The Smiling Man - Horror Short Film

[@mysterylovescompany2657]

I have genuinely never had my nerves this compromised by a short. I was completely uncomfortable throughout it, and every time the camera had his background out of frame for more than, like, not even joking, *1 second* at a time, I started to get really, really tense. Spectacular mastership of the craft; way to spin simple components to showstopping effect. Aaaaaaand Subscribed.

[@adrianrale]

Wow, thank you so much for your comment. I'm glad the effect I was going for, worked on you. You've brightened my day :) PS: You might like this one minute horror short film that we did in a one take: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l32xkKGDhL-gfrs

[@mysterylovescompany2657]

@@adrianrale thanks for the recommendation; you were right, I truly did! :-D

[@adrianrale]

@@mysterylovescompany2657 I'm glad you did! :)

[@ameennasar2583]

@@adrianrale Actually that one-take short film gave creeps to me than this one. That was short,but HORROR

[@adrianrale]

@@ameennasar2583 I'm glad you liked it! It was quite a challenge to do all of that in one take, but sooo rewarding!

[@jtreal]

Who else rewinded it after noticing the man standing there staring?!! I just wanted to see if he was there from the start, pretty creepy! 😱😱👍👍

[@paulxavier6532]

Haha, yep

[@speculativersecreations]

I think the girl at the beginning knew he was there

[@taracollins5597]

I almost thought the same thing! She seemed connected to him somehow. Yet if she was, what was the connection to the end? Was she actually NOT the next victim, despite the 'smiling man' from their date? Was her girlfriend actually the next victim? Maybe the girl....WHO SMILED A LOT....is the bait!

[@xcoproductions1703]

Every time the camera cut to the guy, I always jump!

[@taracollins5597]

Wow, this was really creepy! I agree with the others who say that when the camera was off 'the smiling man'.......even for a second...I was so freaked out! I especially like how you zoom the man/being back & forth...not just straight behind him. Made it MUCH more terrifying.

[@adrianrale]

Aw thanks for your amazing comment, Tara! I'm glad you found it spooky!

[@kavinprasath6457]

It is clearly understood that the old smiling man was somehow related to the guy and the Oldman must have gone missing so that's why the guy when he saw the Oldman he just followed him!

[@adrianrale]

Excellent analysis!

[@kavinprasath6457]

Thankyou

[@blubirdhill2608]

Excellent production value. I particularly appreciated the framing of certain shots, bravo!

[@adrianrale]

Thank you, Sordid Sam :)

[@adavega7427]

Well, the guy that we thought was the bad guy was really not... He just wants u to smile, in a weird way and stock on people 😂

[@paulxavier6532]

6:28 - whew...my blood pressure quickly dropped

[@wowsuddenlyigtg9439]

i’m telling you i rarely ever get scared at horror movies and the second this man stood up i yelled, this is so good i love it

[@adrianrale]

That might be the best comment for it so far. I'm glad it made you yell 😁

[@americanitalianisrael4008]

THIS IS THE BEST SMILING MAN SHORT FILM. LOVED IT.

[@siobhanlindelof595]

A man in the back, and he just stand at you, and he smile, and he moved, and he a creepy, don't trust this girl, okay.

[@kavinprasath6457]

Why does he have to follow that guy? Seriously! But it was very scary

[@taracollins5597]

I think it was because he 'was allowed' to see the man, finally. He had been sensing his presence all along, maybe for days (remember how he asked the woman if she'd ever sensed someone was following her, or staring at her)...I wonder how long the evil had been stalking him. But at the restaurant, I think the evil man revealed himself so the man ran out to confront him. Once outside, he figured the man had gotten away or that he was imagining things after all. But of course, he wasn't.....! I also wonder if the woman he was dating was involved in it somehow. Notice how she NEVER STOPS SMILING? She also keeps saying to him "Ooh turn around, someone is looking at you. Turn around!" as if daring him to see. The ending might have been the woman's female friend becoming the next victim instead!

[@rachel.0352]

Tried to watch this a few years ago and couldn't make it through so I'm back to try again.

[@designed_assassinations]

Dude all your films are so amazing. But this was of another level. You rock man!

[@anabelrosie1817]

Wow, this was genuinely creepy! This deserves more views and likes 😏

[@adrianrale]

Thanks so much, Angelysia :)

[@morerie]

am i the only one that found the first few minutes hilarious? like you look round and the guys just there smiling at them. like cmon guys he just wants attention. hes just lonely. hes just trying to see how long itll take for someone to notice him

[@DillonVibbart]

Such an awesome idea... This was genuinely creepy and suspenseful. Bravo 👏👏👏

[@adrianrale]

Thanks Dillon! Love your work btw!

[@theblackmark11]

I came here from the stand alone short you made for the My Rode Reel competition, this was even more unsettling, great job!!

[@MX.Unicorn1999]

The smiling man is triggering my fight only god complex response

[@ameennasar2583]

So,now this girl will be the smiling stalker and her friend will be the next and so on.....So where do these smiling stalkers actually live?I think there must be a haunted house in that alley.

[@Christina-bk2jy]

Maybe its like a possesion. If the one person gets the smiling stalker thing the person before is free or dissapears or something like that

[@ponygirl2203]

Wow. That was so surreal, almost dream like. It would make a pretty good full length. 👍👏😨😨🎶🎶

[@MichaelFrazierTube]

An admirable contribution to the Smiling Man cannon, genuinely unnerving, and wonderfully edited. That dippy song though, it could have been more integrated instead of constantly sudsing at the surface just to be annoying. Great work though!

[@adrianrale]

Thanks for your words, man!

[@Hellfire99]

This scared me!!!

[@BoricuaItaliana84]

Wtf why was that creepy guy just standing there and then smiling later he left and then was right next to him again and at the end the girls were talking like nothing and then the same guy came back was behind her just watching

[@julianlinsel4346]

Really well made. As a life long horror fan I think it's brilliant

[@intrepid7329]

This creeped me out so much! Awesome job!

[@Kababoyan]

I didn't know comedy and horror can be combined until i saw this video. The video left me with a smile on my face

[@agoslotter15]

AMAZING !!!!! I really liked it a lot

[@adrianrale]

Thanks! :)

[@vickimoran1349]

Excellent piece of horror ingenuity!

[@judymcgaugh6480]

The alleyways in this video looked like the same areas in another Smiling man video I watched, so they evidently shared the same filming back grounds, but it was different video production company. Wish you could have shown more of the Smiling Mans face up close.

[@vvvooo9413]

7:50 look behind

[@elfelaa8028]

This is so disturbing I love it

[@quentinenjalric3261]

it was so creepy i loved it guys, huge thank you!

[@nikhilm1060]

Brilliant! Loved it a lot, genuinely, scary!

[@adrianrale]

Thank you, Nikhil! Glad you liked it :)

[@greywithglasses]

Oh wow! Brilliant!!! Amazing ideas, keep it up.

[@adrianrale]

Thanks, buddy! I'm working on a few interesting projects currently, so stay tuned!

[@yougotgamesonyophone697]

4:36 I didn't even notice him until now

[@jermainemorton3752]

OK that was creepy I am absolutely have a great time watching Great job

[@luiscavalcanti3431]

The script is pretty smart but I’m not a fan of the atmospheric environment created along with the background sound and some other aspects and elements inserted along the way.... it is just a personal opinion Other than that, it’s ok

[@taniamcphelim6900]

Love this one

[@chanelbokeronmalaga]

Did you ever have that feeling that somebody is like 'Memrising' you? 😂😂😂😂😂 Hammer!!!! A ver cuándo subes el siguiente!

[@avasaunders9305]

The smiling man is so Creepy

[@losado8712]

The whole thing was really good but damn the first half was a horror master piece. Super simple yet amazing idea, translated to film perfectly.

[@kavinprasath6457]

7:30 the guy who was speaking with her at first is now sitting at back of her facing opposite direction

[@theblackalkemistmaat3212]

♥️ Now I'm paranoid

[@DireSamraw]

Loool the bar's name Really cool! It made me jump xD

[@adrianrale]

Glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@elia6559]

This is fire

[@nikkiekittie]

i almost had a heart attack honestly 😮

[@adrianrale]

I'm glad you survived 😉

[@donaldcampbell9219]

Nice

[@Karthedis]

I am really blind or to interested in the conversion, because I just saw the smiling man at 2:23 xD

[@adrianrale]

Which means that the conversation is hopefully engaging enough :)

[@Karthedis]

@@adrianrale It is. ;)

[@adrianrale]

@@Karthedis Das freut mich :)

[@Karthedis]

@@adrianrale Mich auch. :D

[@erdemsivahi4242]

do part 2 of smiling man

[@adrianrale]

I did a spin-off. It's in the description of the video :)

[@yelizdogan7303]

Can you do smiling man 2

[@adrianrale]

I did a little spin-off. It's in the video description. Have fun!

[@isabelfox5509]

So, ‘smile-stalking’ is more catching than Covid? 🤨

[@adrianrale]

Excellent observation! :D

[@isabelfox5509]

@@adrianrale Excellent vid, sir!

[@sentinelawakening2782]

LOVE ITTT!!!!!!!!

[@adrianrale]

Thanks, Gregory! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@grunlingjoshi5840]

Wow nice Video why you have not 1 mio subs

[@adrianrale]

Thanks! Und ja, das frage ich mich auch haha

[@Trump145]

Different, I don't really get it but I wouldn't have got up from the table to go chase after some guy going out the door when I'm sitting there with a good-looking woman.

[@824kobi]

Whole facts….. that was some weird shit I love females tf am I chasing after a whole guy?????…..

[@lauravignon3120]

Mega flippante

[@BooperDooper123]

so what happens at the end why does the dude at the start become the smiling man

[@eleishakennedy6632]

It might be contagious

[@BooperDooper123]

@@eleishakennedy6632 does the original smiling man like possess him or something

[@eleishakennedy6632]

@@BooperDooper123 Very likely. It might get passed on through touch as there was a close up of the guy touching the girl's hand and in the end she ended up having the smiling man in her back

[@BooperDooper123]

@@eleishakennedy6632 oh yea true

[@rickysanchez8709]

Keep it up! :-)

[@irfanzaman3317]

nice

[@فاطمةالخطيب-ح2ص]

Thisisfire

[@christabellevaz9848]

Did not scare me at all

[@astarsheran9788]

😶

[@Gabriel-oh7py]

😨

[@andreacabrera6887]

😨😨😨😨

[@lauremidnight391]

Por andar de metirosa me quitaron a kioneta Abad

[@seanstewart6893]

The killer standing in the background just wasn't menacing, he was just a old fat man,now if they made him like the Halloween guy or Fred Kruger, be better,or just a mask on can you not add a mask with computers, the n do that,be creepy ,re release it

[@taracollins5597]

I felt that was what made him scary.....the fact that he 'shouldn't' have been scary! He was just an ordinary man. Yet he clearly wasn't. Evil often disguises itself. That is why Tim Curry's Pennywise will always be scarier than Peter Skaarsgaard's....because Tim looked innocent & nonthreatening....until he didn't.

[@vickimoran1349]

Excellent piece of horror ingenuity!