Like everything else, your favorite fright flicks have been watered-down and commercialized for consumer culture. Creepy imagery and horror cinema’s nastiest characters are an easy way to get the attention of boob tube drones that perk up when baddies and bloodthirsty villains slice and dice their way through product placement. Here are a few of the most ridiculous television commercials — horror cinema-inspired. Which ones are the saddest? Leave us your favorite picks below.
Rob Zombie’s Woolite commercial
Horror villains do digital TV
The Exorcist happened because of Dirt Devil
Zombies don’t want flesh, they want Doritos
Nicole Kidman’s The Others gets the Polish cell phone company revamp
Poor Vincent Price sells Tilex
Monsters sell Heineken
Nike helps you become the final girl