ju-on : black ghost ( 呪怨 : 黒い少女 ju-on : kuroi shōjo , lit . " ju-on : black young girl " ) is a 2009 japanese supernatural horror film produced in honour of the tenth anniversary of the ju-on series .

like most films in the franchise , black ghost is told through anachronistic order , with each vignettes titled after a character central to the story .

the sequel revolves around a hospitalized young girl who discovers that a cyst is found in her body , which is actually the physical remnant of her unborn twin .

ju - on : black ghost

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dave checks out a pair of ju - on titles on one disc : white ghost and black ghost . . .
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ju - on : white ghost / black ghost” is now available on bluray per well go usa which includes both films .
ju - on . white ghost , black ghost [ videorecording ] / toei video and cell present an oz production .
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film : disc : ju - on white ghost / black ghost is out now and available from the den of geek store .
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; written and directed by ryuta miyake ( 61 min . ) - - ju - on : black ghost / produced by
ju - on : old lady in white / girl in black ( aka white . . .
white ghost refers to the ghost of an old lady , with black referring to the ju - on rouge fukie . in research “ju - on : white ghost / black ghost” was created “in honor of the tenth anniversary of the ju - on series” it does honor its original with a brief cameo appearance by ghost “toshio saeki” , though it is an original story of its own accord giving viewers more of what they expect to see .
ju - on : white ghost / black ghost is a combined release under well go usa that brings together the 2 segments “ju - on : white ghost” and “ju - on : black ghost” under one package . the films base their foundation on the mythology of the ju - on movies which primarily are set upon the basis of a rogue revengeful spirit . at start we are told that a ju - on curse arrives when someone dies in a powerful rage . this death results in a “stain” which if touched , begins a new curse .
white ghost : akina minami , hiroki suzuki , ichirota miyakawa . black ghost : ai kago , koji seto , yuri nakamura .
now on to ju - on : black ghost ( or girl in black , the original title ) it too is 61 minutes long . directed by mari asato the plot of black ghost is a bit convoluted and confusing . it never goes on to explain why the grudge spirit in this film is all in black . like the basketball playing grandma in the first film , we never find out why this black apparition is terrifying or why she’s even there .
the final ju - on film to date , black ghost touches upon a similar theme to ju - on : the grudge 2 with the fears surrounding pregnancy and birth but does a flip and reintroduces some heavy handed paranormal mumbo jumbo from ju - on : the curse .
i disagree joe , i think you should watch the entire series here ' s a list in order of the entire thing . 1 . katasumi 2 . 4444444 3 . ju - on the curse 4 . ju - on the curse 2 5 . ju - on the grudge 6 . ju - on the grudge 2 7 . ju - on white ghost 8 . ju - on black ghost 9 . the grudge 10 . tales from the grudge 11 . the grudge 2 12 . the grudge 3 13 . ju - on the grudge haunted house simulator
originally released as
ju - on : shiroi rôjo
and
ju - on : kuroi rôjo
in japan .
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not a patch on the other ju - on but still worth owning for your collection .
creepy movie . creepy white ghost with even creepier black ghost . if you stick with it you ' ll really really enjoy it . i loved it !
ju - on : white ghost / black ghost ( 呪怨 : 白い老女 ju - on : shiroi rōjo , and 呪怨 : 黒い少女 ju - on : kuroi shōjo ) are two horror films released in honor of the tenth anniversary of the ju - on series , marking the fifth and sixth installments in the franchise , respectively . in white ghost , the spiteful ghosts of an abused girl and her grandmother , both mercilessly murdered , return to haunt and take victims under their grudge . in black ghost the grudge of an unborn being spreads from a young girl to herself and everyone around her . white ghost is produced , written and directed by ryuta miyake , and black ghost by mari asato . takashi shimizu worked as a supervising producer for both films .
ju - on : white ghost tells the story of senior high school student arkane whose strong esp power induces him into seeing mirai , the tragic ghost of an old school friend . ju - on : black ghost tells the chilling story of a young woman called fukie who discovers that she’s carrying an unborn ‘grudge’ , which vengefully curses all those around her
@ snowangel the grudge films aren ' t a part of the ju - on series , hence why they ' re called the grudge films , so if you want to watch the
entire thing
you can watch the 7 ju - on films that exist ( + the prequel short ) . 0 . 5 ) katasumi & 4444444444 1 ) ju - on : the curse 2 ) ju - on : the curse 2 3 ) ju - on : the grudge ( this one got a remake ) 4 ) ju - on : the grudge 2 5 ) ju - on : white ghost 6 ) ju - on : black ghost 7 ) ju - on : the beginning of the end the grudge series is very good also , but if you didn ' t like the first one don ' t watch the rest .
things get really weird when he encounters her on the stairs again , leading him to venture into her apartment and fall victim to a black ghost .
chills to beat summer heat , part two – ju - on : white ghost ( shiroi rôjo ) ( horrorboom . com )
ju - on : white ghost tells the story of senior high school student arkane whose strong esp power induces him into seeing mirai , the tragic ghost of an old school friend . ju - on : black ghost tells the chilling story of a young woman called fukie who discovers that she ' s carrying an unborn ' grudge ' , which vengefully curses all those around her .
ju - on : white ghost tells the story of senior high school student arkane , whose strong esp power induces him into seeing mirai , the ghost of an old school friend . ju - on : black ghost tells the chilling story of a young woman called fukie who discovers that she ' s carrying an unborn ' grudge ' , which vengefully curses all those around her .
this franchise scares the * & % out of me but this one was actually interesting . white ghost was freaky but the black ghost was less spooky and kinda concluded the cycle of ju - on / grudge , meaning explained the story behind these 6 movies .
the film’s credits do give a grudging ( sorry ) nod to shimzu as the ju - on creator with a ‘based on characters created by’ tag . both the ju - on’s were released simultaneously on the tenth anniversary of the original ju - on’s as a sort of ‘honour’ to shimzu and his films .
white ghost : cinematography , koji kanaya ; editor , yoshifumi fukazawa ; music , gary ashiya . black ghost : cinematography , shin hayasaka ; editor , yoshifumi fukazawa ; music , gary ashiya .
the original 2000
ju - on
and its 2000
ju - on 2
sequel were direct - to - video releases that became a surprise hit in japan .
well actually , one edition of the third ju - on film ( ju - on : the grudge ) was re - titled
the grudge
for the uk dvd release only , yet it ' s sequel was still titled ju - on : the grudge 2 in the uk and simply ju - on 2 in the us . every single one of the films was released as
ju - on :
+ subtitle in america . and i think they retitled the third ju - on from simply
ju - on
to
ju - on : the grudge
after the remake came out but i ' m not entirely certain : ) it ' s more accurate to just refer to the japanese franchise as ju - on and the american one as the grudge , to avoid confusion .
chikako isomura played sachie in the original ju - on : the grudge ( 2002 ) .
suffice to say , i was most surprised to find that ju - on was , in fact , not even the first grudge film . ju - on and ju - on 2 ( released in 2000 ) , were both released in japan and ran for around 70 minutes each .
in 2003 , director takashi shimizu along with mentor kiyoshi kurosawa released theatrical versions titled ju - on : the grudge and ju - on : the grudge 2 . that same year , 2003 , rights were sold to film a u . s . remake of ju - on : the grudge .
ju - on black and white ghost are two 60 - minute movies that were created to celebrate ju - on ' s anniversary . it is the first time takashi shimizu wasn ' t attached to a ju - on movie and also the first ones not to feature kayako and toshio . it is a fun flick in the same format of the other movies , a non - linear storyline about an evil ghost . it builds up really well , and the last 10 minutes or so are really messed up . it was a pleasant surprise .
i watched this right after watching ' white ghost ' and this is definitely the more disappointing of the two . the main problem is that the black ghost is almost never actually in it , and compared to the old lady white ghost , the actress just doesn ' t have the screen presence to make it scary .
ju - on : white ghost / black ghost ( jwgbg for short ) jwgbg is a smart horror thriller that tells its story in almost anthology - like segments ( called anachronistic order ) . these segments are all a part of the main story working in reverse as a narrative and then separated by chapters ( slide - titled with characters names ) .
both films are very dour in their approach , offering little in the way of light relief ; though the cab driver from both films does offer some moments that will make the corner of your mouth twitch . neither could be classed as truly scary , though ju - on black ghost comes closest to the feel of the original ju - on film , delivering a strong and stylish story .
adopting a far more accessible and well paced method of storytelling , where the past is played out in line with the present , ju - on black ghost is more satisfying and benefits greatly from a more substantial narrative and the use of more developed characters to tell an interesting story .
worst of the ju - on films thus far . there ' s a nice bit of body horror near the end , and the twist is pretty good , but for the most part black ghost is just uninteresting and difficult to follow . also , much like its predecessor , the change - up in the ghost ' s form is more bland than it is shocking .
the grudge 3 [ videorecording ] / stage 6 films and ghost . . .
the cursed tape in white ghost resembles the cursed tape in ringu / the ring .
it ' s a very interesting movie ! how each character was connected by this grudge . first in the white ghost then you go to the black ghost different characters in each one they do show a glimpse of the little boy that sounds like a cat from ju - on and from the us movie grudge . i am happy i made this purchase ! this movie is japanese audio only with english subtitles .
ju - on : white ghost ( originally titled ju - on old lady in white ) is directed by ryûta miyake . i may be a bit obtuse , but after watching this film twice , i cannot for the life of me understand several things about the film . why , for instance , is the ghost a ‘little old lady’ who carries a basketball with her everywhere ? why is that considered terrifying by those who meet her ? what connection does this little old lady ghost have with the school girl in the yellow hat ?
the wii game ju - on : the grudge was first screened during this films ' press release . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] .
unlike its companion piece white ghost , mari asato ' s black ghost never manages to transcend the student film - esque aesthetic that comes with such a limited budget . the vignette - based narrative is brutally dull and thoroughly uninteresting to say the least . the technical aspects of the scares are handled better than white ghost , but when they ' re not tethered to any sort of compelling story , it doesn ' t really matter . these films were an interesting idea , but you ' re best off just watching white ghost .
death of a ghost hunter ( 2007 ) : small budget , big scares ( mikesfilmtalk . com )
it was announced a few weeks back that ghost house pictures and good universe will relaunch the grudge franchise with midnight meat train scribe jeff buhler to draft the reboot . this will be the second time they do so , if you count the japanese remake ( ju - on : the grudge is a remake of the made - for - tv horror movie , ju - on ) .
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to celebrate ten years of ju - on , 4digital media have released this pair of films on a single disc , returning to the shorter running time and offering two tales that contrast in more than their title .
the final new films in the explosively popular ju - on ( the grudge ) franchise , made in cooperation with the original films ' creator takashi shimizu .
an interview with buhler popped up where he talked about his starting point for the new ju - on film , and how he plans to approach it .
don ' t watch the grudge you ' re way better of watching the excellent and very creepy ju - on , you won ' t be dissapointed .
when i first heard they were making another ju on movie to mark the 10 year anniversary , i have to admit , i thought it would be bad . then i realised they were making 2 movies , which honestly , sounded just terrible . i bought it to give it a go and i was very pleasently surprised . while obviously its not superior to the original , its still a nicely told and polished production . each movie is an hour long but there are still plenty of shocks and suspense to keep you watching . this is why i prefer asian horror to hollywood , you don ' t need tonnes of blood to make a good movie . white ghost just edges out black ghost for me as the storyline is more hard hitting but black ghost appears to be more faithful to the original ju on . if you ' re still wondering whether to buy it or not , i say just buy it . it ' s only a fiver ! !
ju - on was typical for most asian movies of it ' s type . innocent people being killed for no other reason than being associated with the cursed house .
ju - on : black ghost nurse yuko is left in charge of a young girl called fukie , and begins to experience strange things . medical examinations reveal that there is a ' cyst ' in fukie ' s body . the cyst is actually an unborn one that is full of hatred for mankind and curses everyone around her . yuko ' s neighbour is taken by a girl in black , and fukie ' s father commits a murder and goes insane . fukie ' s mother has to rely on the special psychic powers of fukie ' s younger sister to help drive out the evil spirit . however , the exorcism eventually fails , and the worst grudge yet begins .
akane begins seeing visions of a female ghost wearing the same yellow hat and red satchel she wore as a school child .
it is an interesting film . scary in the right places and utilizing the slow build - up and disjointed segments that shimzu used so well in his films . it is a homage and as such does not rely on blazing originality to make it’s point . at 61 minutes it is better to watch this one with it’s ‘sister’ film ju - on : black ghost to give you a more ‘cinematic’ feeling when you’re done rather than the’special of the week’ feeling that a film just over an hour long leaves you with .
as i am sitting here finishing this article , i have been playing the white ghost on the telly . i have decided that the basketball playing grandma was much scarier when she was alive .
black ghost ( when compared to white ghost ) seems to be viewed as the lesser of the two , and i can see why . however i didn’t think it was that bad , although if i had to choose it would be white ghost . just like white ghost , this kicks off with the ending , as the narrative moves between characters , differing viewpoints and timelines . nurse yuko is left in charge of a young girl named fukie , and begins to experience strange occurrences . a medical examination reveals that she has developed a cyst in her body . the hatred of an unborn child is feeding off the girl , and cursing the people around her . this is…
i really liked this when i first saw it on netflix . same twists and turns that i love with the asian style of horror . if you like the ju - on movies , this one is quite different but not in a bad way . new characters and storyline made this stand apart from the original ju - on , but same suspense and fear as the originals . i watched it twice the day i got it . love it !
these films are different from the other ju - on films , as they mainly focuse on the yokota and isobe families and get away from the saeki family and their house . the only members of the saeki family who appeared in these films are toshio and mar .
thematically , the method of the ju - on curse also seems to have shifted , from ghosts killing people , to people killing people , with some unwelcome hints of incestuous paedophilia thrown in .
i just viewed the ju - on : white ghost . some spoilers ahead . remember miho isobe inspecting the kitchen and found a crumpled picture of a family of three . although the family did not look as saekis at the first glance ; they are pictured almost similar as they were portrayed in the other ju - on movies . this leads me to conclude that this house may belong to saekis , and the murders did happen in that house . that ' s why it is mentioned that the isobes acquired the house at a cheap price .
the way all the previous films intertwined their characters ' lives . . . and deaths . this is scarier , better shot and better paced , but also strays further from the ju - on mythos into
on his request , the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put on sell , only to cross paths with its resident curse .
i love this movie the same reason why some others might hate it : it ' s different . sure , it doesn ' t have our lovely kayako ( though toshio ' s guest appearance is a different story ) , but it ' s a new slate . people have complained about how predictable ju - on has become , but with old lady in white and girl in black , there are some new twists .
my second ju - on movie for the night . this is the second of the films that were produced in honour of the tenth anniversary of the original ju - on movie . this one is directed by mari asato and the overall theme is the same although done in a slightly different way . the one with the grudge this time is an unborn twin that resides inside the other twin . i believe the term is fetus in fetu .
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last year , to mark the tenth anniversary of the ' series ' , two more ju - on films appeared , produced the same way as the first two , by shooting cheaply on location and on video . with two different directors , the video - look distances these from shimizu ' s current movie series . he ' s still promising a third grudge movie for japan , not to be confused with the american
the 2004 pic starred sarah michelle gellar , cost around $ 10 million , grossed $ 187 million worldwide and hatched a sequel . it was based on the japanese horror thriller ju - on by takashi shimizu . gellar played a nurse in tokyo who was afflicted by a curse that created uncontrollable rage and was pretty much fatal .
ok i am watching white ghost as i am typing this and i have jumped about 4 times . it is seriously jumpy ! so far , the story line is actually ok , is linking quite well with the original ju - on ' s but not too much to make it part of the sequel . i like actually . i like a lot ! terrifying though , don ' t watch alone at night !
i didn ' t like this one as much as white ghost . i thought the story was more confusing and had to look at the plot on wikipedia afterwards to clear things up . the film appeared to drag aswell , which is not a good thing when you consider…
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following the events of ju - on : the beginning of the end , mai , the older sister of elementary schoolteacher yui shono , goes to look for her sister , who disappeared after a year while working . . . see full summary »
the grudge ( ju - on ) was one of the films that , for me , kicked off my interest in japanese horror films . along with the ring , it was the first time in years i ' d actually found myself creeped out by horror films and i voraciously devoured many of the stranger offerings that were available on the market .
the haunted stomach body horror moment was the only real thing to stay with me on this one .
notable moment : when the grandma ghost charges at the girl in the bathroom . this really comes out of nowhere and catches the viewer off guard . although , it is a cheap scare .
this series isn ' t called
the grudge
, as you wrote several times in this review . it ' s called
ju - on
. the grudge is the title of the american series , and you shouldn ' t even lump them together !
in this seventh installment of the ju - on franchise , a school teacher visits the home of a boy who ' s been absent from school for a long period of time , unaware of the horrific tragedy which occurred in the boy ' s household many years ago .
though after spending time with the entire movie and its sister film “black ghost” , i found that all stems from a girl named fukie who is born with a rare condition called “cystoma” . cystoma is what they call it when a twin is present inside the body feeding off the host ( essentially born “into” the body rather than arriving in typical fashion ) . the cystoma becomes a jealous unborn spirit that sabotages the host and releases the initial ju - on of this story . when fukie becomes ill , she is put under the care of a local hospital . the mother invites a woman named mariko who as a specialist is taxed with having to kill the unwanted spirit within fukie . though this backfires and set the who mess into play .
the plot of this film revolves around a cyst found in a young girl ( fukie ) that is the result of her ingesting her unborn twin while in her mother’s uterus . sound familiar ? if it does , it’s not because it was ever used as a plot device in any of the original ju - on films .
i’ve tried finding the original japanese ju - on films here , but haven’t had much luck on netflix or anything . i’d imagine they’re worth purchasing though . i’ve mentioned before that i thought the us version of the grudge was the scariest ‘hollywood’ film i’d seen in a really long time , and that noise she makes was a ongoing scare tactic in our house for many years afterwards . does the us version even hold a light to the original japanese versions ?
in summary , i enjoyed the film more for its writing than for actual scares . it doesn’t get as crazy as those “tomio” films but still manages to feel like a part of the whole ju - on franchise . give it whirl at least once . it’s worth checking out and provides a well thought out story to experience .
as their curse spreads on all around , the ghosts find their chance to live once again through the pregnancy of a cursed woman .
easier to follow than white ghost but still no less of a mess . i found myself laughing like an idiot through some scenes , but this will happen when the little girls name sounds like
fuck yeah
( it ' s fukie ) .
filme fraco ao contrário do seu irmão white ghost . todo o trabalho técnico em volta do filme é muito ruim . a coisa mais legal do filme é a cena final , que apesar de maneira , pode ficar esquecida por conta das grandes falhas do filme .
got mine today and it will not play on my dvds player . may return it but it ' s a hassle . very disappointed : (
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jwgbg takes advantage of its segmented approach by introducing new stories and historical events all tied together to the initial ju - on event . the chapters are named accordingly under character names such as “akane” , “mirai” , “isobe” , and “chiho” . in our journey we get a hefty helping of murder , haunting , terror , incest , revenge , betrayal , possession and of course… . . supernatural .
how many stories can we fit into sixty minutes ? a delivery driver delivers a christmas cake to a house , a father sees his daughter off to school and discovers something horrific on his backseat , akane , a student , uses a ouija board , a young family move into a house , the delivery driver and his girlfriend celebrate christmas , a young school girl falls victim to her predatory uncle , a policeman learns of a family massacre and a voice on a tape that won ' t be destroyed , a family contend with failure and disappointment revealing the events that lead up to the hanging at the start of the film before we discover the nature of the ju - on and its connection to akane .
s , with the narratives shifting back and forth in time , changing with each cut - to - black chapter break . but these new stories aren ' t closely linked to the old ones . there ' s a completely new house and i was disappointed that ( almost ) none of the regular characters appear to link it all back to the original ' grudge ' .
although released separately in japan , these are wisely being sold as a double - bill on dvd in the uk , as both films last barely an hour .
i have opted to review both these ‘films’ together as their total running time apiece is 61 minutes , hardly the length of your run - of - the - mill movie . despite their title’s making use of the ju - on phrase that had been developed by film auteur takashi shimzu , these films have nothing to do with the original films that shot shimzu to such heights of popularity in the horror world .
ju - on : white ghost a son brutally and methodically murders all five of his family members after failing the bar exam . he then hangs himself . at the moment of his death , he made a cassette tape recording in which he can be heard saying ' i ' ll go , i ' ll go soon . . . ' . on the same tape can be heard the eerie sound of a young girl ' s voice . it is the voice of mirai , who was a friend of akane , whilst at primary school . mirai was a victim of the mass family slaughter incident . akane , who is now a senior high school student , has had a strong esp power since childhood . suddenly one day mirai appears in front of her , wearing the yellow cap and red backpack of a primary school student . the terror is just about to begin . . .
the supernatural is a given as the dead and the living are intertwined as you might expect from any asian ghost movie . the twists and cleverness here is a firm storyline that answers questions as it moves forward . fx are mostly minimal but still effective enough for providing a good haunting kind of experience .
okay , mike . so we’re sorta goin backwards here ! lol i couldn’t find juon : the curse 1 or 2 , apparently because they were never released in the states . at the moment , i’m really not up for importing and learning japanese ; maybe i will be ten minutes from now . 🙂 anyway , we checked out juon : white ghost & black ghost , as they were on netflix , and though there were some eerie scenes and the like , i think you’re right . i remember the us grudge with gellar being a lot freakier , and the grandma was definitely scarier when she was alive . xd still , i think we’ve all definitely seen worse . i’m still going to try the next two juon films , the japanese grudges , but is there anything else you’d recommend that’s just really freaky that we should look for ? gotta tell you up front , gore - scares aren’t very scary for us ; we tear ’em apart in most cases . well , at least if the film is only relying on them , and nothing else . but if you know of anything really creepy atmospheric films , ( bump in the night types ) even if they happen to be gory , let me know ! netfliix is loaded with horror films right now , but i’d rather go to an expert than trust a cover . 🙂
we ' re treated to a series of short chapters filling out the sixty minute run time . some of these short moments feel like they are part of the story , others feel like they don ' t make much sense . they all feature an evil , dead embodiment of the grudge , in the form of a granny with a basketball , accompanied by a schoolgirl and lots of black hair .
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the stories are creepy . first and foremost i guess that what matters in a horror movie . this takes several different experiences of different people with their own ju - on ghost . it wasn ' t clear that ' s what it was at first which was a little confusing when the stories would change suddenly and in the end i think they try to intertwine at least a couple of the stories but it was a little confusing after just one watch . probably after a few viewings it would be clearer , which is something i ' ve found with some japanese horrors . it ' s sort of obvious that they used some kind of mask to make each and every ghost look like the classic grudge lady ghost with a little bit of wrinkles ? they look like . the same but different . that ruined it a little for me but not enough to not make this creepy . the classic grudge noise is back and just as foreboding as ever . the quality of the movie seems like it was a tv movie or something but , it ' s the acting that makes this good and the japanese can act horror . i would recommend getting this if you ' re willing to watch it a few times and if you can get it cheap . i don ' t think it ' s worth paying a lot of money for but it ' s certainly worth a look .
the story which is written by director ryûta miyake and director mari asato is laid out in pieces that require the viewer to sit thru all of them to get the entire story ( much like a tv series might ) . the segments are filled with plenty of haunts and creepy spirits keeping the whole shebang within the tradition of other ju - on releases . really , combining the 2 under 1 re - release is almost “essential” to a solid viewing experience for this united release .
i realy in to asian horror films because they put you on the edge of your chair its the sounds and acting but this one is very disapointing fake and cheap looking so think twice . . .
even tho
white ghost
does provide some very , but very tensioned moments , i found it hard to take it seriously . i mean , after watching it , it ' s rather difficult to say that this one is worthy of a grade over 6 , cause let ' s face it , for a cheesy asian fun , it does the job , but if you in for some real scares with a over the top plot and development ,
white ghost
looks like a cartoon ! again , don ' t get me wrong , dunno how , but when i saw it , it scared me out of my mind , cause the execution is very good , but if they were able to put it on screen like this , why didn ' t they try harder on the script part ? get a decent idea , make use of it , and put your name up there , with the rest of asia ' s greater horrors ! they did everything better than most such films , again , the plot is what killed it for me . check it out and you ' ll see what i ' m talking about ! cheers !
however , if you ' re just getting into japanese horror ( shame on you ! ) , you ' ll probably be better starting with the earlier films and renting this one at a much later date .
at a certain house , a son brutally and methodically murders all five of his family members after failing the bar exam . he then hangs himself , leaving behind a cassette recorder at the scene on which he can be heard saying , “go… go now . ” in unison with a strange female voice . that voice belongs to a victim of the family massacre , the elementary school best friend of teenager akane ( akina minami ) . when the two were young they wore yellow hats and red satchels to school . akane , who has a strong sense of the supernatural , soon begins seeing visions of a female ghost wearing a yellow hat and red satchel .
other distractions include the christmas setting which has zero bearing on the story . it doesn ' t help that the characters put candles on their christmas cake and blow them out as if making a birthday wish . why ? now i ' m used to characters in horror movies acting illogically , but several of the characters ' motivations are quite puzzling . it ' s especially hard to believe any couple would start french - kissing just after one of them has puked !
having said that , my spelling is usually very attentive . my earlier spelling of ' sayako ' probably came from a subtitled translation on a chinese dvd , because i had no other english reference . but yes , kayako it is !
welcome to my not so serious blog . i am just another dork on the internet who has watched far , far too many movies , and i ' ve decided to share my thoughts on whatever i come across , with emphasis on horror and asian cinema . i don ' t present myself as a pretentious critic and write my reviews in the way i speak in person . . . assuming you can tolerate my brand of humor . i try to be as fair and unbiased as possible and have even broken down the way i score if you want to consult that list . take a look around , i ' m sure you will find a new movie to watch as i ' m at 700 posts and counting !
a simple fusion . both a ghost story and a slasher , with very little sfx and a basic story . it ' s predictable , but strangely engaging . the movie explains itself first , how sometimes someone can die with such hate and anger that a powerful curse is born . all who encounter this curse are doomed . it ' s that simple . best watched alone . only an hour long , with some real suspense and a creepy atmosphere along with a few jump scares .
shot in an actual house in the suburbs of tokyo , takashi shimizu ' s first four films turned everyday surroundings into nightmares . the attic , the landing , windows , cupboards and stairs all became terrifying locations for full - on scary , haunting , gory terror .
this was not what i was expecting , to slow and relied on the name of other films that are far superior . creaking , grasping voices do not make a horror . found myself expecting a film like the grudge , the ring and was let down . dissapointed .
i make that eight stories in sixty minutes ! that ' s one story , on average , every seven and a half minutes . it ' s achievable in the hands of a talented filmmaker . sadly ryuta miyake isn ' t the director or writer for the job .
the film will also be home to “ new characters , new ghost , and a new mythology , ” he adds . “ i’m not really at a liberty to say anything more than that for obvious reasons , as we are still in the scripting process . i think letting fans of the original series know that we are not going back to ( the character of ) kayako and trying to mine what’s already been mined is important ( though ) . we are still very early in the process . ”
a christmas delivery boy is startled when he arrives at a house that appears to be haunted by the murdered spirits of the family that resided there previously . a ghostly residual repeats her last comments before being brutally murdered . a small girl is also found beheaded on her bed .
kat , i ` m referring to the japanese naming convention . they sold the grudge films overseas under that name , long before the us remake . i refer to the films as the grudge to tell them apart from the earlier made - on - video films that are still called juon .
final verdict ? don’t go out of your way to find these films , they’re not worth the effort . if you find them ‘accidentally’ like i did ( live streaming on lovefilm ) go ahead and watch them . they do have a certain novelty value . but if you want ‘real’ scares ?
all the original grudges are excellent . the 1st two ( straight to video ) are hard to track down . we found our copies on urltoken which has since gone out of business . you might try ebay ? the first two are juon the curse instead of grudge . good luck in your hunt ! 🙂
fulfilment by amazon ( fba ) is a service amazon offers sellers that lets them store their products in amazon ' s warehouses , and amazon directly does the picking , packing , shipping and customer service on these items . something amazon hopes you ' ll especially enjoy : fba items are eligible for and for amazon prime just as if they were amazon items .
starting with an eerily silent hanging in a wood , a tape recorder clicks off and hair appears out of a hold - all style bag . things are looking up for the first film on the disc . sadly , this film seems to have been made the wrong way round with the build up at the start and the end , leaving a rather lacklustre middle .
there are a lot j - horror out there at the moment . 2004 - 6 seemed to be the years of mass production . i’ll be reviewing some of them very soon . just on the top of my head , infection ( 2004 ) is a corker and a lot easier to find than the first 2 grudge’s . let me know how you make out . 😀
, the jumpy scares kick in quickly after a shaky ( camerawork ) start . but it tries too hard and too often to make us jump , resulting in a series of hit and miss scares . the new ' face ' of the grudge verges on the humorous because she keeps popping up repeatedly . . . and carrying a basketball . basketballs have never been scary , still aren ' t .
the story began as a mystery centred on a suburban house . everyone who visited the house was scared to death - if they left the house before they died , their own homes would become similarly cursed . as the story leapt forwards and backwards in time , following different visitors and their families , a picture emerged of the original events that sparked off the curse , as well as tracking how far it had spread .
the isobe family , including daughter mirai and her uncle atsushi , have moved to matsuoka house . atsushi is possessed by a spirit from a mirror , distances himself from the others , and starts to abuse mirai . mirai ' s sensitive friend and classmate , hajime ' s daughter , akane , gives her bear keychain as gift , and visits her one day , but is kicked out by atsushi . toshio appears in the cortyard and
plays
with mirai ' s toy dog . two days before christmas atsushi deliberately fails his tests . the night before christmas he kills his whole family , decapitates mirai with a saw , takes her head , places it in a bag , and leaves the house . next day , he catches hajime ' s taxi while a delivery boy fumiya hajimoto delivers a cake to the family ' s house , and is tormented by the ghosts . atsushi comes to a forest where he records his last words with mirai on a tape and hangs himself . later , hajime drives akane to school , and is killed by mirai . that evening , fumiya is comforted by detective yasukawa at a police station and reunited with his girlfriend , chiho . they celebrate christmas eve in their apartment when haru appears and forces fumiya to kill chiho by stabbing her with a knife . years later , akane is playing kokkuri with her friends , mayumi and yuka , and mayumi suggests calling hajime . the board spells
mirai
. akane sees mirai , and runs out of class , leaving her friends puzzled . while mayumi goes back to the class to grab her things , yuka goes to the restroom and is killed by haru . walking near the former isobe household , akane remembers her last visit to mirai , and regrets that she didn ' t helped her then . akane finally comes back home , and meets mirai , who returns her keychain as a keepsake and disappears .
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after losing her child at birth , the dark horror of the grudge begins growing within her .
jermaine fowler and omari hardwick of sorry to bother you take us back in time to the worst jobs of their careers .
a teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing , only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school .
a mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides .
a young japanese woman who holds the key to stopping the evil spirit of kayako , travels to the haunted chicago apartment from the sequel , to stop the curse of kayako once and for all .
in this prequel to ring , a young sadako becomes an actress in hopes of escaping her troubled past . but strange visions and terrifying powers begin to manifest . . .
three interwoven stories about a terrible curse . a young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in tokyo ; a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong ; a woman with a deadly secret moves into a chicago apartment building .
reiko takes yoichi into hiding when her son begins to display frightening powers . meanwhile , mai takano and the authorities begin a desperate search for them , as the mysterious ring curse spreads . . .
fuko ando ( miori takimoto ) is a 24 - years - old graduate student in psychology . she is tasked to take care of her 4 - year - old niece . soon , mysterious events occur around her niece . she then . . . see full summary »
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is divided into seven segments in the following order : tetsuya ( 徹也 ) , yuko ( 裕子 ) , ayano ( 綾乃 ) , fukie ( 芙季絵 ) , yokota ( 横田 ) , mariko ( 真理子 ) , and kiwako ( 季和子 ) .
is divided into eight segments in the following order : fumiya ( 文哉 ) , kashiwagi ( 柏木 ) , akane ( あかね ) , isobe ( 磯部 ) , chiho ( 千穂 ) , mirai ( 未来 ) , yasukawa ( 安川 ) , and atsushi ( 篤 ) .
akiko hoshino and shūsei uto attended the press release as the ghosts themselves , haru and toshio respectivelly . [ 1 ]
up , left to right : game developer yoshihara , directors mari asato and miyake ryuta , shimizu and ichinoze . down , left to right : yuri nakamura , koji seto , akina minami and hiroki suzuki
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a nurse named yuko ( ai kago ) has a strange experience while taking care of a girl named fukie . test results show a cyst inside fukie’s body , but that cyst is actually the leftover grudge from a baby who was unable to be born . the cyst’s grudge spreads to fukie and everyone around her . soon fukie’s father goes mad and commits murder . fukie’s sister mariko has special spiritual power , and together with their mother they have some success driving out the evil spirit . but the worst of the grudge is yet to come .
i don ' t usually watch the grudges series because they ' re not that scary . but i can ' t resist seto koji . . . .
this was pretty scary with surround sound as the grudge nosie sounded like it was coming from behind me and was very scary . this is pretty scary !
i ' m going to watch this because i want to see seto koji again . ,
i ' ve watched almost all
the grudge
films and it scared me badly ! : ) ) i ' m so happy it ' s coming with a new one : d ( inhope it ' s good . ; p )


the clerics ( indonesian : sang kiai ) is a 2013 indonesian drama film directed by rako prijanto .

the film was selected as the indonesian entry for the best foreign language film at the 86th academy awards , but it was not nominated .

the clerics

good clerics can cast inflict wounds all day long . evil clerics can cast cure wounds all day long .
clerics to render to him any service not expressed in the canons . while the
, and the decrees of councils . these ordain that the clerics are not to wear the dress of
clerics at the conference were in favour of solving the ram janambhoomi / babri masjid dispute through negotiations .
many clerics use this ability to prepare a cure spell ( evil and negative channelling neutral clerics ) or an inflict spell ( good and postive channelling neutral clerics ) while still retaining the ability to spontaneously convert those spells to either cure s or inflict s .
( 2 ) clerics are forbidden to engage in trade and secular business . in the early ages of the
. even minor clerics are therefore considered to have a stable connection with the hierarchical order . see
clerics are proficient with all simple weapons , light armor , medium armor , and shields ( except tower shields ) . clerics are also proficient with the favored weapon of their deities .
clergymen as chose to accept their help . owing to the abuses arising from the unsettled state of these vagrant clerics , the
neutral deities also allow their clerics to channel negative energy , and have ever done thusly .
and knights of malta , rank as clerics . the meaning of the word has been so extended as to include even
cure light wounds is a 1st level spell for all clerics . having to prepare the spell is the only restriction .
none of this , has any effect on channelling energy . so , yes . your good clerics can prepare a harm spell , just like your evil clerics can prepare a heal spell .
prominent islamist clerics salman al - odah and awad al - qarni are among those reportedly detained since the weekend .
there is a rule that clerics cannot cast spells of an opposed alignment . if there was a rule about this for every character , it would be pointlessly redundant to mention it specifically for clerics .
the clerics ( indonesian : sang kiai ) follows the story of a muslim cleric hasyim asyari through the japanese occupation of indonesia and the indonesian national revolution .
durban - the 150 - year - old st thomas anglican church on the berea is in the thick of a controversy over the sidelining of three clerics .
some clerics , however , maintained large followings through youtube sermons . awdah has 14 million twitter followers .
unless there is something in the class description that says otherwise , like with clerics and druids , then they can .
i ' m 95 % sure that ' s true . clerics don ' t require arcane spell components .
the authorities in saudi arabia have arrested more than 20 clerics and intellectuals in an apparent crackdown on dissent , activists say .
cure spells and evil clerics - i ' m sure this has been asked before , but . . . .
( 3 ) there are stringent laws concerning the relations of clerics with persons of the other sex . they must conform to the canons in all that regards allowing
evil clerics can use positive energy . that just can ' t use positive energy in their channel energy ability , nor can they spontaneously cast healing spells . evil clerics have to memorize healing spells , but can still cast them .
indian agency foils plot to kill muslim clerics who openly criticised isis ideology . . . as the taj mahal also falls within the cross hairs of terror
senior iranian authorities and clerics have cast their ballots in iran’s presidential and local elections , which are being held simultaneously across the country .
so a good deity could give their clerics if they wanted to ? why aren ' t there rules for that .
exactly . channeling positive energy is about healing the living and harming undead . channeling negative energy is about harming the living and healing undead . good aligned deities prefer that their clerics do the former , while evil deities grant the latter . neutral deities don ' t really care , and it would make sense that they could grant their clerics with the ability to do both - - but the game designers said that would be overpowered . so their clerics have to choose one or the other .
the rights group human rights watch has condemned the arrest by saudi authorities of some 30 clerics , intellectuals and activists this week as “a coordinated crackdown on dissent” .
uttar pradesh anti - terrorism squad ( ats ) has foiled the plans of a terror module planning to target shia clerics and islamic education bodies in the state .
the existence of a specific rule for clerics and druids makes no sense were it a general rule . i know of no such general rule .
it seemed to be an intended piece of fluffs . . . wizards use free components , clerics use a divine focus instead . but when the component has value and it is a spell available to clerics it is always listed a material component , not arcane material component .
cure and cause spells are targeted , so , while the gods show a preference allowing the spontaneous casting of the appropriate set of spells , they don ' t prohibit the use of the other kind to their clerics .
alongside the major presidential nominees , hassan rouhani and ebrahim raisi , other top iranian clerics cast their votes for presidential election in the country that is taking place today .
this is of course a very basic explanation of it , but the idea is the energy clerics channel is a very
real
manifistation of who they are .
at a weekend meeting in istanbul , 200 religious scholars and clerics met senior hamas officials to plot a new jihad centred on gaza .
clerics can cast identify for free . clerics with the oracle domain can sell wands of identify for 750 gp each . anybody with an artificer ' s monocle can reproduce identify with a simple detect magic . paying 100 gold per identification is dead ; let us feast on its cow meat .
it ' s because wizards are generally more adept at dealing with the forces of magic itself . sure , clerics get detect magic , dispel magic , and similar spells , but only wizards get spells like identify ( well , other than clerics with the magic domain ) , arcane sight , mnemonic enhancer , or analyze dweomer . clerics generally aren ' t interested in magic for its own sake the way wizards are , they just use it as a tool to spread the word and help the faithful .
. they must abstain from gaudy colours , unbecoming their state . the wearing of the soutane or cassock on all occasions , even in public , is prescribed for clerics living in
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actually , clerics can cast those spells . they just need to be mystic theurges ! ( then they ' re also wizards , but what the heck . )
do not fall under the prohibition . neither is it forbidden to clerics nowadays to place their money out at interest and receive the increment ; for this is equivalent , allowing for modern circumstances , to the
( 1 ) they must wear a costume suited to their state . while the common canon law does not determine in every detail what the dress of clerics should be , yet many and various prescriptions on the subject are found in the canons , the
i agree with leaping shark ' s assessment . clerics do have access to spells that could identify items . is their a domain that grants identify ?
urltoken - forums : rules questions : cure spells and evil clerics - i ' m sure this has been asked before , but . . . .
as expensive arcane components are only found on arcane only spells . spells shared between clerics and wizards have a material component that isn ' t arcane .
senior clerics like ayatollah nasser makarem shirazi and ayatollah noori hamedani , the presidential candidates mostafa aqa - mirsalim and mostafa hashemitaba , and several members of the incumbent government cast their ballots on friday .
religious affairs minister lukman hakim saifuddin , who sat in on tuesday ' s meeting , said the clerics had not specifically discussed sectarian issues plaguing the jakarta election , as they were focused on maintaining harmony across the country .
2 . clerics , ( used with a pl . v . ) small - sized reading glasses , usu . rimless or with a thin metal frame .
ayatollahs makarem shirazi , mohammad yazdi , mohammad taghi mesbah yazdi , jafar sobhani , lotfollah safi golpayeghani and other top clerics have cast their votes as well .
the clerics ( sang kiai ) is an epic period drama set against the backdrop of the japanese invasion of indonesia in 1942 . directed by prolific indonesian film - maker prijanto and based on an original screenplay by anggoro saronto , the film portrays the struggle to establish the indonesian sunni strand of islam known as nahdlatul ulama in the face of japanese power . ikranagara stars with the well - known indonesian actress christine hakim . produced by gope t samtani’s rapi films , the clerics was released in indonesia in may .
only good gods allow their clerics to channel positive energy , for the exact same reason , as even demons and devils and daemons are powered by neutral positive energy , not neutral negative energy , meaning that asmodeus and lamashtu are gimping their own clerics , probably because they are evil and think it ' s hilarious to bone their worshippers .
the conference , dubbed the global anti - aggression campaign , also gave impetus to sunni clerics concerned about the growing power of hezbollah , the shia movement backed by iran , which rose to international prominence in its own war with israel in 2006 .
the only cleric spells that an evil cleric can not cast are those spells with the [ good ] descriptor . healing spells don ' t have an alignment descriptor , so are available to all clerics .
' they wanted to eliminate three muslim clerics associated with a prestigious organisation , as they had raised their voices against isis ideology ' , said a senior police officer .
clerics are proficient with all simple weapons , with all types of armor ( light , medium , and heavy ) , and with shields ( except tower shields ) .
the vaccination struggle is entangled with the confrontation between the government and powerful militants in the tribal areas . refusals were highest in areas where conservative clerics and self - styled
pakistani taliban
fighters hold sway , flouting government authority and making their own strict laws .
the meeting was seen by analysts as an attempt by indonesian president joko widodo to gain support from 20 muslim clerics to prevent simmering sectarianism that has gripped jakarta in recent months from spreading elsewhere .
only evil gods allow their clerics to channel negative energy , for reasons of backwards compatibility that has nothing to do with the setting , where negative energy remains as neutral as it ever was .
but , they kinda do have some degree of inherent goodness and evilness . good aligned clerics can ' t channel negative energy , ever , unless they stop being good . it doesn ' t matter which deity they worship , or how they train . similarly , a good aligned deity , can ' t grant the ability to channel negative energy to their clerics .
um , identify isn ' t a cleric spell . it is a magic domain spell , but many clerics don ' t have the magic domain . . . and it ' s level 2 for them . the lack of a 100 - gp cost is probably the main reason it ' s a higher - level spell for magic clerics than for wizards . same way psionic identify is a level 2 power .
the disinformation - spread by extremist clerics using mosque loudspeakers and illegal radio stations , and by word of mouth - has caused a sharp jump in polio cases in pakistan and hit global efforts to eradicate the debilitating disease .
jakarta • indonesian president joko widodo has met muslim clerics from across the country at the state palace , amid allegations that hardline islamic groups are planning large rallies in five cities as part of a plot to overthrow him .
but here ' s where i get my logic from : a neutral deity lets their champions pick one or the other . this means that the clerics could learn either , but are simply only taught / imbued with one and not the other .
now , if you are playing in certain campaign worlds , you don ' t get a choice for certain gods and goddess as a neutral cleric . st . cuthbert ' s clerics always channel positive and wee jas ' s clerics always channel negative , although both deities are lawful neutral . why ? because that is what those gods / goddesses have decided .
according to investigators , the self - radicalised group intended to eliminate three muslim clerics from lucknow who had openly criticised isis ideology . both sufi and shia clergy from the city have been vocal in protest against pro - isis beliefs .
( reuters ) - several prominent saudi clerics have been detained in an apparent crackdown on potential opponents of the conservative kingdom’s absolute rulers amid widespread speculation that king salman intends to abdicate in favor of his son .
convenor of the conference mahant janmajay sharan , chief of the bara sthan janki ghat temple , said , “to solve the issue of the ram janambhoomi , the senior clerics of both shia and sunni communities gathered here . the conference was attended by senior shia cleric maulana kalbe jawwad and maulana fazal e . mannan , the imam of tile wali masjid of lucknow . ”
my thought is , that they don ' t have those because those are cleric spells to begin with . . . clerics with the spell domain get access to a lot of spells that normally require a material component .
the bbc ' s bill law was the only western journalist at the meeting .
( quis dives salvetur , c . xlii ) in this sense . it is not easy to determine exactly how the word came to have its present determinate meaning . the
pontificale romanum
refers to clerics as being those whose
lot
is the lord himself , and
you decide which cleric spells are available to you to cast . whenever you complete a long rest , you prepare the list of cleric spells that you can cast of 1st level or higher , choosing from the list of spells available to all clerics ( see the “spells” document ) .
, if possible , to gather together congregations who would build and endow a church . many of these clerics became mere wanderers without settled occupation or abode , sometimes supporting themselves by filling temporary chaplaincies in the castles of noblemen . in course of
who has been legitimately received into the ranks of the clergy . by clergy in the strict sense is meant the entire
a cleric of a chaotic , evil , good , or lawful deity has a particularly powerful aura corresponding to the deity’s alignment ( see the detect evil spell for details ) . clerics who don’t worship a specific deity but choose the chaos , evil , good , or law domain have a similarly powerful aura of the corresponding alignment .
on wednesday , activists circulated a list of other figures they believed had been detained , including several other clerics , academics , television presenters and a poet . some had no clear links to islamism or obvious history of opposition to the saudi monarchy .
in faith and the miracles of the divine , many find a greater purpose . called to serve powers beyond most mortal understanding , all priests preach wonders and provide for the spiritual needs of their people . clerics are more than mere priests , though ; these emissaries of the divine work the will of their deities through strength of arms and the magic of their gods . devoted to the tenets of the religions and philosophies that inspire them , these ecclesiastics quest to spread the knowledge and influence of their faith . yet while they might share similar abilities , clerics prove as different from one another as the divinities they serve , with some offering healing and redemption , others judging law and truth , and still others spreading conflict and corruption . the ways of the cleric are varied , yet all who tread these paths walk with the mightiest of allies and bear the arms of the gods themselves .
good clerics can ' t pick negative energy . they can ' t be taught or imbued . they can only , ever , choose to channel positive energy . so , what stops a good cleric from channeling negative ?
it says
arcane spell component
for a reason . free identification won ' t ruin your game . free continual flame or stoneskin might , though , which is why clerics don ' t waive those material components .
role : more than capable of upholding the honor of their deities in battle , clerics often prove stalwart and capable combatants . their true strength lies in their capability to draw upon the power of their deities , whether to increase their own and their allies’ prowess in battle , to vex their foes with divine magic , or to lend healing to companions in need . as their powers are influenced by their faith , all clerics must focus their worship upon a divine source . while the vast majority of clerics revere a specific deity , a small number dedicate themselves to a divine concept worthy of devotion—such as battle , death , justice , or knowledge—free of a deific abstraction . ( work with your gm if you prefer this path to selecting a specific deity . )
the parishioner said it was also important to respect the decisions of phillip and the rules and regulations of the anglican church .
tuesday ' s meeting was seen by analysts as an attempt by mr joko , popularly known as jokowi , to gain support from 20 muslim clerics to prevent simmering sectarianism that has gripped jakarta in recent months from spreading elsewhere .
their deity does . that ' s the whole point . the deity lets them use one kind of channeling and one kind only . if neutral deities give their clerics a choice , then it ' s obvious that any deity could , merely that good and evil deities don ' t .
i was just wondering why , throughout the history of d & d , clerics ( indeed , all divine casters ) have not been able to cast identify and analyse dweomer . at the moment , if a priest wants to identify a magic item , he ' ll have to go grovelling in front of a wizard and beg him to cast it . it seems that clerics are just as proficient in * creating * magic items as wizards are , yet they are incapable of identifying them when they find them . i don ' t like to change the rules too much , but in my game i ' ve allowed clerics access to these spells ( except at one level higher to cast than a wizard casts it ) . am i doing the right thing ? or should things be kept as is ?
the playtest notes are not clear in regard to clerics . it specifically states how many spells wizards can learn . so do i just assume that a cleric learns one spell per level or do they have access to every cleric spell of their acquired spell level ?
to add to the intrigue , the new minister at the centre of the debacle , the reverend canon martin louw , has resigned , but declines to comment .
most clerics are associated with a deity . when a cleric has a patron deity , his alignment must be the same as the deity ' s or within one step of his deity ' s alignment on either the lawful - chaotic axis or the good - evil axis , but not both . a cleric cannot be neutral ( that is , neutral on both the law - chaos and the good - evil axis ) unless his deity also is neutral . the table below shows the possibilities :
a spell with the [ evil ] discriptor is not an evil spell . it is a mechanical tag that is used to tell you how the spell interacts with the spell lists of classes such as the cleric , where they cannot cast a spell with an alignment discriptor opposed to their alignment or that of their god . the sole point of such discriptors is to prevent clerics of pelor from casting animate dead or clerics of nerull from casting consecrate . whether a spell is actually an evil act or not depends entirely upon what yardstick you are using to measure morality . are you going for moral objectivism ? subjectivism ? general common sense ? that should be the measure of the spell , not some discriptor put in place to make the rules system work the way the designers felt it should work .
a good deity chooses to give their champions the ability to channel positive energy . an evil deity chooses to give their champions the ability to channel negative energy . but here ' s where i get my logic from : a neutral deity lets their champions pick one or the other . this means that the clerics could learn either , but are simply only taught / imbued with one and not the other .
cure spells specifically ( description of cure light wounds in the core rule book ) state that they involve the use of positive energy . evil clerics seem barred from the use of positive energy ( is this correct ? - certainly is for channeling powers ) , so does that mean that an evil cleric cannot cast cure light wounds , for example ?
like i said , its good for the game that evil clerics can heal , but it is not logical that a good cleric can ' t ( and he can ' t - that much is clear ) channel negative energy to inflict wounds on his enemies using the channel energy ability , but he can channel negative energy through a spell to inflict wounds on his enemies . i don ' t see how anyone can argue that is a logical position . i suspect the problem is that in designing the cure spells , the game designers should have avoided the concept that they involved channeling positive energy and instead focused on them being some form of
transmutation
of the flesh or
conjuration
of new repaired flesh . anyway , the important thing is that whatever the logic , evil clerics can cure - so thanks for the feedback .
i ' m thinking clerics can ' t identify magic items because
oh god , what does this thing do ?
is not a particularly evocative prayer . seriously , though - clerics with the magic domain do get access to identify as a 2nd - level domain spell . the domain power also allows them to use staffs and scrolls with analyze dweomer , if they need to . anyway , that same wizard has to go begging the cleric for healing spells . from a meta - game perspective , the rules are set up so that characters usually can ' t do everything by themselves . this encourages inter - dependence and co - operation .
per the cleric’s instructions , mr . abdulmutallab made sure the plane was over american soil before attempting the attack .
orisons clerics can prepare a number of orisons , or 0 - level spells , each day , as noted on table : cleric under “spells per day . ” these spells are treated like any other spell , but they are not expended when cast and may be used again .
she said the tumult had subsided and the situation was being resolved after meetings with the bishop of kwazulu - natal diocese , the right reverend rubin phillip .
i ' ve always interpreted that distinction in clerics as a show of their innerselves . those able to channel positive energy are generally good , while those who channel negative energies are generally evil . even neutral characters tend to lean towards one or the other scale . or if lying in the smack middle of it , they choose their channel ability based on other characteristics .
. . . . i ' m relatively new to the game and my group has a question : cure spells specifically ( description of cure light wounds in the core rule book ) state that they involve the use of positive energy . evil clerics seem barred from the use of positive energy ( is this correct ? - certainly is for channeling powers ) , so does that mean that an evil cleric cannot cast cure light wounds , for example ?
the government toughened its stance following the arab spring after it averted unrest by increasing salaries and other state spending but the brotherhood gained power elsewhere in the region .
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the abdulmutallab interviews were initially sought from the f . b . i . for a 2015 book about the life and death of the cleric . the times subsequently sued to obtain the documents , which the f . b . i . said should be secret to protect terrorism investigations .
sources . what is specially prohibited is to engage in trade for the sake of gain . the buying and selling , however , which is necessary in the administration of the lands or the goods of a
you beat me to it . . . . . but you make my point on logic very well - the truth is that the confusion lies in the idea ( inadvertently encouraged by the limits on the channel energy ability ) that positive energy is good and negative energy is bad . this is of course not the case , rather it is the use you put positive or negative energy to , which is good or evil . a good cleric could cast mass inflict wounds to heal damage to an army of undead - in most cases that would be unlikely to be an act of
good
and presumably a gm would deal with such an act accordingly . so the reality is that good and evil clerics can use spells which channel positive and negative energy ( provided the use them for the right purpose - or the gm will impose consequences ) - its a pity ( from a logic point of view ) that the game designers didn ' t take the same approach with the channel energy ability and allow good and evil clerics access to both positive and negative energy - leaving the gm to adjudge whether they were using it in a manner fitting their alignment and imposing consequences if they misused it .
most of the arcane / divine distinctions are rather . . . well . . . arcane . aside from making clerics even more versatile ( though not really any more powerful ) , i see no reason not to give them the identify tree . however , wizards are more adept at creating magic items : they can get a significant number of item creation feats as bonus feats .
the f . b . i . ’s decision in 2010 to keep the interview summaries secret led some critics to question the quality of the evidence against mr . awlaki . the 200 pages of redacted documents released to the times this week , on the order of a federal judge , suggest that the obama administration had ample firsthand testimony from mr . abdulmutallab that the cleric oversaw his training and conceived the plot .
there have been some reports of indians going to fight for the group in iraq and syria , but the numbers are low relative to the size of the population .
“the formula which i am trying to adopt is a peaceful negotiated settlement of this ayodhya issue . the ram mandir should be built on the site of the babri masjid , and the mosque should be constructed a few yards away from the temple but in the same premises , ” he added .
without title to a special church . they were received into the sacred ministry by the
security around the historic building has been beefed up after the issue came to notice .
but the tail has a deadly sting . even though only 24 , 000 children missed the vaccine , the who officials said failure to vaccinate in small pockets of the country gave the virus a fresh toehold to spread .
more than 2 billion children have been immunised against the disease since 1988 . the who estimates that because of the initiative five million fewer people have been paralysed by the disease .
, as the apostles and seventy - two disciples . they also received the power of governing the flocks ; which power is represented by the keys , a well - known oriental symbol for authority . that the distinction between clergy and
. the use of the word in its present restricted meaning occurs , however , as early as the third century . it is found in
an inset in the graphic features another image of the taj mahal within cross - hairs with the words ' new target ' below it .
in 3 . x cosmology , the positive energy plane was ' closer ' to the upper planes , iirc , while the negative energy plane was ' closer ' to the lower planes .
the muslim brotherhood represents an ideological threat to riyadh’s dynastic system of rule . the government toughened its stance following the arab spring after it averted unrest by increasing salaries and other state spending but the brotherhood gained power elsewhere in the region .
it ' s possible that the evil gods simply are stuck in the lower planes , near the hungry negative energy sinkhole , and are unable to tap into the fount of life - energies that the good gods get to bask in .
when a cleric casts a spell , the cleric ' s wisdom score determines the spell ' s save difficulty class ( if the spell allows a save at all ) . the dc is 10 + spell level + the cleric ' s wisdom modifier at the time the cleric casts the spell . a reduction in a cleric ' s wisdom score ( even a temporary one ) reduces the save dcs for the cleric ' s spells if that reduction is sufficient to lower the cleric ' s wisdom modifier ( assuming that the cleric can still cast the spell - - see the previous section ) . an increase in a cleric ' s wisdom score ( even a temporary one ) increases the save dcs for the cleric ' s spells if that increase is sufficient to raise the cleric ' s wisdom modifier .
youth , preaching , serving the sick , etc . orders of clerks regular were first founded in the sixteenth century . to this class belong the
interestingly enough , a description of how the channel energy class feature works applies only to the channel energy class feature and not to everything about the very core of what the cleric can do .
the cure / inflict spells do not carry the evil or good descriptor in the school field so i am ruling that an evil cleric can prepare cure ' s in way of the wicked .
the five men allegedly plotted to occupy the house of representatives , by ramming trucks into the back gate of parliament and taking over the complex . police said the suspects mapped seven entrances and a network of underground sewers that could be used by a mob to enter the house and subdue it .
interview summaries released by the f . b . i . shed light on how the cleric influenced the would - be bomber , umar farouk abdulmutallab .
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dude , they ' re wizards . they just get their chump friend to do it , use the aforementioned wands of identify ( wands don ' t distinguish between arcane / divine ) , or use an artificer ' s monocle . another spell like identify is false vision . clerics with the trickery domain can cast false vision without the expensive 250 - gp spell component . in the spell compendium , there is a spell called wall of good / evil / chaos / law , which costs 25 gp for an arcanist to cast , but none for a cleric . .
okay . spellcasting is not channeling . clerics are only limited in the divine spells they can prepare by the following : ( a ) the spell must be on the cleric spell list , ( b ) she can ' t cast spells of an alignment opposed to her own or her deity ' s ( if she has one ) , spells associated with particular alignments are indicated by the chaotic , evil , good , and lawful descriptors in their spell descriptions , ( c ) only domain spells can be prepared in domain slots , and ( d ) she must be high enough level ( and have a high enough wisdom score ) to cast the spell in question .
add + ? to the amount of damage dealt or damage healed when the cleric uses channel energy .
. ( conc . trid . , sess . xxiv , de sac . ord . , can . i , 6 . ) christ did not commit the preaching of the gospel and the administration of the
the graphic by the ahwaal ummat media center was posted on a channel of telegram on march 14 .
a washington post special correspondent who approached the farm where the fighters had hidden witnessed 10 ambulances travel into the encampment and saw iraqi soldiers drive out corpses and lead away women and children among the captured .
however , he won the first round of the election in february and easily beat the most conservative candidates in a sign that many still value secular leadership .
last night , a friend told the group that there is a rule in the 3 . 5 books that says that you can ' t cast spells which have a descriptor opposed to your alignment . he pointed out that this is strange , since deathwatch , which is a necromancy [ evil ] spell is on the healer ' s spell list , yet healers must be good aligned . my question is , is there such a rule ? i can ' t find it said anywhere , so far , except specifically for clerics and druids .
last night , a friend told the group that there is a rule in the 3 . 5 books that says that a character can ' t cast spells which have a descriptor opposed to his / her alignment . he pointed out that this is strange , since deathwatch , which is a necromancy [ evil ] spell is on the healer ' s spell list , yet healers must be good aligned . my question is , is there such a rule ? i can ' t find it said anywhere , so far , except specifically for clerics and druids . edit : i adjusted the title to say what everyone knew i meant tin the first place .
the missing picture won the un certain regard prize at cannes this year for its painstaking use of clay models and dioramas against historical archive footage to recount the ravages of pol pot’s genocide in cambodia . director panh was 11 when the khmer rouge took phnom penh in 1975 and the missing picture documents his family’s suffering until he fled to thailand at the age of 15 , later arriving in paris to study film . documenting the genocide has become panh’s life’s work , and this is an eloquent piece in which the models substitute for the missing photographic evidence in the quest to expose the atrocities .
add + 1 / 2 to the cleric’s caster level for spells cast on worshipers of the cleric’s deity .
the officials claim that the terrorists had gathered intel on the daily routines of all three muslim leaders and were following their daily routines in preparation of an attack .
the choice of turkey was significant . arab hardliners were keen to put aside historic differences with the turks .
supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and president rouhani cast their votes right after the opening of the polling stations .
i agree that it is an odd distinction suggesting that clerics don ' t need to pay it . and since a 2nd level scroll costs 125 gp more than a 1st level scroll , it ' s not all that imba nor game breaking . not to mention it takes a cleric of a certain domain . . . not all that common and quite a build price just for free identifies .
if a cleric suffers a wisdom reduction after preparing spells for a day ( from a wisdom - damaging attack , for example ) the cleric may be unable to cast a prepared spell . the spell becomes available to cast again if the cleric recovers the lost wisdom . even if the wisdom loss turns out to be permanent , the cleric eventually can make use of the spell slot that contains the unusable spell ( see the notes on spell preparation in part two on slots for details ) .
“you put that in the context of the qatar rift and it is very difficult right now in the gulf to have an opinion that is not considered biased or adversarial because the situation is so polarized on all sides . ”
explicitly derives the name from that fact . these statements do not give us , however , the steps by which
in all matters determined by the canon law . various roman decisions have declared that by his ordinary authority , the
information about the scope of the fighters ' encampment and their aspirations emerged as iraqi and u . s . troops inspected the rural battleground and hauled out those captured and killed during the day - long siege that began sunday .
the jakarta election has become a lighting rod for islamic hardliners who hold increasing sway in the traditionally pluralistic society .
each domain gives the cleric access to a domain spell at each spell level he can cast , from 1st on up , as well as a granted power . the cleric gets the granted powers of both the domains selected .
if the pictures in the monster manual are any indication , liches are pretty dried up looking , like jerky .
clerics meditate or pray for their spells . each cleric must choose a time at which she must spend 1 hour each day in quiet contemplation or supplication to regain her daily allotment of spells . time spent resting has no effect on whether a cleric can prepare spells . a cleric may prepare and cast any spell on the cleric spell list , provided that she can cast spells of that level , but she must choose which spells to prepare during her daily meditation .
clerics meditate or pray for their spells . each cleric must choose a time at which he must spend 1 hour each day in quiet contemplation or supplication to regain his daily allotment of spells . time spent resting has no effect on whether a cleric can prepare spells . a cleric may prepare and cast any spell on the cleric spell list , provided that he can cast spells of that level , but he must choose which spells to prepare during his daily meditation .
with this instruction in mind , mr . abdulmutallab told the f . b . i . , he followed the progress of northwest airlines flight 253 on the seat - back screen from amsterdam into canada , then waited as it approached the united states border . he went to the airliner’s bathroom to make final preparations for his attack and considered trying to set off the bomb there . but to be certain he was over american soil , he returned to his seat to check the map before pushing the plunger under his clothing to mix the chemicals and ignite the explosives .
from afghanistan to venezuela the submissions for the foreign - language film oscar bring together work from both newcomers and established names . screen profiles the submissions from a record 76 countries
tursunov’s third film , following the international festival favourite kelin in 2009 and the russian crime thriller seven days in may in 2012 , the old man ( shal ) is a contemporary retelling of ernest hemingway’s the old man and the sea . erbulat toguzakov stars as a grandfather who lives with his daughter - in - law and grandson on the remote steppe . their isolation means they must treat each other with kindness and respect , values the old man is intent on passing on to the young boy . orynbekov moldahan and isbek abilmazhinov co - star . the old man screened at the kinoshock film festival in russia where it won the grand prize and the best actor prize , for toguzakov .
the us - based site intelligence group , which tracks jihadi activity , said the pro - is ahwaal ummat media center had originally published the graphic on telegram on tuesday .
egypt did not submit a film to the foreign - language oscar category in 2012 following the chaos in the country and it is notable that 2013’s submission is centred on the events which led to the tahrir square uprising . winter of discontent depicts torture under the old regime of hosni mubarak and attempts by the secret police to quash the revolution . a world premiere at venice last year , the film stars amr waked and salah al hanafy and is about a young computer programmer who is tortured by police . el - batout’s past films include eye of the sun and hawi .
in closed meetings after sessions delegates focussed on the creation of a
third jihadist front
- the first two being afghanistan and iraq . the intensity of the israeli attack had
awakened all muslims ,
mr awajy claimed .
add + ½ to the cleric’s channeled energy total when healing creatures of the animal , fey , and plant types .
“people who don’t take a stance stand in the middle , and there’s no middle ground for the saudis now . ”
about 10 iraqi soldiers and police officers also died in the battle , the reuters news service cited wahli as saying .
a cleric who chooses the war domain receives the weapon focus feat related to his deity’s weapon as a bonus feat . he also receives the appropriate martial weapon proficiency feat as a bonus feat , if the weapon falls into that category .
this is a new step in the annals of terrorism ,
iraq ' s minister of national security , shirwan al - wahli , said in an interview . wahli said the fighters were led by a man known as the judge of heaven , who claimed to be a direct descendant of the prophet muhammad ' s son - in - law , ali . wahli said the man also declared himself the mahdi , the reappearance of the 12th imam , or leader of the faithful , who many shiites believe vanished in the 10th century and whose return will mark an era of redemption and peace .
understandable . that ' s the way i took it and reading through the previous replies i thought my explanation and pointing out the school descriptor would have been helpful . sounds like it was not - - my apologies to the people that will read this in the next 3 years and be confused .
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a cleric without a deity still has an alignment aura if he chooses the chaos , evil , good , or lawful domains . the aura matches the domain ( or domains ) .
world premiering as part of karlovy vary’s east of the west film programme earlier this year , this $ 2 . 7m biopic is the feature debut of directors fetisova ( who also wrote the script ) and avedikian , who also stars in the film as the armenian born , georgian - raised director who came to prominence with his 1965 historical drama shadows of the forgotten ancestors , but was banned from film - making by soviet ideologues . a co - production between ukraine , georgia and armenia — the three countries in which he worked — and france , the film also screened at the odessa international film festival and collected the golden duke award for the best ukrainian film .
the scaremongering and appeals to islam echoed a similar campaign in the nigerian state of kano in 2003 , where the disease then spread to 12 polio - free countries over the following 18 months . pakistan is one of just four countries where polio remains endemic . the others are nigeria , india and afghanistan .
i ' ve never liked the idea of the balancing act . doing good acts doesn ' t erase the evil act ( although from a roleplaying stand point it might make the character feel better ) now one evil act ( or even a couple ) normally doesn ' t make you evil ( depending on severity , circumstances , intentions and a whole host of other factors left up to the player and dm ) . however if a character continuously uses an evil spell without so much as a really good reason , then the dm might want to require an alignment change . the rule is that evil descriptor spells count as evil acts . what that means is entirely up to the dm for he most part though for clerics at least , good gods are not likely to grant them without good reason . alo neutral acts don ' t balance anything out by their very nature so you certainly can ' t fix it with them .
free range is the story of an aspiring young writer whose girlfriend becomes pregnant at about the same time he is fired from his job , forcing him to take stock and figure out his place in the world . starring lauri lagle , jaanika arum and laura peterson , free range ( subtitled ballad on approving of the world ) is ounpuu’s third feature . his 2007 debut autumn ball won the venice horizons competition . the director’s 2010 film the temptation of st tony was also submitted to the foreign - language oscar category but did not make the shortlist .
the uk’s entry for the foreign - language oscar is british film - maker sean ellis’s philippines - set crime drama about oscar ramirez and his family , who escape their impoverished life in the rice fields for the capital city of manila . the film won the world cinema dramatic audience award at this year’s sundance film festival . the uk has submitted films for consideration for the foreign - language category just 10 times previously and only two made it to the nomination stage , the welsh films hedd wyn in 1993 and solomon and gaenor in 1999 . ellis was nominated for an oscar for his short film cashback in 2004 .