TOP 50: SCARIEST PUBLIC INFORMATION FILMS - UK
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- Опубліковано 30 сер 2012
- Jumpscare with the sound at the very beginning - apologies in advance, I made this ages ago and never realised how loud it was.
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A countdown of the 50 SCARIEST public information films (PIFs) ever produced in the UK. PIFs are "mini horror movies" used to inform the public about everyday safety or a particular service for their own welfare... some have been more macabre than others, and these are only 50 of them. These can span from fire safety commercials, road safety commercials, and other paraphernalia. Take a look back at some of the scariest and most disturbing PIF's from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s, some that you may or may not recognise. I hope you enjoy watching my countdown as much as I enjoyed making it! My first ever countdown video, so forgive me if it's a little amateur.
THE AUDIO IN ENTRY NUMBERS 21 & 8 ARE 'REMOVED' DUE TO COPYRIGHT - apologies for this!
Each entry is given its own 'Scare Factor' rating out of 10. The countdown starts from 1 (least scary) and gradually increases until the FINAL PIF which has a rating of 10/10 (most scary).
The scariness picks up after the first five, roughly around number 45.
This compilation was inspired by LateNightLogoTV's video "Top 50 Scariest Public Information Films" so click the link below to watch!
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I feel like every country has issues they go all out on with the PSAs. For some reason, Australia and New Zealand have the most intense driving PSAs, the Canadians have their scary work safety PSAs, in the US it's drugs, and the Brits pull no punches on anything relating to children.
Castiel .The Angel yep lol , I’m literally conscious of everything thanks to Brit.
And apparently there's a big issues with kids trying to get into dangerous places to grab their toys. . ..
And for the Dutch it’s fireworks
Yup
Britain is fires
The man with throat and lung cancer felt like a punch in the gut. It reminded me so much of the death of my Daddy. I love and miss that man every single day. He smoked from the age of 12 until he died at 70. He was also a nuclear munitions specialist, so either of those could've caused his illness. Anyway, I BEG anyone who smokes, please consider quitting. I know the pain a family goes through losing someone so precious. I'm climbing off the soap box now. Thanks to anyone who reads this, and anyone who takes my words to heart. 🙂
lilmissbloodbath89 thank you
it’s was quite easy to smoke back in those days because it was “popular and healthy”. nowadays it’s still easy even though people know what the prices is for it, young kids still decide to smoke when it’s ruining their bodies.
Same fate for My dad.
god bless you
@@sweetenerplease62 Also siblings that smoked too my dad started kinda young too cause he saw his brothers doing it and probably joined them (all older, except one). ...and it's even worse now due to the lax controls over vaping devices in the US...and the fact that those "juices" for the devices are flavored.
_"Like most victims, Julie knew her killer."_
In my sixties now, I recall each and every one of these safety ads, but that one always sent (and now, still does!) a shiver down my spine at the reveal.
An interesting topic to choose, yet I guess I'm not the only one morbidly fascinated enough to appreciate these ones posted and others we personally recollect.
Excellent vid!
Billy Andrew - I'm 23, and love watching these purely to see the way things were. I find watching Tomorrow's World so fascinating!
@@RobertBoyle11
I was sad to see that programme come to an end!
It was an insight, in advance, into the tech that was changing our world.
There was a guy on one that had some kind of electrical jack implanted directly in his skull and electrodes going into his brain to sense and counter epileptic fits.
When one happened he'd get a tiny jolt and it would prevent the seizure from happening.
He wasn't even aware of the jolt.
Prior to having it done he was suffering around sixty fits a day.
Stranger things happen...I met him in person, fifteen, maybe sixteen years ago, still going strong and he's a great guy!
He hadn't changed much in the intervening years and recognised him as soon as I clapped eyes on him, due to the jack.
Nothing has come remotely close to _Tomorrow's World_ and likely never will.
It's what makes it such an effective safety ad. Most countries really seem to downplay the extent of the horrors that such accidents and negligence can cause, and as such it doesn't achieve the desired result.
My favourite TV program even now, if there’s a chance of seeing a rerun or video on here I’m there. I remember I’m the early day of cellsphone and watching the demos on Tomorrows World thinking they’ll never catch on, and the early days of CDs. The programme was educational with a little humour and also gave me the impetus to get into computers. Something that is still boring my family to tears. It’s genetic, my grandfather was one of the first people to be granted a licence to transmit on radio frequencies, my father worked for a big department of the civil service in communications and I was a motorcycle courier in London. Obviously the interest is going to be passed down right?
The UK was still reeling from the Moors Murders...safety for children became paramount
Number 19: “Julie” is probably my favorite in the list, in terms of scary PSA. It lures into one idea, then catches you off guard, just like the point of the message
Timestamp?
@@melee6456 26:56
I don’t know it it’s on the list but you might know this one. My favorite PSA was the one where first there was an abusive dad beating up a cartoon kid and at the end he throws the kid down the stairs and then it reveals that the cartoon kid was actually a real kid all along and it changes everything
@@certifiedgarbage3295 I love that one! One of my favorites. Well-made and chilling message at the end.
What about _Tufty_ or _Charley Says?_
The calmness in the narrator's voices and the old 70s television quality makes these psas more disturbing.
That ironic moment when trying to be more kid-friendly about serious issues makes it a thousand times more terrifying
"Oh deary me, it appears that Frances the firefly has burned down the entire kingdom with a single match. Now everybody is homeless and half of the residents are taking a nap for a very long time indeed. My my, this is a pickle."
Oh and don't forget she BURNED HER WINGS OFF
Nintendo Fan - I'm 47, those were the narrative of my childhood, we didn't have cartoons or children's tv except one or two programs a day, so Charlie and Tufty animations/cartoons were very popular. I remembered all of those electricity ones too, but I am just now realising why I am scared of deep still water. The grim reaper has been hovering over me my entire life, waiting for me to fall in.
Nintendo Fan - I'm 47, those were the narrative of my childhood, we didn't have cartoons or children's tv except one or two programs a day, so Charlie and Tufty animations/cartoons were very popular. I remembered all of those electricity ones too, but I am just now realising why I am scared of deep still water. The grim reaper has been hovering over me my entire life, waiting for me to fall in.
Jessie Cator bollocks what decade were you born and where?
The Samaritans is a British suicide/advice hotline organization. They are actually more like a resource where you can call and talk to someone about whatever you want without fear of repercussions. In the commercial, we can tell what the woman is talking about (agony, suffering) but we cannot hear her. She is crying out desperately to be heard but finds herself unable to express her pain; her words are warped until they are unrecognizable. Her cries for help are drown out by a society which silences her, censors anything remotely genuine. She tries to talk about her trauma but all that comes out is a nightmarish sound that gives you a sense of frustration because we never talk about what is REAL, lest we be judged-- there is a deep pain and loneliness we all feel but are taught from an early age to hide. We must always "fake it till we make it" and not speak about our private thoughts and feelings. The dark corner that is revealed at the end as the camera pans out adds to the stifling, claustrophobic atmosphere and shows how she has nowhere left to turn. So if you are at rock bottom, need to talk about your deepest secrets or just be yourself, the Samaritans are saying they can provide an outlet and help guide you through the hardest times so you will never have to be alone.
Thank you, I didn't know what The Samaritans were.
Ah, thank you. I was also wondering. I thought it was some drug thing (the kind they showed where the frustrated kid slams his hands around in a bathroom).
The Samaritans are a suicide helpline. You call or can email them if anyone is in need.
I thought samartains was a form of deafness
Thank you, I was a bit confused ^-^
USA: we have the creepiest PSA's
Britian: hold my pint
Pls don’t drive after you give me ur pint mate
Australia & NZ: Can you hold mine aswell mate?
Australia: don't go on that beach *kaboom*
@@splosh2070 literally. Some guys made a UA-cam "PSA" about slacking off and telling kids to stay in school. 4 kids go to the beach and get blown up by landmines, because they skipped school so much that they couldn't read the warning sign outside the beach. Well, over the top...
more like Hold my cup of tea
The one where the dad is picking up his little boys body and crying and hugging him really ripped open my heart. 💔
Me to
Me too, i was sat in my chair shocked for a good few minutes.
In Britain the government instead of warning the public likes to traumatise them instead.
It sends the message through, couldnt. Do it nowadays there’s way too many snowflakes😂
A good model, honestly. People won’t listen if you sugarcoat it. If you want people to listen, make sure they’ll have nightmares for twenty years.
They will NEVER forget safety.
Ye
Well it works. Honestly we need the scary psas back. The ones you see now are too tame.
I mean if you give them a crippling phobia of the thing they won’t do it
Remember kids, be afraid of everything.
Oneidman don’t
Especially 32:25. That is the Scariest one in my opinion. I will make a list of my own soon.
@Foxy The pirate (x)
AAAAH
Foxy The pirate
It means
I’m doubting you
Thank you for preserving these for eternity. The meaning in every one of them is still needed today as it was when it was made. I will never understand why PIF were stopped.
PIFs are still produced, there's been quite a few from the UK Government about the coronavirus. They just don't make them like they used to!
Still needed with the exception of ESCALATOR DANGER. Think that one was overegged!
@@HelloImAPizza you use salad fingers music
By your profile i through you are gay
@@HelloImAPizza So true
i had to pause after number 15 and cry-
its so sad. the man was so sure he was gonna see his daughter.
i feel so genuinely bad for him
he seemed so nice
now im just sad-
Its a message to be listened to. DON'T SMOKE! IT WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE! YOU WILL DIE!!
@@DuggzValentine well you will die either way, smoking just speeds up the process
It's clear Mr. Hicks was in serious pain from his cancer, and that's what does it for me. I can't stand to see another human being in pain.
My mother-in-law contracted lung cancer after smoking for 50 years; she died 5 weeks before her first grand-child was born.
Cancer is a bastard, people who smoke are idiots.
When he's not being drowned or scalded because of his own foolhardiness, Charlie the Cat often has excellent advice for his little buddy. He deserves those fish.
Shame he cant say "B##CH GET ME TO THE ER NOW"!
Fun fact: The cat was voiced by Kenny Everett
@@hughmclaren3905 never knew that...cheers
Charlie the Cat was popular at my school with us all trying to copy Charlie's voice and ending with the warning message. At least it helped us to remember.
Sounds to me like he's on drugs and gets the munchies.
Number 37 has been ruined for me. "If you hit me at 80 miles per hour, there's an 80% chance that I might die. If you hit me at 30 miles per hour, there's an 80% chance that I might live. Stop trying to hit me."
*40 miles an hour you have an 80% chance of dying
***** XD
I always took that line as the girl saying - "Make sure to hit me at the speed limit and everyone will be fine!"
The advert wasn't on TV long and I think the odd way the sentence in the advert was made is one of the reasons why, the quote is "HIT me at 30mph ..."
Not IF you hit me. The adverts saying you should smash into kids with your car like its a normal thing. I've always remember it since I was younger because of this stupid reason and NOT for the message its trying to convey in reality.
***** What?
Ah, Russell Howard, the World's unfunniest comedian.
If the USA still had these PSAs, European-style “wtf did I just watch?” PSAs like the Dutch, Danish, French, United Kingdom, and Czech ones, America would probably be much more safe
I have learned and been convinced more in the last 45 minutes than the last 15 years of my life
Couldn't agree more, these make me wish I was aborted lmao
I love how the "dont inject aids" advert doesnt say not to do drugs, but just not to share the needles!
+pineapplepie52 they're addicts. saying don't do drugs on tv will obviously not have them stop. What happens behind the scenes, ie capture of drug dealers, is the only way.
+pineapplepie52
Me too! :~)
+pineapplepie52 i think it's one of those "if you're gonna be fuckin' stupid, at least don't be THAT fuckin' stupid" type mentalities
It recognises people will do it anyway.
Well, if you can’t make them stop injecting, you can at least make them do it safely.
I'm sorry but the general public are stupid, we need public information films again, common sense has dropped since the end of these hints of how to survive in a modern world. ffs...
Ikr, they were big in uk until about 9 to 10 years ago then they stopped mostly except in schools
we still have them
@Aamburgey and friends Nice. I will be joining the organisation, so lemme guess. Will it have supernaturals and humans as the people working at the organisation?
Yep
@Anne Phair boo hoo, pc this and pc that, id rather have something pc instead of anti pc
I love how the boy's 'talking' face in the 'Charley Says' cartoons looks like a *screaming mask of terror*
I think “cocky” is the best villain name I’ve ever heard
Russell Howard said it best...
"If you hit me at 40 MPH, I'll die.
If you hit me at 30 MPH, I'll live.
Stop trying to hit me!"
BYERE “I recommend doing neither”
Master core in a nutshell
Reminds me of kendos kid from resident evil 2 remake
@Mario Lisa killed the joke? must have hit it at 40 MPH then
Russell Howard sounds like a dick.
There was another one in the 70s about a man who knocked down and killed a child that was crossing the road after going to the ice cream van. The man is sitting staring out of the living room window while his wife is on the phone to someone saying 'he still can't face driving the car" etc... and then the man sees a flashback in his mind and breaks down crying.
Tufty or something else?
Link
The older 70s commercials seemed perfectly normal when I was a child. At 50, I find them both surreal and terrifying.
I found them terrifying even then! Mum and Dad wouldn't let us see some of them in case we got TOO scared to get the message from them. I don't remember the Lynx one! that was disgusting! took me a while to work out what it was for.
"Poor Billy. The car has knocked him down."
Y'think?
For so many different clips you did an excellent job of keeping the volume level pretty consistent.
It ain’t much, but it’s honest work.
I remember the firefly one. The firemen loved handing out those books whenever you visited a station (There was a book version of it too, and it basically was the same story)
my dad was a fireman! he always used to come into my primary school and read the book to us, that story has been drilled into my head like nothing else 🤣
Richard Briers was narrating it!
My face the whole time after the 10-minute mark: 😨
Leave it to the UK to make terrifying PSAs.
+BCRunch Same goes for animations like Watership Down.
+Kit Bear that not even the most unsettling thing we have made
Bismah Naqui YOu're welcome. I picked my icon as Brosnan was the first Bond onscreen in my lifetime and James Bond is my number 1 favorite movie series.
No s*!t.
+BCRunch Canadian are scarier
33, the escalator one needs to be told WAY more. As kids, we used to play around on them all the time, going up the wrong way, brushing our feet along the sides, etc. What happened one day? My shoe got stuck, toward the bottom. Lucky it was just my shoe. And everyone wonders why I get so angry over kids playing on them. Certainly gave me a scare.
True. When I was younger I ended up getting my toe stuck at the bottom of an escalator, and a lot of blood resulted from that (though no long lasting damage). From that day I've always had a healthy fear of having my feet anywhere near the edges of any escalator.
@@fetchstixRHD holy shit! Did your family sue?
ianthia: Nope, to be fair there wasn’t much need and I could still walk fine, it was super scary as a kid but the station staff were really friendly at least and wrapped up the damage! The experience did at least teach me to be careful around escalators from then on...
@Simon Simon I heard of one instance where a kid got their foot caught in an escalator and lost a leg, pretty sure it was on the news, never mucked around on one of them ever, still have a conniption when seeing parents just watching as their children go munyuck around escalators, travel actors, and Lifts.
Saw an Afghan hound get it's claws caught in an escalator on the London underground many decades ago.
It's howls will live with me to the day I die.
Me watching the first couple: this is fine lmao
Me at the end: 😨
You know it’s gonna be a banger when ‘charley says’ comes on
That was the most unconvincing scream of the word 'Jimmy' ever.
she needed acting lessons
copnite12342 Doesn't everyone?
CS Gaming LOlololl well they all were trying....good job kids....
J I M M E E E E
It’s even scarier if your name is Jimmy
I wish they'd had more of the safety with electricity adverts when I was growing up in the 90's. There were two boys who lived near me who were stupid enough to climb the pylons over the back of the fields near where we lived. They kept climbing up, and each time they did it they dared each other to go higher...till the day they got too high and were blown off by an arc of electricity. One died instantly, they other was in a burns unit for several months before dying from sepsis. Very sad :( And the following year, the cousin of a kid in my class wound up in the hospital for the same reason. He was mucking about, got a shock and lost his hand as a result.
that's awful. 😔
At least your cousin survived even if he lost a hand due to the shock. Many others aren't so lucky....Hope he recovered well 😕
Akio Kuro
It wasn't my cousin, it was the cousin of a someone in my class. Once he was finally recovered enough from the incident, they held an assembly at our school, and he told us what a stupid idea it was and how much he suffered because of it.
VampiressOfShadows Oh, sorry for misinterpreting your comment. ^^" I'm not exactly the brightest person...
Akio Kuro
Aww don't say that! ** virtual hugs **
The scariest part about this is when the video ends and you are left in dead silence to contemplate what you have just seen.
21:23 I’m sorry yeah, whenever I see this RSPCA advert, I get a punch in the heart, also the dog looks like Pippin from Come Outside.
Oh yes, i remember this one .
The advert after that is it searching if it is that ones the worst. In my opinion just hearing the echoes and the screaming makes it more disturbing
“Aw yeah mate give us a pound or we’ll blow the dogs cap”
@@aburnoutfailurewithsomemem3085 oi listen ere fella, I'll cap this geezer still if you dont gimmie a quid yeah?
The implication that the RSPCA have a firing squad to execute animals that aren't adopted.
I am shocked on not seeing the NSPCC one being on here. The cartoon one where the father throwns him from the stairs. That one scared me for life and was banned.
There's another video purely on abuse PSAs, the ad is there but yeah it's incredibly disturbing
@@adrielsebastian5216 What's it called 👀
@@hornyaspid9756 its just called cartoon
“Did you just piss?”
@@hornyaspid9756 ua-cam.com/video/b4Ob9ugbjDw/v-deo.html
DAMN YOU MR.BEAN, WHY MUST YOU MAKE ROCKS BLEED
BECAUSE BLACKADDER IS A CRUEL AND MISANTHROPIC (and, apparently, mispetropic) BASTARD!
🤣🤣🤣
I recall getting a VHS pushed through our door back in the 90s, in relation to a local acetate factory which was prone to explosions at the time. The VHS had information on as to what local residents should do in the event of a chemical incident at the factory. The factory had this siren you could hear sometimes, it was very eerie, no explanation came with the VHS, just instructions on what residents needed to do if they heard the siren. One day, I was outside in the garden and heard the siren, as I think they used to sound it for a test once a week, and I remember running inside the house, furiously closing all the windows and doors etc, and thinking the world was ending. My mum had paid very little attention to the VHS, which bothered me even more as it was like she was not taking this HUGE risk to life seriously, lol.
Whoever was behind that did not think it out very well! Would have been better putting it on the news or in a local paper, or leaflets. I have Autism, and that video hiked my anxiety right up to the point I would not even go outside at one time.
I remember many of these from when I was a kid. But the Motor Neurone Disease one isn’t frightening, it’s just upsetting - giving up on hope like that - it’s actually real depressing when you sit and think about it
Yeah it doesn't give much hope. The HIV ads were also very dark and I'd imagine pretty horrific for victims at the time.
That Carbon Monoxide one was shown after a student was killed in that way.
That one makes me paranoid because i had a close run in with carbon monoxide as a kid. We had this fireplace when i was a kid that me and my mum always complained smelt funny but my dad said he smelt nothing but me and mum smelt and got headaches from it. Mum kicked up enought of a fuss to convince my dad to have someone come and check out the fireplace and it turned out it was giving off carbon monoxide. It scares me knowing how often my dad slept on the sofa by the fireplace during the day knowing that if we didnt say something then he might not of woke up after one of those naps.
@@WhatIsLove170 glad to hear you spotted that and everyone was safe. Detectors are really cheap and every home should have one. On an entirely personal level though, if I've got to die anyway I'd rather it was quietly in my sleep from carbon monoxide poisoning than most of the other millions of ways to snuff it.
Millions were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, including babies, since the 1960s onwards, so I'm sure they didn't start the campaign because of one student.
@@cupidstunt70
I'd prefer instantaneously or peacefully in my sleep.
@@cupidstunt70 I'd rather die screaming my soul through my throat swearing my tits off and raging at my awful fate
Population of UK: How shall we teach people to stay safe?
PIFs: Scare them.
Zombastic Productions Inc 2001 Logo: *NOT SO FAST!*
The climate change one obviously didn't scare people enough. Even though we can see it coming true all around us, people STILL ignore the warning.
Our ads may be scary in the UK, but they work! especially when watching them at a young age
Definitely. I remember the "hit me at 30" one scaring me when I was a kid. Even today it still creeps me out for some reason
@@filmcrazy2008 I think it's just the monotone voice and the fact that a child is saying it that just really makes it unsettling
Yes, I remember they scared the absolute living daylights out of me, especially NSPCC and the Third World debt ones, I used to have to flee the room or change the channel every time they came on, horrific, but yet nostalgic memories!, I miss those days
Scary now!!
When the "Old Electric Blankets Kill" one was on (and the rest of the video but that doesn't matter)... I was using an electric blanket. Sort of concerned with what's considered "Old" here-
And to think I was just about to go out for a quick one then drive (whilst tired) down to the local substation to play Frisbee, which is situated next to a busy road after seeing a strangers puppies. After shooting the puppies and throwing some fireworks about, we'd share a needle and then keep quiet about the shooting. On the way I was going to stop off at the lake for a swim, then head down to the 80's club for some unprotected sex whilst wearing a fur coat. Then I was going to settle down for the night under my old electric blanket, make sure that my gas fire was set to maximum and spark up a cigarette. It's a good thing I watched this video!
That needs to be a scene in Final Destination VI.
This is what these videos are for!
Woah o_o
Im laughing so hard that was great
myrealnameismatt omg this comment is way unappreciated 😂 🤣
..nice view from up here, Petunia..
MonitaLeaf12 Yes! Very nice,Joe...
MonitaLeaf12 "Worn tyres kill"..
Audreydawheel ye "worn tyres kill"? Are our tyres worn, Joe?
Oh, I wouldn't think so, Petunia.
***** Well, I expect you've looked.. you have looked, haven't you, Joe? ..Joe, have you looked at our tyres??
Sith Lord says... "always use the green cross code!"
These adverts are terrifying, especially any related to driving. It's hard to imagine these being aired nowadays, but given the impact they have, I think there will always be a need for them.
I had a Francis the Firefly book from school, but in that version her wings were damaged forever
Same, I've just dug that book out!
This has become something reminiscent of a passion for myself. I like being terrified by the truth.
Finally, someone I can relate to.
TheRoseTintedDuke same
That sounds like a healthy passion. As a bonus, after a while nothing will scare you anymore.
Same
my new hobby watching psa pif
best lyf evar
They need to update the “Pay attention,” one , this time so that it mentions texting. The amount of people I see with their faces buried in their phone while crossing the road is ridiculous.
They need to bring back the old “Don’t Die of ignorance AIDS public information films because that’s another serious message that’s been forgotten too and those ads/ public information films with the voice of the late great John Hurt were so striking and memorable.
I was just about to say same about people on phones!! And actually...abput 10 years ago....I fell down the stairs whilst texting on my phone!!! Sprained my ankle. Lucky it wasn't worse. What a dope.
I was just about to say same about people on phones!! And actually...abput 10 years ago....I fell down the stairs whilst texting on my phone!!! Sprained my ankle. Lucky it wasn't worse. What a dope.
Yeah and a couple more today too. Some boy racer comes tearing out of nowhere doing whatever ludicrous speed in their prized sports car 🏎 and you ain’t gonna be there to text your mates about it no more sucka! 🤨
It’s actually a DEADLY 💀 SERIOUS point.
And with the phenomenon of Deliveroo couriers peddling or scootering 🛴 down the pavement at break neck speeds , not worrying too much if they knock a pedestrian down , someone’s definitely going to die in a head on collision 💥 before long!
Luckily aids isn't as serious as it was and someone who has it can still live a normal life
I miss these days, I miss my ma and pa , I never realised how amazing they were when they were alive ❤️❤️❤️
This video probably increased my chances of survival.
@Anne Phair Because how sensitive our society has become
Fear is a survival instinct
Aww! I want a tiny robot that tells me when to cross!
What's really interesting is that that thing looks a lot like R2-D2, and the guy in the tights is actually the dude who played Darth Vader.
Safely crossing the road is so important, it makes even those two play for the same team.
I noticed that, too.
TAFM017 I heard that apple is making a prototype of that. XD
The one from that PSA lowkey looked like a trash can
I have one, and it has me follow the Rainbow Cross Code
I recognized the "monolith" ad from a trailer for the recent series "It's a Sin".
Thank you editing and uploading this, I remembered a few. Thanks also the warning about number 1... I watched it anyway. Really disturbing hope that doesn't get shown again on TV, i thought it was horrific
I love how #48 talks about men and ladies being random creepy strangers rather than just men.
Yes, because a lot of the time people assume women are safe. Once my friend was seen going off with a lady no one recognised, and my friend was making a fuss so the school called her mum and the police. It just turned out that it was an aunt picking my friend up cause her mum had gone into labour, so my friend was pulling a tantrum cause she didn't want a younger sibling XD
You can be a "random creepy stranger" no matter the gender.
Or non binary ;)
The moors murders got it into the public conscious.
Agree with your comment, Even 6 years on.
May be some people have never heard of Mira Hindley !!
I love the Grim Reaper deep water one it shows everything creepy and new that filmmakers were using in the 1970's and the fact that it was Donald Pleasance makes it the best one for me
Wrong video
🎶Face to face we stand tonight, and my heart was feeling petrified
Walking past me when I cried, and he turned into my eyes
The reaper's in my mind🎶
(Nightmare Arcade reference xP)
Agreed I remember it so well. It imprinted my childhood. So effective and scary as hell
I'm pretty sure my thalassophobia comes from that ad.
I used to love watching that one as a child. "I am the spirit of dark and lonely water...."
Ah, sweet childhood memories.
I was never a Disney Club sort of child.
"I find your lack of traffic awareness disturbing" *force choke*
42 has Rowan Atkinson!! Channelling more Blackadder than Mr Bean, this time. I love his acting so much lol
the RSPCA one tho. it was like blackmailing u into donating.
I know right!!
Well, I don’t know about you I sure wanna donate. The thing is, it’s the hard truth. If you don’t see the real horrors of this kind of stuff what’s the point in any of these psas’?
Lemmon Tazer please give us a pound
*or we’ll have to pull the trigger*
@@tatiannaharrison2128 if you don't donate now you'll never know where your family disappeared to.
The rspca one is because of overcrowding in kennels, not enough donations means they can’t afford to look after and rehabilitate all the animals they take in and sadly have to euthanise the “lost causes” who won’t get adopted, it’s still quite a problem today especially with people who refuse to adopt from “kill shelters” which only do so as those shelters have to take in every stray that is reported and cannot pick and choose or even refuse animals depending on how full they are, so the sicker and older animals or ones with bad behavioural problems who cannot be rehabilitated are usually put down to make room, it’s a nasty thing but it is done out of desperation
Jesus Christ, that one with the dog being held at gun point. That was extreme. And the poor baby was scared too, aww!
I have no idea what they were trying to show in the "How much is that doggy?" one. That RSPCA is trying to leech money off you by showing animal cruelty? Or was it from RSPCA?
whynotanyting That is what I really loathe. People who use extremely disturbing visual aids to try and manipulate minds. Although that one wasn't too disturbing, but it was literally, LITERALLY saying that we need money or the dog gets it!
It's difficult to understand their approach until you think about the phrase used without thinking about the visuals... "spend a pound or we will pull the trigger" ... By "pull the trigger" they actually meant "stop RSPCA operations" , The dog is there to give this phrase a completely different meaning, such as: "if we close shop, it would be as if we killed the animals that are neglected throughout the world ourselves... including this here cute, defenseless doggy. [Now give us money or else >:D] "
They did use a creative way to shock people, I admit, but it is, regardless, defiantly way over the top, and superfluous.
X_X im shaking
cheunluke google insists i translate that. . . but why?
That's fuckin' weird: this opens with the Boards of Canada track Beware the Friendly Stranger, which I just paused to watch this.
3:20 cat stares right thru your soul
If Darth Vader won't scare you into crossing the road properly nobody will
'iam the spirit of dark and lonely water'- that hooded figure has haunted my dreams
My sleep paralysis demon
I thought the creepy 'Beware of Deep Water' one would have to be number 1, but the actual number one is unbelievably disturbing!
One of my cousins has epilepsy,and he was prone to having Grand Mal seizures triggered by stress.When our uncle died in 1998 suddenly from a massive heart attack, he had to be taken to hospital because they just wouldn't stop.
I bet 1/2 of these are northern Irish.
Having been a northern Irish kid, I can say that our fire and road safety PIFs are the most terrifying shit ever.
They are brutal aren't they😂
Yeah there so scary and some of them are sad too
That one if the couple by the road hugging and the car squashes them is terrifying
As a Northern Irish person, I can’t agree more.
They really don’t hold back
R2D2's early career...
The "now you see him" ad resonates strongly with me as my partner's father now has chronic pain , limb loss and some brain damage due to a car hitting him while on a motorcycle. Look out for each other indeed. 🙄
I have seen these ones where the Driver doesn't look for or see the MotorCyclist.
Wow. I see what you meant about number 1. I feel like a new version of this is needed for today.
That bloody escalator thing terrified me as a kid and my grandad didn't help much either. Whenever we'd go on an escalator he'd tell me about kids having their feet taken off and God knows what else. To this day I am still scared of the damn things!
You should watch Final Destination IV.
Escalators should be banned and from now on, all stairs, ramps, and elevators.
Btw are you from England?
thehoosierfortheUK
I am from the lovely Wales! :)
@@thehoosierfortheuk4838 Dont most have those brushs on the sides which help prevent anything getting trapped now? i would say there a lot safer now
I remember being terrified that my shoelaces would get caught in the escalator. I honestly don't remember if I developed it on my own, or if I had watched some PSA/PIF. I still feel uneasy getting on escalators.
50. HOW IS THAT SCARY?!?
49. Don't play with matches EVER!
48. How can that kid understand what charley's saying?
47. Why does willy weasel always get run over?
46. That was an unexpected twist!
45. WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS PEOPLE!
44. That was a little bit scary
43. How are all houses empty when a light randomly goes off inside
42. I didn't really get it
41. 9:25 THAT FACE THO!!!
40. That was scary
39. I didn't get that one as well
38. THANK GOD WE DIDN'T SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!!
37. That's got to be the 359th time i've seen that PIF!
36. HOW IS THAT SCARY?!?
35. Every time i'll have KFC i'll feel slightly guilty
34. Wake up and smell the coffee
33. That wasn't scary at all to be honest!
32. I got the chills from this one!
31. That's got to be the 174th time i've seen that!
30. WHY DO PEOPLE DRINK AND DRIVE?!?
29. Woah.....
28. That was effective!
27. That's why we have actual lights now!
26. That was also effective
25. That was scary
24. What is it with cars and motorbikes these days?
23. Notice the song says "have a drink have a drive" on a drink driving PIF!
22. A bunch of THICK teenagers
21. MORE THICK TEENAGERS!
20. That one was scary!
19. That made me jump!
18. KFJ (Kentucky Fried Jimmy)
17. That was very effective!
16. Don't drink and drive... IT'S DUMB
15. That was VERY effective
14. That gave me the chills.
13. Very emotional
12. Woah....
11. Another effective one
10. That made me CRY!
9. I didn't get it
8. Another twist ending
7. I recognised that voiceover
6. That was part of the iceberg one
5. That was very scary!
4. That was effective
3. AIDS was a big thing in the 80s
2. That was creepy
1. WTF????!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!
Number 9 is about suicide and depression. A subject which victims feel is difficult to talk about, and victims are often misunderstood or called attention seeking. The point being that Samaritans are trained in talking people out of suicide.
Thanks for that! :)
Wanless Junior No worries.
Wanless Junior 42 is essentially a play on the phrase "it's like getting blood from a stone", they're basically saying "stop being stubborn, don't you know how important it is for you to give blood?"
39 - Carbon Monoxide is a gas that can leak out of heaters, the advert is showing how deadly it can be, and if you have a CO leak.... yeah, you're dead, it's completely undetectable, anyway, it's encouraging people to get their heaters and the like checked so they don't die
36 - I dunno, I found the music pretty creepy, but the visuals are too bad to be scary xD
20 - I didn't think so, but then again the whole time I was thinking "or better yet, make an effort to stop doing drugs. Come on PIF, you're a PIF! Do your job!
23: It's called 🎶 irony 🎶
It''s good to watch videos like this occasionally. it keeps you on your toes.
"welcome to the battery" sounds straight outta 1984
I remember a advert for fire in the 70's. The house had been gutted by fire and you could hear children shouting "mummy daddy" it really scared me at the time.
I believe that one is called "Searching" by the COI.
@@antoniothesheep That’s the one still a bit scary now. Thanks for that
@@dzucco1 You're welcome. Enjoy your nightmare, courtesy of Antonio The Sheep. All I ask is that you check out one of my commercial countdowns.
@@antoniothesheep yes definitely I love things like that 👍
@@dzucco1 Thank you!
I'm British and is it weird to say, these have had less of an effect on me than any kind of cartoon.
Im 22 so a lot of these ive seen on tv before and.. Again, The British Media spend most of their time scaring the ever loving shit out of us, you get used to it after a while!
I actually think British Media has became very tame over the years. Play any of these adverts today and you'd no doubt get a public uproar and thousands of complaints flooding in.
lucky theses are scarry to me because I live in America they use to have psa like this but parents bitch and there not scarry anymore our psa are dumb and have no purpose
I agree. the ones of the 80s and 90s were horrifying. i want to see if The British children got it as bad as we did, or maybe worse!
Really? I thought the 70s ones were most scary, particularly number 25, as well as the 80s electricity ones.
xxBlueAngelKissxx yea... especially think! At school once they showed us a video about this kid who didn’t find a safe place to cross, brutal.
thank you for posting this! this is perfect to watch during quarantine
Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad my channel was able to bring you some entertainment during these times.
@@HelloImAPizza Entertainment?!
I haven't seen the NHS Smoking Advert for a long time but I still remember it every Christmas for the last twelve years. Thank you for putting on this video
That RSPCA one... I get it they need money, but that is just downright sickening.
Which number is it?
It's number 26
Lyric Laine Ok
I don’t understand it . Can someone explain
@@thegirlthatplaysroblox5661 My understanding of it is that there are so many dogs and other animals in shelters, so much so that if the animals aren't finding homes within a certain time frame, they'll be put down, usually starting with the more older and crippled ones first because they have too many mouths to feed, hence why they're asking for the money: because they need it for blankets, medical bills, food, and water. Correct me if I'm wrong.
"Like most victims, Julie knew her killer. It was her son...." NOPE, sorry. it was actually her own fault. Because if you watch, for a very long time she was fixated on the mirror, not paying attention to her driving, only to look up and see she was about to be in a head on collision..
Dude was thinking the same thing! It was her own fault. That is why I never look in my rear view.
Krazie Kid's Reviews inc. The rear view and side view mirrors aren't meant to be a driver's sole means of seeing what is behind them or to the side of them. They literally serve one purpose, and that is to allow the driver to glance at them and see the blind spots that they can't see by turning their head and looking themselves. For example, if you look around and look to the left or right to make sure the lanes clear to merge, you have a blind spot create by your rear pillar area, and if your side view mirrors are properly set, you should be able to give them a quick glance to make sure that the lane truly is clear. I hate it when I look over, driving down the road and there's a person fixated on their rear view doing whatever. Most of the time it's a mother who's got one hand on the wheel, eyes on the mirror, and her other hand somewhere in the back seat area messing around with her little brat in the back seat... One time I saw some lady putting on her make up in the rear view driving down the road, we were doing 44-45 MPH, and someone pulled out in front of her and she collided with them.... When the cops got to the scene she was telling the cops "They pulled out RIGHT in front of me, I tried to slam on the brakes but it was too late!", lying her ass off. After she told the cop that, I told him that her story was bullshit, and about how she was fucking with her face in the mirror, and that the car that pulled out, pulled out well ahead of her, and had been on the road already, starting to accelerate for a number of seconds when she finally looked down, freaked out and panicked.
It was his son fault for not wearing a seat belt...
henry bergström It was both - she wasn't paying attention to the road also
I'm going to say actually that blame is shared between both her and her son. BUT, more toward her. Because 1. The entire reason that her son not wearing a seat belt became an issue was because of the fact that she was not paying attention to the road in the slightest, and caused the accident. Sure, if he was wearing a seat belt, then she likely wouldn't have been killed by his body impacting her, but we have to remember what's causing his body to fly forward. Also, depending on where you live, if someone isn't wearing their seat belt in _your_ vehicle, you can actually receive the violation, even if they are an adult. Because that is *your* vehicle, and it's *your* responsibility to make sure that it and the passengers who's lives are in your hands are safe. She should have made him wear his seat belt. Not to mention, in the video her son appears to be a minor, which means in almost all places, she would be the one receiving the seat belt violation if they were pulled over. And being that her son is in fact that, her son, and a kid, she is ultimately responsible for him. EITHER WAY, if this were real (well, this likely happens all the time, but in this particular video), I would feel sorry for the son. Because he's going to have to live the rest of his life knowing that something he did contributed towards the death of his own mother. He's likely going to be stricken with such guilt, knowing that if he'd only grabbed that seat belt, and clicked it into the buckle when he got in, his mother would likely still be alive...
38:27 love how that AIDS advert literally screams of “Dies Irae”. Fantastic!
They need to bring some of these back tbh
The one about the RSPCA actually got backlash from everyone because of the dog and the gun pointed to it with the guy saying "Give us a quid, or we'll pull the trigger!"
RSPCA: *please gib monies or we kill the dog*
RSPB: *wut the hell are you doing sis*
It's because everyone loves dogs in Britain. I prefer cats more.
I used to work for the famous RSPCA hospital as a nurse, I didn't stay long, that's all I'm saying.
Also a couple of years back a leaflet came through the door begging for donations with a story in it a about a kitten burnt in a fire... They named him FRAZZLE for fucking real.
Maybe if they didn't spend so much on adverts on TV and leaflets through doors that nobody reads...
Also they let my cat die a horrific and painful death one xmas when I went to them for help,he suffered for 8 horrendous hours, I will never forgive them, they are not who they profess to be
Bro the dog thing looks like the national lampoon magazine cover
Hey barbra!
Yes tomathan?
The RSPCA accepts ransom money now!
NANI?!
Next question: What will you do when you're playing with a football, and then you accidentally throw it to the electrical substation?
Uh, try breaking in and safely grab it without getting electrocuted to death? (Buzzer)
But how do you get the football back?
Oh man, this is tough, I'll say.
I have one. When your football is thrown into the substation, just ask the police to get it back for you.
Hey, I was going to answer it.
Correct! You know your safety rules.
Now over to America
Will you call the police to get it for you?
white/black person:hell no
its not meant to be funny, but i have met people who thinks doing it yourself for EVERYTHING is the way to do things
Don't you kick penalties to see who has to get the ball from the substation? Winner chucks the loser over the fence and waits?
It really annoys me when people say you shouldn't do something but they don't tell you what you should do in this situation. So kids just wind up standing there dumbfounded not knowing what to do
for me, it the football goes into an electrical place, it's a goner.
This is an amazing nostalgia trip for all us born in the 70s/80s.
Charlie says always tell your mummy before you off somewhere!!
I started to be interested in PIFs thanks to You!
Sadly enough about that RSPCA one, my nana actually started working for her county’s Humane Society while the local shelters were doing that to dogs regularly. Thankfully though, she got them to stop.
To the person who cried "copyright infringement" on the George and Betty PIF: I'll buy you a new electric blanket if you can name the song, who wrote it, and who performed it for the recording.
4 years later, and we're still waiting.
I re-played it and didn't get any music at all ......maybe it was "The Sound of Silence" ha ha ha ha
ROSEMARY DUDLEY It sounded like some old timey big band type instrumental number from the 40s. The uploader had to remove it because somebody made a copyright claim.
Moonlight promenade
I wish that the US had effective psa’s like this, unfortunately everyone is offended by everything and has soft feelings nowadays, it seems.
I normally cringe at the titles and bumpers on UA-cam videos but yours is right on theme. Perfect job!
Thank you! That means a lot. :)
Run Kids Jimmy Saville’s in that robot 😂
"I showed you my clunk, now show me your click!"
That rat one is terrifying
Fun fact, the green cross man at the beginning is Darth Vader and Julian from A clockwork orange.
@8:20 man berates and lectures what appears to be a potato about the importance of blood transfusions.
Me at a little past 1am: "what da fuq?"
RSPCA: "GIVE ME WHAT I WANT OR THE DOG GETS IT!!!"
Wash_Your_Fruits wow
Is this the origin of WE WILL KILL THIS PUPPY? I'd always thought that was National Lampoon.
TheDoppelgangster I don't like the movie series
No, the magazine, the satirical monthly which ran back in the 70s, 80s. See www.interesly.com/dark-twisted-story-national-lampoon-cheeseface/
RSPCA: *give us money*
Who now doesn't want a 4 foot cat to protect you and your kids?
lol ....and play with your kid. (if this is about the "charlie says" PIF)
I think the driving one with 'most people are killed by someone they know' bit and the twist/reveal with the non-seatbelt-wearing son should have been number 1!
Love how the dark side was the “ Green cross code” long live Darth Vader.
I remember all the fire safety stuff. We really had a problem with this as a nation for some reason. Maybe we're all closet pyromaniacs?
What? I’m definitely not.. one. Wh-wh-why would you think that...
House fires were very common when everyone smoked and had chip pans and electric blankets. Nowadays... not so much.
Don't a lot of British houses have old ass wiring?
@@saintroddy Yes.