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* ''[[Evil Dead]] 2'': Ash's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-jtX6CCgxg dancing stop-motion, skeleton girlfriend] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0YfEwRLGrc Henrietta...the Deadite]!!!
* In ''[[The Dark Crystal]]'', the two Gelflings are the most human-looking characters and the least convincing. Since they qualify as [[Petting Zoo People]], however, they aren't quite as creepy as some of the other examples.
* The costume designers of of ''Killers from Space'' were probably aware of the Valley when designing the titular villains, but that film's instance of this trope [[Nightmare Fail|has aliens looking stupid and hilarious rather than creepy]]. As Mike Nelson of ''The Film Crew'' commented, "He looks a little like [[Toy Story (franchise)
* The odd French-Italian film ''Immortel'' has many eerie [[Conspicuous CGI]] side-characters who interact with the live actors. They're supposed to be mutants, gods, and people with strange body augmentations (mainly skin grafts), and seeing them next to live actors (even ones with [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|ice-like blue hair]] and bluish-white skin) is jarring.
** This was sad to have been done to show that most of people on Earth (except few main characters) have been dehumanized.
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*** The less Na'vi-like avatars (such as Grace's) did this with the human nose, making it look disproportionate compared to the Na'vi faces, which look disproportionate compared to humans.
** ''Avatar'' is often invoked as the "exception to the rule" of the CGI Uncanny Valley effect alienating (or disturbing) viewers (to the tune of $2 billion-plus box office and single-handedly causing the rebirth of 3D).
*** One thing that really helped here was a techonological breakthrough: a small camera worn by the actors could capture and record the subtler facial
* Invoked deliberately in ''[[Silent Hill (film)|Silent Hill]]''. The nurses, especially, start out looking like ordinary mannequins. Then they start moving in that odd, jerky manner that instantly communicates that they are dangerous.
* Somehow done in live action with real actors by [[David Lynch]] in ''[[Mulholland Drive]]''. See [http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/md_7482.jpg Mr.] [http://movieimage3.tripod.com/mulholland/mulholland11.jpg Roque], Mafia kingpin. This, incidentally, is Michael J. Anderson's only role as a regular-sized person! And [http://www.mulholland-drive.net/pics/cast/cowboy.jpg The Cowboy], who is this despite being a seemingly normal person. He's able to get a dyed-in-the-wool Hollywood insider to stop snarking. Not to mention whatever it is behind Winkies.
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* At the climactic scene of ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' before the [[Those Wacky Nazis|three main bad guys]] are destroyed by the Ark, their screaming faces are contorted and exaggerated in horrific ways before either melting away, vacuumed from within or [[Your Head Asplode|exploding.]]
* ''[[Little Miss Sunshine]]'': Most of the contestants in the beauty pageant, except for Olive.
* Just like the ''[[Son of the Mask]]'' example above, there's a brief moment in ''[[Moonwalker]]'' where, right at the end, Micheal...turns into a robot, then a spaceship, to fight the bad guys ([[
* There's also the 2010 movie ''[[The Town]]''. Its poster features the bank robber characters dressed up in their disguises. However, they're not wearing ski masks...they're wearing [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/The_Town_Poster.jpg nun outfits complete with leathery masks of old, wrinkled faces.]
* The effects used to make Mr. Fantastic (as played by Ioan Gruffud) stretch in both ''[[Fantastic Four (film)|Fantastic Four]]'' films are almost cartoonish, but can appear quite unsettling, even though they are sometimes played for laughs. It's just nowhere as effective as in the comics. It's also hard to accept The Thing as an actual being, and the uncanny valley creeps in when everyone treats him as a horribly mutated Ben Grimm, when it feels more like Michael Chiklis trapped in an uncomfortable costume. A more creepy example of Uncanny Valley in the films would be [[Doctor Doom]] in the early stages of his transformation, particularly the scar that has been "stitched" with metal staples, showing metallic tissue underneath.
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