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The average adult watches approximately four-and-a-half hours of TV<\/a> every single day. This includes both live and DVR\u2019ed content. Then there are online streaming services like Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Netflix to think about. Netflix alone clocks about 125 million hours of streaming video<\/a> each day.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, when your audience doesn\u2019t have their face in front of your website, they\u2019re spending a good chunk of time in front of other screens in order to consume movie and television content. While I\u2019m not opposed to that (since there\u2019s nothing like binge-watching an entertaining show after a long day of work), what I am opposed to is bad web design captured on film.<\/p>\n

Obviously, I say this (mostly) in jest. The Internet has come a long way in the last couple of decades. Think of a movie like The Net<\/em>, which came out in 1995.<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2CnWs8jDbXo?rel=0&start=7&w=560&h=315]<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the director\u2019s or Sandra Bullock\u2019s fault that the Pizza.net website looks dated or that the load time is so atrocious now. The web design and development landscape is continually changing, becoming better and smarter with each passing year. And, thankfully, we now have WordPress that inherently saves most people from making poor choices in web design.<\/p>\n

That said, there are still movies and TV shows\u2014even in recent years\u2014with some awesomely terrible examples of bad web design. If you want a little fright this Halloween season, follow me as I take you on a journey through some truly scary websites immortalized on TV and in film that need to be laid to rest.<\/p>\n

R.I.P.: 13 Scary Websites from TV and Movies that Need to Be Laid to Rest<\/h2>\n

Halloween is one of my favorite times of year because it actually becomes acceptable to watch as many scary movies as I normally do. That said, scary movies aren\u2019t the only ones that fall victim to scary websites. TV shows like How I Met Your Mother<\/em> and The IT Crowd<\/em> are anything but horrifying (unless you\u2019re terrified by relationships or the corporate lifestyle, of course) and they\u2019ve each featured some pretty terrible examples of web design.<\/p>\n

Curious to see what sort of examples of scary websites I\u2019ve uncovered? Let\u2019s dig in.<\/p>\n

1. How I Met Your Mother<\/h3>\n
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Barney Stinson’s online resume from How I Met Your Mother.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

How I Met Your Mother<\/em> is not that old of a show and, yet, Barney Stinson<\/a>\u2019s contribution to this list inspires all sorts of scary web design trends I hope we never see again. Oh, and don\u2019t forget to click through to the resolution choice page. (Why is this even a choice?)<\/p>\n

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The resume “resolution” download page for Barney Stinson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

How scary is it? (1-5)<\/b>: 5<\/p>\n

Why is it scary?<\/b><\/p>\n