2006-10-31 16:53:32 · 5 answers · asked by la reina 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The legend claims that the evil woman can be summoned by chanting "Bloody Mary" into a mirror anywhere from three to one-hundred times in a darkened room lit only by a candle. (Thirteen seems to be the most popular number of chants, appropriately so.) The bathroom is the most popular setting to test out the legend, but other dark rooms seem applicable.
After the given amount of chants, the spirit will then appear in a mirror and claw your eyes out and death will follow. Other variations have her driving you insane or pulling you into the mirror, never to be seen again.
Who Bloody Mary really is remains a mystery. While there are many versions of this story, most accounts point to a woman named Mary Worth, who was horribly disfigured in a car crash. Some people still tell of a witch who was burned at the stake and has returned for revenge, or it the devil himself who comes for your soul.
The Bloody Mary Legend saw some rising popularity with a variation of the story in the 1992 movie "Candyman" that used the idea for it's plot. When the characters chanted "Candyman" in the mirror 3 times, he would appear and murder them with his hook hand. I found this movie terrifying! Although I can say that as an adult I generally don't have any nightmares from horror movies, this one I remember vividly -- waking up in a cold sweat, and trying to not to fall back asleep.
The movie "Urban Legends" was released in 1999 and borrows the Bloody Mary myth once again, for one of it's stories. There's no doubt, the horrific tale will appear again, perhaps in yet another version with a different twist.
While you may think you're safe from mean ole Bloody Mary, think again... Legend has it that if you are near a mirror in total darkness, she can still come for you, regardless of whether or not you're trying to call for her.
2006-11-01 10:29:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I like to do now that I am older and wiser, I go out as bigfoot, door to door trick or treating,have 16eee feet,& am 6ft.8", and when an ole lady says, your to old and big to be trick or treating like one told me when I was ten,I bury them in there yard up to there neck, and leave, h ha ha, That right there Makes urban legends
2006-11-01 01:04:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here in the Philippines we go to the cemetery to offer flowers,candles,foods to our departed loved one's.Mostly here specially teenagers slept in the cemetery don''t know really why but i think they kinda made it halloween a some kind of a party or something.Urban legends..? Our elders put lighted candles on our homes,the alley. they said its some kind of a guide for the souls and they also offer food for them.Happy Halloween.
2006-11-01 01:14:06 · answer #3 · answered by james ian h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go out trick - or - treating - dress up in outlandish costumes - ring strangers doorbells and get free goodies - play pranks on others such as soap windows and toilet paper in trees and bushes.
2006-11-01 09:59:40 · answer #4 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for girls it's dress completely and only in lingerie and by adding wings say that they are an angel.
2006-11-01 01:02:06 · answer #5 · answered by kaiya 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋