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This week, prepare to be mildly disturbed. Halloween might technically have already passed, but few people can be bothered to celebrate midweek - so there’s still plenty of room for unnerving yourself over these next few days. At midnight you might like to try staring intently at your own face in a mirror until you get a bit creeped out, as tradition dictates – or you could visit the never-more-than-mildly-disturbing semi-horrors below.You might not think it now, but cakes can be pretty scary, especially if they take you by surprise. Just look at these two gory examples from MAKE’s DIY Halloween gallery: at first glance, the killer rat and thorax cakes could be genuinely slightly shocking (and not entirely appetising). The visceral always has the power to disturb, especially where unnatural creations are concerned. Gene-splicing experiments and mutants are one thing - now imagine those principles applied to Lego figures. See? Not so bad. Even the Evil Mad Scientists' worst “abominations” are only very, very slightly disturbing. Toys can easily perturb, however, especially if they start to misbehave of their own accord. Vasn Sowerwine’s interactive art installation, Play With Me, encourages the user to interact with an animated doll. Turn your sound up and click on the flashing objects (sometimes they’re small, so look carefully) to suggest her next move, but be prepared for her to take her actions in undesired directions. While you’ve still got your ears wired for sound, why not stop by David Firth’s Fat Pie to watch the latest creepy instalment of Salad Fingers? The titular protagonist is still living a lonely, Gollum-like existence where everything feels, well, a bit off. He seems quite content to argue with his radio, but you might be the sort of person who’d rather argue with a head in a jar. And that’s quite alright – just follow these simple instructions and you’ll soon have a wide-faced companion to shout at in front of your friends and colleagues. Finally, here’s a mildly disturbing website that makes every other entertainment destination seem pointless and tame by comparison: an ever-growing library of videos, Crying While Eating is a platform for video of people doing just that. Why not sob into a corpse-cake and submit your own?
David Thair
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