The Hidden Nightmares [BLENDER/FNAF]

The Nightmare Chica is genuinely the most disturbing of the designs, it's uncomfortably smooth and kinda plays into the fear of massive open mouths ready to swallow you into darkness.

I love how friendly the actual animatronic version of him looks. Even more friendly looking than the toy animatronics from the main franchise. Really differentiates between the nightmare version of him

One thing I especially love about this is how actually friendly and sweet Nightmare looks before he turns into... that. Like, that's what the animatronics were supposed to be, before everything went haywire. It adds onto the tragedy even more in my opinion.

Am I the only one who would actually watch a full performance by Nightmare? He looks so smooth and friendly when he's singing as a robot.

These Nightmare designs are like what the OG animatronics would look like if a very small child tried to recreate them from memory, which is honestly perfect.

I love how real Fredbear's design strikes a perfect balance between being legitimately cute and presentable to kids AND having one of its most distinct features be his teeth. It adds even more context to the crying child's fear of mouths. The organic nightmares are also a great way to show how -- from the eyes of a child -- the animatronics can be seen as real creatures and not robots. (On top of the designs being 10x scarier)

1:47 I love that you can hear Nightmare's jumpscare sound in the background.

1:34 the way the flashlight is turned on and immediately you see nightmare's head turn to youre direction is just freaky beyond words

I gotta say, the way that Nightmare does not seem at all in control his own anatomy/unstable (eyes seemingly growing and shrinking at will, etc) and him not being bound by the dimensions of the room (seemingly too tall for the closet) just made my fucking SKIN crawl and I applaud you for that He really feels like some impossible creature a kid would dream up

A small detail I just noticed but absolutely love is how the nightmare version of Foxy has much smaller eyes compared to everyone else, showing both the knowledge of Foxy being used as a cruel mask against the viewer, but also showing that the viewer KNOWS who's behind that mask to a point, yet unable to see much more than just the eyes out of fear

The way Bonnie's pupils dilate is so realistic that she looks like a complete threat ready to take you out in the dark, and God! Foxy's eyes are so haunting and inhuman, they give me chills

I love Nightmare's design when he is on stage singing 2:11 CC looks scary and at the same time adorable With the Nightmare mask

Making the animatronics look organic is a genius idea. It makes them appear extremely uncanny and unsettling! Great work

One thing I noticed is how much jaws and mouths are emphasized. Like how multiple times characters have their jaw lower to an impossible reach. Or how much mouths are put on display. Its that extra attention to detail that makes this so much more creative.❤️

This was the first fnaf video in years that I’ve found genuinely unnerving. Like I gasped the first time I saw that shot of Bonnie in the hallway. The design is incredible on its own, but making them so large really sells it. Also the music choice is spot on.

Local child: the second i saw bonnie, i had the strongest involuntary reaction I've ever had, i think that was the point to scare and you succeded of my god

I think the most disturbing part about The Hidden Nightmares is that unlike FNaF 4 where the animatronics are still robotic, here they are a lot more... natural. Still extremely unnatural, yes, but they've got the feeling of actual monsters a little kid would imagine. I think at the age the Crying Child was at, it'd be difficult to imagine the animatronics as robots. And also taking into account that a child's mind exaggerates scary things to make them seem scarier, this makes more sense than having 9-foot-tall robots waiting for you to open the door. It's absolutely fucking terrifying.

0:57 The way Bonnie's eyes dilate and his gums unhinge a bit right before it cuts away is such an underrated detail. Just adds so much to portray how these creatures are just mindless animalistic predators. It's even more disturbing and unnatural cuz it's a RABBIT behaving like a wolf or cat. Absolutely love this animation!

I could talk about every little detail of this because there is SO much effort put into this - the fangs on Nightmare - the wallpaper in the bedroom looking like eyes - the fact that Chica‘s bib says “FEAST!!!” instead of “Let‘s Eat!” I could talk about and analyze every single little detail in this thing cuz there’s so much put into it that’s so fucking cool and I would be typing for hours if I listed every detail I love and why I think it’s so cool Istfg I’m gonna get hyperfixated on this thing 😭

the way the lighting, environment, and figures deform in this animation is in my experience very indicative of actual nightmares; especially the scenes of Nightmare in the closet and bed. Nightmares just don't make sense; familiarity is thrown out the window, and everything seems to go the complete opposite of how you want it to go. This animation captures the essence of a nightmare, in that everything goes wrong in every imaginable way possible.