The Commercial From The Black Lagoon: Horror in Advertising

Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly

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Cbc, Terry O'reilly, Advertising, Marketing, Under The Influence, Society & Culture, Pop Culture, Business

4.8 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This week we look at horror in advertising.

We’ll talk about why the Red Cross produced a horror commercial for blood donations. How Nike had a horror commercial yanked off the air. And a water company that actually cast its product as the villain in a 45-minute horror film.

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1:15.6	You're under the influence with Terry O'Reilly. Stephen King and I have something in common.
1:37.5	The very first horror movie I ever saw as a kid was creature from the Black Lagoon.
1:47.1	Turns out, that was the first horror film Stephen King ever saw, too. Creature from the Black Lagoon, rising from the monstrous depths to astound and
1:52.9	terrorize the world. Feel the frightening fury of a man beast, aroused to strange emotions by its first sight of a woman.
2:04.1	I remember watching it being scared, stiff.
2:08.1	It must have had an even bigger impact on Mr. King.
2:12.3	Creature from the Black Lagoon was made in 1954.
2:16.9	Originally released in 3D, it's the creepy story of a group of
2:21.3	scientists who see a fossil of a webbed hand discovered in the Amazon region. They wonder if it
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