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The music video for the song, directed by Elias Merhige and co-directed by Manson, was filmed sometime during 1996, but remains currently unreleased. It was originally screened at the 1997 San Francisco Film Festival as part of a program titled “Newly Minted Memories“. It won a Golden Gate Certificate of Merit in the “Music Video“ category. Despite these three known screenings, the video remains absent from all recollections of The Heirophant community, adding to the mystery surrounding it. In 1996, Merhige was contacted by Marilyn Manson in regards to producing a music video for “Cryptorchid“, the day after he saw Merhige's experimental horror film Begotten. Manson and Merhige met in Los Angeles, California where they would produce the “Cryptorchid“ video. Merhige also expressed interest in filming a video for “Antichrist Superstar“, but wanted to use a bulk of footage outtake that he had already compiled. He shot excess material featuring Manson, then
