10 More Ads to Disgust & Disturb You

by J. Barker

The creativity and well... balls of the marketing industry will never cease to amaze me. In my first (of hopefully many) article on this topic (11 Ads to Disgust & Disturb You), I found a whole bunch of just plain messed up stuff.

Creative stuff? Most certainly. Well executed? Sure, for the most part. Creepy and bizarre? Oooooooooh, yeah.

So, in the spirit of the previous article, I present to you another round of just plain disturbing advertisements. And be warned: these things get pretty hardcore towards the end-not in a good way.

1. Foundation Nicolas Hulot

I've got nothing against Ents, but...

Um... Okay, doesn't the song say "The Baby Will Drop?"

2. McCormick

The casting for the new Terminator film has begun...

I'm not usually afraid of food. Ask any of my friends. I'll eat pretty much anything.

But this chicken scares the hell outta me.

Let me give you a mental image: this freaked-out looking thing chasing you all over the kitchen with a butcher knife. Then doing power-lifts with your dead body.

Scary.

And very tan, in a George Hamilton sort of way.

3. Friends of the Earth

GAHHHHHH!!!!! Run!!!! Run as fast as you can!!!!

I think the idea behind this ad is to show the results of global warming. But...

Holy crap!

That's the scariest thing ever (except for Baby Ronald McDonald)! What are they saying? That bears are gonna go nuts and rip all of their skin off-then walk upright like some 9-to-5 office jockey carrying a fur briefcase?

I haven't seen something this freaky since that John Frankenheimer movie-Prophecy (not the one with Christopher Walken... The one with the giant, skinless, mutated hell-bear).

If you happen to be a hunter, run into this horrific creature, and happen to shoot it, I suspect that your dinner would look like this:

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Comments

Mar 25, 2009
by Anonymous

ohlawd what is this I don't

ohlawd what is this I don't even

Just goes to show, these days advertisers care mostly about getting your attention no matter what.

Also, "Katz's Deli" officially has the most disgusting sandwich I've ever seen, including the pile of mouldy lunches my little brother had in his backpack over the summer.

Awesome continuation of the first article. I highly enjoyed it.

-Anonimite

Mar 26, 2009
by Anonymous

Ad 1: C'mon, the baby's

Ad 1: C'mon, the baby's being cradled. Might get splinters, but it doesn't look like it's about to fall.

2: Bizzare.

3: Disgusting. "Hey! Look over here! We have a MESSAGE!" And absolutely no scruples in delivering it.

4: That sandwich looks yummy. Piles and piles of delicious meaty meat. Chomp!

5: Must be your recent medical experience 'cause I don't see anything disturbing.

6: Sure, try to convince us of a scientific theory by ignoring science. That'll work.

7: I'm with you on this one. So ... You lost your job as a masturbation tool? What?

8: Not disturbing. Hits its intended target: Beer-swilling men obssessed with breasts. Bingo.

9: Horrific. What about little kids getting into those cars before mommy or daddy remove the horror show? Somebody ought to be fired for that. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

10: I'm not sure why PETA gets sympathy for ramming their message down everyone's throats with horrific images. "Let's convince people not to eat meat by showing how psychotic we are." Visual terrorism will never accomplish anything beneficial. Change your tactics PETA.

Mar 26, 2009
by J. Barker

LOL

Yay! Glad you liked it. And yeah... I find that sandwich to be just plain nasty.... I must say that I like the ad copy, however. It's gutsy. Gutsey? Gut-c? Hmmm... need to look that one up...

Mar 26, 2009
by J. Barker

Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks for the feedback! Obviously my responses to these ads are insanely influenced by my initial reaction to them. Hence the Baby thing... See... Babies scare me because they are so fragile. So that ad freaked me right out at first glance.

And I can't agree with you on the sandwich. Ew. A thinner cut... yeah... I'd be all over it... heh.

Apr 11, 2009
by Anonymous

womens options

I a bit worried that now that I have lost my job the only option i have is to become a sex toy for abusive men.
sarah

Apr 24, 2009
by Anonymous

fish man & polar bear

I think the reason this fish guy is so creepy is because he comes so close to looking like a human. The bear was just plain sad. Where do you find these things??? I usually fast-forward through commercials but surely things haven't that much since I got my DVR?

Apr 24, 2009
by Anonymous

Me again- CHANGED! Surely things haven't changed!

May 8, 2009
by J. Barker

I just don't wanna see...

...an ad with the bear eating the fish guy..

May 14, 2009
by Anonymous

Re number 9

I believe this was done in Australia.

There is a program called The Gruen Transfer which discusses adverts, with a panel of industry insiders. It's hosted by a comedian, and is fairly light hearted. Currently in it's second series.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/gruentransfer/
You can watch each weekly episode online.

Just checked - in fact you can download the last four episodes.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/gruentransfer/download.htm

Number 9 was talked about in the first series, IIRC. Obviously the ad is meant to be disturbing.

May 14, 2009
by J. Barker

Cool...

I'll have to check that out... Thanks!

John.

May 25, 2009
by Anonymous

Yay!!!!

More more more, great stuff!!!! The link for the new really, really disgusting is effed up. Fixy plz?