Advertising Is Good For You

Check out the unsub in this Subaru commercial

This Subaru commercial has been out for a while and it's on all the time, so chances are you've seen it.

Typically, I like unexpected casting choices. But the actors in this spot just make me uneasy.

First, the father looks like an unsub from Criminal Minds. His preternaturally wrinkled face and indeterminate age make him kind of creepy.

In contrast, the teenage daughter looks like a hot supermodel. Which make his view of her as a preschooler seem less fatherly and even more creepy.

I've always imagined this guy kidnapped the girl from her real parents when she was still very small.

Could be that I just need to stop watching Criminal Minds.

If you haven't yet seen this Subaru spot, click here to watch it.

Movie Poster: The Possession

Click here to see three more creepy movie posters.

Via IMP Awards

Japanese moviemakers want to scare the crap out of you again

The Ghost of Samara (Japanese movie on which The Ring is based) is coming out in 3-D. Which will make the scariest movie I've ever seen even scarier.

Even the promotion for the movie gives me the creeps.

Click here for links to great online ads promoting Rob Zombie's sequel-remake of Halloween 2.

Via Buzzfeed/Copyranter

Movie Poster: Dark Shadows

Click here to see the trailer for the new Dark Shadows movie. If you want to skip past Ellen Degeneres's opening remarks, skip to :18.

Click here to see a poster for another creepy movie.

Via IMP Awards

Cringe-worthy ad from the Philippines

Ad for Drixine, a nasal decongestant.

Click here to see two more ooky ads.

Guerrilla marketing FAIL

There's so much wrong here, starting with the fact that that's supposed to be an ice cream cone suit the guy is wearing.

Click here to see an even creepier guerrilla marketing campaign (not for the squeamish).

Via Kind of Creepy

Creepy vintage portraits of vaudeville ventriloquists and the dummies who upstaged them

See more scary vintage photos of vaudville ventriloquists and their dummies here.

Via Found in Mom's Basement

Scary things come to those who don't brush

TV commercial for Crest Oral-b, created by Publicis, New York.

Click here to see the Crest Oral-b commercial.

Movie Poster: The Woman in Black

The eyes alone make this poster scary. Look more carefully and you'll also see a ghoul's face hovering above the children.

Via IMP Awards

Today's most intriguing headline . . .

Doll saves family from fire

Click here to see two funny headlines from April 16th, 2010.

Image via Kind of Creepy

Vodacom ads feature creatures of the night

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Campaign created by Draftfcb JHB, Johannesburg.

Click here to see a creepy ad campaign from Bucharest.

Via Ads of the World

Creepy Doll, what have you done with the Energizer Bunny?

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Don't know who did this Energizer ad.

Might even be student work.

Regardless, I love it for Halloween.

Click here to see a TV commercial that also features a creepy doll.

Movie Poster: Exhumed

Click here to see a series of movie posters for Black Swan.

Via IMP Awards