History Main / CreepyChangingPainting

* HamtaroHamHamHeartbreak, a children's game for GameBoyAdvance features a painting such as this in the haunted mansion.

* FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi features this in an interesting way. When her dungeon is under direct attack by the dark god Crowned Death things start falling apart or warp in eerie ways as his rot-everything power infects them. Stragely, it is noted that parts of her Dungeon under observation are more reluctant to seccumb to the effect.

* In the DonRosa DonaldDuck story, ''The Magnificent Seven (Minus Four) Caballeros)'' [[http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=3&loc=D2004-032&s=date this page]] features a statue who is quite affronted at the thought of sharing Junior Woodchuck information with a non-woodchuck. Don Rosa quite likes these sorts of bonuses.

* Early villainess Hexadecimal in ''{{Reboot}}'' had a drama mask for a face, which could [[ExpressiveMask change expressions]], but only when offscreen. Hex could invoke this by passing her hand in front of her face.

* The queue of TheHauntedMansion has something like this. In the queue,there is a headstone with the engraving of a woman's face. Every so often, the woman's eyes will open, dart around for a few seconds, and then close. The queue also contains several paintings that morph into a different painting, such as a painting of a woman morphing into a tiger.

* The film version of. ''{{Catch-22}}'' has a scene in Major Major's office, which has a photograph of FDR on a wall. As Major Major talks with Sgt. Towser, he paces in circles around the room, causing the photo to disappear from view and then reappear, replaced in succession with pictures of Churchill and Stalin.

* PlayedForLaughs in MelBrooks' ''RobinHoodMenInTights'' with the sheriff's cardboard cutout.
* In ''[[{{Film/MouseHunt}} Mouse Hunt]]'', the portrait of the old owner of the string factory subtly changes expressions, most notable when the main character has sex in the office with the portrait watching in surprise/disgust.

* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Weeping Angels. Also, some of the drawings in "Fear Her" do this.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{VeggieTales}}'', Larry the Cucumber has a paper bag mask which changes expressions based on the wearer's expression. Bob the Tomato notices it, and is very freaked out by it. It is later hinted that the mask doesn't change because of the wearer's emotions, but the wearer's emotions change because of the mask.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/MrMagoo Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol]]'': While the transforming door knocker is [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol par the course]], ''after'' the ghostly visitations end and Scrooge!Magoo leaves to visit the Cratchit house, the door knocker [[AsideGlance winks at the audience]]. [[YourMileageMayVary Possibly]] AccidentalNightmareFuel or a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* In ''MouseHunt'', the portrait of the old owner of the string factory subtly changes expressions, most notable when the main character has sex in the office with the portrait watching in surprise/disgust.

* ''[[MrMagoo Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol]]'': While the transforming door knocker is [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol par the course]], ''after'' the ghostly visitations end and Scrooge!Magoo leaves to visit the Cratchit house, the door knocker [[AsideGlance winks at the audience]]. [[YourMileageMayVary Possibly]] AccidentalNightmareFuel or a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* In ''MouseHunt'', the portrait of the old owner of the string factory changes expressions, most notable when the main character has sex in the office with the portrait watching in surprise/disgust.

* AmnesiaTheDarkDescent: Paintings found in [[EldritchLocation Castle Brennenburg]] change depending on the player character's sanity. Under normal conditions, the portrait of [[BigBad Baron Alexander]] depicts him as an old long-haired gentleman; [[spoiler: if the player's sanity is low, then the portrait's face becomes melted and monstrous - possibly revealing Alexander's true face]]. The castle's other paintings also appear to change depending on your sanity level; this usually manifests as distortion in the figures' faces and the addition of skeletons in the scene. This makes for excellent ParanoiaFuel, just like everything else in the game.

* In one episode of ''Warehouse 13'', Pete, Myka and Claudia were stuck in a house where the changes they made in the room changed the painting of that same room.

* In one episode of ''{{VeggieTales}}'', Larry the Cucumber has a paper bag mask which changes expressions based on the wearer's expression. Bob the Tomato notices it, and is very freaked out by it. It is later hinted that the mask doesn't change because of the wearer's emotions, but the wearer's emotions change because of the mask.

* One episode of ''TheTwilightZone'' features a ventriloquist who notices while shaving in front of a mirror that his DemonicDummy keeps on changing the tilt of its head every time he glances at it in the mirror. Then he looks directly at the dummy, and it ''winks'' at him. He responds by throwing something at it, causing its face to seemingly break.

* AmnesiaTheDarkDescent: Paintings found in the [[EldrichLocation Castle Brennenburg]] change depending on the player character's sanity. Under normal conditions, the portrait of [[BigBad Baron Alexander]] depicts him as an old long-haired gentleman; [[spoiler: if the player's sanity is low, then the portrait's face becomes melted and monstrous - possibly revealing Alexander's true face]]. The castle's other paintings also appear to change depending on your sanity level; this usually manifests as distortion in the figures' faces and the addition of skeletons in the scene.

* In the ''{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Provenance", things in a haunted painting move and change, although events in real life evoke a reaction in the painting.

* In ''TheWitches'', one of the children is cursed to live in a painting. No one ever sees her move, but she lives her entire life in the painting, even aging.