Friends on that side, come to this side…
Friends on this side, go to that side…
ahem
Welcome, everyone, to another round of tales told by an old story-wait...actually, not this time around. The storyteller's gone; however, there's this little kid at the bottom of a slide drawing in his sketchbook while singing the song that you see up above. After he does, he has this look of pure horror in his eyes as he brings the sketchbook down, though we never see his mouth.
...wait a minute, so you mean to tell me that that storyteller told these stories so well that it inspired kids to call out to the other side for more stories of horror?
WHAT AN ASSHOLE!
Lend It to Me
Who wouldn't want to wash off after a long day at work? This man has the right idea of it, however, it's pretty late. He spots a bathhouse that's open late, which he finds odd, but heads in anyway. The old woman who runs the bathhouse gingerly pushes soap, shampoo and a towel towards him and he walks inside. Alone in the men's side of the wash, he hears something on the other side of the wall. That something quickly becomes someone, a woman whom kindly asks for a bar of soap, which the man obliges. His mind starts to wander at how young she sounds, about his age, until she asks for a bucket, which he obliges. She then asks for a razor, which he doesn't have (of course, cause he got off of work). Then she asks for scissors...and then...her asks start getting more and more...frantic...frustrated. And he tried to ignore it as best as possible. Emphasis on tried.
Tunnel
Two friends are not only lost while driving down a mountain path, but they're also running out of gas. Classic set up, yeah? As they're driving down, trying their best to make their car last, the come across a fork in the road. One way is the road, the other is a tunnel that isn't on the map. Hedging their bets, they take the tunnel. OK, FIRST OFF, WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU HEADING DOWN A DARK, ASS TUNNEL?! DIDN'T THAT ONE CREEPY ASS COMIC TEACH YOU ANYTHING!? The people in this story fall victim towards a lot of the major pitfalls in a lot of horror, which...in that sense, lemme give ya some advice: 1) Don't get out of your car. 2) Lock your doors and close your windows. 3) Don't get out of your car.
Yes, I realize I said that twice...I mean it for this.
Also, Dio? It's a good thing you made me do this one first. The thing in there looks like the result of an unholy fusion of a penanggalan and an orb-weaver spider.
Rats
Rats in your apartment are never a good sign. If you spot rats, you should get them out, right? Well, not these folk (in this case, the guy). Kenta and Machiko, a couple in which I'm assuming is a newlywed couple, are moving into an old apartment. As they're wrapping up the move, Machiko spots a rat. While she freaks out, Kenta's cool with it, saying that there's bound to be a few rats since it's an old spot. The first night they sleep there, Machiko not only starts hearing stuff, but she gets bitten by one of the rats. The next morning, Kenta has to head out on a business trip for two days. Machicko wonders what to do with the rats, since they bit her finger. He says that he'll set a trap for it, and tries to reassure her that everything is fine and that she'll get used to it. As she sleeps, the rats crowd around her. The skittering starts getting louder. The darkness starts to envelop her.
And she has some choice words when Kenta returns.
At the end of each episode, we see the sketch of the horrific thing that we see in the episode before the little boy closes the sketchbook. His expression is still the same...as a floating head is whispering...well rather yelling/singing in his ear. I can only imagine that its singing the tale into his ear. Wait…
That face looks...very familiar…
Click on the title cards for a link to each one
Ya know what, fuggit, we'll continue from the last time we reported from these stories:
Oshimai...
--Choco (10/4/16)