If this video doesn’t give you nightmares, nothing will.
When the video starts, it seems like it’s a simple lesson in dog ownership. If you’re going to walk your dog, don’t lead him around a post-apocalyptic hellsite and don’t allow him to urinate on an old TV. Because, if you do, the TV will apparently come to life and start yelling at you.
But then the kids show up and …. oh my God. I mean, children are creepy to begin with but when they all show up with an adult’s face — AGCK!
Anyway, stay away from those deserted warehouses, people. They may be aesthetically pleasing but something bad always seem to happen to people who wander too close.
Today’s music video of the day is this wonderfully creepy video from Motionless in White. Seriously, there’s always something disturbing about a maniacal grin in a music video.
With the exception of the chorus, this song was composed of lyrics that were sent by fans of the band. Here’s what the fans came up with:
I fall This is the end of you This is the end of you Whispers are their weakness Their weakness Everyday I must practice To fake this smile on my face It’s all the rain that’s putting me to sleep It’s all the rain that’s putting me to sleep I’ll let the blood tell the truth tonight, this is my life’s work 11 tracks is not enough, to tell you how I’ve died inside And love is lost like words 11 tracks is not enough In spiders eyes a man becomes a fly In prolonged silence, we all stand defiled We fall in line with the atrophy of life The calm before the storm is a defeating silence I’ve given my all, to this valley of despair We are the damned, the cursed and the broken There’s so much more inside us We are the lost, the sick and unspoken There’s so much more inside us I’m drowning in an ocean of the tears that I’ve cried I tried to drown my sorrows Instead they’re all drowning me I tried to drown my sorrows Instead they’re all drowning me
According to this song from Semblant, the death of humanity.
Contaminate.
Eliminate.
Terminate.
Blood-stained walkers all around. That may sound like a zombie movie but they could just as easily be singing about every day real life in certain parts of the world. The theme here seems to be that we’re all going to die but at least we can rock out in a hotel lobby before the zombies rip us up until little pieces. And trust me, when the zombie apocalypse finally begins, you’re going to miss moments like this.
I really like this video, mostly because it starts out all light-hearted before then suddenly turning into Event Horizon just to then become light-hearted again before ending a note of senseless tragedy. It’s a bit like life and probably a more realistic look at intergalactic travel than something like Passengers. (Remember that movie?)
To be honest, if I was stuck in the a space shuttle and I didn’t have anyone around, I’d probably end up dancing and singing too. That’s why this video gets to me. I can relate.
This video was directed by the prolific Andrew Donohoe, who has also done videos for twenty-one pilots, Skrillex, and Janelle Monae. The lonely astronaut was played by Kally Khourshid while the doomed gentleman on the space station was played by Damian Lang.
It may not technically be a horror video but it’s still creepy enough for October!
Yes, that’s Rosamund Pike starring in today’s music video of the day. This video was released two years after Rosamund Pike found fame starring in Gone Girl. Of course, I’ve been a fan of hers ever since I first saw An Education, in which she played Dominic Cooper’s glamorous girlfriend.
As for this video, it’s pretty obviously a take on the 1981 classic, Possession, with Pike playing the role that was taken by Isabelle Adjani in that film. This video may feature a lot of blood but it’s nowhere near as much blood as shows up in Possession. Agck!
Since this is the first post of the first day of Horrorthon, it just seemed appropriate to select the video of Big Data’s Monster as music video of the day. This wonderfully paranoid video will inspire you to put Alexa back in the box. Or, at the very least, to consider doing it. I mean, could you really live without her? Anyway, this video has a nice sort of Wes Craven/John Carpenter feel to it. Those glowing red eyes are haunting.
It’s a well acted video too and Big Data was kind enough to list the full cast and crew on YouTube. (More artists should do this.) Here they are:
Special thanks to alldayeveryday productions, De Boer Media
EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS to the Gudis Family for their incredible generosity.
As for the rest of October, I can’t guarantee that every music video that we’re going to share this month is going to have a horror theme. To be honest, there aren’t that many good horror-themed music videos out there and we already featured the majority of them over the past two Octobers. I mean, there’s only so many times that we can analyze Number ofthe Beast. Still, we’ll be keeping our eyes open for any good videos we may have missed and, as we do every October, we’ll do our best to keep things properly spooky here at the TSL Bunker!
Enjoy October and get ready for the greatest Horrorthon ever!
Saturday was my sister Melissa’s birthday! This is her favorite Radiohead song and I have to admit that I like it a lot as well. I’m also a huge fan of this video.
But you know who reportedly does not care much for this song or this video? Thom Yorke. The leader singer of Radiohead has called the song “very bad” and apparently, it was only released because the band was being pressured by their label to release something with “commercial appeal.” And I can understand why Yorke would by annoyed by that. Certainly, the song is not as complex or enigmatic as other Radiohead songs. It’s pretty simple by their standards.
But, I still like it. If it’s a guilty pleasure, so be it. It’s a song that you can sing along with and it just puts you into a certain mood and …. okay, I’m kind of starting to understand why Thom doesn’t care for the song. It’s a good song but, outside of the melancholy tone, it doesn’t seem like a song that only could have come from Radiohead. It’s a little bit generic when compared to some of the band’s other songs but it’s still definitely effective. So if I ever meet Thom Yorke, I’ll probably keep my feelings about this song to myself.
(Either that or I’ll blurt out, “My sister loves High and Dry! If I call her, will you sing it to her?!” And then I’ll probably be escorted outside by security.)
I read that he also didn’t care much for this video. Again, I have to disagree. I like all the drama in the diner and I also like the fact that no one seems to notice either the car blowing up or the businessman getting murdered. Instead, of everyone’s too busy in their own little world.
It’s been said that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions and perhaps that’s true. Actually, I’m totally sure that’s true. That’s one reason why I don’t ever assign any sort of moral judgment to my intentions. I just intend and hopefully, things work out.
Anyway, that doesn’t have much to do with this video, which is actually kinda trippy and hypnotic. What would you do if a brain ever floated near you. I’d probably freak out a little. Brains are very strange looking and it kind of disturbs me that apparently, everything about us is collected in something that looks like an alien. For that reason, I’m definitely happy that people have both heads and skulls because really, you don’t want to see anyone’s brain. That would just be disturbing.
Through the Shattered Lens 