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* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'': You can get a special scene if you compose poems that appeal to Natsuki for the first two days of Act Two. When she shows you her poem, it's all in garbled code (which someone actually found out was in base64 and managed to translate) [[labelnote:Translation]] Open Your Third Eye. I can feel the tenderness of their skin though the knife, as if it were an extension of my sense of touch. My body nearly convulses. [[ReluctantPsycho There's something incredibly faint, deep down, that screams to resist this uncontrollable pleasure]], but I can already tell that I'm pushed to the edge. I can't... I can't stop myself.[[/labelnote]] She then proceeds to ask you why you flaked on her, and that it was the only thing she had left to look forward to. The screen turns a dim red as she tells you Yuri is a "sick freak" and you shouldn't associate with her. As she continues to ramble, [[GhostlyGape her eyes and mouth become blacked out]], [[TearsOfBlood blood begins pouring down her face]], and the [[HellIsThatNoise music]] grows distorted. Eventually, she dons a huge SlasherSmile, screaming "PLAY WITH ME!!!" as her neck [[SickeningCrunch snaps]] like VideoGame/TheCrookedMan. Her sprite then [[JumpScare lunges toward the screen]] and you get the "END" card backwards. The game then goes back to normal as if nothing happened.
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* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'': You can get a special scene if you compose poems that appeal to Natsuki for the first two days of Act Two. When she shows you her poem, it's all in garbled code (which someone actually found out was in base64 and managed to translate) [[labelnote:Translation]] Open Your Third Eye. I can feel the tenderness of their skin though the knife, as if it were an extension of my sense of touch. My body nearly convulses. [[ReluctantPsycho There's something incredibly faint, deep down, that screams to resist this uncontrollable pleasure]], but I can already tell that I'm pushed to the edge. I can't... I can't stop myself.[[/labelnote]] She then proceeds to ask you why you flaked on her, and that it was the only thing she had left to look forward to. The screen turns a dim red as she tells you Yuri is a "sick freak" and you shouldn't associate with her. As she continues to ramble, [[GhostlyGape her eyes and mouth become blacked out]], [[TearsOfBlood blood begins pouring down her face]], and the [[HellIsThatNoise music]] grows distorted. Eventually, she dons a huge SlasherSmile, screaming "PLAY WITH ME!!!" as her neck [[SickeningCrunch snaps]] like VideoGame/TheCrookedMan. Her sprite then [[JumpScare lunges toward the screen]] and you get the "END" card backwards. The game then goes back to normal as if nothing happened.
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* Played with and explained, in Lisa from ''[[VideoGame/SilentHills P.T.]]'' Only her right eye is missing, and the player must gouge it out of her living self's picture to advance. Aside from the [[PsychologicalTormentZone purgatorial implications of the player reliving memories of]] [[PaterFamilicide the murder]] as (or [[MistakenIdentity instead of]]) the husband, the eye was probably gouged out by said husband after he shot her in her pregnant womb.
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* Played with and explained, in Lisa from ''[[VideoGame/SilentHills P.T.]]'' Only ]]'': only her right eye is missing, and the player must gouge it out of her living self's picture to advance. Aside from the [[PsychologicalTormentZone purgatorial implications of the player reliving memories of]] [[PaterFamilicide the murder]] as (or [[MistakenIdentity instead of]]) the husband, the eye was probably gouged out by said husband after he shot her in her pregnant womb.
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A subtrope of NightmareFace. Overlaps with BlackEyesOfEvil; see also LooksLikeCesare and HiddenEyes. Compare/Contrast EvilEyeshadow, and compare ScaryFlashLightFace, which can produce an appearance much like this.
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* The iconic creepers from ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' are not any sort of ghostly being (probably) but they are decidedly unnatural and otherworldly -- they spawn alongside zombies and undead skeletons, after all -- and unlike anything players had ever seen before. They walk around with what appear to be [[BlackEyesOfDoom empty eye sockets]] and a gaping mouth that sags at the corners.
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* The nebula ghost in ''[[Ride/SpaceMountain Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy]]'' at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks has this, though at times it has shining stars act as its pupils.
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* The nebula ghost in ''[[Ride/SpaceMountain Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy]]'' at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks has this, though at times it has shining stars act as its pupils.
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* Golden Freddy, resident [[EasterEgg Easter Egg]]/[[LegacyBossBattle Legacy Boss Battle]] of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' and [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 its sequel,]] has no eyes and a slack jaw, in addition to having his head [[QuizzicalTilt tilted to the left.]] Understandably, he's the most dangerous of all the animatronics; in the first game, he can ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou crash your entire game,]]'' while in ''2,'' modifying his AI only changes how often he appears; he's always ''really, really fast'' and capable of killing you ''from the hallway, '''before he's even in the room.'''''[[note]]And, in case you're wondering: fading out of existence, literally just being a giant floating head in the hallway and the fact [[spoiler:he/it/whatever was once the suit worn by the Murderer]] make it even more justified that he's listed here.[[/note]]
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* Both of the ''Film/GraveEncounters'' movies feature ghosts that can have their faces transform into this when viewed through a video camera lens.
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* In most versions of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' (including the original book) Marley's ghost wears a bandage around his head to keep his jaw from hanging down, and at one point takes it off in order to frighten Scrooge even more.
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* In most versions of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' (including the original book) Marley's ghost wears a bandage around his head to keep his jaw from hanging down, and at one point takes it off in order to frighten Scrooge even more. This is TruthInTelevision as the dead were sometimes buried with their jaws tied together to prevent the "screaming corpse" effect once decay set in, when the ligaments in the jaw detaches and causes the illusion that the dead person is screaming.
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* Several of artist [[Francis_Bacon_(artist) Francis Bacon's]] works depict figures with semitransparent faces and screaming mouths, invoking this trope.
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* The iconic creepers from ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' are not any sort of ghostly being (probably) but they are decidedly unnatural and otherworldly -- they spawn alongside zombies and undead skeletons, after all -- and unlike anything players had ever seen before. They walk around with what appear to be [[BlackEyesOfDoom empty eye sockets]] and a gaping mouth that sags at the corners.
* The first and most plentiful type of monster in ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' resembles nothing so much as a burlap sack that's been sliced open near the top and given a face. If you were able to get a good look at it -- which you shouldn't be -- you would see teeth jutting out of its nonexistent lower jaw.
* The first and most plentiful type of monster in ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' resembles nothing so much as a burlap sack that's been sliced open near the top and given a face. If you were able to get a good look at it -- which you shouldn't be -- you would see teeth jutting out of its nonexistent lower jaw.
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* In ''Manga/NanatsuNoTaizai'', during the nightmare sequence in which Gowther {{Mind Rape}}s Dreyfus with his powers, [[spoiler: the still impaled and bleeding corpse of Zaratras, Dreyfus' brother whom he murdered,]] appears. As Dreyfus cowers in guilt at this apparition, its eyes and mouth become dark empty abysses which spew out blood all over Dreyfus.
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* In ''Manga/NanatsuNoTaizai'', ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', during the nightmare sequence in which Gowther {{Mind Rape}}s Dreyfus with his powers, [[spoiler: the still impaled and bleeding corpse of Zaratras, Dreyfus' brother whom he murdered,]] appears. As Dreyfus cowers in guilt at this apparition, its eyes and mouth become dark empty abysses which spew out blood all over Dreyfus.
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* The "Witch in the Well" in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E9Hide Hide]]" has this appearance by default, though it turns out she isn't a ghost but a living woman trapped in a bizarre parallel universe.
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* The "Witch in the Well" in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E9Hide Hide]]" has this appearance by default, though it turns out she isn't a ghost but a living woman trapped in a bizarre parallel universe.
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* Golden Freddy, resident [[EasterEgg Easter Egg]]/[[LegacyBossBattle Legacy Boss Battle]] of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' and [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 its sequel,]] has no eyes and a slack jaw, in addition to having his head [[QuizzicalTilt tilted to the left.]] Understandably, he's the most dangerous of all the animatronics; in the first game, he can ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou crash your entire game,]]'' while in ''2,'' modifying his AI only changes how often he appears; he's always ''really, really fast'' and capable of killing you ''from the hallway, '''before he's even in the room.'''''
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* Golden Freddy, resident [[EasterEgg Easter Egg]]/[[LegacyBossBattle Legacy Boss Battle]] of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' and [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 its sequel,]] has no eyes and a slack jaw, in addition to having his head [[QuizzicalTilt tilted to the left.]] Understandably, he's the most dangerous of all the animatronics; in the first game, he can ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou crash your entire game,]]'' while in ''2,'' modifying his AI only changes how often he appears; he's always ''really, really fast'' and capable of killing you ''from the hallway, '''before he's even in the room.''''''''''[[note]]And, in case you're wondering: fading out of existence, literally just being a giant floating head in the hallway and the fact [[spoiler:he/it/whatever was once the suit worn by the Murderer]] make it even more justified that he's listed here.[[/note]]
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* In Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/HauntedHouse'', many of the ghosts — and even some of the objects in the house — have jagged black eyes and mouths.
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* ''Film/OutpostRiseOfTheSpetsnaz''. Having escaped from his cell before the Nazis can use him for their experiments, Russian commando Dolokhov hides in another cell when he hears patrolling guards, but realises he's not alone in there. A bald-headed man is standing in the shadows, giving a QuizzicalTilt. Dolokhov peeks back outside, then suddenly realises the man is crouched right next to him. The man's eyes morph into BlackEyesOfEvil and his jaw drops to an impossible depth -- Dolokhov gets the hell out of there.
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Ghosts (and some other forms of supernatural creature) are often depicted with their eyes or mouth as deep black hollows, often accompanied by the mouth gaping wide, either slack or screaming. Eyes so depicted might be missing pupils, sclera or even eyelids, while mouths may lack teeth or lips. In extreme cases the shapes of the mouth or eyes may be unnaturally rounded or distended.
In some cases the presence may imply a loss (or lack) of humanity, and be reversed should that humanity be regained (or gained in the first place).
One way or another, the effect can be unsettling; perhaps it's the lack of the emotional cues that those features provide, or the aforementioned loss of humanity, or simply a descent into the UncannyValley.
The StringyHairedGhostGirl may have eyes like this. Compare GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath, with which this may be paired to create eyes like gaping pits surrounding pinpricks of light.
A subtrope of NightmareFace. Overlaps with BlackEyesOfEvil; see also LooksLikeCesare and HiddenEyes. Compare/Contrast EvilEyeshadow, and compare ScaryFlashLightFace, which can produce an appearance much like this.
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* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'''s Shishiwakamaru can summon ghosts with this kind of face in addition to his sword getting this kind of face via opening it's hilt to reveal that it contains strange, [[EvilIsVisceral muscular tissue]] with said face.
* In ''Manga/NanatsuNoTaizai'', during the nightmare sequence in which Gowther {{Mind Rape}}s Dreyfus with his powers, [[spoiler: the still impaled and bleeding corpse of Zaratras, Dreyfus' brother whom he murdered,]] appears. As Dreyfus cowers in guilt at this apparition, its eyes and mouth become dark empty abysses which spew out blood all over Dreyfus.
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* ''{{Salvage}}''/''{{Gruesome}}'': Near the end, the (presumed) [[spoiler: spirits of the two teenage victims]] have this appearance; bonus points for standing uncannily still, their faces tilted up.
* ''Film/TheGrudge'' has the ghost of the little boy, whose mouth is deeply black within.
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* In most versions of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' (including the original book) Marley's ghost wears a bandage around his head to keep his jaw from hanging down, and at one point takes it off in order to frighten Scrooge even more.
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* The "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostface_(Scream) Ghostface]]" mask (as seen in ''Franchise/{{Scream}}'') might be seen as a "classic" Ghostly Gape.
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* ''VideoGame/HelloHello''. The ghosts of [[spoiler:Akari and Kazuki]] have black, nearly-round eyes and mouths. ([[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NightmareFuel/HelloHello See here]])
* One of the ghosts encountered in ''VideoGame/TheLostCrown'', as shown in the page image.
* At least one apparition in ''VideoGame/DreadOut'' has [[http://dreadout.com/images/ss05.jpg this appearance]] (albeit with white eyes above a black mouth).
* The infamous Uboa of ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'', who resembles the Scream mask a lot.
* In the first ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' game, forgetting to save while in another save file's town will render the character without their possessions... [[NightmareFuel including their face]]. The poor villager will be stuck with holes where their eyes and mouth used to be until the game is started up again. This is to say nothing of the Gyroids and the NPC rabbit named Coco, who all permanently have this expression in all games.
* These show up with the hostile ghosts as enemies in the game ''[[VideoGame/NanashiNoGame Nanashi No Game]]''.
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* The Phantom Shadows from the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode "A Night of Fright is No Delight" have orange spots for eyes and a gaping orange mouth.
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Ghosts (and some other forms of supernatural creature) are often depicted with their eyes or mouth as deep black hollows, often accompanied by the mouth gaping wide, either slack or screaming. Eyes so depicted might be missing pupils, sclera or even eyelids, while mouths may lack teeth or lips. In extreme cases the shapes of the mouth or eyes may be unnaturally rounded or distended.
In some cases the presence may imply a loss (or lack) of humanity, and be reversed should that humanity be regained (or gained in the first place).
One way or another, the effect can be unsettling; perhaps it's the lack of the emotional cues that those features provide, or the aforementioned loss of humanity, or simply a descent into the UncannyValley.
The StringyHairedGhostGirl may have eyes like this. Compare GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath, with which this may be paired to create eyes like gaping pits surrounding pinpricks of light.
A subtrope of NightmareFace. Overlaps with BlackEyesOfEvil; see also LooksLikeCesare and HiddenEyes. Compare/Contrast EvilEyeshadow, and compare ScaryFlashLightFace, which can produce an appearance much like this.
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* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'''s Shishiwakamaru can summon ghosts with this kind of face in addition to his sword getting this kind of face via opening it's hilt to reveal that it contains strange, [[EvilIsVisceral muscular tissue]] with said face.
* In ''Manga/NanatsuNoTaizai'', during the nightmare sequence in which Gowther {{Mind Rape}}s Dreyfus with his powers, [[spoiler: the still impaled and bleeding corpse of Zaratras, Dreyfus' brother whom he murdered,]] appears. As Dreyfus cowers in guilt at this apparition, its eyes and mouth become dark empty abysses which spew out blood all over Dreyfus.
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* ''{{Salvage}}''/''{{Gruesome}}'': Near the end, the (presumed) [[spoiler: spirits of the two teenage victims]] have this appearance; bonus points for standing uncannily still, their faces tilted up.
* ''Film/TheGrudge'' has the ghost of the little boy, whose mouth is deeply black within.
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* In most versions of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' (including the original book) Marley's ghost wears a bandage around his head to keep his jaw from hanging down, and at one point takes it off in order to frighten Scrooge even more.
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* The "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostface_(Scream) Ghostface]]" mask (as seen in ''Franchise/{{Scream}}'') might be seen as a "classic" Ghostly Gape.
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* ''VideoGame/HelloHello''. The ghosts of [[spoiler:Akari and Kazuki]] have black, nearly-round eyes and mouths. ([[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NightmareFuel/HelloHello See here]])
* One of the ghosts encountered in ''VideoGame/TheLostCrown'', as shown in the page image.
* At least one apparition in ''VideoGame/DreadOut'' has [[http://dreadout.com/images/ss05.jpg this appearance]] (albeit with white eyes above a black mouth).
* The infamous Uboa of ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'', who resembles the Scream mask a lot.
* In the first ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' game, forgetting to save while in another save file's town will render the character without their possessions... [[NightmareFuel including their face]]. The poor villager will be stuck with holes where their eyes and mouth used to be until the game is started up again. This is to say nothing of the Gyroids and the NPC rabbit named Coco, who all permanently have this expression in all games.
* These show up with the hostile ghosts as enemies in the game ''[[VideoGame/NanashiNoGame Nanashi No Game]]''.
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* The Phantom Shadows from the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode "A Night of Fright is No Delight" have orange spots for eyes and a gaping orange mouth.
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