Halloween is upon us once again whether you fervently ignore it as un-Australian, or you’ve spent the morning painting your face to look like Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange.

Halloween is another excellent vehicle for agile marketing and for brands to show their spookier side. So in the spirit of the day we have had a snoop around the internet and collected what we think to be a few of the best Halloween advertisements doing the rounds at the moment.

Crest and Oral B

A day dedicated to collecting candy from strangers seems an odd choice for a toothpaste brand to incorporate into a TVC but Crest and Oral B toothpaste have shown they’re totally on board with the sugar consumption that happens on Halloween – as long as you finish off the holiday with a solid brush and floss.

http://youtu.be/cnzbZ2RA4qQ

Tide

Washing detergent brand Tide took to Twitter creating multiple ‘scary’ Vine videos accompanied with ‘scary’ tweets like this one: “Mother gets a little 3psycho about dirty laundry. #Halloween #ScaredStainless.”

Check out the rest of Tide’s Vine videos here.

Lux Germany

Skin care brand Lux have urged customers to “save their skin” this Halloween in a creepy minute long spot.

Pepsi

Pepsi has taken it a step further this year and have created a brand new (fictional) product to help celebrate the scariest day of the year.

http://youtu.be/UmA73njcRjU

Mini USA

And finally, possibly the most scary commercial to come out of this year. Car brand Mini USA have created a terrifying 40 second TVC – bonus points given for the twist at the end.

http://youtu.be/8n6GIDuAdEM

Happy Halloween all.