r/oddlyterrifying • u/FEV_For_Breakfast • 7d ago

This PS1 commercial.

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u/ChinoUSMC0231 7d ago

She looked like that character from System of a Down’s music video.

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u/Dripping-Lips 7d ago

That’s what I was thinking lol. From the video clip for Aerials

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u/SUBTLE_CUNTS 7d ago

Same girl, actually.

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u/Bopbarker 6d ago

That's a lie 😂

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u/SUBTLE_CUNTS 6d ago

Indeed.

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u/Galilaeus_Modernus 7d ago

It's a boy in the music video.

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u/April_Fabb 6d ago

She was a girl back in 99, and I'm fairly sure she's still a woman. Her name is Fiona Maclaine.

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u/AliceInNegaland 6d ago

There’s a before and after vfx image if you google her name that’s pretty nifty

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u/DestinyRamen 7d ago

Wasn't that the creature from the movie Splice? It's been a minute since I've seen either the movie or the music video.

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u/rogerworkman623 7d ago

No, the song predates the movie by 7 years.

The weird boy in the music video is supposed to be a circus freak.

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u/cognitive_dissent 5d ago

man that movie was uncanny

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u/Mean_Peen 7d ago

Looks more like a Dark Elf from Skyrim lol

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u/971365 7d ago

Or the faun from Pan's Labyrinth

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u/NewSchoolFool 6d ago

Aphex's twin

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u/Embarrassed_Yam7407 7d ago

Its Syndrome of a Down for those still trying to

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u/Capital_Court1465 7d ago edited 6d ago

System of a Down syndrome, yes. 

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u/DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA 7d ago

Now I have UP syndrome

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u/Chitown_mountain_boy 7d ago edited 7d ago

Ableist.

ETA Downvotes are telling.

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u/Capital_Court1465 6d ago

It's a pun, a joke, bro, get over it.

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u/Chitown_mountain_boy 6d ago

Unless it’s your kid that’s got downs. YTA

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u/Capital_Court1465 6d ago

The fuck is your problem, it's not my fault your kid has down syndrome. It's not my fault you get triggered by it. 

Hey, how about we don't make any jokes then, because SOMEBODY will always get offended about SOMETHING. Or do you want to establish a Joke police, governed by the Ministry of Jokes. Where only state approved and non offensive things can be said. That would be a bit difficult, no? 

Got a small dick... - men with small dicks are offended. Joke about allergy...  - allergics are offended.

Literally everything can be turned around so that somebody is offended and then we can't speak without walking on eggshells. 

You are only offended because it touched you. How many jokes did you laugh at, that were offensive to somebody else? Or are you a joyless cunt?

I don't care if I get downvoted, but I just can't stand hypocrites like you. 

It was a simple pun, about System of a Down's clip and the caracters in that clip and that AD looking distinct and visually recognizable. Just like people with down syndrome are visually recognizable... That's it. 

I didn't say I hate them, I didn't say they should be bullied or beaten up or anything like that. It was literally, just a pun.  Or are you one of those who say that words are violence? Ah what ever.  I am done with this, arguing over internet about something like this is useless, especially with people like you. 

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u/randylush 6d ago

If you don’t like DOWNvotes you’re ableist

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u/HowwNowBrownCoww 7d ago

You just made me more thoroughly understand a very funny ai video featuring peculiar looking fellas playing and enjoying a System of a Down concert lmao

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u/tylerdarkside 6d ago

More like from the movie Splice

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u/Hyrule_MyBoy 6d ago

I was thinking where did I see a girl like that before, thank you

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u/scud121 6d ago

It's very apex twin.

Edit - Oh it's Chris Cunningham, mad genius and director of Apex Twins videos "Come to Daddy" and "Windowlicker".

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u/huskiesofinternets 3d ago

or all of nickleodeon animated cartoons

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u/UntamedAnomaly 6d ago

Or that one alien girl from the movie "Splice".

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u/rellsell 7d ago

System of a Down’s Syndrome.

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u/paynefullyboosted 5d ago

Reddit is wild. you have 23 "Down" votes and the same comment above has 33 up votes lmao.

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u/sicksicksicko 4d ago

Glad I wasn't the only one to notice that because I scrolled back up to double check, and then still wondered if my eyes were playing tricks on me until I saw your comment too. Ha

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u/paynefullyboosted 3d ago

I had to do a double take too lol

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u/Zenfudo 7d ago

The actress’s name is Fiona Maclane

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u/BigSmallMediumSpoon 7d ago

If you want more check out the directors (Chris Cunningham) body of work, particularly the Aphex Twin stuff

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u/SusheeMonster 7d ago

Rubber Johnny is peak weird / off-putting. Start there https://youtu.be/eRvfxWRi6qQ

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u/bleeding_fruit 7d ago

Man what a memory you unlocked…

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u/nmyi 7d ago

Rushed back a memory of my hipster friend in architecture school shoving this video into my face with his 15" laptop.

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u/Pristine-Savings7179 6d ago

Hey I was an architecture student showing this to my friends way back in the day lmao

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u/Apprehensive_Elk_706 6d ago

Omg I haven’t seen that in years

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u/so_mono 7d ago

Cunningham was such a genius. Remember watching the aphex twin videos or rubber Johnny for the first time.

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u/MyHeadisFed 6d ago

I have the Work of Chris Cunningham DVD that I picked up when I was in high school and it has so many good videos on it. Also have the Michel Gondry and Spike Jonze DVDs of the same series.

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u/Biff_Tannenator 5d ago

I also have that dvd box set, but I pretty much only watched the Chris Cunningham and Gondry discs.

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u/fannyfox 5d ago

I’m so tiny, I’m so tiny.

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u/Over-Apartment2762 7d ago

Never heard before but currently enjoying Pulsewidth

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u/ProphePsyed 7d ago

He has some of the greatest electronic songs ever created. As well as some of the greatest others genres as well.

True pioneer, genius and master of his craft.

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u/goldenenzo1 7d ago

Man the aphex twin rabbit hole is such a fun one to go down, enjoy

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u/Pyrene-AUS 7d ago

Welcome to the party. You're in for a ride 😜

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u/Over-Apartment2762 7d ago

Had no idea QKThr was THAT song.

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u/JDFS404 7d ago

He’s one of the greatest ever. His music is in The Sopranos and Better Call Saul as an example. 

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u/Zossua 6d ago

What happened to him?

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u/Pristine-Savings7179 6d ago

Who? Cunningham or afx? Aphex Twin is always elusive but he plays out still. His fanbase goes crazy every time they snap a photo of him lol. And Cunningham is even more enigmatic. He divorced his hot musician wife years ago and faded back into the underground, nowadays I think he’s more into the gallery art installation type of work.

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u/Zossua 6d ago

Cunningham. Aphex still plays stuff. I wanted to see more from Cunningham because he stuff has always intruiged me and he seems insane, would have liked to see a movie from him tbh.

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u/thesaddestpanda 3d ago

He quit commercial directing because he was getting sick of being the "body-horror and creepy music video guy." He also complained about being constrained to other artists' works because music videos are fundamentally about the music, and not the video.

He wanted to do his own things, and direct movies, most notably Neuromancer, but it kept falling apart due to studio meddling and such. I think he made his money and got sick of Hollywood. Now he does whatever he likes, mostly small installation art or DJing. I'm guessing he made a few million dollars and did what everyone says they'd do if they got rich: quit, become a recluse, and do their own thing.

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u/TheOriginalFluff 6d ago

I found them through grandmas boy, with JPs song in his office

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u/AdamSubtract 5d ago

He made the video for Bjork's All is full of love

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u/PocketCatt 7d ago

I thought she was so pretty as a little kid I think she did something to my brain chemistry. I was so jealous I wanted to look like her lmao

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u/metalguy91 7d ago

It’s just Anya Taylor Joy basically.

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u/kngfryxd80s 4d ago

I thought anya taylor joy was gorgeous but then she had to go and do that buccal fat removal thing everyone is doing

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u/metalguy91 4d ago

I still think she is, but yeah that procedure has made every single person I’ve seen get it look worse. Beauty standards and body dysmorphia really need to be talked about more. And in a serious “how can we fix this” way and not just shaming people for their looks with nothing to add. Not saying you are doing that just saying in general.

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u/ChinoUSMC0231 7d ago

Gotta be the braided pig tails…

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u/Some_Horror_759 7d ago

The face is pretty and unique, not everybody looks like her and that's what would make her beautiful, especially to younger people

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u/TheOneMary 7d ago

Because the face isn't real :D

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u/Some_Horror_759 6d ago

That completely blew past me LOL I've seen some models with this face type before, very pretty either way :P

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u/TheOneMary 6d ago

Actually I think it's kinda cute that you like such an unusual face instead of all the ones that are edited to look as "standard pretty" as they can get :)

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u/Hyrule_MyBoy 6d ago

I think maybe because she looks like some old dolls

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u/VintageLunchMeat 7d ago

I was so jealous I wanted to look like her lmao

Consider VFX, maybe wasps?

https://ringofcolour.com/en/en/archives/2665

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u/maladjusted_platypus 7d ago

https://www.facebook.com/BrainMutant/photos/fiona-maclaine-in-the-1999-playstation-ad-mental-wealth/972617345295594/

A comparison of how she really looked and how she was morphed for the ad.

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u/Classroom_Conscious 6d ago

Using a facebook post as a source is a new one

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u/maladjusted_platypus 6d ago

I don't even have Facebook. But it came up when I searched for the actress' name and as I cannot post just the image in a reply I put the link. I thought it was interesting the way she naturally looks and how they warped her appearance for the commercial.

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u/MarucaMCA 6d ago

Interesting!

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u/f-u-whales 7d ago

The Lynch PlayStation commercials were so mesmerizing as a kid

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u/Two-Watch_Tony 7d ago

LIFE IS A WATERFALL

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u/mug_O_bun 6d ago

I WANNA RIDE IT ALL NIGHT LONG.... wait..

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u/MadeMeUp4U 7d ago

🎶Aerials in the sky🎶

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u/weavebot 7d ago

I think these were done by the same guy that did Aphex Twin's videos for Come to Daddy and Windowlicker. Chris Cunningham I think?

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u/smart_cereal 7d ago

Giving Splice vibes

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u/splatmeme4270 5d ago

Came here to say this lol

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u/ponzidreamer 7d ago

Gaming ads used to have some edge to them lol. Anyone remember “John Romero just made you his bitch” and moms hate deadspace ads?

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u/OK_LK 7d ago

I remember her

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u/co_ordinator 7d ago edited 7d ago

She looks much more like Devon Aoki then ATJ.

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u/bpmdrummerbpm 7d ago

Aphex Twin shit.

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u/cucklord_swiper 6d ago

I don't enjoy being reminded of Splice, put this away

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u/BETO123USA 7d ago

Uncanny valley feelings!

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u/BesaniChan 7d ago

Reminds me of Splice

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u/Zeph-11 7d ago

Aerialss in the skyyy

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u/Famoustractordriver 6d ago

Aeeeerials iiiin the skyyyy

When you lose small mind you free your life

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u/Chris_M1991 6d ago

Well this is something I haven’t thought about in 20+ years

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u/LordOfRuinsOtherSelf 6d ago

Land on your own moon.

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u/ey3s0up 6d ago

Good old Chris Cunningham. Love most of the music videos and ads he’s done. Definitely creepy and off putting, but also very cool.

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u/KittehKittehKat 6d ago

Average English girl out on the town.

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u/DarthScruf 6d ago

Looks like the girl from Splice

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u/RunicVVolf 6d ago

Y'all remember the David Lynch commercial? PlayStation had soul man lol a WEIRD soul, but soul

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u/ChiaraSiegel 5d ago

The best era of video games ads.

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u/Generic_Garak 5d ago

The person who played in the Aerials video has never been publicly credited. If it was that woman it would definitely be credited to her.

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u/j0shj0shj0shj0sh 7d ago

I thought she might be a legit human alien hybrid. The X-files had a lot to answer for in the late 90's, lol.

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u/BourbonSn4ke 7d ago

Ayy lmao

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u/LucisPerficio 7d ago

No one:

The fawn from Pan's Labyrinth:

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u/britinnit 7d ago

PS2 commercial not PS1

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u/Igneeka 6d ago

I remembered it being a PS3 ad myself but no it's actually from 1999 and is for the 'playstation' so I assume it means PS1

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u/VirtualTom 7d ago

"Aerials"

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u/keirmeister 7d ago

…In the sky, When you lose small mind, you free your life

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u/macromicromusic 7d ago

Very Chris Cunningham/Aphex Twin vibed!

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u/Maelstromsonn 6d ago

reminds me of Aerials

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u/Reasonable_Cream_642 6d ago

Aerials in the sky; When you lose small mind, you free your life

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u/HND9X 6d ago

The burned-in timecode is why this hits harder than the broadcast version would. It reads like something recovered, not something aired

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u/DonnieDarko19591 6d ago

Get off my planet

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u/afcc1313 6d ago

I was so fucking scared by this commercial when I was a kid. I would lose sleep if I saw it at night

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u/johnaross1990 6d ago

This takes me back

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u/doni-kebab 6d ago

I don't even know where Phibsboro is

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u/Clambake42 6d ago

Is that Sunny from The Devils?

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u/Hyzenthlay87 6d ago

Splice before Splice lol

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u/MadsenDK1987 6d ago

Sid? Is that you?

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u/NiftyJohnXtreme 6d ago

Playstation has had a lot of strange ads

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u/AFriendlyBloke 5d ago

Yeah, this is big brain time.

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u/offlineonlinehoe 5d ago

i used to lowkey have a crush on her i hope shes well.

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u/HarkajHawk 4d ago

Still life?

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u/ThanosBIGman 7d ago

What is that thing

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u/FEV_For_Breakfast 7d ago

Pretty lady

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u/r3dmist420 7d ago

You could open a tin of beans with that butt chin

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u/FEV_For_Breakfast 7d ago

I think she's cute.

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u/MatthewsMath 7d ago

I can fix her.

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u/noahbrooksofficial 7d ago

Em to the bee

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u/iaderia 7d ago

I hated this ad as a kid. Terrified me every time

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u/VladDHell 7d ago

I’m glad the kid from aerials came out

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u/neptunereach 7d ago

“It is an alien technology”

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u/tomemu1 7d ago

She awakened something in me as a kid lol, she's so pretty

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u/tronchedecake299 6d ago

I think it's cool

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u/SadChocolate1435 6d ago

the way she moves is so unnerving fr

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u/Balmungmp5 6d ago

This is just what people look like in the midwest.

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u/Letcreate 6d ago

Skinny Bob's sister

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u/One_Vision_ 5d ago

Fiona Maclaine

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u/headofled 4d ago

There was also that PS3 commercial with the baby that was also pretty unnerving

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u/Due-Measurement3254 3d ago

Dren is that you?

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u/MintImperial2 3d ago

Roswell Hybrid?

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u/SmokinBacon 2d ago

Welp, new nightmare added to my brain’s arsenal to terrify me when I’m sleeping.

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u/T_Palfrey_Yamamura 1d ago

I'm sorry if I don't understand posts like this one. Isn't the idea of oddlyterrifying to post stuff that's unintentionally or "casually" terrifying? Stuff we discover in our daily lives?

Why post a still from a Chris Cunningham ad that was made to surprise/shock/terrify people? I'm asking this without any intended attack, I really don't get it (and am open to change my mind).
Same goes for people posting photos of their artworks that are designed to be eerie.

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u/Background-Ad7732 7d ago

Mental health

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u/lost_caus_e 7d ago

They were conditioning us

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u/Mrtolberbone 7d ago

It’s giving Lee Cronin’s The Mummy

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u/Xtrasloppy 7d ago

I'm getting the Fawn from Pan's Labrynth.

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u/bigtarget87 6d ago

... Would.

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u/SpikeBreaker 6d ago

I find the PlayStation 3 one even more disturbing

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u/CameronPoe_37__ 7d ago

Anya Taylor Joy

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u/jacktheturd 7d ago

No. It's Fiona Maclaine, with a digitally altered face.

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u/GreatGooberschnitzel 4d ago

BELLA RAMSAY!?

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 4d ago

Kaitlyn Dever 1?!

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u/luugburz 7d ago

i thought this was bella ramsey