i loved this game,,,but i was surprised when i see the sub tittle,,,it's says,,,based on a true stories,,,
interesting huh?[u][/u]

some ghosts in the game and some of the places are based
on real events

I heard that the story was based on real-life Japanese legends, where people kept finding bodies in the hills whose limbs had been inexplicably "strangled" off.

Did a bit of research, and found this: ...

quote cameraslens.com

What TECMO® has said concerning the Himuro Mansion
(quote by Makoto Shibata, Chief Producer of Fatal Frame):In an area outside Tokyo, there lies a mansion in which it's said seven people were murdered in a grisly manner. On the same property, there lie three detached residences that surround the mansion, all of which are rumored to have ties to the mansion's troubled past. It's said there is an underground network of tunnels that lay beneath the premises, but nobody knows who made these tunnels or what purpose they served. Many inexplicable phenomenon have been reported occurring on the property. Bloody handprints have been found splattered all over the walls. Spirits have been spotted on the premises… even in broad daylight. A narrow stairway leads to an attic where a spirit-sealed talisman is rumored to be locked away. Men have sought this talisman, only to be found later with their bodies broken and rope marks around their wrists. There's a crumbling old statue of a woman in a kimono, but its head is missing. If you take a photo of a certain window, a young girl can be seen in the developed picture. These incidents have provoked fear in the people of Tokyo, and many believe that those who live near this area will become cursed. The deaths of those seven people are unexplained to this day."

That's the best explanation you're going to get from the makers.

It's also interesting to note that cameraslens.com said the Japanese version of the game never had the tagline: "Based on a true story"


Also, here is an article that I thought was interesting: Why do people INSIST that survival horrors are based on true stories?

Japan have lot of ghost story to be taken into. The game and horror movie made bone chilled.

I think that the specific type of legend they are talking about here would be called "ongaeshibanashi" or ghost stories, one of the several categories that Japanese folklore is often divided into.

My theory is that rather than being based off of one true incident, Fatal Frame expresses many different parts of what we know as Japanese folklore. Japan's is known to be heavily influenced by Shinto and Buddhism, two often used subjects in this game and the two primary religions in Japan. It often involves an assortment of supernatural beings, such as kami (gods and revered spirits), yōkai (monster-spirits), yūrei (ghosts), as well as sacred objects and possessed objects. See any connection to the game so far? I do.

Heres another interesting thing, in the middle years of the twentieth century, when the Himuro murders suposedly took place, storytellers would often travel from town to town telling these kinds of stories which weren't always true. It makes cense for one of these legends to have survived and become the storyline for this video game, doesn't it?

I hope this helps at least alittle bit. ^^