Horror Short Film "From Where it Hides" | ALTER | Online Premiere

[@quinnhalleck2547]

Thank you to everybody that helped make this project possible!!

[@nemuku_]

great work ::)

[@mrduckout]

Loved it mate !

[@ajmatawatson1280]

Hi I am an actor if there are any projects you have left please contact me through this message

[@crystalhughes1783]

Awesome

[@davidnordmeyer513]

Cool concept. I'm guessing that the cave transformed the men

[@mikegioia9289]

Creature looks awesome on screen. So amazed at what we put together. Congratulations to everyone!

[@cranewife8534]

Why did he keep stopping while reading the poem?!?! I absolutely loved this. Please make a feature length film. Absolutely awesome.

[@paullevine1813]

Crain Wife, I believe as he wasn't smart enough to bring a flashlight or lamp he had to keep stopping to relight that damn candle . I agree this was really good & a happy ending as it sure beats dying in some damn hospital . One thing i did wonder is where he learned about the place & the poem.

[@Allison_Slayz]

@@paullevine1813 you sure love to say damn-

[@JC-rr2kc]

@@Allison_Slayz Well he was damned so it fits!

[@maxwellellis1556]

Damn. So visually pleasing, the creature looks incredible. Huge props to everyone involved

[@OLBICHL]

my man should've memorized the poem, then he would only need the candle to see the monster and where to step but nothing else... poem would be recitated continuously even in the dark... BUUUUUUUUUT... I have a feeling that the poem isn't what we think it is, it may just be the bait that lures the monster to it's next prey... oooooor what causes the transformation itself and the monster tried to chase him away and save his life... or maybe the transformation into that beautiful beast is the reward and the other monster came to welcome a new omnipotent member... or it's all in his head and his condition causes halucinations... there are so many possibilities

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

If I have it right, you can't memorize your poem.

[@Ingothnia]

I think I would have memorized the poem before going into the shaft. Great short!

[@patrickbanks4112]

Didnt he though... He looked death in his eyes then sent him back to hiding... He lives on

[@paullevine1813]

I think he should have at least brought a flashlight plus if you are going to die & go searching for Death why would you be afraid of what you want. Personally i would rather go the way he did than die alone in a hospital & even with your loved ones there your still alone .

[@volvlov759]

@@paullevine1813 I took it that he went in to cheat death. If you can read the poem you get more time. I think he mentioned that he would have been the first one if he succeeded. Cool movie.

[@moniquevandeplas5210]

This was so visually stunning and the end gave me chills/shivers. It was beautiful in it's own right. I took it about vindication, victory, and resignation all at the same time to name a few. More later as I have to drive friends car back to him.

[@chrisharmon1985]

She looked at him like: " What the hell are you talking about and why a candle?" Amazing short film!!!!

[@scotiancoast4498]

Who the hell would take a candle into a mine?

[@staceygreen6325]

Bruh you read my mind lmao

[@TJ-fg3vs]

Maybe someone who didn't have any other means of light available? 🤔

[@alexandermuller950]

Do you know people back in the day take candles and kerosene lamp with them to work in various dark places such as mine...

[@quinnhalleck2547]

I agree!!!

[@brazilianambassadordale8223]

Fr. Anything else with a stable flame would have worked. Just wrap a towel or cotton shirt on a stick and get some lighter fluid. Edit: Then again, Idk if I woulda expected a satanic beast to try blowing out my light source...

[@morneschaap2944]

Great work everyone involved! Loved the creature design!

[@raedgaj3878]

It's great to see an original / different looking creature effect, & I enjoyed the basic look & feel of the movie. That damn candle created tension & frustration, unlike a faulty torch. Great work :)

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

Wonderful short film! Keeps you glued to the screen the whole time! A sequel would be nice 🕯

[@quinnhalleck2547]

Let's go!!! Some day perhaps...

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

@@quinnhalleck2547 🤞🤞

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

If I'm getting it right, his lungs collapsed, he was being kept alive by machine and drugs, and he arranged to have a family member (probably his daughter) end his suffering while he slept. The whole ordeal, from what I understand, was his denial and desperation, his hope, and eventually his acceptance of the void. The isolated wilderness would then represent the aloneness we all have as we face death. The dark cave I think both the unknown, and his conciousness, with the light going on and off representing him going in and out of awareness. In the cave there appeared to be a noose, which may represent his eventual decision to just let it end. And the monster would be death, oblivion. At first it was screams of fear and for help, but then transitioned to either dead or dad I couldn't quite tell, before being calm and finally blowing out the candle. I like this sort of horror much more than the gorefests that sometimes show up. It's intense, reflective, poetic one could say.

[@valerieking5265]

Thank you for so much for this explanation; it makes the film a 100% better. Between the candle flame going out, the fact that he didn't have the poem memorized and him pausing all the time to look around, I kept thinking COME ON, quit stalling!!!

[@serdar_guner]

Loved the story, script, editing and photography but I watched it going "stop looking around and read it already!"

[@zethraelofteldrassil3149]

I did the same thing. You went down into the mine to read the poem and cheat death. So, read the damn poem!

[@serdar_guner]

@@zethraelofteldrassil3149 Exactly!

[@jeffreyharnden7523]

Alter is no joke when it comes to making horror films I'm just waiting until you guys bring one of your films to the big screen thanks for posting

[@MichaelFrazierTube]

just wanted to clarify that Alter isnt a production company, but a distribution group, the filmmakers listed in the credits make these films. But I agree with you that Alter certainly does the best job curating and distributing filmmakers' work, better than anyone in the world as far as i'm concerned.

[@jeffreyharnden7523]

Thanks for the info big fan

[@jimmcgibbits2306]

@@jeffreyharnden7523 Piggy has been made into a movie along with Sarah isnt sleeping well. Both started as shorts that were featured on Alter

[@Rai_S82]

@@jimmcgibbits2306 just came here to say this 😌

[@moniquevandeplas5210]

there is one that came to the big screen. It was posted to ALTER first as a short and now it's a full length movie. It's called "Piggy". It's fantastically done...I suggest you watch the short if you haven't yet.

[@mandisaaaa9720]

The creature looked really beautiful, amazing horror concept and acting👏👏👏

[@ABRACADAVEROUSCURATOR]

Noooo! Why destroy the phone? Put it on flight mode and use the torch!!!!

[@saganrak]

He doesn't want any connection to the outside world

[@LookingGlass1865]

Dude literally read two lines and then got distracted for like 7 minutes. Seriously though, awesome short film.

[@monkeypooh9014]

Great storytelling. I loved this .

[@waleefmuamar7651]

Me to

[@TheSemtis]

He tried to find death and then what? For what purpose?

[@LadyLash69]

The creature is actually beautiful! The glowing red yellows and blues are satisfying to look at along with the ticks. They both wore it well! 🔥

[@Anths_art]

The thumbnail looks like a Terraria world map at night💀💀

[@shuga1313]

This should be lengthen for the big screen with a sequel on the side . Damn good horror

[@truvelocity]

Love the beginning, where he feels all is lost, then the crescendo of will he or won’t he. He finds death/monster in the form of his daughter. He transforms for a second chance, but its for a price.

[@DNTMEE]

Why do you think it's his daughter?

[@Toogor]

@@DNTMEE my guess is he's offered a corrupted form of his greatest desire (life) by a corrupted version of his most cherished love (daughter).

[@brooklyngal6334]

@@DNTMEE if you listen closely she called out “Dad.” He called for a woman named Sarah and kissed the picture of himself with his wife holding a new baby.

[@moniquevandeplas5210]

I have to say something else about this short. After I watched it and was talking about it and I was telling my mom how the note about the lungs collapsing and then something ticked off in my brain and I remembered when I was in elementary school (this is going back to the 80's and early 90's) that we learned about people in the mining industry and how they had taken canaries with them and the precipitous nature of mining. I thought I had remembed that if a mine closed in that due to the pressure of being down below and oxygen cut off that their lungs could collapse and when I remembered (or thought I did) I start googling and I couldn't find anything on that but I found two things that were associated with mining and the first one was Pneumoconiosis and I think that one is associated with black (because black coal particles) and the other was Silicosis and I think that one is associated with Gold (crystalline silica dust particles I think are Gold) so suddenly I had this whole other take on this film and couldn't help but wonder if the writer made death/creature/monster/human black and gold for this reason. I am going to say more but first will rewatch again....at some point as have to do some other stuff now and if I allow myself one ALTER short it's going to be a half a day before I start doing things.

[@dogsarebest7107]

I recognized those cheekbones, tiny chin, and perfect nose anywhere! Same for the movements that was real, not practical or cgi effects. THE Bonnie Morgan!

[@CAMBY608]

I’ve been Altered once more!!!❤️❤️❤️Loved it!

[@UltraCrispyDinoNuggy]

This is some immaculate monster design and it's so awesome, fantastic job!

[@Lakshayveerkhatak]

What a show!! Very much appreciated.. A unique content and Direction..

[@johnnyray34]

Alter makes some of the best short horror movie stories that I have seen!

[@MichaelFrazierTube]

just wanted to clarify that Alter isnt a production company, but a distribution group, the filmmakers listed in the credits make these films. But I agree with you that Alter certainly does the best job curating and distributing filmmakers' work, better than anyone in the world as far as i'm concerned.

[@lynchpinlaze]

@@MichaelFrazierTube I'm always amazed at how many people who comment don't seem to realise this!

[@patrickcarleton3924]

Awesome, creative creature effects. Loved this short!

[@mariajulien-harris146]

Creativity 100 percent. Absolutely marvelous.

[@lynchpinlaze]

Loved this. Amazing effects and a beautiful idea

[@koenraadverstraeten5894]

Just saw the short. This was no horror. This was thrilling but serene. And such an happy end! Romantic too! To find his Sarah again. But i would like a PREQUEL; what happened to Sarah and why. Why he was hospitalized? How did he know where to search?? So many questions.... But they looked happy after all, her face and her blowing the candle made it clear. Happy end!!

[@metawolf987]

I want to become a monster like that honestly. Looks so badass.

[@michaelfelsinger-k2i]

Brilliant ! Well done, cast & crew ! See ? Poetry does rhyme with film ! Thank you !

[@dandelionveins]

Excellent pacing and the scoring is killer! Beautiful sfx too my goodness!

[@DelightfullyFoggy]

Truly unique story and monster! LOVED it!

[@jakeburright]

An amazing incarnation of Death. Beautiful and terrifying.

[@johncane4507]

These shirts films are seriously better than most of the longer movies recently 👍

[@gsurveil1]

Very clean looking dare I say beautiful creature effects. Nice send off to the abyss. Towards the end I found myself gazing into the eyes of the creature. Wonderful.

[@richardbidinger2577]

I would definitely like to know more, this was really good.

[@joshuas7911]

This has to be some Dark Souls/ Elden Ring prequel! This is freaking amazing!!

[@TheSemtis]

I dont really get the plot they offer. But the visual and cinemtography are top notch.

[@HandgunSafe]

So, I'm I getting it right that this man was facing terminal illness of some kind and chose to confront his own death privately in the wilderness, without family members around?

[@kristynash1042]

Really like this one! The creatures look so amazing!!

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

Gorgeously done, riveting from the first second to the very last!

[@rickysanchez8709]

Well done. This should be a movie.

[@newlife9830]

Great job!! Left me wanting more.

[@hellcat1401]

The makeup looked amazing. Loved it and the film.

[@katina1532]

We need part two😃🖤

[@millennial_fairy]

That was amazing !!!

[@lonniedeckermusic]

Kudos to the sound folks. Well done!

[@benitarice1571]

This was great 🎉

[@ryanpjk-sproule3813]

This was awesome! Give me a movie of this hell give me a TV series with 10 seasons please :-) good work everybody who did this

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

Of this specifically? I think not. It's achieved its completeness in a way.

[@ROLEPLAYA64]

So beautifully shot, but cursed with one of the worst horror clichés - the dodgy light source!

[@reddyred91]

Wow this is an incredible film, absolutely loved it 👌🏼

[@laurarhodes8170]

Wow! Amazing! I was hooked! Lol

[@username82765]

I'm sorry but this one made no sense. *Wouldn't he memorize the poem? *Bring a flashlight? *Not stop reading no matter what?

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

I think it is metaphorical rather than literal events. That's my understanding.

[@patriciamccutcheon1169]

One of the most visually pleasing films I've seen lately. Now I'll play it again with my eyes closed for the sound. Thank you!

[@phillipayoung10]

10!! Excellent work!!

[@deepdarkwater2602]

This is how death comes to you,the moment. It could be frightening.

[@LadyDi0514]

This was awesome!!!!

[@KingTeddy1]

This had me wanting more. Great Short film

[@greenpendanielyoon818]

공포산자 영화리뷰 유튜버 링크보러왔다가 이것저것 두루 둘러보는중입니다 무서운데도 재미나네여~그래서 구독 좋아요 알림설정도 했어여 I came to see the horror movie review youtuber link, and I'm looking around here and there. It's scary, but it's fun~ So I set up a subscription like notification.

[@smithshaq]

That was good!!

[@imyoubutdifferent]

Nice Video, like always🙃

[@kallherjo]

This is perfect ❤️✨

[@brownskingirl4521]

Why🗣it couldn't be longer why!!!!🔊

[@tanrose8645]

Woweeee!👏🏻 Well done ❣️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌹 Blessings to you and your viewers~💫☃️ 🌛🌹🌜

[@ნატოსირბილაძე]

Good short horror I liked it.

[@krzyme9321]

He really let alot of time go by before actually reading it continuously

[@anatolydyatlov963]

Good one.

[@niharika3280]

definitely has my hooked loved this and the narration was definitely a great idea but i feel the narrator sounded more like a happy nature documentary about bugs and it felt out of place but overall i love it the creature was 1000/10

[@kashmalakhan7000]

Guys please explain this.

[@Silly_Princess_]

💜💞

[@connordavis9772]

How do u upload so often with such high quality?!

[@simonmertens8649]

Didn‘t like the monster, but the film was stunning! One of the best (Top3 I would guess) on Alter.

[@ashwins7442]

The first to get altered🙂

[@christianwag3015]

ALTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR🔥🔥🔥

[@DNTMEE]

I don't get the poem. It's not some ancient and strange incantation. Just a "poem" about modern medical care. His care perhaps.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

I do think it was his final moments.

[@Fluffytoebeans]

I think the other creature is his wife, and he is telling her how how she died, (and he too is obviously dying). At least that"s how I saw it.

[@darrylcarr6821]

Humm, can someone explain this story to me ? I followed along fine until the man entered into the mine shaft. Is he looking for Sarah, or is he looking for death? Is Sarah death? Why did the man read the poem intermittently? 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Captainsaucebuckle]

Big horn mine in wrightwood in case anyone was wondering where this was filmed.

[@MATEUSDsantos791]

Eita

[@danajones9631]

I guess that was Sarah, thanks ALTER 😬

[@denarisnoctem4562]

WOW

[@flux1968]

This film was well-directed and acted, but there were two plotholes I found. Why bring a candle and not a flashlight? This would make more sense if the story were set in the 19th century. Given that he had to rely on candlelight in the cave, why not just memorize the poem beforehand? No light source needed then. I'm sorry but I think we've all seen horror films where people make ridiculous decisions purely as a plot device. Here, the character could have overcome a couple of obstacles ahead of time, and didn't. Like I said, it's generally well-made and none of the holes I described are fatal but were enough to take me out of the film.

[@dare_challenge_a_god1536]

I got so scared I took a dump

[@DNTMEE]

TMI

[@bluerainwalker5463]

sad well done

[@thestitcher3335]

He looks like his name is Ebenezer Scrooge

[@kimmi-suk4177]

Me gusta mucho

[@seanhudsonforester]

The man crushed his iPhone that is not horror its triumph. Just kidding. Actually this was well down filming. Love the narration and the visualization.

[@renofatima37]

Zabrdast aaaalaa

[@a.m.pietroschek1972]

So, the Japanese ghost or demon was replaced by a more unique `creature´, and we got some kinda poetry reciting.

[@-JA-]

🖤👍

[@ashish6128]

The poem itself was a trap and he should have never read that

[@laurarhodes8170]

Was it? I wonder…so many possibilities

[@CoryAnn666]

OK first off are there "rules" because I'm thinking I'd be memorizing the poem, bringing a flashlight & not taking my time saying it ??? But good death monster looking creature thingy

[@fernandoortiz-robles8771]

Nice

[@xtreme-e2157]

Please make this a movie

[@Dubs22005]

seems deep

[@helvioflores]

So it's a new version of "flores contra la muerte"?