Someone has used AI to turn Shrek into an 80s-style dark fantasy horror movie and it’s actually really creepy.
With artificial intelligence advancing at a rapid rate, some folks have put it to good use ruining childhoods by turning beloved family favorites into something a lot more sinister looking. You can see the dark version of Shrek here:
See. Pretty unnerving, right? I think the gingerbread man is going to haunt my nightmares for a while.
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The clip was created by YouTuber AVendettaForYou, who regularly shares reimagined - and at times terrifying - versions of much loved characters such as Shrek and Bear in the Big Blue House.
The clip, which has been viewed more than 350,000 times, has caused a bit of a stir with Shrek fans.
Commenting on the video, one said: “This is amazing. I would love to watch something like this.”
Another wrote: “The gingerbread man perfectly embodies the creepiness of '80s puppetry or claymation.”
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A third said: “The way I could definitely see this as an 80s movie is insane.”
Someone else joked: “This is the kind of movie that would turn up in those ‘Childhood Trauma’ videos.”
“Anyone else get a weird chilling eerie vibe from these types of videos?” another commenter asked. “It's impossible to explain it it just feels scary, it really triggers my stress hormones and idk why.”
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While a fifth person wrote: “Gingerbread man would go on to traumatise countless kids through his nightmarish appearance and a mandatory grotesque death scene."
And if Shrek as a 1980s fantasy flick isn’t quite enough nightmare fuel for you, then may I interest you in a live-action sitcom version of SpongeBob SquarePants, brought to you by AI, of course.
YouTuber JolyTool gave 80s sitcom humanized makeovers to SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Plankton and Sandy - and the results were… erm, weird.
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However, although the aesthetic gives me the heebie-jeebies, plenty of people were quick to heap praise on how good it looked.
One person commented: "Every one of these looks spot on! Also, Squidward looks like Bill Nighy."
While another wrote: "I like how the AI tried to put Mr. Crabs face on the dollar, implying that it was an episode of the show that never existed."
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A third added: "This is like jazz to me. Extremely abstract and niche but super creative."
Someone else said: "Seeing Plankton sitting there with his wife is disturbing in this version."
Topics: Film and TV, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Weird
Claire Reid