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Gushers Horror Film Turns Child Actor's Head into Strawberry
9 Oct
Summary
- Gushers releases 9-minute horror film based on '90s ads
- Director uses dark magic to turn child actor's head into fruit
- Victim kidnaps director for revenge using ad's catchphrase
Two days ago, the candy brand Gushers released a 9-minute horror film based on its unsettling CGI-fueled advertisements from the 1990s. The film, titled "FruitHead," imagines a world where Bradley Whitford plays Richard, a ruthless commercial director so obsessed with making his Gushers ad feel realistic that he resorts to dark magic to transform a child actor's head into a strawberry.
Despite the actor's face going through a gruesome body horror transformation, a crew member informs Richard that they were able to achieve the effect using CGI, and the actor is quickly abandoned. However, Richard's actions come back to haunt him as he is later kidnapped by Jacob, the child actor whose "deformed strawberry head" has ruined his life. Jacob seeks swift revenge, using the ad's catchy tagline, "With a taste that will drive you fruity."
The Mike Diva-directed short film was released on the Gushers brand's YouTube channel on October 9th, just weeks after the cider company Angry Orchard commissioned its own spooky short film, "Sweet Revenge," which marked the official return of horror icon Jason Voorhees.
