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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 5687513" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>That's a little too far....</p><p></p><p>There are other elements of Japanese horror beyond erotic horror or what one may find in Pink films.</p><p></p><p>Look to Japanese Mythology...witches were especially horrific in Japanese Horror. So were other creatures of the night. Curses were perhaps the most feared item...not killers, not rapists...but curses. Nothing like being cursed to be turned into a ghoul by the witch that you upset...and then vanished before you could stop her...only to find out that this witch is now your child who is slowly stalking you in certain ways to tear at your mind...with the only way out to make someone else a ghoul...</p><p></p><p>And then when you think you are safe and found a way to do it...only find out it was a ruse...the curse is still in effect...and poof...you're living undead.</p><p></p><p>And that's only the tip of what these curses did. Families fell, houses were destroyed...and these in horrific manners. A single curse from a witch could actually cover an entire campaign. Witches were pretty feared.</p><p></p><p>There are other elements almost as fearful...ghosts...demons...and their portrayal makes Western Horror look pleasant by comparison.</p><p></p><p>The item of Noroi that you just posted above sounds much more acceptable for a RP element in my tastes than what you listed at the beginning of the thread. One is more in line with a Pink Film plot, whilst the other is more in line with what sounds to be Horror.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 5687513, member: 4348"] That's a little too far.... There are other elements of Japanese horror beyond erotic horror or what one may find in Pink films. Look to Japanese Mythology...witches were especially horrific in Japanese Horror. So were other creatures of the night. Curses were perhaps the most feared item...not killers, not rapists...but curses. Nothing like being cursed to be turned into a ghoul by the witch that you upset...and then vanished before you could stop her...only to find out that this witch is now your child who is slowly stalking you in certain ways to tear at your mind...with the only way out to make someone else a ghoul... And then when you think you are safe and found a way to do it...only find out it was a ruse...the curse is still in effect...and poof...you're living undead. And that's only the tip of what these curses did. Families fell, houses were destroyed...and these in horrific manners. A single curse from a witch could actually cover an entire campaign. Witches were pretty feared. There are other elements almost as fearful...ghosts...demons...and their portrayal makes Western Horror look pleasant by comparison. The item of Noroi that you just posted above sounds much more acceptable for a RP element in my tastes than what you listed at the beginning of the thread. One is more in line with a Pink Film plot, whilst the other is more in line with what sounds to be Horror. [/QUOTE]
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