Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Halloween Month: 13 Horror/Humor Ads

B-Movie Becky at The Horror Effect mentioned a memory she had of a commercial, which triggered the same memory for me. That all led to this post. Enjoy!

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Here is the ad Becky and I remembered, for dependable Chevy vehicles:



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Volkswagen did a similar ad:



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Nike had a similar idea:



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Nike did it again, with a foreign soccer ad:



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AT&T / Cingular had a take on it, too:



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Coors got into the act:



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A foreign ad for cable TV:



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Dulux Paint had an ad that got banned:



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The Energizer Bunny up against Count Dracula:



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Frankenstein finds a supplement that helps:



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Vincent Price plays up the benefits of Polariod VHS tapes:



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This one is a good match up of creature and product:



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K-fee kafee ad or car ad? At the end, you won't care:



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Okay, now you are all mad at me.

Sheesh! It IS Halloween Month, ya know?

Here, something to lighten your mood:

Electronic Cerebrectomy has a post of Heineken Halloween ads.

The last one is worth the click over there!

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10 comments:

  1. thanks for these. some were a real blast from the past.

    my favorite is the foreign dish TV one. Darth blowing on the dandylion is great. also the Nike one was hilarious. you got me on the last one. then i showed it to someone else and it got them too. it's important to pay those sort of things forward. tis the season.

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  2. oh man. these were great...loved the little slip in shots of other car manufacture logos (particularly on the sttering wheels) in the volkswagon commercial. the nike one was great...nice play today wings.

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  3. Those are really great. Thanks for posting them.

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  4. Hey all - I fixed the post, Had the Coors ad twice. Now the Dulux one is where it belongs!

    wiec?: The foreign direct TV ad is great!

    Drake: Love them!

    Brian: Glad you liked. Did you watch the short?

    John: Thanks for watching them!

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  5. That was a great way to spend my lunch hour...thanks for entertaining our department, we had a blast.

    Previous life marketing paint, I have to say that the Dulux one is my favorite. I wish I would have thought to of that!

    Cheers!

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  6. Great post. I'm going out to go buy some Dulux paint now...

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  7. Big high five on this one, I always loved that Coors commercial! Hadnt seen many of the others

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  8. Great post! Many of these were new to me, though I do remember the Dracula/Energizer Bunny one from yesteryear. Thanks for posting all these.

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  9. Great stuff. Do you recall the 1980s AmEx commercial with Stephen King? Another good one:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABwy2nFh1Vo

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