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missgothiclolita

PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:17 pm


why do i see some many 怖い things in japan???????
PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:30 pm


missgothiclolita
why do i see some many 怖い things in japan???????


怖い, as in scary? What's specifically scary in Japan?

SuzuWuzu


Aiko_589

PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:08 pm


missgothiclolita
why do i see some many 怖い things in japan???????


horror is part of japanese culture. some old ghost stroies turned into movies are scarier than modern day things. also, japanese has enough types of ghosts and demons to fill encycolpedias, which makes some very interesting cultural things. (i suggest if you are light hearted, never go in a japanese haunted house, they are not as ufn as the ones in north america, they are scarier.)
PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:02 am


eek oh yeah...Japanese horror movies are the best!!

They are really scary...they fulfill the sole duty of horror movies---to frighten us! (Sadako is like a superstar now! xd )

Not like American or Filipino horror movies...not so scary, you know.

jennah_13


SuzuWuzu

PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:26 pm


Aiko_589
missgothiclolita
why do i see some many 怖い things in japan???????


horror is part of japanese culture. some old ghost stroies turned into movies are scarier than modern day things. also, japanese has enough types of ghosts and demons to fill encycolpedias, which makes some very interesting cultural things. (i suggest if you are light hearted, never go in a japanese haunted house, they are not as ufn as the ones in north america, they are scarier.)


3nodding

North American things are definatly not as scary.

Why do you think they copied original Japanese movies, to make things like "The Ring", "The Grudge", and "Dark Water"?

Quote:

J-Horror is a term used to refer to Japanese contributions to horror fiction in popular culture. Whereas American modern day horror films tend to rely heavily on special effects and a multitude of sub-genre (i.e. slashers, demons, extraterrestrials, etc.), J-horror tends to focus on psychological horror and tension building (anticipation), particularly involving ghosts and poltergeist. Certain popular J-Horror films are based on manga (e.g. Tomie, Uzumaki and Yogen). Many contain themes of folk religion such as: possession, exorcism, shamanism, precognition, and yōkai.

Very true.
PostPosted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:38 am


SuzuChan

North American things are definatly not as scary.


Not always. In Japan its a common misconception that you'll get shot if you go to America because we have the right to bear arms (2nd ammendment). That's scary... sweatdrop

Koichi2005


missgothiclolita

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:02 pm


lol wow im suprised people werent gonna come in here and say really stupid stuff!
well yea i was trying to be funny. well ill make sure i dont go to any scary houses i hate them so yea there is no way ill go in. yea i totally agree on the psychological horror and tension building. thats why i try not to watch j-horror films
PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:52 pm


Japanese horror films seem to be quite a lot deeper than American movie films. I'll have to thank the Japanese for the Ring. That movie still scares the crap out of me as well now as it did three years ago when I saw it the first time. I don't like being scared, but it's due to the Ring that I discovered the Scary Movie series. It's a really stupid series of movies, but they're hilarious!

But yeah. I was watching a show on 'Scariest Haunted Houses' with my friend the other night, and I was thinking to myself about how scary it would be if I went through them myself.
I wonder what Japan's scariest Haunted House is like.

The statement that the Japanese do things on a much larger scale really comes into play here.

che_hyun


Aiko_589

PostPosted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:59 pm


che_hyun
Japanese horror films seem to be quite a lot deeper than American movie films. I'll have to thank the Japanese for the Ring. That movie still scares the crap out of me as well now as it did three years ago when I saw it the first time. I don't like being scared, but it's due to the Ring that I discovered the Scary Movie series. It's a really stupid series of movies, but they're hilarious!

But yeah. I was watching a show on 'Scariest Haunted Houses' with my friend the other night, and I was thinking to myself about how scary it would be if I went through them myself.
I wonder what Japan's scariest Haunted House is like.

The statement that the Japanese do things on a much larger scale really comes into play here.


scariest place? you probably wouldnt want to know. but i d say its probably the village in kansai who's inhabitants disappeared over night. or atleast thats what they say. the "accepted" theory is "some war must of happened there"
PostPosted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:07 am


eek oooh....a ghost town? have you visited there,Aiko-san? eek

oooh,i wanna hear ghost stories whee i didn't hear any during halloween...so, my halloween's kinda not complete sweatdrop xd xd

jennah_13


Ginngi

PostPosted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:51 pm


Aiko_589
che_hyun
Japanese horror films seem to be quite a lot deeper than American movie films. I'll have to thank the Japanese for the Ring. That movie still scares the crap out of me as well now as it did three years ago when I saw it the first time. I don't like being scared, but it's due to the Ring that I discovered the Scary Movie series. It's a really stupid series of movies, but they're hilarious!

But yeah. I was watching a show on 'Scariest Haunted Houses' with my friend the other night, and I was thinking to myself about how scary it would be if I went through them myself.
I wonder what Japan's scariest Haunted House is like.

The statement that the Japanese do things on a much larger scale really comes into play here.


scariest place? you probably wouldnt want to know. but i d say its probably the village in kansai who's inhabitants disappeared over night. or atleast thats what
they say. the "accepted" theory is "some war must of happened there"

ooo tell me everything you know about huanted scary japanese places !
PostPosted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 7:13 pm


Ginngi
Aiko_589
che_hyun
Japanese horror films seem to be quite a lot deeper than American movie films. I'll have to thank the Japanese for the Ring. That movie still scares the crap out of me as well now as it did three years ago when I saw it the first time. I don't like being scared, but it's due to the Ring that I discovered the Scary Movie series. It's a really stupid series of movies, but they're hilarious!

But yeah. I was watching a show on 'Scariest Haunted Houses' with my friend the other night, and I was thinking to myself about how scary it would be if I went through them myself.
I wonder what Japan's scariest Haunted House is like.

The statement that the Japanese do things on a much larger scale really comes into play here.


scariest place? you probably wouldnt want to know. but i d say its probably the village in kansai who's inhabitants disappeared over night. or atleast thats what
they say. the "accepted" theory is "some war must of happened there"

ooo tell me everything you know about huanted scary japanese places !

sorry i get overly excited on topics like this,the ironc thing is i'm a scaredie cat sweatdrop burning_eyes

Ginngi


jennah_13

PostPosted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:50 am


oh hey! me too! xd i like to watch horror films and hear ghost stories...but I really get scared after... xd

before, i used to always go to this scary site....and during the night, i imagine the things i saw there xd

www.sfogs.com ..... i'm not sure if it's still there, i haven't checked it out for a long time. xd sweatdrop anyway, check it out....it's cool 3nodding it's a singaporean site, i think. but it's in english. 3nodding
PostPosted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:25 pm


Ginngi
Ginngi
Aiko_589
che_hyun
Japanese horror films seem to be quite a lot deeper than American movie films. I'll have to thank the Japanese for the Ring. That movie still scares the crap out of me as well now as it did three years ago when I saw it the first time. I don't like being scared, but it's due to the Ring that I discovered the Scary Movie series. It's a really stupid series of movies, but they're hilarious!

But yeah. I was watching a show on 'Scariest Haunted Houses' with my friend the other night, and I was thinking to myself about how scary it would be if I went through them myself.
I wonder what Japan's scariest Haunted House is like.

The statement that the Japanese do things on a much larger scale really comes into play here.


scariest place? you probably wouldnt want to know. but i d say its probably the village in kansai who's inhabitants disappeared over night. or atleast thats what
they say. the "accepted" theory is "some war must of happened there"

ooo tell me everything you know about huanted scary japanese places !

sorry i get overly excited on topics like this,the ironc thing is i'm a scaredie cat sweatdrop burning_eyes
 

no. i have never gone there. i do not belive in things easily, i will assume it is fake.

Aiko_589


Ginngi

PostPosted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:51 pm


Aiko_589
Ginngi
Ginngi
Aiko_589
che_hyun
Japanese horror films seem to be quite a lot deeper than American movie films. I'll have to thank the Japanese for the Ring. That movie still scares the crap out of me as well now as it did three years ago when I saw it the first time. I don't like being scared, but it's due to the Ring that I discovered the Scary Movie series. It's a really stupid series of movies, but they're hilarious!

But yeah. I was watching a show on 'Scariest Haunted Houses' with my friend the other night, and I was thinking to myself about how scary it would be if I went through them myself.
I wonder what Japan's scariest Haunted House is like.

The statement that the Japanese do things on a much larger scale really comes into play here.


scariest place? you probably wouldnt want to know. but i d say its probably the village in kansai who's inhabitants disappeared over night. or atleast thats what
they say. the "accepted" theory is "some war must of happened there"

ooo tell me everything you know about huanted scary japanese places !

sorry i get overly excited on topics like this,the ironc thing is i'm a scaredie cat sweatdrop burning_eyes
 

no. i have never gone there. i do not belive in things easily, i will assume it is fake.

ahh i'm like the opposite xp
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