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Obsession gets a makeover in The Stylist, a deliciously twisted slice of female-led psychological horror, nominated for the New Visions Award for Best Motion Picture at the 2020 Sitges International Film Festival and based on co-writer/director Jill Gevargizian's award-winning short film of the same name.
We all dream of being someone else… but for Claire (Najarra Townsend, Contracted), that dream goes from an obsession to a living nightmare. Hairstylist by day, serial killer and collector of scalps by night, Claire's lonely existence is thrown into turmoil when her regular client, Olivia (Brea Grant, After Midnight, Lucky), asks her to style her hair for her wedding day. Increasingly fixated on Olivia's seemingly flawless life, Claire vows to lock up her scalp collection and change her ways for good – only to discover that repressing your deadly desires is easier said than done…
Featuring striking visuals and pitch-perfect performances from its talented cast, The Stylist offers viewers "a delicately deranged glimpse into social anxiety and loneliness" (Slashfilm) – a bold and mesmerizing debut feature from a filmmaker to watch.
Product Features
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by co-writer/producer/director Jill Gevargizian and actress/producer Najarra Townsend
- Introduction by Jill Gevargizian
- The Invisible Woman, a visual essay by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, exploring the themes of women's labor and female killers in The Stylist and horror cinema
- The Stylist – Behind the Scenes, a series of eight behind-the-scenes featurettes on different aspects of the film's production, featuring interviews with the cast and crew
- Location scouting featurette
- Outtakes
- Original Kickstarter video
- The original 2016 The Stylist short film directed by Jill Gevargizian and starring Najarra Townsend, that inspired the main feature
- Pity, a 2016 short film directed by The Stylist's editor, John Pata, and executive produced by Jill Gevargizian, with an optional introduction by Pata
- Teaser trailer
- Theatrical trailer
- Image galleries
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck
- Arrow Video
- 104 mins approx
- 18
- 2.39:1
- English
- 1
- Arrow Video
- Jill Gevargizian
- Brea Grant
- Najarra Townsend
- Sarah McGuire
- English SDH
- 2020
- B
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Arrow Films
Obsession gets a makeover in The Stylist, a deliciously twisted slice of female-led psychological horror, nominated for the New Visions Award for Best Motion Picture at the 2020 Sitges International Film Festival and based on co-writer/director Jill Gevargizian's award-winning short film of the same name.
We all dream of being someone else… but for Claire (Najarra Townsend, Contracted), that dream goes from an obsession to a living nightmare. Hairstylist by day, serial killer and collector of scalps by night, Claire's lonely existence is thrown into turmoil when her regular client, Olivia (Brea Grant, After Midnight, Lucky), asks her to style her hair for her wedding day. Increasingly fixated on Olivia's seemingly flawless life, Claire vows to lock up her scalp collection and change her ways for good – only to discover that repressing your deadly desires is easier said than done…
Featuring striking visuals and pitch-perfect performances from its talented cast, The Stylist offers viewers "a delicately deranged glimpse into social anxiety and loneliness" (Slashfilm) – a bold and mesmerizing debut feature from a filmmaker to watch.
Product Features
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by co-writer/producer/director Jill Gevargizian and actress/producer Najarra Townsend
- Introduction by Jill Gevargizian
- The Invisible Woman, a visual essay by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, exploring the themes of women's labor and female killers in The Stylist and horror cinema
- The Stylist – Behind the Scenes, a series of eight behind-the-scenes featurettes on different aspects of the film's production, featuring interviews with the cast and crew
- Location scouting featurette
- Outtakes
- Original Kickstarter video
- The original 2016 The Stylist short film directed by Jill Gevargizian and starring Najarra Townsend, that inspired the main feature
- Pity, a 2016 short film directed by The Stylist's editor, John Pata, and executive produced by Jill Gevargizian, with an optional introduction by Pata
- Teaser trailer
- Theatrical trailer
- Image galleries
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck
- Arrow Video
- 104 mins approx
- 18
- 2.39:1
- English
- 1
- Arrow Video
- Jill Gevargizian
- Brea Grant
- Najarra Townsend
- Sarah McGuire
- English SDH
- 2020
- B
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Clearly a female version of Lustig's Maniac
As with many genre films these days, the first five minutes set the tone: what begins as a friendly and intimate conversation at the hairdresser's suddenly becomes... quite gruesome! The film then focuses much more on character interaction (or solitary scene, the protagonist being quite a loner) than on shocking scene, but up the ante with each following one. As my title claims, the plot looks like a female version of Maniac, considering what the character feels the urge to collect, but the (female) director traded gritty pictures for lush cinematography, the way Suspiria did, using very bright clashing colours, which pleases the eye constantly. Stylistically, Last Night in Soho or The Neon Demon are more recent examples of this style, which I particularly enjoy. If you are sensitive to colours, you are in for a treat! Congrats to the leading actress as well - Najarra Townsend's acting is very subtle and quite varied. You can feel this was first a shorty, because some scenes feel a little bit like padding, but on the bright side, director Jill Gevargizian did not use them to "overexplain" the reasons for her heroin's behaviour. All in all, a very well made horror film.
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Really worth your time
I loved this film right from the opening scene. Definitely recommend it for fans of slower, more character-focused slashers (like Lucky McKee's May from 2002). Arrow's commissioned cover artwork looks really cool. I also enjoyed the extensive and genuinely worthwhile supplementary features.
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