want2bsquare.com Scion xB commercial "Surgery" (1:38 ver)

[tombofgrapes]

I saw this, I thought it was an anti-drug PSA, never in a million years would I have thought this was related to cars.

[TheRamenMaster]

IT'S OK I DIDN'T PLAN ON SLEEPING ANYWAY.

[EsShinkai02]

@TheRamenMaster Second.

[BTendercoaster]

I think the resemblance to Saw comes from the rapid succession of jump cuts.

[VioletYoshi]

Reminds me of Eye of the Beholder from The Twilight Zone. I heard about this ad from a TV Tropes section about advertising that also qualifies as nightmare fuel, so congratulations on being terrifying enough to be mentioned there.

[Savior20061]

@VioletYoshi Same here. Thumbs up.

[Ryoukun16]

Minecraft and Saw's horrendous lovechild. o_e

[Scythemantis]

I think its strangeness and darkness makes this awesome....though it doesn't even matter what it's advertising, it's like a cool, creative short film all on its own.

[souleatercrona123]

Minecraft now horrifies me.

[EVASIVE666ANARCHIST]

... Does this remind anyone else of the saw death scenes?

[Ottoplemeniti]

Minecraft.

[EjvindDark]

Sweet...

sweet fuck.

[LostInConfusion1]

Human Centipede Sequel?

[Allurade]

I saw this in a movie theater, I thought it was a horror movie trailer, rather than an ad for a site promoting a car.

[LookingForTheTop]

This is a very good commercial, you know, I don't even know what this is promoting.

[lasaboteuse]

I saw this in the theatre before the previews started. Can't remember what movie anymore (something from 2007, obviously). I shat a brick. Seriously, not cool. I think it fails as a commercial (or campaign promo, whatever), because you don't want to horrify your consumers, do you? On the other hand, good job writing something...memorable. It is cool that the writer of the spot uploaded it...it's fun to hear the behind-the-scenes details. Love to see the actual shooting script.

[Chupacabrathe2nd]

It looks like a prequel to the human centipede.

[lolcopter1911]

What the fuck.

[BEASLAND000]

If i got that operation, I would also be amazed at the fact that the man made my head perfectly square while keeping all of my brain in check!

[Ryoujou]

Meanwhile, in Minecraft...

[Ganymedeio]

This is AWESOME

[Listener138]

I remember this.... O_O I never knew this was for a car...

[airbendingavatar1]

@Zoey4D Seems a lot of people who comment on these creepy ids are all directed from TV Tropes! :) TV TROPES FTW!

[lolcopter1911]

@airbendingavatar1 Your Mileage May Vary, though.

[airbendingavatar1]

Who else got here from TV Tropes?

[Zoey4D]

@airbendingavatar1 Me :P

[vanisherg]

I remember seeing this when it was on the air! It's stuck with me all this time, so great work there, I guess... But I don't think I'll be buying a Scion anytime soon...

[MnesomnesTears]

I am... I don't even know.

[mysticblade35]

Minecraft!

[BCJEntertainment247]

Damn Germans...

[EnemySnipa18]

This isn't a commercial, this is recovered film straight from Josef Mengele's lab...

[DAsrada]

who let Junji Ito design a commercial?

[ShadedWill]

This was fantastic. I have a macabre aesthetic and loved these.

[Scythewielder137]

i have never wanted to buy a scion more that I do now.

[tedward1986]

This campaign is almost as retarded as Scions.

[Alsgirlfriend]

Oh my god. I shat.

[gamecubeclock]

What the fuck?!

[HamonLord]

what can kind of commercail is this?

[JorgensZelda]

this is HORRIFYING!!

[erastale]

0:28

Hello, I want to play a game

[SephirothTheGreat86]

guess this is where pyramid head came from, before switching to cubes.

[kevlareater]

I can imagine something like this happening in a Saw film. The last 20 seconds, I mean.

[iamameathahaha88]

AUGH!

[sheadatear]

Is it just me, or does that nurse look like Chris Coffeer?

. . . Also those square heads look trippy. Epic.

[TheWilsonFilmCompany]

Needed more Huey Lewis going it's hip to be square. 

[lostenmusic]

...What were they selling again?

[xMentallyxDisturbedx]

I didn't plan to sleep tonight or anything.

[superkeijikun]

...wait, this was supposed to be a car commercial? What the hell kind of substances were they on?!

[andybeach1972]

@superkeijikun This wasn't really a car commercial (obviously), it was more a commercial for a website that promoted a car (the Scion xB). Car commercials are a dime a dozen. We were trying to do something interesting and different to get the public's attention and engage them a bit more than just another car commercial. Scion used to take a lot of risks like this with their ads when I was a creative at their ad agency. They still do interesting stuff, but not risky like this campaign was.

[MoviefilmBettyming]

...What is this supposed to be selling, again?

[9Lives101]

Here's a hint for making car commercials: Instead of showing people getting square heads at a deranged hospital, why not show people with square heads driving the car you're advertising?

[gocrazed1]

YOU ARE FUCKED UP MAN!

Fucked up in the head!

[Icalasari]

Holy crap. Why are you writing commercials? You should be doing horror movies instead!

[andybeach1972]

@Icalasari Ha. Not a bad idea. You got any contacts in the biz, I'm sure I'm sure I could scare some people. I'll have this doctor capture people and make a human tetris game.

[Icalasari]

@andybeach1972 Unfortunately, I have no contacts. But hey, if I ever do meet someone, I'll direct them to you X3

[zoo1619]

@andybeach1972 The name reminds me of Human centipede.

[makesomenoise547]

@Icalasari Indeed...ahhh...*wimpers*.

[inuyashachick13]

....WHAT?!?! I was horrified at first, but then I had to laugh hysterically. This is a crazy commercial, seriously. Reminds me of "SAW" or something.

Love how satisfied the guy looks at 0:49-0:51.

This is really just a great ad. 8D

[ZoltanFoxchase]

This makes me think of The Human Centipede...

[wickedfeylady]

Disturbing as fuck.

*sings* There is no denying thaaaaat- IT'S HIP TO BE SQUARE!

[NinjaRunningWild]

I want to hang out with the guy who made this commercial.

[oscarthefattycat]

...What the HELL does this have to do with a Scion?! D:

[static56um]

this doesn't make me want to buy a scion

[mmtigan]

Those fucking romanians...

[suckitblue2481]

I am seriously horrified.

What the FUCK man.

[static56um]

oh god, this commercial gave me an aneurysm i was so scared

[KMxHearts]

Well, that was horrifying.

[stickmeister0]

Imagine this in real life. A crazed butcher running experiments of keeping patients heads inside a small, gray box for years on end, completely cut off from life, so they're heads are fused in a square.

What the FUCK.

[TheJokersAdvocate96]

and christopher walken for the win

[andybeach1972]

@TheJokersAdvocate96 Yeah, he was awesome. Such a great actor. Spoke practically no English, but he just got it. We thought the same thing when we cast him, "this dude is the Romanian Christopher Walken."

[TheJokersAdvocate96]

@andybeach1972 you mean it isnt christopher walken?

[andybeach1972]

@TheJokersAdvocate96 Nope. I wish. As great as this guy was, working with Walken would be a trippy experience, to be sure. Although this guy was a trip too.

[restorecop99]

What the fuck are they selling again?

[Agropio]

Wait, you wrote this? Gah, I hate you! This thing haunted my brain for weeks, not to mention creeped the hell out of me the first time I saw it.

Hats off to you, sir.

[andybeach1972]

@Agropio

Ha. Guess we did our job (I came up with the idea and wrote the script, but it was the director, actors and other people that made it come to life that made it freaky as it is). I think I had nightmares from the place we shot it. We were in the basement of an old hospital in Romania. There were long hallways with huge rusty pipes running along the ceiling. The place was filthy. Yet there were actually some people living in little rooms down there! Reality is creepier than fiction.

[BeepSmile]

I would be shaking with fear... but i'm frozen with horror.

This is my new nightmare

[Realmusicisgood909]

nothnxireallydont

[lartenroolz]

What the hell?! What is this even advertising?

Jesus I'm going to be having nightmares for months!

[tfaironpirate]

Goddam this commercial! I saw this like, 2 years ago, and was so freaked out, and had no idea what it was advertising or anything! Actually, looking at it now it's kind of funny. Mainly because the two guys actually don't mind it, but the normal guy is the freaked one.

[4thtroika]

What just happened? 0_o

[crispydave2]

lol wut?

[3l1tehayAbusa]

Ahh.

"My Pretties."

Horrific. Yet....Satisfying.

[WoofMichelle]

I first saw this before some movie I saw in a theater. Seriously, it scared the ever-lovin' crap out of me. I mean, seriously, the creepy horror film atmosphere, the hyper-speed scene flashing, the abrupt "scare chords," all leading up to two guys with heads that are not only square, but also grotesquley stitched and scarred, and the final part with the guy screaming in sheer terror and being tazered and pushed back into the head chamber against his will. Who WOULDN'T this scare? O_o

[Ln192]

@WoofMichelle

Who wouldn't this scare? Anyone that isn't a fucking homo that's who. Control your fucking estrogen you pathetic little shit, get a fucking grip of yourself.

[WoofMichelle]

@Ln192 Geez, dude. Was that necessary? O__o;

But, yeah. Mabye my opinion was a bit biased. I'm, like, extremely squeamish. I are whimp, I know. D:

[hogwashsentinel]

It's like Chris Cunningham directed a Saw movie.

[andybeach1972]

Directed by James Rouse, who is without a doubt the most talented director I've worked with. An incredibly hard worker who took my script and made it way better, which is the sign of a great director.

[GlobalsoftPirka]

...buy our car or you'll be forced into crazy scientific experiments BWAHAHAHAHAHA

[SSJ4Yujiro]

Hmm, reminds me of that old Twilight Zone episode.

[skullkid169]

this creeped me out the 1st time i saw it

[kenx213]

Really creative, kinda reminds me of SAW from the atmosphere.

[TimEricMan]

This is a really creepy commercial!

[Furienna]

What a scary comercial!

[pyrotech13]

i remember this commercial! lulz

[EZ23TEHE]

wtf