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Eriko Sato, Haruhiko Kato, Miki Mizuno

Japanese director Koji Shiraishi helms the direct-to-video supernatural horror picture Carved. The story unfolds in an ominous suburban town, where, 13 years prior, the spirit of a woman turned up to ... read more read more...terrorize youngsters. During her tragic lifetime, the woman in question had been severely disfigured by her psychotic husband, who slashed her from mouth-to-cheek with a pair of scissors. After her untimely death, she prowled the streets of the town, clad in a surgical mask and a long, sweeping coat, and would accost her victims, removing her mask to reveal her deformities as she queried, "Am I pretty?" Any victim who answered negatively met an immediate grisly death. Now, after a lengthy absence, the woman's ghost returns to wreak another onslaught of terror on the community. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Kôji Shiraishi

Release Date: March 17, 2007

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DVD Release Date: August 14, 2007

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  • kiriyamakazou
    July 20, 2009
    kiriyamakazou
    This movies take on the famous Japanese legend but makes no sense. The original story is about a vain woman that is cut by her jealous husband/or (more recently) has plastic surgery go horribly wrong. In either case it is about beauty. This film takes on a new origin story, but l... read moreeaves the woman asking the question "Am I Pretty?" She has no reason to ask this as she was an abusive mother, not a temptress. Other than that the film is OK, it plays everything in a weird way, where the woman just shows up without typical horror introductions. She also attacks mostly in daylight. Sometimes this rather basic form of filming, results in very creepy imagery. The cut girl stumbling through the park was very well done. This film may as well have been called "When Bitches Do Nothing!" The women just stand around and let stuff happen. They'll just watch as men are mutilated and children are abducted. I wish it had made more of the protagonist beating her own child. It gave a very sinister edge to the hero.
  • newvogueravyn
    June 26, 2008
    newvogueravyn
    Seen because of an interest in the orignal urban legend. I loved the make up for the Kuchisake-Onna, but wasn't particularly keen on the reveal and showdown because I prefer the UL's motivation and question ("Do you think I'm beautiful?") rather than the suggestion that this was ... read moremisheard.
  • cacutshaw
    December 1, 2007
    cacutshaw
    Pretty good story that is pretty gosh darned brutal. I imagine one could complain about the unlikable characters, but I think that's how the filmmakers intended them. All in all, a worthwhile watch, and it's a pretty cool villainess.
  • chelano
    October 14, 2011
    chelano
    First I will say that I don't really need to mention the cast. Well I will mention Miki Mizuno who plays the slit-mouthed woman. She was pretty scary. I only really liked her character, but thank god the others kept dying. This movie was based on a myth, which always gives a ... read morehorror film an extra creepy film. Don't get me wrong, I did like the story and how it was laid out. The acting was ok. That is why I thought the film was decent. But it had things in it that did seem to upset me. I understood the story line, but parts of it they could of left it. Seemed to cheesy at some parts. That and some of the characters seemed why too scared at one moment and then they would get this courage to be brave. Wouldn't work though. I think the film as potential. If they made another, they could probably make it more scary and better. The film runs an hour and a half, but I think if they added about twenty more minutes, they could of explained a few holes.
  • Dubats
    June 22, 2009
    Dubats
    1. I don't like watching cute japanese kids getting stabbed
    2. There is no justice and everything the characters go through to stop the ghost bitch is pointless, therefor the film is pointless.

    Would have like it if ending was different.
  • sitenoise
    August 30, 2008
    sitenoise
    This is one of those cheap horror flicks you laugh out loud at because the acting and directing are so pathetic, and you know the filmmakers at some point gave up and said "our only hope for redemption is to make it so bad it might become a cult classic."

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