The Worm | Animated Horror Story

A lot of people have been asking questions so I'll just pin this here! - What is that song on the radio at the beginning? It's an original song we made for the video. We called it "Thinking It Over" and it was written by my buddy Ryan Carlson who did all the music you hear in "The Worm". He's awesome. Ryan's friend Carmen Elle did the vocals for us. - Where can I listen to the full song? Here you go! open.spotify.com/album/1hF6L6a6UCIXe049y0pf11 - Is the opening sequence a dream? Yes. It is one of Sparrow's dreams. - Are you going to make more stories? Absolutely. It'll probably take a while though. I also have a regular job and animation takes a lot of time and work. I make this stuff because I love doing it, so I'd rather just take my time and be happy with the things that I make than rush out videos just to chase some algorithm or something. This is just for fun. - What did Sparrow actually do? What she had to...

I was wondering why the animation of this channel was so familiar. It turns out the director of Hilda The Series is behind this channel. He's impressively talented and I wish his channel will reach millions of subs

“It gets passed on when you tell people about it.” Proceeds to tell everyone on the internet

I like how the narrator, isn't recounting events to warn people away, as seen in stories like "At the Mountains of Madness", but for selfish reasons, so he doesn't have to deal with it anymore. I also like how his curiosity, is what helped The Worm to live. Sparrow knew, had the capacity to do awful things, to keep others from spreading The Worm, but also the strength to keep from spreading it herself. What she didn't count on, was a curious doctor, who had the moral flexibility to not only undergo a frowned upon practice for answers, but to spell it all out, in order to free himself. She almost won, if it weren't for him.

Cool how the song at the beginning talks about sparrow hosting the worm "In the mist of memories remains, yeah I've had this dream before, I always wanted more"

It's a small (and obvious) detail, but demonstrating the passage of time through the character's hair is brilliant.

Thank you for passing the worm to us and dooming us all to hell. Now I gotta try to stay awake like the kids in A Nightmare on Elm Street. 1-2 the worm is coming for you. 😱

This has two of my absolute favourite horror tropes in it!! 1) Cognito hazard type thing that gets “passed” to the viewer at the end 2) The LITERAL monster is not actually the TRUE monster (while The Worm is indeed terrifying, the psychiatrist is the one who allowed it to escape, infected everyone else with it, and also abused his power to violate a vulnerable patient’s consent and a whole bunch of other malpractice things — The Worm wouldn’t have spread if it wasn’t for him) This was SO fantastic, the atmosphere and everything else was SO haunting and beautiful and just brought everything together, I just discovered this channel today and these are all so amazing!!! 💕💕

Mnemonic hazard stories that end with the narrator telling us about the thing and "passing it on" to the audience never fails to send chills down my spine and give me goosebumps! Good work!

This is so good. The idea that a curse is being passed onto you, the viewer, always ends a slight chill down my spine. Even if I know it’s just a story.

This was even better than the first one! I loved how fluid the dream sequences were. The minimal movements during the doctor's narration makes the dreams more jarring.

I love how you used her hair dye to express the passing of time so creative!!

Wow, I am blown away at this remarkable short film. The build up to the end, it pulls the whole thing together making me feel more in the story. It left me with goosebumps, not only from feeling uneasy but also how good it was. I just subscribed and can’t wait to see more

Shocked to see none of the comments acknowledging the true horror aspect of this, the medical malpractice. The narrator isn't sympathetic at all. As someone with mental illness who has had psychiatrists good and bad, I would not want to be in this guy's care ever. The attention to detail with the notes on his patient and the way he makes subjective assuptions about her and belittles her (soft-spoken, smaller than expected, etc) is subtle but terrifying.

I love how the doctor's moral flexibility and her vulnerable position adds its own layer of horror, and puts a hauntingly relatable twist on the "horror as morality tale" trope. If you cross people's boundaries for their own good, it miiiiiight turn out well... But keep in mind, you might just get your brain eaten by a contagious lovecraftian dream worm! 🙃

When I was younger I used to get nightmares every night, it would always end in my gruesome death and sometimes it would be so bad I would feel the pain when I woke up. I’m fine now but I have no idea to this day why all that happened. Nonetheless, it wasn’t too much to handle in my eyes, I just stopped sleeping. This is an amazing animation with beautiful art/visuals and an amazing story, I love it.

The art design on this is so ridiculously good! Character designs, backgrounds, and even the way the voice acting is processed brings such a great atmosphere and polish. Well done!!!

This is one of those 15 to 20 minute videos that makes you positively feel like you’re watching a 90 to 120 minute long film. I’ve been getting interested in indie shorts (live action and animated) lately and this one is definitely going to my list of favourites.

A little detail I love is how Sparrow's hair color gives you an idea of how much time has passed. Very well done!

As an animator this is SO good love the simplicity yet attention to detail. Sound work is amazing too. bravo all around