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The Stylist



IMDb Info

Release Year: 2020
Runtime: 1h 45min
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre Tags: Drama, Horror
Plot Summary: A lonely hair stylist becomes obsessed with the lives of her clients and descends into murderous madness.

Poster - Title Card


phancy.com rating:

phancy.com notes: Portrait of a sad, lonely person who is incapable of connecting with others. A monster movie where your empathy lies with the monster... except for the killing people part


Outside Reviews:

Marisa Mirabal
7.5 out of 10 - The Stylist' Review: A Delicately Deranged Portrait Of Loneliness And Yearning

The Stylist is a delicately deranged glimpse into social anxiety and loneliness. Its beautiful cinematography and camerawork is supported with a gruesome ferocity that aptly captures the emotional pain of the film's main character. Based on her short film of the same name, Gevargizian's feature successfully delivers an alluring and brutal portrait of what it can possibly look like to want what we don't have.


Joey Keogh
7 out of 10 - Jill Gevargizian's The Stylist is Ruthlessly Feminine

The Stylist is a curious film. Ostensibly a slasher where the killer's identity isn't hidden and the body count is fairly low, Gevargizian and co-writers Eric Havens and Eric Stolze seem more interested in excavating the bonds of female friendship than in crafting a truly scary story. That's not to say the film isn't without shocks or tension. The first scalping, in particular, looks and sounds effectively gruesome. It takes a good, long while to complete, too. It's effortful, which puts us, weirdly, on Claire's side from the outset. Sure, she's a murderer, but the woman's got skills.