Videos & Advertising: Freddy Krueger - NES Power Glove

Now I'm playing with power!

Advertising: Phones4U, "Missing Our Deals Will Haunt You" - Ghost Girl and Zombie

I happened to be watching TV the other day and during the ad break I saw a Phones4U commercial (below):

It's part of their current "Missing Our Deals Will Haunt You" campaign, which I can only assume they've wheeled out for October/Halloween. There's also a zombie version, which I haven't seen on television, but found on YouTube:

He's a rather eloquent zombie indeed! It won't encourage me to buy a phone from them, but I do appreciate that they're at least trying to get into the holiday spirit (pun intended :P)! 

Advertising: The Judderman

I remembered seeing this advert when it was first shown and I really liked it because it looked a bit like a silent horror film (like 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari' and 'Nosferatu', for example) and also a little like the music video for Cradle of Filth's 'Her Ghost in the Fog' (though I don't remember if this advert was before that or not). It's still a fabulous commercial, even though it never encouraged me to buy the product!

"Beware the Judderman, my dear, when the Moon is fat,
Sharp of tongue and spindle-limbed he is, and cunning,
With sweetened talk of Schnapps and Metz, and the deliciousness of judders,
But Schnapps, though sweet, has teeth, my love, and sharpened ones at that,
Beware the Judderman, my dear, when the Moon is fat."

Woolite comercial directed by Rob Zombie

Hello there little monsters!

I bring you something amusing today!

Rob Zombie has directed a Woolite commercial... and you just need to watch the result:

I will never treat my poor clothes in a bad way again...

Commercials & Advertising: General Mills Monster Cereals

Monster Cereals! (Photo by moomoobloo)

Another post about ads; this time, General Mills' monster cereals! Since I was only in the US between 6 weeks and 4 years old, I never got to have these, but I -have- seen the adverts, which are cheesy and cute! Why don't we have horror-themed cereals in the UK?!  *sad face* It's not made by General Mills, but I guess we have Sugar Puffs with the Honey Monster as their mascot. He's fairly weird and scary!

Tell 'em about the Honey, Mummy!

The General Mills monster cereals were/are:

Count Chocula

(Vampire voiced by Larry Kenney doing a Bela Lugosi impersonation)

Count Chocula box, photo by amoebafinger

Franken Berry

(Monster voiced by Bob McFadden doing a Boris Karloff impersonation)

Franken Berry box, photo by amoebafinger

Boo Berry

(Ghost voiced by Paul Frees doing a Peter Lorre impersonation)

Boo Berry box, photo by Roadsidepictures

Fruity Yummy Mummy

(Mummy)

Fruity Yummy Mummy makes your tummy go yummy! Heh hehheh!

Fruit Brute

(Werewolf)

Fruit Brute, with the hoooowling good taste of fruit!

I don't know who voiced Fruity Yummy Mummy or Fruit Brute, but whoever did FYM sounds like Wednesday 13 (or rather, he sounds like them)...Heh heh heh! Videos are after the cut. I've even included a Sugar Puffs commercial for you, because even though I don't like the product, the Honey Monster is my friend!

(Oh, and before you tell me how bad for children these cereals are and that they shouldn't be promoting them to children, you should know that a) I don't care, b) I assume children don't buy their own cereal, so it doesn't matter and, c) there are far worse things for you to worry about than sugary breakfasts, trust me.)

Commercials & Advertising: The Munsters Cheerios Commercial

"Big G Little o...Cheerios!"

I cannot believe I'd never seen this before today. Evidently, I was born a few decades after it aired, but still!