This post will tackle the issue of subliminal movies – i,e. The phenomenon of movies using subliminal messages – why they do it, and what benefit it serves, and we will also talk aboutsome common examples.
The most famous examples come from Disney – Walt Disney is infamous for putting subliminal messages in their movies. If you want to see them all then view our subliminal messages in disney movies article, but some famous examples are from:
The Lion King: Where the stars align to form the word “Sex” in the sky when Simba is waiting to see his father in the sky.
Aladdin: There is an audio hidden message saying “teenagers, take off your clothes” in the scene where Aladdin is on the balcony of Jasmin’s window.
The Rescuers: In the background at one point a nude woman can be seen in one of the windows of a house.
Roger Rabbit: Jessica rabbit legs at one point turn into the legs of a real woman’s open (naked) legs.
There are also messages as reported in Toy Story, Pocahontas and many other Disney films.
It is debatable why movies use subliminal messages.. Advertisers clearly use them with really great results. For example, to create more sales or to make the brand more prominent in your memory. But with a movie there is not this sales driven incentive. Arguably they use them in a similar way to make the movie more memorable, or within the advertising to make you want and go and watch the movie but the studios and production companies always deny this.
Fight club is one of the most famous examples of subliminal messaging. The movie character Tyler Durden putsubliminal pictures into childrens movies. He inserted an adult image for just a split second. This movie seemed to start a craze for looking for subliminal messages in movies. This is not the only subliminal message in fightclub though. There are flashed images of Tyler Durden right the way through the movie. If you watch closely there are flashed images and scenes where the Tyler Durden character is in the background – making a subliminal reference to the fact that his character is not that important. This is more an artistic use of subliminal messaging, but messages can be found in many movies – here is a brief list:
Pokemon – saying “Go f*** yourself” while the animals are running through the street.
Licence to Wed – On the movie poster the word Sex is embedded into the sheet covers.
Spongebob - Hidden messages in the animation showing the 666 symbol.
High School Musical – Contains various messages when the songs are played in reverse.
We hope you have enjoyed this post, to view all of these subliminal messages view our subliminal messages in movies blog.
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