The Splinter Monster Explained | Dangers of invasive species on local fauna | Lore and Physiology

[@RoanokeGaming]

Thanks for watching guys! I am still on that 4th channel grind if you want to listen to horror stories about quantum mechanics. Should have a video going live tomorrow if you want to check it out! kzbin.info/door/3rST8TvG4kLFzuHVYHy7Vw

[@Rqptor_omega]

Wait how is this 18 hours ago?

[@maxmad7641]

Love you roanoke keep doing what you do best my man, keeping me sane over quarantine :)

[@Rqptor_omega]

@Joe Curr as an Asian,I am offended

[@doyga5977]

Roanoke, you gotta play both "The Suffering" games, i believe that you will find the Malefactors of both games really interesting. PD: Both games are free since 2008

[@mastatheif9909]

This is a low budget movie???

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

The scariest part about the fungus is how it somehow manages to keep the host alive, meaning that Gas Station attendant was in a constant state of immense pain as the fungus contorts and moves his body in ways that it should not be moving in at all.

[@DTS214]

But what I don’t get if it eats the blood then how is he even alive without oxygen to the heart and brain? And seeing how bad it’s taken him why hasn’t it already eaten the lungs and reformed his head.

[@SPECTR_Eternal]

@@DTS214 the bigger-BIGGER problem with a creature like this is how blood infections work. Yes, there's Blood-Brain Barrier in our bodies, but how a person can keep its conciouss going when the body's blood itself is effectively transmitting the disease? People fall into coma and receive fatal brain damage with severe enough infections transmitting through blood, yet the dude is somehow alive enough in the head to call for a finishing blow? What would be much more likely is the guy getting so severely infected losing concioussness almost immediately, going into a pain shock and most likely never waking up again. If the Creature literally eats his blood out looking for Iron molecules, it'll be pumped across the body really damn quick by a heart that's racing on adrenaline after its body is brutally mauled. What organs receive "the most" blood? Brain, lungs, heart itself as it pumps it and stomach. AKA, the Creature would not start its way through the body from limbs, but from internal organs. Brain the most likely candidate. So ehhh, the design is solid enough to have fun with, but the trope of an infected person praying to get ended is sorta ruining it

[@Slender_Man_186]

The scariest fictional diseases are the ones that keep the victims alive. The Flood from Halo, this, and while not quite a disease, headcrabs from Half Life.

[@chrismeyers5963]

That's not uncommon though for parasites to be able to control and motorize a host. There's a few that do that to insects and it's pretty damn creepy when you really think about it.

[@chasemoneyfate]

AAAAAA I DONT WANNA THINK ABOUT THAT

[@nuclearshorts1243]

Everybody gangsta until the magnets start eating blood

[@LawrenceofCanadia]

For real. Should I torch my bottle of ferrofluid?

[@kgiron626]

No cap

[@Madz00000]

Hahahaha

[@Ediblebomb]

Lawrence Lowe NO!

[@bee5440]

Risotto!

[@Rick-jf2ig]

I like the use of Ferrofluid as a horror prop, always thought that stuff was creepy

[@discoverwhatsnext9835]

I know right? Pretty creative.

[@semicolon2716]

I wouldnt call it creepy, but really interesting. Kinda perfect for this movie

[@fan9775]

@@jeop133 I can think of one more.

[@last.atlantean]

@@fan9775 which other?

[@fan9775]

@@last.atlantean its the opposite. White and sticky.

[@thatonewolfguy]

This has to be one of my favorite "infective monster zombie" organisms. The spines really make the infected look disturbing. Like cordyceps, but nastier

[@corypowercat7277]

Scared the heck out of me.

[@gr0stex45]

Same, It's my favorite free "zombie" movie out there

[@TheMutatedChannel]

Scary for sure

[@JonTheVGNerd]

Scary yes, but the shaky cam was utterly overdone.

[@phunk8607]

yeahhhhhhhhhhhh 2023 Last of Us has enter the chat

[@creamofthecrop6743]

The thing: what are you? Splinter: I’m you but spikier

[@justsomeplantcells-]

An I can shoot spikes as well, further infecting more people!

[@D.V.McAwesome]

Also am dumb

[@ThatMouthyMerc]

With a more magnetic personality

[@bretdeshotel7598]

The thing was more intelligent and kinda like the flood from Halo taking peoples knowledge along with it, it wasn't animalistic.

[@kathrynwolfe2231]

You could say he's more...metal.

[@cthulhuchan9587]

God the effects in this movie was so damn good It’s an underrated horror classic for me

[@WiseSageBum]

Effects were great, but the camera was too shaky a lot of the time imo

[@Zack_Zander]

WiseSageBum They got a good idea for the movie, maybe even better if they have more budget

[@Hachiae]

all the way up until they show a close up of the black "blood" which is just ferrofluid

[@Incognito_Blazer]

@@Hachiae practical effects ftw lol

[@Hachiae]

@@Incognito_Blazer fair ill give you that

[@Thereal_cen]

"Wait, it's all fungi?" "Always has been"

[@RoanokeGaming]

Always has been, always will be!

[@reves3333]

​@@RoanokeGaming at this point you should just combine all your meme together and make "Burger King Foot Fungus Explained | why you should not put your feet in your mouth" and tell us what happen if sombody ingest fungi grew on human feet.

[@JM-dw5fu]

This is my favorite comment thus far

[@chimerical8746]

@@RoanokeGaming unless its [REC]

[@aethelheilm4820]

Looks more like ferrofluid

[@impulsivelad9715]

I like the ferrofluid and magnets as practical low budget effects

[@RoanokeGaming]

easy to make and looks creepy af!

[@KaiTheRedWarrior8244]

Yea

[@guikoi3101]

@@RoanokeGaming It's definitely something that people who work on movies should use more often! Practical effects look amazing, and even with just using ferrofluid as a guide to make CGI move like it does would look amazing! Ferrofluid is such a cool thing. It's an inky black liquid that moves, seemingly under its own power at first glance, and makes spike like protrusions along its surface! WHY IS THIS NOT USED MORE OFTEN!? Also, the idea of aliens feeding on iron and that being the reason they hunt living beings is so god damned COOL! God, I love when stuff just... makes sense in movies and games! Anyone who is making any form of media content, listen up! Have your shit make sense! Having your content make logical sense and satisfy the viewers both intellectually and emotionally is the best thing you can do! Don't be an idiot and say it only needs emotional satisfaction! Emotional satisfaction cannot come without intellectual satisfaction, otherwise it'd have no stakes and no one would care enough to be emotionally satisfied! Don't do a Disney Star Wars! Roanoke... Thanks, man. I very much enjoyed this video, and the look at how a fictional entity and/or entities function with a more objective eye. If the evidence says X, it's probably X, and if there's no contradictions then it makes sense. SCIENCE, HO!

[@Voidwielder]

That plus the sound design. Their sound guy was a genius, however he got those noises *shudders*

[@ferro9926]

what about me? (this is mere jest at how my name has 'ferro' in the name, please do not take me seriously(

[@LegDayLas]

So basically somebody saw some ferrofluid and though "I could make a horror movie out of that"

[@DekkarJr]

^

[@RelativelyBest]

I suspect the creator had this idea for making a horror movie based on splinters but didn't know how to make it work, considered making it a sort of fungus or mold, then found out about ferrofluid and it all fell into place. (Might have happened the other way around too.) As something of a writer, this is actually how I tend to get my best ideas - different small ideas suddenly merging into a larger, more interesting concept. I think the level of thought put into this organism suggests it was inspired by various things that meshed well, not _just_ "evil spiky twigs" or "liquid iron."

[@LordTankian0]

Probably did because as a kid I always thought it looks like it would make for a cool zombie Infection. Except I thought the fluid would be it's own entity and be able to move around.

[@Alienboi2005vidsandstuff]

^

[@Noobie2k7]

Makes sense to me. It's a great way to create new interesting horror movie monsters. Just have a look at some of the cool scientific discoveries and tools and take your pick.

[@cthulhluftagn3812]

Considering the infected are still aware and in pain, I think the fungus dosent touch the nerves, instead it collects in muscles and uses those with no regard for neurons. This would mean your still aware as your own muscles crush bones and joints trying to move in ways a body really isn't meant to..

[@__-tp4tm]

I'd guess there are less painful transformarions into Zombies - most are dead by the poimt they completely turned, this could potentially torture you for months if not years.

[@hydrogenone6866]

People made fun of how lame it was when the aliens in 'war of the worlds' died from a plague well look who's laughing now

[@neonthepartycat4990]

No they called in their back up. Now who's laughing. >->

[@adamgray1753]

Elon Musk, @@neonthepartycat4990, that is who is laughing... as he rapidly finalizes his space ship to Mars leaving the rest of us behind to fend for ourselves.

[@whateversgoinonhere6427]

@@adamgray1753 plot twist! Mars is inhabited by a more dangerous species and infectipus virus with a 100% lethality rate!

[@myraligma6137]

@@whateversgoinonhere6427 wtf is infectipus

[@adamgray1753]

Just a typo, @@myraligma6137, I am sure.

[@yeetnightmusic7640]

“He has a bad case of CDS. Can’t do.... Crap” - Roanoke gaming 2020

[@theokayishgamer]

@Bobby Derran Oh boy. Can't say a simple word...i mean i get Roanoke not saying it, because YT's demonization hammer is wild and furious, but you have no excuse.

[@theworstcatholic7247]

@Bobby Derran Apparently it doesn't work for him XD.

[@winxclub998wizardmaster]

or CDS=cant do shit

[@duckmeat4674]

@Bobby Derran cant do shit

[@AgentSquiddy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp6bXmZmnq-dfbM

[@euphoriafilmworks]

I was part of the crew for this film way back in college (a lowly PA, but still!); cool to see it still being talked about, as I remember being really impressed by the cast, crew, set, and overall final product as a wannabe-filmmaker. Some of the scenes with the monster came out particularly well done, especially considering the backyard-DIY-ish way some of it was accomplished.

[@raaston9761]

was the effects for the blood done with magnets and ferrorfluid

[@RralRonaldo]

proof

[@alfsleftnut9224]

Question: why is the camera so shakey when the monster is on screen?

[@Jorbinkles]

@@alfsleftnut9224 if I were to guess, most likely a film/ angle method that is supposed to enhance the viewers perception of just how erratic and crazy the monster and situation itself is. I imagine those scenes would be less effective if the camera was steady the whole time.

[@jestyo0o]

Do you still do filmmaking?

[@edryu9688]

Just wanted to put this out there Roanoke, I don't think the organism is affecting the nervous system to move the body, as it's able to pull on the body to the point of breaking joints and snapping bones. I think instead the organism itself it controlling the body, probably like a hydrolic system inside the vascular system.

[@Araneus21]

I'd say it can create it's own hydraulic system by using part of itself to create tubes and the rest to be the liquid inside those tubes, it's smart enough to connect pieces of other organisms via spikes, so...

[@oldleatherhandsfriends4053]

@@Araneus21 Hive mind kind of thing. Many tiny critters doing things for the greater good. Just like how our bodies work.

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

@@oldleatherhandsfriends4053 superstructure meat mechs Human race The Outside

[@camojoe83]

Yeah, well.. gamerboi is stupid and probably never watched the movie anyway.

[@drakewingcopperheart2533]

I could just hijack the muscles and act as neurons, or perhaps simply provide electric triggers to the muscles it wants to use

[@jubjubxan]

I saw this movie when I was around 10 years old and it scared the hell out of me. For a B horror film this was so well done its shocking it wasn't more popular honestly.

[@joshuagross3151]

Sharknado kinda ruined the SciFi Channel's reputation for producing good creature features. Too bad, they have a lot of good 90's flicks.

[@joshuagross3151]

@@dragonballandhonkaiimpact1022 Nor should you. It's crap now.

[@penguinsrockrgr8yt216]

“Who chooses a biology degree anyways” - a biology major

[@RoanokeGaming]

Those freaking nerds...oh no

[@sanguineregis5354]

I feel called out

[@deathserpent9747]

Try being an art major. Everything is so damn expensive

[@maldnfndnsndnd6690]

@@deathserpent9747 sooooo fucking true

[@skeletonking2588]

@@RoanokeGaming I was actually pursuing a path of biology for the love and interest in animals. After seeing your stuff, I did it for admiration and determination aswell!

[@theonefrancis696]

Underrated movie and creature. I mean, it's literally "the thing" with spikes but it felt somewhat innovative.

[@cyrusmuller6502]

Idk about the thing because it’s not really thinking like the thing could its like resident evil

[@NotSaddamHussein]

the things is biological monster that wants to "consume and replicate" all living tissue, using high level of intelligence to become a doppleganger to lure its victims. This mold, is, as said in the video, most likely just a space mold that wants to eat minerals, specifically iron, deep underground. problem is, 35% of earth is iron.

[@marialund7438]

The thing consumes and duplicates on a cellular level, perhaps even on atomic level, right down to a victims mannerisms and memories - most people and creatures don't even know, that they have been consumed by the thing, unless the main thing had a need for them. There is no limit to all the worlds, species and planets I have all ready consumed and replicated. Besides I could produce spikes and splinters too if I wanted to, so don't even start to compare us. But yeah, the events and the organism from Splinter made an awesome addition to our arsenal and memories, and the true events some humans captured and edited in a piece of art or me, is highly regarded and appreciated and considered among some of our preferred pieces of human art. .

[@informationyes]

@@marialund7438 The thing replicates and replaces each cell so a victim wouldn't know there cells are being over taken in there body as its happening due to the thing cells functioning as normal but when the brain is finally taken over the person will die as their cells are now all replaced by thing cells and no human cells remain so nothing of the person remains, the thing is merely using the form it takes over until its needs change

[@marialund7438]

@@informationyes That is not entirely accurate, the brain and body of my puppets will continue to function as long as I see it fit - as a matter of fact, I can keep any species alive for as long as I want to, even for trillions of years - even if this puppet is severely damaged, since I am capable of eating and duplicating matter on an atomic level - so if it's a creature I hold dear that is harmed, I will all ways repair it. After all I am the primordial ooze man (or woman if you like) the sentient protoplasm, from which all life emerged.

[@Smoses1993]

this was what the movie was called! i remember this terrifying me as a kid for some reason, made me paranoid of my surroundings near gas stations when i was little

[@RoanokeGaming]

and nobody would blame you

[@monarch554]

Your armor should resist this thing tho, probably~

[@jmsgridiron5628]

Same honestly didn't know the name of it

[@kubikkuratko188]

I think you should be always wary

[@B1tchyW1tchy]

I watched this on netflix recently i cant remember what it was called but they must have changed the name for netflix

[@ezstudioz7]

Gotta admit. These parasite/infection horror movie videos are one of my favorite series on youtube.

[@donjreyoung]

The director and writer: It's a monster from the unknown with no goal other than it wants to killll Roanoke: Lemme tell you about your underground alien mineral hunter

[@crapparc]

Ah, yes, the H.P. Lovecraft copout. Don't get me wrong, I like Lovecraft but I always felt that the entire "It's something you can't describe" was pretty lazy. Likewise the writer/director's explanation for the Splinter creature.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

@@crapparc have you actually read Lovecraft? Because the majority of his stories are descriptive. Most are about actual extraterrestrial species with defined bodies, defined architecture, and defined behaviors.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

@@crapparc only things I can think of are color out of space, because it’s something you can’t describe that’s the point. The music of Elric Zan maybe? Cause it’s sound that cant be described. Otherwise Lovecraft is EXTREMELY descriptive. It’s all from the main characters pov describing it to the best of their ability. But saying Lovecraft is lazy cause he does the “cant describe” cop out is just not true and insulting to the stories he’s created.

[@crapparc]

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 No, I never read the massive leatherbound, gold-embossed Necronomicon edition on my shelf. Ass.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

@@crapparc then how could you misrepresent him so poorly?

[@Lazarou101]

I saw this movie once on tv like 8 years ago and couldn't for the life of me remember what it was called!!!!

[@RoanokeGaming]

Glad to help!

[@REDIMSAME]

Same

[@Slurpified]

Really? I happened to catch it like a thousand times on SciFi since I was young. Cool movie.

[@Lazarou101]

@@RoanokeGaming Love your stuff dude, some of the most fun yet educational stuff on KZbin! Btw would you be willing to do an organism-off between this and The Thing?

[@FOXHOUND-qy1ft]

Dude same after all this time I found it

[@Leaglestalon]

great job covering this rather obscure movie monster. So surprised this has never gotten a sequel it is terrifying simple and dangerous

[@Madenoak]

While I agree it is great the sequel would have been low quality shlock turned out for quick cash.

[@scrumdiddily6162]

Yeah it’s an awesome movie, really disturbing

[@neroham93]

It's original and creative hollyhell ain't doing that right now

[@wcd76118]

Someone should contact the film division of Netflix ....I bet they could produce a decent sequel......

[@Bluesit32]

Sometimes it's best left to the imagination.

[@zedkillerbros5685]

Oklahoma man here. This movie is just a casual day.

[@Cheese479]

Oklahoma man as well here. But what tf do you mean

[@sovietpierogi69]

Also from Oklahoma But what do you mean

[@shygun3656]

Does that mean locals and campers always disappear and random fungi aliens always run around in the woods lol

[@booqueefious2230]

@@shygun3656 occasionally

[@zedkillerbros5685]

@@sovietpierogi69 You know, the mushroom aliens

[@darkwowplayer]

Fantastic analysis of the monster. I'm actually writing a novel about an alien parasitic lifeform with many similarities to the ones in Dead Space and hope that one day channels like yours will be analyzing it!

[@Dorelaxen]

This was such a cool movie. The characters make smart decisions, the monster was interesting, and I was genuinely squicked by the arm amputation scene (and I NEVER get squicked anymore by damn near anything). Wish more horror movies were like this.

[@RoanokeGaming]

I liked how the smart guy actually DID something. It was a pleasant surprise when he analyzed the creature and didnt immediately die!

[@Thundarr995]

Ok now I'm gonna have to watch it. I wanna see if I get squicked. I never get grossed out over gory stuff.

[@Mastervading4306]

@@Thundarr995 sooo....were you squeamish?

[@joeygaming4702]

@antiami it has to be done, for science.

[@oneeyedking7465]

Honestly, Magnet has some of the BEST unknown horror / monster movies

[@guilhermedalmolinpereira7812]

Didn’t think you’d cover this movie but I’m glad you did. It’s one of my favourite low-budget horror movie

[@gummichi2235]

: 0 same!!! I’ve been hoping he’d do this movie forever as it’s also one of my favorites. Absolutely adore this movie

[@mattcrooks6232]

Agreed! I thought this was fantastic!

[@Madenoak]

Agreed, this movie is really well thought out and just a blast to watch. Also the zombies are really unique itself.

[@LeebThatsCanned]

Bruh you profile picture is the helacopter dude from ra ra rasputin

[@guilhermedalmolinpereira7812]

Its a Zaku Yes, indeed it is...

[@adamfleetwood3980]

Towards the start of the film the couple drive past a construction sign which talks about digging in the area and the camera lingers, heavily hinting at the idea that the splinter fungus was released from some underground hole or cave, not from space

[@X1M43]

It's been a while, but I think the sign even mentioned that it was an experimental site. Narrative conservation of detail, and the tendency of monster flicks to conflate any kind of experiment with recklessly dangerous hubris, suggest this thing came from underground.

[@ShiftyMcGoggles]

@@X1M43 which reminds me that, I think recently, they discovered a cave system under some salt flats that hasn't seen the light of day for millennia, including fresh oxygen...And inside was a thriving biosphere of microbial life. Creepy.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@ShiftyMcGoggles I've read about that back in middle school, I think it was discovered like 20 years ago

[@RequiemPoete]

That still begs the question, is it a terrestrial mold, or was it buried deep in a meteor and survived reentry and was buried for God knows how long?

[@francisharkins]

This also adds into the fact of how its diet is most likely Iron and it seeks out living hosts outside of its previous environment. Since it would probably grow and feed on rich underground Iron veins and minerals, possibly with a similar method of breaking it down and growing splinters to burrow through rock easier or possibly take control of underground Fauna to bring them to another rich deposit of Iron/minerals well feasting on the natural Iron inside a host to sustain itself well it is being brought to a new feeding ground and spread itself insuring the survival of its species.

[@Alexanderthegreat159]

I remember watching this as a kid and it creeped me the hell out. One of the few Syfy channel movies that actually did not want to see it again

[@graphkid]

Honestly, this movie was so good. I really wish it had a sequel. It’s a shame that it never got a part two because imagine what would happen if something like this hit a major city how would people come together and face? It would be like an extinction level event, similar to resident evil.

[@tobyandahalf]

i need this movie to be remade with a better budget and better writing

[@hydrogenone6866]

Want to hear a Joke, Two aliens are talking about a desolate planet Earth... The first alien asks : " How did all the humans die?" The second alien says : *"They used so much toilet paper they wiped themselves out."*

[@AmericanAppleProd]

XD

[@aguyunderabridge.8794]

Oh god. Immagine if all humanity ever contributes to the galaxy is that before we died, some douchebag alien took our puns and spread it like an STD among the other aliens lol

[@gabrieluribe-rives417]

This joke would have been funny but let's face it, aliens blocked us from the Universal Server and put Earth on a Temp Ban. They know we are not necessary for the universe.

[@-Big_Big]

"it goes after heat!" "Lets cool me down!" "... why dont we take a charcoal bag and lighter fluid and chuck it out there on fire.... i can wait"

[@JinxeBlaq]

Eeeeeey fellow Annus!

[@friendlyfoe8982]

@@JinxeBlaq fellow what?

[@patches3555]

@@friendlyfoe8982 you wouldn't get it

[@friendlyfoe8982]

@@patches3555 I was making a what is it because it doesn't exist anymore joke

[@alesbianhotmess]

@@friendlyfoe8982 idk i feel like they were making a joke using that one meme of joker smoking but i could be wrong lmao

[@djfanboyLIVE]

VERY rarely does a horror actually make my skin crawl. This is one of those rare times.

[@bigfatha5120]

Only bc that shit looks gross and would be painful

[@bigfatha5120]

Twigs coming out of your skin then like your twitching idk I never watched the movie but from this brief glance it looks pretty damn painful

[@benthomason3307]

I see what you di there

[@jacobmays9103]

Idk this wasn’t that bad compared to human centipede or hostal, tusk

[@jademoon7938]

The sea pangolin snail makes itself an iron rich gel over its shell, and the amphipod hirondellea gigas makes itself an aluminum shell, both use sediment and chemical reactions. So it's not unheard of for animals to use metals in ocean sediment to build protective shells. Just incredibly rare.

[@eggyem638]

this is one if my absolute favorite movies, there's just something about the sfx that is just so very chef's kiss

[@brightblue6184]

This movie scared me senseless when I was a kid. I'm glad your covering it here.

[@RoanokeGaming]

Happy to cover it man! now watch it as an adult since youre braver haha

[@Byggherren]

Yeah dude. It was just something about this movie that freaked me out, usually didn't have a problem with zombie/horror movies.

[@brightblue6184]

@@Byggherren I think it was that these things would move their bodies in such an unnatural way, to the point that they would even break their own bones. The spikes covering them was just the icing on the cake.

[@v1tr1us2]

I remember watching this on Sci-Fi way back as a kid. It’s definitely a hidden gem and the effects held up great too

[@thatsplinter]

I legit didn't know this movie existed until today. The effects are so good, I thought the movie came out recently!

[@jamiehess5274]

Same could never find it and here it is

[@kennethcarpenterii7636]

Way back in the day? Bahaha this movie ain't that old dude

[@thatsplinter]

@@kennethcarpenterii7636 This movie came out when I was 11. So to me it feels like it's an old movie... But yes, I realize it's not actually that far back 😂

[@kennethcarpenterii7636]

@@thatsplinter fair enough

[@BigPapaKaiser]

As someone who had sea urchin's spikes through my foot at one point... This whole video had me fidgeting uncomofrtably x)

[@KillerofGods]

Did you kill the sea urchin in retaliation?

[@BigPapaKaiser]

@Stock Name I was x) Turns out those rubber/fabric light boots I got for diving did NOT protect against urchins.

[@Gogglesofkrome]

@@BigPapaKaiser I can only imagine how much worse it would have been without shoes on

[@IGot7RevtinyArmyStayOnceBlink]

Teknodiktator I’m so sorry this happened to you. I can’t imagine what you went through.

[@brysonfields2284]

Aren't some sea urchins extremely poisonous??

[@megalenz3262]

I saw this movie in the hospital while recovering from near fatal blood loss. I used to work in horror films and I thought this was outstanding! It's hard for me to get the creeps from movies but this one really fascinated me with the jiggles. The body contortions were very effective and the whole concept was horrifying.

[@bradymenting5120]

"recovering from near fatal blood loss" "used to work in horror films" it sounds like these things are related, were you a stunt double in a slasher flick?

[@maedhyne]

Finally! I've seen this movie as a kid and was looking for it for quite some time now.

[@adamhebert5365]

"Who chooses a biology degree anyway?" Hit me in my soul.

[@theblackbaron4119]

*Critical Hit!*

[@coolbeanz1683]

Knockout!

[@Araneus21]

Yeah, because learning how life itself works and what mechanisms it uses is pointless and has no use... right

[@pokumoku2092]

hurt

[@alexz.8302]

Who chooses a degree at all?

[@SomeScruffian]

10:40 Big props to the FX team using ferrofluid (iron particles floating in water/solvent). When ferrofluid is near magnets, it forms those shallow spikes when it trys to reach the magnetic source.

[@sirsavagethe21st56]

FINALLLLLY I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS MOVIE TO BE COVERED FOR YEARS IT'S UNDERRATED AS HELL AND NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT MORE.

[@lorddemonoss3945]

😏 This should have had a part 2 years ago. I really enjoyed it. I own the DVD.

[@RoanokeGaming]

Theres a part 2?

[@lorddemonoss3945]

@@RoanokeGaming no. I heard it was on paper but nobody took it.

[@lorddemonoss3945]

@@RoanokeGaming there was gonna be one for dog soldier. But conflicts in the team killed it.

[@Fembro]

Thank you for reminding me this movie exists. One of my favorite lesser known horror movies. It’s not entirely original but it’s executed so well.

[@aldrichdevourerofgods7630]

Ah yes, a classic “completely random Syfy channel movie that i saw once and think about every day since i was a child”

[@katydid4929]

I would wake up randomly with the tv on some dumb movie and I would just watch whatever was on....I think about Sand Shark way too much.

[@ThwartAbyss54]

i know this is FOUR! months old but for me this movie is The Bone Snatcher XD

[@omivnr3858]

Omgggg same here lol

[@roadkill1827]

Pretty cool that they used ferro fluid as the metabolic waste.

[@TheEddiefiend]

There's a game called cataclysm:dark days ahead that has a thing called the blob that is described to be very similar to this mold.

[@mantassimonis415]

I was watching sseth's review few dalys ago it was first thing i thought of when saw the title.

[@TheEddiefiend]

@@mantassimonis415 That's also where I heard of it lol

[@loteanloris9407]

Though with the aggression turned up to a thousand as your immune system can fight off a wound from the blob creatures in that game.

[@cryamistellimek9184]

In that game the blob creatures are honestly the least of your worries.

[@VladimirDemetrovIlyushin]

@@cryamistellimek9184 There's also hostile sentient plants and fungal life from space, and then there's lovecraft creatures jumping from different dimensions to make your life hell.

[@nextcaesargaming5469]

Personally, my money is on this thing being a bio-weapon. I can imagine ET dropping it onto our world just to see what it does. Though, I like your theory, too.

[@galpalaven7439]

I have been binging this channel throughout my work days for the past like two weeks and I gotta say, as a writer, it is INSANE to see someone go through and put this amount of thought into monsters, especially since - if the writer is like me - it’s likely that there isn’t always THIS level of scientific thought going into the design. The way it CAN be scientifically thought out in so many of these cases, even when sometimes it’s likely that the design was “looks cool and can make it for cheap” is so insanely cool.

[@DuskAzura]

Why was there never a sequel to this? Such an underrated movie

[@974cerebrate]

Not enough money I suppose

[@frost3193]

Not enough ratings i guess

[@BlackGoldSaya]

Not enough reason I reckon

[@TACTIK00L]

Not enough of drip🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bigmetalmanboyoooo7502]

I’m Not enough

[@paxmorgana]

Your reasoning is mostly solid, but there's one thing you overlooked: The splinter mold's main prey is Dwarves. Space Dwarves. They dig too deeply and too greedily, they are constantly making stuff out of metal, and they eat rocks which may contain iron for breakfast.

[@justsomeguy_yt3425]

That makes sense to me

[@Tengu125]

Obviously.

[@MasterGamer12234]

Rock An' Stone!

[@jimboringo9958]

I AM A DWARF AND IM DIGGING A HOLE

[@erikho6936]

@@jimboringo9958 DIGGY DIGGY HOLE

[@sciencoking]

The visuals of this movie were top notch. Kudos to the effects crew

[@CuppaV2]

seeing those fingers snap back was just the right amount of cozy

[@amanibob1416]

"If it's hostile... You kill it." Spartan, (from the Metro series).

[@derekmensch3601]

Hunter specifically

[@amanibob1416]

@@derekmensch3601 Yes, but it's still applicable to the original book/game as a whole, rather than just being "this un' guy's quote". Awesome quote/perfect rule of engagement.😐👍

[@derekmensch3601]

@@amanibob1416 I only ever remember hunter saying it. In both the book and the game. Its an awesome quote

[@amanibob1416]

@@derekmensch3601 You are correct, only Hunter said it in the game... Still, it's still the classic "pragmatic vs coin toss" dilemma/theme of both the book(s) and the games, (all three games have good/bad/neutral narratives). In short: "If you destroy the threats, you win, but at what cost and what will remain of your soul/morality?" So yeah as far as I can recall, (and I went through the whole game yesterday for funzies), only Hunter said that quote, but it's like "with great power(s)comes great responsibilitie(s)" and "do, or do not... There is no *try* ". You don't need the entire neighborhood to parrot Uncle Ben/Master Yoda for the messages/meanings to be blatant/potent as fu*k... The guy isn't nicknamed/called *Hunter* for subtlety's sake! 😁 Edited spelling.

[@derekmensch3601]

@@amanibob1416 I've played all three games and read the books. They're great. I was just correcting originally because it looked like you were quoting "Spartan" and not specifically hunter. Who had said it

[@drbonerstein8411]

Whenever I watch these videos I can't tell if all this is just a bunch of coincidences or if all these movies do all this research.

[@RoanokeGaming]

When I first started this channel, I didnt think as much thought went into it as it appears it does. Seems like things just add up too much ya know?

[@drbonerstein8411]

@@RoanokeGaming It really does make me respect these movies so much more.

[@urban_explorer-pk6ob]

I Believe The universe is just so diverse there will always be something to compare to

[@DerpsWithWolves]

All of the adaptations shown by the substance, including the seeking of metal to construct more of itself, the generation of hardened weaponized spikes, overt aggression, and a simple target profile based on temperature could also fit with a synthetic origin. Rather than a mold, it may well be a form of nanomachine intended to bring about ecological collapse. A ferrofluid-like composition that was somehow perfectly adapted to survive exposure to the vacuum of space and radiation for millions of years as well as re-entry conditions (*despite being killed by fire*) is highly improbable, and inconsistent. Alternately, it may have been intended for some other purpose, such as asteroid mining via scouring the iron from the stone and collating it for collection, and is simply trying to fulfill its directive after being accidentally introduced to a biosphere with ferric-blooded creatures. It may simply employ their flesh as connective material the same way it may have once used rock, perhaps explaining why it deliberately breaks the bones of its hosts; in an attempt to fissure the rock it inhabits to permit movement. This origin could explain how the substance was able to withstand exposure to the environment of space. Or, back to the weapon theory, it was deliberately seeded in some kind of protective capsule. In either case, it may represent a 'grey goo' Apocalypse, limited by the materials which the machines seek out to replicate with.

[@vee1267]

Your explanation for the weird splinter-thing kind of reminds me of the Protomolecule from The Expanse

[@DerpsWithWolves]

@@vee1267 Now that you mention it, yeah... That was probably in my head.

[@bishopfrost3844]

you might be right (about the metal part) in the beginning the camera focuses on them driving past a oil experimentation field or something along those lines implying they made something or they simply dug too deep.

[@DerpsWithWolves]

​@@bishopfrost3844 Yeah, maybe it is terrestrial in origin. A fair bit too different from life on Earth to be natural, but I could buy the escaped mining prototype plotline about as well as an alien robot plotline. Mostly I think the guy in the movie calling it a 'mold' is scared tunnel vision on his part because that's what he knows and studies.

[@sudodski]

"It's spiky so it's not a mushroom."

[@projectkepleren]

the scariest part is how with how you explained the movie. it suddenly not only make sense, it is perfectly plausible

[@gasaiyuno6021]

Wow, I really loved your analysis. So it was just trying to get iron and wanted nothing to do with us, and we humans and animals are just unlucky to get in its way. That's so cool and really puts a new perspective on the film.

[@penguinsrockrgr8yt216]

This reminds me of the infection in the outbreak event in rainbow six siege you should react to some of that footage and do a breakdown

[@RoanokeGaming]

Ive heard of it, but never played it, I may have to check that out!

[@penguinsrockrgr8yt216]

Roanoke Gaming It was taken away as it was a timed event but there are mods on pc for it to be put back in and there is footage on it all over the Internet As well as a sequel game being released either this or next year

[@6321magic]

You can still see gameplay. Also a stand alone of the game is coming out called “Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Quarantine”

[@joeykill7553]

That dose reminds me of that shit it also made me get lion on that game

[@SuperDreadnaut]

@@RoanokeGaming Cant wait to see you review the monsters on Outbreak!

[@JunkyardGod]

The trope of the nerd going hardcore mode in horror movies is my favorite.

[@iiEco-Ryan3166]

Dude, yet another amazing video, everywhere from just your voice to the way you explain these things. Keep it up, man!

[@bussy420]

Sea urchin: What are you? The splinter: I'm you but on land

[@Aaron-hf5or]

Aren’t you spelled with an h??

[@hisshoota]

"Evolution hit us a lil late but we got here."

[@criticalthot4179]

Splinter is one of the most creepy and best jump scares movies, off all time, I hope there is a part 2 someday.

[@skywolfzz]

For Dennis being a criminal he sure as hell had a redemption at the end

[@MrPyrohand]

They shot this movie at the abandoned gas station on 63rd I remember them shooting it as a kid

[@CrazyDutchguys]

was it abandoned because the attendant suddenly went missing? If yes, probably stay away from the woods

[@MrPyrohand]

That is a valid point😂 it’s on 63rd and sooner in Oklahoma

[@euphoriafilmworks]

I worked on this film as a PA back in college: the 12-14 hour nights in the middle of an Oklahoma summer were rough, but damn if it wasn't awesome to work on.

[@MrPyrohand]

That would have been so much fun! Small world after all lol, I had finally figured out which movie it was a couple weeks back so I took my gal to the old gas station before we watched it she thought it was pretty cool lol nostalgia is bliss

[@euphoriafilmworks]

Yeah, it really was a cool experience as the first "big Hollywood production" I had worked on. Watching the gas station get "blown up" on the final night of shooting was icing on the cake!

[@duskbringer4583]

So... It is like Cordyceps fused with Rabies, with hint of Venom Symbiote. Got it. ...Now when I think of it, it does look like a Klyntar.

[@theexchipmunk]

Nope, does not need to be that complex. Parasitic true slime mould is enoubth of a explanation. It shows everything one of those giant amoeba can with the addition of going after animals and pupating them instead of just slowly covering and dissolving funny and decaying matter. Hell this thing could probably exist in reality to a certain degree.

[@TitanJonkler]

My friend once thought of an idea about Splinter Virus merging with Carnage

[@ธนาเดชศุภนัทนพร]

@@theexchipmunk Bu Giving off small Electricity in Neurons?

[@Kipptune-RBLX]

All these horror survival movies are gonna make me wanna write an entire survival guide

[@lorrr_enzo]

#1 Stay away from everything and everyone not trustworthy. #2 always leave 1 bullet for yourself

[@Kipptune-RBLX]

@@lorrr_enzo #3: Stay away from civilization and learn to farm

[@theobserver200]

@@lorrr_enzo i love the 2nd one, I would take that at the first second of the story.

[@whiteface513abandonedchann8]

#4: Don't check that thing you just ran over. Get the fuck out of there right now

[@godzillakaijuboy]

Ironically, the couple who goes camping at beginning of the movie are the only characters that we see to survive

[@ai-go9yh]

There was a sign at the beginning of the movie about experimental oil extraction point. It's probably not alien but simply came from underground with the oil.

[@eamonnoleary3101]

Roanoke : "Who chooses a biology degree ?" Me , studying biology to become a surgeon : Is this a challenge ?

[@MoodyF0X]

Lol tell me when you become a surgeon ok?

[@wisewisdomtooth]

This would be a pretty cool worldwide epidemic movie

[@theaveragegamer7221]

Roanoke's talk about the lion fish made me think of this. Lion Fish: *Gets released into an unknown environment* SCP Foundation: This is an XK-class containment breach.

[@Marco-bp4nt]

Nerd

[@theaveragegamer7221]

@@Marco-bp4nt Damn straight

[@pitbullranger]

I got the impression from the signs indicating oil drilling in the area and the oily by product it secreted that the organism came from deep in the earth, released by the drilling, not from an extraterrestrial source. That’s just what I felt the film was alluding to with those details, but that was just my impression.

[@Anon_Spartan]

I love the sudden stop at the end of each video.

[@darkreflection9087]

In all honesty this movie is underrated I actually want a sequel

[@robmoney4life]

Same

[@VisceralCarbon]

God I remember watching this movie on the SiFi channel years ago, it was pretty good watch.

[@RoanokeGaming]

Back when SiFI channel was bae

[@bughuntwilson5937]

@@RoanokeGaming Back when SiFi was still SiFi those were the good old days also will you do the sandworms for dune

[@smiley4995]

Back when SiFi was actually for science fiction lol

[@LavaLiveLava2]

its actually the "Sci-Fi" channel, science fiction. i thought it was stupid of them to "respell" it in 2012. this was back when a lot of older franchises were trying to appeal to the "swag yolo dawg dubstep skrill" trends at the time. Now its spelled SY-FY like some moron didnt know it stood for SCIENCE FICTION. Which perfectly fit the erra of other morons not understanding LONG STANDING LOGICAL TRADITIONS in pop culture. In conclusion, pretend obama never happened, dont trust your government, and keep yourself educated, otherwise it will be easy for stupid people to keep making life shittier for everyone else, while calling it progress.

[@benny_lemon5123]

Ah, this movie is so good! Everything! The story, the writing, the idea, the effects! I love how well it's seemed to have aged. The effects still hold up! Thank you for covering this 👍

[@samanthacarpenter3336]

This is a standout horror movie that stuck with me after watching it as a teenager. It’s really a testament that great horror films don’t always need a big budget if the story is written well, and your actors are just decent enough to believe their character portrayal. Plus there’s no beating a good horror movie monster, a classic monster of the week type that performs perfectly as an adversary to our human characters. It speaks to our humanity, and the will to survive.

[@Bluesit32]

It's a disturbing thought. Not only does it take over your body, it leaves your mind intact for as long as the infection doesn't go into your brain and end you...or cut off any blood from getting there. Not only that, it isn't too fussed about moving your body in ways it wasn't meant to move.

[@guardian3383]

Thought this movie was a fever dream I had years ago I guess it was a real movie

[@Flourikum]

It doesn't help that it aired on Scy-Fy after it turned into a garbage channel that lost all its horror elements.

[@redohealer2]

@@Flourikum even their movies were just....no

[@Flourikum]

@@redohealer2 fun fact this movie aired for several hours throughout the first week because of it causing a massive viewership spike. Oh and the whole reason horror movies were taken away was caused by Hostel airing to early at night -_-

[@FemkjeMW]

Some movies really do that lol

[@JATOclowncar]

Man, this is the kind of creature that got a special feature in my nightmare.

[@challenger398]

in terms of the ferrofluid, take a look at all the "splinters", theyre black. pitch black. just like ferro fluid. it is literally magnetic muscle and fungus with sentience

[@Bluesit32]

Sentience? Not so sure about that. That implies a level of awareness or thought. This stuff doesn't think.

[@shadow20482]

@@Bluesit32 Animals are Sentients, Humans are Sapients, since it can move a Human Body (Even if breaking all the bones in the process) it is at least sentient

[@camojoe83]

There's other colors of ferrofluid, gnatbrain.

[@grasshopper8901]

​@shadow20482 people tend to mix sentience for sapience and modern for contemporary

[@Cosmic_Ray_]

I would like to add that you can also demagnetise something when it gets to hot. So if the mold is acting like a magnet, then setting it on fire would be a way to demagnetise it and destroy / unalive it.

[@wildbill9863]

This was one of my favorite horror movies Idk why But I absolutely loved it

[@ShadeMeadows]

God... I miss this movie~ AWESOME!! 🖤

[@RoanokeGaming]

Hope you enjoyed it bro!

[@ShadeMeadows]

@@RoanokeGaming Sure did! 😉

[@doublem1354]

Good that I didn't see this first time ever, nor that I was actually in the woods, getting actual bark splinters before I came back to this video.

[@SCP-up4ot]

everybody gangsta till the ferrofluid starts to move on its own

[@bigfatha5120]

Everybody gangsta until the hand starts making black juice go in your mouth

[@Masked_117]

The way the splinter monster moves is soooo creepy. I like it.

[@connormurphy349]

I really love this channel, probably my favourite I’ve ever seen on KZbin, thanks Roanoke, for posting regular videos, I’m always really interested in hearing what you have to say about the creatures in movies I both have and haven’t seen before.

[@lilvampire7439]

This movie’s creature thing is pretty damn cool, but sadly is ruined by the shakiest camerawork I’ve ever seen

[@RoanokeGaming]

I would have loved to see them much more clearly but I imagine budget constraints made them operate the camera like someone having a seizure

[@kielbasamage]

Cloverfield undulates rapidly in delight.

[@adamgardner3768]

Last time I was this early, they were just turning up at the Gas Station... Oof I LOVED this movie, I still have it in a dusty old DVD case on the shelf

[@RoanokeGaming]

Go watch it! its actually pretty good haha

[@ichikurataichou3119]

What's the movie called

[@adamgardner3768]

Ichikura Taichou “Splinter”

[@kingpepper5014]

Here's a suggestion The fungus monster from BBC's Primeval It would be really cool to see you analysis on it as I grow up with the show

[@fireblade295]

The future predator, too.

[@KaiTheRedWarrior8244]

Hell yea, I want him to cover all the future creatures from the show, they're all cool and creepy

[@kingpepper5014]

@@KaiTheRedWarrior8244 that would be dope tho...

[@KaiTheRedWarrior8244]

@@kingpepper5014 and they would fit perfectly within this channel, and he could do other monsters from sci fi and horror shows

[@falloutmcgee6948]

Ah yeah, love that show. Would be awesome for it to get some popular recognition.

[@lennydale92]

I remember renting this film from blockbusters. Cool times!

[@CoJoGrizzlo]

*This is a deeply underrated horror movie, and one I would actually like to see a sequel to.*

[@richard77851]

gas station attended "yo dog its me skinny pete"

[@RealDefinitiveMusic]

Ive been DYING for someone to do this movie. This was one of my favorite "infection type" movies that wasnt zombie like. Incredible movie.

[@ltrm75]

If you would paying attention in the beginning, this is an earth bound mutant. Meaning this mold mutated from the radiation shown in the intro of the movie.

[@majortellandrus2552]

Love that they used ferrofluid for the creature effects

[@luisruiz3771]

Our basic instinct is to gather as much toilet paper as possible.