This year for Halloween I decided to do take some pictures based on the Kuchisake-onna urban legend from Japan. I used the gore custom I own Agony, that was customized by Yukittie as Kuchisake-onna. Agony did her own take instead of scarring the others like herself she was happy just to take their heads.



Excerpt from Wikipedia about the legend-

The legend is said to originate with a young woman who lived hundreds of years ago (some versions of the legend state the Heian period which was about 794 to 1185) and was either the wife or concubine of a samurai. She is said to have been very beautiful but also very vain, and possibly cheating on her husband. The samurai, extremely jealous and feeling cuckolded, attacked her and slit her mouth from ear to ear, screaming “Who’ll think you’re beautiful now?!”
The urban myth picks up from this point, stating that a woman roams around at night (especially during foggy evenings), with her face covered by a surgical mask, which would not be especially unusual, as people in Japan often wore masks in order to protect themselves from the flu or avoid infecting others when ill. When she encounters someone (primarily children, teenagers or college/high school students), she will shyly ask, “Am I pretty?” (“Watashi kirei?”). If the person answers yes, she will take off her mask and say, “How about now?” (“Kore demo?”). At this point, if the victim answers “No,” she will slay them or cut their mouths to resemble hers (in many versions, her weapon is a pair of scissors). Before she kills the victims that responded with no, she would take them to her old house where her husband cut her. If the victim tells her she is pretty a second time, she follows the victim home and slays them at the doorway to their residence, due to the fact that “kirei” (きれい), Japanese for ‘pretty,’ is a near homophone of “kire” (切れ), the imperative form of “to cut”. In other versions of the myth if you reply yes after she removes the mask she will give you a large blood soaked ruby and walk away. Another version says that if you reply yes, she will take her scissors and cut your mouth from ear to ear, making you resemble her, but may let you live. On most versions of the myth she is impossible to escape, as she can either appear in front of you no matter which way you turn or can move at superhuman speeds and catch you.

I have always been fascinated with Glasgow smiles. They both repulse and attract me at the same time. I adore my Agony, I realize she is  not everyone’s cup of tea but you have to admit she is perfect for a Halloween shoot.