Billboard's The 15 Scariest Music Videos Ever (2013)
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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.
- 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.
- DirectorDean KarrStarsMarilyn MansonDaisy BerkowitzGinger FishMarilyn Manson performs in the music video "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" from the album "Smells Like Children" recorded for Interscope Records. Marilyn Manson sings the songs while dressed in a variety of horrific costumes including wedding dress, all black paint, and a ballerina tutu.
- DirectorPhilipp StölzlStarsEvanescenceDavid HodgesAmy Leemusic video for "Going Under" by Evanescence.
- DirectorAndreas NilssonStarsKarin Dreijer
- DirectorMike MansfieldStarsOzzy OsbourneDon AireyCarmine AppiceOzzy Osbourne performs in the music video "Bark at the Moon" from the album "Bark at the Moon" recorded for Epic Records. The music video opens with a guitar solo and shots of mysterious people. Ozzy Osbourne drinks a potion in a Victorian laboratory and transforms into a creature. He is later taken to an insane asylum.
- DirectorTim PopeStarsThe CureSimon GallupRoger O'DonnellRobert Smith plays both the cannibalistic "spiderman" mentioned in the lyrics and his intended victim lying in bed. The rest of the band sporadically appear as tin soldiers. It ends with what appears to be a giant spider swallowing Smith.
- DirectorRob ZombieStarsBlaskoRiggsJohn TempestaA music video for Rob Zombie's song, 'Dragula'.
- DirectorJared LetoStarsDeborah BrittonJared LetoShannon LetoThe music video features the band exploring a hotel which they are care-taking.
- DirectorTony T. DatisStarsEdouard AudouinEmma GitlisOfficial music video for First of the Year by Skrillex.
- DirectorFrancis DeliaStarsJon LeonoudakisRockwellMark Van CleveOfficial music video for "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell in which Rockwell sings about his average life that is being menaced by an unseen stalker.
- DirectorHoward GreenhalghStarsSoundgardenMatt CameronChris CornellMusic video for the song Black Hole Sun, by the Seattle based band, Soundgarden.
- DirectorChris CunninghamStarsFaris BadwanTom CowanJoshua HaywardA woman spasms and reveals her true nature as a parasitic creature.
- DirectorChris BrownErik WhiteStarsChris BrownSofia BoutellaJadakissChris Brown performs in the music video "Wall to Wall" from the album "Exclusive" recorded for Jive Records. The music video begins with Chris Brown walking to his car with friends. He is bitten by a vampire. Now dressed in black he travels to a building where he confront the vampire and her harem.