The Movie That Finally BROKE US... *The Girl In The Basement*

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Girl In The Basement Movie Reaction First Time Watching

[@TheMikeLawz]

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[@ssicamon1927]

It's so sad to me as a viewer that this movie is an understatement to the true story its based off of. Usually movies exaggerate the true story, but not in this case. In reality, she (and her children) had it 10x worse than this. She actually gave birth to way more children, too. For positive news, she is now married and her family is doing well, and all live together in safety and solitude!

[@TheMikeLawz]

Thank god she's doing good now 🙏🏻

[@MotherOfDragons420]

Not that in real life it wasn't way worse but I don't think anything is being glamorized lol. Watered down version of what happened? Yes. But this movie making anything about this situation enticing? No lol

[@ssicamon1927]

@@MotherOfDragons420 OH no no, I don't think it's making anything enticing! I also don't mean anything bad about the movie, it's a good representation. Maybe 'glamorize' isn't the right word. I mean like, they make her basement look nice and put together when really it was mostly packed dirt, seeping mud and water, and rat infested. They show she gave birth to 3 children, but really she birthed more. Things like that 😅 Just noting how people watch it and feel so horrified over such terrible things, and it breaks my heart to know it was actually even worse. No hate to the movie!

[@mello6311]

@@ssicamon1927 Just so you know fren, the proper term to use in this instance would be "downplayed". Just so you can use it for future reference!

[@ssicamon1927]

@@mello6311 Thank you!! I'm fixing it now.

[@BlahBlahWoofWoof12]

The absolute mental insanity for a man to do this to his own daughter for 20 years

[@bzuku9554]

so fucking disgusting. my stomach churns for her wtf

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

24 years 😔

[@jyotichakravarti5256]

Leave aside your daughter, how can you even think of doing this to any other person. This shows how low your mind is and you are not even worthy of being called a human being.

[@Yayomeow]

The real girl, named Elisabeth Fritzl, was held captive in the basement for 24 years. She gave birth to 7 children from that POS. It breaks my heart to hear about her story. It baffles me how the mother didn't know what was going on below her home. It's said that she was told he was building a nuclear shelter down there and that Elisabeth ran away to join a cult. Smfh.

[@CrazyCakes_Gamez]

I heard that the mother just didn't care. I don't think she knew though. How do you not go down in your own basement in 24 years...

[@Yayomeow]

​@@CrazyCakes_Gamez Rightt. It's just crazy to me.

[@charlotte3794]

@@CrazyCakes_Gamez apparently the mother did catch on but she at the grasp of an abusive husband decided not to do anything :(

[@krazymegt3236]

The Real tea on the mom was that the father was so abusive and manipulative that she was just as afraid of him as her children were which is why she didn't ever go in the basement or catch on to anything because she didn't want to catch a beating

[@vigilauntie8381]

People always blame the moms for not knowing the horrific things their husbands do. Who would think their spouse was capable of this?!? My friend just had a nervous breakdown when she found out her husband had been sexually abusing their daughter for years. Her world has been torn apart. Now she’s paranoid and doesn’t think she can trust anyone. Honestly her poor daughter is coping better than her. My great grandfather sexually abused my aunt as a child. Of course my grandparents and that pervs wife had no idea. Predators are sneaky AF and usually sociopaths who are amazing liars.

[@MsJackieJack]

“Room” is another movie inspired by the Fritzl case and it shows a bit more of life after escape. Like, stuff you don’t even think about like the child needing special sunglasses because his eyes had never been exposed to sunlight. It’s a wild ride.

[@sashasilva7066]

sometimes I randomly think about this movie and literally break down crying. it was insane. also that little boy deserved an oscar

[@lamb9770]

this is the type of movie i can only watch secondhand through channels like this so thank you guys 😭

[@TheMikeLawz]

Thanks for the support!

[@danghoangluong2942]

sameeeee

[@SlashinatorZ]

There was nothing in this that surprised me. I hate how rushed it was

[@jennycoyle8204]

Same

[@Remarkable269]

Same

[@3piper]

This took place in Austria. Authorities have gone to great lengths to conceal Elisabeth’s identity from the public in hopes of giving her the most normal life possible after the horrors she endured. She has taken on a new name since her release,and she currently lives in an Austrian village referred to as “Village X” to keep its location hidden. . Her now-grown children have undergone therapy to work through their myriad traumas. Still, they sleep with their bedroom doors permanently open. Security guards are always patrolling the two-story home, and it has constant CCTV surveillance. Though there is little public information about her post-imprisonment life, in 2019, reports claimed that Elisabeth and her bodyguard “found love.” The village residents of this town know of this family. They protect the family and have chased off visitors and reporters

[@actualdania]

i watched that movie like 5 mins ago and im so shocked i had to research im just really happy that she found love and happiness and i really wish her all the best she is so strong !!!

[@SlashinatorZ]

This is also similar to the Cleveland kidnappings. A shame Ariel was allowed to kill himself.

[@dreamliverock]

I love the idea of a whole village protecting them

[@seijiamasawa8190]

She is the best mother in the World!❤️😊

[@pUrpLEsnake325]

The most horrifying part about this is this is just one of the stories we KNOW ABOUT. There's tons of stories about people being held prisoner in basements for decades. But those are the ones about the people we found, or found out about. If there's that many we know about, imagine how many people are in this exact situation RIGHT NOW that we will never find out about. This could be anyone, this could be your neighbor doing this shit, and you'd never know. That's what does my head in.

[@jackiejuarez7595]

i thinnk about this all the time and its horrifying. Really centers me when im annoyed with life.

[@Jelismiles]

I think about this too and it really depresses me.

[@that.ll_do_pig]

@@Jelismiles same.

[@moon_sun1964]

that's what im thinking! and its heartbreaking

[@LordofFullmetal]

Brings to mind that one story about a random dude who rescued several women trapped in his neighbour's house - and he kept saying "The crazy thing is, I know this man. We had barbecues together, we hung out. We were friends and I never knew he was doing this."

[@ayashllaras]

i googled the true story right after i watched this movie because i thought surely the true story isn’t that bad right… the movie dramatized a lot, right? i was so wrong. the true story is a lot worse

[@TheMikeLawz]

We didnt deep dive the real case at all. I don't even want to know how much worse the actual thing was

[@BeautyandGoreGalore]

@@TheMikeLawz You really don’t wanna know. When I first read about this story years ago, I literally broke down. I can’t imagine how that poor girl was able to survive all this and stay strong. Honestly, she’s gotta be one of the strongest ppl in the world and I’m so glad she seems to be doing well now. I hope they keep him locked up, but there are appeals going on currently. And THAT is truly terrifying.

[@deonyabenjamin]

@@BeautyandGoreGalore Hell yeah she is 24 years of that bullshit

[@corrinnelindsey6568]

@@TheMikeLawz you really shouldn’t look it up it’s traumatizing I researched the whole thing and I thought I was gonna pass out

[@hanniesung3595]

@@TheMikeLawz the true story does explain a lot of things though. Like how the mother was a very submissive person and the husband abusive and overpowering so she didn't really question him. Also if someone went into the basement there was actually an office space and a hidden door so if someone went down there they would only find an office pretty much. The house was also bigger and they even had tenants. The "father" would also show pictures of the kids living upstairs to the one's in the basement to make them jealous. It's a really wild and sad story. And even the officers who went to the basement had to get therapy.

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

Fritzl actually had a tenant in his house, a young man with a dog. The dog would sometimes jump up and bark or cry and run to some corner of the room. The young man thought his dog was just a little crazy, but truth is that that the dog probably smelled and heard something from the basement. So upsetting that Elizabeth and the children could have been saved earlier if people had just paid attention 😔

[@Grav3yardMoth]

I'm still shocked whenever I think about this story. This movie didn't even show HALF of what she went through. She had so many more pregnancies than the 3 that are shown here. It got to a point where her son & daughter weren't just mad at her because they were stuck in a basement, but he started to ENCOURAGE them to verbally and physically abuse their own mother. Even after her escapes, she and her mother had no relationship for around a year, because she thought that her moth could have been involved (which wasn't helped by the fact that the police thought she was for a while too).

[@charlotte3794]

i believe she had seven children in the end

[@caryscloete3535]

Where can u watch this movie

[@notjol1na]

I've never read that

[@onlyamberrr9635]

they showed 4 actually.. she miscarried one

[@isabellaazebeokhai1507]

I would never be able to forgive the mother for not noticing for years

[@Wildcat_Kyle]

This movie made Flowers In The Attic look like the nicest Disney movie ever.

[@TinaMUFC10]

💯💯

[@TheMikeLawz]

^^^

[@UGUNII]

Yeah - I agree this is - absolutely fucked

[@miaya.micronis]

Nahhh equally fucked up. If you look into the rest of the dollaganger series 😳😮‍💨 it’s a lot

[@bbkoti7637]

Yeah

[@YoSoyRomero]

It’s actually insane that there’s people in this world who would do this type of stuff

[@TheMikeLawz]

BEYOND insane. These are the types of people Prisons are made for

[@SlashinatorZ]

​@@TheMikeLawzprison would be too nice for him. Maybe level 6 of impel down would be more fitting. Sad that we didn't get to see him suffer in the movie or answer for his crimes. Hate how rushed the ending was

[@CrunkKitty1]

@@SlashinatorZThe ending PISSED me off. I wanted to see more. Extend Sarah’s conversation with the nurse and police, extend the arrest and his confession, extend the rescue of Michael, extend the mother and Thomas’ reaction and all their reunions. And feck right off with that fluffy hallmark ending.

[@SlashinatorZ]

@@CrunkKitty1 exactly!

[@DeeRio9546]

She's a really married to one of her security guards that watches over the family. Also legally no one is allowed near the house they live in. It's illegal to take pictures of them. They have people that go to the store or run errands for them. I think it's sad seems like they still don't have a normal life because they still hide from the public eye but also hopefully this anonymity also affords them freedom like going to like Disney world or a theme park together. Idk tho

[@LordofFullmetal]

So I googled the real-life story this is based on. And it gets even worse - they might be moving him to a normal prison (right now he's in a prison for the criminally insane). Why is this bad? Because it makes him eligible for early release. He could be out as soon as 2024, which would mean he spent 9 years fewer in captivity than his daughter did. Which would be SO messed up. EDIT: Oh my god. I kept reading. Apparently his lawyer in the original case actually tried to make the argument "He's not a monster - he brought his captives a Christmas tree!"

[@aprilmisc]

wtf??? thats messed up

[@RJnottheraccoon]

Oh well I’m that case then let’s just let him go! 🙄🙄🤮🤮🤮🤮 That’s beyond discussing!!!!! THROW AWAY THE KEY

[@Blossom_Screen]

Update: his appeal to be released into a nursing home was rejected by the courts. He was transferred from the psychiatric prison to a regular prison in January of this year (2024)

[@RJnottheraccoon]

@@Blossom_Screen oh thank goodness for that!!!! Thank you for the update!

[@morgandonnelly6708]

the fact that this is based off a true story is absolutely heartbreaking. and then to find out that this movie isn’t even half as bad as what happened to her in real life 😢! thank the gods that she was able to get away and start a new life

[@nelly_jaimes]

I feel like the movie room is another great film about a girl that got abducted but it illustrates how she and her son (who was raised in a tiny room) try to escape. Seeing it in the perspective of the son is heartbreaking.

[@cinemacodey]

Yeah this movie reminds me of that movie.

[@blowitoutyourcunt7675]

Just watched it on your recommendation and wow - what a great movie and POV!

[@aychelleff]

Truly proof of reality being crazier than fiction… I haven’t seen this movie, but I’ve read a good amount about the real story. The most heartbreaking thing is that the mother/wife lived her life, crying and wondering where her daughter was, and there were only a few layers of dirt and concrete keeping them apart. If you ever have the stomach to read about the real family in this story, you should!

[@melissadavis18]

I read a bit, can’t stomach anymore of it! It’s just sooooo hard to believe that the mother had no incline as to what was going on or ever suspected her husband being involved especially if there are signs that clearly happened in front of her before the daughter disappeared

[@lacolocha_jb]

I read the whole thing and I don’t think I’ll ever be the same.

[@notsubtle8065]

y'all didn't even notice that the two oldest are smaller and younger looking than the youngest one, because they've been locked in that basement. the younger gets to go out and live so he's bigger

[@Dr._Potato]

Idk the movie didn't have a very high budget lol

[@Butmunch666]

The biggest difference between this and the real life story is the size of the living space. The actual basement the guys daughter lived in was really really small, and was short enough she could never stand up straight.

[@mari.draws18]

it's sad and disgusting seeing how there are people like this out there, they don't even deserve to be called people.

[@okokoklalala844]

Even if I knew that 20 yrs later I would be free I guarantee that I would’ve off’ed myself before it even reached 10 bc there’s no way I would have stayed sane through the abuse, rape and isolation from society. I would have gone crazy

[@imaginebeinguglycouldntbeme]

She tried to kill herself many times but he would sa her so that she would have a baby, so that she would get attached and not kill herself

[@okokoklalala844]

@@imaginebeinguglycouldntbeme yup it’s crazy that she’s still strong to carry and give birth to all the babies he forced on her.. i would’ve just took me and the baby out of our misery.

[@avaunamallett6176]

I just watched this and I couldn't believe what I was watching. That scene at the hospital at the end had my heart POUNDING. I'm glad the woman in real life is doing good with her family.

[@em-zr4tx]

He’s actually supposed to be let out of prison early 2023 which is messed up. He has been in prison less time than she was held in the basement

[@littlesparrow303]

Ohh gosh!!! That’s so messed up

[@Unversed333]

His health is declining though, and he is at the point that he is ready to die. Besides, he's not going to last long outside prison. I imagine some vigilante character will take him out.

[@Dr._Potato]

​@@Unversed333Hopefully they do

[@NavsangeetSingh]

"Elisabeth recounted that Fritzl raped her and forced her to watch pornographic videos, which he made her re-enact with him in front of her children in order to humiliate her." I don't even have the words.

[@montanamountaingarden476]

21:43 Actually, they meet their younger brother who plays football, both the kids in the basement were older than the one living upstairs

[@That_girlAaliyah02]

If she would have tried to kill him, she would of been stuck there forever since he has the password.

[@TheMikeLawz]

Well my logic is that IF the mother wasn't in on this whole thing and THEN the husband also went missing. I think the cops would start looking deeper into the house because it was to suspicious of a disappearance

[@That_girlAaliyah02]

@@TheMikeLawz that’s true but if the wife didn’t know about the bunker they would never know where to look.

[@allshookup1640]

@@That_girlAaliyah02 yeah but if the husband suddenly went missing too surely the cops would search every inch of the house ESPECIALLY his “man cave” to look for clues of his whereabouts. The only reason they didn’t go down there originally was because he said she never went down there. The bookcase would be pushed aside still because he went into the room and they would find her. Her murdering him would be self defense/justifiable homicide.

[@andidreyes5323]

I remember watching this on the news. It was worldwide and no one could NOT see it. It's like he kept his dark side for the basement, and he only rarely showcased his dark emotions in that above ground house it was like a shock. I saw a few stories about that monster. I actually enjoy the victims stories of survival. It reminds me that we can survive, we can breathe the next breath, we can get through the worst...

[@shania991]

This movie low key doesn’t do her story justice they took out ALOT of facts and made it seem like it wasn’t that bad first she had 8 kids which the first one they show in the movie was really a boy and he didn’t make it she had a miscarriage alone in the dark and half of the kids actually stayed up stars, she was really there for 24 years not 20 he didn’t get caught how they show when he couldn’t tell any medical history that’s when they became suspicious but she didn’t get saved that night she was actually in there for one more week, he actually extended the room after years of her asking and the fact they kept showing flashbacks of the boyfriend that wasn’t all she was thinking about especially after being r worded by her dad which looked so much more like a fcking creep in real life his reason were sick and he didn’t just walk out of she helped him he had a towel with ether and knocked her out and he was planning this for years and again the movie left out there were eight doors you had to get through to even get to the basement where she was held, he burned the bodies of the babies who didn’t survive and when this all came out his lawyer tried to argue he did it for her own good and the act of making his daughter submit was “a devoted father” tried saying he was a caring man that took care of both families like even his defense team was sick

[@actualdania]

im actually speechless rn - there’s a special place in hell for satans like him that just look human

[@shania991]

@@actualdania I completely agree the whole story is sad he lied to everybody I believe in real life her sister was the most suspicious and didn’t believe her sister just ran away and some that shows just how long they was down there and barely had anything to survive a lot of the older kids looked younger compared to their younger siblings who had real good and day light social interactions like the story will bring you to tears and I’m not a big cryer but this was beyond sad he took a lot of her life

[@actualdania]

@@shania991 she is so strong and the children as well i genuinely wish them all happiness and peace

[@shania991]

@@actualdania they are doing really good I looked it up after because the story was crazy I know it took ALOT of healing and therapy for everybody I’m happy she wasn’t upset with her mom but they did have to reconnect

[@Dannysapphire]

I heard this movie was heartbreaking and I never had the nerve to watch it in its full length and now I am glad I didn't. Just watching the reaction nearly got me to full on tears. Seriously just happy that at the end of the day, the girl who was forced to go through this is doing well from what I hear.

[@Melissa-rb6ct]

Same

[@JaimeCard]

Holy shit. This is fucked. And apparently it was 24 years. She was held captive for 24 years. Wow. I actually don't know how you guys watched it all. Fuck. Way to go... cried with you Roman

[@ZiggyonMars]

I can’t even fathom it because I’ve not even been alive for 24 years.

[@Christina-dz5qf]

As a person who worked in the nursing field I can tell you yes that does happen. Sometimes you have to do cpr like that. And I just looked up a video about how the father was doing in prison. He is actually really happy. Which angers me to such a degree. Also I would be enraged at the mother. How tf did she not know?! That just doesn’t make sense to me.

[@danghoangluong2942]

The part where Sarah got so happy when she received a TV and took her kids to a " basement safari" trip made me sad......

[@HoundsBane]

Yeah that was hella painful. I had to step away from true crime material after being into it heavy several years ago. Especially subjects of SA. I cannot imagine what that women , her mom, & her kids must have gone through (are still going through). I hope they got the help they deserved & are living life . F**** that piece of sh*t in human skin that did this to them.

[@SlashinatorZ]

I bet some of us would rather be in Aushwitz than in the conditions she was held in

[@Jay-lx1jx]

This case is actually insane there is a lot of details and horrific events of the assault her 7 children her captivity her first nights I would recommend the rotten mango podcast Stephanie soo “Captive for 24yrs/ girl in the basement (Elizebeth Fritzl Case)” it gives the most detailed info of the original case the movie is based on

[@miranda13c]

This story always makes me feel sick whenever I see it mentioned. What Elizabeth Fritzl went through is beyond comprehension. It’s so vile, cruel, and twisted. Josef Fritzl was a monster and I hope he is burning in hell.

[@brolythadawg2505]

He's still alive in prison in Austria at 88 years old and changed his name

[@Unversed333]

​@@brolythadawg2505 88 with declining health. If there is a hell, I hope he rots there forever after he dies.

[@bobbycordle9564]

100% yes I was in agreement. The part where the dog walker tells an owner “it looks like someone is signaling under your house”… yeah that would NEVER happen in real life AND describe it that way. Well, the only human being who’d do that is a fellow horrible person like him.

[@superjackster0165]

No kidding. In real life, that guy would’ve immediately ran to his house and call the cops

[@sherrypie2372]

I believe the mom (grandma) was also abused in the real story and was afraid of him.

[@seijiamasawa8190]

True

[@codym5253]

This movie traumatized me and I get a chill down my spine when I remember it was a movie and true story

[@sashasilva7066]

the fact that hes currently trying to get out of jail because he's old and has dementia and that it is actually working too...literally sends me into a fit of blind rage

[@melissadavis18]

I don’t understand the true story about how there were 8 kids and so many was raised upstairs in the house and some in the basement. I get one being on the doorstep, but how does that happen more than once and the mother doesn’t get more suspicious?

[@incrediblyjaded4756]

he made his daughter write letters saying she couldn’t take care of them

[@AthenaAthena]

Ohhh i saw this movie. It was so gross. Poor girl and her children. 😢

[@angelcornell29]

Same here

[@CrunkKitty1]

My dad called me while I was halfway through this movie sobbing and he’s like what’s wrong with you i’m like “thanks for never locking me in a basement but i can’t talk to you rn this is too much” he was like “you need to stop watching true crime” 😭🤣 *FYI my dad has never abused me or anyone but i didn’t wanna facetime my dad while watching this movie 😭🤣🤣

[@daquittaclements]

I think she was able to get 2 of her kids out to live upstairs. They were younger, but ao much bigger than her "basement kids" since their growth was stunted. Her relationship with her mom was never the same. So understandable because you just never went downstairs because your husband said theres rats?? 20+ years!!

[@shania991]

Watching this reaction again is crazy I didn’t notice that the kid that was upstairs with the grandmother is actually his little brother r like you can really tell what limited resources can do to a person no exercise or sunlight not regularly getting food it’s crazy he was bigger than his big brother

[@brittney8010]

It was way worse in real life as I'm sure you've read from the comments but the worst part is the real dad said he didn't regret doing it and he didn't see what was wrong about it

[@seijiamasawa8190]

He is mentally ill

[@codygates7418]

I remember when this movie popped up on the TV channel my mom and I were watching. We were both sick to our stomachs. She fell asleep about halfway through but, I stayed up till at least 3-4 am finishing the damn thing. I have literally not felt as sick about ANY movie as I had this one. I hated every minute of it, but I couldn’t look away and wanted to see that POS get caught. By the time it was over my mom was snoring, I had dirty tissues littering my blanket, my eyes were hardly able to stay open, and I just felt numb. The actors did an AMAZING JOB.

[@pums1634]

its beyond me to think that people like this actually exist. cant even imagine putting another person through something like this

[@mariakhan7986]

Ohhh the actual guy was a monster, he did sooo much more worse things then what is shown in the movie.

[@Nb123022]

Girl In The Box is another horrific true story you should watch. It's disgusting how much evil is out there!

[@NATHANIELJELKS-PLANEJANE-FAN]

Ya I Bought That Movie, That Movie Was Crazy, I Almost Couldn't Get Through It

[@angelcornell29]

This movie is base on a true story . The dad he played in the breakfast club its 70s or 80s movie ...

[@Mesiawhy]

Have you guys seen Room? It’s a similar story but really well done and an emotional roller coaster

[@littlesparrow303]

This is so insane!!! Can't believe this happened & I could never imagine a father having those lewd thoughts over a daughter. I'm surprised she was able to have 8 children without going to the hospital. I've seen families with 5 children.

[@shania991]

It’s because all didn’t survive he just kept whoever made it like it was really sad her first birth isn’t how it was in the movie she lost the first kid alone in the dark

[@littlesparrow303]

@@shania991 yeah 🥺 I did look up the true story after the reaction to see the differences

[@cinemacodey]

I just discovered your channel and scanned through your reactions 🤯. My mind is blown at the amount of vids you’ve done in a years time. I bow down to you. Lots of great content. I subscribed and can’t wait to have another reactor to binge watch.

[@Vashti_Online]

“Elisabeth was held captive in the basement for 24 years and forced to endure countless assaults and rapes from Josef. During her time spent in captivity, she birthed seven children - three who lived in the basement with her, one who tragically passed as a result of breathing difficulties, and the remaining three, who were taken to live upstairs with Josef, Rosemarie and Elisabeth's siblings, having been reported as abandoned babies. Over the course of these years, Josef would visit Elisabeth on an almost daily basis, providing food and carrying out his assaults. They were allowed a television, radio and cassette player, with Elisabeth teaching the children how to read and write. He threatened each of them by claiming they would be gassed if they attempted to escape (which was later proven to be an empty threat, as there was no gas supply to the basement).”

[@whereisCarmenSandiego]

I’ve been trying to guess where y’all are from because I love the way y’all talk… Is it a Boston accent? Or Jersey? I’m from North Carolina so I got that real country bumpkin accent. I love this channel because listening to y’all’s accent adds a different type of aesthetic to your videos. Keep up the good work guys, y’all are funny as shit 😅👏🙌

[@LaurennTay92]

“ Room” with Brie Larsen and Jacob Trembly is so good as well.

[@AdamPaulic]

your guys' channel is really good especially for movies like this where I want to watch them but i'm way too worried so I can just watch your guys' version, and commentary to lighten the mood. keep up the good work!

[@SlashinatorZ]

We should have gotten a sequel where it shows the trial , aftermath, the girls healing arc, & him answering for his crimes. There could also be a big flashback to when he locked his abusive mother in the attic. Maybe his mom could be played by Kathy Bates.

[@AFVfan1]

Great reaction. Also, I noticed you reacted to “The Breakfast Club” two weeks ago. INTERESTING FACT: Judd Nelson (who played Bender in TBC) also played the dad in this movie.

[@honeybee7879]

In the actual case she was held captive for 24 years, had 7 kids (2 died), and the mom raised three of them upstairs. Once she was freed she moved them all to a small town where the residents protected them from the press, and she eventually found love with her bodyguard.

[@morgaxc]

we watched this in my highschool class…i’ve never been so shook in my life

[@deboraholcot4630]

Hi guys this is based on the fritzel case in austria? But wen u see room they say the boy speaks like the 5yr old felix fritzel did and his description of the world he understood under the floor

[@luvvvv124]

Ugh stories like this leave me no hope for humanity. Like I don’t even want to bring kids into the world with the possibility of something like this happening to them.

[@riiinarose]

I hate that they made the mom look like she was suffering & sad & depressed the entire time …. Um no ? The story of Josef Fritzel is real & no the mom 100% believed him when Josef said she ran away to a cult she barely looked for her & she eventually gave up looking for her . Like that’s so fucking messed up that they twisted the story to make the mom look like a caring & loving mom she wasn’t .

[@AbernathyCreed]

I was so shocked to realize the older siblings look so much younger than their younger brother cuz living in the basement stunted their growth 😢

[@samanthaamador7998]

I suggested this...Now I feel bad. Lol This movie is absolutely the craziest lifetime movie I've seen. You chose the most twisted one out of the list I gave you. You're suppose to work up to it.

[@michaelaaa6615]

You guys should watch The Call if you haven’t already! Solid movie with Halle Berry.

[@Melissa-rb6ct]

That’s such a good movie too. Gets my heart pumping like crazy

[@LetsJustSeeIt]

I don't think I'd ever watch this movie. I'm struggling to watch you guys watch it. Thanks for doing the hard work.

[@packnetadaija]

There actually is a real true crime case that is just so sad and horrific, it’s called the case of Elizabeth Fritzel and she was kept in the basement and had 7 children with her father and was in this horrible condition for 30 years. It’s just so sad

[@JaimeCard]

Tell me why this just got recommended to me again, thus reminding me of this absolutely traumatic film? Will I rewatch? Maybe.

[@roooseerim7823]

I cant believe this is real… it makes me cry so much

[@chelsea7609]

This movie made me cry so hard the first time I watched it

[@Doctordier]

Seeing this a DAY AFTER I HEARD HE'S RELEASED NOW

[@brenindey1137]

The guy who was walking his dog, and saw the light signal, then 😠stupidly let the father know, I felt like throttling him , he grinded my shit. Tragic but brilliant movie!❤ And I love the song at the end of film. Stefanie Scott deserves an award for this film! Thank you Elisabeth Röhm for this tragic masterpiece!!!

[@Unversed333]

In real life, Fritzl had a tenant who owned a dog who would bark and jump around as if it sensed it.

[@emogf5554]

When I first watched this I was disgusted by the fact that her own dad did this to her smh

[@pweasenosteppy2657]

Craziest movie ever. Good on ya for watching it even if it was hard to watch

[@shelbygarcia91]

What a piece of crap.Joseph Fritzl was a Despicable human being. How the fuck can someone do that shit to someone else, especially their own child! I look at my kids and I would do anything to protect them. I can’t imagine how fucked in the head you have to be to look at any child in a sexual way. It’s disgusting.

[@wendysii9770]

You guys should watch “no one would tell” starting Candace Cameron and Ben Savage it’s such a good lifetime movie!

[@TheScream2023]

When she said I need help and fell into her arms I cried

[@viraan_m7782]

I love your reactions so much!! You always make my days better. Please, never stop to make videos 💚

[@benjamintriplett3]

Yeah this movie was seriously disturbing. I'm a horror movie fan and this was seriously more messed up than anything I've ever seen.

[@devauriyon9045]

this hurts my heart, just imagine same shit happening now we don't know about ..... sick fucking people

[@lizkt]

The guy had seven kids with his wife and then another seven with his daughter. He was abusive to all his children but especially his daughter. Even before she was locked in the basement he had been abusing her for years. His wife and all kids were afraid of him

[@kamithompson2770]

The girl in the basement is Steffani Scott (Lexi) from Ant Farm.

[@lisagemello688]

The real case is so much more severe... Like everyone else has said in the comments!! Y'all need to react to the real case.

[@faithmartin4180]

The only thing that they didn't put in the film is that she gave birth to 7 kids but 3 lived with her mom and she had a miscarriage. And it's worse when you find out that she was S'ad over thousands of times

[@joshcully1128]

I believe Mr ballen covers this story on his KZbin channel....shows actual pictures of that basement, incredibly sad

[@onlyamberrr9635]

9:41 😂😂😂 “why’d you pick this”

[@stephaniecason]

The only gripe I have with the movie is she was pregnant at year 14 and 17 but we only saw the stillbirth at year 17. It never explained what happened to the pregnancy from year 14. That confused me. But the real life story is even more wild than this. She had more kids than in the movie and the bunker he built to keep them in was insane! An absolute piece of filth! Also, if yall thought this was bad, try watching The Girl Next Door, the movie based on the real life case of Sylvia Likins. I've never watched it but I've heard it's brutal. A horrifying story for sure.

[@Wevar.Lavender]

The fact that all of this is real... It's fkn real...

[@ker9714]

This horrible excuse of a father, and all others like him, need to be forced through everything they've ever done to their victims 10 fold. It wouldn't even be a crime at this point if that poor girl killed him in self defense. What a monster. That poor sweet girl and her poor babies.

[@shade2138]

I can't watch a movie something like this, so I applaud you guys for doing it. It's so sad that things like this happens in real life and I do hope that with the advent of newer technology, stuff like these will be prevented easily. Elisabeth most have that strong mental fortitude to survive. If I were in that situation, I would've unalive myself for the first 3 months or go crazy. I do hope she's doing well nowadays, given her experience.

[@LewisGirls]

Yeah, this is based on a true story. I watched the video about the real thing yesterday. That's crazy!!!

[@morganhampton9908]

15:13 I was screaming and crying for Don to get his disgusting hand off of Marie.

[@em.415]

I saw this movie not knowing what it was about and it was so disturbing and hard to watch. The SA from the father caught me off guard.

[@Zaze1855]

Does anyone know if there’s interviews with the characters in the movie? I wanna know how they prepared up for this role. It must had been hard getting into character specially Don. If it were me I would cry before and after each scene shot.

[@superjackster0165]

I met Judd Nelson at a Comic Con a few weeks ago. Such a nice guy. But I was able to get him to talk about what it was like working on the film

[@iamsherlocked7448]

​@@superjackster0165 what did he say about that?

[@superjackster0165]

@@iamsherlocked7448 He told me about how he actually wanted the movie to be more like the real story. But everyone at the studio thought he was out of his mind and rejected his idea

[@violentlycreamy]

Josef Fritzl was beyond evil.

[@kaebee2443]

I almost threw up watching this movie. I cannot fathom this was real. So disturbing..I cried. I can’t imagine.

[@nicoladerricott7731]

I'm a new subscriber and I'm loving the content from you guys especially the true crime lifetime movies keep it coming you two its awesome 👍

[@Finlay-by5ef]

Mike you need to watch the movie 'room' if you liked this movie then you would love this one!!