Secret Messages in Subliminal Movies

Posted on March 10, 2009
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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 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 a nude woman can be seen in one of the windows of a house for just a split second.

Roger Rabbit: Jessica rabbit opens her legs, but they are not cartoon – a real woman’s open legs have been inserted.

There are also messages as reported in Toy Story, Pocahontas and many other Disney films.

It’s debatable why movies would want to 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 for the same reasons – to make you remember the movie better. This is a hotly denied point by the film studios.

Another famous example is from the movie “Fight Club”. The character Tyler Durden inserted subliminal pictures one frame in length into childrens movies in the cinema where he worked. He inserted an adult image for just a split second. This movie started a craze for looking for subliminal messages. 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 666 symbols right through the film.

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 movies blog.

 

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