Category: Traum-mercial Break

UNK SEZ: Chances are you've come across this Finish commercial floating around the internet recently but just in case you hadn't I thought I'd throw an anchor on it here. Even if it didn't feature a hideous clown and a monstrous Santa this spot designed to raise awareness to the plight of children with alcohol abusing parents would still be destined for kindertrauma infamy. Not only creepy and disturbing, it effectively captures with images alone, the private hell a dependent child experiences shackled to an unstable guardian. It's also an uncomfortable reminder of just how thin the line between horror films and the real world can be for some kids. Thanks to Brother Bill & Jennifer Y. for making sure we were aware of it!

UNK SEZ: I hope you're not eating while checking out this post. I've been meaning to salute the wonderful world of TERMINIX commercials for some time now and this is the day. Once upon a time TERMINIX ads were content to present their pesky threats as almost-cute fantastic beasts but somewhere along the line they have graduated to nausea inducing LOVECRAFT-ian, THING-like creatures that could encourage DAVID CRONENBERG to take a bleach bath. The invasions are made all the more dramatic by taking place in seeming sterile environments that closely resemble E.G. MARSHAL's immaculate digs in CREEPSHOW. Thanks for dipping in the horror well to get your point across TERMINIX! I'd say more but I have to go wash my hands.

AUNT JOHN SEZ: I've said it before, but I'm going to say it one more time… so grab a #2 pencil or a crayon and a piece of paper and write this down: Kinderpal Turnidoff (aka JOHN MAPES) is a fucking genius!