Red Room
Encyclopedia
is an interactive Adobe Flash
horror
animation, entirely in Japanese
, about an urban legend
called "the Red Room". The protagonist
searches on the Internet for proof of its existence, only for the results to go horribly wrong. It can be considered a prank flash because of an unexpected occurrence that takes place after the video ends.
This flash video gained notoriety when it was discovered to be a favorite of the schoolgirl who committed the Sasebo slashing on 1 June 2004.
that asks . If someone closes the pop-up, he dies. The more skeptical friend does some investigation. At home, he researches it online but is unable to find anything about the site online. After he ends his search and begins looking at his usual websites, the message pops up, with a childlike voice asking: "Do you like —?"
Even after he closes the pop up, it keeps re-appearing, repeatedly asking 'Do you like-?'. It then starts automatically reloading and the girls voice becomes mangled till the boy eventually notices the word the question change to 'Do you like red?'. The boy he keeps clicking off the pop-up until a new part of the message is revealed, finally asking the completed question in a normal childs voice" . Then a website with a list of name appears, with the boy's friend at the bottom. The boy becomes aware of something behind him.
The next day, there is rumour and gossip at a school about two students who committed suicide, painting their rooms red with their own blood. Then, the protagonist's computer is displayed, with the protagonist's name at the bottom of the list. It then shuts off, along with an eerie sound.
After the video ends, if the user's browser has not disabled pop-ups, a pop-up resembling the ad from the story will appear.
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
animation, entirely in Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
, about an urban legend
Urban legend
An urban legend, urban myth, urban tale, or contemporary legend, is a form of modern folklore consisting of stories that may or may not have been believed by their tellers to be true...
called "the Red Room". The protagonist
Protagonist
A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
searches on the Internet for proof of its existence, only for the results to go horribly wrong. It can be considered a prank flash because of an unexpected occurrence that takes place after the video ends.
This flash video gained notoriety when it was discovered to be a favorite of the schoolgirl who committed the Sasebo slashing on 1 June 2004.
Summary of the flash video
Two friends discuss a rumor about an Internet pop-up adPop-up ad
Pop-up ads or pop-ups are a form of online advertising on the World Wide Web intended to attract web traffic or capture email addresses. Pop-ups are generally new web browser windows to display advertisements...
that asks . If someone closes the pop-up, he dies. The more skeptical friend does some investigation. At home, he researches it online but is unable to find anything about the site online. After he ends his search and begins looking at his usual websites, the message pops up, with a childlike voice asking: "Do you like —?"
Even after he closes the pop up, it keeps re-appearing, repeatedly asking 'Do you like-?'. It then starts automatically reloading and the girls voice becomes mangled till the boy eventually notices the word the question change to 'Do you like red?'. The boy he keeps clicking off the pop-up until a new part of the message is revealed, finally asking the completed question in a normal childs voice" . Then a website with a list of name appears, with the boy's friend at the bottom. The boy becomes aware of something behind him.
The next day, there is rumour and gossip at a school about two students who committed suicide, painting their rooms red with their own blood. Then, the protagonist's computer is displayed, with the protagonist's name at the bottom of the list. It then shuts off, along with an eerie sound.
After the video ends, if the user's browser has not disabled pop-ups, a pop-up resembling the ad from the story will appear.
External links
- The Red Room video (Japanese) – Requires Flash Player version 7.0.19.0 or higher (check installed version).
- The actual "killer popup" Also requires flash 7.0.19.0