BoingBoing insists this is for real. I'm not sure it's totally real. I mean "You Are So Beautiful To Me" is playing throughout this instructional video. You'd think there'd be some narration. Still, it is both mesmerizing and absolutely terrifying to behold. I could not help but think of this the entire time:
BoingBoing insists this is for real. I'm not sure it's totally real. I mean "You Are So Beautiful To Me" is playing throughout this instructional video. You'd think there'd be some narration. Still, it is both mesmerizing and absolutely terrifying to behold. I could not help but think of this the entire time:
Oh yeah! When I went to the Found Footage Festival at Comix they showed clips from this video (sans Joe Cocker), and they even had one of the masks there! It's amazing how they manage to make it even more creepy by having those metal spikes sticking out the back of the thing...
I thought it couldn't possibly be real. Now I wonder if it just might be. But I hold onto my initial assertion that there's no fucking way this is real...even if they are selling those masks and shit.
Yep, this is real. Except the song has been dubbed over the original narration on how to use the mask. The nodes deliver a mild current to tighten facial muscles (in therory), like those belts that stimulate the abs.
When I first saw the infomerical (around Y2K), I laughed. Then I kept watching...strangely mesmerizing. ;)
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