How A Vlog Turned Into A NIGHTMARE | The Oldest View

[@CEOofgoblins]

Analog horror is rly some of the only things that actually makes me feel unsafe alone. I watched the mandela catalog at a friends house and had to walk home in the dark and i was having a full on panic attack by the time i got home. These videos and the genre itself just gives me the worst creeps lmao

[@Above965]

You ok tho right? cuz i thought you were being followed by something

[@samisthegreatest6682]

​@@Kiwi-cm6xu You have mere seconds.

[@samthestupido]

but this.. this isnt analog horror at all its a youtube video and he mentions tik tok once

[@thepsychoranter]

@@Kiwi-cm6xu Im in your wballs

[@Reskinn]

thats why i watch this type of horror with youtubers

[@curly9138]

The accessibility of the exits in that safety document actually adds to the characters fear- Having every exit be accessible to wheelchairs, means accessible to the giant which is on wheels. Just means he can't safely exit and means the giant may be able to leave and enter the mall as it likes.

[@thesidneychan]

Except it didn't even need them. The giant could get off the wheelchair as it pleases. In fact, it's probably not even alive - the mall itself was just using it to mess with him.

[@PitterPatter20]

That was my first thought as well. That safety document felt like it was really important to the story past just giving the other document numbers.

[@curly9138]

​​@@thesidneychanCan you stamp when it got off the wheelchair? I dont remember seeing it and cba going through this video again because uncanny valley stuff terrifies me ('^^)

[@cowboymanman1500]

@@curly9138 there is a moment around 45:01 when he pans to the left, you can see the wheel cart (it has red flags on it) left near the stairs.

[@thesidneychan]

@@cowboymanman1500 you mean pan to the right.

[@littlehappygamers]

My personal theory is that the giant isn't a malevolent creature but rather trying to guide Wyatt to an exit. The first time the giant properly chases Wyatt it leads him upstairs, upstairs where the secondary exit is. And then when Wyatt doesn't go up there the giant tries to corral Wyatt back to it. Then the third time in the dilapidated mall it chases Wyatt it follows him up the stairs to make sure that he actually manages to leave. When Wyatt asks what the giant wants it points to him, but he's also standing by the exit so it could have a double meaning of it wants Wyatt to leave. Also notice once Wyatt is en route to the exit the giant backs off. Also the "dead" people and horse are actually just figures that were located in the mall in real life so its not necessarily something murderous. Anyways that's my thoughts but I'm not sure on all other aspects of the series, but I love this series so much.

[@NickielSTUFFF]

Nice theory

[@littlehappygamers]

@@NickielSTUFFF ty :3

[@NickielSTUFFF]

@@littlehappygamers I also like how you're theory makes sense as we see the creature doesn't even try to hurt Wyatt or even get close to them at any point ( as in like physically close)

[@wannaseeamagictrick410]

I think the giant knew what it was doing, and wanted to scare Wyatt into escaping, so he’d fall and die, sending him to the negative space area. it knows, and is actively trying to send him to the malls own hell.

[@Blackcat666c]

@@wannaseeamagictrick410yesiwannaseeamagictrick410

[@smokey5495]

Wanna know something funny? Kane said he had genuine night terrors while modeling the Giant and had issues sleeping for a while

[@AGoofyJester]

That’s how you know it’s good horror, when the person making it also gets scared

[@rcdeazeta1429]

​@@AGoofyJesterYeah

[@grassman1965]

he didnt design the giant tho, its was made in 2015 lol

[@CodeeXD]

​@@grassman1965thats not really relevant though?

[@Slipperyslab]

⁠@@CodeeXDIt is

[@marymaza2187]

I can't believe Kane Pixels is not even 20yrs old and already killing it with his amazing ideas and cinematography.

[@bluejay21.]

18 and already directing an A24 movie based on his Backrooms series as well.

[@Comrade_Blanc]

Wow! I can't believe Kane is -69420 years old and already makes such amazing content! Bravo Vince‼️

[@Unforgiving_Eye]

Fr, this is an amazing Found Footage horror

[@amador4417]

The dude already doing big things at an early age, very impressive. Glad his talent is being recognized

[@thebeautyofuniverse5250]

@@Comrade_Blanc why make exaggeratd jokes 😂 I mean it’s still possible to make ideas as a teenager it’s just you need either the right mindset or the right ideas or if u are passionate enough, or creative enough It’s just that it’s rarer because that’s the age we r developing, we are beginning to understand certain stuff, and experience new stuff, before we reach into adulthood where we have experience thus can be more creative and more passionate So knowing these, it is actually impressive

[@dakashi0808]

Personally, I think the giant was starting to get angry/sad without anybody coming ti the mall anymore due to being abandoned for a few years, so when Wyatt found his way in, he was only chasing him since he hasn't seen anybody in so long. And when Wyatt screamed “ I only want to get out “ idk if it was just me but the giant started going faster, as if he didn't want Wyatt to leave. And when Wyatt went to the exit, the giant tried to get him to stay one last time by showing him what would happen if he left.

[@ImArtistLucas]

That’s a very good/interesting theory

[@Somebody17290]

He didn't get to leave though...

[@ImArtistLucas]

@@Somebody17290 he never mentioned him actually leaving

[@Fishii444]

i'm assuming Julian's soul is trapped inside the statue...? there's no evidence though so i'm probably wrong.

[@gamerdog6446]

@littlehappygamer said "My personal theory is that the giant isn't a malevolent creature but rather trying to guide Wyatt to an exit. The first time the giant properly chases Wyatt it leads him upstairs, upstairs where the secondary exit is. And then when Wyatt doesn't go up there the giant tries to corral Wyatt back to it. Then the third time in the dilapidated mall it chases Wyatt it follows him up the stairs to make sure that he actually manages to leave. When Wyatt asks what the giant wants it points to him, but he's also standing by the exit so it could have a double meaning of it wants Wyatt to leave. Also notice once Wyatt is en route to the exit the giant backs off. Also the "dead" people and horse are actually just figures that were located in the mall in real life so its not necessarily something murderous. Anyways that's my thoughts but I'm not sure on all other aspects of the series, but I love this series so much. "

[@williamruhmshottel9403]

The fact he recreated the whole mall and rolling giant with 3d animation and creates the the staircase is impressive

[@czerky1091]

​@@paulamartinez9nope,kane confirmed it to be a 3d model

[@paulamartinez9]

@@czerky1091 Oooh, okay then. My bad 😅 Thanks for telling me

[@KingDetraktos]

Kane is very skilled but this took over a year of work by a dedicated team of people….not just Kane. Just some added info

[@AntiqueGems]

What did paul say

[@LiMeiLuv]

​@@czerky1091what was a 3D model?

[@Bigpeterman]

I like how "The rolling giant" acts like a weeping angel as if mocking him at first but eventually gets tired of it and just chases him without stopping. Another thing, it was so fast when he looked away but when he started running it started moving at a jogging speed.

[@HOLYSHITISTHATBARRY]

“That’s it, you made me really mad!“ /spawn runner 10000

[@DrippiestSkullEmoji]

"No more mr nice guy"

[@Sumoniggro]

The giant was still toying with him giving chase but letting hime feel like he has a chance, the last bit of it climbing the escalator was the giant showing him there is no escape.

[@Dripkenthefirst]

"You can't escape me when I go into maximum overdrive!"

[@Chosen_Ash]

After wyatt said he wanted to leave the statue got mad and started chasing him

[@Dovah_Slayer]

If the CREATOR gets night terrors from a series you know its good also the face of the giant kinda looks like a heavily edited picture of Penguinz0 (aka Charlie)

[@valhund2629]

I gotta say I like horror like this because it’s like, “this would never happen not just because it’s unrealistic but also because all I have to do to avoid it is never go down sketchy holes.”

[@Quick15]

Lets be honest; 99% of us would have turned back when we got to the door at the bottom.

[@WayneTheAsianGuy]

@@Quick15 some content creators wouldent tho tbh

[@Quick15]

@@WayneTheAsianGuy If you go through that door you haven't watched enough horror movies lol.

[@lucy_Bad_Bunny]

​@Quick15 but think of the content possibilities

[@Quick15]

@@lucy_Bad_Bunny For me death isn't worth it just to make a video that gets seen by two dozen people. But whatever floats your boat. (If this came off as rude its not meant to be)

[@thedogwithrabbitears]

The fact that it continuously tried tricking Wyatt showing it has some level of thinking is terrifying, first it tricked him into thinking it couldn’t move when he was looking at it, then it tricked him into thinking it couldn’t go up stairs

[@HolyFlippinSmokes]

It actively lulls Wyatt into the idea that he can do something to stop it. And then actively crushes those ideas. Kane is truly the goat

[@frog_penis]

And of course at first it wasn’t even moving, trying to pretend that it’s just a boring statue without wheels. Kinda basic for creatures like this, but worth listening

[@velldt]

⁠it seems like a security system

[@anothermereapostleofjimpickens]

“At what point do you run?” Never. Because I wouldn’t have gone down the tree hole to begin with

[@frog_penis]

Right? I don’t even want to go to abandoned houses because of possible homeless people living there. And here we talking about some human-sized caves type of place that on top of that obviously human-made and not belong there. What would i do? Go where i was going.

[@jivy1022]

I don't get people who see something sketchy that isn't an immediate danger and think to themselves I need to go investigate. Just mind you fucking business. This ain't a movie and you're not "that guy"

[@timwest277]

Agreed, after finding those steps under the tree, I would have definitely said hell no.

[@ashv11111]

jim pickens!?

[@Daisythepage]

I love how it’s like ‘fair enough’ (because it probably can’t get up the stairs) and just turns around

[@halfknight2310]

@user-tm8tw1kl9o which means it KNOWS that by turning around, it gives a false sense of security. that it makes him believe, that stairs are safe. also with how it seems to "teleport" around. it could have just re appeared at the top. so, it's toying with him.

[@Unforgiving_Eye]

@@halfknight2310 That thing is definitely toying with him or at least trying to communicate with him in a weird way

[@Daisythepage]

@user-tm8tw1kl9o I used stairs because the escalator wasn’t running lol, yes I knew it was an escalator. Also yeah I hadn’t finished the video yet lol

[@Kiss_My_Aspergers]

​@@Daisythepage"Escalator, temporarily stairs."

[@TheFallen-ff4xn]

@@Unforgiving_Eye”yo I totally can’t go up stairs stay there not like I can go up stuff like that”

[@ThePaeppa]

Brother, if a hole in the ground leads into a well lit, maintained hallway you should RUN! Not because it might be some kind of supernatural boogeyman, but because it might be a HUMAN or multiple HUMANS who might not be happy with what you are seeing. Suffice to say, your chance of not being heard of ever again or at least getting taken to court is not small

[@Unforgiving_Eye]

I mean the main character did say to his KZbinr viewers that trespassing is not good so he's definitely aware of the bad consequences lol

[@rainlexcanoy1692]

yathatsit

[@deviantsemicolon618]

I watched Wendigoon's reaction to this, and he pointed out that, as with a lot of horror, there's kind of a Tower of Babel theme where humanity's arrogance ends up hurting it in the long run. Wyatt's arrogance in thinking he could just keep going back to this incomprehensible horror over and over again without getting hurt is what ultimately ended up killing him.

[@mhaterofficial]

400th like

[@NickInTheField]

RIGHT?!

[@Sirgamesalot-vl3et]

The thought of being stuck alone with somthing giant with silence is beyond my worst fear of almost no escape

[@jivy1022]

It kinda kills all sense of danger and fear when the giant thing's arch nemesis is stairs or small gaps

[@todemko]

The Valley View mall took four years to demolish, due to developer setbacks. Which meant that for years, it was a creepy partially destroyed abandoned mall, which made it amazing for people looking for creepy setting

[@aTrickster]

I actually entered when they had just started patially destroying the mall , while it was partially destroyed they let the AMC movie theatres keep on running for a short while for everyone to use before it was completely gone and I can say, it was very creepy seeing it so vacant but also so cool

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Damn.

[@Eieieifreakytime69]

@@aTricksterI’m so jealous

[@bozman2007]

It’s honestly so creepy seeing the very first clip cause I was like….wait I know that place, I’ve been there before….THATS VALLEY VIEW MALL!! Wow so creepy seeing a place I grew up with and went to constantly through my child, teen, and young adult years being featured in a creepy pasta video lol.

[@registeredjopper]

​@@aTricksterthis doesn't make sense. the mall was defunct for several years before they started demolishing. and why would they let people legally anywhere near a partially demolished building? that's just asking for a death and subsequent lawsuit. not to mention that I can't imagine AMC would permit that either, for the sake of their own liability

[@_Cleverhunter]

What terrifies me the most is that there are no rail guards inside of the tunnel. All it takes is a misstep and you’ll be rolling down for the rest of the way.

[@Crinlask]

wee

[@SandboxPBuilder-kh7dx]

thats amazing

[@Orangutangod-q9y]

Fast travel

[@dowsingelf77]

* gets the sled *

[@lifesgood3393]

Rolling Human

[@Chubbasaurus]

I was legit wondering how they'd found a site to film this, then you said it was Blender. I cannot get over how realistic it looks. Incredible. Absolutely incredible.

[@Fishii444]

(not so) fun fact: Kane actually had hallucinations of the rolling giant in spaces like hallways. that's how much work and how long it took...

[@braveoverlord5887]

Bruh fr i was thinkin is it possible to buy something like the long staircase and everything but since its not real makes it impossible to know😊

[@wafagdplqs4421]

Kane has truly become a master of horror ! He perfectly understand the unsettling atmosphere of luminal spaces and is able to progressively build up the tension before the true menace becomes real and unstoppable, as it is but too late for our desperate protagonist who can no longer escape death.

[@choppership465]

for a moment i thought you were talking about harry kane

[@BaileyBarajas]

“ArE yOu A wIzArD hArRy” 💀

[@PotatoPerson561]

The mall looks a lot like the set for the third episode of generation loss

[@ea-nr2hd]

@@PotatoPerson561 The mall actually was a real place, along with the statue, however it got taken down.

[@Unforgiving_Eye]

Yeah, it's sad that he died when he finally found the exit. I guess every protagonists will die in Kane Pixel's universe lmao

[@adamcerny2227]

I love how theres no rule to how to deal with the giant, everytime you think you find a weakness it immediatelly proves you wrong. Its like its playing with Wyatt the whole time. We dont even know if the giant had to be on wheels because right at the end he somehow dissapears from his wheeled platform.

[@degeneration6493]

…how else would it move?

[@winderius_4542]

@@degeneration6493 We don't know, thats the Giants thing, it can trick, we know it can probably move without his wheels because at the end it's literally staring at Wyatt's dead body.

[@EditoresEXPL]

When@@winderius_4542

[@firewolf4824]

​@@degeneration6493because this thing is literally shown to be an op supernatural monster

[@Wizz18822]

HOW IS THIS BETTER THAN MOST HORROR MOVIES? THIS ONE GUY IS OUTPERFORMING A WHOLE TEAM

[@miles.7239]

he's 19 trillion years old, he had a lot of time to master his skills.

[@AdonistheSickened]

what i don't understand is why kane has to torture us with the GOOFIEST looking monsters - having to tell my partner i'm now eternally terrified of a paper mache plants for hands puppet and a child's scribble monster is embarrassing /lh

[@Jigsawn2]

and for Backrooms 'yeah so I just got scared by a big coathanger'

[@chrisp1111]

Bro. . . You should look more into it and check out the comments on the actual video. This was modeled after a real mall, and the monster was a real prop that was in stasis in the same mall. I found it in a video uploaded 6 years ago. Absolutely insane.

[@curzedblade3801]

Dude.. the thing in the oldest view is actually real.

[@storm_fling1062]

​@@curzedblade3801they didn't say it wasn't

[@AdonistheSickened]

guys i'm aware it's based off a real puppet i watched the video i was just making a lil joke about the look my partner gave me when i said 'this is one of the scariest things i have ever seen' and then presented them with grasshands mcrollington here

[@Kori_Shimo]

The camera perspective is so realistic. I generally thought he was walking through an abandoned place, this is incredible. The modeling is really well done, and the sounds are perfect. It kinda reminds me of serial experiments lain. There isnt much talking in serial experiments lain but instead sounds of things around them, chalk writing on the board, powerlines, breathing, computer booting up, footsteps, etc, but barely any talking. Thats what makes it so eerie too.

[@Justafalloutfan]

He wasn’t walking through a real place?!?!?!

[@gohheehock2756]

@@Justafalloutfan The whole thing is animated in Blender

[@distrust_us]

@@Justafalloutfan objects are too smooth. I wish he used textured specular maps n normal maps a bit more. it would've been awesome, but it's very clear it's too "perfect" to be real.

[@Zer0_Robloxian]

@@Justafalloutfan Yeah it’s CGI, somehow, incredibly realistic

[@Kori_Shimo]

@SavannahMaxwell-Fleming-yn4sn it is animated, but it'd be pretty sick if it wasn't! Also tysm! I love girls last tour :33

[@Pickled_Oliver]

1:02:46 wyatt is staring at the face in the tree nah that gave me chills

[@arpedular4372]

Something to note, about the cut grass smell they mention repeatedly, that scent is actually a warning sign to other grass nearby that there is a predator nearby, just a little food for thought...

[@EhgejeUsvsjd-vi9zb]

I don’t really understand why grass would do that, It’s not like it’s can do anything against said predator

[@DAVEEEEEE1217]

​@@EhgejeUsvsjd-vi9zb Probably just to kinda tell the grass to grow faster

[@lokipic4988]

Not directly but the smell can attract predators of the grass eater@@EhgejeUsvsjd-vi9zb

[@chiannsmith6803]

​@@EhgejeUsvsjd-vi9zbI'm no botanist, but it might be a thing like trees because trees have a complex communication system, language, and even advanced cooperation. Even though grass can't do much, it might be the grass screaming in pain 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@tobuzzu]

@@EhgejeUsvsjd-vi9zbPlants can repel or irritate herbivores by producing chemicals called Allelochemicals that makes the plants difficult to digest and foul tasting to eat. In addition they can also communicate with their surrounding neighboring plants via VOC particles, allowing them to essentially warn their buddies of an oncoming herbivore. Once warned, these plants can start producing Allelochemicals themselves in preparation for the herbivore.

[@kennethmoses4900]

Genuinely couldn’t tell it was a Blender animation until you pointed it out. So good.

[@Unforgiving_Eye]

Ikr it looks kinda real

[@lordpuller2226]

Just look at the stone patterns in the hallway. The exact same stone pattern shows up over and over, sometimes right across from one another.

[@shahraiyan2519]

The only thing that really gave it away was the stone walls at the exits and the way the camera moves

[@sporeboar]

ITS A BLENDER ANIMATION??? THAT WASNT AN INSIDE JOKE??

[@Tosslehoffe]

Pretty sure it's being recorded in Unreal Engine, and it's either being shot in real-time with a VR headset (explaining the jump cuts, essentially he can only traverse so much space in a given take and then has to cut) or it's being rendered with some kind of motion tracked camera object acting as the simulated camera. This is all rather trivial in Unreal 4.5 and Unreal 5 but not so much in blender. There's also the fact that you find Quixel assets in use throughout his videos. Quixel is baked into Unreal Engine as the default asset library. Not to say you couldn't use Quixel in Blender, it's just not built into Blender.

[@flesh_on_the_skillet]

The atmosphere is extremely well created imo. The quick turning? It has to be intentional, it stresses me out, as well as the strained breaths that are often heard from anxious or scared people. The fear that the character is feeling is transferred to us as the audience to keep us invested and play into the psychology of horror. PEAK analog horror right here.

[@flesh_on_the_skillet]

ALSO - I love the recreation of the classic weeping angel concept. It only moves when you don't see it

[@BobuxAndy]

@@flesh_on_the_skilletsame

[@skooterthekid8069]

The graphic design for this one was insane, It really looked like an actual mall. Good job Kane pixels.

[@Chevy_Express]

It is a real mall I think it is in Texas somewhere I don’t know the name of the mall but it’s real

[@potatos0]

valley view center mall@@Chevy_Express

[@ninguemimportantemesm]

He modeled the hotel in 3d. The mall doesn't exist anymore. It was closed due to a fire, and was demolished later.@@Chevy_Express

[@Chevy_Express]

@@ninguemimportantemesm dang the mall really looked nice I was there before but I can't believe what happened very sad to know what happened to the mall

[@a-indefinite6804]

@@ninguemimportantemesm He had a friend of his model it a while back using real photos, blueprints, and videos as reference.

[@shumain]

He was so close. I was expecting him to get jumpscared at the stairs in the end but him falling scared me more by the way it was so sudden

[@romayne.xxstupidxx2405]

I have watch many of your videos in the last few weeks, this really seemed to get me. Idk what it was but the other ones I have been able to watch them just fine but I can’t get this one out of my head.(maybe because it’s a fear to be trapped with no escape) but your videos are always amazing, keep doing what you’re doing

[@bonepointriverstone]

I think you may have been onto something about the statue possibility wanting to help Wyatt rather than harm him, as with it teleporting around and the speeds in which is can maneuver, when you mentioned that it may have been trying to help him escape, the wall collapsing and the fact that as Wyatt was close to the emergency exit, it started to leave rather than continue to watch him as it could have believed its job was done, not knowing that the structural integrity of where Wyatt fell from was unsafe due to years of neglect

[@custommediacreations]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels that the giant was trying to help Wyatt, rather than cause Wyatt any harm.

[@bonepointriverstone]

@@custommediacreations it makes sense with how it only appeared behing Wyatt, after he started walking away from a dead end

[@akiirasuttonlarge]

Notice how the Giant didnt do anything when Wyatt got closer?

[@bonepointriverstone]

@@akiirasuttonlarge indeed, only charging after/speeding up when he was out of view, as if to not lose sight of him until he is near an exit to get to safety, like how one would rush to the aid of someone struggling, severely injured, and/or in need of aid/assistance

[@custommediacreations]

@@akiirasuttonlarge exactly. I still believe it was most likely trying to lead him to the way out.

[@lisan_al_gaibb]

Both Kane and Alex (Mandela C.) have started a “renaissance” of horror. One based on the primal urges and psychological feelings of the human mind. The scares don’t come from a slasher or a demonic possession, they come from the unknown depths of our imagination.

[@WembeyNoodl]

This is nothing new people have been doing this for a while now just under appreciated as it dosent appeal to the masses

[@vardiganxpl1698]

@@WembeyNoodl That...that is what renaissance means. A revitalization, or return of new interest of what was no longer prominent

[@jasoninthehood9726]

That’s a stretch. Nothing really horrifying about this at all. How is an abandoned mall or a paper mache art project on wheels even scary? I really don’t get it. I watched all 40 minutes because I searched for the best horror of 2023 and was bored through out the entire thing and completely underwhelmed. I’m wondering if I missed something in the background or what. Maybe young people are just mystified because they never been inside an abandoned building.

[@Conorator]

@@jasoninthehood9726 You seem like somebody experienced with horror, seeing how your account is 12 years old and has a Jason Voorhees profile picture. Have you considered that you may be desensitized to scary things in general?

[@therustedshank9995]

The primal fear of going down a tunnel into an abandoned mall inhabited by a sentient cardboard art piece

[@QueenSpaget]

oh my god that scene where the thing stopped abiding by weeping angel rules SHOOK Me

[@Man_Aslume]

Guess I'll die

[@seniknine]

Holy fucking shit, this is my local mall. I remember going there and my first job was at a GameStop there back in 2007-2009. This is fucking wild because that rolling guy is LEGIT. It was a paper mache art piece created by some students. Before the closing of the mall, they turned a large portion of the upstairs into a bunch of different art galleries and this dood was always on display. This is fucking bonkers and I'm freaking out. However, now, the entire mall has been demolished for a rebuild and the entire area; sans the side of the neighborhood that has the Galleria Mall and the shops and luxury apartments near by.

[@What-z8x]

No way i thought this wasnt real

[@balls3858]

Which mall is this

[@Zer0_Robloxian]

@@balls3858Valley View Center Mall, Dallas Texas, Demolished in 2023

[@dfjjfd-o4l]

kane prob went there, saw that monster on wheels and made a thing based off of it, bc that is terrifying

[@Zer0_Robloxian]

@@dfjjfd-o4l It’s all CGI

[@k1rb0i]

36:38 when i first saw this scene specifically, the shit made my skin crawl. being isolated inside of an underground mall all by yourself is one thing. but when the only exit that was your entrance is sealed off in a mountain of rubble, that shit made me feel claustrophobic.

[@unknownguy2051]

"all by yourself" yeah, riiiiight...

[@ARIUS_C_vibes]

Being claustrophobic in an empty mall is such funny irony yet it completely makes sense

[@No_Dank_Memes]

I love how detailed the video is. I mean it must have taken a long time to make it.

[@jack-o-guard]

RIP Wyatt. He had main character vibes and ALMOST survived but unfortunately got unlucky and fell off a high height and died

[@Funnyfella68023]

bro fr fell from a high ground

[@The_Fool91]

Nah, he didn't get unlucky. He fell from unstable pillars inside a supernatural mall. I highly doubt the rolling giant would just let someone escape.

[@jack-o-guard]

@@The_Fool91 fair-

[@Hfuer]

My theory is the main character is just writing a story and just fell down and die

[@isuchair_last_name8538]

I saw something that showed that the giant's wheels were detached from its body, and that the giant itself pulled down the pillars

[@theguyinthebackally2280]

When I watched it live my main thought was “it’s on wheels what it gonna do bump into you? Just knock it over” and I still think that

[@wafflehouse5289]

I can agree, but also, the fear of not knowing what it will do I guess? It’s obviously not normal

[@sniperluigi9856VA]

well (from what I can tell) it did crush an entire metal walkway

[@tylercoon1791]

It can ram with enough force to crack a wall. It’s probably pretty sturdy

[@psgamer-il2pt]

It can get off the wheels

[@Unforgiving_Eye]

But that's only if your "Fight" instinct kick in. Most of the time in a situation like that , you'll just run because your "Flight" instinct told you. And if you watched the full video, that thing can break your skull pretty easily.

[@Esmeralda-michel]

Kane is so talented fr fr, to 3D model and animate this whole this is so impressive, he deserves all the recognition and the rest of the ppl who helped make this masterpiece :)

[@shojinakayama6997]

Who knew that "walking" art installations would be that terrifying, Kane never disappoints

[@cheeryberrie]

Art installations lmaoo

[@mcdonalds_dori]

@@cheeryberrieyeah it’s not real yk? It’s CGI?

[@mcdonalds_dori]

@@cheeryberrietho apparently the rolling giant is real and so as the mall it is underground and watt died there so he haunts the mall that’s what I heard idk it Chould just be a rumour idk

[@thefish_lunatic7499]

The Rolling Giant is genuinely terrifying, more terrifying than Bacteria from Kane's Backrooms series. I can see why Kane got night terrors from it. I can barley LOOK at it because it's just so uncanny looking, this is my third rewatch and I still can't get over it. Not to mention the fact that it ROLLS. It it had legs and could walk, yeah that'd be creepy, but it Litterly rolls, horrifying.

[@cassidyledbetter3531]

This had me scared throughout thanks for covering the series and for the scare!

[@sneakysnek572]

Please I almost started crying when it started rolling at him while he was looking at it 😭 I’m usually not this sensitive to horror… this is insane Edit: I have changed it from analog horror, pls leave me alone ab it, it was a simple mistake

[@Unforgiving_Eye]

Yeah, the Rolling Giant is not as fast the the Weeping Angels or SCP-173, but it's still creepy lol Btw, it's not an analog horror but more of a modern found footage horror.

[@ActuallyNTiX]

i also love how the giant is deceiving. it makes you think it stands still at first, just like normal, and then when it shows itself to move about, it makes you think it only moves when being looked at, just like the Weeping Angels. But then it just throws that out the window and starts chasing Wyatt even when its being watched. finally, it shows itself as being able to disconnect from its pedestal cart, altho we dont see that in full; we just see the cart by itself.

[@anjelousmoonwolf1940]

​@@Unforgiving_Eyefor some reason it's less scarier when it's fast like 173

[@anjelousmoonwolf1940]

​@@Unforgiving_Eyelike it feels more realistic when it's slow

[@TheGoat10040]

It’s not analog

[@bou.09]

the first thought i had at the end scene where you see his dead body outside is maybe that the whole thing was a hallucination, because how did he get back outside, but thats pretty far fetched lol. also a cool detail if you didnt notice is that at the VERY very end you can see wyatts eye grow darker as he goes into the afterlife.

[@Papapsoso]

Well, it wasn’t a hallucination I don’t think, since it wouldn’t be very interesting if Kane chose that. The giant did SOMETHING to him, I don’t know what, since it also gets outside.

[@arcticsurge5627]

I mean he did mention smelling cut grass around 12:26

[@Unforgiving_Eye]

I don't think it's a hallucination because all of the stuff happened in the mall are recorded on his phone meaning someone might have found his phone and uploaded it to KZbin.

[@MillyF-f9c]

I feel like the mall has completely deteriorated. Throughout the video, the mall continuously becomes reclaimed by nature, and this part of the video could be showing the final phase

[@YIPPlE]

I would like to admit that I had to have this video playing as background noise because I was too scared to actually watch it (I am TERRIFIED of weeping angels and these people who make analog horror are REALLY good at it, like, all this analog horror stuff is what I'd see in the nightmares that'd keep me up at night)

[@trevjaydendavis3718]

the giant is nothing like a weeping angel

[@BlazeOfGlory2003]

My best Theory rn is when it's greyed out characters, they have died in the mall, or were related to the mall. Julien is probably posessing the giant, and trying to kill people to posess their bodies and take over their lives. The plants are probably a big part, cause Julien had a lot of interests in plantlife, and loved reading books in the wilderness, like shown in the first video Edit: MOMMA I'M FAMOUS!

[@Decrypto333]

Thats my favorite theory yet!

[@SomeInternetGuyidk]

That’s literally what I was thinking

[@Papapsoso]

I’m pretty sure Kane told the person who created a video on this theory that he liked the theory, but the theory was incorrect on discord. So I have no idea where the plot is going

[@Tonne1921]

Who’s Julian?

[@Unforgiving_Eye]

@@Papapsoso You know it's gonna be a great series when the creator liked the fan theories but they're still incorrect. I can't wait for part 4!

[@poapoapopopoop]

no way its my favourite character Mr The Oldest View

[@ExtrnalSorce2]

Some people just call him John

[@moonlitspecs]

you see he’s named that because he’s named after the series, in this essay I will-

[@llCoupDEtatll]

He has such kind eyes

[@ExtrnalSorce2]

@@moonlitspecs John "The Oldest View" The Oldest View (yes his surname is also his middle name)

[@ARandomEliatrope]

@@ExtrnalSorce2 John "The Oldest View" The Oldest View my beloved

[@datboipk4431]

that was amazing ive never gotten that invested into anything before at the scene when he was breaking into the store with a board covering a window i got goosebumps that was amazing

[@SemicolonExpected]

i think the giant isn't necessarily bad bc when he first chased him up those stairs (where the exit would be found) after he got up stairs it looks like the giant walked away. It only really got aggressive when the protag came back down and started exploring stuff (trying to find the exit) so maybe the giant thought he wasnt actually trying to leave and was actually up to no good?

[@avrie6668]

The guy actually spoke to the giant telling him that he was trying to leave since he watched those backrooms videos so with the previous supernatural stuff happening like exits being collapsed,things being in the wrong places the giant seemingly being binded to only move when unobserved The giant is highly intelligent tricking the guy constantly there’s a comment higher up that it’s possessed from the guy who loves plants that HE wants the camera guys body so when your trying to get a human body who has a way out what do you do when their faster wait till YOU KNOW that they don’t know where their going the plant enthusiast is HIGHLY intelligent so this is a piece of cake

[@mnrmky]

42:18 Wyatt: **about to cry a river and sweating bullets trying not to run away like a cat** Marcus: thats what the mask is

[@user-uu8be7st8y]

😂😂😂

[@Zer0_Robloxian]

That’s what the point of the mask is 💀💀

[@werrrlic]

44 minutes into the video and I was convinced this was like actually filmed in real life not in blender. Thought the man rented out a whole mall for the shoot or something. That is really fucking impressive.

[@marknagorski1686]

Whit the new video "Life of a Giant" it basicaly explains that Giants motives was just to bring back the past. The time when he was happy: when all people were walking around the mall and just enjoying their moments whit him. The reason it was chasing Wyatt because it wanted him to stay here and relieve old memories or otherwise nostalgia. When he showed random corpses and then looked at the exit he basicaly said :"Either stay whit me and relieve our memories, or just go ahead to your useless exit".

[@Man_Aslume]

Didn't know the giant was like that

[@mynameisvincent.]

this is literally my favorite interpretation ever

[@anekin21]

didnt know bro was chill like that🗿

[@jivy1022]

Soo it's literally Paul blart mall cop, if he was sad and looking for a friend.

[@isolatedirectorofficial]

The opening part in your reaction is the same one I had. The Rolling Giant standing right behind Wyatt as he turned around scared the shit outta me watching TOV3 at night.

[@AkiraTheOpossum]

This series gives off strong Everyman Hybrid vibes. Proppably because of this kinda vlog style but I just can't shake off this deja vu when I'm watching this

[@nullstudios2989]

I (and i think a few others) like to think that the Giant just wanted Wyatt to leave, and was trying to direct him towards the exit, but didn’t know that he would fall.

[@ciol9487]

def not, the exits were demolished by the giant

[@Dingleberrybandit]

I think the giant knew he would fall from that so he just left knowing that it had won

[@SpecialInterestShow]

No, I think the giant knew he'd fall, but also may have tried to warn him? Maybe that's what the body illusion was for?

[@Elliot-k8c]

This is phenomenally animated I thought it was a set like a movie

[@BigSkyTravelingTrio]

The rolling giant lore: 📚 The rolling giant lore if Wyatt was a wuss: 🧾

[@Peiceofpapertapedtowall]

I’m so happy cane pixels is starting a new series and will be known for something other than the backrooms, I can’t wait to see where this series goes

[@candycanekennie3302]

This is the first production in a long time that actually had me on the edge of my seat. And the fact that you can find the mall online even made me question if this was possibly real. I've definitely seen stranger down south!

[@RealWavePre]

everyone: RUN!! that one friend: lemme give it a hug

[@cosmicKarma]

The smell of freshly cut grass is distress signal, warning other plans of imminent danger. It seems like Wyatt should have been paying attention during his botany classes.

[@ASU57BushCamper]

phosgene gas smells like cut grass

[@cosmicKarma]

I don't think it's that gas because if it was why it would be experiencing the effects of it, like the burning of his eyes and skin, and the damage to his respiratory system.

[@jamesfranco314]

Sorry if marcus touch on this but i need to point it out before i forget at 57:07 right before the guy enter the overgrown mall the sign by the door reads "do you accept the impermanence". Which I think means that certain doors lead to either different times or realms within the mall its basically the mall asking Wyatt that question wich by going through the door he accepted which would explain the change from a prestine mall to one ravaged by time since impermanence is the basic idea of nothing lasts forever.

[@Buplo]

Scariest part of this is the fact he doesnt know facebook and thought it was og twitter

[@gamerpanther4855]

I had the idea of just talking to it from a safe spot. Stand on the escalator and ask it yes or no questions. Move back if no, move forwards if yes- Basically I'd tell it I'm not a threat to it or whatever, explain the situation all that but thats just what I'd do (probably what I would die quick)

[@psgamer-il2pt]

It can go up the escalator

[@gamerpanther4855]

@@psgamer-il2pt in the first chase scene, Wyatt runs in an escalator (or a staircase) and the giant rolled away. If it could get him, I'd imagine it would continue the chase there.

[@psgamer-il2pt]

@@gamerpanther4855 it toys with him like when it pretended to not move when he looked at it

[@valentinaodette1463]

​​@@psgamer-il2ptI think so too, like, at some points in the video it was able to move so fast in a matter of seconds before the chase started, it could also teleport (considering we see its ribbons when Wyatt was looking at the blueprints of the mall). It also seems like it doesn't need the wheels at all, before Wyatt falls off to his 'death', we see the Giant is gone, except for its base/wheels. That thing could've killed Wyatt at any second, it just gave him a false sense of hope

[@eye5435]

1:01:52 when the cam looks back at the last spot he seen the statue you can vaguely see the wheels which probably means that It only lead us to believe it could not go to certain places only to remove that safety by disappearing just like with the statue moving when he looked away and the statue chasing him a bit after that

[@De_Egg]

As soon as he realized the statue was gone it started to downpour at my location

[@spawnerbgoner7858]

this is one of the only analog horror's to give me a genuine feel of terror. Kane has outdone himself on this one, i learned from other people that the mall was a real mall in dallas, and the "Rolling giant" was a real statue within it. I always love story's told in media which do these types of things, and i think that makes The Oldest View one of the most unique horror series i've ever seen on the internet

[@anastasia408]

That cgi hole is absolutley insane...to blend it in so flawlessly with real life (im sure it was maybe green screen or SOMETHING like that) is bonkers to me...hes blended shit so well i legitimatley cant tell whats real or whats cgi/rendered

[@timothythespider5036]

Everything you see is fake

[@LIAMOFFICIALMUSIC]

WOW. just wow. This was done so freaking well i have no words

[@BillTheMissing]

Okay, so in the beginning when the guy is building that "mask" its actually the giant being built. I also do agree with you about the Giant standing with other giants because there was an image I saw with the giant standing with other giants. I can also explain why there was so much nature and plants that appeared in the mall. Once the mall was demolished i THINK it was overgrown with plants and all that. Thats just what I figured out and thought of.

[@If_i_flirt_its_on_accident]

Also the parade of giants has multiple puppets so it’s make sense for their to be more giants

[@AidanRobloxon1443]

@@If_i_flirt_its_on_accident i love ur username lol

[@If_i_flirt_its_on_accident]

@@AidanRobloxon1443 thanks!

[@Halomaniac50]

In lore, yes, but I believe it was actually videos of Kane making a real massive Rolling Giant mask. He showed it to Wendigoon, it’s like 6ft tall

[@BillTheMissing]

@@Halomaniac50 Wow, sick.

[@dustanleeseansoriano3553]

Fun fact, the Rolling Giant is a real art piece, it was in the Parade of Giants, representing Julian Reverchon, a botanist. Botany is all about plants, which is why the Giant's hands are plants. The Reverchon giant wants to see if Wyatt is a TRUE botanist, and that might be why there is alot of vegetation along the way. Edit: The mall is also a real place that was demolished back then, and Kane, despite being just 18, remodeled the entire mall. Also, the reason for the thundering is probably because the demolition is happening as of Wyatt exploring the mall.

[@billblaski9523]

Yes my friend, everybody is aware of this now😊

[@Helur_Loves_Cats]

I have a theory, poltergeist, it was probably a poltergeist toying with Wyatt, a poltergeist is a kind of ghost that likes teasing people like how the poltergeist moved the statue when he wasn’t looking the poltergeist was probably an impatient one which is why the giant starting rolling while he was watching it, another thing is the poltergeist turned on the lights and the poltergeist also let him have a sense of sort of comfort when he was on the beams for a little bit and the poltergeist wanted to have some fun so it broke the pillars holding up the beams Edit : Couldn’t Wyatt have picked up something long and wide and then knocked over the giant?

[@Nobody.252]

I find it funny that the backrooms have become so impactful that people just automatically associate empty space with them. Liminality was a thing long before the backrooms.

[@anarchyopossum]

This is genuinely the most fear I've ever felt while watching an analogue horror series, I was shitting bricks the whole time lmao Edit: alright guys i fucking get it it's not analog horror chill out

[@SeleneSealight]

SAME IM TOO SCARED TO UNPAUSE THE VIDEO. THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST TIME IN SO LONG IM TERRIFIED FROM SOMETHING

[@Cane4092]

@@SeleneSealightbro stop the cap

[@Cane4092]

Itals

[@Jank_Hill]

I don't think this counts as analog horror. This is just modern found footage.

[@HATRICK_EDITZ]

Hey Kane thanks for making me think every time my cat goes on my bed while I’m sleeping I think it’s the giant and run out of my bed and hit my knee on my sofa ❤😊❤😊❤

[@JanitaAnthony-e5p]

I love the way you analyze all these horror videos, its really helped me with analyzing in my humanities class because I try to dig as deep as you do! love uu

[@scooter5248]

I can’t lie, that ending was legitimately *mean* Spoiler alert Bro was literally right there at the exit. He had the entire hope that he would escape. And just when he was about to, he falls to his untimely and brutal death.

[@Aetheon_888]

Although he death was quick he hit his head and died

[@Chosen_Ash]

Coulda live if he just let go of the camera

[@ettorepresutti3842]

The gigang caused it, you can see the wall cracking in front of him

[@thisnameisexpunged]

@@Chosen_Ashthen how would he upload that he survived it

[@Chosen_Ash]

@@thisnameisexpunged :|

[@duduned]

i like how the giant makes a fool of wyatt, first making him believe he can only move if you arent looking at him, then pretending he cant go up the escalators, and lastly moving without the stand he is using in the final scene, its really frightening how the giant was just messing around with him the whole time...

[@R3nHoëk]

Finding a recently abandoned mall to film at and make this is pretty awesome. Something about a huge building where tons of people used to frequent that now sits abandoned is creepy AF.

[@Laura_5757]

The was all computer-generated, although it was based on a real mall that has now been demolished. It’s crazy how real it looks though!

[@Aweqix]

i'm a huge horror fan and this is literally the only video to ever make me genuinely terrified. like i had to take 5 minute breaks between clips and even contemplated not finishing it. This is such an impressive analog horror!!

[@iluvlilshine]

fire pfp

[@Man_Aslume]

The giant everytime the camera moved to show it being behind made me jump

[@CrApWiFi0]

But if you didn't finish it, the suspense would kill ya lol

[@lifeless-pilot3036]

Imagine historians 1000 years from now finds footage, art, and writing of liminal spaces and think they actually existed once 💀

[@Fr0g91t]

Fr

[@gman2342]

and tries searching for it too

[@Laura_5757]

Apparently, the day the real Valley View mall was demolished was the same date that you see timestamped in the trail camera. Which suggests that the sudden collapse of the stairway he took to get in was a result of said demolition.

[@xUnlockedCHRx]

There's something I want to mention, whether you want to believe me or not. I found this very very unsettling due to something that happened to me a while back but i can still think of it vividly. When I was about 9-10 It was around 9:00PM, I had this existential feeling of dread as I had been experiencing these visions / dreams every time I went to sleep. It was the world, everything was normal except for this red "Hue", everything and I mean EVERYTHING had a red tint to it as if there were alarms going off without the sound. What I can also recall being part of those specific nightmares are "clowns" (As much as I can remember) albeit in a more... "Unsettling" Way, they would continually hunt down anyone and anything I saw and, adding onto this I kept having reoccuring dreams as a 9-10 year old, I can immediately recall them today although since i'm going off topic I'll post a later comment on some of my worst visions. Well, one night I just couldnt get to sleep, not unusual but I hadn't done anything that'd keep me up (That was the part that concerned my parents from what they've told me) Now, I was getting up to get a drink of warm milk when I saw this.. "Tiki" Looking object where our land line would be (which was wall mounted) The colors being brown (The wood of the face) purple (two horns both geometrical) and black (the eyes). I can remember blinking and then suddenly a creature, also geometrical appears slamming down into the ground with a dust effect, it looked eeriely similar to the giant although it was quadrapedal and it had the same colors stated as previously, but it didnt walk as you might expect it slid across the ground, none of the limbs moved (similar to the giant) as if it were on wheels (also similar to the giant). Another massive similarity? It only moved when I wasnt looking, not only that but it reset to its original position when I blinked, but its as if it adapted to the blink reset (just like the giant when it stopped not moving when it was being observed) which made me scream and spin to my parents bedroom. There's alot more about this story I can cover in an edit for anyone interested

[@TheRipVanWinkle1899]

We need more!!

[@Blight-eo4yk]

Jeezuz… I’d dread the night if i was you.

[@thesithofearth3617]

The only weird experiences I've had from when I was younger (that I can remember) were ceiling lights flickering one time when I took a seat, and another time when 3 of my friends and I were watching TV and making jokes on the second story of my house, and then there was suddenly a very bright light shining through the window (we were all very freaked out even though it probably lasted about a second)

[@Papapsoso]

nah bruh how much did t cost for some of that green 😃😃

[@bonbun-ot5lj]

yes

[@Daisythepage]

40:46 I feel like the openness of the areas is on purpose (outside of it being a mall) because of course a scared person would look for a place to seek shelter away from somthing large or a small areas to sleep. When it’s so open there’s no safe place to sleep or rest; *you have to keep moving* lest you be caught by something larger

[@youngking3347]

This is the second time I ever saw you get scared your really cool dude. And you just got yourself a sub :)

[@FizzieSprite]

12:45, When he's going down the darkened tunnel, it looks almost as if he's walking up the stairs and not down them.

[@potatos0]

In folk lore the live oak tree represents heaven but its roots represent hell and is sacred to the thunder god who directs thunder to the evil spirits which is proven at 31:48 and 36:50 so i think him going down represents him going to hell which is proven at 45:45 when he turns black and white losing his life. And a few seconds later julian is watching him from the woods. The black and white world is hell.

[@Unforgiving_Eye]

That's a pretty interesting explanation!

[@b_l_a_c_k-l_i_t_e]

Is it weird this vids making me sleepy? Im serious. Maybe its cause neglect and child abused and all my dreams and nightmares had impossible spaces like skinimarink backrooms, this and liminal land.

[@b_l_a_c_k-l_i_t_e]

Also the music is just 69,420hrz frequency noise to open your penile gland and sleep and fart too.

[@Dingleberrybandit]

​@@b_l_a_c_k-l_i_t_edamn you ok bro?

[@kylesby]

@@b_l_a_c_k-l_i_t_e Its not just you, watching this got me tired aswell.

[@rachaelmarrero8597]

Thanks for taking this journey with me. Horror is my favorite but analog adds a layer of unease I almost never feel during movies 💕

[@majikstan]

Just think even though the real mall is gone, the only thing now close enough of it other than old youtube videos is that Kane still has a 3D copy of the mall on a hardrive. It was modeled in sections, he had a few friends help model the mall sections, as each was completed he then textured and rigged them up. He had been working on this during his break since January, He had to render the scenes through a online render-farm due to its complexity. He did model some of the corridor sections in between, too. He sourced the blueprints from the townhall. The statue was harder to research but eventually he discovered the original artist that helped in the design with reference material including photos. There is a video showing a reporter in the old partially stripped mall after one of the fires, and behind the reporter can be seen the statue as it was still there by that time, but its upper half was resting on the ground detached from the wheeled metal base.

[@scriptedmayhem]

Rule 1 if you want to stay alive: do not go to sketchy locations for example a really deep tunnel But Kane did a really really REALLY great job animating this! Kane has real talent

[@Yaweh-istheonlyway]

Just think, we watched the peak of the shopping center era and the death of it all within one generation. Crazy how fast time can fly.

[@Botfasfggfvvsdgge123]

13:56 honestly at this point, i'd would just have turned back, im not risking opening a door so sketchy so deep into the middle of nowhere

[@PartlyVee]

"nope" *end credits*

[@Quick15]

But that would be too smart for a horror movie (analogue horror, whatever) character.

[@Quick15]

@@PartlyVee I want a short movie like this where the character goes into some sketchy place and is about to open the door when he decides to just nope out of there. The camera follows him walking away and then pans back to the killer coming out of the closet while crying.

[@brots3]

Oh THATS where you draw the line

[@I_AM_A_ROCK]

I fucking love the fact that the footage is edited in iMovie it just gives the perfect vibe of an amateur vlogger doing everything on his phone

[@anitrasmith2844]

He walked to the tree, down all them stairs walked and ran around a whole mall.. not a drip,sip of water. He clearly wanted to be unalived. This is better than most horror movies made these days

[@cernos7230]

I think the mall was trying to create multiple entry and exit portals on different locations around the world, so it doesn't need to build multiple buildings on different locations and at the same time customers/visitors would get to meet different people from different locations and also show their art. then some fucked up shit happened.

[@kkluvse]

What really scared me about this video, is not even the Rolling Giant or the video itself, even though this is kinda irrelevant, I had an almost IDENTICAL dream to this. Where some kids found an underground mall that was abandonded and had creatures. It really was weird that it resembled the dream that I had. 😅

[@Mintybird]

I wasn't too big on the Backrooms series, but THIS is catching my attention I love a good digital era horror series, it resonates more with what I grew up with. Now being an adult and seeing old looking youtube vlogs in a horror setting immediately gives me both cozier nostalgic vibes, and tension.

[@SpookySaurian]

At the current state that analog horror is in right now, The Oldest View feels like a breath of fresh air

[@firetoryplays2280]

" IS THAT DREAM !! That's where the mask is. " got me like💀💀💀💀

[@firetoryplays2280]

at 42:15

[@luckie-rae6058]

this series really feels like the difference between analogue vs digital horror

[@Milo-pi7jc]

9:20 oh my god i can relate to that. Every mine i make looks like that But there is just something about very narrow/small rooms and very big rooms that is just so uncanny...