This movie is amazing

I must agree with you; I feel just horrible for Mayumi during the whole movie, seeing how she lost all the people she loved.

First, that crazy a**hole, *beep* psycho Suzuki ruins her face for good with sulfuric acid.

Then he kills her mother just out of rage!! God, I was cheering for her dad when he blows the a**hole's head off, but at the same time, I was getting my blood boiling for him not doing it right away, so his wife would be still alive.

Then she's taunted by her classmates, calling her "Mutant Girl". I can't believe how cold, insensitive and cruel people could be towards a girl who just went through the death of her mother and the fact she has her face ruined for life. Still, she tried not to care about what people said about her, and just fights back when some stupid girl calls her father "crazy", and I'm glad she beat the crap out of her.

As it wasn't enough, her father commits suicide, leaving her all alone with her problems and with her sisters.

Later, her two "so-called best friends" Kaoru and Junko just start to ignore her, and leave her all alone, and deny their friendship when she needed them the most, just because they didn't want to be outcasts like her. And then she kills them.

Her only relief was keeping in contact with Seiji, who suddenly stops doing so, ignoring her letters; then, when she's all happy because he came back and see him again, he let her down telling he sees her as a little sister, AND that he gave her his button just because Junko asked him to do it, and that he was dating someone else. And then she kills him.

When Yukie finds out Mayumi is the murderer, and tells Sachiko about it, I do find very suspicious about all the reasons she give away for not calling the police, none of them concerning Mayu's well being, no... she was all "it will end what's left of OUR reputations, OUR names will be tainted, you can say goodbye to YOUR new job, it will ruin OUR lives forever". So selfish...

And then she decides to get ride of her and kill her baby sister! For God sake! She (Sachiko) wasn't even remorseful when she poisoned Mayu, nor when they buried her, and the next day, she was all happy unpacking her husband's stuff at her house, as if nothing would happen the day before.

I lost all sympathy for both sisters at the end, because I just didn't expect them to become such cold blooded killers; I feel a little bit sorry thought for Yukie, because she didn't really mean to hurt nor kill Mayumi; she was the closest to her, and she even apologies with her and pleads for her life before she got her fingers sliced off and her mouth stabbed by Mayu; still, she didn't do anything to help her when she was dying by the rat poison, and took part of Sachiko's intent to get ride of Mayu, so Yukie had it coming.

Sachiko REALLY got what she deserved. Since the start, I figured out she this kind of person who' always so worried about what people could think (when she told Mayumi not to bring attention to her, when she asked her husband not to move with her yet, because of what his parents could say...), but it caught me off guard when she poisoned Mayumi, her baby sister, just like that, and for so selfish reasons; even when Mayu attacks her, she shows no remorse (but fear) and tries to kill her for good and impales her with a kitchen knife. Out of the two sisters, Sachiko SO had it coming when Mayu stabs her... at least 20 times! through that metal door... and what a original way to kill her!

I totally love this movie, and the random rain and the similing face of Mayumi when she caught that little boy looking at her was really terrifying!

I don't know for sure, but I think Mayumi really dies by the poison rat, and was the Kuchisake-onna (lady in red) from the urban legend who took her body as a vessel to continue with the killer spring; I can tell it just because she was all in pain when she was coughing blood, and even when she opens her eyes and slashes Sachiko's forearm before falling to the floor, even her face shows pain and rage towards her sister; but once she get out of the hole she was buried in, she shows no feelings nor emotions anymore, even when Sachiko stabs her, her cold stare remains in her face.

Sometimes I just have to shake my head in disbelief at IMDb ratings. The current 5.7 average rating for this film is completely unacceptable given its overall quality, which is very high and easily surpasses many titles in the 7.0 to 8.0 rating range. "Carved 2: The Scissors Massacre" (2008) is a prequel to "Carved" (2007) and deals with the origins of the Japanese slit-mouthed woman legend. Here is a brief summary of the urban legend from Wikipedia:

"In Japanese mythology, Kuchisake-onna ("Slit-Mouthed Woman") is a woman who is mutilated by a jealous husband and returns as a malicious spirit. When rumors of alleged sightings began spreading in 1979, it spread throughout Japan and caused panic in many towns. There are even reports of schools allowing children to go home only in groups escorted by teachers for safety, and of police increasing their patrols. According to the legend, children walking alone at night may encounter a woman wearing a surgical mask, which is not an unusual sight in Japan as people wear them to protect others from their colds or sickness. The woman will stop the child and ask, "Am I beautiful?" If the child answers no, the child is killed with a pair of scissors which the woman carries. If the child answers yes, the woman pulls away the mask, revealing that her mouth is slit from ear to ear, and asks "Am I beautiful now?". If the child answers no, he/she will be cut in half. If the child answers yes, then she will slit his/her mouth like hers."

"The Scissors Massacre" is a very different film when compared with "Carved" because it focuses most of its efforts on humanizing the ghost-like killer and establishing an origins story. This film starts off like a light-hearted teen drama, but quickly contributes a violent murder that acts as the genesis for subsequent tragedies. The conflicts shine a spotlight on specific cultural problems of Japan, which include social ostracizing (e.g., persecution against victims of crime) and dysfunctionalities within the core family unit. Most amazingly, this is one of the few films that convincingly establishes the emotional breaking point necessary to transform a normal person into a vengeful monster. The anti-hero's world slowly but surely crumbles around her, with each and every one of her hopeful relationships being severed through betrayal. A big positive is that the anti-hero and many of the supporting characters are portrayed as both likable and multi-dimensional personalities that must make difficult decisions in the face of unfortunate events and external influences.

There are a few bloody death scenes, as well as some creepy moments, but the dramatic elements are the strength of this movie. A superior film compared to its predecessor, "The Scissors Massacre" deserves a lot more attention and acclaim than it has received thus far. It's a fine representation of what I love about the horror genre.

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