History UncannyValley / Film

* Another inadvertent in a Schwarzenegger movie: ''Film/TotalRecall1990'', with the [=JohnnyCab=] robot driver, who is like a robotic version of RobertPicardo (who also provides the voice). He's even creepier when he's melting.

** See the remake of ''Film/HouseOnHaunted lHill (1999)'' for this in action.

* Rapunzel from ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' and especially Anna and Elsa from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' have invoked this reaction. Their large eyes and barbie-doll complexion either make them [[{{moe}} incredibly adorable]] or awfully horrifying. The latter two are infamous for invoking this reaction when images of their designs were leaked. Fans were rabid and thought they looked absolutely ''terrible''. Elsa's stock artwork was later revised, and when they were shown animated most warmed up to the sisters, though many still consider them creepy.

** The CriticalBacklash to this abomination was so bad, director Jeff Jowler actually swore Twitter they’d would change Sonic's design before the film's November release.

* Rapunzel from ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' and especially Anna and Elsa from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' have invoked this reaction. Their large eyes and barbie-doll complexion either make them [[{{moe}} incredibly adorable]] or awfully horrifying. The latter two are infamous for invoking this reaction when images of their finalized designs were leaked. Fans were rabid and thought they looked absolutely ''terrible'' (though admittedly Elsa was using an earlier, less polished model in her stock artwork). When they were shown animated most warmed up to the sisters, though many still consider them creepy.

* If ''The Spirits Within'''s CG Uncanny Valleyness is awful then ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' is just as bad, if not ''even worse'' since it's [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII beloved characters]] who are getting the uncanny treatment.
** Cloud suffers from thid badly, with the juxtaposition of Cloud's ridiculously Bishonen head placed on a body which doesn't quite match it, he looks almost as [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcRA0VCbWgODJZWBNFeLHkjg5cLXD38jajNddtkytvnRqhoPEL9t unnatural]] as Sephiroth. There's also the weird stiffness to Cloud's face where it stays completely the same, barely expressive or reactive during the high-octane action scenes.
** Barret's face is [[https://rei.animecharactersdatabase.com/images/Finalfantasyadventchildren/Barret_Wallace.png also weird]]. While he's not quite a ScaryBlackMan, he's still s but off-putting as if his model was created by someone whose never met a black person.

* The ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' CG movies ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration Degeneration]]'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDamnation Damnation]]'' and ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta Vendetta]]'' do have this problem. There's definite lip-syncing problems with the CG uncanny and in general the human characters are so [[https://farm1.static.flickr.com/597/22609926276_17b0499ff3_b.jpg Spirit’s Within-esque]] that the zombies and monsters come as more natural as a result.
** Leon's face changes throughout all three movies. In ''Degeneration'' he looks like his [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 RE4 version]], but his [[https://myanimelist.cdn-dena.com/s/common/uploaded_files/1467405738-8f042096e2f6ed4f704ede2536b58eb7.png face]] looks very ''different'' from the other characters, also unlike in the games, Leon's a stiff stoic-PerpetualFrowner making him stand out like sore thumb. In ''Damnation'' Leon's face looks much better, it’s still weird enough that it takes some getting used to, while the other characters look more natural. In ''Vendetta'' Leon looks the best of the whole trilogy except for [[https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/sites/hobbyconsolas.com/public/video-thumbnails/dailymotion_x5bld9y.jpg some shots]].

* Interesting example in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' as the filmmakers deliberately invoked this by using 12 frames per second and not the usual 24, this gives the Spider-Verse a stiffer, blurrier but appropriately comic-esque design. Since most fans are universally praising the movie for his beautiful visuals, it’s safe to say the negative aspects of this trope have been averted.
** Played straighter with Spider-Ham and Peni Parker, the former being being a 2D WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes-like characters who uses CartoonPhysics in a 3D world and latter being a {{Anime}} school girl who frequently invokes {{Moe}}. Both characters are respectively appealing, putting them alongside more traditionally CGI characters and the result is [[https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/wRHFqxpxk00Z6ium1rsDb1gqh3g=/0x0:1777x744/1200x800/filters:focal(724x143:1008x427)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/62693936/MV5BMTgxODE5MDgyOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzkyODI4NjM_._V1_SX1777_CR0_0_1777_744_AL_.0.jpg pretty damn uncanny]].
** To be fair, Noir Spider-Man is a bit unnatural as well, mainly because he’s a permanently black and white shaded Fleischer-esque character who remains unchanged even when in broad daylight and under different lighting.
** Kingpin of course invokes this, as hilarious as his ridiculously [[TopHeavyGuy bulky body]] is juxtaposed to his tiny head. [[https://fsmedia.imgix.net/61/b0/d4/eb/ebab/41f0/a27c/be0bf94a9ea5/spider-verse---spider-people-voice-talentjpg.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&h=675&w=1200&crop=edges&fit=crop Compared to others characters]] (or real life people), he’s a freak of nature.

** [[spoiler: The Hulk seen ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' takes this to logical extreme as the being the perfect hybrid of Bruce Banner and Hulk aka The professor, he moves like and acts like a normal but talks with no HulkSpeak The result is... [[https://static0.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/professor-hulk.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=738 strange]] to say the least. It's probably thanks the proceeding 10 years where you get used to savage ManChild Hulk, that the sight of a near-human intelligent Hulk is freaky]].

* ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'' uses a mixture of real life people and computer generated Pokémon. The problem is, the Pokémon still have cartoonish proportions but also have realistic texture. As a result, they look like stuffed animals or piñatas (At best), or at worst, [[AnimalisticAbomination absolute abominations]]. While most of Pokemon [[https://s2.dmcdn.net/vtkaS/x720-CKl.jpg Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Jigglpuff]], [[https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/abYO62v_700b.jpg Snorlax]] and [[https://assets1.ignimgs.com/thumbs/userUploaded/2019/4/10/eeveethumb-1554918384167.jpg Eevee]] look pretty cute and accurate, certain other e.g [[https://imgix.bustle.com/uploads/image/2019/2/26/8bcb58a8-554d-4c92-a820-fdc2e0f468c0-screen-shot-2019-02-26-at-114942-am.png?w=1020&h=574&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&q=70 Licktung]], [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dr1RaR6U4AAP2tp.jpg Mr Mime]], [[https://static2.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Snubbull-in-Detective-Pikachu.jpg Snubbull]] and especially[[https://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ApomDetectivePiakchu-1200x676.png Aipom]] look like they've come the pits of hell.

** '''However''' it can be said Tim Curry's Pennywise still talked and moved like a normal human being.... Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise in the [[Film/It2017 2017 cinematic version]] on the other hand ''has no such courtesy''. Skarsgard plays Pennywise like a complete monster, even in a normal conversation with Georgie at the start Pennywsie is literally [[{{Phlegmings}} drooling]] with hunger while talking to the boy like he's an animal, at one point he just loses the thread of conversation and stares blankly at Georgie like he's ''[[NoSocialSkills not used]]'' to talking like a human. When actually moving, 2017 Pennywise is terrifying, [[https://forgifs.com/gallery/d/283271-2/Pennywise-contorted.gif contorting his body freakishly]] and making exaggerated movements that are horrifying. People actually thought CGI was used to make Pennywise's eyes stare in separate directions but Skarsgard actually did it himself, which impressed/scared the director.

** [[MemeticMutation Infamous example]] is Superman's [[https://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/supermans-cgi-mouth-henry-cavill-justice-league-9.jpg weird]] [[https://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/supermans-cgi-mouth-justice-league-henry-cavill-1.jpg ass]] [[https://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/supermans-cgi-mouth-henry-cavill-justice-league-4.jpg lips]], poor Henry Cavil was contractually obligated to keep his mustache for ''Film/MissionImpossible'' to the woe of Creator/WarnerBrothers who wanted a clean shaved Superman. So they instead of keeping the facial hair (like most superheroes nowadays) they just used CG to take away the stache, ''the result is upsetting''.
** Steppenwolf is pretty bad case of this too thanks to AdaptationalUgliness looking like a bad CG combination of [[https://pm1.narvii.com/7024/a00f69c932bf37580e8c6ac1524f6a460e6fd7far1-478-478v2_00.jpg man, goat and tinfoil]].

** InUniverse Spider-Man once again invokes this as the normally stoic Bucky Barnes is sufficiently freaked out questioning what the hell Spidey is when he sees Peter WallCrawl. Falcon too asks if the webs are actually coming out Spidey’s body clearly unnerved. Even when he’s just being normal, Peter’s body is unnatural e.g [[https://media1.giphy.com/media/3oxHQnMGZeJXY0vqAo/giphy.gif when the SpiderSense kicks in]]and his forearm hairs stand on end.
** In ''Film/DoctorStrange'' one of the crazier dimensions have a [[https://media.giphy.com/media/f8Mug53JBLYiY/giphy.gif bad case]] of BodyHorror also The Ancient One also has shades of Uncanny Valley being a played by a bald Creator/TildaSwinton helps as well.
** The CGI Rhinos from Film/BlackPanther have caused this reaction especially the bit where one Rhino [[https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/f4jGy1PtwvU3dekn-LioU7eWjcS5iMR5J1p4nPilfG3Nets9aGlYBlZJPIKPNe3GoYDLoC_IlQEb-4KUpESzVPk71Nv24z5FksN2pMs1JBvJtDC96aWMFYX_sXoBL3I16cxEmqsuEKeMyWa-LPe3bToC=w498-h265-nc licks Okoye’s face]]. T’challa and Killmonger’s suit-clad CGI bodies are particularly [[https://www.mediaplaynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/BlackPantherFight.jpg off-putting]] during the FinalBattle as well especially since they’ve [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rR_zSvesfv0/maxresdefault.jpg unmasked too]].
** Thanos in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and 'Film/AvengersEndgame'' has this as well, much like the Hulk example above there's a level of translucently to his skin and his enormous presence contrasting with Creator/JoshBrolin's calm stoicism which can be extremely uncanny to witness in a regular non-action scene. Unlike Ultron who suffered from NightmareRetardant, Thanos's recognizable humanity in [[https://www.syfy.com/sites/syfy/files/styles/1200x1200/public/2018/12/screen_shot_2018-12-06_at_9.33.40_am.png?itok=RvHDUpVv&timestamp=1544106901 an alien face]] is extremely unsettling and effective.

** Kylo Ren himself has strange face under his mask, he's not hideous like most of the Dark Side force users. But his "innocent" youthful face is stilted and expresses weirdly and becomes even more weird looking when dueling Rey.

** See the remake of ''Film/HouseOnHauntedHill1999'' for this in action.

** The CriticalBacklash to this abomination was so bad, director Jeff Jowler actually swore Twitter they would change Sonic's design before the film's November release.

** Kingpin of course invokes this, as hilarious as his ridiculously [[TopHeavyGuy bulky body]] is juxtaposed to his tiny head. [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQ_a3GTPQjyXuU95msiVKnkAY86YbgxTdvvMzquwYBEou3BgWsS! Compared to others characters]] (or real life people), he’s a freak of nature

* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', the pre-serumed Steve Rogers in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Hi8B1jOBo&feature=player_embedded Captain America trailer]] is distinctly... off. Given that the CGI's done by the same people that did ''[[http://www.thedorkreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/curious-case-of-benjamin-button-1.jpg The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'', it's not much of a surprise. This becomes more visible watching on a home TV screen/laptop, as Chris Evans' face is naturally too big for the stand-in's head.
** Averted, though, in the actual film, where the CGI effects used to shrink Chris Evans for all scenes that take place prior to Rogers getting the serum are so convincing that some critics, like Roger Ebert, couldn't tell whether pre-serum or post-serum Rogers was CGI.
** ''Captain America: The First Avenger'' also invokes this trope in Johann Schmidt/Red Skull. Red Skull's mutated face is pretty terrifying-looking by itself. But for the first hour, we see Schmidt hides his mutations under a very obvious rubber Creator/HugoWeaving skin mask. At points, Schmidt actually looks creepier with his skin mask than when he is seen without it.
** [[spoiler: Bucky has this effect in when he's under HYDRA influence in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''; his face becomes blank and shows little to no expression while doing acts of extreme brutality, e.g choking Maria Stark in [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Civil War]], and even when he's not BrainwashedAndCrazy, Bucky has little expression]].
** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': As the film progresses, Ultron's forms become increasingly humanlike and emotive, giving off an eerie vibe. The final glimpse in the trailer of Ultron's face, which is all metallic only with red eyes with pupils and emotion, and a movable mouth and a face capable of expression, is simply unnerving. However, Ultron isn't as disturbing as he is in the comics, since Ultron is basing his personality off Tony Stark and so feels he needs to be witty to match his creator, but becomes angry when it's pointed out he's copying Tony.
*** Vision too, as the combination of shiny red translucent makeup and [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcRXVBgTnJ3KsXTOguWu91xyfyJwKdhk64BAkae-g-d-6LCnGH4D weird eyes irises]] can cause this reaction. Ironically Vision is actually more uncanny in [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSq5s0j8X2xYviavLPS-6CYD6bvs1jOe3lOmhSjLilWb6ZQmW9I normal clothing]].
** The smoothing effect used to make older actors look younger has this effect to some people, but not because it's bad. In reality, ''it's too good'': it's almost like time-traveling. Michael Douglas as Hank Pym in ''Film/AntMan'' is especially good, as is Kurt Russell as Ego in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', [[spoiler: which is also used to creepy effect later on with his flesh regrowing]]. Robert Downey Jr. also gets a CGI younger makeover in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''; it actually took some people a few seconds to realize who it was.
** InUniverse Spider-Man once again invokes this as the normally stoic Bucky Barnes is sufficiently freaked out questioning what the hell Spidey is when he sees Peter WallCrawl. Falcon too asks if the webs are actually coming out Spidey’s body clearly unnerved. Even when he’s just being normal, Peter’s body is unnatural e.g [[https://media1.giphy.com/media/3oxHQnMGZeJXY0vqAo/giphy.gif when the SpiderSense kicks in]]and his forearm hairs stand on end.
** The CGI Rhinos from Film/BlackPanther have caused this reaction especially the bit where one Rhino [[https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/f4jGy1PtwvU3dekn-LioU7eWjcS5iMR5J1p4nPilfG3Nets9aGlYBlZJPIKPNe3GoYDLoC_IlQEb-4KUpESzVPk71Nv24z5FksN2pMs1JBvJtDC96aWMFYX_sXoBL3I16cxEmqsuEKeMyWa-LPe3bToC=w498-h265-nc licks Okoye’s face]]. T’challa and Killmonger’s suit-clad CGI bodies are particularly off-putting during the FinalBattle as well especially since they’ve unmasked too.

* ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'' uses a mixture of real life people and computer generated Pokémon. The problem is, the Pokémon still have cartoonish proportions and realistic texture. As a result, they look like stuffed animals or piñatas (At best), or at worst, [[EldritchAbomination absolute eldritch abominations]].

* [[https://media1.fdncms.com/indyweek/imager/u/original/5063785/it-clown.jpg Pennywise The Dancing Clown]] from ''Film/IT1990'', with the layers of makeup and his [[PerpetualSmiler nigh-permanent smile]] played brilliantly by Tim Curry. Done intentionally, however, since he's ''supposed'' to be creepy. Hell there even early designs where he's even creepier and diseased but the creators though Pennywsie should be able to ''lure'' kids so should not be automatically scary, and though a certain amount of {{Narm}} Curry's Pennywise is quite funny.
** '''But''' Tim Curry's Pennywise still talked and moved like a normal human being, Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise in the [[Film/It2017 2017 cinematic version]] has no such saving grace. Skarsgard plays Pennywise like a complete monster even in a normal conversation with Georgie at the start he is literally [[{{Phlegmings}} drooling]] with hunger while talking to the boy like he's an animal. At one point he just loses the thread and stares blankly at Georgie like he's ''not used'' to talking like a human. When actually moving, 2017 Pennywise is terrifying, contorting his limbs freakishly and making exaggerated movements that are horrifying. People actually thought CGI was used to make Pennywise's eyes stare in separate directions but Skarsgard actually did it himself, which impressed the director.

* FoundFootage horor film ''The Houses October Built'' has Porcelain, a woman wearing a Victorian child's dress and a mask/makeup combination that makes her look like a heavily damaged antique porcelain doll come to life (complete with strangely proportioned head, unnaturally white skin, cracks in her face and chunks of missing hair). The other primary antagonists also have disturbing masks that they never take off, but at least you can easily ''tell'' that they're masks right away. She also tends to make very unnatural, stiff head motions when she's looking around, and on top of that, even though she's presumably a haunted house actor like the rest, she's the only one who never goes out of character.

* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2019'' is infamous for its downright ghastly rendition of the title character. Many other {{live action adaptation}}s of cartoon characters keep them looking, well, cartoonish, for fear of dipping into the Valley. ''Sonic''... doesn't. This movie features a CG version of the Blue Blur with a realistically proportioned head, two small individual eyes as opposed to his normal pseudo-cyclopean appearance, thick muscular limbs as opposed to the rubber hoses seen in the video games, teeny-tiny hands and feet, and (worst of all) a realistic mouth full of individual human teeth. No ''wonder'' Tom freaks out when he first meets him. It's a wonder anyone in the movie can look at Sonic for more than five seconds without getting the uncontrollable urge to burn him.

* If ''The Spirits Within'''s CGI Uncanny Valleyness is awful then ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' is just as bad, if not worse since it's [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII beloved characters]] who are getting the treatment.
** Cloud suffers from it badly, with the juxtaposition of Cloud's ridiculously Bishonen head placed on a body which doesn't quite match it, looking almost as unnatural as Sephiroth. There's also the weird effect of Cloud's doll-like face staying the same and hardly moving during the high-octane action scenes.
** Barret's face is weird. While he's not quite a ScaryBlackMan, he's still off-putting in a way, as if his model was created by someone who had never seen a black person.
** Cid Highwind... okay in some shots, [[https://ladygeekgirl.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/final-fantasy-7-cid.jpg not so great]] for others.
** The kids especially are little [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jisaEfAU__A/Tp5dcvF_NDI/AAAAAAAAAyI/MYAnpYnTSV8/s1600/ffac8_3.png doll-like freaks]]. Yuffie doesn't look 19 at all with that [[http://blog-imgs-53.fc2.com/u/n/d/underworld2ch/20130222192506_90_1.jpg face]]. And Reno of the Turks sticks his CGI tongue out far too often for comfort.
** Aerith actually went though changes due to the designers trying to make her as cute as possible with the CGI, and they still [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/9/93/AerithComparison.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20090615203245 changed it]] in the complete version, fixing her eyes up with sharper graphics (which just makes her look weirder). At one point they had to remove a scene of Aerith in spirit form hovering over Cloud's shoulder at the end, since it looked ''too'' creepy.
** The only two characters who avoid the valley are Tifa, who looks about the same as in the game (albeit more human-like), and [[https://www.walldevil.com/wallpapers/a58/final-fantasy-vii-final-fantasy-vii-advent-children-final-fantasy-sephiroth.jpg Sephiroth]] who is ''supposed'' to be completely unnatural and unreal.
* The ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' CG movies ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration Degeneration]]'', ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDamnation Damnation]]'' and ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta Vendetta]]'' have this problem occasionally. There's also the lip-syncing problems with the CG that make it uncanny. The [[TheVirus B.O.Ws]] are more natural than the humans by comparison.
** Leon's face changes throughout all three movies. In ''Regeneration'' he looks like his [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 RE4 version]], but his [[https://myanimelist.cdn-dena.com/s/common/uploaded_files/1467405738-8f042096e2f6ed4f704ede2536b58eb7.png face]] looks ''different'' from the other characters. Unlike in the games, Leon's a PerpetualFrowner. In ''Damnation'' Leon's face looks better, but still takes some getting used to, while the other characters look more natural. In ''Vendetta'' Leon looks the best of the whole trilogy except for [[https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/sites/hobbyconsolas.com/public/video-thumbnails/dailymotion_x5bld9y.jpg some shots]].
** Chris, on the other hand, is just [[https://media.giphy.com/media/l4FGALgTZFq6mQ53O/giphy.gif off-putting]]. Rebecca may be even [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D0W9G_TZqpg/maxresdefault.jpg worse]].

* [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in ''Disney/WreckItRalph'': Turbo, the lead character in ''Turbo Time'', is a game character that's human, but [[InvokedTrope due to the graphic limitations of his 8-bit game]], he has grey skin, an oversized head, bright yellow teeth (which are all exactly the same size & shape and perfectly straight so that they all seem to be one piece), glowing, sunken yellow eyes ringed with dark circles, a pudgy body, and skinny limbs, giving him the appearance of a zombie. [[spoiler:No wonder his game lost popularity when ''Roadblasters'' arrived, forcing him to try to take over that game, only to crash it and get both games removed from the arcade, and then more successfully take over ''Sugar Rush'' and take on the guise of King Candy]].

* The posters for ''WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol2009'', featuring Creator/JimCarrey as the voice of Scrooge and the three ghosts. The motion-capture and general animation style can make ''every'' character fall into this, but the Ghost of Christmas Past gets it the worst, especially when its face rapidly cycles between people Scrooge knows.

* Deliberately applied to the characters in ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse''. While the film used motion capture, making their body and facial movements very realistic, this was edged out with very slightly 'off' proportions - Dee Jay was deliberately given a lanky physique and the faces were slightly exaggerated. Of course, it was technically a horror film for children, so the creepiness suited it.
* The producers of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' intentionally dialled down the realism of Fiona's skin due to the animators reportedly feeling a bit like they were animating a corpse.
* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' has somewhat creepy fish characters
* The use of puppets in ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'' could be considered this trope. Their highly-detailed fur and eyes make their cartoonish-like movements come across as unsettling and the close-ups of their faces in particular utterly betray the fact that these puppets were ''not'' designed to pull off subtle facial expressions.
** Not to mention, animation with animal characters generally avoids full-on front shots of the face due to the foreshortening of the muzzle looking somewhat strange from this angle (in opposition to the relatively flat faces of humans which can be seen from this angle without features seeming altered). However, plenty of those shots are used in the movie, due to their fitting with Anderson's style of carefully composed, heavily symmetric shots. And some look creepy as cuss.
* The characters in ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' aren't nearly as appealing for the most part as the more cartoony ones in ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' because of this trope. The more subtle expressions (as opposed to the more convincing stylized ones) end up looking especially creepy sometimes.
** They were able to achieve these more subtle expressions by replacing the industry-standard replaceable heads with precision-crafted clockwork heads. However, not only did this make the animation process longer and harder, but it also caused one of the animators to have nightmares of resetting his own expressions through clockwork mechanisms.
** Speaking of ''Nightmare'', usually the ones quoted for this trope is the HalloweenTown citizens, but a lot of the fans think the elves are creepier, mainly because they're too cheerful.
** The ''human children'' are creepier than most things hanging around Halloween Town.
*** Jack and Sally FanArt drawn realistically has Sally usually look okay, but ''there's a reason why Jack is a'' '''''cartoony''''' ''skeleton.''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' deliberately sweeps the valley to induce fear. The human characters avoid it swimmingly ''mostly'', considering that they aren't very realistic, but they are realistic enough to make the ragdoll versions of themselves fall squarely into this trope. In general, taking emotion and soul out of a face is a keen way to achieve the Uncanny Valley, so in this case taking out one of the most expressive parts of the face, the eyes, was a good strategy.
** The stop-motion in the Otherworld is slightly ''off'', doing things like having single frames where things suddenly jump around, just enough to be unnerving.
** It doesn't have to be Otherworld to be disturbing the [[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/ranft3.jpg moving men]] at the start as horrifying as the Other Mother and their movements are freaky.
** Mr. Bobinsky has blue skin, freakish long legs and a big gut and he's supposed to bea normal human, there's some justification as the background information states he was part of the Chernobyl clean up crew, which may explain his appearance.
** Perhaps most unnerving as the Other Mother's illusions start wearing off, and the Other Father begins looking increasingly ''melted''. Or the Other Mother's [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/antagonist/images/c/c2/The_Beldam.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150515032945 true form]] which is pure NightmareFuel.
** Most of the animated version is pretty kid friendly. However the main reason that Coraline was so frightening was because of the novel. Its readers had imagined the story as a LiveActionAdaptation. Imagine Creator/TeriHatcher. Now imagine her with her eyes ripped out and abnormally large black shirt buttons sewn into the still bloody sockets.
* Eris from ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas'' is an interesting example. She sort of tiptoes across the valley by looking decidedly scary with her gray skin and yellow eyes but being very, ''very'' [[EvilIsSexy sexy]]. In a couple of scenes she is goosebump inducing creepy and in other the personification of awesome. Her character design also varies extremely from the other characters in the film which makes her stand out even more.

** Clipboard has a very disturbing walk, very uncanny facial expressions, and everything else. Sure, there is a plot twist in that Clipboard turns out to be a [[spoiler:robot]], but still creepy.
** Most of the human characters in the store look creepy as well, especially [[NightmareFuel the woman and her baby]].
** The characters have an issue with unnatural body movements and dead looking eyes. Both are actually due to the film being reworked on a budget after the original files were stolen. The initial trailer shows none of the awkward movements or creepy stares.
* Blue Sky's film adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'' can be unnerving to some. The CGI animation is a little ''too'' good at mimicking the art style used in the comic and specials, making everything look like so many colored balloons glued together. Snoopy in the trailer is particularly creepy. Not only that, but the movement very closely mimicked the movement in the original cartoon specials, which is choppy and rough and can be quite off-putting to a lot of viewers.

** Although the very detailed images of [=SpongeBob=] and Plankton in the time travel parts have a bit of an uncanny vibe to them, in the midst of an already weird sequence.
** Sandy's superhero form is that of a realistic squirrel. Not so bad on the show (where it was either a still image or a puppet), but here....

* [[VideoGameMoviesSuck The failure of the movie]] ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'' was partially blamed on its characters being right in the Uncanny Valley. The rest of the blame could be chalked up to boredom. Somehow, the female lead was put in a Maxim Magazine "hottest women" list. Nice body aside, her skin looked like porcelain. Creepy. Especially given that "skin like porcelain" is supposed to be a compliment.
** At the time of its release, the studio had hoped to use the Aki Ross "virtual actress" in other productions. This obviously never happened.
** Ironically, test footage for the movie, released several years before the finished movie, showed an early version of Aki that was somewhat more realistic yet at the same time less uncanny valley-esque.
* If ''The Spirits Within'''s CGI Uncanny Valleyness is awful then ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' is just as bad if not worse since it's [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII beloved characters]] who are getting the treatment.
** Cloud suffers from it badly, the juxtaposition of Cloud's ridiculously Bishonen head placed on a body which doesn't quite match it. There's also the weird affect of Cloud's doll-like face staying the same and hardly moving during the high octane action scenes and Cloud isn't supposed to be as unnatural as Sephiroth is.
** Barret's face is weird while not it's not BigScaryBlackMan which Japan often stereotypes in poor taste, it's still off-putting like it's created by someone whose never met a black person.
** Cid Highwind... okay for some shots, [[https://ladygeekgirl.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/final-fantasy-7-cid.jpg not so great]] for others.
** The kids especially are little [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jisaEfAU__A/Tp5dcvF_NDI/AAAAAAAAAyI/MYAnpYnTSV8/s1600/ffac8_3.png doll-like freaks]] and Yuffie's [[http://blog-imgs-53.fc2.com/u/n/d/underworld2ch/20130222192506_90_1.jpg face]] doesn't make her look like she's 19 at all. And Reno of Turks sticks his CGI tongue out far too often for comfort.
** Aerith actually went though changes due the designers trying to make her as cute as possible with the CGI and they still [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/9/93/AerithComparison.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20090615203245 changed it]] in the complete version, fixing her eyes up with sharper graphics (which just makes her look weirder). At one point they had to remove a scene of Aerith in spirit form hovering over Cloud shoulder at the end since it looked too spooky like a ghost looming over Cloud.
*** The only two characters who get away with it are: Tifa who just looks normal as possible albeit more human-like and [[https://www.walldevil.com/wallpapers/a58/final-fantasy-vii-final-fantasy-vii-advent-children-final-fantasy-sephiroth.jpg Sephiroth]] whose supposed to be completely unnatural and unreal.
* The ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' CG movies [[Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration Degeneration]], [[Anime/ResidentEvilDamnation Damnation]] and [[Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta Vendetta]] have this problem occasionally. There's also the lip syncing problems with the CG that makes it uncanny, the [[TheVirus B.O.Ws]] are the more natural than the humans by comparison.
** Leon's face changes throughout all three movies, in Regeneration he looks like his [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 RE4 version]] but his [[https://myanimelist.cdn-dena.com/s/common/uploaded_files/1467405738-8f042096e2f6ed4f704ede2536b58eb7.png face]] looks ''different'' from the other characters and unlike the games Leon's a PerpetualFrowner. In Damnation Leon's face looks better but it takes some getting used to while other characters look more natural. In Vendetta Leon looks the best out of the trilogy except for [[https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/sites/hobbyconsolas.com/public/video-thumbnails/dailymotion_x5bld9y.jpg some shots]].
** Chris on other hand is just [[https://media.giphy.com/media/l4FGALgTZFq6mQ53O/giphy.gif off-putting]], but Rebecca may be even [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D0W9G_TZqpg/maxresdefault.jpg worse]].
* Mostly averted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf|2007}}'' since everything is motion-captured in real-time, and the character design and graphics are similar to those from a modern video game. Most of the extras however (whom they didn't bother to do Mo-Cap with their faces) tend to fit squarely in the middle of the Valley.
** Even ''with'' the motion cap. The faces just don't look right.

* The Uncanny Valley has been around since the early 20th century. Ladislas Starevich had made some very early stop-motion animated films, originally for educational purposes but then he realized, "hey, I got a lot of potential stuff to do!" so he decided to make his puppets star in dark comedies. What were these puppets of? ''Actual embalmed insects.'' He originally intended to recreate a stag-beetle fight because he couldn't get them to do it under stage lights.

* In Schwarzenegger's movie ''Film/The6thDay'', Arnie buys his daughter an animatronic doll thing. The movie gave the impression that the doll was very popular in the future, but it looks creepy. It comes to its demise when it's destroyed and slowly says "I have a boo-boo." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyyzboAXzFk This video was probably inspired by that doll]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UflYaxQMTa0 The doll itself here]].

* Also used for effect in the draft examination sequence of ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse''. The strange, plastic, square-jawed and Ken-doll-haired [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX6dHWyqwNo beings]] that looked like the unholy offspring of the Burger King for the creepiness involved. That's Julie Taymor for you.
* The unnaturally toothy smile of one of the titular characters in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSharkBoyAndLavaGirl'' (guess which one) is surprisingly disturbing.
* The Spielberg movie ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' turned the Uncanny Valley on its head by having actual actors play the [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots human-looking androids.]] However, it was used for effect in some scenes with CGI-animated partially damaged androids being hunted down and put on a bonfire at the Flesh Fair, and a sequence with many identical boy and girl androids hanging in the factory. The part where David "breaks" after ingesting human food (he shudders to a stop and the left side of his face sags alarmingly) was particularly effective. Alas, a scene after that, where David is lying on an operating table, still looking human, but with the "skin" on his chest peeled away, especially with them "testing" him; they flick something in him and his hand rises up slowly in a dead manner.
** Most robots (Jude Law's prosti-bot character Joe, for example) looked a tad too perfect, with smooth skin, perfect hairline and so on. They were sliding deeper into the valley the more you looked at them.
* The remake of ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' by [[Creator/TimBurton (who else?)]] seems to be a haven for this. The mix of live action, CGI, and motion capture, makes for some [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm290228224/tt1014759 freaky Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dums]], the [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2983300608/tt1014759 Cheshire Cat]] and an [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1124370432/tt1014759 uncannily disproportional Helena Bonham Carter]] as the Red Queen.
** The Knave of Hearts is particularly creepy because unlike the Queen, Cat, and Tweedles, at first glance, he seems normal. It's only when he moves that you notice he's ''wrong'': an effect achieved by lengthening his limbs and torso just a wee little bit too much to be properly human.
** The White Queen just feels slightly weird due to the exaggerated dark make-up and [[CloudCuckooLander flaunting mannerisms.]] You might say she's adorably wrong in this sense. Anne Hathaway claimed that that the White Queen was, by nature, [[InTheBlood just as demented as her sister]], but was [[StepfordSmiler willfully forcing herself to be good]].

** While we're on the subject of Alice in Wonderland, BKN Animation's 2008 film "What's The Matter With The Hatter?" seems like you average cheap mid-to-late 2000s direct to video childrens CGI movie. Then you realize that ALMOST EVERYTHING IS [[CelShading CEL SHADED]]. Alice stares at you with wide, soulless eyes, her mouth movements are erratic, and the Cheshire Cat...!!

* The Na'vi in ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' had an odd, shiny skin tone (although this is actually RealityIsUnrealistic and closer to real life than most films). The movement physics can be seen as differing from human, being more flowing, although this is to be expected considering the difference in size, strength and a completely different environment for movement. The actors specifically had to move in a different way to humans - it's likely that if they walked in a human manner, people would complain more.

*** 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.
** ''Film/{{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 movements -- in particular, the movements human eyes make. The lack of such movements tend to hamper other mo-cap films; ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'' in particular gave some people the heebie-jeebies with the dead-eyed look of the characters.

** From ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', the pre-serumed Steve Rogers in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Hi8B1jOBo&feature=player_embedded Captain America trailer]] is distinctly... off. Given that the CGI's done' by the same people that did ''[[http://www.thedorkreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/curious-case-of-benjamin-button-1.jpg The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'', it's not much of a surprise.
** This becomes more visible watching on a home TV screen/laptop, as Chris Evans' face is naturally too big for the stand-in's head.
** Averted, though, in the actual film, where the CGI effects use to shrink Chris Evans for all scenes that take place prior to Rogers getting the serum are so convincing that some critics like Roger Ebert couldn't tell whether pre-serum or post-serum Rogers was CGI.
** ''Captain America: The First Avenger'' also invokes this trope in Johann Schmidt/Red Skull. Red Skull's mutated face is pretty terrifying looking by itself. But for the first hour, we see Schmidt hides his mutations under a very obvious rubber Creator/HugoWeaving skin mask. At points, Schmidt actually looks creepier with his skin mask than when he is seen without it.
** [[spoiler: Bucky has this effect in when he's under HYDRA influence in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''; his face becomes blank and shows little-to-no expression while doing acts of extreme brutality e.g choking Maria Stark in [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Civil War]], and even when he's not BrainwashedAndCrazy, Bucky has little expression]].
** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': As the film progresses, Ultron's forms become increasingly humanlike and emotive, giving off an eerie vibe.The final glimpse in the trailer of Ultron's face, which is all metallic only with red eyes with pupils and emotion, and a movable mouth and a face capable of expression is simply unnerving. However Ultron isn't as disturbing as he was in the comics, since Ultron is basing his personality off Tony Stark and so feels he needs to be witty to match his creator but becomes angry when it's pointed out he's copying Tony.
** The smoothing effect used to make older actors look younger has this effect to some people, but not because it's bad. In reality, ''it's too good'': it's almost like time-traveling. Michael Douglas as Hank Pym in ''Film/AntMan'' is especially good as is Kurt Russell as Ego in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', [[spoiler: which is also used to creepy effect later on with his flesh regrowing]]. Robert Downey Jr. also gets a CGI younger makeover in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''; it actually took some people a few seconds to realize who it was.
* In the film adaptation of ''Film/BicentennialMan'', when the protagonist gets a new, completely realistic android face, every blink is regular and accompanied by a little whirr. Creepiest thing ''ever''.
** However, this trope is deconstructed as Rupert starts making Andrew's new face, he mentions how minor flaws in human appearance, such as an asymmetrically shaped nose, make people more realistic looking.
*** Not so much deconstructed as taking the trope to its logical conclusion. It's about getting to the other side of the valley where the sharp incline to human appears.

** Even worse was [[http://io9.com/behold-the-horrifying-animatronic-baby-that-was-too-cre-1458463368 an animatronic]] doll dubbed "[[Film/ChildsPlay Chuckesmee]]" that was originally intended as a stand-in until the director decided that it would never work.
* In ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'', the Bride looks mostly normal, unlike [[FrankensteinsMonster the original Monster]], but her hair and wardrobe are famously peculiar, and Elsa Lanchester's performance as her is wonderfully off-putting. Her eyes are perpetually wide, yet her expression is almost completely blank. Her arms seem oddly stiff, her balance is just a little off, and the way she turns her head seems more birdlike than human. Then there's her unexplained, inhuman sounding hiss at the end. This is probably why, despite saying nothing and doing virtually nothing in her few minutes of screentime, the Bride became a OneSceneWonder that's famous even today.

* Similarly, the Oompa Loompas in ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' (the 2005 version at least), they are all inhumanly small and all played by Creator/DeepRoy. Perhaps averted with the same characters in the 1971 film since orange skin and green eyelashes are far enough away from human to not fall into this category.
** Although for some people, this works in the other direction - the orange skin and green hair can make them look REALLY creepy, while the newer ones are human enough that, if you were to pass one in the street, you'd just think he was a strangely dressed little person.

* In ''Film/{{Cinderella 2015}}'', the mice turning into horses can look comically weird, or really freaky. The end result turns out in the end, but midway through the transformation there are some odd bits, such as horses with really big ears. The lizardmen, however, still look creepy.
* A film called ''Film/{{Clifford}}'' (completely unrelated to the Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog) featured comedian Creator/MartinShort playing the titular 10-year-old boy, Clifford. The producers didn't actually try to make Short look like a kid. They dressed him up in a suit and tie with shorts, and kept his adult face and voice. The end result put Clifford well into the uncanny valley and caused the movie to tank.

* The film adaptation of ''Film/TheDaVinciCode'' features Jean-Pierre Marielle as Jacques Sauniere, but for most of the time the character is onscreen he is a corpse splayed out on the floor of the Louvre, and it is really a realistic model of the actor. While the effect is terrific, Jean-Pierre Marielle himself and his wife were severely creeped out by the sight of "his" dead body, as he revealed in an interview that can be seen on the Special Edition DVD.
* In ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', Zao [[http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/protectedimage.php?image=EamonnMcCusker/Bond20SE02.jpg and his pale hairless diamond-encrusted face.]]
* ''Film/{{Drive}}'', starring Ryan Gosling as a character whom is never given a name other than Driver and is more or less human most of the time, but seems able to just turn off all emotions at will [[EpicBattleBoredom for the purposes of kicking ass]]. Your mileage may vary about how well that qualifies him for this trope, but when he dons his human-like rubber stunt driving mask and practically stares someone into drowning himself in the ocean, this trope is in full swing.
* In Music/DaftPunk's ''[[Film/DaftPunksElectroma Electroma]]'', the main character robots have latex poured over their helmets in order to look more human. They end up just looking terrifying, with their still faces and staring eyes. Fortunately this is invoked, because the other robots in the town they're in are also horrified and drive them out. And then the movie [[TearJerker gets sad]].

* ''Film/EvilDead2'': Ash's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB5DsVD-Bfc dancing stop-motion, skeleton girlfriend]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0YfEwRLGrc Henrietta... the Deadite]]!!!

--> '''Johnny Storm''': That's gross ''(when Reed stretches his arm under a door)''.

* Tom Thumb in ''Film/TheGreatestShowman'' can come off as a little creepy with his [[ConspicuousCG obviously CGI legs]] that are used to make him look shorter and the fact that he's being dubbed over by an [[VocalDissonance actor with a much deeper voice yet the actor playing him has a baby face]].

* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'': The scene where the [[ArtifactOfDoom Horcrux]] is destroyed has visions of Harry and Hermione appear to Ron, both of whom appear with white, almost featureless, sort of glowing skin.
** Though here it is deliberately {{invoked|Trope}}.

** To be fair to Rapunzel, Anna and Elsa the males aren't ''much'' better. Eugene aka Finn, Hans and Kristoff are slightly Ken doll-ish and their lips sometimes don't look natural.

** Darth Maul is pretty freak looking and set a standard for the Sith all looking like cenobites, but Maul is actually ''less'' scary than his [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/73/17/8e/73178e7ec2bf92068bbf4eaf6ac75f20.jpg original design]]. Lucas for once made a wise decision saying it was too terrifying.

* WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie: Bad [=Cop/Good=] Cop's [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRQjK84dxAgyMW_ttz2_PERMEHPyyqzFMGwm3X4Qz9DkcYZVfZ8 drawn-in-marker good face]] is pretty soulless looking, to the point that it looks less friendly than the Bad Cop face.

* WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie: Bad [=Cop/Good=] Cop's drawn-in-marker good face is pretty soulless looking, to the point that it looks less friendly than the Bad Cop face.

** To be fair to Rapunzel, Anna and Elsa the males aren't ''much'' better. Eugane aka Finn, Hans and Kristoff are slightly Ken doll-ish and their lips sometimes don't look natural.

* Young Hellboy from ''Film/{{Hellboy}}'', his vacant eyes, and that overbite...

** The early short ''Film/TinToy'' is infamous for this. Everyone remembers the horrifying looking baby. By the time ''Toy Story'' rolled around, they at least seemed like they were starting to get that humans didn't need to be fully realistic. They ''hadn't'' figured that out yet in 1988, and not only was the [[http://doomlaser.com/images/tintoy.png baby]] in the short creepily almost-realistic, but it got even worse compared to the cartoonish toys which were the only other characters.

** Graphic artist Jirka Väätäinen made [[http://www.behance.net/gallery/Envisioning-Disney-Characters-in-Real-Life/2072296 realistic renderings to most of the Disney Princesses]], as well as Ursula. Think they are realistic enough?
** If you think rotoscoping makes characters look unnatural, [[http://youtu.be/JuVRi9XzNpk?t=53s take a look at the first realistic Disney character, who WASN'T rotoscoped!]] The Goddess of Spring was Disney's first attempt at realistic proportions on a character, but her [[UncannyValleyMakeup porcelain face]] and [[RubberHoseLimbs floppy limbs]] are what drag her down the valley.

* The early animation of ''Creator/{{Dreamworks}}'' was pretty infamous for this, promoting the phrase "Dreamworks face". This is very clear for the characters in ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' just [[http://caps.pictures/199/8-antz/full/antz-disneyscreencaps.com-8696.jpg look and weep]].

* Say, you know that movie ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale''? You know, the one that people said TheyCopiedItSoItSucks because it came out around the time ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' did? Well, one of the reasons it bombed with critics was that the fish characters resembled the handmaidens of Cthulhu.

** Speaking of ''Nightmare'', usually the ones quoted for this trope is the HalloweenTown citizens, but a lot of the fans think the elves are creepier. They're too cheerful, dammit!

*** Ever seen Jack and Sally FanArt drawn realistically? Sally usually looks okay, but dear Lord, ''there's a reason why Jack is a'' '''''cartoony''''' ''skeleton!''

** Mr Bobinsky has blue skin and freakish long legs and big gut and he's supposed to be normal human, there's some justification as the background information states he was part of the Chernobyl clean up crew which may explain his appearance.

** Most of the animated version is pretty kid friendly. However the main reason that Coraline was so frightening was because of the novel. Its readers had imagined the story as a LiveActionAdaptation. Imagine Creator/TeriHatcher (are you imagining her?, Good). Now imagine her with her eyes ripped out and abnormally large black shirt buttons sewn into the still bloody sockets. Sleep tight, kids!!

** ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': The way Quasimodo is made to look UglyCute without subverting the original premise seems to be due a to clever, deliberate {{aversion}}: Draw all the characters in a fairly realistic way, draw Quasimodo as very deformed in the same realistic way, but make him so deformed that, since he's still animated rather than real, he's left on the far side of the valley.

** He originally wanted also to turn his mouth ''sideways'', but they couldn't make this look remotely natural with his real chin moving normally, so this idea was thankfully scrapped.

* The [[http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/1066/startreksonitan.jpg big-eyed doctor]] in the new ''Film/StarTrek'' movie can be quite unsettling.

** The animation in some of their later films, like ''Flim/InsideOut'', is ''so'' realistic and hyper-detailed it can cause this reaction in some viewers. ''Film/TheGoodDinosaur'' in particular got a handful of complaints for having dinosaurs and humans with cartoony proportions interacting in virtually photorealistic environments.

** Pixar has this for the human characters in its early films, but they worked around it by avoiding direct shots of them. The humans in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' look rather odd, and a major reason for some strange settings was to feature characters who would look less odd as CG characters. The human cast of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' are probably the most realistic, but they avoided the Valley by having cartoonish proportions. In ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' they try to avoid it, but there are some people who found the live-action scenes deeply disturbing ([[TruthInTelevision or too close to the truth]]). The CG background and cheap props only make it worse, particularly in comparison to the detailed post-apocalyptic wasteland. They managed to avert it by the time ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' came out.

** The Hulk's face is based on the likeness of Mark Ruffalo, which increases the verisimilitude of the Hulk. However, sometimes the resemblance can be ''too strong'', and can come off as rather unnerving.

** The smoothing effect used to make older actors look younger has this effect to some people, but not because it's bad. In reality, ''it's too good'': it's almost like time-traveling. Michael Douglas as Hank Pym in Film/AntMan is especially good and Kurt Russell as Ego in Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2, [[spoiler: which is also used to creepy effect later on with his flesh regrowing]]. Robert Downey Jr. also gets a CGI younger makeover in Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar; it actually took some people a few seconds to realize who it was.