Urban Legends
A mischievous demigod who tends to bring damage while attempting to do good, typically depicted with a hook.
Who is Māui? [Māori/New Zealand]
"Hello? Haro?"
"Hibachi, Benihana, Teriyaki."
Holiday celebrated by many (South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and more), where people dress up in pop-culture characters and have lots of street gatherings. :>
What is Halloween?
A class of supernatural spirits & monsters in Japanese folklore
What is a Yokai?
Wearing a mask, her face is said to be marred by a grotesque slit from ear to ear, revealing a mouth that bears the scars of her unfortunate fate.
Who is Kuchisake-onna (The Smiling Lady)? [Japan]
After watching the cursed videotape in The Ring, you die in how many days?
7 days
An annual japanese festival that honors and welcomes spirits of their deceased relatives. Some traditions include giving offerings, hanging lanterns, performing the Bon Odori dances, and welcome/farewell ceremonies.
What is the Obon Festival?
Costume parties, social gatherings, many different parades/festivals, and going to theme parks & attractions.
What are some common activities done during Halloween?
Snake and dragon hybrid looking creatures that are semi-divine beings, featured in both Buddhism and Hinduism, they are believed by locals to live in the Mekong river.
What are the Naga? [Hindu/Buddhist Culture]
A Tale of Two Sisters is based on:
Rose Flower, Red Lotus (Janghwa Hongryeon Jeon)
A traditional Buddhist and Daoist holiday celebrated on the 15th of 7th lunisolar month (also known as the ghost month). Offerings are made with money, paper handicrafts, and food are set on fire, and river lanterns are sometimes lit.
What is the Hungry Ghost Festival?
Miniature houses & shrines on pillars made to bring comfort to protective spirits (or Gods/Goddesses) to ensure safety and prosperity for property owners.
what are spirit house(s)?
Carrying torches and beating drums, they retrace the paths they once traveled in life. Encounters with them are said to be deadly unless you lie face down on the ground as a sign of respect.
Who are the Huaka'i Pō (The Night Marchers)? [Hawai'i]
A horror movie of a mother who tries to protect her young daughter after breaking a religious taboo in a Yunnan village.
What is Incantation about?
3 day festival consisting of vibrant parades, traditional masks and costumes, dancing, games, and religious ceremonies. This festival blends in Buddhist beliefs and folklore of spirits and ghosts, as well as the legend of Vessantra Jataka
What is the Phi Ta Khon Festival [Originates from Thailand]
A traditional Japanese Haunted house (translated as monster house) that focuses on immersive storytelling of folklore and psychological suspense
What is an Obakeyashiki?
An eerie woman with wet long hair, draped in a saree, sits under a large tree, looking for a young lover. She entices him with her beauty, and drags him inside the pond or waterbody she resides in.
Who is Sheekol Buri? [West Bengal]
Where one of the photo of a ghost in the Movie Shutter is based off of, which was a real screenshot of spectral figure standing near bookshelves.
What is the Willard Public Library "ghost cam"
This is the Filipino observance of a holiday, where families and communities in New Zealand come together by cleaning ancestral graves and spending the day with their loved ones. They also include setting up home altars and decorating the graves with flowers & lighting candles.
What is Undas [Observance of All Saint's Day]?
The most famous neighborhood for trick-or-treating in Singapore, where entire streets close to traffic, houses are heavily decorated with smoke machines and sound effects, and thousands of children and adults go trick-or-treating!
What is the Woodgrove Estate? [In Woodland, Singapore]