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Specific cultural references
[edit]Specific reference to Bloody Mary are made in the following:
Film
[edit]- Bloody Mary, a 2006 film set in a psychiatric hospital which is based on the legend;[1]
- The Legend of Bloody Mary, a 2008 film by director John Stecenko includes a character, Amy, who goes missing for good after playing the game "Bloody Mary".[2]
- The Paranormal Activity 3 trailer shows the main characters together reciting the chant.
- Urban Legends: Bloody Mary, is a 2006 film that is part of the Urban Legend film series;
Stage
[edit]- In 2008, for its annual "Halloween Horror Nights" event, Universal Studios Florida developed a new variation of the legend. In their version, "Mary" was a doctor who studied fear by exposing her patients to it.[3]
Television
[edit]- A season two episode of Charmed ("Chick Flick"), involves a demon who makes killers from different horror movies come to life. One of these killers is Bloody Mary.[4]
- A season four episode of American Dad! ("Office Spaceman") shows a drunk Roger in a public bathroom chanting in a mirror "Bloody Mary", he is interrupted by Stan.
- In the Ghost Whisperer TV series' third season, an episode ("Don't Try This at Home") involves the Bloody Mary legend.[5]
- Supernatural, the paranormal TV series, had an episode that was titled, "Bloody Mary", during its first season, involving a ghost that attacked those who were looking into a mirror while her name was repeated, killing those who had some secret about their role in the death of another (Ranging from a girl who killed a boy in a drive-by accident to another girl whose obsessive boyfriend killed himself when she left him).
- An X-Files episode (Syzygy) concerns her legend;[6]
Non-specific or Inspired by
[edit]The legend has also inspired memes or elements in several other works:
- In Beetlejuice, a film by Tim Burton, the title character is summoned to and from the living world by saying his name three times.
- Clive Barker's Candyman films have the Candyman being summoned in a similar fashion to the Bloody Mary ritual.
- In the Regular Show episode, "Jinx", a demon comes out of a mirror after Rigby repeats his name three times in a dark bathroom.
- The Robot Chicken episode, "Robot Chicken's DP Christmas Special", has a scene where Composite Santa Claus drags a child away after the child says "Ho, Ho, Ho" while looking into a mirror in a darkened room (presumed to be a bathroom).
- The South Park episode, "Hell on Earth 2006", parodies the legend, with Bloody Mary being replaced by Biggie Smalls.
- In the video game Twisted Metal Black one of the female drivers is named Bloody Mary.
Other
[edit]- ^ IMdB: Bloody Mary plot summary
- ^ IMdB: The Legend of Bloody Mary plot summary
- ^ Bevil, Dewayne (2008-09-25). "Universal crafts Bloody Mary bio for Halloween Horror Nights". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- ^ Charmed episodes - TV.COM
- ^ "The Ghost Whisperer Season 3 Episode 2, "Don't Try This At Home"". Internet Movie Database.
- ^ *Lowry, Brian (1996). Trust No One: The Official Guide to the X-Files. Harper Prism. ISBN 0-06-105353-8.
- ^ The Bloody Mary Show at YouTube.