The Film That Leaves You In Despair

[@RyanHollinger]

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[@boobootittleman7299]

Scariest? Exhuma. My favorite? Longlegs.

[@bethanymcmurtrey9542]

Definitely Terrifyer 3. Between David Thorton's performance, the fantastic practical effects, and the fact that a 2 million dollar budget effortlessly beat a $200 million at the box office.

[@RyanHollinger]

@@boobootittleman7299 I really gotta watch Exhuma!

[@thepanpiper7715]

Season 1 of The Terror! ETA - Sorry all - thought this was the “suggestions for future videos” thread.

[@maplebob23]

I can’t help because I’m always at least a year behind. So for me, Evil Dead Rise is the best and saddest horror movie I’ve seen this year.

[@paulaburrows8660]

I love the little head shake by the killer at the end. It's very "I can't believe you fell for it"

[@SilentHeaven47]

Like the final nail in his coffin.

[@CorbCorbin]

I thought she was just shaking her head to say “no, not her,” 🔪

[@AnakinSkywalker-u5b]

It can be interpreted in different ways.

[@aleaanderson6600]

Or like, "Wait nothing. You're next."

[@boobootittleman7299]

RIP Donald Sutherland.

[@LucyLioness100]

One of the first of his movies I showed Mom to educate her on his works. We enjoyed it with our snacks and drinks to salute

[@lizc6393]

​@@LucyLioness100 what a lovely memory to share with her! I'm sure you already do, but remember to treasure her, no one will ever be a friend like mum. ❤

[@theoriginalbunnygirl]

He died on my birthday this year I was so shocked. I am obsessed with the Hunger Games even named my cat Katniss Snow 😊

[@ianbyrd2853]

Sutherland's subtle intensity paired so well with the waking nightmare atmosphere of this film

[@KenFromHell]

Fun fact: In Germany this movie is called "Wenn die Gondeln trauer tragen" which roughly translates to "When the gondolas are in mourning" which I think is a beautiful name.

[@slimmccoy8863]

Very poetic.

[@MrStath1986]

My dad is utterly terrified by the ending even at 64 years old. I only watched it properly for the first time this year (as part of a Sutherland double-bill with the equally terrifying Bodysnatchers) but I utterly loved the almost bait-and-switch of Laura and John's narratives - the way the film initially plays out you'd expect something awful to happen to her given her emotion and the dabbling in the unknown, but John's true and devastating inability to let go really comes to the forefront by the end.

[@KyLeon0130]

When I first saw this movie, the ending genuinely made me feel sick. The movie is almost cruel with the bluntness it tells the message of needing to move on from death and not ignoring your emotions or pretending there is a solution.

[@cronchyskull]

The final line from the Daphne Du Maurier stort story it's based on is John's own internal monologue, and it simply says "What a stupid way to die."

[@K.alexsadler]

Very funny that the same director made the children’s movie The Witches based on Roald Dahl’s book. Some amazing introductory horror for kids with prosthetics, puppetry, and body horror. It definitely paved the way for my love of Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance this year.

[@wstine79]

You know it's a good week when two Ryan Hollinger HOYEVER videos are uploaded within a few days apart.

[@GrassesOn97]

I love this scene right here: 8:51 When the dad puts the phone down, the picture of the son’s face gets covered, symbolizing the parents’ disregard and emotional neglect for their son. The daughter’s face is halfway covered, and next to it red flowers and a bottle of wine, showing the dad’s struggle to cope and mourn for his daughter.

[@eliotmccann2589]

First "hoyevver" drops at 0:29. Blink and you'll miss it, so be ready.

[@syndicate4417]

This comment deserves a medal😂

[@TechnicJunglist]

I found him both brilliant & incredibly attractive. His appearances in JFK and Backdraft take up space and elevate the films.

[@campbellmaggs4384]

Someone described this movie to me once as "Giallo Hereditary" and that person was friggin cooking

[@lizc6393]

🤣

[@j.m.2987]

Spot on

[@LeolaGlamour]

I just wrote a similar comment. This is the movie hereditary wants to be.

[@drew9719]

Now that’s a description i need to let sink in

[@LetHimRead]

@@LeolaGlamourwat. Nowhere does OP's comment say it is better than or what Hereditary wants to be. Giallo is not slang for superior.

[@LucyLioness100]

I showed this one to my mom when I visited. This had some of Donald’s best acting in his early career & Nicolas Roeg’s direction is so taut and has beautiful visuals (he was a cinematographer before becoming a full-time director). I swear I requested this one sometime ago & Im glad it’s finally being covered as it’s one of the best psychological thrillers

[@NoirFan84]

My favourite film of all-time from my favourite director. A psychic horror masterpiece with so many layers to it. Repeated motifs, incredible editing & performances. Not forgetting the greatest lovemaking scene ever put to film. Amazing.

[@thomasulrich3107]

Dude, recommend me some Nicolas Roeg movies, I also really love this one and I’d like to see some more. I did see performance but don’t remember much lmao

[@NoirFan84]

@thomasulrich3107 Bad Timing & Walkabout are amazing too. He also did The Witches of course, the scariest kid's film ever made imo. I think this channel did a video on The Witches if I remember correctly. The Man Who Fell To Earth is an interesting one too. Track 29, Eureka, Insignificance. Basically anything he did up to The Witches is worth checking out. I do really love the first two I mentioned Bad Timing & Walkabout, though.

[@TrevorZero]

His face captured the beauty of man in an odd yet comforting way. Rest in peace, Donald Sutherland

[@lizc6393]

This is almost an unreasonably accurate description, well said!

[@UlshaRS]

This movie gives the same vibes of processing trauma through a surrealist lens as Jacob's ladder. It really lingers and twists the knife of the protag's suffering.

[@paultapping9510]

oh amazing, I love this film. While they are in no way linked, I first played Silent Hill around the same time I first saw Don't Look Now and the emotional intensity of both has linked them in my mind, which given they both explore themes of fatherhood, grief and loss, fits quite well, I think. In fact, thinking on it, there are quite a few parallels. Most notably, the father chasing the daughter scene in the opening of SH is very reminiscent of the chase scene from the climax of DLN. Oh, and Dahlia gillespie is very similar, aesthetically, to the blind psychic in DLN.

[@jaquitavulpix3418]

I *love* 'Don't Look Now.' The first time I saw it that jumpscare towards the end really caught me off guard. My mom even knew what movie I was talking about when I mentioned *that* scene. And the OST/score works sooo well, the Funeral March that's played when Sutherlands's character sees his wife on the boat always gets me.

[@deirdrejones5974]

Venice is such a great backdrop. Parts of it seem completely deserted once you get away from the main tourist areas.

[@nope5657]

One of the most haunting films ever made. I consider Lake Mungo a spiritual companion to it - using newer genre trends to explore similar themes and story beats with depth and humanity.

[@lindsaymitchell6760]

Also, Don't Look Now was based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier, and she wrote Rebecca, The Birds, Jamaica Inn... like her books were adapted by Hitchcock twice. She was a great at the gothic novel.

[@Bowiebonolennon1982]

He was a great actor…

[@LucyLioness100]

He and Julie Christie had such a marvelous chemistry here. Donald is easily the heart of the film as it’s really about him coming to terms with fate; no major spoilers unless you dare for Ryan to tell you 😅 one of my favorite ‘70s horror films

[@ashleightompkins3200]

Now we need a look at The Birds and Rebecca, which, like this, are based on Du Maurier books but made by Hitchcock

[@RyanHollinger]

Oh I definitely plan on The Birds at some point!

[@ourladyofperpetualskepticism]

Hard agree. Daphne du Maurier was genius.

[@franciscoduran4618]

@@RyanHollinger Kinda feeling like going on a DuMaurier binge now.

[@kingsleycy3450]

I was just thinking about the killer dwarf this week. This is one of those films with one unforgettable visual that makes the entire film

[@Mr78monkey]

A fantastic study of despair

[@Ravewolf24]

The film was based on the short story written by Daphne du Maurier, the same author who wrote The Birds and Rebecca, which were also made into famous movies.

[@tangentartists6876]

I remembered watching this at 3am while nursing my baby. I missed the first half and the ending was such an odd trip. I was convinced I dreamed the whole thing for ages.

[@tmamone83]

"Don't Look Now" is one of my all-time favorite movies!

[@guilhermegarnier2131]

Fun fact... The "translation" to Brazil was "blood winter of Venice", so for me is horror just because of the name

[@EternoUno]

whats crazy is I instantly recognized this movie from the thumbnail. I remember hearing about this movie through bravo’s 100 scariest movie moments, that aired in 2004 when i was a kid. The scene with the lady in the red coat always freaked me out.

[@emilythorkildson8514]

I’m so glad you covered this one…it’s one of those movies that sticks with you long after you’ve finished watching it, as well as a film that gets better every time you revisit it. And I am 100%here for more videos on older horror films! I just watched Peeping Tom the other night and would love to hear your take on it!

[@1wayroad935]

I can't even imagine what it must have taken to take care of that amazing hair.

[@lisah-p8474]

Literally kept getting distracted by Donald Sutherland's hair during the video. Those curls are like something from a Botticelli painting.

[@purish215]

Donald to me was one of those actors who I never new his name but if I saw him in it I new it was going to be good rip to Donald Sutherland

[@ozzymandias8137]

Oh damn rewatched this for the first time in years last night, perfect timing!

[@acid3137]

In my top ten films of all time. First saw it when I was 12 or 13, way too young I know but these were in the days when us kids were just left on our own to fend for ourselves! Aaah, 80s parenting!

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

Growing up free-range was great! Watching/reading horror too young, climbing ALL the trees, riding bikes in places with names like "The Pits"... So glad to have been a kid before the internet and helicopter parenting!

[@meandtheithrees3898]

I always wondered why no one talks about this movie its so beautifully shot and scary as hell this gave me nightmares as a child

[@jameswulfgang154]

My father in law had described this movie to me a few months ago and we had no idea what it was called or who was in it, but all we could remember was a plot point about a girl in the red raincoat. Thank you so much for covering this film.

[@101Waylander]

This film stuck with me from the very first watch as a kid. That ending still freaks me out to the present day.

[@MichaelWebb-py6jd]

Great analysis of a great movie. My only disagreement with it is that John doesn’t believe the figure in red is his daughter. He thinks it’s another child who is in danger. The “child” is being pursued by a man that John believes is the killer. His guilt over what happened to his daughter causes him to make an incorrect connection to the red coat. His daughter had one and this apparent child who is running away from a man is also wearing one. This is why he locked the gate so no one can get in. He thinks he is protecting a child from being killed but he has actually locked himself in with the serial killer. The film was never about the death of his child but about his own death. His guilty feelings about what happened to his daughter led him straight into his own doom.

[@Jacob-Vivimord]

The sex scene in this film is beautifully done. I remember seeing it in class at uni at thinking it was brilliant.

[@NoThanksOkay]

It was so well done that I actually felt kind of weird watching it. Like I shouldn't be in this couples' personal space 😂

[@marianatheschizoid5912]

@@NoThanksOkayThe entire movie has a kind of voyeuristic feel

[@kd8663]

It’s a perfect example of how and when a sex scene is appropriate in a movie. As a character study about a married couple, that scene showcases their emotional state and the mixture of connect and disconnect between them. Intimacy is a big part of the human experience and can show a lot about how they feel, especially about each other. That’s something that has it’s place in art. And in a film very concerned with instinct vs. logic, sex is something that can be a lot of one or the either. It’s arguably the strongest human instinct. A valuable addition to this type of story.

[@Jacob-Vivimord]

@@kd8663 Really well said.

[@ErinJeanette]

I just watched this and when I went to check on Donald Sutherland I realized he passed away the day before. This movie really creeped me out. I think his son killed his sister, she falls into the water backwards and in water she should have been able to stand up in. And they don't even wanna be with their son after. Very weird movie with that sex scene was wild 😂 it's a creepy and very beautiful movie but even the scene where he slams the phone down and covers his son's face in the photo leaving only his daughter. When you're logical it does help make empathy difficult and causes stubbornness.

[@NoThanksOkay]

The podcast "Evolution of Horror" did an AMAZING deep dive into this movie

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

Goes to show how disconnected I am from social media as this is my first time hearing about Donald Sutherland's passing that was back in June! Honestly though, Donald Sutherland was always one of my favorite actors and it was always a treat to see him pop up in a movie I was watching either in a starring role like the original Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H, or as the pot-smoking professor Karen Allen's character has a fling with in Animal House! His film career was so prolific, and honestly iconic. We truly lost a legend of the acting world!

[@cmmm-p1b]

he was in kellys heroes. a awesome movie

[@coyoteartist]

I genuinely had forgotten about this film. I sawr it after Schindler's List, so I was always struck by the red, as in that film it represents innocence and in this film it's evil. Yet in either case you have a moment of feeling the opposite. There was some particular point in the Schindler's List scene, where I felt like I was watching blood pour and a profound evil around it. In this, there was a particular moment I felt seeing the red coat was a moment of peace. It's possible the second feeling is a result of my brain wandering off while watching and making a connection to the first case. But I don't think it negates what I felt, because our experiences are ingrained in how we see films and movies.

[@hardlux]

This film is brilliant. Thank you for covering it. Possession should be on the shortlist for the next one... 😏

[@Kokolowolf]

I was wondering if this was based on a book from that first shot of the red coat- and it was! Adapted from a short story of the same name by Daphne Du Maurier. Excellent adaptation

[@NoahP.G]

One of my favorite horror films ever, severely underrated and not talked about enough!

[@ni-dirus]

I think a positive imagining is that John is now with his daughter. Clairvoyance is established to be real, the psychic connection to the afterlife is real - therefore, John may have died, like his daughter tragically died, but the afterlife is supposed to be safe. They will be together, safe in each other's company, and able to reach out to their loved ones in the ways they can. It's certainly a tragedy, but I think it can allow the viewers to imagine a bittersweet happiness to the conclusion. After all, isn't that solace?

[@KhanCrete]

6:38 ryan gets subjected to cbt in fortnite??? 😳😳😳

[@kd8663]

Donald Sutherland was a powerhouse. He deserved more flowers from the public at large, but he was very loved by his fans who saw the brilliance.

[@onyxhades9513]

I was just talking about this movie yesterday. I love it! Wonderful video as always, and a lovely tribute to Mr. Sutherland! RIP Donald Sutherland 😢

[@Kratos1949]

Please also cover and take a look at the 2008 UK horror film "Eden Lake". It's another film that leaves me with a very bad feeling.

[@wstine79]

"Say goodnight, Bobo" "Goodnight, Bobo." RIP Donald Sutherland

[@Celestein]

I'll never forget the first time I saw this film. The end reveal shocked me so hard, my brain froze thinking I was hallucinating or not seeing right. It was so random and grotesque, the effect could have been funny or ridiculous but I felt horrified and almost queasy. Very effective.

[@bigleciezki]

"Where evil lurks" came out in 23 , but it's still quite new. About a man trying to save his family, while doing nearly everything wrong. Some of it's scenes are a true punch in the guts.

[@CountofBeretania]

Since “Nosferatu” is coming out this Christmas, I’d like to hear your take on the 1922 silent film, the 1979 Herzog version, and 2000’s “Shadow of the Vampire” where Willem Dafoe remains the first (and so far only) actor to get an Oscar nomination for playing a vampire. Check out Midnight Edge’s analysis on the fascinating behind the scenes history of the silent version.

[@TalentedTacoTrex]

Would love to see you cover the 1997 Funny Games, saw it for the first time and it really does something special I haven't seen before

[@JohnInTheShelter]

It's what a supernatural movie should be--scary, spooky, and touching on real human tragedy, not jump scares.

[@kristennelson3190]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!! I'm so glad you decided to cover this one! Haven't even watched yet, but I am so excited...👏👏😁

[@lifewithlee6298]

I heard about this film referenced from Cathy Bates Movey Unconditional Love is a 2002 where her best friend dress up in a red raincoat and references this movie

[@mandatoryburnout]

Exceptional film that absolutely colored my visit to Venice some years ago. Highest rec

[@mandatoryburnout]

Mike Flanagan remake when

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

This might be my favourite performance by Donald Sutherland out of his entire long career. (Though his cynical, conspiratorial monologue in JFK has a special place in my heart as well, for some reason...) He's long been something of a national treasure to Canadians as one of the spookiest men in film, and now we've just got David Cronenberg left in that title. Hey Ryan, is there a reason that you haven't covered much of Cronenberg's very weird and fascinating body of work?

[@Edboy33]

I very recently watched this and my theory is that the son did something to the daughter because they almost never bring him up the whole movie till he falls into a fire head first and when the mother is leaving to return to her husband I’m pretty sure she didn’t even say goodbye to him, and the reveal at the end of the women in the coat I think on a psychological aspect that was the demon torturing him with and Donald Sutherlands character could have died earlier in the film either 1 where he was crushed by the gargoyle/statue he was helping place on the church or 2 when he was in the church helping out on that mosaic and fell either way it’s a solid film just a hard to understand ending

[@PaulRWorthington]

Last year on KZbin, I watched a take on the movie that said just that same point: the son killed the daughter and was at least indirectly responsible for the father's death as well.

[@krgkrg1]

This is a fantastic movie, so glad you are covering it. Superb directing, performances and misdirection with a devastating ending. Excellent analysis too! Venice is one of the most beautiful places on Earth but here takes on a real sense of bleakness and menace. Oh, and sorry to be that person but Ethereal is province eth-ear-real.

[@oliverholmes-gunning5372]

One of my all-time favourites. I've always said that if I could go back in time to see one movie in cinemas when it was initially released it would be the premiere double-bill of Don't Look Now and The Wicker Man- imagine how amazing seeing two of the most perfect horror films ever created back-to-back for the first time ever would be, what a night...

[@MrBooone]

Gonna be honest, I was underwhelmed by this movie when I watched it a couple years back when Ari Aster said it was his motivation for Hereditary

[@im19ice3]

i remember reading about what happened in this movie to decide if it was too scary for me to watch but then i was just confused, a plain description of events and visuals loses so much of its impact i love the way you laid it out, because you explained the emotional through-line connecting what we're shown, and has made me really want to watch this for the horror movie i do think it is

[@patthewizard345]

Nicolas Roeg is one of the most criminally underrated/overlooked directors of all time! Most people might actually be fimilar with at least one of his films The Witches but his filmmography is rich with truly bizzare and beautiful movies. Don't Look Now being one of his best! The opening scene, funeral boat and ending scene are permanataly burned into my brain since I saw it late at night on TV when I saw around 12 or so! R.I.P. Donald Sutherland and Nicolas Roeg!

[@tinkerhell-kj3mv]

Love this movie, planning on a Sutherland mini marathon soon and this will be involved, but...he happens to look exactly like my dad in this movie. The famous love scene causes me so much discomfort.

[@marcelleroux9172]

He's dead? I didn't even know he was sick🙁

[@intern_dana]

i mean this in the least dismissive way possible, but this movie is such a Vibe! its visuals are just so lovely and serene despite the melancholy. like a rainy day on the canal

[@earlcladwager]

Just rewatched this a few days ago. A masterpiece.

[@theoriginalbunnygirl]

As an American I love the way the Irish pronounce "now" haha. Donald looked sooo much like Kiefer when he was young, crazy. He passed on June 20th, 2024 my 39th birthday so I will never forget.

[@artleitch]

It's a fantastic film and this is for sure a reminder/catalyst for me to watch it this spooky season

[@aidanfarnan4683]

Oh god, not this film. Good to see you cover some pre 2000’s stuff that I as well haven’t seen since school. I’d love to see you do an episode on “The Devils” “Possession” “Audition” or the Spanish short film “La Cabina” witch has an absurd plot and no character development so to speak of, but has just terrifying vibes and a genuinely scary feel to it all around.

[@bottominaplatecarrier1118]

Sutherland's excellence as a naturalist rivals that of Daniel Day Lewis' excellence in immersion and embodiment. Sutherland's mundane intensity and aloof ease would grind and abrade without that ever present grounding in human naturalism and stripped down approach

[@GreatGreebo]

R.I.P. *Donald Sutherland,* you will be missed!

[@Makowh]

My hair got progressively more curly as I watched this video

[@daseancedoesgeek2667]

I will never forget this movie because of my colleges narrative through film class

[@tootalldude]

I'm sad that I'm not able to get Vessi. I learned thanks to Ryan's sponsors that Vessi only goes up to size 14 - and they aren't big enough for me. Ah well!

[@SKAIFEMEISTER]

This film and the Haunting (1963) are the most disquieting movie memories of my childhood - even at a young age without understanding any of the nuances involved, they evoked some primordial fear - well done the filmakers. Also, a shout out to the Hammer House of Horror episode ' The Two Faces of Evil'.

[@snakehandler87]

Donald Sutherlands passing really hurts 😭 I love this beautiful dark film

[@docsaico]

Fuck. I forgot Donald passed. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@ewarrior9776]

I remember seeing the poster for Don't Look Now as a kid in a movie theater. The image instantly made me deeply uncomfortable. I never forgot it and saw the movie as soon as I became old enough to rent it.

[@raffaelm6558]

The German title of this movie translates as "When the gondolas are mourning" - yeah, that era of cinema had the wildest German translations when it came to titles.

[@justyouraveragemutantblood2185]

This film is very interesting. Being unable to trust your feelings. As a person who has ocd. I can’t trust my feelings. My feelings are my worst enemy. And the idea that the little voice in my head telling me I will die is right, it’s very interesting

[@KittyPieVibes]

I wish I could remember what video it was but I first heard of this movie in another video essay and they showed that super creepy ending scene, as soon as u saw your thumbnail I remembered it. Such a creepy movie

[@mayaklast6334]

I saw that movie with my mother and aunt as a young teenager. It has haunted me since then. I have never felt as horrible and terrified as I have felt watching this movie. I have never watched it again and I will never be able to forget about it. Thank you for covering it, it's nice to have another perspective.

[@jeremysmith4620]

I hadn't even heard he passed away. Donald Sutherland was absolutely incredible. His portrayal of a broken man trying to navigate the world while dealing with such a profound lost is something I will never forget.

[@johnbutler7567]

This is the movie that clearly was a big inspiration of one of my favorite horror movies Hereditary

[@Scudboy17]

If you haven't covered it yet, "The Changeling" is another great 70's era horror movie playing with the idea of grief and shadowing. Well worth a watch. It's probably my favorite haunted house movie of all time.

[@Oherold19]

I wasn't expecting the CBT read in there.

[@CarlosAlbertoGarcíaJiménez]

Dude! I literally just finished a game story that is about grief, and now you upload a video about a movie that is about grief 😅

[@jessicawilson1751]

I love Donald Sutherland. I always felt like he always managed to BE his character. I never thought "oh, this is Donald Sutherland trying to be this character" like I do with many actors. My favorite movie that he was in is Invasion of the Bodysnatchers. That movie really left me feeling unsettled, especially since I watched the movie for the first time when I was in grad school in 2017 or 2018. I lived in Sausalito, CA, just north across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Facebook, so listening to the background audio where you can hear how far the pod people are expanding to really creepes me out because I knew where the different towns and cities were in relation to San Francisco. Also, ever since seeing the movie, I reference "rat turds" when I hear, see, or read capers.

[@IXTL.]

Have you seen Klute? 1971. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. Another wonderful example of the _Sutherlanding_ you describe.

[@rk9atx]

Fun fact: the director Nichola Roeg also made the original 'The Witches'

[@63shirochan]

ya know what? i think i'm gonna hold off on watching this until my own grief isn't so fresh. i just had to put my dog down a couple days ago, so.........yeah. wanna watch the video, but gonna wait until the wound isn't still bleeding, ya know?

[@PaulRWorthington]

About a year ago, I saw an interesting look at the movie on KZbin that claimed the son was actually "the villain" who had drowned his sister, and then lead his father to be murdered too. Not that I buy it, but he made a good case for it. If it had been more clearly revealed by the film itself that that was the story being told, it would've been a bit more interesting than what the story the movie tells, at least on the surface:: man is depressed, man is murdered at random. Though I guess the movie does have its own strong if simple moral: If you can't let go of your grief over the dead, that grief will lead to your own death.

[@JHjh88]

Love that you covered this!I recommend anyone read the short story it's based on. Daphne Dumaurier is brilliant.

[@Liquid_Mike]

"Don't Look Noy"