Britain's Most Disturbing Found Footage Film

[@RyanHollinger]

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[@topnotchcupoftea]

Akio Jissoji's Buddhist Trilogy

[@axelcordova8262]

How about a review of 'Nope'?

[@yareyare7806]

I'd love seeing you cover "Ghostwatch" another classic of British found footage

[@RyanHollinger]

@@yareyare7806 Next week.

[@danielclark-hughes692]

@@RyanHollinger 😯

[@dansco1124]

“You said it wasn't real!" Those last lines are horrifying when you realise this movie pulled the twist that it was never a typical Christain devil. Instead, it was an unknown pagan deity. That's why the exorcism went so wrong. It was like throwing a pebble at a steel wall. It was doomed from the start.

[@CorbCorbin]

I just got tired of them blindly following a voice, that couldn’t possibly be staying so far ahead. There’s too much padding, to get a 90 minute runtime. Once the old guy had vanished, and the jerk boss, had bleeding ears, looking dead, one gets out of there, and comes back with cops. It was obvious that the orphanage was used to sacrifice children to whatever the thing we never see is. After over an hour of almost nothing happening, I knew it would be a long ten or fifteen minutes, before we get the ending. That walk, with all “the camera’s messing up” stuff, was a headache, with a decent ending.

[@RadioRudie]

Fr. Those lines were so raw I got them tattooed on me.

[@WhiteWolfSpirit]

Creator God is the boss of all those deities, just saying. It failed because the priest was a drunk and the other a demon worshipper. I've studied occult and Christianity at length and that's my experience.

[@RadioRudie]

@@WhiteWolfSpirit it's just a movie. You get that right? It's a movie, not real life. Wait which one is supposed to be the demon worshipper? Are you on crack?

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

@@WhiteWolfSpirit As it is all fiction, that's speculative on your part. "Creator god" is younger and definitely less powerful/influential in universe than the deity portrayed in the movie. As it's all fiction in the end, it all depends on the author's choice, and there's nothing in the movie to justify your claim, which has no relation to reality anyway, so it can only relate to fiction .

[@yareyare7806]

"You said it wasn't real!" Is still one of the few lines that actually gets me spooked when I remember the context

[@TicTacPilgrim]

Also the reply, I KNOWWWW!

[@NightmaresinParadise]

i saw this movie when i was in middle school it was just on for some reason at night and the ending scared the ever living fuck out of me. when i described it to my friends they thought it sounded stupid

[@finalgirl640]

Same! Yes that line is devastating

[@coreym162]

@@NightmaresinParadise It's because, it's the journey that leads to the destination that makes it disturbing. Literally anything can be made scary with a slow burn.

[@SkylerHatesAlice]

Should watch more movies because it's such a common line it's considered a trope...

[@Scrofar]

This is why getting eaten alive is one of my biggest irrational fears. Jaws initiated this when I was much younger and much smaller, then NOPE reinstated it. I don't care if someone's into it, the idea of falling into an inescapable unknown with tight walls closing in around you as you eventually feel yourself begin to slowly melt away is a nightmare.

[@madam-mint]

Nope is horrific but a delight nonetheless

[@randomjunkohyeah1]

Never look up “vore” then, lol

[@lunalovett]

Omg being eaten alive is my biggest irrational fear and I thought I was alone! Nope fucking destroyed me, I was disturbed for weeks. My fear actually came from cartoons, like Doug the Movie, American Tale, Magic School Bus, The Fairly Odd Parents, etc. I can't stand seeing the digestive system in a movie, it wrecks me. I knew about this movie cause my friend warned me about the ending lol.

[@brandondanforth8342]

@@madam-mint nah, its weird... like don't get me wrong, you do you and its a kink that aint hurting anyone but its fucking weird and its something you'll never experience so maybe the idea of it is "a delight" to you, but the experience surely wouldn't be no matter how warped to the idea you might be.

[@loen1z]

@@brandondanforth8342 i'm pretty sure they're talking about the movie "nope"

[@Nocturnewashere]

The single, chilling line “Who have I been praying to all this time?” from The Mandela Catalogue always reminded me of this movie.

[@madam-mint]

YEP

[@DeathnoteBB]

It doesn’t do much for me as I’m not Christian anyway

[@Nocturnewashere]

@@DeathnoteBB Okay. Want a cookie?

[@Nocturnewashere]

@Chandller Burse It is for the most part.

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@Nocturnewashere My point was in Mandela Catalogue the horror is realizing God isn’t real. That’s not scary to anybody who isn’t of an Abrahamic faith.

[@RainbowRenegade]

The lovecraftian ending of that film is so unexpected, shocking and out there. I think that's why it's so impactful.

[@QuintessentialWalrus]

Worth noting that the ending is unexpected WITHOUT feeling random or contrived. Not an easy thing to pull off!

[@kingbach-iousiii4227]

@@QuintessentialWalruslike dudes in prison who can make a stove from scratch, just leaves me asking how tf they did that??!

[@rtp6343]

The fact that the creature/deity was awoken during a christening feels intentional. The rumbling starts when the baby cries, and that makes it feel like this being that hasn’t had a child sacrifice in centuries just heard the dinner bell, making its stomach growl.

[@EddieM1994]

Yo, fuck you for this comment. But also thank you.

[@god-rj5wf]

the horrified screams of the guy with the other crying out prayer as they died slowly and painfully was so fucking haunting, man. like,,, jesus.

[@madam-mint]

Yeah. Call me mental, but it was heartbreaking to me, too. They never asked for any of this. And what do they get for all their trouble? Digested alive. Poor guys.

[@spoobini]

homeboys need an oscar. thats the performance of a lifetime

[@Dingle-God1987]

*VORE*

[@Datboigreen2602]

@@spoobini😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@harveyanimations8974]

It was worse than the eating scene in “nope” because you actually saw them being digested

[@kiratherenegade1561]

Kinda terrifying that they were climbing all over it's back the whole time. There was no one movement or thought they had in private. Even as they slept, it watched. It let them walk right into it's mouth & down it's throat before slowly closing them in. It waited, waited, waited then simply closed it's mouth. How many have travelled down there?

[@afilthypeasant9646]

i mean, the past priest had fed the thing children, i'd reckon a lot.

[@kiratherenegade1561]

@@afilthypeasant9646 As in - how many had been in their shoes. Looking into it before being lured down & munched?

[@Garrth415]

Honestly the ending was refreshing in a way as we got a religious themed horror movie (found footage no less!) that manages to pull of something so bizarrely mysterious and unsettling rather than "yo satan and/or demons" for the 300th time. Perfect for the themes of the movie. I just wish the first half had been spookier.

[@tdog5035]

Personally I think it needed to be slower with the horror as it builds tension and the sound of a burning sheep screaming is surely spooky enough😅

[@JaySteiny]

The movoe being so light pn scares until the end makes the ending so much better in my opinion.

[@jadeDurge1373]

I think the fact it's a slow burn makes it more realistic. Things don't always happen simultaneously in real life.

[@kdparchives3395]

that damn ending feels like the closest thing we'll ever get to a film adaptation of the "God's Mouth" creepypasta, and it's all sorts of disturbing

[@UponThisAltar]

Ooh, good comparison. That's of the few internet horror stories that really stuck with me.

[@daniellewillis2767]

Omg I LOVE God's Mouth.

[@siffegy]

Thats EXACTLY what i thought the second i heard about the ending. It had to be inspired by it, right?

[@lulufan100]

I haven't heard of this, I'm excited to check it out! The movie made me think of Mystery Flesh Pit National Park, I definitely recommend looking into it if you haven't already

[@Korobochka_Konfet]

There's a great short film called FILM INFERNO made by the Japanese found-footage horror channel, and I'd say it's an even closer adaptation of "God's Mouth". Really worth watching!

[@polteageists]

One of my favourite films ever made. Don't know if it's been mentioned elsewhere in the comments, but two little things I liked in the films was: 1. When the dog attacks the rabbit, Gray makes a comment about bigger things eating smaller things and 2. one of the times early on when Gray is having a cigarette, the camera shows a grave with Gray's details before the camera turns away, then showing the same grave but with a different inscription

[@marytheresemandamiento9472]

I can't crack number 2. What is it about?

[@Divo3660]

Yeah, I totally remember seeing that! I saw this movie years ago, so I can't give the exact time stamp, but he's outside of the church and the camera's on him with gravestones close behind him... look at the names and info in the gravestones! When the camera pans back by one time, the info has changed to his name and birth/death date. Of course he doesn't notice it, and when the camera pans back by again, it's back to normal. I did catch it by myself the first time I watched it, so you shouldn't have too hard of a time seeing it. Just another added foreshadowing, but straight up supernatural and creepy!

[@Clovernoris]

@@marytheresemandamiento9472 The entity can warp reality or something. The characters are constantly seeing things that aren't really there and if they were hallucinations then it wouldn't show up on the camera feed. During the ending, the entity "spawns" copies of dead characters to lead Deacon and Gray down the tunnels. It can also produce noises like the baby crying and can also impersonate the voices of previously mentioned dead people. There are other instances where the thing is openly fucking with the surroundings, but I can't remember them off the top of my head. I think it was trying to showcase its power to Gray by showing his name on the tombstone. I think the director was trying to say something clever about a self proclaimed agnostic ignoring or not seeing the truth right in front of him, but perhaps that's a stretch.

[@mediadetective6104]

⁠@@ClovernorisI just saw the movie and I’m not sure about “it spawns copies” cause the example we see of that is Mark, and there is a single scene where we see the perspective of Mark’s camera in the “cave.” So that must mean the Mark they were following was the real one

[@kingbach-iousiii4227]

Funnily enough the name is grace park not gray😂 I thought that one too lmaooooo

[@HolldollMcG]

The screaming sheep was actually triggering. I wonder how they managed to get that sound, as I assume they didn't actually torture a sheep for the film. So haunting and terrifying!

[@phoebevaughan5095]

I really, really, really hope they didn't hurt the animal. I don't like films where animals are killed or hurt - I think its just sound effects, though. Fortunately!

[@johnmilligan5936]

​@@phoebevaughan5095 At the end of the film it states; No animals were harmed in the making of this film.

[@GlitterMarcy]

The screaming of the sheep could be seen as a foreshadowing to their screams!!

[@Steven-dk4nq]

The crew actually set it on fire

[@SissypheanCatboy]

@@Steven-dk4nq its true, i was the sheep.

[@camthehorrorfan]

Just realized after watching this that the symbol they find is meant to be the deity's intestine. Such a clever and creepy detail

[@kingbach-iousiii4227]

Not sure I understand my friend.

[@victoriouswinner7745]

I love the idea of the monster not being a terrifying demon wendigo, but instead literally the earth. It’s super creative

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

It's not the earth, they're in the belly of a giant Lovecraftian worm. That's why they're being digested by stomach acid all around.

[@kingkold]

I think A wendigo is native American

[@MariAnimates]

PLEASE stop saying the name of that creature, natives have been telling us for years that saying it's name invites it to you and it is disrespectful to do so. Stop akinning every horror movie creature you see to revered religious creatures

[@Penguinmanereikel]

@@MariAnimates well...not exactly revered....

[@Bagheadman]

@@MariAnimates It's disrespectful to those cultures if you're a part of them or directly interacting with them, stop trying to tell people what to do.

[@GlitterMarcy]

The ending of this film hit me like a train. Catholicism meets Junji Ito. Their acting was amazing, the plea of screaming "YOU SAID IT WASNT REAL' just haunts me. The extenstional heartbreak of his reality, it was child like, but compared to such a creature we would be naive children. Amazing film.

[@cheepytiger]

Gray whimpering and crying "You said it wasn't real!" at the end while Deacon desperately prayed for both of them almost broke me, I wanted to cry. 😭The screams were horrifying - god, that scene stuck with me for a long while after. Amazing film :)

[@viktorepifanov7138]

I love how when they're about to crawl into the worm you can see its teeth on the side, hinting on what awaits them once when do crawl in

[@pl1guru]

The ending of Borderlands is possibly the most intense and terrifying 10 minutes I've ever experienced on film. Just the thought of being stuck in a cave tube is horrible enough (check out the Muddy Puddy cave incident), but add to this, the deity aspect, and what Gray and Deacon really were in, and it is outright horrific.

[@jayisabluebird]

The muddy puddy story had me feeling awful for days. Eugh.

[@Mimicheyenne]

Do you mean nutty putty?

[@pl1guru]

@@MimicheyenneYes, Nutty Putty, that's it.

[@aria5614]

TEN MINUTES?!

[@KRayEpiale]

God the thought train that ran through me watching the end was an insane experience. "Hey that doesn't look right... It- It kind of looks like- OH FUCK OH FUCK IT IS" Absolute gem of a movie. I would love to find another movie that disturbed me and left me as stunned as this one did.

[@Captainlunchbox]

You might enjoy Kill List.

[@GeorgeInit1]

Possum is a good recommendation

[@Force-hiddenmasquerade]

Not a horror movie but Oldboy gave me a very similar experience

[@christiancoker5891]

Paperboy was surprisingly disturbing and good

[@Set666Abominae]

This film is *very* loosely based on the book ‘The House on the Borderlands’ by William Hope Hodgson, which Lovecraft has cited as a personal influence. Also extremely recommended for fans of cosmic horror (it gets *incredibly* weird in a way that’s rather ahead of its time). Edit: emphasis on the words “very loosely”. I can’t remember where I read it, but I definitely recall seeing something about House on the Borderlands having been a starting off point or reference for the film, even though most details were changed.

[@niallreid7664]

I found this book years ago and lost it, I couldn't remember the name. So thank you. You've done me a great service lol. Edit: having gone through the book in question, I can't say I see a link between it and the film. Still happy I found it again though.

[@undefinedvariable8085]

I doubt it. Unless it's officially stated somewhere that this is the case. The only thing in common is the name. Everything else is far too different to even be very loosely based.

[@Derek_Smallshorts]

It REALLY isn't. It has literally NOTHING to do with that book in any way, shape or form.

[@mossadon]

Never mind Lovecraft "Borrowing" The Sigsand Manuscript of Hodgson to create the much more famous Necronomicon. Of note, there is also an excellent graphic novel of House on The Borderlands that was published in the 90's.

[@undefinedvariable8085]

@@mossadon Good to know. I'll seek it out if I can. What I'd really like to see though is a graphic novel of The Night Land.

[@aerieleah533]

I wanted to add a point I dont see many talk about, and that is just how much this movie prepares us for what is to come. You mentioned the dog. How it attacks the rabbit and the characters remarking on how big things eat small things. The dog also targets Gray aggressively at one point, making a direct connection to him as a small thing. Gray is prey. But the one that sticks out even more is how Deacon does a magic trick where he gets the coin stuck in the bottle. He tells Gray to not believe everything he is told in the same dang scene. That means that statement is true of him as well. The bottle though...it's a neat metaphor for what happened to them. Once they went in those tunnels, getting out is much harder. Almost impossible.

[@ILoveDavidLynch]

Watched this for the first time the other month, grounded in realism and tightly executed, plus the surprise Lovecraft element that felt a lot more Lovecraftian than most cinematic interpretations.

[@yeetleleetlelee9242]

That poor sheep. I know it’s just a movie but it makes me feel sick that someone would torture a harmless animal in such a way. It also feels like a call of the shepherd leaving the 99 behind to find the 1 missing in his flock. It’s meant to be a loving symbol but now it’s being burned.

[@FrostySnow1000]

British lads for ya

[@rygord101]

Don't watch Cannibal Holocaust then.

[@yeetleleetlelee9242]

@@rygord101 Oh hell no. The sheep is at least fake in this movie.

[@auntiefish4192]

I saw this completely blind a couple of years ago, and damn it creeped me out. And that ending! Which also added an extra layer of spice to certain scenes in Nope, which strongly reminded me of this film.

[@tetsuolionheart9611]

Agreed

[@FTZPLTC]

Haha, ngl, when I saw Nope my main thought was "Borderlands did it".

[@Gayer_Mateo]

Another thing that made me think of Borderlands is the short horror videos from the channel Q. Especially the "Film Inferno" one. That one is found footage and hella claustrophobic. I highly recommend it if you liked Borderlands. But yeah, THAT Nope seen felt very Borderlands too.

[@jordanrodriguez4126]

I haven’t watched this movie, but that ending is horrifying. Indeed, it’s Lovecraftian by its concept and delivery. Rather than the horror of being a demon or vengeful spirit, the land itself is an unfathomable entity. Cosmic horror is and shall always remain as one of the my favorite sub-genre in horror. It’s the horror of something that can’t be understood or fought, or even escape is what makes it scary.

[@rhetiq9989]

I've seen many found footage movies of this caliber and I have to say they really put a lot of effort into making us care about Deacon and Gray. They're treated like actual characters who grow and develop with one another, giving us room to like them in the process. In the end, it makes their loss feel all the more saddening to watch bcs I genuinely cared about them. It's nice to see movies like this that still take the character building aspect into consideration while maintaining the thrills as well

[@skyounkin]

"Kitchen sink realism" is a GREAT description.

[@AnnoyingMystery]

I remember once saying to someone as a teenager: “I dont know why its such a common thing to fear being eaten alive by something or why characters in stories always bring that up as the worst thing that can happen, wouldn’t it be so much worse to be eaten very slowly if you’re still alive?” Nope and this movie reminded me of how genuinely confused (and dumb) I was at the time and immediately unlocked a major new fear for me. Both movies makes me not even want to step outside out of the irrational fear of something swallowing me whole, and this is coming from someone who’s favorite movie as a child was Tremors and who absolutely LOVES tight spaces (its the cat instinct in me). Ig its mainly the fear of the agony that would come from the acid but god its actually so interesting how movies can just awaken something in you that will now never go away.

[@danielclark-hughes692]

Dammit, Ryan. Less than a minute in and you break my heart with a Lake Mungo reference

[@pdzombie1906]

I kind of see it more akin to The Tunnel...

[@Dirty0o0Jester]

When Deacon popped that kid in the mouth I actually got up and cheered. That poor sheep. Also damn I got thrown for such a loop with that ending!! Great movie

[@thehitherto5348]

The film that reignited my interest in the horror genre some years ago. Ending is GRIM, but the scene that truly did it for me was what happened to that sheep. You don't see much of it, but the sounds are sickening and makes you feel as disturbed as the main characters.

[@ReplicA63]

The ending of this hit me like a truck, when I first saw it. I sat there wondering what I just watched, as I could have never guessed where they'd end up. So after the credits were done, I started it again, looking for clues. They were there, but without that knowledge, I don't think anyone could have guessed it coming. What a great film!

[@chrishowell6469]

I love this film. The first time I watched it, it terrified me. And that ending has stuck with me, because its so god damn hopeless and horrific. Its awful seeing our two protagonists just stumble into their fate while trying to save people. Its cruel, but its such an effective way to end a story.

[@JaySteiny]

Even more awful since you actually grow to like the both of them by the end, there both very real and genuine charecters that I feel you don't see much in horror. Alot of horror films have very one dimensional charecters while this one has charecters that feel actually fleshed out.

[@laifyalif]

@@JaySteiny fleshed out ( pun intended )

[@theblobconsumes4859]

I do think it is Eldritch horror, because the indifference and hostility of the locals perfectly matches up with how Lovecraft writes the locals of the various horrific towns of his stories.

[@heartpng]

This is one of those times when have literally paused the video to go watch the movie (its free on youtube rn!), you're literally the only creator i find myself doing that for, and it's always worth it to come back for your thoughts. that ending was the biggest shock i've had in a while!

[@3crowsinatrenchcoat]

Can you link the movie pls?

[@Lambdaleth]

OMG I suggested this one at some point! I can't have been the only one but regardless I'm so stoked you're covering this one, it's so good.

[@skellywolfz]

The ending reminds me of a very old creepypasta I read called "God's Mouth". The stories are different, however they both have the same type of ending.

[@flamingcowjuice4918]

I was gonna mention this I wonder if the story was inspired by the film or vice versa

[@kdparchives3395]

@@flamingcowjuice4918 this movie came out in 2013, while I could find readings of that creepypasta on YT going as far back as 2012 - then again, could also be pure coincidence 🤔

[@Penguinmanereikel]

@@kdparchives3395 perhaps they also could've been inspired by some other third source

[@heartpng]

@@Penguinmanereikel Ted the Caver! that one is the og caving creepypasta from 2001

[@quentinwelch76]

Actually just watched this the other day. Was pleasantly surprised. Every bit of the story adds to the overall narrative. I loved when the priest is on the top of the church and exclaims “if this is not the work of god then….” Pretty chilling. Doesn’t rely on jump scares, or the preconceived notions of religious horror prior. Such a good twist.

[@JaySteiny]

Yeah the only bit that felt kinda cheap and unoriginal is the fakeout jumpscare with grey, everything else felt super original and rad.

[@kendallbarnes6338]

So unbelievably unsettling. One of the best found footage endings of all time. Appreciate the breakdown, been looking for a good one for years

[@markittystuff]

You make such a compelling viewpoint with the statement, "You want proof, here's your fucking proof." and that is just so metal of an ending for an otherwise mundane and tame presentation highlighted by the found footage aspect and personalities of the trio we follow. This was a great vid, Ryan!

[@emilybroderick2421]

Omg, so I've never heard of this movie before, but I ran a cosmic horror dnd game a few years ago where at one point the characters progress through a series of underground tunnels beneath an ancient city that gradually become less stone-like and more flesh-like until they realize they are in the stomach of a giant monster! That is one hell of a coincidence but I absolutely adore it!

[@RadioRudie]

My favorite part of this movie is definitely the chemistry between Gray and Deacon. It's kinda like a love story. And they were roommates.

[@revolvertaco7493]

Oh my God they were roommates!?

[@actualturtle2421]

Oh my God they were roommates

[@naiknaik8812]

History will say they were just friends

[@RadioRudie]

@@naiknaik8812 I once said that if either Gray or Deacon was female, everyone would comment about the romantic undertones in the film. I stand by that.

[@tdog5035]

Incredibly the actor playing Gray has almost no other acting credits, which blows my mind given how good he was in this.

[@kingsleycy3450]

The "tunnel" gives me serious The Enigma of Amigara Fault vibe

[@SamuraiMujuru]

Definitely adding this one to my watch list. Far as recommendations go, its blows my mind that you still havent done a look at Noroi: The Curse and The Tunnel, frankly the two best found-footage horror films I've seen to date.

[@blitz-frenchman663]

The Tunnel definitely remains my all-time favorite!

[@softyspectre8125]

That ending in the tunnel goes absolutely crazy, gives me huge Jordan Peele “Nope” vibes, although I suppose it should be the other way around since this came first

[@harmonlanager2670]

I always liked the idea that the monster at the end isn’t supernatural, that’s it’s just a giant worm that’s been mistaken for a god. That kind of adds to the hopelessness. There’s no divine will, there’s just the natural order of prey and predator. An order we desperately try to assign meaning to. But it’s all just nature. And in the end, to quote the film, “That’s nature for ya. Big things eating little things.”

[@TheInsaniacGuy]

All the nihilists whipping their cocks out for this one 😂

[@pja6476]

Some high explosives will kill that thing.

[@dr.masiaka7048]

Ig they just wandered into a massive Graboid’s digestive system

[@zachburskey8868]

Yeah you know except for the lights exploding, the child sacrifice, and the door being supernaturally locked.

[@CowboyRibeye]

The talking worm

[@DanTravisBrown]

It is a literal giant monster under the church! I messaged the director of The Borderlands film on Twitter years ago to ask what it looked like, and he sent me a sketch from their VFX designer. It basically looks like a giant leech that has its mouth attached to the tunnels under the cave. *Update - I have posted the picture on my channel, if you go to the ‘community’ tab you’ll see the image posted there.

[@thespiderpumpkinstudioz3328]

Can you share a link for that i really want to see it

[@Danselightyear]

Share a link please 🙏

[@DanTravisBrown]

@@Danselightyear I tried when the last guy asked and KZbin pulled it down for some reason. I’ll post it to my YT channel maybe that will work.

[@grrrrbabyverygrrr8165]

And you can see the 3 teeth. They go past them.

[@YelløwKing666]

This movie is one of the best ff horror films I’ve ever seen. It’s humorous when needed, highly suspenseful and builds to a tragic ending. It’s so good

[@samanthaburns6956]

The diety also reminds me of more norse and scottish myth (sorry I dont know much about irish myth) with like the storm worm or midgaurd serpent that when hybernating is so big it is the landscape and just kind of lets out a miasma of evil

[@Bec-Son]

A detail setup at the end is that when Grey puts down the little beacon thing to act as a breadcrumb trail acts like theyre going to be able to make it out or at least one of them if they finally have to run but when theyre forced to crawl more and more you begin to have this dread set in of a cave in but then it just whiplashes you so hard with the reveal

[@juliasitkovetsky3023]

I am SO HAPPY you’ve covered this film. It totally shocked me, and it takes a lot for a film to do that.

[@onyxhades9513]

This is one of the best found footage movies I have ever seen. The ending was so chilling! Thank you for making a video about it 😊

[@mandalorianhunter1]

I have a three day weekend and I'm going to spend it with my man Ryan. Thank you for gracing us with your content

[@thewizard1]

Three day weekend gang rise UP

[@mandalorianhunter1]

@@thewizard1 hell yeah

[@rhondamadgirl]

I always feel so sorry for poor Gray. He doesn’t really, truly believe until he’s terrified toward the end. And that idiot Deacon tells him it’s not real. When it’s too late, poor Gray cries out, “You said it wasn’t real!” Awe, that’s heartbreaking! 😂I love this movie.

[@donnamurphy8551]

The last scene of this movie lives in my head rent free. It's the roommate of the scene in Terrifier that I don't even have to describe, because you know 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 which scene I'm talking about.

[@andrewjhollins]

Yeah, I'm with everyone else: One of the greatest lines in horror film history is Gray's final dismayed, harrowing, horrified, "You said it wasn't real!" That line hit so hard, that it still sticks with me, almost 10 years after seeing this for the first time. Such a great, underrated movie, and one of my favorite of all time.

[@kellie6496]

Thank you for covering this! I’d never heard of it and that ending is… wild.

[@robertjohnson9187]

As a fan of Lovecraftian horror this is probably the first time I wish I had heeded the spoiler warning 🙃 Also, it seems to share some DNA with Nope.

[@notkevinacid]

i think it's just a coincidence. i just watched this movie, and watched Nope a couple days ago for the 2nd time. the only similarities is the digestion at the end, but even then they're only similar by that specific fact, and they both execute them differently. overall, both great movies in their own way.

[@guybrushmonkey97]

Just watched this movie for the first time, thanks for making this video and finally getting me to watch it! Also, don't know if anyone else noticed, but there's an easter egg where one of the gravestones shows Grey's name and the year of death 2013 around halfway through the movie, but he looks away and when he looks back it changed to Grace.

[@mymarci]

Yeah, i remember noticing 2013 on one of the stones but at the 2nd look it was changed to 1803, if i'm right.

[@Fembro]

There’s a creepypasta the entertains the same concept called God’s Mouth. It’s much more shorter and straight to the point but stings just as much.

[@jokafoxy6516]

i remember my dad was asleep to this and i went downstairs and got pulled into watching it when shit started to hit the fan and really enjoying it, never knew the name of it until now. great film.

[@pirate_duck4985]

Same!! My old man did the "OI! I'M WATCHING THAT!" falls back asleep immediately. I remember the burning sheep scene because my Dad nearly hit the ceiling! 😄 Yup! Definitely watching.

[@jokafoxy6516]

@@pirate_duck4985 hahah mine slept straight through it even with all the jump scares and insane stuff going on hahah he’ll sleep through anything

[@MundyMedics]

You can't imagine my excitement when I saw this in my KZbin subs. This is one of my favourite lesser known horror movies. Saw it years ago and it genuinely freaked me out so much, I went to bed that night with an unshakable dread in my stomach. I loved it but I haven't actually watched it since because it creeped me out so much. The sheep screaming, the baby crying, and of course, the ending. Interesting how we could have been subjected to a giant CGI monster but it would never have been as effective as a simple claustrophobic "tunnel". So haunting.

[@DiabloDelMer1]

An extra crazy detail we can take away from this is that, due to the weird metaness of how found footage movies work; putting heavy focus on that 'found' part; we can assume someone else found those damn tapes, including the stomach stuff. The implies that someone else discovered the existence of this eldritch entity, and potentially dug it up.

[@apollyonnoctis1291]

I like to believe in the hopeful idea that the camera was found when someone demolished he church, which gives me a hopeful certainty that they killed it inadvertently, this horribly cruel deity's last moments fittingly spent in indescribable agony as it and its church are blown apart, crushed and torn to shreds over the course of weeks, if not months.

[@samuelmurrill7438]

I remember thinking to myself while watching the end “It would be a cool twist for a movie with a similar climax to have it revealed that they are already in the monster/beast/demon/deity and only going further to be eaten alive.” So when I got to the part where they were in a circular tunnel, I knew what was about to happen and was like “Aye! I guessed it… oh fuck, I guessed it” Doesn’t make it any less horrific

[@crimsonvexations]

I normally hate found Footage but the ending of this movie completely shocked me. I hadn't had a movie give me such a sick feeling in my stomach and had me sit there in silence as the credits rolled. Great movie for doing something I've never seen before.

[@MindiB]

I so admire the impact of this film’s brilliant ending. I enjoyed the weird, unsettling folk horror atmosphere achieved throughout the film, and the conclusion was one of the most shocking and memorable of any film I’ve ever seen.

[@pennyreviews9378]

Thanks for another great recommendation! I've watched it twice since you posted this and I keep noticing new things, like at around 35 minutes in there is some creepy(or maybe cheeky?) foreshadowing on one of the headstones next to the church.

[@skyounkin]

This is on youtube from free, it's called Last Prayer- I just watched it and WOW- it was great! The ending made me think of what dying in a Sarlac pit from Star Wars must be like, slow and horrifically painful.

[@mandrakescreams]

Cheers for this, I was wondering where I could watch it. Although I couldn't resist watching this whole video and reading the comments, so I have spoilered it for myself

[@amk5689]

So the baby heard crying when the machine was turned off was an actual baby already in the belly of the beast …

[@andrewk2678]

HE FINALLY DID IT!! Thank you Ryan. This movie is so impactful, with its actors, sound design, logical reason for wearing cameras, and that fucking ending. The thought of being slowly dissolved alive is still the scariest thing to me.

[@batmanlovesamanda]

I've seen over 200 found footage movies - don't judge me, 2020 was rough. This one is in my top 10. The ending is so good despite the fact it shouldn't work on screen.

[@ZaidValRoa]

What are the other nine?

[@flataffect]

@@ZaidValRoahopefully gonjiam haunted asylum for one! Best I had seen in years.

[@callum1465]

Tell us the other ones in the top 10

[@michelle.pearl.]

@@callum1465 Possessed By Horror has a pretty good list of 15 great found footage movies

[@lewisrain]

@batmanlovesamanda How funny, I did exactly the same in 2020! That and other low budget movies, discovered some total gems, like Ink, Buzzard, They look Like People and The Alchemist Cookbook. Any more Found Footage recommendations??

[@willyupshaw]

How does the film explain the final tapes being found if they were shooting inside the digestive system of a deity?

[@alanamolina7547]

At the beginning Grey explains that all the footage is being transmitted and recorded back to a server because the Church wants them to document absolutely everything, and throughout the film you can actually see them carrying and moving the transmitters :)

[@RPumpkinQueen]

Thank YOU, Ryan, for covering this underrated and kinda secret gem. I liked it a lot, even the slow burn build up and the Celtic myth that was lingering over it a little, imho.

[@Milkgurgle]

Ah yes the vore church movie

[@FieryRedmond]

Nooooo

[@thatkidwiththehoodie]

I’ll never think of it any other way again. Fuck you. Or thank you. I’m not entirely sure.

[@KlutzDeluxe]

Goddammit

[@ashc9215]

You didn’t have to say that 😂

[@bloodyneptune]

Annnd thats how Im going to be referring to it from now on

[@bingoboiii4209]

Good Lord the clip with the sheep on fire crying out like that is so horrifying , I actually got sick to my stomach , poor baby

[@tripunisher]

cannot wait to watch this! your channel has introduced me to so many new films, always excited to see a new upload

[@MichaelLeroi]

I've been recommending this to my friends and audience for years! So glad you finally covered it. Makes my life easier 😅 ❤

[@miguelantonioreinacardona7109]

Jacob man I’m happy to see you here

[@zuttoaragi8349]

Those "youths" are not "pranksters" they're monsters. If this were real I'd have fully supported them getting a long walk off a short cliff. That ending is legitimately terrifying.

[@Nara-zk6yz]

I had such a visceral reaction to the tunnel closing infront of them.

[@jameswingert9596]

Hi Ryan. sorry I'm late comment on here. I just wanted to tell you something. You do such a great job on your videos. Your insightful analysis is witty and fun and intelligent. During the pandemic and after you were a great source of comfort in bringing that fun and appreciation of film and art and storytelling . Thanks for doing what you do. 🙏🏽☮️

[@shadowman2192]

The ending was absolutely horrifying.

[@mkclemente]

Thanks for covering this one, the ending has been stuck in my head for almost a decade now 🎉😮

[@guusbremer8435]

yaaaaaaaaaaay the borderlands! one of my favourite found footage movies that has a good premise for the format and nails the execution

[@marvellousm]

Thank you for covering this movie, it's freaking amazing and very underseen. That ending! Arg!

[@jneilson7568]

Must rewatch this, but that poor sheep as well, horrific even before the ending, like the whole village is corrupted and rotten already.

[@nochillwill5903]

I think the sheep was foreshadowing of their deaths. The fire was foreshadowing of "it burns".

[@thunder_heads]

That makes so much sense ;-;

[@krgkrg1]

Great job, thank you. Another excellent choice too, one of the best found footage movies out there, naturalistic, understated and totally believable (yes they even manage to make that ending feel truthful), hence deeply disturbing.

[@KiddCrowley]

Fuck me I could've gone my entire life without ever hearing the sounds of a poor sheep being set on fire. Like I know it's fake and all but fuck me that was more haunting than anything else in the movie for me.

[@titaniumtaxi6375]

As Ryan kept talking about the townsfolk, I kept thinking about the Simon pegg/Nick Frost film wherein Simon is a cop relocated to a small urban community that just doesn’t seem quite “right.” ❤❤

[@levantreven9659]

First, Markiplier posts Cave Crawler and now this. Is it "cave turns into cosmic horror digestive system" week?

[@jayisabluebird]

I also got recommend a Ted the Caver video and a Mystery Flesh Pit blog this week lol. Definitely weird

[@dr.pepperbiggestfan]

god’s mouth is a short and sweet creepy pasta with the same concept. if you’re looking for something real the nutty putty cave accident, though it’s more sad than anything else

[@devinasusual]

The incredible revelation does make earlier supernatural-like moments seem even more peculiar. Like the moment when Gray captures footage of his own headstone (Gray Parker) for a moment before the next shot switches it to "Grace Parks"

[@Matrim42]

And that ending is why you should always carry a good knife when exploring. Yes, yes, there’s lots of other seemingly more practical reasons to do it, but deep down we all know the real reason is to make sure that if we’re ever swallowed by god we can make it regret the decision.

[@willd.4808]

Normally the horror that stays with me is the vague "we don't know for sure what the monster is" horror and/or horror where the deaths are certain and unavoidable. This movie is neither - it is not at ALL vague what the monster is, and the deaths were VERY avoidable, almost to the degree of ridiculousness, but for some reason, it left me shaken for days. So...that's a sign of a good horror movie.

[@MeonLights]

This movie is really good, the characters are kind of pricks as they often are in horror films but I never felt like they should suffer for it. I hoped they would get out of it. The ending is terrifying, both in the eldritch but also in the very real way. Moving underneath buildings and into catacombs, reaching a cave (I know it's not a cave but caving is still scary af) so small you have to crawl on your belly and getting stuck, suffering a horrific death? Nope. No thanks. I'm out of here. And it builds tension SO well. MWAH chefs kiss.

[@adam_4826]

Yes! Been waiting for you to do a video on this! That ending stuck with me for so long after watching. Still messes with me when I think about it.

[@honkus_ponkus]

Thank you for doing The Borderland. This is one of my favourite films. There are so many small horrifying incidents that make up part of a bigger more terrifying picture. Also it does a great job of creating a claustrophobic atmosphere, there are so few shots of wide open space and everything is small. The church is small, it's on a small patch of land and the place they stay is small and only gets smaller.

[@profoundunderdog]

This was one of my favourite found footage movies. I liked it took you down the road of the religious/supernatural, but it's reveal is (to me) an explicable version of an old British myth (things like the Lambton worm or other similar folklore, which was also the inspiration for Lair of the White Worm); although I also like your interpretation of it being the very earth itself. It's also nice to see a good dramatic role for Gordon Kennedy, who is an oddly underused actor in general, but is great in everything I see him in. Great video.

[@SlothinAintEasy]

Damn that sheep screaming is going to haunt me.

[@Nomoredrama2000]

Whenever Ryan uses the word "fuck" in a high octave, you know something really FUCKED up is happening in the movie. 😅