Vulture's The 13 Scariest Music Videos of All Time (2014)
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- DirectorChris CunninghamStarsKaren AndersonAphex TwinNikki BondThe video opens with an old woman walking a dog in a grimy, industrial setting. The dog urinates on an abandoned television lying on the pavement, causing it to sputter unexpectedly into life, and a distorted and warping headshot of Richard D. James chants the lyrics. This unleashes a spirit, accompanied by a gang of small children, all of whom bear James' grinning face and who appear to inhabit the abandoned buildings. The children go around wreaking havoc, trashing an alley and chasing a man into his car. The thin man emerges from the television, screams in the woman's face, then gathers the children around him.
- DirectorPatrick DaughtersStarsDepeche ModeAndrew FletcherDave GahanVery surreal video from Depeche Mode which features initially what seems to be a car moving backwards causing chaos and knocking people and things over in it's path with an unconscious passenger (presumably kidknapped) slumped in the front seat.
- DirectorEric Wareheim
- StarsDieDir en GreyKaoruA music video for Dir en Grey's song "Obscure".
- DirectorKevin KerslakeStarsMr. BungleMike PattonTrevor Dunn"Quote Unquote" was the first single released by American experimental rock band Mr. Bungle. It was featured on their self-titled debut album.
- DirectorShia LaBeoufStarsMarilyn MansonSarah McNeillyAlecia PattersonMusic video/promo for Marilyn Manson.
- DirectorChris CunninghamStarsShelly WeissElvis FeticPercy RutterfordAn experimental music video about a wheelchair-bound boy who morphs and moves to an Aphex Twin song. The experience gets weirder when he takes cocaine and everything gets out of control.
- DirectorMark RomanekStarsNine Inch NailsTrent ReznorThe controversial promotional video for Nine Inch Nails' 1994 single "Closer."
- DirectorWayne IshamStarsR.G. ArmstrongKirk HammettJames HetfieldMusic video for Metallica's highly successful 1991 song "Enter Sandman". The video shows the band performing the song in a flashy darkness and a boy praying before going to bed while being watched by the eponymous Sandman.
- DirectorWalter A. SternStarsThe ProdigyKeith FlintLiam HowlettThe Prodigy performs in the music video "Breathe" from the album "The Fat of the Land" recorded for XL Records. The music video features Keith Flint with spiked colored hair and Maxim Reality shirtless with tribal tattoos singing and dancing as they stand in room with dark walls and flashing lights. The video also features clips of insects and an alligator.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonOla RayForrest J. AckermanA night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now.
- DirectorDougal WilsonStarsBat for Lashes