Kuchisake-Onna (Japan)

The Kuchisake-Onna, or "Slit-Mouthed Woman," is a terrifying ghostly figure from Japanese urban legends. She conceals her face with a surgical mask and asks her victims if they think she's beautiful. Regardless of the response, she reveals her disfigured, gaping mouth, which has been sliced open from ear to ear. She then attacks her victims with scissors or a knife. Legends suggest that answering her questions cleverly or offering her hard-to-answer questions may allow one to escape unharmed.