The Little Cotton Girl

The Little Cotton Girl

2002 · 6 min · ★ 4.0 · Horror

The urban legend of the "cotton girl." The dead girl appeared in the bathrooms of schools to terrorize children.

Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho · Written by Daniel Bandeira

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