What are The Walten Files?

[@Nexpo]

If you know of a creepy internet mystery or webseries that you’d like to submit, feel free to send it to my email at [e-mail] :) PS- wow, it’s pretty dark here?

[@u9vk]

yes

[@Nebbed]

_I have a bad feeling about this._

[@cyanisstinky]

i dont

[@Qixew]

ㅤ

[@polkanietzsche5016]

OMG, just when I needed something to watch our lord Nexpo uploads a new video, and it's an 1:30 hour video. Christmas came early this time.

[@Hamsterjuices]

I found out that the line "The rabbit is starving," is because Susan didn't die after being put in the suit. She starved to death in the suit.

[@bchimacow6222]

That makes sense and, oddly, a robot is saying something it is not programmed to say... How odd is both bunnies.

[@cet1r1z1ne]

In tape three, when she's shown on the floor, she says "and my stomach feels weird." Maybe her stomach was too mangled anyways?

[@vanilla5643]

@@cet1r1z1ne maybe her stomach felt weird because she was starving?

[@cet1r1z1ne]

@@vanilla5643 I thought that her message was either before or shortly after she was put into the animatronic, therefore not yet giving her enough time to starve unless her stomach was already ruined. I just figured since Rosie was dismembered before being put in Sha, it'd make sense if Susan had things removed/cut down to size as well in order to fit into the Banny animatronic. Banny seems to have a pretty small waist, after all. I could be wrong tho

[@tacoman487]

@@cet1r1z1ne possible but unlikely. Remember that the animatronics are quite large compared to a person and it seems that rosemary is a bit shorter than average. she would fit with minimal damage. That's likely why nobody could find her body, it was completely hidden in the SHA animatronic. Could be wrong but it's just speculation based on what we see and what is known in reality.

[@ISTAREINURSOL]

"if we brighten this up we can clearly see this is rosemary walten" *image looks as readable as the image on the test*

[@hannahfanning9585]

That's the power of hundreds of fans on reddit working together

[@givemeyoureggs456]

That reminds me of the time Spartan had their soldiers count bricks in the wall of enemy fort to guess how tall the walls are. Having 100s of men counting and average them out was pretty accurate so yeah, having 1000s of redditor to see what the words are is pretty acurate

[@herrschmidt5477]

@@givemeyoureggs456 mjeah...then they had about 1000 times the same answer...makes sense

[@xlxmhill213]

“Clearly see” my ass 🙄

[@seanegan8771]

I like how Nexpo is very serious but then all of a sudden he says something such as "the ass-crack of night"

[@Sockren]

i mean you can still say it in a serious way

[@coolguy4419]

@@Sockren thats the joke, he said it in a serious way

[@aniboofair8113]

Damn didn't notice that. I was busy shitting myself

[@eunoiamorosis]

@@aniboofair8113 I was actually in the bathroom taking a shit when he said that

[@jaydee6401]

@@eunoiamorosis ayo same

[@anavalencia8213]

honestly the fact that Bon invited every member of the group but Banny to his sleepover was mad disrespectful

[@frostycane5134]

Oh crap yeah I didn’t notice that lol

[@alexpersichetti9744]

He doesn’t like her

[@trose2346]

I’ve speculated that she’s his sister and since they’re supposed to be kids in that clip, either she wasn’t “born” yet or she’s just his annoying little sister and he doesn’t want to invite her

[@iamnotthatguy7166]

“I’m going to go wander around in this bunker in the middle of the night without my friends with a bunch of decayed old animatronics”

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

A tale as old as time

[@Squidbush8563]

I guess she never heard of Five Nights at Freddy's

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

@@Squidbush8563 tbf it was created 50 years after she died

[@Fruity_Looopy]

I was thinking that too. Like why are you going there in the dead of night. The fuck

[@starblinds]

Fr like they really heard “oh yeah go fix these old musty animatronics in a dingy abandoned bunker hidden in a forest but do it specifically at night and stay over” and thought it was a perfectly good idea 🤨 you couldn’t pay me any amount of money to put foot near there in the middle of the day, yet alone offer me 8$ overtime for a psycho robot bunny sleep over special.

[@weirdsomebody1621]

This Sophie's tolerance for scary things is pretty high.

[@uncorpsceleste]

yea lol, i think it’s cause of the pills she’s on, but even so, it still makes it pretty funny sometimes

[@tsn_gmoney1051]

I mean my is to

[@_uwucifer_]

i like to think i’m brave LOL

[@rastabincoolie1]

Drugs are a helluva drug

[@sbtjlhw111]

Sophie: these edibles ain't sh... 1:12:22

[@dankspiderman579]

Everytime Nexpo says "Here, take a look" to let you watch something terrifying, it's like an abusive parent locking you in a cellar full of demons.

[@kalenplant2675]

*Reginald Hargreaves intensifies*

[@3lain36]

@@kalenplant2675 lol

[@8-bitkirby]

"this'll help you be stronger"

[@computerhead9347]

For me it was like when your parents make you face your fear of the dark by turning off the lights and locking you In the room lol

[@pengun835]

its like [INSERT GENERIC BCA REFRENCE HERE] and [FUNNY QUOTE]

[@Bobobo-bo-bo-bobobo]

Most unrealistic part about The Walten Files is that the K9 workers aren't immediately creeped out by the animatronics

[@stars-hk9uo]

and that sophie didn't instantly get the fuck out of the basement at first sight of the bugs, even if she forgot about the characters

[@jackmeeks2294]

Yea that part killed it for me, not only that but a real crew would have taken out a set of work lights to work in, not shitty flashlights. That was done so that you couldn't see the animated doll through the shitty dark and pixelated footage. Faker than the Blair Witch project.

[@insignai]

maybe the animatronics are made to look creepy for the show and they wouldnt actually look like that if they were irl

[@CorpseBaron]

Don't forget "Bunny Smiles Incorporated" written with the GTA font

[@edgy8801]

@@CorpseBaron that's the best part wymmmmmm

[@mofo65]

I find a distorted faces creepy, but I find dying alone and screaming from unimaginable pain for a hours without being heard and found is just the most horrific thing in the world

[@A10.33]

Me to

[@PinkManGuy]

Getting buried alive, basically

[@ManahManah77]

That's just a typical trip to the Emergency Room around here 😂😂

[@JoshuaAndres]

You know what else is more horrific? MY MOM!!!!

[@squishyty918]

@@JoshuaAndres **swings shirt in the air** WOOOOO

[@mikkan39]

Interesting observation: Brian, Susan, Ashley and Rosemary seem to get killed right after they shine their flashlights at Bon, who reacted violently to the light. On the second tape, Sha told us not to use flashlights near robots, so this should be connected

[@abloodcorpse3318]

This is something I've noticed but I've never seen anyone point out. Considering the end of tape three mixed with the scene of Sha covered in blood screaming, I feel like I can assume Jack is alive, like Rosemary, and has been forced to watch as he kills people with his own hands, and be unable to stop himself. I think the scene at the end of tape three is when he finally is back in control and is realizing what he did to his wife, right in front of his child as well.

[@mariohany589]

Maybe the direct exposure to light is similar to the high light from a car's headlights and it awakens the trauma in Jack...

[@reloadseven2198]

@@mariohany589 aww damn, that's a good point!

[@JenerationZee]

The only other time we hear anything about lights is when Sha keeps asking us to "turn on the light" which could be related as well

[@supervicente973]

Could connect to bon being behind sophie when she uses the lighter near him

[@jackmeeks2294]

This reminds me of the guy and girl who were making a video for one of their classes. They made it to look like a guy had kidnapped a girl, with a quick flash of her tied to a toilet screaming. It was so well done it went viral and opened up a full on investigation. Only to find that the students had done an amazing job of making it look real.

[@chuucake]

lonelygirl15

[@jackmeeks2294]

@@chuucake this reached FBI level because of the fact that the girl in the video looked like one that had been missing around the same time.

[@jackmeeks2294]

@@chuucake Either my other comment got deleted or I'm just not seeing it, but I had left one before the FBI comment. I was saying that Lonelygirl15 is an interesting case study as well, but the video I was talking about is super creepy. My comment might have got removed because I named it, it's called "Hi Walt3R." Just change that last word to the name that sounds most similar to it.

[@maddieadaddy]

A different situation but a situation like this happened near my town! A small independent film production was going on near us and the girl pretending to be kidnapped posted her tied up+in her makeup to Snapchat and a dude states away called the police because he thought it was real

[@teapartypenguin1353]

Ashley's death really seemed to have awoken some sort of primal fear in me. The audio of the screaming was disturbing enough, until it got to the point where it described how her coworkers left, assuming she already had, without realizing she was being murdered in the same building at that same time. And while being murdered by a possessed animatronic rabbit is unlikely, the realization that Ashley's scenario happens very often with victims of human murderers, made me close and lock my window and draw the curtains closed in the middle of summer.

[@ricklepick8789]

The description of how she died just Did me in, I need to stop scaring myself like this.

[@ricklepick8789]

I’m glad this comment exists, I felt like no one felt the terrifying weight of Ashley’s death.

[@savanahculbertson5240]

wow i feet the same way

[@Cakeses]

I kept relistening to the description. I couldn't get over how terrifying it was. And I just had to make it sound like noise so I didn't think too much about it.

[@themightypancake5695]

Definitely one of the most disturbing parts of the video for me. Why the heck do I do this to myself when I should be sleeping???

[@talanyo]

the thing about felix is that initially (we assume) he felt so horrible (as per GUILTY) and was a victim of his own circumstances and did not intend to kill edd & molly. Him being a pathetic loser rather than another malicious smart villain is so much more compelling and humanely believable, because hiding from his own mistakes and running away from accountability just is something that is more likely to happen with people than a homicidal thirst for blood. idk thats my opinion, and i really hope that felix is not a william afton 2.0

[@robkreklau669]

I think this could definitely be a case of the cover up being worse than the crime though, making it necessary for him to silence people to hide his guilt

[@r3uvsgaming]

"i hope felix isn't a william afton 2.0" well it seems to be turning out that way

[@raviappadoo4854]

I mean at least felix never killed anyone on purpose and doesn't possess an anomotronic

[@siduxjxhdgzhdjxhxuuxxyhgg1079]

I feel like he is more of a smart pathetic loser

[@funnygrunt_o7]

Oh yeah him crying on that second recording was like damn bro this is WHACK

[@0Qualit]

I know this comment is buried, but what if the 'sophie, where am I?' was directed after Rosemary resurrected as Sha the sheep? It would make the story smoother, and make more sense to their relationship imo. The proposed timeline is that Sophie discovers Rosemary's corpse in Sha Rosemary asks her daughter where she is Sophie presumably gets amnesia or a nervous breakdown The bunnyfarm tape is Rosemary trying to tell Sophie what happened that night and telling Sophie that she is in danger.

[@creqmpufff3069]

I like this proposal

[@Stick_and_stone]

Hope more people notice this comment, seems like a valid alternative possibility

[@itchycooch]

yeah !! she's her mom and trying to protect her which would make sense why she had yelled in that part almost signifying danger

[@donnie_duckling]

Also, remember that in the other bonus tapes they say that the victims try to actively seek help and vengeance via analog logs, this meaning that they "possess" the tapes and insert the creepy segments to tell Sophie and the audience that something is wrong and they want to be heard. In this case, all of the mortal victims (except Charles, who has changed things but hasn't manifested a lot so far) are expressing that they want people to know the victims and make Sophie remember the things that happened to her family and relatives. And Jack wants to make Felix responsible for what he's done.

[@AlienPatch]

I think it makes more sense than the idea that Sophie led her mother into Bon's trap. But beyond that, I think the image in Tape 1 of Sophie dressed as a technician might be a flashforward in the series, showing how she gets inside the bunker: she gets a technician uniform somehow and gets there thanks to the key the company provides.

[@thecollector427]

Idk why, but the sequence with the letters by Felix's wife was pretty scary. The way her voice tone changes throughout is great. She starts out happy and enthusiastic, then progressively worried, then defeated.

[@nikolalogina6303]

that's called good voice acting-

[@hakanhallin3800]

@@nikolalogina6303 have an upvote good sir

[@chisecrecy4974]

"The endoskeletons were severely damaged." Did you happen to notice that there were corpses in them as well?

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

I noticed the "endoskeletons we're severely damaged" typo in your comment faster xd

[@gemsfromagartha]

The corpses couldve been cleaned

[@Zombina638]

@@Fermin-hw5pd um k

[@Zombina638]

@@gemsfromagartha how.

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

@@Zombina638 You don't have to reply, you know

[@maebee134]

what’s most unnerving to me about this series is the imagery. The use of real human faces makes it SO much creepier to look at. I genuinely had to look away when all the faces of Charles(?) we’re on screen. But also the combination of the cartoon visuals with these disfigured human faces, it just makes my skin crawl.

[@miserablepumpkin9453]

Same. Something about it just makes my brain scream that I'm in danger, and it's not fun.

[@brody2199]

I also saw Squimpus McGrimpus use this same thing in some of their FNaF VHS tapes. I’m convinced that the only thing scarier than the unknown is the distortion of the familiar.

[@lavaimp]

Same honestly. If it was just drawings, i would have been able to tolerate it, but the fact they were images of real faces, potentially generated through this person does not exist or even just taken from the internet.

[@sheepkind]

uncanny valley at its finest tbh

[@ImTyMac]

Yeah, this is the first one that’s actually made me wince a bit in a while. Especially the close up of Bon when Brian dies.

[@pseudonym1515]

"Does it jumpscare?" "No, but it can hurt you in other ways"

[@erichzannbusoumuzan]

Hurts you "in other ways". Still jumpscares you.

[@theNEWMASKSdudexxx]

"Does it jumpscare?" "Worse."

[@pinkgorl9074]

That's the thing about this series. It doesn't really jumpscare you or try to have any "boo!" moments. It manages to be terrifying without any of those, relying on suspense and horrific graphics alone. This is the first time I've been scared by something like this in a LONG time.

[@jello7601]

@@pinkgorl9074 yeah it's use of sound and haunting visuals is just so amazingly done. It does have moments where things are sudden, but it's never in your face and loud like a typical jumpscare. It's just so cool how it's able to do that.

[@nytrogyen]

Way worse😂

[@Silver_M00n]

7:38 it’s because of the angles of the necks. Heads don’t naturally turn like that when you are standing towards someone, take Jack for example. There is no way to properly describe how his head is proportioned while still sticking to the rules of how the human body works. Same with Felix, but a little less obvious.

[@CalamitasCalliope]

"Wouldn't it be funny if I opened the cage? I think it would be really funny if I opened the cage!" By far the best voice acting in the entire series. Making me break out laughing in such a tense situation is such a great accomplishment.

[@RedshirtAfficionado]

No. No it’s not.

[@soontherewillbesnow]

sounds like a middle aged woman asking her friends if they'd order fries with her.

[@goonishereva]

God fucking damn it, Banny

[@ranchustars3050]

@@RedshirtAfficionado damn who kicked your cat

[@aHolyGhost]

@@RedshirtAfficionado don't be an ass

[@DissidiaFan1000]

“Ashley is still there, but she’s not screaming anymore, she saw something she wasn’t supposed to see and now she’s beautiful.” Chills SHOT through my body.

[@rarenoah0052]

Fr tho sounds like something a mafia member would say

[@bogart..]

The Felix and Jack photo is actually a photo of one of the Atari founders

[@L0rdOfThePies]

If im correct The guy who made chuck e cheese worked for atari, thats where he got the idea

[@cbspydoge]

Any link to this image?

[@angel72987]

@@cbspydoge his name is 'ted dabney' if you look that up the picture will come up

[@doragetsherfirstmugshot6083]

@@angel72987 Ted dabundy?

[@hyper.official]

@@doragetsherfirstmugshot6083 Ted dababy?

[@robyniguess5983]

i'd like to say my greatest achievement: falling asleep to this AND not having nightmares

[@NigelMelanisticSmith]

Trying that myself rn lol

[@Kamey2]

Rosemary’s death was the most horrifying hearing her scream in agony as she’s being torn apart. Definitely scares me the most

[@chl0rine__]

i love ur pfp

[@pumpkinngutss]

Time stamp?

[@Kamey2]

@@pumpkinngutss 1:12:24 it’s hinted she’s torn apart from all the blood and from the second tape I think where it shows rosemary dead in multiple pieces.

[@pumpkinngutss]

@@Kamey2 aight thanks man

[@Japinoyboi2004]

I love it!

[@stinky6521]

the creepy part is that Sophie didn’t put her actual name in the game,, SHE PUT IN SOAPY yet they still started to recognize her

[@populationme]

yesss

[@MrMancreatedgod]

Don't you actually know anyone? That's not creepy, it's human interaction

[@galactigod]

@@MrMancreatedgod I know you wanna sound smart but that's the whole point. THAT'S WHY IT'S CREEPY. You tried to do something there and failed.

[@cary1056]

@@MrMancreatedgod mmm yes totally normal for a pre-programmed video game to have "human interactions".

[@mo0njelly]

@@MrMancreatedgod dude, it’s in a game. Wdym “human interaction”??

[@lovelythelexi6787]

I don't get scared easily, but faces being distorted unnerve and terrify me. I'm shaking.

[@minorimiwa5372]

Yes its called uncanny valley there is a reason youre scared of that. Same with humans acting like animals/walking on all fours

[@eunoiamorosis]

Same, I never feel this disturbed

[@Womoisreal]

I get scared easily and I'm pretty sure this is going to traumatize me some day

[@tuut5154]

right? if only the faces weren't distorted, this def wouldn't have been as scary as it is with distorted faces.

[@tigersfan8459]

Yeah same. But that is what makes this horror good. Shock factor as well as some uncanny valley put in there.

[@kryingkory1925]

It doesn’t matter how many times I watch the Walten files, it never fails to make me uncomfortable. The story sticks with me and the imagery always creeps me out and leaves me hesitant to turn a corner when I’m finished. This is such a great example of a perfect horror story to me. I can’t help but thank the creator for creating something so effective for me

[@pphead9960]

18 years old and I had to watch the series under a blanket the entire time. I’ve haven’t been this afraid of something in years. Doesn’t help I started the series at 3am.

[@woke657]

Let's just cuddle together and watch it on tv Someone bring snacks and soda

[@DanBruhMoment]

dude I'm 19 and here I am feeling the same

[@pphead9960]

@Old Chunk of Coal I know it’s fake. Doesn’t mean it isn’t scary tho

[@ds4251]

I'm 23 and I'm afraid of going up to my dark bedroom that only has one entry way because what if a bad man is in therr

[@LightBoltDash]

@Old Chunk of Coal idiot we all know it is fake but we get scared by fake things all the time its not unnatural

[@cet1r1z1ne]

That face Little Bon makes when he sees the missing poster still cracks me up, he's like "the fuck is this shit"

[@kiera6326]

I know!! It’s like polite shock. “I’m terribly sorry, what the fuck is that??”

[@blueturtle3623]

In which tape?

[@cet1r1z1ne]

@@blueturtle3623 First tape, 11:50

[@cet1r1z1ne]

@@Moglito.0 It's at 11: 50, middle of tape one. The spooky Jack Walten missing poster.

[@Moglito.0]

@@cet1r1z1ne i see now thanks. This was some of the weirdest shit i have seen lol

[@valariediane6490]

My theory is that in Felix's inebriated, shocked, and grief-stricken mind, he only hallucinated the bodies of Edd and Molly merging with the body of Rocket. He took this as some kind of sign and began his reprogramming project by stuffing people into the animatronics.

[@roniikonen5720]

This sounds so sickening, my skin crawled... anyways, great theory!

[@Sockren]

my theory is after the edd and molly incident he decided to put the people into the animatronics to make him think that the people are still alive.

[@dr3dg352]

Absolutely loved hearing Nick Crowley in here, too! 😊 That was a very welcome surprise. Also, this is the first mascot horror project I've ever gotten into. It's pretty unsettling!

[@andrewsubingsubing1262]

I know this stuff isn't real, but that doesn't make the dark hallway any less scary.

[@crowwwwwwwww]

Fr

[@elliottisaperson]

Or the random thing you can see out of the corner of your eye

[@Stan_Herman]

@@elliottisaperson it’s even more worrisome when you hear something to your left and you’re going blind in your left eye while watching some shit like this

[@tobnuki]

@@elliottisaperson or the random stuff falling over with no reason whatsover

[@xwkshfrajerze1083]

somehow my trip to the kitchen to get water at night became a challenge

[@pennyforyourthots]

The ashley clip is genuinely distressing. Props to whoever that actress is, cause she had me wanting to genuinely close the video.

[@mick3y2302]

same!! i just passed that part and i feel proud i made it through :')

[@AnOriginalBreakfast]

Yeah, the scream was so real..

[@sapphodera]

Which clip?

[@NinthPigeonhead]

timestamp?

[@zephyric]

38:58

[@gibbeynator]

"Don't try and solve the story without all the pieces..." So, they're dunking on MatPat?

[@KumaChrisVT]

what matt does are Theories, which are pointless if we have been given all the answers. considering nexpo and similar channels have done the same thing in the past, it might be as much a dunk on himself as much as anybody else.

[@Pocket_Jake]

yeah, we are

[@SourTb]

@@KumaChrisVT Yet he crafts uninspired frankly preposterous theories full of holes and only work if you actively ignore most of the content canon content of the media he is theorizing about.

[@KumaChrisVT]

@@SourTb plenty of his theories are very wrong in their ideas, but pleny have also been close if not spot on to some of the topics covered. that new loki theory was laughable, but thats gonna happen sometimes when you make 3 new theories every week that gotten be researched lol.

[@foxbuns]

Someone had to

[@FuriosoDrummer]

"While it's filled with lovable characters and a nostalgic atmosphere, the story behind it is much darker than it seems." THE TERRIFYING ANIMATRONIC RABBIT WAS PRETTY DARK TO BEGIN WITH, RYAN.

[@staceyshaw2732]

How’d you comment 4 days ago? This vid was uploaded 30 minutes ago...

[@Rexvivor]

@@AxxLAfriku To everyone that sees his comment, Don't go to their channel, don't go disliking all of his videos, don't go commenting hate on his channel, all of those things helps his channel, just ignore, or report

[@Bonnie-lo3zh]

@@staceyshaw2732 hmmmm good observation

[@angeIcakie]

@@staceyshaw2732 Patreon.

[@staceyshaw2732]

@@angeIcakie ah I see, thanks

[@misatchi]

Martin took all of the best parts of FNAF and made a cohesive story that actually is even more unnerving and never loses its horror. This story is about how a cowardly alcoholic friend couldn't admit his worst mistake to his friend and instead chose to murder almost everyone involved. This is about a girl who lost her family and witnessed the death of her murder and can only cope by being drugged out of her mind. I really hope Sophie makes it out alive. I'm hoping the animatronics all these victims have been put inside are able to kill Felix. I hope Sophie's girlfriend isn't harmed. I'm definitely nervous for what's to come but I'm hoping the storyline stays consistent because I think it's excellent so far.

[@CalvinNoire]

I predict the moment when Sophie and Bon meet, it would get really intense fast, as Sophie is running for her life.

[@NordicThizzin69]

Look into Gnostics. Sophia.

[@normie_girl]

I think matpat said ir best in his video covering thus series: This isn't a story about animatronics, but a story about broken people which is why this series is so good

[@ouroya]

Appreciating all the subtle nods to internet horror that came before - Petscop, of course Five Nights at Freddy's, various SCPs, LOCAL58, and more.

[@gabe6230]

yess all time that i was watching the 3rd video i was thinking about petscop

[@michaelsilver253]

...Petscop? What is that

[@rjfarris8324]

@@michaelsilver253 a KZbin horror series about a guy playing a video game that seems innocent but is really some creepy murder stuff

[@dino2808]

what scps were referenced?

[@parenthesiss]

Nah it was local 57

[@Yadobler]

everything was creepy, but the phone call of Jack asking Felix to bring the kids, man that made my heart sink. Growning up, the fear in a kid who's drunk father insisted he drives the family back, definitely strikes a note somewhere in me

[@KingSlimeProductions]

Personally I thought the voice acting was pretty terrible, I didn't find it all that convincing. LIke if my kid was missing for three hours I wouldn't give the guy a damn lecture, I'd be frantically asking him to pick up the phone lol, Jack's VA sounds more like a teacher reprimanding a student if anything.

[@foxyfun1841]

I don't know, but that one screen that said you got the bad ending, you crashed the car and killed them tapped into some fear. It struck deeper then anything else in the video

[@theoverlord3937]

@@KingSlimeProductions bear in mind Jack already left a few dozen voicemails by then so he’s reached the point where he’s pretty much just railing on Felix until the guy picks up.

[@songdaniels9960]

@@KingSlimeProductions he WAS frantically asking though lol. it was very effective for me

[@legoghostyoda]

@@KingSlimeProductions agreed, this series is pretty cool but the writing and voice acting for the dialogue isn’t great

[@shadowdroid776]

The uncanny feeling with the picture is from a couple things: 1. The face is looking directly at the camera while the body is sideways. It's normal to see someone face a camera like that, but the face is perfectly centered and looking at the camera, meaning the neck is bending in an abnormal way. 2. The facial expression of Jack are warped. Is face looks a bit too dark, his smile is too wide, his eyes too wonky. Putting those two things together makes an uncanny picture because it looks like a normal picture, but our brain is telling us that something is wrong, just slightly wrong, but wrong.

[@user-ni8ke5mj9o]

And also the faces are more blurred than the rest of the body

[@InitialDTM]

That picture is truly eerie in every aspect. The way his face is looking at the camera and the neck slightly bending just looks off. Almost photoshopped. Truly the stuff of nightmares 😅

[@shadowdroid776]

@Ryunsuke Art so, I actually disagree that the series is good in a sense. It's alright! But the artwork itself takes away from the suspense of the series due to the lack of skill. I'm not saying that person is bad at art, by far! It's just clear they're new to this kind of stuff and need to refine their style, their skill and anatomy, and so on. If it were done more in a live-action sense, while the art stayed for the game portions of the series, I think this would be much better. Also there's many cliches being played in the series, but honestly that's very normal in every genre so that's fine.

[@gh02tdu2t]

plus you cant see any of jacks neck in the first pic, its like his head was just placed on his body at an awkward angle

[@pinksadratwithahat3275]

@@shadowdroid776 actually I'd argue that the artstyle gives the series a sense of originality and adds to the whole overall vibe, the drawings look almost like a child drew them and that's what makes them so disturbing

[@StainOfLuxury]

The FNAF fandom has been producing some real masterpieces lately. As much as fnaf freaked me out as a kid, the eerie horror and sense of dread in this is far more effective.

[@gaysexer]

watch the FNAF VHS tapes by Squimpus McGrimpus. it makes the walten files look like kirby

[@justin2308]

@@gaysexer Huh. Someone said the Walten Files made the FNAF games look like Kirby too. FNAF games < Walten Files < FNAF found footage

[@gaysexer]

@@justin2308 i mean yeah. the lore of fnaf is more disturbing then the games. walten files is more disturbing then the games but not more disturbing then the VHS tapes

[@sleepycharm8639]

@@gaysexer scariest thing about the lore is trying to put it together lol

[@realCaveJohnson]

Because you actually have to play FNaF, not have Nexpo talk to you seducingly while he tells you about how someone was found dead inside of an animatronic.

[@sansprobus7209]

I love that Jack Walten's freaky face isn't some supernatural distortion or something, he just looks like that. He's a grinny boy!

[@JC-gs2bv]

He’s a composite image of the Dating Game killer and one other person.

[@AgentDanielCross]

@@JC-gs2bv Nolan Bushnell?

[@facelesssmoon9765]

He looks like Bruno in some weird way

[@whatsinhisdome2583]

@@facelesssmoon9765 WE DONT TALK ABOUT BRUNO

[@kitsune630]

@@facelesssmoon9765 We dont talk about Walten (no no no)

[@chilcha778]

Man, you could just act as suspicious as humanly possible in the middle of killing an entire family, and get off completely scot free in the 1970’s.

[@RookieAssassin]

It's true, there were lots of serial killers in the 70's and a lot of them either got caught after killing loads of people or they still haven't been caught to this day.. It's quite creepy actually, some of them are probably still alive and have kids and maybe grandkids

[@drakemallard1486]

@@RookieAssassin What makes you think there aren't more serial killers right now? In fact... There are. In the US, police are less worried about unsolved murders and missing persons cases than they are giving traffic tickets.

[@waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

no body no charges

[@megamike15]

thats the one detail i like. felix accidently murders his friends kids, reprograms bon to kill jack's family. then goes on with his life like nothing happened.

[@jslaughterofthesoul4939]

Or entire demographics, cities, states, privacy, Civil and human Rights, opportunities, freedoms, neighborhoods, cultures, the environment, communities, evidence, reality in 2021 if you're in league with the right agencies,.royal nepotism, oligarchs, politicos, bureaus, despots, tyrants, oligopolies and corporations, and you're soulless, greedy, corrupt, entitled and evil

[@janaantar9589]

OK, Never ever believe a company that says “We don’t care about ratings or money, we only want you to have a wonderful experience”…. Yeah you do

[@ryahferg2599]

Exactly. That's ALL they care about

[@janaantar9589]

@King K. Rool that is perfect timing here😂

[@beckykelly1769]

Someone has probably already said this, but the game music is SOS in Morse code. I absolutely love hidden shit like that. What a great series.

[@a.hikaro9717]

How did you manage to pick that up?

[@beckykelly1769]

@@a.hikaro9717 I'm just always looking out for hidden messages in these videos, they're so well thought out that there are bound to be a load of them. I was pretty chuffed with myself that I actually found one that Nexpo had missed! That's never ever happened before! 🙂

[@Steamboatlocal]

I personally think Sophie didn't call her mum backstage. I think it was whatever spirit was inhabiting the animatronic that killed her. It called out to her using the name Rosie, not Rosemary so it would imply familiarity. She didn't seem to recognise the voice but followed it. Sophie, who was working back there probably heard her mum and went towards her voice where she then said "Sophie, where am I?" and was then killed. Sophie saw the whole thing and was helpless to stop it. I believe that Sophie herself went onto the memory repressing pills as her dad went missing, her two siblings were killed tragically, and then her mum was killed in front of her all within a month, thus making her forget about the company etc. And if Brian was killed as they thought he was Sophie, there's a clear vendetta against the family, perhaps it's Felix, or perhaps it's Ed and Molly wanting their family back

[@BeanieGoth]

i don't think it's edd and molly, since they possess Rocket (gray rabbit), but we also see Rocket tied(? chained?) to the wall in episode 2, leaving me to wonder why Rocket is being restrained.

[@kristophervelasquez785]

I agree with this. If it were Sophie in my opinion she would say mother or something if that sort. It's weird to call her mom by her name, at least to me.

[@crushersbutlessedgynow]

It was felix that called her backstage, finishing up the work, the reason rosemary asked where she is is because sophie is supposed to be watching these tapes

[@Mobbs_]

I doubt the bodies inside the animatronics are actually possessing them with the intention to kill, otherwise they wouldn't mistake people such as with bryon from Sophie from Tape 1. It's really only one animatronic that's hostile too. I mean maybe Sophie younger sibling do have some vendetta and want their family to be with them but I have my doubts about that theory, I also now doubt Felix even lead Rose backstage to begin with. Rose seemed to not recognize the voice which is odd because she knows Felix. I don't think it's Sophie, nor Felix, but Chris rather. Chris is the odd one out to survive the events of Bons burgers, and would be a more perfect candidate to do Felix's dirty work, Felix is smart so he wouldn't do something that could get him potentially caught. Rose would not be able to recognize his voice either, it's not confirmed but I have good reason to believe Chris is the one in the Bon employee uniform wheeling the animatronics out in Tape 1, as well as being the one Bon employee hidden in Tape 3. (They're the same character, same uniform, skin color, hair)

[@MeadowManiacal]

"Avoid shining light on the animatronics" That explains Sophie's lighter then

[@alorarichardson7969]

HOLY- YOUR RIGGHT!!!!!!

[@cringekermit3424]

You are right my friend

[@mikhailgorbachevsovietunion]

this makes me wonder, maybe bon was awakened again when Brian shined a flashlight on him in the storage facility

[@garythescouttrooper4908]

Also explains the possible reason of how Ashley died. She shined her flashlight onto the eyes of Bon which in turn activated a hidden subroutine to wake up Bon, who then stealthly watched her before killing, dismembering, and placing her into Billy the Clown for knowing too much.

[@frauleinzuckerguss1906]

What do you mean exactly? That the lighter also activated the animatronics or that only a flashlight directly into the eyes does that and Sophie used it as a precaution? I'm a bit lost on this.

[@mrkitloin]

I feel like someone with stockholm syndrome, every time Nexpo's voice comes back i feel relieved until he plays the tape again, then his voice comes back and I feel relieved.

[@justinisorange]

I generally try to avoid series bedpost hasn’t covered because I hate watching them alone

[@felixpaz2060]

Analog horror fans when they see a distorted image for the 100th time: ( :0

[@DeeTofa]

But like, what kind of school allows alcohol in its premise. That's one wild school party

[@idontrlyhaveanamebutihavec9918]

I’ve heard of a few high schools hosting a safe drinking place for after proms and grad. But other than that 🤷

[@v3ck1n]

Also it was 50 years ago...

[@NootalieWalf]

Private schools, sorta. My parents sent my little brother to a private catholic school for his freshman year, and at select school events they would have wine for the parents.

[@fairyfox2890]

It was '74, so I assume it was a little more lenient, and also he probably was drinking in the car and beforehand or had a flask. Plus the main faculty was probably gone, it was a half hour after the party so the janitors were probably just there cleaning up

[@qqLucaqq]

Outside of America...

[@pancakes8670]

Martin Walls has confirmed on Twitter that Sophie is not the Shadow Man, and thus did not witness her mother being killed

[@witwunsz4740]

The thing that scares me about these things is how long it's on screen, probably why FNAF doesn't scare me no more

[@khailils446]

Once you see one FNAF fan art, it's not scary anymore

[@whiteblacklight9603]

@@khailils446 FNAF fanart is extremely scary for an entirely different reason than the FNAF games.

[@6feet_under]

The unsettling silence break in between really set off my fight or flight sense, so I was like 3 feet away from my phone, hand on my earphones ready to rip it off the moment something gonna jumpscare me lol

[@praisegeraldoriveria9576]

Also seeing the bloody dead bodies of the victims already paints the image which is more disturbing. Most disturbing looking at is looking at Susan. First in the mini game she has her normal face shown and when she is about to fix Bon she gets paralyzed or killed by Bon. Her face looking like it was stretched to the bottom, broken jaw so disturbing to look at.

[@vibes_4225]

@@khailils446 some art you see is much, much worse than the games

[@deergoat3468]

I'd like to mention that Bon's face shape doesn't really resemble of a rabbit, especially the snout. Usually rabbits have chick-pea like side profiles but the logo on 8:22 , Bon's snout is long and has eerily drawn smile, like as if it's of a wolf's. I may be over-analyzing everything, but its kind of symbolizing that Bon is secretly a wolf in sheep's clothing, pretending to be prey when they themselves are the predator.

[@mel0675]

This is genius

[@deergoat3468]

@@mel0675thanks!, hope I didnt come off stand-offish by what i said lolol

[@ricklepick8789]

@@deergoat3468 i like the symbolism in this comment take this like, sucka.

[@daosischilling]

Everything is made better by your profile pic

[@BADALICE]

I always thought Bon's face looked very similar to Jack Walton, in fact all the animatironics resemble Jack Walton, ...creepy as hell too.

[@JT-bl7wy]

Ok but the smol bon looks really cute, despite his animatronic counterpart being a blood thirsty killing machine

[@BananaPoodle2]

ikr little bon is adorable

[@JT-bl7wy]

@@BananaPoodle2 so smol and precious, gives happy vibes during what can only be described as if horror itself had a trailer

[@kieramyher8790]

True!

[@lilitrejo7577]

agreed :)

[@kiachi470]

True :o

[@BiggieWalls]

This form of horror is my favorite, specifically how it’s very stop motion looking and all around just unsettling. Love your work man! Keep it up!

[@AGoldenShow]

I think that Felix is the one who lured Rosie to the back to be killed by Bon. I'm thinking that her asking "Sophie, where am I" isn't from immediately after. I think that it's either from the video so that Sophie keeps remembering or that maybe Rosie died while Sophie worked there, so Sophie went to the back to work on the animatronics and Rosie woke up inside of Sha to ask her where she is. Which honestly makes more sense for why Sophie would be given pills, hearing her dead or missing mother's voice coming from an animatronic and falling into hysteria would be grounds for some serious medication. Whether for Schizophrenia or extreme PTSD

[@koirankieli]

I agree. It also makes no sense for her to call her "Rosie" instead of mother. Rosie, though, is a pet name from her real name so that would mean whoever lured her there is someone close to her.

[@stxrstruck6755]

“We have to get ready for the school party, Molly” “Okay!” **puts skin on**

[@eunoiamorosis]

@Sawney Ten million I go bare bones and nerves, much more comfortable but it's kinda cold.

[@mikhailgorbachevsovietunion]

@@eunoiamorosis honestly i just go full aura, much more comfy for me

[@eunoiamorosis]

@@mikhailgorbachevsovietunion I should try that

[@you_gullible_fucc]

School parties nowadays are so expensive and everybody wants to look their best, I had to borrow someone else's when I attended mine

[@DarkShadows-me2fj]

@@you_gullible_fucc better than a rental like I had

[@rangernomad4564]

I like the little nod to FNAF when Linda said she was going to Hurricane, the town FNAF takes place in

[@justpassingby298]

In the books* The games don't really talk about location. And hurricane is just a book thing.

[@atticted]

@@justpassingby298 well it is mentioned in fnaf 6 that the game takes place in utah, seen in the lawsuits

[@itsnic2295]

@connormccutchon It was Linda, not Rosemary

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

I think the FNAF references can be a little on the nose, like Banny being a female Bonny and Bon having 3/5 of the same name. Besides the fact that they're both purple, even if not the same shade.

[@atticted]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio I mean the walten files IS a FNAF VHS fan series

[@Lightwolf234]

I know this is a love letter to stuff like FNAF, but I’m really digging to all the references to stuff like SCP and Local 58 in this series.

[@G3N-0F-D00M]

What reference do they make to Local 58??

[@caliber_v]

Wheres the SCP one tho?

[@laurenswholesale]

@@G3N-0F-D00M in the third episode near the beginning there’s a news channel called Local 57

[@arizonagreenbee]

@@caliber_v I think the containment facility idea is inspired by the SCP foundation

[@norealnamelol17]

@@arizonagreenbee not every warehouse/storage unit/facility is a reference to the SCP foundation just because it's in a remote location.

[@cutebubbleUwU]

even 2 years later watching this its still great top tier content great editing voice over just amazing got me back into the walten files

[@realmasker8647]

Fnaf without the needlessly complicated and most times stupid lore, it makes for a much creepier formula like the first game had

[@aydinmakesthings]

I remember I stopped playing after Sister Location because by that point it made no sense!

[@ballsdeep7056]

And the walten files doesnt have cringe

[@buzyparticals3753]

True, it's way better

[@astrodev4822]

The fnaf games are a trilogy in my eyes after the first three it got too popular and started going down a rabbit hole

[@gorgis.mp307]

that's my biggest annoyance of fnaf

[@lipstickgamer6580]

Sophie is being very calm considering what she’s seeing in that game, I’d be breaking the screen at the first weird ‘glitch’ lol

[@henotic.essence]

Literally watches her mom get absolutely fucked up, "oh shit, oh shit" I'd be like OH MY GODD AAAAAHHH!!!!! and run off

[@raxid5950]

It could be the "creepypasta protagainst affect" or maybe something related to her medication? They could give a side effect of apathy or general disconnection if they're that strong to wipe out her childhood and teenage memories. But I personally think it's just more of an effect of the extreme trauma she went through. Trauma can do so much shit to your brain. But the series is far from over yet so I honestly have no clue lmao.

[@justinharris2272]

Duuuuudde I would have performed a full on exorcism after seeing that crap on my TV, followed by burning the cartridge and dumping it in a public trash can

[@SirPunkie]

I think that’s a side effect of the medication. Some psychological drugs affect how you respond to things, especially your fight or flight

[@elenaprodromou6658]

something interesting that i don’t think anyone’s pointed out yet is the fact that when someone is killed and “made beautiful” (ie one of the animatronics) their picture is distorted and stretched. the same thing happens to felix’s picture in “guilty” - but only after he kills edd and molly. not sure exactly what this means within the context of the story but it’s an interesting detail nonetheless.

[@sayaksen7545]

Perhaps it means the younger,husband material Felix is now metaphorically "dead",and the newer "Felix" is a complete opposite of what he once was Edit:Another comment pointed out that the original uncanny founder's photo of Jack and Felix looked so uncanny because they litteraly plastered their faces onto different bodies(probably symbolic)it could just be the theory I stated above or something stranger...

[@spaghetti5914]

unrelated but aaaaa another the walten files greek theorizer? Niceeee

[@elenaprodromou6658]

@@spaghetti5914 hell yeah my guy

[@CTGZealot]

I think the beautiful compulsion isn't Jack or any of the dead people, but Felix rationalizing why he is killing everyone, why he set Bon up to be a killing machine. He's making his life beautiful, by getting rid of every blemish. All that's left is Linda, who made him feel sorry, and Sophie...for reminding him he did a bad thing.

[@noahjester8471]

I think the distorted image is meant to show how the bodies of the victims have been broken and injured. I can imagine someone being very disfigured after they were 'made beautiful'

[@_marshP]

Felix is definitely at fault for driving drunk. However, whoever stocked a SCHOOL PARTY with alcohol is absolutely stupid.

[@cryptigo]

well to be honest, i wouldnt go to a school party if unless i could get fucked up

[@earlyandoften]

What if I told you none of this real

[@johnjoey-f1x]

@@earlyandoften then you would be an annoying jerk who doesnt seem to understand that people are allowed to express opinions about things.

[@epicboomshine6595]

It was the 70’s, man, I’m surprised he wasn’t on worse

[@NordicThizzin69]

Uh....who DOESNT stock a school party with alcohol?

[@Burned-Legate]

Every Bon kill we see involves a flashlight or light source in general. Brian: flashed his light on Bon BEFORE the attack Ashley: Switched her light on before Bon actually attacked Rosemary: Led into a dark room, we see Sophie holding a light before the attack begins Susan: We can't see it directly, but a safe assumption she was using a directed light source to work on Bon At the end, in the line-up of animatronics, Bon is shrouded in darkness, not like the rest. When a light is present, he is glitching out. Sha's tape specifically advises to NOT shine lights in the animatronics eyes. Something is definitely going on here. I don't think Jack is in Bon, if he is possessed it's by Edd and Molly, Jack did something to Bon, I'd assume to try to kill Felix.

[@IdentityReal]

if Bon is possessed, then it cant be Edd and Molly, as the both of them are possessing Rocket.

[@atomicbeenz7374]

@@IdentityReal Bon might have Jack in him but might not. But I do think either Jack or Felix tampered with Bon's programming to attack when lights are flashed in his eyes

[@Jusuff]

@@IdentityReal It would also make sense in that Bon is a "senior" to Rocket, much like Jack is a senior to his children

[@irbster]

Uhhhh wrong dude get a grip

[@evergreenthetree32]

the fact that the song played sometimes is "Masquerade" makes this even creepier, considering all these people are wearing masks of the animatronics

[@Kagira2006]

I thought you said the restaurant was called "Bob's Burgers" at first and was VERY confused.

[@mc.ribbetch2337]

I thought so too LMAO

[@JadenGoter]

I mean it is an obvious reference to Bob's Burgers so that's fair lol

[@maxinomalous]

LMAOOO

[@iszatso]

burgersquatch comes to life and kills everyone

[@emilyspector2728]

“Our bons are fresh each morning. Come in and try our burgers. After one bite, you’ll be dying for more”!

[@kal9728]

I don't think Sophie lured her mother in. Rather, I think she witnessed the event, and, though he couldn't find it himself to kill her, Felix made sure she would never talk by giving her the pills to forget.

[@Mobbs_]

low key think Chris might have to do with this kill. Chris, Felix, Sophie are the remaining 3 from Bon. Rose would have had to recognize Felix's voice, leads me to believe it was neither Felix nor Sophie, it's odd that Chris would be the odd one out here for no reason (as of right now)

[@kal9728]

@@Mobbs_ Chris? I can't tell if you mean Charles or someone else

[@Mobbs_]

@@kal9728 Yes, Chris. He's confimed by Susan to exist as a Bons Burgers employee, his name is also listen as a player on the arcade.

[@apollyon6855]

note: every time something looks to the right and then to the left several times it is because according to Banny's reprogramming part that something is "looking for friends"

[@ghostcom6379]

That is…..a very good observation and I like this

[@bigdogtinyberet_]

I think the reason Felix chose that Forrest is because that’s were he hid Ed and Molly: he already knows it’s a good place to house his failures.

[@blaise98]

Yeah and buried the kids and build the k9 building on top of it I think? (From what I read)

[@exruu]

*forest. you spelled forest like forrest gump 💀

[@ekszentrik]

My thesis is that the red children, if they can't grow up with their family as they should have, want to at least unite with their family in a different way ... Run, Sophie.

[@Kaenbyou777Rin]

i agree, yuuri pfp

[@pyiemadofarmule]

red children are just ed and molly

[@genesiskravitz8621]

Keeping the video minimized and reading the comments helps me not feel too alone.

[@arbitrarychaos3551]

I feel like the sleepover segment was meant to represent Sophie’s possible paranoia. Little bon most likely represents Sophie which would explain why her pills are there. She went to the kitchen to find a lighter after seeing something on TV and Bon appears behind her. This could lead to the theory that bon is Jack Walten.

[@theoriginalstarwalker4357]

lol i can imagine jack just waking up and going to the kitchen to get shredded cheese at 3 am, and then seeing sophie there as well.

[@dragoncookies6810]

Shout out to everyone else rewatching this in preparation for TWF 4 tomorrow! I’ll see you guys there!!

[@Leuckart-bd9wf]

I can't frigging wait

[@poobofferSR4]

waiting patiently now, see you there!

[@jackcoble9166]

Watching this after but yee yee. Hope Nexpo does a video on eposides 4, 5, 6.

[@bumblebot2458]

Y'know something I feel like a lot of people don't consider when watching this series (and I think I've posted this somewhere before) is that this entire series takes place early in the actual timeline. Like, all these tapes have been recorded and found in the *present day* while whoever writes the descriptions is "finding these tapes." With that put to light, it makes you realize that this entire series is already "set in stone," in a sense. Everything's already happened, and it results in us less discovering the events as they happen, and more so us discovering an already laid out crime with a possibly bloody conclusion. Considering more episodes are planned beyond the 1st season, it feels like we're essentially being shown one "half" of the story itself. I don't know, just some food for thought that eats at me when it comes to the Walten Files. Good video!

[@rosanna6791]

imagine finding a tape at a ranom parking lot and deciding to watch it and get in return elaborate gore and disturbing instances

[@ouchouchouch]

Yes! And the people who own the tapes now decide what to show and what not. Some things could be left out or could have been edited for reasons yet unknown. Same thing went on with Petscop. Pretty sure it's somewhat of an obscure reference.

[@bumblebot2458]

@@ouchouchouch I think it's less of a direct reference and more a case of Martin Walls utilizing it for the future of the series. He has said that there will most likely be multiple seasons, so this description character could play into that somehow.

[@pastelguts6182]

I love how you can see how FNAF inspired this, but clearly seperates itself from it

[@falendemo546]

PastelGuts --- I feel like it's inspired more by Five Nights at Candy's (a FNAF Fangame Series) than the actual FNAF.

[@theketaminekid1241]

@@falendemo546 Yeah no. Also it would still by extension be inspired by fnaf.

[@ThyPandora]

@@falendemo546 So, overall inspired by FNAF?

[@dinosaurus_06]

@@ThyPandora yes

[@falendemo546]

@@ThyPandora --- yep.

[@underratedgrapejuice]

1:01:38 is literally one of the most unnerving images ive ever seen, i physically cant look at it sometimes

[@abl892]

What even is it?

[@legacyShredder1]

It seems like Felix is programing Sophie to believe that she's the one who killed the other people, perhaps out of revenge or a mental breakdown.

[@dinosaurus_06]

That doesn't make sense. How does that even work?

[@legacyShredder1]

@@dinosaurus_06 You're going to have to be more specific if you would like a reasonable answer.

[@dinosaurus_06]

@@legacyShredder1 I mean, how can Felix "program" Sophie into letting her think that she was the one who killed her family and the people she knew when she was younger? That doesn't really make sense...

[@legacyShredder1]

@@dinosaurus_06 Felix killed the two red kids while drunk driving. Nexpo has presented a case in which Felix killed more people afterwards in a haphazard manner to cover his tracks. Felix could simply be programming Sophie into believing that she is the one who killed the remaining family members, and the caretakers. If she were to admit fault he could have been let off the hook for the initial deaths of the red ginger kids allowing Sophie to accept blame in it's entirety. Even the pills she takes could be used as evidence against herself in the probability of struggling to cope with alleged heinous actions. What is it about my idea that doesn't make sense? Is there conflicting information that I missed crushing the foundation of the idea?

[@dinosaurus_06]

@@legacyShredder1 The programming part? That part that I don't get?

[@lovepooky]

Honestly, sophie probably would have said "mom." Felix using "Rosie" makes more sense and I'm a little confused you hold onto sophie luring her mother to her death.

[@batman5796]

i think Sophie was the sillhouette who witnessed Rosie's death

[@cookiesandcream4346]

@@batman5796 i think so

[@cookiesandcream4346]

Rosie seems more of a nickname that jack would use for his wife rosemary, like a nickname. We know that rosemary kept on going to the back of bons burgers hoping that her beloved husband would reappear, she was probably checking the back bc a similar voice kept on calling her to go back which ends getting her killed. Sophie could have saw the mureder and felix incase shit got worse with a witness he made her drink pills to forget

[@cookiesandcream4346]

I dont think sofie led her mom to her death rather an impresonation

[@EmmaLovesParty]

@@cookiesandcream4346 My theory is Felix did in fact kill Jack, and stuffed him into Bon to hide the body, explaining why Susan said Bon seemed off and had stiff movements. Jack could've possesed Bon, but didn't want to be alone or something along the lines, so when Susan came to fix Bon, Jack "fixed" her, turning her into Banny, just like Felix did to him. Maybe he felt better, or good, or "beautiful" or something, and wanted others to feel the same, more specifically people he knew, or people he loves, hence him killing Rosie, and stuffing her into Sha. Sophie could've stumbled in and seen what happened, causing trauma that leads to her taking the pills. It would explain why Bon killed Brian. He mistook Brian for Sophie, the last of the Waltens, the witness that got away. Felix could've also done the deed, stuffed Jack in Bon, and programmed Bon to kill the rest of his family, or loved ones to hide his tracks, maybe brainwashing him into thinking that by doing so, he'd make them beautiful.

[@AlleyKatte]

Okay, but that first "photo" of the founders is literally that one Steve Carrell meme and it's impossible for me to take it seriously

[@laurenstovall9229]

thank you for this comment now i can’t unsee it and i’m slightly less scared lmao

[@Kenzaaa123]

Stoooopppp😂😂😂😂

[@Sockren]

it literally is and i hate you for that

[@morfy2581]

which meme, can you send link?

[@Sockren]

​@@morfy2581 its that the office meme where they both shake hands and shit

[@allisonfink8883]

Maybe it's possible that Felix never got caught and inherited custody of Sophie? That would explain her getting prescribed the pills

[@MeighanWinchester]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@TheXtremist47]

She is taking normal pills

[@Jenns228]

@@TheXtremist47 fucking christ leave the blob out of this

[@lukelofquist3734]

the voice you did for this video is very soothing. pretty much perfect for a long form video

[@yugimumoto1]

During the "awards ceremony" that gets corrupted, the song that plays is "Nearer my God to thee" a song played during the sinking of the RMS Titanic

[@Lolasrice]

I knew that sounded very familiar

[@JuanPablo-pg3vx]

🎶ANDD IIIIIIII WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOOOOOU 🎶 Oh wrong song? My bad

[@alexitimio]

Sophie really is the MVP, not stopping after all that shit

[@reloadseven2198]

Safety in pills, Sophie

[@rennwasnt_here1089]

The story with Sophie not stopping: 📚 The story if she stopped right after the first scary bug: 📜

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Huh, all those glitches and kept playing, I didn't touch my 3ds for months after it froze once

[@rachitkumarsinha9521]

Its time. 1 AM. Phone is fully charged, my little snack is ready, water bottle near me, room is chilled, tucked into my blanket, and ready to slowly fall asleep to Nexpo's ASMR voice talking about deranged animatronics. Hehehehe.

[@justjosh9353]

Rosemary didn’t deserve this. Sha dancing is cute to see though.

[@_havien3]

sha brugwer

[@biindiecat2878]

yea I like sha

[@Xhepyxopila]

Sha is my favorite of the main Walten Files characters She's adorable in literaly every cartoon form shes in (y'know when they aren't distorted and shit)

[@bowserjrimacasualshutup6754]

sha sha real smooth

[@ChaplainIdaeus]

A more well-executed and non-oversaturated FNAF, to oversimplify it. I appreciate it for going more on the side of dread rather than the modern entertainment definition of scary (i.e. get ready to jump). More terror than horror, in an archaic sense. It's a much more potent feeling, and so far, the indie side of film projects here on KZbin has been doing it really damn well, namely with analog horror. Analog has become one of my favorite ways of getting spooked.

[@bcsilikejanmayen5716]

Also, martin was originally going to make twf into a game, which im glad he didnt. Lets be honest it wouldve recycled fnafs mechanics just with new characters and we already have enough of those edit: not saying that twf is a fnaf fan project cus it aint, but iirc martin said it started out like that

[@icevlad148]

THIS IS NON OVERSATURATED???? These videos can't go 30 seconds without a scary face popping up or a loud noise. These videos probably have more jusmpscares per minute than fnaf 3. The only video that doesn't try to scare you constantly is the bonus one. The whole tone of the videos barely tries to establish tension. Overconcentrated horror is bad horror. Fnaf has it's own lows in it's horror aspects and - many people don't find these games scary. But at least it actually knows when to stay silent and let the players assume they're safe. It knows when the string needs to be pulled and when to turn the "jumpscare" knob down. And same with story drive. Watson files are narratively linear experience. You see the thing and moments later the thing is explained. Why? Because next thing needs to be shown and explained. How did it happen? Because the series are oversaturated. Too many events, characters and loud noises cramped into relatively short experience. There needs to be downtime. There needs to be tension. Otherwise the videos become an assault of information. Fnaf got 6 main game entries and 3 books and we still are not sure who is killed and who is where. Again, it's not perfect either, but it's carefully crafted enough to give players just enough information to get them in but not enough to be conclusive. And that's exactly why it got so many people interested in it. Here, honestly, I don't know why people need Watson files to be explained. Unless you're not paying attention the main story of Felix causing death of Watson's children and then killing Watson senior is alarmingly clear. I guess to see what neat details you might have missed. Again, problem of putting too much information into too short of experience. Needed tension. Needed downtime. Needed brakes, ironically enough.

[@ChaplainIdaeus]

​@@icevlad148 By "non-oversaturated," I meant the brand itself, not in the approach each individual video takes to scare the viewer. FNaF went on for a very long time and it's probably _still_ going. If it is, I'm honestly not sure where its story is going or even where it's at currently. Granted, I dropped off a while ago, so maybe it's better than I give it credit for story-wise. But it does seem like it's dragging its name along at this point. That said, I do prefer the Walten Files' approach to this sort of horror over FNaF and believe it to be more well-executed in this analog format than in FNaF's 3D model stationary style, or whatever you might call it. Barring in mind that there is a difference in approach between a video and a video _game._ For the most part, you more or less get to decide the pace of scares in FNaF by managing your camerawork and other resources. Can't really do that with a video that has a fixed runtime unless you pause often, but of course that's not the same. So in regards to the pacing, I'm not sure I follow you. It seems to me that within the variable runtimes of the Walten videos, the tense downtime between visual and auditory scares is _fairly_ balanced. Not perfect, and certainly not among the best I've seen, but good overall. I never got the feeling like I was being overloaded with information, horrific or otherwise. I also like the more visually surreal vibe the Walten Files has over FNaF. I find it to be more stimulating. I dare say that seems to be more of the focus than the story itself, but that's just my observation. The actual story of the Walten Files is, as you describe, a narratively linear experience. I think it's safe to say that this is a true statement. I would also agree that it's predictable; it's a fairly simple story so far. I wouldn't say it's that much simpler or more complex than FNaF pre-FNaF 3(?). Well, ok, maybe simpler since we already know who the "purple guy" equivalent of the Walten Files is, but it does seem to be designed as a shorter experience. Either that or the mystery is not entirely about the perpetrator of the accident. It's still relatively new, so we've no clue where it'll end up going, if it _does_ continue on at all after another video or two. I don't presume to know a huge amount about FNaF and so I can't speak about it in great detail, but from what part of it I've experienced and have seen grow overtime, I just think TWF handles the same animatronic horror better. At least on an aesthetic level, story aside.

[@Mas3d_p0ta3rs]

I appreciate the civilized nature of these comments god bless or have a good life

[@seizmic7024]

@@ChaplainIdaeus the main story line actually ended a while ago, but there’s still a new final game and I mean final this time cuz Scott cawthon said he’s done, that’s coming out soon

[@AridaenNightcoreRock]

Nexpo breaking character and laughing was more unsettling than the rest of the tapes.

[@dudeguy371]

something I find peculiar is after the list of names at 38:53 there's high pitched reversed speech saying "sophie", but without reversing it, it sounds strikingly like it's saying "felix". whatever that means I don't know, but it stood out to me

[@Sluggadome_Rotunda_Bernardson]

The scene in the canine facility with the clown is genuinely the best piece of horror I have ever seen in my life. Maybe it won’t be that scary for somebody else but it just captured so many of my hyper specific fears. Being in an open and dark space Being in a place you aren’t supposed to be in Something appearing out of a dark space Being in a place that is perfectly silent when a prolonged Loud noise occurs (not like a jump scare more like triggering an alarm or hearing somebody scream) And finally, a life long crippling fear of the dark to the point where I can barely walk through my house at night.

[@snaileatsface]

Wait what ... no fear of clowns? :D

[@Sluggadome_Rotunda_Bernardson]

@@snaileatsface no lol, that mischievous bruh did have some great character design though.

[@Topdoggie7]

I have that crippling fear of the dark and I can't get over it and my spouse is always been really fond of sleeping in pitch black darkness while I sleep beside a night light because I can't walk around unless all the lights are on.

[@omoriperocondrip9130]

Remember: Don't be afraid of the dark. Be afraid of whatever lurks in there, being alone in the dark is scary, yes, but knowing that you are not alone in the dark is worse.

[@blank7137]

And to add onto this. She screamed for hours in pain and no one heard her. That is another massive fear for me.

[@annie_xo]

This whole thing was extremely disturbing. I rarely get scared watching stuff like this, but I was trying to watch it at night and I actually had to turn it off and wait until the morning to watch it because I was so creeped out within the first 5 minutes lol.

[@lightningteam8560]

My fnaf trauma came back wayy to hard I had to pause it, first time in a while i'm creeped out and feel like the animatronics could be hiding near me

[@thor2613]

yoooo ikr??? like i genuinely haven’t felt so freaked out by stuff like this in such a long time. the voices, the music, the art- literally everything is scaring me in this video 😭 but man its so interesting- i honestly dont know what i would do without nexpos voice tho lolol

[@peydaddy]

dude i’m so desensitized from all the fnaf and creepy pasta shit i used to be into this wasn’t as scary to me as it should have been

[@blakejames9743]

@@lightningteam8560 This is what FNAF wishes it could be.

[@kaylau4497]

I’m watching this at midnight it so dreary omg I’m like half way thru

[@alanwakeish]

The picture of Jack, looks like a caricature of the comedian Ross Noble.

[@bluspookyboi9715]

He looks like Kylo Ren

[@XwX1001]

I thought he looked like Tiny Tim. Y'know, "Tiptoe Through the Tulips"/"Livin' in the Sunlight"-guy? I can NOT look at Jack rising out of the backpack without hearing "Hel-LO, my dear friends!"

[@S3dINS]

Is it just me or does the guy who Jack Walton is shaking hands with in the photo, look like Michael Gove???

[@luishernndez8367]

Looks like a copycat Alice Cooper without the makeup

[@persephoenix]

my mum walked into the room, saw the pic and said 'looks like ross noble'

[@Oxzilion]

Who goes to the dentist at 9:00 p.m.? Rosemary should’ve been able to get them, I think, unless their dentist stays open super late

[@crunchcie]

fun fact: the location of the storage facility, brighton michigan, actually exists. the forest doesnt though. ( i know it exists cause ive passed by the town for various sport competitions :] )

[@conkill1058]

As a Michigander it was really scary to hear of a place near me

[@ebitempurafry]

@@conkill1058 michigender? Whats with yall and making up more gender acronyms

[@ebitempurafry]

@@conkill1058 OH nevermind

[@raloniusmaximus]

@@ebitempurafry LMFAO

[@imparanoiiid]

Was there a bunny ?

[@jishaboy]

Maybe the fear hasn’t set in yet cause I’m only five minutes in but I can’t get over the facts it’s called “Bon’s Burgers” I just keep thinking about Bob

[@togetittomeollaan]

Bob's Burgers-The Bad Ending

[@ash-xj9it]

Same oml

[@alexm8443]

Thought it was Bob's Burgers for like 30 minutes the video before realization.

[@CheeseYourself]

This series was the first thing that made me realise my absolute biggest weakness in the analogue horror genre; faces. Warped and distorted faces just tap into some _primal_ nook in my ape brain that makes it legitimately difficult for me to be calm and fall asleep at night after seeing them. The one that got me the most was Charles' messed-up face at the end of Boozoo's little segment in BunnyFarm (the one at 1:08:35). That face has shown up _numerous_ times in my nightmares and sometimes I see it when I close my eyes. It's just stuck with me ever since I saw it. Excellent analysis, Nexpo! I can always count on you to make these scary things more bearable

[@izzie1277]

My sense of humor is so fucked that when I saw that face I laughed

[@uwu-8302]

I can't imagine how much worse the Mandela Catalogue would make you feel 💀

[@krovellium]

The uncanny valley. It’s a primal instinct that basically tells you “If this thing looks weird, avoid it. It will kill you@

[@tribal6974]

The one at 9:54 sent a lightning through my spine for some odd reason haha

[@__unwavering]

I dropped a lit cigarette out of my mouth down my shirt. You aren't the only one lol.

[@haydenbehm6985]

This is the first thing in a while to make me cry, not because of fear, but because of how sad the story is. I broke down at the point where we learn what happened to edd and molly, it's honestly just so damn sad

[@rickythebobbyy]

its not that deep

[@haydenbehm6985]

@@rickythebobbyy maybe to you, but this shit is fucking sad

[@rickythebobbyy]

@@haydenbehm6985 its really not bro its loud distorted noises and fnaf remodels

[@haydenbehm6985]

@@rickythebobbyy you can think what you think, but don't try and invalidate what others think

[@rickythebobbyy]

@@haydenbehm6985 how does this make you break down crying? have you never experienced real life hardship?

[@literallymythirdaccount7950]

The idea that this takes place in a universe that nothing went wrong at Freddy's is what fascinates me the most. Also, the way they say the place is closed "for good" is cool because Bon is named after the French word for good. They closed it for Bon or whoever was within the bot

[@JJJamws]

Pls respond cos I’m so confused but what do they mean by where nothing went wrong in fnaf? Like with purple guy not dying in the suit or something else that went wrong.

[@robotmaster4515]

@@JJJamws Its just a normal restaurant like Chuck E Cheese

[@papaaeon7210]

I thought Good was capitalized because of like the “Public Good” as in were locking this haunted animatronic away for the public good

[@literallymythirdaccount7950]

@@papaaeon7210 it's cool because it means that as well as what I mentioned

[@walktroughman1952]

Kinda hard to discern that, even if the two are in the same universe, BSI and all of this precedes fredbear's diner and what took place with Freddy Fazbear's Inc in FNaF

[@Calebahan]

actually wtf this video came out TWO YEARS AGO???? I remember going out of state for the first time for my 13th birthday falling asleep to this. Actually crazy.

[@ysnsmth]

lil bro pls do NOT put your age on the internet😭😭😭

[@junezdollhouse]

It would make more sense if bon, jack is (presumably) inside of, was mimicking sophie (his daughter's) voice to show rosemary where he was before killing her, he called her rosie because that was the nickname he used for her in life. With the text from the red children, this can imply jack, molly, and ed are rounding their family together in death so they can be all together again.

[@poksand1724]

Probably wasn't even mimicking Sophie's voice but was just asking where Sophie was.