Horror Short Film "Carnivore" | ALTER

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After being exonerated for the cannibalistic murder of his mother, Levi returns to his small hometown to face a community still unconvinced of his innocence.
"Carnivore" by Ashton Herrild
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More About "Carnivore":
When LEVI is finally exonerated and released from prison for the wrongful conviction of murdering and cannibalizing his mother, his older half-brother, WADE, drags him to their local small-town burger joint. While Wade, clearly unconvinced of his brother's innocence, scarfs down a burger, now vegetarian Levi notices something off about the rest of the restaurant's patrons, who force Levi to take a bite of one of the burgers. Wade admits it's likely because the rest of the townsfolk share his doubt. Levi is rescued by his best friend from high school and current burger flipper, BO. RUBY, the attractive waitress and Levi's former potential flame seems to exhibit a rekindling romantic interest before becoming psychotically overbearing in her curiosity about how she believes Levi killed his mother. Bo finally explains that the oddities that Levi has been noticing are a result of him putting human brains in the burgers that he serves the customers; when humans consume other human brains it induces the insanity that he's brought upon their entire town. Levi, realizing that Bo killed his mother and poisoned the entire town, crushes Bo's skull. No one in the diner bats an eye.
"Carnivore" Credits:
Levi - Jacob Vaus
Wade - Rene D'Nava
Ruby - Isabella Tagliati
Bo - Patrick Hogue
Written & Directed By - Ashton Herrild
Producer - Dylan Liberman
DP - Alex Forcillo
Production Designer - Willa Rydall
Editor - Ari Mitsos
Sound Designer - Griffin Fisher
Composer - Hunter J Pierce
Colorist - Henry Chastain
UPM - Lynnzee Highland
1s Ad - Eli Wiess
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[@deadashton]

Hey y’all! My name is Ashton and I wrote and directed CARNIVORE. Ask me anything!

[@mariwolfy3824]

How this comment is 1 week ago but the video came out right now

[@dawnbryer9131]

How did you come up with the concept for this?

[@visheshsux]

@@mariwolfy3824 it was uploaded earlier and was unlisted

[@visheshsux]

@JALIYAH MINTER it was uploaded earlier and unlisted

[@visheshsux]

what was your inspiration for this?

[@milindkhamkar]

His psycho friend really deserves to be in commercial crime thriller movie, his acting was insane af

[@johasnolife5121]

i agree!

[@ctjthecubingchannel4145]

I disagree.

[@finleydoyle4913]

I agreedis?

[@akumabazooka9169]

​@@ctjthecubingchannel4145 then you don't know good acting

[@ctjthecubingchannel4145]

@@akumabazooka9169 I take my words back. Sorry for being immture.

[@1bossofbosses]

Morale Of the story '' If ppl keep making you out to be a villain sometimes it can make you become that villain''

[@ArcFallOrder1919]

True

[@rotonyamoore3544]

Very very true indeed

[@RoxyAnimates]

‘Tis True

[@fattcoke4705]

Moral**

[@biswamita_ghosh006]

And sometimes you really should become that villain...

[@jubanlakmalngiang1960]

All the actors are fricking talented af

[@flarion00]

Yep

[@esahcaeeneiradgbo2464]

I thought I killed his mom the actors are so talented. LOL 😂

[@deadashton]

Right?????

[@esahcaeeneiradgbo2464]

@@deadashton Mr. Herrild I have a question. Did you get to pick the cast? Did you have fun directing the film? ☺

[@Talia.777]

Indeed 👍👍

[@sweetvenomhehehehe]

"SO YOU ACTUALLY DO EAT MEAT!" No shit, Sherlock, you just forced him to

[@lukejamey400]

Lol

[@everythingsuper9133]

The female actress in this one is so awesome!

[@michellemccloy823]

She reminds me of Nancy Downs in The Craft.

[@deadashton]

Her name is Isabella Tagliati and when she auditioned I knew right away. So talented and such a big part of why this film works. Casting is so important!

[@michellemccloy823]

@@deadashton casting the right person is indeed important.

[@12MRJERSEY]

@@deadashton Did she improvise when she blow her hair?

[@deadashton]

@@12MRJERSEY Yup! I loved that take and how it totally defused the tension.

[@fattcoke4705]

The look on his brother's face after he slammed the guys face into the table is just like "Bro... what?" with zero other emotions and the waitress casually sashaying past him is such a good part of the film

[@soft_dino9552]

"Karl they called, they need your pants!" *Karl's pants drop "Karl they don't need your pants anymore: *Karl stands there stupidly in his underpants

[@Sandy-yg3jb]

Karl is cute

[@honhonhonhon8110]

poor Karl

[@1224Judejuice]

@balanced no Karl

[@lizziejames8379]

Who’s they!?

[@1224Judejuice]

@@lizziejames8379 DA FBI!!?

[@ujjwalroy8835]

Really loved the storyline. So his friend knew that how to teach those guys a lesson who accused the protagonist by framing him as a cannibal when on the contrary he was not a killer. He put brains in those burgers which made them all go insane but he did a blunder by killing the protagonist's mom. The level of madness shown in this movie, blew my mind. Cheers and Kudos to all the cast and crew of this movie.

[@Chasekoo]

I see a lot of people congratulating the acting in the comments, but for me, the best part of this movie is the final music. I don't know why I'm so impressed. Hearing a sarcastic melody after a reactionary and quiet scene made me feel satisfied and amused. Congratulations to everyone involved in this project.

[@deadashton]

Thank you! The end song is an original song “Carnivore” by Hunter J Pierce

[@LayaliKrimi]

​@deadashton Thank goodness, you said the name. I was about to go on a hunt 🤣

[@missblueeyees]

So we were supposed to have burgers tonight but now I think im making vegi soup 😂😂

[@Isinforblood]

They always bring up the best foods or like burgers in horror movies and then it makes u change ur mind to where u don’t even want to eat what u was planning to eat that day 😂😂😭😭

[@missblueeyees]

@@Isinforblood Yeah your right 😉😁

[@wootothejoong]

"I guess when you eat someone else's mind, you start to lose your own." Idk but I took it as you caring too much about what other people think until it actually consumed your own way of thinking, like what happened to the man who serves burgers. He got way too caught up on what other people say that he loses his own mind & did terrible things.

[@deadashton]

Great interpretation

[@upplrdsame]

Damn! That's good

[@billyandrew]

He might, unsuspectingly, have been the first to eat brain, which set him off on his mission. 😂

[@panfilomartinez8506]

Actually there is a decease that causes people to go insane when they eat human brains. So maybe he was also reference to that

[@jacobvaus9767]

Was a blast acting in this one!

[@erikcruz6019]

Great job yooo !!

[@deadashton]

YOU KILLED IT, LEVI

[@brotheraracon3646]

What was working on set like/ where did you film

[@PatrickHogue493]

Was a pleasure acting with yah 🥩

[@carpetkid3719]

:0

[@billyandrew]

His brother looked afraid of him, at the end, so I guess he's top of the food chain now. 😜😂😂😂 The acting by the four main characters was flawless, Ruby's insanity in particular. Superb job by everyone involved!

[@youtubeenigma8316]

Dude you totally missed the point. The brother didn't look afraid in the slightest. He was so crazy he only cared about the burger. The look he gave the protagonist was "are you gonna eat that?" Which is why the protagonist just slide the burger over without him having to ask. No one in the restaurant cared that someone had just got killed.

[@gem2148]

OK, but can we talk about how the actors are all so freaking GOOD!!!!! This is one of the best acting short films. Period. These talents deserve blockbuster features. Half the actors on Netflix don't even match to this!!!

[@MidnightVideo]

For reals!

[@mariyaasad]

Ikrrrr

[@MWorsa]

She casually steps over the body 😂

[@MidnightVideo]

Like a pro

[@octoscorpion2506]

Reminded me of my kids when there's a mess. IT'S PART OF THE LANDSCAPE NOW.

[@observationsfromthefencepo7207]

Interesting premise and execution here. There is a legitimate fear of being falsely accused of a crime you didn't commit that people can have. This was portrayed nicely. We then get the mob rules mentality along with bullying. This is so reflective of modern times and even social media. I liked how the consumption of brain matter brought out the ugly in people. The behavior of the people in the diner was so bizarre to watch. It was definitely a weird vibe when after being falsely accused of murder then our protagonist commits murder. Although weird it was spot on horror plus he did eat some tainted meat. Nice job by Ashton Herrild and everyone involved. Peace.

[@billyandrew]

Mob rule and bullying are not modern phenomena. They're as old as the first species and certainly not a recent occurrence in our species.

[@MisterG2323]

And here I thought this was going to be a repost of a different "Carnivore." What a pleasant surprise! And happy to note I gave it its first rating on IMDb.

[@billyandrew]

I thought the same. YT keeps deleting my lists, which I now store offline, so I'm glad I decided to double-check this one. A great horror comedy.

[@jomarieblanca5197]

This reminds me of one of the Tales from the Crypt episode i saw when i was a kid where a restaurant owner on the verge of bankruptcy because they only served squid dishes until the janitor offered to cater his steak recipe and the steak was human meat. And the townspeople got addicted to it too. The twist on the ending was soooo good too. Everything in 'Carnivore' is great! The acting! oh my!!! Hands down to the director and casts!

[@ottosump3356]

That was a good TFTC episode, Christopher Reeve was the main character.

[@krystalgrier2509]

I have random flashbacks of that finale scene of him cutting the "steak" off to cook

[@sleepybun908]

OH GOD I SAW THAT TOO- i love the story of this one though

[@vxCOCOxv]

The actors A++, special effects, script, the whole short was phenomenal! This is what I love to see on Alter, amazing talent.

[@michellemccloy823]

Ruby reminds me of Fairuza Baulk in her role of Nancy Downs in The Craft.

[@esahcaeeneiradgbo2464]

Didn't Fairuza Baulk also play in the Disney movie Return to Oz? I love that movie. ☺

[@DatBxtchJ4y]

I thought the same damn thing

[@michellemccloy823]

@@esahcaeeneiradgbo2464 She was also the earlier voice of Connie Damico in Family Guy.

[@esahcaeeneiradgbo2464]

@@michellemccloy823 Nice 👍

[@ChickenTenderBender]

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING HOLY FRICK

[@cockatootledo]

That face smash scene was amazingly accurate.

[@kawaiipocky1126]

How- how do you know that ma’am-?

[@cockatootledo]

@@kawaiipocky1126 I owe nothing to you. No explanation nothing sir.

[@Wolfyboo33]

@@cockatootledo UH ill just be heading out now BYe

[@emptyvesselsyt]

As someone who’s been on a plant-based diet for a while, gotta say that hit some pressure points 😂 fantastic work, really professional presentation and kinda had the feel of a CreepyPasta. The ending was awesome too. Great work!

[@soup9002]

"bite it or I'll bite you" me: uh sir are you flirting???

[@AMFERYT]

I’d love to see a sequel to see what happened to him after he got found with blood on his face, and how the thing happened to his mother.

[@ElpSmith]

Well we know Bo killed her and Levi got taken to prison after he was found. I don’t think we need any more details

[@salamander9575]

It's so scary even before you know the true underlying horror because everyone in that diner is INSANE but everyone treats it as normal. Especially the extras just calmly enjoying their meals while the protagonist is being bombarded by the insanity.

[@tamyahgalentine9734]

Just made me realize that disciplining a child using physical violence is insane and everyone does treat it as normal and that some other people are bombarded by it... just made me rethink some things

[@PagliaccioPierrot]

The patty flipper dude needs to be professionally casted in a horror movie. His acting is INSANE! This is such a fantastic film holy shit

[@uglyfellaa.k.athacommentor5907]

Wassup ALTER & ALTER FANS!?!?! Hope yall staying safe🙏🏾💯

[@jalinacurandera4543]

🤎

[@mettaradhakrishna1212]

Yess😭🙏

[@user-ps4bg7wq6i]

Yes, thank you, things are going well. Wish you all the best too! Take care, stay safe, & be blessed! 🙏🏻💜

[@Pisces-1978]

Back at cha! Stay safe, stay blessed 🙏 Everyone be kind to eachother! Too much brainless nastiness in the world ✌❤

[@joeporter5972]

Very well done. Your film navigates the line between funny and graphically violent just about perfectly. The moments of palpable tension and threat are perfectly realized without taking away from the humor. And it's one thing to have a great cast (as does your film), it's another to direct them so well. Excellent job all around.

[@deadashton]

Thank you so much!

[@riannekolenbrander3933]

This one just keeps getting better and better. Constantly surprising, funny ánd unsettling. This is probably my favorite short on Alter so far.

[@dinobones1224]

"and that my dear children is called cannibalism which is frowned upon in most societies" - willy Wonka

[@ericjohnsonsdover]

i’ve been wanting to become vegetarian for a while but couldn’t let go of meat, i’m so glad i found this thank you! ❤️❤️

[@shgds]

How does this help in any way lol

[@ericjohnsonsdover]

@@shgds because now i'm disgusted to eat meat

[@ericjohnsonsdover]

@@shgds u just think of human meat and gag

[@fluffybum204]

@@ericjohnsonsdover not me

[@piecewicz333]

@@shgds ikr

[@jonrivera]

This was so good lol. Loved the camera work and the acting. Ruby is absolutely adorable and Wade is so off-putting it's hilarious

[@simomessek934]

Am speechless the acting skills are so good ALTER NEVER DISAPPOINT ME!

[@TheImprovised]

That was gory but just enough to get the point. The actress was giving Fairuza Balk. Chef's kiss.

[@user-ny7di4sx6k]

3:12 "Those burgers are nuts" I liked the foreshadowing.

[@ShindlersFiist]

"Those burgers are nuts"

[@gus_bustr7599]

The acting, the gore...fantastic. I love this so much.

[@bumblejuice1863]

everyone is just gaslighting eachother

[@ashesofcherrie]

and the burger maker acting is soooooooo WHOLESOME he need to be in thriller psycho movie soon

[@poetrysperiphery7908]

The most creepy and strange thing is, everything is so much normal in the cafe, after murder like nothing happened 😅

[@theblackflame4002]

This was amazing, really well done. Acting was incredible. The Ruby scene where she was burning her hand, I was waiting for her to go full on Evil Dead I'll eat your soul.

[@IronDragon-2143]

How does Alter do such a good job with these genuinely scary short stories?

[@pandagal9805]

I love how the majority of acting in short films are better than some of the acting in professional movies and tv shows 🤣👏

[@lamario295]

Unless he takes over feeding everyone, that whole town is gonna snap

[@kevanfoster]

I discovered this channel today, my wife and I are now binge watching EVERYTHING! This is so AMAZING!

[@nataliebriggs6966]

I luv how ruby didn’t give a shit and just walked over the dead body 😂

[@opgupta5841]

Dangerous & Provocative story with Brilliant piece of acting, I think the story tells us that there is an "unprovoked monster" in each individual it only need slight provocation to do the wrong even to our the most closed ones, eating brain of same species or another act as a one of the provocation.

[@BayBrick117]

I’m still waiting for Carl’s pants. I never said I didn’t want his pants.

[@NewMessage]

And that's how I decided on Mac n' Cheese tonight.

[@mooserepellant.]

Everyone killed it in this, but the waitress was so perfect! Blowing the hair out of her face emphatically was hilarious

[@GuineaPigLuna]

Love how the description just casually gives away everything....

[@icy-hearted-angel]

The sound effects of the cook's head slamming on the table and eventually crushing, then the sloppy splats & squishing... 👌

[@arka5557]

This is like a nightmare you can't get out of

[@havenly6133]

Some of these short films need to become full length movies! The actors in these are better than some of these actors in movies today

[@deadashton]

Keep your eyes peeled 👀

[@positivelyMaisy]

Bo kinda gives me heath ledger joker vibes. I like his acting, it's really enticing and believable. Good job to the director and the rest of the team aswell! My goal is to actually be a director someday, so I'll take something away from this masterpiece🙏

[@ElpSmith]

Now that you mention it the performances are very similar

[@gregorygrieves2318]

Patrick Hogue is gonna be a huge actor in the near future!!! WATCH HIS OTHER HORROR SHORT FILM ((GOOD GUY WITH A GUN))

[@joylsantos2353]

Beautiful horror short film... That's a Genius Congratulations....so Fine!!!!

[@patrickwolf5796]

This was by far the best Alter short video I've ever seen!!!! Acting, directing and story line, Fukin amazing! Excellent!

[@brianpan6453]

I've watched dozens and dozens of horror shorts on You Tube and this one is the best ......... bloody brilliant!

[@luvdyl4n10]

These actors are talented enough for a big role no doubt

[@Corrupted_Jam]

i know it’s not the point but as a vegetarian (i have not eaten my mother, they are very much alive) the idea of this guy being forced to eat the burger made me gag.

[@Jarulf4477]

Exquisite descent into madness! Thank you Ashton and ALTER.

[@clarie4497]

Protag looks like he'd be fantastic psychological horror character.

[@Skwishy121]

This one was really good. I knew it would be, but I was pleasantly surprised anyway. Great job to all who contributed!

[@majpikl6267]

Another well done short film, especially the acting. Simply amazing

[@sodacanwater427]

the pupils dilating at the end was such a good detail !!

[@LilacUnderworld]

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! Loved every bit of it! Fabulous acting and storyline with just the right amount of gore!

[@esahcaeeneiradgbo2464]

Great horror film! 👍 I didn't know what would happen next I was on the edge of my seat.

[@brandyrose9997]

Dayum! So much talent in this film. Bravo. 👏👏👏

[@mapples5871]

"bite it! Or I'll bit you!"😂

[@rgerber]

That was like a whole goddamn movie- quality suspense everything amazing

[@wuxn6866]

9.0 truely amazing on the sound effect, nice cinematic scene setup, crazy content plot twist, and needless to say, talented actors

[@angelucy111]

His brother HUNGRY hungry ✋💀💀

[@ria-zul-zannah7100]

Poor Levi! Man! These actors are hella talented! Love this! Amazing story!

[@bonbon54545]

The actors were AMAZING!!!!!

[@comcastjohn]

Great short btw. Everyone did an excellent job and YOU Ashton wrote a great little short! Keep it up bud!

[@savannah6564]

the acting on this channel is phenomenal

[@writing_monkey6215]

How are these Alter shorts better than what Hollywood's putting out?

[@tricemcmichael656]

10:00 As soon as I saw the waiter say burger that way. I realized that he was feeding everyone a human

[@samuelbogdantodor7512]

my appetite for burgers went insanely high...:))) thanks

[@bensweiss]

He was never a real vegetarian. I enjoyed this film alot. Thanks.

[@oooooverhaul]

the actors were amazing holy crap

[@atimidbirb]

Never been made this uncomfortable by a movie since Society. Frickin good job.

[@friendlikem3gan]

His friend really needs his own horror movie

[@Custard_Pie]

Found this channel today - idk why, but i laughing my ass of!)))

[@lindsayivey9551]

omg i wish this was a movie so bad, this should be winning awards, this is so good

[@rammuertoanimations4664]

Burgers made from brains huh. What's the coffee made from then??

[@esahcaeeneiradgbo2464]

Blood! Hopefully! 👍

[@pumpkinscorner394]

I got Christian Slater vibes from the guy playing Bo!

[@nostaIgia413]

I cant tell wether alters videos are suppose to be horror or comedy bc they strike me as both and i fucking love it

[@melkwarseeker172]

This was fun and well put together, more please? 😅

[@ravioliman6387]

This is unbelievable underrated

[@davontaecarter9282]

The town is hungry burger crazy but terrific ☠️☠️🔥🔥🧠🧠

[@magnetdesignandadver]

Excellent film! Very original, gory and fresh

[@tacticalmisandrist]

Dude both the servers were amazing actors I’m shocked

[@PinvinoPiggg]

Simple, vile and awesome. Loved it!

[@kdubbswinston3673]

ALTER...my new addiction!! 🤗❤😍😌

[@MidnightVideo]

haha

[@SelectorDavidSuede]

Anyone else play the OLD computer game "Harvester"? this had some serious Harvester vibes! Loved it!

[@manjusingh4301]

The best video I have seen on Alter so far!! Applause to all the actors and the director/producer!!

[@erockromulan9329]

This is one of the best videos I've seen lately. Nice job, Ashton!