Bring back this ad-and show some people ill from it or having to take all the meds. Might stop people screwing around without johnnies-many people still do
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I remember this back in 1987, it scared the hell out of me. It was niggers that spread this by shagging monkeys, so on the positive side don't shag a nigger & be free of AIDS.
@iguanna41 Your comment shows just how stupid you are. It's highly unlikely that AIDS passed from monkeys to humans via sexual intercourse, most likely it was because somebody ate an undercooked monkey with a cut in their mouth or something. I'm white but people like you make me sick.
@dpmhiaddict what are you talking about. These " adverts" that they made were a form of child abuse.
Research has shown us that you can make a serious point without scaring people witless.
No wonder we have a generation of screwed up adults, with the sinister " Public Information Advertisements"
showing kids they could be drowned, suffocated whatever, although in this case, you are going to contract a deadly disease and die. You can educate people without traumatizing them.
I don't dispute that people were "scared witless" by the adverts but there is nothing in the adverts themselves to bring about such a scare. IMHO, they are not sensationalist and hysterical but rather down to earth.
These adds were way over the top. In fact they phycologically scarred me as a teenager in the late 80's. They could have made these adverts a lot less grim and scary. You can make a good point without having to scare the hell out of everyone.
But the Creepy AIDS ad-U.K was the scariest advert ever!!!! 23yrs and I still can't watch it. They need a new campaign, but not one that traumatizes pepole like myself. I felt I had to speak out on this, because those " adverts" scarred me.
I remember this & I remember people being freaked out by it... I was about 4 years old when it was being broadcast.
I think a similar updated version should be made & broadcast now. People are getting that "It wouldn't happen to me" type attitude. Something like this is needed!
did they really show this during every advert break back in the late 80's because if they did i just would not watch tell at all that ad is seriously scary
I think an advert like this is desperately needed today. It may not be the 80s anymore but HIV/AIDS hasn't disappeared. And people are far too complacent about it.
@thecashinproject HIV/AIDS awareness is still vitally important as it affects a lot of people. But I don't think we need a scary advert like this. People need the facts on how to protect themselves, not a "AIDS WILL KILL YOU AAAAH" kind of thing.
But actually, the add is not saying "AIDS WILL KILL YOU AAAH" - it gives one central fact ("Infection through intercourse with someone infected") and otherwise points to an information leaflet, presumably giving all the other facts.
I agree. They should bring it back. This is one of the scariest things I've ever seen, but this is what they should be doing! Not all these sexual ads like that fucking KY Jelly shit! And I don't even think they tell you to protect yourself!
They need to bring back these PSAs that scared people into never having sex without a condom and being real about risks!
Imagine how many less people would be suffering from HIV and AIDS if they'd known they were really at risk!
When this came out in January 1987 people were still not taking precautions to reduce the risk of infection its taken 22 years and the deaths of thousands including celebrities to make us realise how much that ad was trying to warn us but back then it was classed as a homophobic issue and the world was an ignorant place which paid dearly 4 not listening back then
How was this advert received at the time of its release? Im writing about it in my dissertation and having trouble finding information on how people reacted to this, from both the public and critics point of view.
Iit was taken seriously. The adverts were pretty scary in themselves but there was alot of intrinsic fear around as there was no cure and people seemed to die quickly as it spread. There was also a period when alot of people didnt know how it was transmitted. Kissing, toilet seats, drinking glasses, fountains were fingered as potential spreading points. Imagine swine flu without any medicine and no symptoms.
Hi! im also doing the Don't Die of Ignorance campaign as well for my dissertation and im also trying to find out its reaction of time of release. was wondering if we could help each other out etc.
Im from england, this advert actually worked very well. It did reduce sexual behaviour initially, because of the sheer fear of aids. Later on it only helped to reduce risk taking.
You might not like it, but it was successful campaign...
it's a good thing that facing things that haunt people through childhood and
to face them dead on and to get
closure and move on the best thing
in life to watch adverts that scared you and laugh and realised that this is not scary at all and then finaly you can move on trust me it works because i was a victim of this once but not now.
I have recollections of there being a similar, showing a large iceberg, and the voice warned us that 'the people who've died so far are only the tip of the iceberg'!
I was 9 or 10 when these ads were screened, and they scared the hell out of me. More sinister than the 'Protect and Survive' cold war ads. In retrospect, these ads were a totally inappropriate response, but then it was Thatcher so what do you expect?
It's easy to criticize when you yourself aren't in a position of leadership... so then what would YOUR response be, particularly seeing as how little most people knew about it for much of the '80s?
I was a kid, I had no idea what AIDS could possibly be, but this (and various news reports using a shot of the tombstone as a thumbnail) convinced me that whatever it was, it was going to kill me and every one else on Earth.
put me off sex sex for life!
feel a bit sorry fir the women tho!
I aint a foreal cowboy butasursamonehellavastud, thankyemaam.
worldraver 2 weeks ago
101% correct to make these adverts frightening to children and should be re-shown now. Mrs Thatcher DID NOT insist on this being shown.
vanpablo79 2 months ago 3
Bring back this ad-and show some people ill from it or having to take all the meds. Might stop people screwing around without johnnies-many people still do
cockywatchman1976 2 months ago
This advert is exactly the reason why AIDS is 50% lower in the UK than mainland Europe.
Muckydoggy1 3 months ago 4
they could do with re running this ad again now to stop the kids shagging around
1999straker 4 months ago 3
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I remember this back in 1987, it scared the hell out of me. It was niggers that spread this by shagging monkeys, so on the positive side don't shag a nigger & be free of AIDS.
iguanna41 4 months ago
@iguanna41 Your comment shows just how stupid you are. It's highly unlikely that AIDS passed from monkeys to humans via sexual intercourse, most likely it was because somebody ate an undercooked monkey with a cut in their mouth or something. I'm white but people like you make me sick.
himjl2 3 months ago
I'd rather die of ignorance than AIDS..
sarahj182 6 months ago
Problem turns out that the film wasn`t hard hitting enough!
25 years old today, the fight continues.......wear a condom!!!
dpmhiaddict 6 months ago
@dpmhiaddict what are you talking about. These " adverts" that they made were a form of child abuse.
Research has shown us that you can make a serious point without scaring people witless.
No wonder we have a generation of screwed up adults, with the sinister " Public Information Advertisements"
showing kids they could be drowned, suffocated whatever, although in this case, you are going to contract a deadly disease and die. You can educate people without traumatizing them.
zakalon123 5 months ago
@zakalon123
I don't dispute that people were "scared witless" by the adverts but there is nothing in the adverts themselves to bring about such a scare. IMHO, they are not sensationalist and hysterical but rather down to earth.
mainsqueeze1977 2 weeks ago
@dpmhiaddict
Because of statements like yours, the fight continues. Condoms alone are not the solution, behaving responsibly is.
mainsqueeze1977 2 weeks ago
I was operating the rig which made the tombstone fall on the shoot! Nic Roeg was the director and it was shot just outside Ludlow.
Jynx359 6 months ago
These adds were way over the top. In fact they phycologically scarred me as a teenager in the late 80's. They could have made these adverts a lot less grim and scary. You can make a good point without having to scare the hell out of everyone.
But the Creepy AIDS ad-U.K was the scariest advert ever!!!! 23yrs and I still can't watch it. They need a new campaign, but not one that traumatizes pepole like myself. I felt I had to speak out on this, because those " adverts" scarred me.
zakalon123 6 months ago
AIDS: not even once.
buddhastalin 7 months ago
Where I live, there wouldnt be a bunch of flowers on the tomb, just a steaming turd.
prben2 9 months ago
it was meant to be thaught provoking to reach out the message
out to thousends warning them the highlighted dangers of contracting
the disease and how to protect yourselfs with sexual aids like
contraseptives and many other things that can provent this so yes the advert
was a shock value tactic advert campaign.
FRANKIESHANOWSKIY2K0 11 months ago
I remember this & I remember people being freaked out by it... I was about 4 years old when it was being broadcast.
I think a similar updated version should be made & broadcast now. People are getting that "It wouldn't happen to me" type attitude. Something like this is needed!
2highwithredeyes 11 months ago 2
This commercial should be brought back. Particularly on the Vauxhall club scene.
brightonking69 1 year ago
did they really show this during every advert break back in the late 80's because if they did i just would not watch tell at all that ad is seriously scary
Elnino2k8 1 year ago
That John Hurt?
ajuk1 1 year ago 2
I think an advert like this is desperately needed today. It may not be the 80s anymore but HIV/AIDS hasn't disappeared. And people are far too complacent about it.
thecashinproject 1 year ago 15
@thecashinproject HIV/AIDS awareness is still vitally important as it affects a lot of people. But I don't think we need a scary advert like this. People need the facts on how to protect themselves, not a "AIDS WILL KILL YOU AAAAH" kind of thing.
araispoetry 9 months ago
@araispoetry
But actually, the add is not saying "AIDS WILL KILL YOU AAAH" - it gives one central fact ("Infection through intercourse with someone infected") and otherwise points to an information leaflet, presumably giving all the other facts.
mainsqueeze1977 2 weeks ago
AIDS; So awesome the ad looks like a Ridley Scott film.
Tehploe 1 year ago
ADIS: Don't die of dyslexia
jwood36 1 year ago 22
Still sends a chill down my spine. Absolutely terrifying.
jmspllkn 1 year ago
NeverSayNeverAgain01
Has AIDS LMFAO!
SpiritOfZion 1 year ago
The melody in this is strongly reminiscent of Liszt's - Totentaz and the main theme (Dies Irae) of Heroes of might and magic V. Awesome!!
OfAwesomeWin 1 year ago
I just had a flash back from when I was 5. Commercial was a good runner up to nightmare on elm street.
dms040382 2 years ago
This advert used to scare the shit out of me when I was a kid!!!!
dangerousandy 2 years ago 2
this public awareness advet
was both shocking and disturbing
by sending dangers on hoto avoid
getting it by getting protection whilest
having sex and not sharring the same glass in which also can lead to aids
i think they should bring this advert back
it was the cream of the late 80's tv.
FRANKIESHANOWSKIY2K0 2 years ago
I agree. They should bring it back. This is one of the scariest things I've ever seen, but this is what they should be doing! Not all these sexual ads like that fucking KY Jelly shit! And I don't even think they tell you to protect yourself!
They need to bring back these PSAs that scared people into never having sex without a condom and being real about risks!
Imagine how many less people would be suffering from HIV and AIDS if they'd known they were really at risk!
Robin360 2 years ago 2
Yes, i agree. They should bring this advert back onto television, it is still very much an issue now as it was in the 80's
SugarRock 2 years ago
When this came out in January 1987 people were still not taking precautions to reduce the risk of infection its taken 22 years and the deaths of thousands including celebrities to make us realise how much that ad was trying to warn us but back then it was classed as a homophobic issue and the world was an ignorant place which paid dearly 4 not listening back then
sptol 2 years ago
How was this advert received at the time of its release? Im writing about it in my dissertation and having trouble finding information on how people reacted to this, from both the public and critics point of view.
johnboggart 2 years ago
Iit was taken seriously. The adverts were pretty scary in themselves but there was alot of intrinsic fear around as there was no cure and people seemed to die quickly as it spread. There was also a period when alot of people didnt know how it was transmitted. Kissing, toilet seats, drinking glasses, fountains were fingered as potential spreading points. Imagine swine flu without any medicine and no symptoms.
grincher2006 2 years ago
Hi! im also doing the Don't Die of Ignorance campaign as well for my dissertation and im also trying to find out its reaction of time of release. was wondering if we could help each other out etc.
thanx Kat
katsweeney6 2 years ago
Im from england, this advert actually worked very well. It did reduce sexual behaviour initially, because of the sheer fear of aids. Later on it only helped to reduce risk taking.
You might not like it, but it was successful campaign...
nograviti 2 years ago 2
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jrbspankman 2 years ago
it's a good thing that facing things that haunt people through childhood and
to face them dead on and to get
closure and move on the best thing
in life to watch adverts that scared you and laugh and realised that this is not scary at all and then finaly you can move on trust me it works because i was a victim of this once but not now.
FRANKIESHANOWSKIY2K0 2 years ago
I have recollections of there being a similar, showing a large iceberg, and the voice warned us that 'the people who've died so far are only the tip of the iceberg'!
takeoutking 2 years ago
I was 9 or 10 when these ads were screened, and they scared the hell out of me. More sinister than the 'Protect and Survive' cold war ads. In retrospect, these ads were a totally inappropriate response, but then it was Thatcher so what do you expect?
takeoutking 2 years ago
It's easy to criticize when you yourself aren't in a position of leadership... so then what would YOUR response be, particularly seeing as how little most people knew about it for much of the '80s?
ImmortalSynn 2 years ago
And also, this campaign has been credited by the World Health Organisation for keeping UK rates of HIV extremely low for many years afterwards.
funkyalonzo 2 years ago
I was a kid, I had no idea what AIDS could possibly be, but this (and various news reports using a shot of the tombstone as a thumbnail) convinced me that whatever it was, it was going to kill me and every one else on Earth.
Applemask 2 years ago 2
In terms of the adverts ideal aims do you think it achieved that, with its serious tone? or was it just another case of scare tactics?
johnboggart 2 years ago