Clockwise for me. The effect works for many shapes. It is very cool.
Quote: "personally I can't figure out how she could appear to turn any other way!"
Happens to me too. Probably because we adopt an "official" reference (by determining which leg is at the right, for example).
Here is an experiment that works for every frame:
The face swap scared me too.
Edit:
Did not see that this thread has two pages. If I said something that was said before, I am sorry.
Actually, "KKK" sounds like laugh in our language. We do not support Ku Klux Klan. I would kill KKK if it was a man. Cheers.