Derren Brown Shocks Commuters with Creepy Victorian Stunt
December 23, 2015 7:05 PM   Subscribe

Controversial magician Derren Brown gave commuters a rush-hour shock with these two chilling Victorian sisters.

The 10-year-old girls, dressed in period costume and wearing creepy doll masks, materialized at various spots around London this morning.
posted by isthmus (17 comments total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
I wonder if they would even be noticed in San Francisco.
posted by desjardins at 7:11 PM on December 23, 2015 [5 favorites]


Flashbacks to seeing those Victorian era photographs where the parents have posed their children as a memento. If you've seen them you know what I mean. Shudder.

I'm off to think about dolls playing with train sets.
posted by adept256 at 7:21 PM on December 23, 2015


Note: Wasn't actually this morning. Article is from Dec 3.
posted by isthmus at 7:22 PM on December 23, 2015


ILLUSION, Michael.
posted by Behemoth at 7:25 PM on December 23, 2015 [29 favorites]


Did the creepy horror music follow them around everywhere also?
posted by Metro Gnome at 7:34 PM on December 23, 2015


I understand the whole "old dolls are creepy" thing, but those lasses aren't exactly chilling my bones. Somehow, they missed the target.
posted by davebush at 7:41 PM on December 23, 2015 [3 favorites]


i'm more concerned about them being harrassed than anything else...
posted by naju at 7:48 PM on December 23, 2015


I understand the whole "old dolls are creepy" thing, but those lasses aren't exactly chilling my bones. Somehow, they missed the target.

Alright then, how about this one?
posted by Rangi at 8:00 PM on December 23, 2015 [1 favorite]


The sightings, at Charing Cross Tube Station, Oxford Street, Regent’s Street and Hamleys, were later revealed to be an elaborate stunt by Thorpe Park Resort to promote the world’s first psychological theme park attraction created by Derren Brown arriving in spring 2016.

Typical magician. The idea that theme parks are not inherently psychological is the whole trick, in this case.
posted by clockzero at 8:18 PM on December 23, 2015 [1 favorite]


As publicity stunts go, it's not very stunty, is it? Kids in costume? Meh. Just two months late, is all.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:40 PM on December 23, 2015 [1 favorite]


If this passes for magic these days, I guess I'll have to hang up the old fake thumb.
posted by perhapses at 9:44 PM on December 23, 2015 [4 favorites]


Goddamnit, mid-grey text on a pale gray background again.

Thank heavens for "reader" mode.
posted by kcds at 10:32 PM on December 23, 2015


Another Burner fundraiser?
posted by benzenedream at 11:05 PM on December 23, 2015


Ah, The Old Fake Thumb, is that place still around and is old Cooper still the barman?
posted by bongo_x at 11:35 PM on December 23, 2015 [1 favorite]


Wasn't this done on an old Doctor Who episode?
posted by happyroach at 11:37 PM on December 23, 2015 [1 favorite]


Creepiest house on my street this past Halloween used no store bought decorations. The guy just had about 100 dolls and some subtle lighting. He also had a cd with recordings of a music-box. Some dolls were hanging from trees. Some were sitting on the porch steps. It helped that he had a Victorian style house. But man was it freaking creepy.
posted by Brodiggitty at 7:17 AM on December 24, 2015 [1 favorite]


Might have been scary if he'd played on a loudspeaker slowed-down whale songs and big metallic stompy sounds. I know I'm frightened of objectivist utopian schemes and contrived ethical dilemmas.
posted by straight at 10:48 AM on December 24, 2015 [1 favorite]


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