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\n Well, this is a surprising spooky season treat!<\/p>\n
\n Gushers<\/a>, the sticky fruit snack beloved by Millennials, has released a short horror film based on its creepy, CGI-fueled ads from the \u201990s where kids\u2019 heads would turn into fruit after they ate the treat. <\/p>\n \n The film, \u201cFruitHead,\u201d imagines a world where Bradley Whitford<\/a> is Richard, a heartless commercial director who was so obsessed with making the Gushers commercial feel real that he used dark magic in order to turn a child actor\u2019s head into a strawberry. Although the actor\u2019s face goes through an extended body horror scene to turn into the fruit, a crew member informs Richard that they were able to get the effect using CGI, and the actor is quickly abandoned.<\/p>\n \n Unfortunately, years later Richard is taken hostage by Jacob (Chester Collins), the former child actor whose \u201cdeformed strawberry head\u201d has ruined his life. Jacob\u2019s revenge is swift and incorporates the ad\u2019s catchphrase: \u201cA taste that will drive you fruity.\u201d<\/p>\n \n The Mike Diva-directed short film was created via a partnership with Imagine Entertainment and released on the Gushers YouTube channel on Thursday<\/p>\n \n The ad comes weeks after cider company Angry Orchard commissioned its own spooky short film<\/a> \u201cSweet Revenge,\u201d which marked the official return of slasher icon Jason Voorhees.<\/p>\n \n Whitford has been busy with roles in the Netflix series \u201cThe Diplomat\u201d and the upcoming \u201cDeath by Lightning,\u201d about the assassination of President James A. Garfield. He has also appeared in some beloved horror movies, including \u201cThe Cabin in the Woods\u201d and \u201cGet Out.\u201d<\/p>\n \n Watch the short film below.<\/p>\n