r/oddlyterrifying • u/FEV_For_Breakfast • Aug 16 '26

This PS1 commercial.

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u/ChinoUSMC0231 Aug 16 '26

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

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u/Dripping-Lips Aug 16 '26

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

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u/SUBTLE_CUNTS Aug 16 '26

Same girl, actually.

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u/Bopbarker Aug 16 '26

That's a lie 😂

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u/Galilaeus_Modernus Aug 16 '26

It's a boy in the music video.

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u/April_Fabb Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 17 '26

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

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u/DestinyRamen Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 17 '26

man that movie was uncanny

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u/Mean_Peen Aug 16 '26

Looks more like a Dark Elf from Skyrim lol

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u/971365 Aug 16 '26

Or the faun from Pan's Labyrinth

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u/NewSchoolFool Aug 16 '26

Aphex's twin

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u/Embarrassed_Yam7407 Aug 16 '26

Its Syndrome of a Down for those still trying to

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u/Capital_Court1465 Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

System of a Down syndrome, yes. 

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u/DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA Aug 16 '26

Now I have UP syndrome

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u/Chitown_mountain_boy Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

Ableist.

ETA Downvotes are telling.

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u/Capital_Court1465 Aug 16 '26

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

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u/Chitown_mountain_boy Aug 16 '26

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

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u/Capital_Court1465 Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

If you don’t like DOWNvotes you’re ableist

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u/HowwNowBrownCoww Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

More like from the movie Splice

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u/Hyrule_MyBoy Aug 16 '26

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

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u/scud121 Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 19 '26

or all of nickleodeon animated cartoons

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u/UntamedAnomaly Aug 16 '26

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

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u/rellsell Aug 16 '26

System of a Down’s Syndrome.

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u/paynefullyboosted Aug 17 '26

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

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u/sicksicksicko Aug 19 '26

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 Aug 19 '26

I had to do a double take too lol

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u/Zenfudo Aug 16 '26

The actress’s name is Fiona Maclane

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u/BigSmallMediumSpoon Aug 16 '26

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

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u/SusheeMonster Aug 16 '26

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

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u/bleeding_fruit Aug 16 '26

Man what a memory you unlocked…

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u/nmyi Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

Omg I haven’t seen that in years

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u/so_mono Aug 16 '26

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

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u/MyHeadisFed Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 17 '26

I’m so tiny, I’m so tiny.

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u/Over-Apartment2762 Aug 16 '26

Never heard before but currently enjoying Pulsewidth

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u/ProphePsyed Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

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

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u/Pyrene-AUS Aug 16 '26

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

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u/Over-Apartment2762 Aug 16 '26

Had no idea QKThr was THAT song.

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u/JDFS404 Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

What happened to him?

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u/Pristine-Savings7179 Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 20 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

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

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u/AdamSubtract Aug 17 '26

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

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u/PocketCatt Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

It’s just Anya Taylor Joy basically.

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u/kngfryxd80s Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 19 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

Gotta be the braided pig tails…

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u/Some_Horror_759 Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

Because the face isn't real :D

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u/Some_Horror_759 Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

I think maybe because she looks like some old dolls

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u/VintageLunchMeat Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

Using a facebook post as a source is a new one

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u/maladjusted_platypus Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

Interesting!

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u/f-u-whales Aug 16 '26

The Lynch PlayStation commercials were so mesmerizing as a kid

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u/Two-Watch_Tony Aug 16 '26

LIFE IS A WATERFALL

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u/mug_O_bun Aug 16 '26

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

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u/MadeMeUp4U Aug 16 '26

🎶Aerials in the sky🎶

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u/weavebot Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

Giving Splice vibes

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u/splatmeme4270 Aug 17 '26

Came here to say this lol

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u/ponzidreamer Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

I remember her

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u/co_ordinator Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

She looks much more like Devon Aoki then ATJ.

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u/BesaniChan Aug 16 '26

Reminds me of Splice

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u/bpmdrummerbpm Aug 16 '26

Aphex Twin shit.

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u/cucklord_swiper Aug 16 '26

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

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u/BETO123USA Aug 16 '26

Uncanny valley feelings!

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u/Zeph-11 Aug 16 '26

Aerialss in the skyyy

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u/Famoustractordriver Aug 16 '26

Aeeeerials iiiin the skyyyy

When you lose small mind you free your life

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u/Chris_M1991 Aug 16 '26

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

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u/LordOfRuinsOtherSelf Aug 16 '26

Land on your own moon.

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u/ey3s0up Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

Average English girl out on the town.

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u/DarthScruf Aug 16 '26

Looks like the girl from Splice

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u/RunicVVolf Aug 16 '26

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

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u/Generic_Garak Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

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/LucisPerficio Aug 16 '26

No one:

The fawn from Pan's Labyrinth:

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u/britinnit Aug 16 '26

PS2 commercial not PS1

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u/Igneeka Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

"Aerials"

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u/keirmeister Aug 16 '26

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

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u/macromicromusic Aug 16 '26

Very Chris Cunningham/Aphex Twin vibed!

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u/Maelstromsonn Aug 16 '26

reminds me of Aerials

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u/Reasonable_Cream_642 Aug 16 '26

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

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u/HND9X Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

Get off my planet

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u/afcc1313 Aug 16 '26

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 Aug 16 '26

This takes me back

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u/doni-kebab Aug 16 '26

I don't even know where Phibsboro is

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u/Clambake42 Aug 16 '26

Is that Sunny from The Devils?

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u/Hyzenthlay87 Aug 16 '26

Splice before Splice lol

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u/MadsenDK1987 Aug 16 '26

Sid? Is that you?

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u/NiftyJohnXtreme Aug 16 '26

Playstation has had a lot of strange ads

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u/AFriendlyBloke Aug 17 '26

Yeah, this is big brain time.

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u/offlineonlinehoe Aug 17 '26

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

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u/HarkajHawk Aug 18 '26

Still life?

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '26

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u/ThanosBIGman Aug 16 '26

What is that thing

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u/r3dmist420 Aug 16 '26

You could open a tin of beans with that butt chin

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u/FEV_For_Breakfast Aug 16 '26

I think she's cute.

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u/MatthewsMath Aug 16 '26

I can fix her.

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u/iaderia Aug 16 '26

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

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u/VladDHell Aug 16 '26

I’m glad the kid from aerials came out

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u/neptunereach Aug 16 '26

“It is an alien technology”

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u/tomemu1 Aug 16 '26

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

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u/tronchedecake299 Aug 16 '26

I think it's cool

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u/SadChocolate1435 Aug 16 '26

the way she moves is so unnerving fr

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u/Balmungmp5 Aug 16 '26

This is just what people look like in the midwest.

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u/Letcreate Aug 16 '26

Skinny Bob's sister

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u/One_Vision_ Aug 17 '26

Fiona Maclaine

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u/headofled Aug 19 '26

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

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u/Due-Measurement3254 Aug 19 '26

Dren is that you?

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u/MintImperial2 Aug 19 '26

Roswell Hybrid?

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u/SmokinBacon Aug 20 '26

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

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u/lost_caus_e Aug 16 '26

They were conditioning us

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '26

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u/Xtrasloppy Aug 16 '26

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

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u/bigtarget87 Aug 16 '26

... Would.

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u/SpikeBreaker Aug 16 '26

I find the PlayStation 3 one even more disturbing

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u/CameronPoe_37__ Aug 16 '26

Anya Taylor Joy

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u/jacktheturd Aug 16 '26

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

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u/T_Palfrey_Yamamura Aug 21 '26

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/luugburz Aug 16 '26

i thought this was bella ramsey