vengeance20 Heard about this through YouTube saying it was some Urban Legend which from what I've heard it is, to a point.The film starts with a school in a small town gossiping about a facially disfigured woman known as, The Slit-Mouthed Woman! Then an earthquake trembles & somehow 'summons' the Slit-Mouthed Woman's body out from the dead & she goes on a rampage killing people as a malicious spirit! Kid's start to go missing & a teacher & a young man go in search for the missing children & try to stop the Slit- Mouthed Woman.The film was alright, & had a very unnerving & creepy atmosphere to it! The blood effects were OK, but there could've so pretty good kills & more graphic violence at work here for a film of it's concept. I also felt the film was abit slow paced & dragged on too long like it was in slow motion almost! It seemed like the film was abit too dreary & didn't have any actual life in it, but it was a decent film all the same!I also liked the way the demon was creepy & scary along with the appearance of the Slit-Mouthed Woman face when it opened which was disgusting but horrify too! The way she was able to jump from person to person & still continue killing was also a good concept.But the biggest plot hole I'd say was the Earthquake being the cause for The Slit-Mouthed Woman being awakened again. I mean if she was dead as a doormat for 30 years like the guy said in the film then how come in between that time didn't an earthquake waken her up before? I mean there were stories being mentioned but it just seemed abit coincidental to me!I overall thought this was a creepy dark horror film! 7/10

larry This is probably one of the cheesiest films I've seen in awhile. I'm really used to seeing perfectly executed scenes with extremely complex story lines so it was nice to watch a horror where I was able to just sit back, relax, and kind of 'laugh' at the holes in plot and the really cheesy physical violence scenes.The plot is all over the place at the beginning but by the end, somehow they manage to successfully make sense of the main plot and subplots that took place throughout the movie."Kuchisake-onna" is different from most cheesy horror films I've seen because it actually evoked emotion. About 45 minutes or so in I was already rooting for the two lead characters, and there were also several moments throughout the film I actually found heartwarming.This film deserves at least a 6.5 in my opinion, don't expect it to be the best movie you've ever seen and I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as I did.

gothic_a666 This movie mixes elements from the Western tradition of Slasher movies along with a peculiar kind of creepiness so typical to Asian horror. An interesting combination that should have been much more successful. Unfortunately 'Kuchisake-onna' is overall mediocre and downward pedestrian at times. It fails whenever it adheres to clichés such as making sure that everyone confronting the villain in the grand finale is without weapons of any kind but there are a few redeeming points. The positive parts include the child abuse angle that pervades and drives the plot, the fact that the villain does not only lurk in dark shadowy places but actually acts in broad daylight and a possession story that is original.With so much going on for it, it is a true shame that the movie manages to fall into tired recipes that do away with so much potential. After all, in a story in which the villain targets children is open to horror as perceived from their point of view. That approach would have elevated it from the usual supernatural thriller to something more unique. And the movie itself seems to be aware of this on occasion.With some psychological bits and a decent slasher angle this is a movie that fans of the genre will probably find worth watching but it does have a limited appeal without being part of the elite in the competitive world of J-horror.

siderite If this would have been released before The Ring and the plethora of Asian movies that went on the same formula, I would have said it was average. A story that is slightly original and a factor of fear and hopelessness that could have made this a watchable, maybe even good horror movie, with low production values, probably because of budget limitations.However, the film being released in 2007, I can only say that the bad acting and the low production values made this film below average. The story was simply suffocated by the fakeness of it all. The few good things in the movie I can now assume that were cloned off of successful Japanese horror films and dismiss them altogether.Bottom line: ridiculous as this sounds, this story would (in my mind) have created a great movie. However this version was just a fail.