In addition to all the other scary things that happen in this new Rick Santorum ad, which was released today, you'll notice that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad morphs into U.S. president Barack Obama right about the time the narrator says "sworn American enemy." 
 
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 For those who haven't seen it, here's Rick Santorum's spooky "Obamaville" spot. Alas, this is just a political ad and not a trailer for a controversial horror film — but hey, maybe with enough funding we'll get the feature-length version. Be sure to look out for the split-second shot of Ahmadinejad's face becoming Obama's. If you dare. 
 
 Spoiler alert: The twist at the end is that this is all just happening in Rick Santorum's head.
– An ominous narrator. A tree that seems to have evil eyes. Black crows that caw menacingly. It seems like the stuff of a horror-flick preview ... but it's actually a Rick Santorum ad. "Welcome to Obamaville" is getting plenty of attention. Why? It's "more than a town," warns the narrator: It's "a cautionary tale" that predicts what America will be like in 2014 under Obama. According to scenes from the commercial, it will mean: $91 tanks of gas, people will hold gas nozzles to their heads like guns, and hospital hallways will be as creepy as Death Row corridors. One of the bits getting the most attention: Ahmadinejad's face gets replaced by Barack Obama's, right as that spooky narrator speaks of a "sworn American enemy." Quips Gawker, "Hey, maybe with enough funding we'll get the feature-length version."