Halloween comes early

And actually it came really early when Die Antwoord released "I Fink U Freeky" earlier this year in the U.S.

Anyone who knows me knows this is so not my style, visually at least. Ever since I scared myself badly as a child reading a horror comic book on a stormy night--something about ewe in a wood in a hood, perhaps, or a massive number of dead bodies floating down a river in a 1970s-era Third World country, I avoid horror, even suspense, of almost all varieties.

A case in point: The last scary movie I remember seeing was The Others with Nicole Kidman, and let's face it ("face" it, get it?), other than her Botox dependency, she's not that scary.

But the video for "I Fink U Freeky" is so catchily, craftily creepy, I can't help but being mesmerized by it. The unrelenting grime; the alien, distorted bodies and faces; the wrinkled brows; the twitching cheeks; the scuzzy, raw lust; Yolandi's State Hospital haircut; Ninja dancing in his (dirty) underwear. Ick and eek and bravo. It's all incredibly, gruesomely well done.

Plus it's got a good beat and is easy to dance to. Sort of like a throwback to 2Unlimited techno--although Blue Pearl's "Can You Feel the Passion?" might be a fairer sonic comparison.

Clearly, Die Antwoord isn't your grandmother's Qkumba Zoo. But if you're like me and really like your grandparents, you might do better with the David Letterman Show-approved version

of "I Fink U Freeky." But just maybe.

Tot siens, fokkers!