7. Aphex Twin Come To Daddy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-9UvrLyj3k There's violence that's violent and then there's violence that is truly horrifying. In the case of the video for Aphex Twin's Come To Daddy, we see very much the latter. Come To Daddy was released in 1997 from the album of the same name. Directed by Chris Cunningham, the video opens with an old woman walking a dog who is soon terrorized by a bunch of what appear to be children but that have terrifying faces twisted in a perpetual grin. The children commit senseless acts of violence as they run down the street, and the whole thing culminates in a hideous spirit appearing before the woman, screaming in her face. Interestingly, the video was shot on the council estate where Stanley Kubrick directed multiple scenes in A Clockwork Orange. Fitting, really.
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