Horror Short Film "Self Assembly" | ALTER

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

I hope you all "enjoyed" Self-Assembly. Any questions..? 😅

[@dancemonkeyroar3684]

Early

[@jennicacomley8930]

how was this posted 6 days ago????

[@daraasmr5347]

@@jennicacomley8930 yeah that's wierd-

[@tricklash7884]

Yes... what the hell did I just watch? I guess that counts as a compliment. Lol

[@kerrycarpenter3818]

Yeah......so many.

[@__seeker__]

I think it’s about not dealing with problems while they’re small, doing nothing, then they grow into much bigger problems and now it’s too late. The original problem of course being the parents’ grief over the death of their son.

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

that's a good take

[@055aniketsoman9]

Sahi bola bhidu

[@SenhoritaJhow]

Did anyone notice that the Car that runs over the boy at the beginning of the film is the same that goes to fetch the creature in the family's house?

[@cmvidz2557]

holy shit hahaahhah

[@furrycringe136]

YEPPPPPPPP I HATE THIS SO MUCH-

[@pumabear2724]

OMG! Your right! Thank you for pointing that out! That just makes all the more ominous, and creepy...😊

[@puff8133]

i was laughing so hard the way he died i feel bad😂😭😂

[@犯人はヤス-s5f]

oh.....

[@davegibson9641]

Excellent, creepy, disturbing. A very ungrateful, adopted monster. They had the displeasure of raising someone else’s troublesome child. Well filmed and told. I love the fact that they were watching, “Carnival of Souls”, also a disturbing film.

[@HellfireHeather]

I love that you knew what they were watching ❤

[@horrorknight_hz0]

Couldn't have said better

[@sirapos6550]

Oh God,there are still people who know the amazing movie Carnival Of Souls ! One of the best ever,a masterpiece !

[@waynemuse7226]

Very strange

[@darttoyou1398]

Typical child raising 🙄.

[@johannahunderwood4596]

I enjoyed this one. When I saw the car at the end of the film I went back to the beginning to see if it was the same one. It was a convertible with roof up in the rain and looked like the same one at the end with roof down in the sun. It was no accident! It was a cuckoo conspiracy! These poor folks had their child taken from them and in their grief they took on and raised the odious offspring of the creatures who took their boy. To be fair, the guy in the relationship never looked like he was happy with that decision but probably loved his wife and did it for her. Just like the cuckoo that relies on other birds’ parental instinct still being in play when their own eggs have been thrown out from their nest, these creatures used up the lives and resources of the couple and showed up when the job was done. I love it!! So well done!!

[@vlweb3d]

5:09 ME: Closes and locks cabinet, throws cabinet outside. Lights it on fire. End of story. I aint keeping that "thing" in my house.

[@GrimReapuh]

you're gonna set a metal cabinet on fire huh

[@vlweb3d]

@@GrimReapuh looks like you've never seen metal burn huh

[@kopdahl10]

Yea I would do the same lol

[@kopdahl10]

Good idea lol

[@TincaGaser150]

Or better put a frag grenade inside and let it explode

[@clarsach29]

Instructions for a flat, pack self assembly cabinet that were clear, concise and easy to follow. IKEA could learn a LOT from this film!

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

😂

[@BraidensWorldProductions]

They didn’t plan for you to get out of ikea

[@westley698]

you didn’t even need speaking to make this film disturbing. the first scene caused me to JUMP. this was really interesting!! can’t wait to watch it over and over again

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

I had a great cast!

[@acaciaflowers4471]

Girl i could barely watch that once

[@NoahCanFB]

Definitely had to rewatch that beginning scene. Totally caught me off guard lol

[@cc_427.]

Gf

[@RedwoodTony]

9:08 okay I gotta say-I’ve never ever laughed in a horror film before but this part I couldn’t keep it in, it’s so funny how he dances! this is the best film ever thank you 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

is this a horror film?

[@RedwoodTony]

@@DIRECTEDbyRAY I dunno I think it is?

[@RedwoodTony]

@@DIRECTEDbyRAY btw thanks for this !!! It’s awesome dude :3

[@DonutGuy640]

I sit wondering if you consider these horror: Evil Dead 2 Zombieland Shaun of the Dead

[@lexx9659]

fr im like wth am i watchin😭

[@observationsfromthefencepo7207]

Well this has creepy and weird all over it. Yet, it is a refreshing take for horror. Part of the horror is how lost we can be in grief. There is also the vibe of how we gradually can learn to accept things that are not good or healthy for us. Some of the camera angle were very impressive. Filming in black and white was an excellent choice. The accident looked really good. The lead growing a beard worked too. Many times I thought nope, nope, and nope. Salvo's was a perfect name for the company as the creatures had an impressive opening Salvo on humanity. Creepy and Weird worked for this film. Great job to Ray Sullivan and company. Peace.

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

🤗

[@jipsigal]

Absolutely agree. The whole Salvo’s Cabinet thing was a great allegory for the old ‘people will buy anything to assuage their grief’ trope. This ended with a bit of unexpected humor AND horror - discovering there were OTHERS, and wondering what horror was in THEIR past… Great job!

[@mambabajamba5621]

Ard your parents brother and sister??? Or what the hell is wrong with you???? This is the worst BULLSHIT I'VE EVER SEEN!!!

[@fluffylittlebear]

Nah it was about communism and the civil war.

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

Total masterpiece. Short film, sounds, music, creation. I hope there is the sequel.

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

Well, if you liked this you'll love Vivarium.

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

@@DIRECTEDbyRAY wow, can I find it on your channel?!

[@суисидгефаьр]

@@PrimitiveInTheExtreme that's a regular film and (at least in Germany) for free on Amazon prime. It's with Jessie Eisenberg

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

@@суисидгефаьр great news!

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

I just finished watching the Vivarium movie: magnificent, I will surely see it again other times. Great advice, great all. 🤘

[@biljam972]

It's like Vivarium but this child is less creepy.

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

🤔... I wonder is there a connection?

[@fluidartfixation8965]

😂😂😂

[@gem2148]

LMAOOOO 😭😂

[@dylancole1910]

YES! I couldn't remember the name of the film until you said it but that's exactly what I was thinking

[@JohnnyNiteTrain]

Yoooo, that Vivarium kid was CRAZY!!! Those noises he made n n shit haha damn that movie gave me the creeps

[@wvu9787]

I kinda get an Eraserhead vibe from this, and that’s a good thing.

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

That is a good thing. Thanks!

[@wvu9787]

@@DIRECTEDbyRAY No problem, I really enjoyed it.👍

[@heavyweaponsscout9990]

Oh my god i thought the same thing! You know, the black and white, the weird alien-like adopted creature...

[@me-fp4qd]

I thought u meant that guy from that one anime and almost had a heart attack-

[@freelyfarmexploits8854]

Me as well, I'm thinking maybe David Lynch was an inspiration, especially Eraserhead.

[@kennyeatsthedirt]

You guys the bird noises whenever the setting is outside represents how some birds lay their eggs in other birds nests since they can’t tell the difference between their own and another birds, and they just leave their babies there for the other bird to raise often causing problems with amount of food to give to each of the babies or personality differences. It also reminds me of vivarium since they openly talk about the bird concept in that movie too.

[@Abysss6942]

0:43 Love the complete lack of subtlety. Alter has two “things”. The first is the difficult to understand, abstract and artistic films that really make you think. The second is this kind of thing, equally scary in a completely different way. Love it

[@BlueLotus4evr]

I really enjoyed this short film. I loved the black and white cinematography. It gave the film a mysterious and dreadful feeling. This film gave me the movie Vivarium vibes.

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

Yonder Cinematic Universe.

[@sunny.sun00]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@OlaS6]

Imagine buying something from IKEA and this is what happens 😬

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

what's IKEA?

[@SquareBoxHead]

@@DIRECTEDbyRAY are you kidding or not?

[@dspencerluyao1088]

this is what happens when you buy furniture from wayfair

[@krart8401]

this is indeed what happens when you buy something from ikea. ill never buy something from that company again

[@sampalmer9628]

No screws left over?

[@galaksina]

Well 23 seconds, never too early for an alter upload. Been following for 2 years now, i love the creative minds you display as an avid horror fan who dislikes the same repeated tropes.

[@billmurray7473]

There is something to be said for familiar territories.

[@TheRealPsychoetry]

You don't interrupt Abe when he's partying lol

[@azizahamura2592]

I assumed the other 2 blobs in the car were more "changelings" the salvo mascot has picked up from other homes, but the comments say they are the parents.

[@AnnaInWonderTube]

I also think they are more of his kind but not the parents. Looks like the creepy salesman raises them that way untill they mature enough to leave

[@fluffybum204]

either way doesnt affect the story too much

[@frankieriaz9615]

My prospect of this is that.. a child was raised loved and nutured no matter how hideous he looks.. in my opinion the monster within was showing on the out..he grew up to be the monster he was destined to be regardless of upbringing.. but showed emotion after killing the foster parents..maybe due to lonliness remorse or abit of affection emotion in him for the family..but then the true parents located where he was fostered ..went to get him. Moving on easily..sociopathic behaviour...

[@PlanetMarzz]

What do you expect from a Cronenberg-esque figure bro?

[@Endymion766]

i laughed my but off when the kid got insta-yeeted by the car as soon as he picked up his ball. A short and accurate depiction of the human experience.

[@Dvvnce]

...... wow your so emo for saying dat 😐

[@roonaldo_1002]

That's me, I was about ten and only had to pick up the ball. So fucking funny to watch it in post

[@swampfuel20]

Thought for a minute hubs built cabinet without following instructions so kid came out wrong! 🤣

[@zaraopalclover1773]

My humor is broken, the first part made me laugh. The boy really went YEET

[@bigcityjunglecatenvisageth1422]

If you take in a "monster" into your life - no matter how much you try and do good for it, it will still always be a "monster" and will never/ever "respect" or "appreciate" you, and always use you as a doormat and see you as just fodder and eventually destroy you. It's a lesson I learned a long time back.

[@amyyoung2804]

An Eraserhead overtone. Great job. Well done..concept, acting, set and effects top notch. Thank you

[@bea4156]

Where is the love for the part with the eyes on the box?? So subtle and SO GOOD! Also as someone who works in Pediatrics and loves kiddos but doesn't want to be a parent, THANK YOU for reinforcing my choice to never reproduce! lol Major props to you parents out there; you're more hardcore than I ever will be and I appreciate you all keeping the human race going, but as for me personally NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE *runs away*

[@FeralSimp2005]

The couple seem so calm about this instead of terrified I'm laughing by uncomfort too

[@jipsigal]

Okay. That was… hmm. Definitely some ‘Eraserhead’ nods. (Which I LOVE, btw!)

[@eventsmorewithchrisg]

If you listen to the sound effects when the package gets there & is in the house, they seem to've come from an old episode of The Outer Limits called "Don't Open Til Doomsday"! I also like how the package eyes moved before they placed it on the floor

[@BornNoU]

The clouds in the beginning match salvo’s eyes

[@bhavnapal5360]

This is an masterpiece and the fact is they didn't even talk🤌❤️✨

[@kingarthur1217]

Some paranormal alien monster inside a box; Mom: MY BABY!!

[@GirlYouDontKnow-rx3lm]

This whole film felt like a bizarre nightmare. Well done!

[@tunguskalumberjack9987]

I, well... um, I- yeah I, uh... I don’t know how to describe or sum up what I just watched. But I honestly can’t remember the last time I was that thoroughly entertained. I laughed, I got angry, I felt sympathy (or maybe just pity), I got disgusted, I laughed some more- and all the while I just kept thinking of different people that I wanted to share this with. It was awesome- so well done. Congratulations on such an incredible piece of work. I’m going to rewatch this one- a LOT. Thank you!

[@Elsisalittleconcerned]

I remember this-I once again after rewatching this, feel gross as hell.

[@ZechariYahweahschild]

The Lord Jesus can cleanse you from any filthy Spirit attached to you or your loved ones and make you feel brand new😇😍💖🙏🏽 🌈🕊️GOOD NEWS!!! 🌈🕊️If you repent and ask for Jesus ,The most high for forgiveness for living in sin(we're all sinners).Jesus already died for all your sins so anyone at anytime can make Jesus , Yahweh,Abba your saviour and learn to live a righteous path In the name of the Most High and his Son Jesus 💖 I pray you open your heart to him today before time runs out Amen 🙏🏽. 💖. Say this prayer :. Dear God, I know I’m a sinner, and I ask for your forgiveness. I believe Jesus Christ is Your Son. I believe that He died for my sin and that you raised Him to life. I want to trust Him as my Savior and follow Him as Lord, from this day forward. Guide my life and help me to do your will. I pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen." 💖💖💖😍😍😍

[@ramblingdemon9471]

NO! NO! NO! I have seen this short somewhere else on KZbin and it took me years to forget it! DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE?! (Brilliant animation. Absolutely horrifying. Thank you.)

[@aliceinmansonland448]

I loved it! It went from Eraserhead to homicidal Sour Patch Kid. The delivery guy I've seen before when I Googled Uncanny Valley images, so I was really excited to see him in this movie. I'd really like to see the Delivery Guy in a full length movie. Like if they adapted the Ice Cream Man comics for the big screen like Creepshow? Then that dude should be the Ice Cream Man/Crypt Keeper type character. That would be Freaking Sick!!!!

[@DoctaMothnips]

When it first did come out of the locker case thing, it did somewhat look cute like a blob fish.

[@Sharkfurter]

Very strange to see this short film from 2015 reuploaded here after so long. Glad to see it getting new life and praise at the very least.

[@bernardrichards9247]

**immediately** added to my Alter playlist for that car accident so casually done it was almost hilarious

[@quettalogan3295]

9:15 He Killing That Dance😂🔥

[@hardeeparya299]

People who are saying this is a masterpiece, do you even know what on freaking earth is this, what message it conveys

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

do you know what message it conveys? (asking for a friend)

[@Thehoneredone_satosugu]

Ok the monster dancing is sooo HILARIOUS!

[@Itried20takennames]

I have watched this 6 times and love it. Scary, creepy, at times funny, thought provoking AND you can watch it in daylight (95% of horror shorts require a completely dark room to see anything). Great job.

[@Dissident_Rapture]

wow!! this one is hands down one of my favz!! Love Alter!!!!!!

[@justiceneeded01]

Black & white filming is so underrated! Wish we seen more of it!! It leaves so much up to the imagination!!! Thank you to the creators for taking the time to make this gem for us all to enjoy!!!! Very well done!!!!:)

[@sonofsocrates9899]

Harry Chapin singing " and the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon, little boOOOOOWHAT THE %$#& IS THAT!!!!!! THAT AIN'T NO BOY"

[@fabiosan1985]

Me,at 0:42:"oh!look!the way the ball landed exactly in the middle of the 2 lines on the ground is so satisf...WOOOO!!!!WTF JUST HAPPEN?! 👁👄👁 "

[@Positivemotivation662]

Wowwwwww wowwwww wowwwww I LOVED THIS ONE VERY MUCH! From OMG TO aww to OH SNAP ALL IM MINS.! Great work!!!😍

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

😎

[@SapienSafari]

The husband’s face during the birthday party. 🤣

[@RadioForYahweh]

This film is quite a few years old and I still to this day wish they continued on with another part. I want to understand what this process of having humans raise these aliens on the behalf of the parents until the monster is "fully grown". Like do they wait until he gets this murder lust out and is now rehabilitated to live with his actual parents? Lol

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

If that thing was so unstable how could it graduate school kind of a minor plothole when you consider how fucked up the movie is

[@RadioForYahweh]

@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 He wasn't unstable until around the end of high school though. He probably had a lot of issues at school and everyone was scared of him like his "parents". That's my only theory

[@inactiveAccJ]

The kid: **gets hid by car** The ball: and I *oop*

[@international360]

absolutely insane, but srangely i could not stop watching it....

[@zekeedwards9708]

The male protagonist even looks like the eraserhead guy, enjoyed it very much

[@1bossofbosses]

''Morale of the story is ''Don't raise ugly babies''

[@DubzCo]

Garret Shanley, what kind of an imagination can conceive I am dumbfounded 😂

[@nutringos5804]

0:47. Ok I actually laughed my ass off holy shit that was gold

[@quettalogan3295]

6:51 The Dad Was So Over It!😂

[@guts452]

i started dying of laughter hen the boy got hit with the car in the beginning GCFDSGFcvbjk

[@project-5884]

9:11 That dance tho

[@Yesnomaybeso1234]

When that thing killed it’s “parents” I went haha cry cry cry you thing

[@knaveofchalices]

Are we all gonna ignore the fact that these people bough a self-assembling cabinet, then assembled it themselves without so much as an inkling of annoyance that they essentially got scammed?

[@Seeingisntbelieving]

Why do I keep re-watching this?😂😂😂😂😂

[@SuperCHERISHED]

Self Assembly was very good. The creature was interesting. Even though the creature was raised with love and kindness it was violent and murdered the parents. Very sad!

[@PlanetMarzz]

I don't even know how to approach this tbh

[@rukhasleep]

@@PlanetMarzz couldnt believe my lucky stars. Very sad!

[@Shane2444]

I think it's leaning more heavily towards comedy than horror

[@alexandrapow7629]

the creature gives me "salad finger's real little boy" vibes lol wow great video alter ..

[@Beccastyles_]

They literally created a monster because of the sadness from losing their first child.

[@sabianstone7908]

Wait, so the kid was hit by a 40-50’s style car, the two adults are watching almost a century old movie now, and the film is in black and white, but somehow the mom has a laptop from the 21st century

[@rachaelstanley7986]

Yes, but then there's a magical cabinet too. Which century does that belong to?

[@raeebner1482]

@@rachaelstanley7986 22nd century

[@BOA-TARDE]

when i was little i watched this movie and i had several sleepless nights, today i watch it again but now older what a beautiful work

[@theunknown5564]

When the blob fish gains complete control

[@EL-ISS]

the second i'd have seen that thing i would've burned and buried it in the ocean depths lmao.

[@TheaterPup]

Honestly I thought they'd just sent the wrong baby to the house and they'd come to fix the mix up at the end, lol.

[@eatstatic4911]

Definitely one of the strangest that I've watched on here but also cool at the same time

[@Msmary98-98]

That was pretty good.. loved it 😂

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

😂

[@ayanasweets]

Now I do not condone ass whoopings, but he needed several.

[@ryugar2221]

My big question is: how did the monster appear in the cabinet?

[@TheaterPup]

I mean I don’t see the big deal, he’s no more disobedient than my cocker spaniel. 😂

[@BloodMarket]

bro that intro fucking killed me. That is a metal way to start a short film, holy shit

[@Sim-Ona]

This feels like Eraserhead and Vivarium had a child.

[@shadowwolf7880]

W-well... I don't even know what to say XD I have to admit, music was great. It looked epic too. But the story... I'd say it was weird, but good at the same time. I was expecting something scary but except that teeth-man I'd say it was very weird.

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

"teeth-man" 😂

[@shadowwolf7880]

@@DIRECTEDbyRAY How can you call that thing? XD I wouldn't call it a human xd

[@pre5er]

I'm reading caption like "woman clapping", " Woman sighs" 😂

[@hootinouts]

Very well written and produced. No spoken dialogue and yet so easy to follow. The scene of the two demons in the back seat of the car at the end is particularly creepy.

[@sergeantspam51]

I have seen this film before on vimeo I am so glad it is here now. a work of art to be honest. everything from the designs to the black and white grainy and dirty style. it is one of the best horror shorts in my opinion.

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

😢 dank you

[@sergeantspam51]

@@DIRECTEDbyRAY np I really love it and you should be really proud of it.

[@loosechangesentiments3835]

i wonder if this is supposed to be a metaphor for adoption or if it's just supposed to be taken at it's unnerving face value

[@kashish291_0]

It is what it is.

[@pumabear2724]

I LOVED everything about this film!! I love the way this was shot, the camera work was excellent, I loved the ending too! I can't wait to see what the director creates next! 😍💜❤

[@SalvatoreEscoti]

That's my Name, everyone calls me. Salvo, because Salvatore just takes to long to say

[@eidechsearts]

The music from the site gets me DANCING 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾

[@KCyrusNF]

I think it's inspired by David Lynch's Eraserhead

[@gomezgomez9665]

WOW!! The teenage years were class!! Obnoxious little fecker!!.....brilliant!!! So that's what we all looked like to our long suffering parents.....I know I must have!! Party on!!!

[@RPRosen-ki2fk]

Aahh, uhm, I'm ... SPEECHLESS. Oh, and I LOVED it., now that's a film that ALTERs

[@domalsinnoreen8568]

The origin of Gwilliam

[@XxX_afterHours_XxX]

our boy

[@kaheaisaac1]

😆😆

[@tkell31]

They put up with 23 years of that insanity? Is this some kind of commentary on society and how crazy people get when you tolerate their bizarre behavior?

[@Msmary98-98]

I’ve just started watching

[@lukyemdiary9282]

So, don't adopt without knowing the full deatailed background

[@andersdondes4748]

Good work. Great editing, loved the scene where the cabinet sketch turned into an actual cabinet. ^^

[@rudevalve]

Certified Gold!!!!!

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

🥇

[@ibdoeshorror3642]

so this is that Covid-20 i keep hearing people talk about

[@jshelton100]

I think Salvo looks a lot like Momo. Also, I think Salvo killed the parents’ child to replace him with that monster.

[@DIRECTEDbyRAY]

Hmmm, I wonder about that car at the start... and the end???

[@muffins1072]

0:49 ouch