Chiaki Kuriyama, Ren Osugi, Megumi Sato
Focuses on the current fashion for adding hair extensions to one's own in the name of beauty and reveals what could possibly be one of the negative outcomes. Thanks to a warped morgue attendant Yamaza...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 26, 2008
Stats: 100 reviews
I was a little disappointed by this film; I thought it could have been way scarier and creepier than it was. The imagery of long creeping black hair is really unnerving, and i think it could have been put to much better use. I did, however quite like the aunt-niece dynamic, and t...( read more)
One of the reasons I appreciate Japanese cinema is because of films such as this. Twisted, original and some good scares. Something this far out there could never be created anywhere else.
Good film that mixes 2 J-horror staples. The serious minded ghost film and the wacky over the top "anything goes" film. Very entertaining and really well directed, this is one to show people who have lost faith in j-horror.
is was all creepy until the last 30mins that it turned into a comedy!! super bad ending!!!!
The first Sion Sono film I've not been impressed with, sadly enough. The general concept is alright, but the actual horror element isn't strong enough to sell this as a horror film, and the standard Sono weirdness isn't sufficient here to even things out.
Worth a rental, but I ...( read more)
Very entertainging and a bit more mainstream that the rest of Sono's films I have seen. I like verry few j-pop "horror" films like ringu. I would say the only ones I did like were The eye, Spiral, One Missed call, and this. Not Sono's best film but still not tottaly void of socia...( read more)
A unique movie about haunted hair. A few cringe inducing moments and a fairly good story. The worst part about the movie was the supper realistic child abuse though.
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