4. It's been in production for longer than all the other episodes _combined,_ so I expect it'll be pretty special.
@@theftking Martin said that he wanted to quit after the third video due to burnout and not being sure where to go in the future. In which he did the music video and the website arg to explain the rest of the lore. He then shortly deleted the arg because he decided to come back and make this a full series. That’s why episode 4 has taken so long because it wasn’t supposed to happen + he did say a lot more voice acting is included
The rabbat is starving
@@theftking 🎉
♉♉♉
To be honest, i remember watching them on my old laptop and be TERRIFIED of the series.
The coolest horror series.
I don't know why but out of any of the missing person i feel HORRIBLE for Rosie- she seemed like a genuinely good person especially since she's the only love one we see ACTUALLY searching for a missing person it probably means that Rosie genuinely loved Jack
one of the walten files episodes scared me so much that I fell out my chair down the stairs through the door into a car onto a plane fell out landed on a rocket went to space and pissed on the moon.
Dude, same!
you too!?
Bro took an accident to the next level
YOU DID THAT TOO!?!?!??!??!
Honestly i feel respect for people who like this. I love horror stuff and this scares the ever loving shit out of me. Dont get me wrong, it is cool and awesome, but so bone chilling that the first time I saw brian's mangles face, I couldnt go in the dark alone without being timid and terrified
I am happy the fandom is growing.
I can't wait for season 2.
honestly my favorite part of the walten files is the shadow man feeds me when lights go out because of its many possible implications.
This is just _ONE_ of the _best_ analog horror series out there!
Can't wait for the next installment in this series!
Bro this is probably the best series I have seen of vhs tapes so far, it’s so interesting, and very chilling and scary. I love how they made it, it feels so real.
“Everything is going to be okay!”
Moments later Felix flips the car.
R.I.P.
"is that an Omori reference ? "
The tape: Felix has a giant brain and a giant heart.
Jack: stop the cap
Killed bros kids drinking and driving
I love this new edit to the Walter files, I’ve watched this whole series over and over again and I’m happy to see someone cover it and actually add something
you’re so good at this. just thank you so much. I love this coverage as much as i love Nexpo’s coverage. and that’s something impressive asf in my book. i’m sure you’ve heard of him, but if not i know you will love his stuff too.
This is epic dude
Amen
@@bbgamer3340wha?
I just wish that walten files had the skill to make some of the “real life” parts not just animation, and actually realistic, just sounds nice
That's what they are doing in the new tape
I have to wonder if they ever give themselves nightmares of their own unnerving creations
I draw body horror and gore and just from personal experience I don’t get scared of my own works because I’m there to see it when it is basically an innocent looking person, then I add the gore. It’s like putting on your own scary Halloween makeup. You don’t get scared but everyone else does. ^^
scott sometine said thaat bonnie gave him nightmares i think
10:52 i thought the captions was a fun little code. But when i read "never gonna give you up" , my heart shattered
Its really cool to get a whole retrospective video on this series. Thank you.
Now I can rest 😌
4:03 Super scary how bon is the only one staring at you, like he’s alive.
I love The Walten Files. You are a living legend!
!!! Thank you so much NDQ for all your support!
This video is probably my favorite TWF video. You've got an awesome inflection, perfect voice for this kind of story, and you let the videos speak for themselves instead of talking over them often
I love your work and I hope it gets more and more views as you deserve 💖
just been binging your videos while making a game and honestly it gave me more motivation than ever for some reason
I’m in stream! Subbed to you watching your past videos about FNAF. Hope FNAF plus is good and can’t wait for more content. Also want to say, glad you recovered well from your past and games helped you get away from it. Proud of you man! See you later man!
Thanks so much! Of course FNAF Plus will be good.
I think the Walten files is one if the best horror series ever released
i know it was just a typo ( i think) but when i see the "walton" i think of "waltuh"
Waltuh, put the cassette away, waltuh
this clown is gonna kill you waltuh
@@YeinVZ Thanks for pointing out the typo :)
Probably the creepiest VHS tape I've ever seen
Safety in pills Sophie.
that bunny was in a game in Roblox called us are toys but I think it was banned due to it being too disturbing
A really love the way, that instead of doing realistic looking characters, The Walten Files does, what is honestly just as creepy, cartoony looking characters.
You hit me where the ❤ is Theft. I am obsessed with Walten Files.
A really well done retrospective video, Theft King! That's all that I can say, really.
The Walter files is such a good series! Unfortunately, and I don’t know why but the distorted faces I just can’t look at. I don’t know why, but they just make me either uncomfortable or scared. I continuously have to cover the faces with my hand to make me be at ease
Walter
Great quality video, nice work! Can't wait for more updates on the series.
Came from the stream to say that Walten Files is peak analog horror.
It's not at all FNaF related, but if you like analog horror maybe you should do a video on The Mandella Catalogue. It's a phenomenal series and my personal favorite piece of horror on youtube.
I've considered it, I just doubt I could make a better video than Wendigoon already did. While other TH-camrs more-talented than I have covered _The Walten Files_ (Nexpo comes to mind), I still felt like I was adding my unique twist. I'm not sure if a Mandela Catalogue video would really be anything more than a watered-down video-essay version of Wendigoon's.
came from the stream, you're amazing! I love your videos!!
We need more!!!! Is there another horror series like this you could go over?!!
Yes plenty!
@@theftking we want more
@The Animator 397 I did that before this! Well, I did Battington's series.
"WHAT WAS THAT THING?!" *gets turned into a marketable plushy*
I highly doubt Sophie worked there as an 11-14 year old. It is far more likely that she is wearing the uniform for the hotel it is confirmed that she works at
Interesting! That's plausible, though did it confirm she _works_ at the hotel? I believe the episode says she's _living there_ at the time, but I wasn't sure she was an employee.
@@theftking plus the picture shows the withered bon behind her. And in the same video it shows that bon has escaped after killing Brian. It would make sense that he would be coming after Sophie. Probably shortly after the whole bunny farm thing.
Was fun to see a few of Martin's comments, never woulda seen that without you Theft. Remain beautiful man!
The Walten Files are very interesting, and I can’t wait for when the 4th video releases.
I think the best three scenes from 1-3 are banny trapped in the basement, rosemary's death in bunnfarm, and bon singing daisybell.
my theory: ok, first I need to inform you that Walten Files was actually a canceled game before it was a series, the game was called Welcome To Bons Burgers, in this game, the animatronics weren't haunted, but were actually being remotely controlled by the protagonist, I think Jack is alive and not so well, I think Felix is remotely controlling Bon, Bon is the ONLY animatronic that has killed ppl who saw too much, henceforth making Felix look like the good guy
I'm aware of the series origins as a fangame, and I even have a copy of Martin's other game That's a very interesting theory; remote controlling Bon. Why would Jack kill his wife Rosemary then? She hadn't seen anything as far as I know...
@@theftking Rosemary saw nothing, but was snooping around the building every night, Felix was most likely like "huh, well, your a liability to exposing me about the dead corpses, lemme just activate bon to assisnate you now"
I think Felix is trying to help the Dorseys out of his guilt. Even if they became horrifying animatronics.
@@theftking I'm sure you know this now, but there's a small amount of times you confuse rocket with show bear, such as the grave scene
I don’t watch the series personally but kudos to the people who have the balls to watch them
You make such great content and have such a nice style, Thefty! Keep up the good work as always
Why hello there, Old Sport
i know i should be scared but the walten files does not scare me because i love Sha so much, her little country accent that she has in the cartoon, her little chibi version, literally everything about the cartoon animatronic sheep is so incredibly adorable that I can feel no fear
Came from the stream! Can't wait to watch after the stream ends
This is the scariest restaurant vhs I've ever watched,the fnaf vhs is terrifying but this is a whole new level
Just a question theft king: There are some parts that sound prepared to say but some not like " Hey slow down" when baa goes out of the room. Any explanation?
the art in this series is cool looking and the music also.
I love these review videos I can lay down and just listen to you talk.
I'm glad you enjoy it!
That scream from ashley still scares me.
Worst thing to be scared at.💀
Here's the thing though. Sophie would've been around 13 or 14 at the time that Bon's first opened. I could see Jack hiring her to work in the kitchen or as janitorial staff or bussing tables or something, but I'm fairly certain that she wouldn't have been a security guard. The only time that makes sense would have been during the relocate project, r years later, but that would've been within a year of BunnyFarm. Is her memory loss long term or short term or both? We only really see her having trouble remembering stuff from several years in the past, so it's unclear.
If Bon's sleepover is to be believed, Sophie encountered Bon and somehow survived, so what's going on with that? It's a lot to think about and try to decipher
""everything is going to be okay! :)"
*Moments later, Felix f l i p s t h e c a r" is so funny to me 😂
Story of broken people, all in suffering in endless cold of metal and endless hunger of their empty batteries. They had indeed fallen victim of the rabbit but now look what the rabbit did they're beautiful, they're beautiful they're beautiful they're beautiful they're beautiful they're beautiful
(Done that for fun)
I concur
17:20 actually iirc martin walls intended for it to be a full fangame at one point, before scrapping it and using the remains to make the series
Yes! _Bon's Burger's_ was going to be a fangame, and he even released _Night of the Living Robot,_ which was meant to be a teaser-game. Admittedly, it wasn't very good; I think Martin found his calling as a filmmaker, not a game developer heh.
sophie is the one drawing the red kids, she actually notices them during the sha game but doesn't say it, the reason why the bear doesn't respond to "who are you" is likely becuz sophie never met the bear, the bear is not a part of her memories therefore he can't answer that question
Oh interesting.
if I had a nickle for every horror animatronic series where two dead children possess one humanoid animal, I'd have two nickles, which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice
Hey theft! Whenever I get a stream notification from you I drop everything and watch ur stream ^^ I'm watching your current stream right now 👀
"the rabbit is starving the rabbit is starving the rabbit is starving" still takes my hope every day as i remember how she layed there for 3 days...
A VHS horror story version of FNAF. Nice!
Thank you so much. This video introduced me to TWF, and now I am addicted. Thank you, Theft King.
Now i heard of deal wield, BUT I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF 8 WIELD! 😂
Best stream ever by far!
PS, that’s what Rambo uses!
10:50
Damn sha still knows to joke around, even in reverse!
This is my first time watching one of your streams and it's very entertaining can't wait to see the video when it comes out
bunnyfarm game : *intense glitching and showing different deaths and creepy stuff*
sophie : ima still play
i wonder if he will make his own game out of this soon, it's very unnerving and cool for me at the same time.
Yesss
It would be especially cool since the series was originally supposed to be a video game i think
This my comfort show fr loving all the people covering it
"Third and Final" Yeah we're still expecting three more videos on the Walten Files and thats even Season 1! They have plans for two seasons
I know! I regret that that was ambiguous - I meant it's the final episode for now. Martin has confirmed episodes 4-6 so far.
Walt: I ALLWAYS COME BACK
Willan AFTON: I ALWAYS COME BACK
Just to dumbly pinpoint a couple of things: the white bear is Memory Bear, not Rocket the rabbit. Sophie's sprite stumbled across it before the game crashed; while Memory Bear is theorized to be (partially or fully) Jack Walten.
Also, knowing that the Files are stuff that already happened and are seeing the light thanks to Anthony, the epitaph of the children could've been written after it was publicly known and showed what happened around Bon's Burger
Y'know I never realized that! Thanks for the heads up. It's kinda cruel to have two similar-looking gray characters, neither of whom get much screentime, especially in a series with as much analog distortion as TWF.
Still, it's not _nearly_ as evil as Scott including multiple characters with _the same name_ in the FNAF franchises. That was just cruel, lol.
If I have any criticism of TWF, it's that there are too many characters. I feel like the memory bear could've just been Rocket and it'd have been just as clear, but maybe not!
There's all the findjackwalten stuff, but I wanted to try and do a synopsis of the videos alone. Going beyond that would require theorizing and I just don't have any compelling Walten Files theory. I have little idea as to where things are going
@@theftking Hey! At least we only have 2 gray characters (which I suppose both represents faded memories because of the color itself) instead of 7273663 lmao. And Memory Bear and Rocket represents two different things (MB still to be resolved, but as I stated before people thinks it's actually Jack because of his smile) for Sophie so it makes sense Martin didn't use the latter to remember her siblings
I've seen the findjackwalten stuff and I don't have an actual theory either, more than what we're seeing are stuff that's been partially solved in-world (at least judging by the epitaph of Ed & Molly it's quite fair to suppose some points are public knowledge - except everything that happened to the Walten family and maybe Felix (imagine how fucked up would be if he became Bon himself) as well) and that's just coming out for everybody else more recently because of the internet itself, and because it's Anthony posting the footages he goes finding during the investigation
when she woke up, she was beautiful, but on the inside it felt like every single part of her body was bleeding. *very epic sha dance*
Aw yes, I needed one of these, keep it up.
10:45 the third door is probably used to hide. (No, seriously, they probably need to hide from spooky animal robots.)
You already know it's gonna be a good day when theft king uploads
This video introduced me to the walten files. so thanks theft king for introducing me to my favourite analog horror series of all time.
another great video
It scares me how they keep on repeating “We’ll make you beautiful" and then proceeds to show a picture of someone that's ripped apart limb by limb
Walten files one of my favorite vhs horrors easy top 5
Orrville wont stop screaming please send prayers.
Thanks for explaining the lore
hard to find an actual good channel with watchable videos these days you earned this sub
Sorry to disturb you again but I’m sorry to hear about the drama that happened in the past (I don’t know much but I hope your feeling better form it and I hope it hasn’t effected your channel and your mental health significantly) but I have a question to ask what’s your favourite part of making content?
Getting to see people watch it and see their reaction to it! Nothing is better than making a video that a lot of people enjoy.
The blue bunny or something is really scary cause of the eyes and they’re so small which makes it look even more scary and so now I think I’m gonna have nightmares
So either episode 4 comes out tomorrow, or we really are gonna have to wait like at the end of the year for it. Honestly I think that’s messed up to do that to fans of the series. We already waited over a year, a simple release date would be appreciated.
0:32 the reference of the Walton files instead of saying saying safety in pills, it says sometimes safety in pills Sophie I like the reference!
Wait... The Walten Files are officially over? I mean, maybe FNaF has set me up to expect more length out of haunted animatronics, but as absolutely amazing as I find it, there seems to be no resolution to its plot. Sure, we discover some of the hows and whys of the hauntings, but things like how Sophie deals with the information she uncovers, or what happens to the haunted animatroncs is left completely unanswered. I'm all for ambiguity in storytelling, but this just feels like an open hole that was designed to be filled eventually.
I’m 90% sure there’s gonna be more, it’s just taking a while 👍
@@kyletheanimator8911 One can only hope.