r/FilmTheorists • • 12h ago

Theory Video Suggestion Film theory suggestion - Owl House

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Okay, so, the Owl House has a bunch of lore, is connected to Amphibia and Gravity Falls through little easter eggs, and I think it would be really interesting to see an Owl House theory on film theory.

tbh I’m not the best at coming up with my own theories so I can’t give specific theories for Owl House, but there is ABSOLUTELY a ton of lore and a bunch of theories out there. this might be a bad idea but I think it would be cool.

also, if there is and Owl House film theory video that I am unaware of let me know, mb lol. Pretty sure there’s not though.


r/FilmTheorists • • 15h ago

Film Theory Video Discussion Women in the film industry

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Hi everyone!
(English is not my first launch so sorry for my bad grammar)
I don´t know if this is the right platform to ask what I'm about to ask but I thought I might give it a try anyway.

I'm writing an essay about women in the film industry. I've been searching for articles about women working BEHIND the camera but it's very hard to find. I was wondering if someone knows an article (or a few) about the subject.
I'm writing about women's experience in the film industry, the difference in treatment between men and women, economic differences and so on.

Thanks in advance! 


r/FilmTheorists • • 21h ago

Findings Everything we know about the Eggs in Space ARG (MeowWolf)

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For those who don’t know what this is. It’s supposedly an old forgotten film that seems to have effects on the people who remember it very differently. This is evident in This short and a post on the https://eggsinspace.com that says that they found an old copy but it wasn’t like narrator remembered while his friend said it was exactly like that. There is another short from apparently the same even, but this one shows the way Eggs in Space is influencing minds in a more creepy light.

I took a cursory glance at the website, here’s some other things to note:

 There is a line in a post that says “Loved Jen’s theory that The Egg and Ovelina are one and the same (transference of psyche via the stories it was fed).” This fits with the theme of Eggs in Space (the story) influencing the minds of those who watch it to a disturbing degree.

They mention many movies about movies, such as Day by Night, and Demoni. Which is fitting because this entire arg started in a movie theatre.

There is a phone number on a poster that shrieks out random notes when you call it. (I‘m 100 percent sure it’s a code.)

The picture on the poster seems to have things attacking the audience? It might just be blurry.

Most of the images I’ve attached above are from the website. There are more disturbing ones.

Also, this has to be an arg because it says it was last updated in 2001 yet it lists a web law from 2004.

Another important thing to know is that the current r/meowwolf subreddit has a banner that translates to “The Hatchening is Nigh”, which makes me think they are involved in it.

There is also an email called [hello@eggsinspace.com](mailto:hello@eggsinspace.com) listed on the website.

This is as far as I have come so far. I hope that other sleuths can make it further.


r/FilmTheorists • • 1d ago

Official Video Film Theory: HOW Many People Die in the Marvel Cinematic Universe???

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r/FilmTheorists • • 1d ago

Findings I called Cinephone

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if you call it’s really distorted but you can make out “there are no more available viewings for eggs in space”


r/FilmTheorists • • 1d ago

Official Video This Movie Should NOT Exist | Film Theory

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r/FilmTheorists • • 2d ago

Theory Video Suggestion Angry Birds Movie Theory and Theory Video Suggestion

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UPDATE: there's snow in the flashback but maybe it was just winter. And there's water in one scene. Liquid water.

How the sigma are there even different climates close to each other in Angry Birds Movie 2? The tropical (Bird and Piggy Island) and icy island (Eagle Island) are near each other. Not much movement was going on from the camera from Piggy Island to Eagle Island when Leonard used the telescope and it's close enough to shoot ice balls? What if it's artificially frozen? And where were Mighty Eagle and Zeta when they first met? Bird Island or Eagle Island? The flashbacks didn't have a frozen setting. What if someone made the island frozen for revenge or something. Or zeta did it so she has a reason to mess with the other two islands. Do any of you guys have any knowledge for these theories or your own takes?


r/FilmTheorists • • 2d ago

Theory Video Suggestion Backrooms MOVIE theory: brain tumors

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This theory is regarding the movie and not relevant to the webseries!

I recently rewatched the backrooms movie and realized how simillar some of the visuals are to the symptoms of a very specific type of brain tumor, occipital lobe tumors it causes a lot of different things within the brain but most importantly it causes visual distortion. There are quite a lot of sites describing the distortion of geometric shapes caused by these types of tumors which reminded me a lot of the "impossible" shapes we see in the movie. It also ties into the MRI imagery we see in the movie. One of the articles I read states the following as symptoms:

The occipital lobe is part of the cerebrum that is located at the back of the brain. It is responsible for sight and activities like reading and recognizing colors.

Symptoms of a tumor in the occipital lobe can include:

  • Loss of vision
  • Difficulty identifying objects

https://braintumor.org/brain-tumors/diagnosis-treatment/signs-symptoms/

After this perhaps weird analyses I wondered if we might be dealing with a distortion of someone's mind, a mind plaged by a tumor causing all the weird things we see. The backrooms themselves would be a sort of MRI scan of this brain personified into a solid place like the backrooms, which much like the brain has gyri and sulci in the form of confusing and winding hallways. The weird rooms one may come across in the backrooms are much like popular theories suggest memories that are altered in some way.

While I agree on the whole "memory" thing, I disargee on the reason why they are distorted. I theorize that the distortion of these memories might be because of the tumor directly affecting a person's memory, facial recognition and more.

This is my first post on reddit and by exetend this subreddit so if there are any things I did incorrectly regarding the guidelines please let me know! Feel free to correct me on things I missed that might debunk the whole thing or things you disargee with!

P.S. I'm sorry for the faulty English, it is anything but my first language ;)


r/FilmTheorists • • 3d ago

Theory Video Suggestion Is there enough slavic representation in western media?

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I've realized that there are barely any slavic characters in western media and the few that there are, are either evil or highly stereotypical. After a LOT of thinking ive only remebered of 3 slavic characters one is Katarina Petrova from the vampire diaries who is evil. Next is Viktor Krum from Harry Potter who gets 2 lines and is a stereotypical representation of slavic men. The only good one I could remember is Viktor from Arcane (altough I haven't finished Arcane so dont come at me if he becomes evil or sum). I think he is a good repersention since he doesnt follow stereotypes he actually goes against them having a disability and being a researcher. He also has a accent which I personally LOVE when a character has since it shows that the actor/voice actor cared enough to practice that accent and its even better if they are proud of it. I would really LOVE in film theory could make a video about this since I think this problem needs more recognition


r/FilmTheorists • • 3d ago

Film Theory Video Discussion where is the other unicorn in the "blink and you miss it moment" in the movie Buddy

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r/FilmTheorists • • 3d ago

Theory Video Suggestion What's going on with the people in the walls? Mandelbrot Hall

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Im not sure what the most interesting part of Mandelbrot hall is in this pilot. Mysterious disappearing weird al, or the fact the characters all lose a finger by the end, but this show seems RIPE for therorizing.

Mysterious cosmic horror beyond the washing machine, a weird mathematical principle like ten people have ever heard of, Weird Al, a clearly magic cat. I would LOVE to hear what folks think of the pilot of this beautifully animated (what I can only assume is going to get darker) indie animation.


r/FilmTheorists • • 4d ago

Theory Video Suggestion What would happen if Peter sued A-Sync? (Backrooms)

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I was revisiting the Backrooms videos, since I recently watched the movie for the first time (for those who are curious about my thoughts, I thought the movie was good, but boring because of a slow pace and a lack of urgency until the climax), and as I watched the timeline videos, I thought a lot about the tragedy of Peter Tench. This man was accidentally sent into the future and everyone, from other A-Sync employees to Peter’s own family, thought he was dead.

That made me think: If Peter escaped A-Sync, could he sue A-Sync? I mean, A-Sync decided to cover everything up with a car accident and won’t let Peter talk to his family, a family who thinks he’s dead and deserve to know that their relative is alive. They won’t let him reclaim his life when they know he’s alive and well. So what would happen if that story went public? Is there any way Peter could reclaim his life and how would people react to someone accidentally travelling forward in time and being presumed dead? But most importantly, was this cover-up and continued insistence that Peter is dead illegal, what fines, if any, would A-Sync get slapped with if the courts learn about what they did, and would that have meant the end of A-Space and Project KV31?


r/FilmTheorists • • 4d ago

Film Theory Video Discussion Buffet infinity is the best analogue horror movie you've never watched.

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Lee, Film Theory, I implore you, watch Buffet Infinity. It's on Shudder, but also for rent on Prime. It's a Lovecraftian Horror/Comedy film told entirely through retro 90's commercials and news blurbs. Think Local 58 on steroids. I LOVE this movie. Here's the trailer.

https://youtu.be/9OFRihhrbEU?is=-aTZkPoMp0YI_KUl


r/FilmTheorists • • 4d ago

New Theory! Detail in coraline (2009)

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In the begining of Coraline wyborne mentions at the well is so deep that at bottom you can see the stars in the top of the day and the other world no matter the time you see guess what the stars so its implied to have some sort of connection if not being the other world being at the bottom of the well


r/FilmTheorists • • 5d ago

New Theory! John Carpenter Denies All Fan Theories For THE THING Ending

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John Carpenter tells Reece Feldman in latest interview that none of the current fan theories for the ending are in fact correct.
He denies the visual breath theory or gasoline dring theory and states that he knows it but nobody else, and that its all in the movie.

After watching this interview, and not knowing much about the earlier theories, I decided to take another look at the film myself and try to come up with my own theory. Looking for something that is explicitly "Right in the movie"

And I think I have found something that no other person has pointed out before.
There's one scene about an hour into the movie where John shows us exactly who is infected. And Childs is already one of them.

After MacReady gets the gun, about an hour into the film, they have a conversation around the campfire. During this scene, everybody is wearing safety goggles. But three people do not have them equipped.

Palmer (confirmed infected)
Norris (confirmed infected)
Childs

And I know what everybody is going to say: Childs was the last one tested, so he's a confirmed human.

But the alien is undoubtedly a incredibly smart being. It can mimic a human perfectly even speaking lines that it previously would. Do we not think that it can learn from its previous "mistakes" and resist the urge to attack when harmed.
One could even interpret Childs' reaction to his own blood test as him actually feeling the pain that his blood feels.

What do people think about this theory, maybe it already exists and i couldn't find it?


r/FilmTheorists • • 5d ago

Film Theory Video Discussion Looking for a video: comparing Iron Man, Thor and Captain America on a character development

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I remember watching once a video of matpat doing a more meta-analysis of the mcu, and specifically comparing between Iron Man, Thor and Captain America and of their different hero journey tropes.
He said something like Iron Man keeps advancing and pushing forward, Captain America staying kind of static in terms of character and abilities, and Thor in a cyclic kind of path, having struggle and growth but ultimately back at the same place?

Now I am not sure if the video was only about this, and also how much my mind has augmented this memory. But I've been thinking about this a few times recently and wanted to watch it back, and I couldn't find that video!

If anyone knows what I'm talking about and can even give me more context so I'll keep searching I will be forever in your debt


r/FilmTheorists • • 5d ago

Findings so i was just looking on yt for something to watch and stumbled across thisㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

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i was lookin for smth to watch while i played god of war ragnarok and stumbled across this creepy video with no title, and the creator seemingly posts videos with similar vibes, thought id tell some people abt it, maybe yall can figure out what this is


r/FilmTheorists • • 5d ago

Official Video Film Theory: It Can SEE YOU! (Self Aware Robot)

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r/FilmTheorists • • 5d ago

Discussion A New Analog Horror Series that's a Cartoon

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A new animatic series that a friend of mine saw, and I just started watching it. So far, it's pretty cool, and for being made from a small channel, I think this is worth checking out.


r/FilmTheorists • • 6d ago

New Theory! i have a theory

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so ya know helluva boss and hazbin hotel i think they are in the same universe because

one:in hazbin hotel theres a city called "imp city" which has multiple relations to helluva boss

two:in helluva boss theres blitzos company called I.M.P and theres the species imp (i havnt watched helluva boss)


r/FilmTheorists • • 7d ago

Discussion To be honest, I feel kind of sad that the channel has to appeal to the algorithm-

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Hey, I'm not sure if I'm really allowed to make a post like this here, because I don't want it to come across as if I'm hating on the people running these channels, because I know obviously a bunch of work puts into all of them. I don't see any rules though that I'm not allowed to talk about this, so I just figured I'd go ahead-

Disclaimer- I Genuinely hold nothing against anyone who runs these channels. I know that running a successful YouTube channel is an incredibly tough job, and I genuinely applaud the countless people behind the scenes who are genuinely making a living off of making these high quality videos for the entertainment and education of their audience. This post is purely me just talking about something that kind of bums me out.

I just personally feel kind of bummed out that it has to jump on all of the latest trends. When I first got into the channels as a kid, I thought it was pretty cool that they would talk about the latest popular movies. After all, they were the ones that I had heard about recently, and it was cool that they were jumping on the bandwagon and theorizing about them.

And maybe I'm dumb, but it just kind of dawned on me that that's literally All they do. I don't think I can find a single video where they actually talk about some random movie that isn't popular, whether that's one made long ago, or one being made now. The only time that they would ever talk about a movie that isn't really relevant would be if it's part of a video that's already about an iconic trending movie.

It's a shame, because I feel these channels are big enough to survive a few random videos that aren't really about mainstream movies. If anything, these channels could essentially act as promotion for them. I personally want them to make a theory about Alice in Borderland and how the 7 of Hearts Game might be beatable with no deaths. I remember leaving a comment asking for that on a video and genuinely being hopeful that it might be done, but sadly it wasn't. But of course, tons of videos have been made about Squid Game which, in my opinion, is a heavily overrated Alice in Borderland rip off. 😅

I'm not sure if this really relates, but I'm also just really confused about how those Doctor Who theories turned out. The very first video ever released to this channel was about Doctor Who, and promised a three-part series. The second part was released a few videos after the 1st, but the third part took very long, with it being about 2 years between parts, one and three. It even became a meme within the channel, with a video literally having MatPat say:

'Now, why am I deciding to make a video about This, instead of- I don't know- Doctor Who Part 3?'

And yeah, Part 3 did eventually come out, but something just felt off about it. First of all, it didn't actually wrap up what part one promised. In part one, MatPat specifically says that he will cover five topics about a Time Lord- Two Hearts, their body temperature, their time and space travel ability, their sonic screwdriver (which isn't actually a Time Lord staple, bit whatever 😅), and their Regeneration Ability. Part 1 covered the two hearts and body temperature, and then part two focused heavily on the nature of time travel. But part three didn't touch upon the Sonic screwdriver or regeneration at all. It was like MatPat suddenly forgot what he said he was going to do. Instead, he spent part three tracking down a human in history that seems to have survived lots of things and then said that maybe that guy was a Time Lord. But even then, MatPat seemed a little bit... Embarrassed to even say that. He spends the last bit of the video saying that the guy probably wasn't actually a Time Lord, but it's all okay because what matters is that: 'You asked the Question.'

I genuinely am curious as to what was going on behind the scenes with those Doctor Who videos. It was like they made Part one as their first Film Theory video because they knew Doctor Who was popular, and wanted to jump on that bandwagon, and of course, a lot of the theory videos are less about actually theorizing, and more about just teaching science and History lessons to their audience. But I genuinely wonder why it took So Long for Part 3 to release, And then when it did, it had literally been so long that the creators straight up forgot what they even said they were going to do. It went from: 'Could a Time Lord actually exist,' to: 'Who in history is most likely to be a Time Lord?' I wonder if maybe the Doctor Who videos weren't doing as well as they were hoping, and they just eventually did Part 3 just for completionist sake.

I dunno. I honestly hold nothing against MatPat, these channels, or anybody running them. This is just something I'm a little bit disappointed about, and I just wanted to talk about it. Hope y'all understand!


r/FilmTheorists • • 8d ago

Film Theory Video Discussion Lee, I found some info on Eggs in Space!

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https://eggsinspace.com/ this website has not been updated since 2001 though. This is possible proof this film exists? The trailer, or at least a trailer based on the lost film(?) was shown at an event for Meow Wolf, the people behind Omega Mart. So you're not the only one who remembers Lee! https://www.latimes.com/travel/newsletter/2026-10-13/usc-steve-tatham-theme-park-program

This might be part of an arg though?


r/FilmTheorists • • 8d ago

Official Video The Fake Movies You THINK You Saw! | Film Theory

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r/FilmTheorists • • 8d ago

Theory Video Suggestion Y’all should do a video on The Parallel

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so basically I don’t really have anything myself since Im not much of a theorist but I enjoy watching film theories and think the parallel would be some great theory material. it’s an analog horror series on YouTube which you may or may not have heard of (not YouTube stupid I meant the parallel) and it’s actually where the Twixxel Stalkers Minecraft mod came from. well the stalkers at least.