Layers of Fear - The Horror Behind The Art (Game Analysis)

[@joosoo]

44:15 RE: The dolls and the daughter scene... The sheer amount of dolls indicates how overwhelmed he is by his daughter. He is a control freak, made obvious by his need to "fix" his wife and how he scolds his literal toddler about her horse drawing. Children, especially young children, need attention and care, and yet he can't handle it. His wife is already disabled and probably can't take care of their child easily without his help, and holds resentment towards her child because of the painter. He couldn't help his wife and he can't help his daughter. The people in his life are nothing but objects to him, and even though he cares for them in a obsessive way, he doesn't care for them as people, and so his daughter is reduced to the imagery of a doll. A fragile little porcelain doll. The scene of her running into the wall and her banging her head against her crib speaks the neglectful abuse the daughter deals with. At that age, she wouldn't have the vocabulary to convey her emotions so her frustration and anger is being let out by physical means.

[@misuvittupaa8068]

Well yes, I'm an alcoholic.

[@interestingusername306]

Hell yeah so real

[@ThePandaAgenda]

also possibly schizophrenic.

[@misuvittupaa8068]

@ThePandaAgenda not possibly, I just dont like to tell people about it. It's not funny

[@dimthedemonslayer]

I find your voice soothing and it feels nice to hear you narrating psychological games such as this. Feedback for future videos, you could make a short summary of what is the message the game wants to tell us. Keep up the good work!! 👍

[@clappagemcphee]

That his and hers part ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED ME. hahahahahaha

[@Jopeth23]

Wow Freddy! I have played this game multiple times, but my uncultured ass never identified the famous works that were featured here nor the artists that made them. Your art knowledge is amazing! Nice video! Have my subscription, good sir! :D

[@darkdreamer871]

10:06 that proposal could not possibly have been more of a red flag if he literally pulled one out and used it to perform a color guard routine

[@nono9543]

He treasured her. But only as an asset to him. Yet it was the only thing that really mattered in his life. So twisted.

[@shemasmcguire3999]

13:25 yes and that's the brightest example of postpartum depression

[@sophee1022]

Re: wife leaving reviews on his paintings Another way it can be interpreted is that he himself, due to a collapsing mind and excessive alcohol use, is writing his own self deprecating reviews. It could look like her jumped handwriting because he's piss drunk. I think that more aligns with the overall story considering how self-obsessed he is and the fact that the wife denies it. She's also going mad much in a very different way and she empathizes with him a lot more than he with her, so I don't think she wrote those reviews. You know who else knows that sets him off? Himself.

[@FreddyDude]

@@sophee1022 very interesting! It could really go either way I think. and maybe that's intentional. Towards the end it's heavily implied the wife planted a dead rat in his workshop, and she did say she would become the monster he thought her to be. But then again, we never see her criticising his art besides saying his paintings don't matter at all. Doesn't really sound like someone with the required knowledge of painting to critic it so profoundly. Thank you for your comment. It was very insightful.

[@sophee1022]

@FreddyDude I totally agree. Obviously I empathize with the wife more, she asks herself how two people who live each other so fully could be reduced to this but I really don't think he ever loved her, not for who she is as a person. He loved her status as a musician and her beauty. The moment those two were gone, there was no love in his side to be had. I would also go crazy if I had to realize that about my own husband.

[@DarlingMissDarling]

​@@sophee1022 seriously. It would be absolutely devastating. Especially during that time period, she'd have absolutely no escape aside from the one she made for herself. The other outcome for her, sadly, would have likely been the sanitarium

[@yuehui66]

love your incoporation of humour along with witty and insightful analysis. genuinely love your videos so much they're one of a kind❤

[@lisdumatin8008]

46:00 it seems like the horse drawing from the daughter was actually a very faithful recreation of her light merry go round, both in the pink and in the proportions we can see of the horse near the top

[@yamirsandovalmorales7013]

This channel is incredible and is bound to take off. Just letting everyone know I was here when this banger only had a few hundred views

[@XDDisha]

Ur commentary is soo good!!! U deserve more subs fr

[@yepyeah7494]

I loved this video. I've never heard of this game till now thank you for introducing me to peak

[@zennrson]

yo youre cooking this video’s production is 🔥

[@seawitch5802]

One of my favorite channels. Always happy to see a new upload. I really apreciate the backround given on the art that was shown. I adore these sorts of detailed analysies of anything but I especially enjoy ones on horror content. For me, horror is possibly the most viceral artform for its particular utility in translating the things that seem untangable into something tangable.

[@4laurenonlyy]

wouldn't be a freddy video without a silent hill mention

[@sitirro2730]

I was WAITING for you to made a video about Layers of Fear God I love this game so much! And YOU making video about it? It's like dreams come true.

[@blobbyguy78]

This is excellent

[@bearnaib]

amazing video, i truly love this game and it’s surreal visions. do you know the pieces of music you used for each chapter however?

[@ashm2338]

I've played this game multiple times now and I cant get enough. The game itself is a work of art, its incredible!!

[@AbdullahSaifullah-hq2fc]

father has fed us

[@Soph357]

Holy moly. This game is so incredibly sad 😭

[@grobbelaarthibaud]

Babe wake up, new FreddyDude upload.

[@lunnafurst]

"natureza morta" is also the term for "still life" in brazilian portuguese, so I presume it's also the term used in other latin-based languages!

[@reggiel7313]

Oh!! I was just watching your silent hill 3 videos! They’re great! I’m exited to see what you got to say about this one, kudos!

[@todd3143]

yay freddy dropped

[@drimthur306]

Yay freddy upload!!!

[@BukoPanda17]

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[@VERTlGOAWAY]

Great video!

[@bennettlong6283]

Please keep up the art horror vids freddy. This channel is my perfect type of niche and I've rewatched your other vids a lot. I love your videos.

[@cateh6418]

This video is fire! Pun intended haha. Would love to see analysis of the DLC.

[@CyberLance26]

The rat queen is supposed to be a character in the Layers Of Fear universe and you see her in the dlc and in Layers Of Fear 2 and in the Layers Of Fear remake so i dont think that painting is supposed to represent the painters wife. Shes supposed to be like the main villain of the series and be behind most of the bad stuff going on i think by helping to make things and people get corrupted and all the rats are supposed to work for her.

[@FreddyDude]

yeah ive never played it. i like my idea more lol

[@darkdreamer871]

13:16 lmao yep!! it sure fucking does!!! and that level of shit barely rates above a 3 on the Postpartum Suffering Scale!!

[@TamNguyen-hm2lj]

Finally. A game for ME

[@shadespear]

BOOM, BABY!!! Another banger from the dude, the myth, the legend!

[@somerandomseal3761]

Another great video. Love the voice and narration, can't wait to see more. Keep it up!

[@RzygaczxxxZ]

Great video, thank you for continuing to create interesting and well-edited game analyses :3 ✨💛✨

[@aya2799]

I love this game and I was so excited for ur video on it LOL, Portuguese watching here :) keep up the good work

[@a_panda_on_yt]

yess i’ve been waiting for this vid

[@shadypatriot5947]

YES FREDDY IS BACK

[@tannonthetomcat8474]

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[@cranberryrosebud]

Another great video, I'm so happy I subscribed to this channel! My idea of what the baby hitting her head could mean was that maybe the painter hit her, and the scene we see in the game is the lie he told his wife about what happened to her; it's a classic lie in abusive relationships. However, I don't see anything else in the game that *really* points to the painter physically abusing his daughter, and I liked your analysis of his guilt and how the painter sees himself in his child - I feel like the abuse plotline would make that guilt more surface-level (unless the creators had both in mind).

[@mrjewlord]

This is a good morning for me thanks to you

[@FreddyDude]

@@mrjewlord you're welcome mr jew Lord!

[@Lemonne-]

FINALLY A VIDEO ESSAY ON THIS GAME

[@livilu5865]

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[@diegocastaneda3829]

This shit made me so sad, lol. Freddy, thanks again for sharing! ❤️😁

[@FireAntoniyo]

Babe, wake up! New FreddyDude vid just dropped!

[@joke-r3391]

Yes !! Babe wake up the King posted !

[@S0L1nv1ctus]

as seen in the ending of inheritance, yes his daughter eventualy becomes like him

[@practiceanything6073]

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[@ctheos69]

joker beatbox my beloved

[@elwinxiao]

Now if you think about it, both this and Devotion actually have kinda similiar gameplay, and both of them actually are same. The foolishness of father/husband who drown on his past success, and his unwinding regret....

[@ShoesOnTheFreeway]

2:31 Glad I can always count on u to be hilarious XD

[@oshomasamson1906]

FREDDY UPLOADED WTF, WHY DIDN'T I SEE A NOTIFICATION, LET'S ACTUALLY SILENT HILLY GOOOOOO

[@creakimoi2958]

I'll randomly answer your question since I have nothing really to say... When my son was born, I cried because i couldn't open the salsa jar. Just bawled. So yeah...that is kind of a thing. I cried cuz someone brought me Olive Garden....it can get pretty funny but also really bad. Everything becomes overwhelming all of a sudden

[@akira4142]

lesss goooo new viddddd

[@peachtart2]

I just finished rewarching your vids & was wondering when you'd return !

[@RzygaczxxxZ]

Oh shit new vid, I'll watch it today I already gave a like 🤍 I remember this game it was very artsy haha

[@namiko8278]

LET'S GOOOOO

[@jhas3657]

Crazy game

[@clemdelaclem]

I remember hating this game, I'm interested in whether your analysis changes my opinion

[@FreddyDude]

@@clemdelaclem lmao it wont

[@JannieDaMannie]

Freddy, dude! Where have you been? That's the joke...

[@tacosabr]

What that song used during the sponsorship? I know I've heard it but I can name it

[@FreddyDude]

It's Gymnopédie No.1 by Erik Satie exept played on classical guitar

[@daytonaisabeach2772]

whats the guitar piece in chapter 3?

[@FreddyDude]

it's Gnossienne No. 1 by Erik Satie but played on classical guitar

[@Lucy-cl2qk]

7:25 what's this song?

[@FreddyDude]

Its from the rule of rose ost

[@Lucy-cl2qk]

@@FreddyDude thanks dude

[@JujutsuFolk]

If I can get through the next hour and ten minutes without busting.... I'll win. But that's... how Gooners think *grins*