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59. Lima Bean Man (16 points)
Nominated by: jcgamer107 (3/5 remaining)

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Importance: 2
Fear: 6.5
Snake: 7.5

"What in the hell...?" was just about my first reaction to seeing this short little music video. This takes such a sharp, jarring left turn out of nowhere, and at first I thought the horror was just going to be about the surrealist claymation. There's a couple of things to unpack here. Why don't Sabrina's parents take her to church with them? Is she troubled? Is she the devil? It almost seems like Sabrina helps the Lima Bean Man at first, tying him to a balloon to get him to the moon to see his wife, but as the Lima Bean Man's joyful tune quickly turns sour, transforming into a depressive wail, we see Sabrina just cheerily snapping and dancing along to Lima Bean's desperate pleas. And this isn't just a one-time thing. This is every day! The implications are so psychotic. The crude animation, melting face of Lima's wife, and choppy VHS quality all serves a deeper narrative that can be seen and interpreted in all sorts of ways. Did Lima Bean kill her? Did Sabrina? Is she even dead at all?! The fact that such a short sub-minute clip can raise such existential, tormenting questions with no answers is pretty superb. Maybe Sabrina just dances cause it's actually kind of a weirdly catchy song? Don't we all do the same thing sometimes, enjoying and singing along to sad songs like My Immortal or Everybody Hurts? Well, I better stop before I drive myself mad.
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I try in vain to slumber, my reveries gripped by violent terror. My only salvation, the shock of awakening. Something is very, very wrong here.