Carved (aka The Slit-Mouthed Woman) (JP) (V)

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release date August 14 2007
studio Tartan Films
director Koji Shiraishi
starring Eriko Sato, Haruhiko Katou, Chiharu Kawai, Rie Kuwana, Kazuyuki Matsuzawa, Miki Mizuno, Saaya Irie
site kuchisake.com
trailer 1 Trailer #1

Synopsis

Legend holds that 30 years ago, a suburban town was terrorized by the spirit of a woman whose beautiful face had been grotesquely disfigured by a jealous husband. Roaming the streets wearing a long coat and surgical mask, the spirit would approach her young victims and, while removing the mask, ask if she was pretty. The victim’s response would almost always lead to their violent death. Now, one by one, children are disappearing again. As teachers and officials desperately begin to investigate, a panic begins to build as the woman’s spirit returns for some unfinished business and the town's dark secrets are exposed.

Official Review

Urban legends make their way onto video store shelves with an uninspired frequency. Take the legend of Bloody Mary who has seen her cult encourage films as surprisingly excellent as CANDYMAN and as uneventful as the recent DEAD MARY. It seems that cinema has always had an eye gouged-out for exploiting not only our darkest fears and deadliest realities, but also those secret tales of puppies in the microwave and razor blade sabotaged snack foods that permeates suburbia’s perfectly manicured pretenses. …Read More

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Official Score: 2 / 5