The real video for this post is the 3rd one down, but i wanted to run through some history first…
Here is original footage of the faces of the busts that sing the Grim Grinning Ghosts song on the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland:
Then the version of them that appeared in Disney’s “hey, it worked with Pirates of the Caribbean, lets try it with other rides” movie version of the Haunted Mansion:
And now, in 2009, something seemingly completely unrelated (nothing to do with Disney, themeparks or ghost motif dark rides), but I’m putting forward as a prediction of what is to come:
These three animatronic heads are part of an art piece being sold at Art Basel Miami Beach 2009 for $75,000. The heads are connected to servos behind the mold of the artist’s face that are controlled by a computer. The movements and sound are on a 15 minute loop and both sing together and uncomfortably look around the room individually. VEEEERY CREEEPY.