The Stylist (2020)

The Stylist: Directed by Jill Gevargizian. With Najarra Townsend, Jennifer Seward, Lindsay Solomon, Angela Dupuie. A lonely hair stylist becomes obsessed with the lives of her clients and descends into murderous madness.

“Najarra Townsend plays a hairstylist who alternates between sweet and psychotic in a film thatu0026#39;s reminiscent of Franck Khalfounu0026#39;s Maniac and Nicolas Winding Refnu0026#39;s The Neon Demon. Jill Gevargizianu0026#39;s audio-visual choices in the film really stand out – be it neon-esque colorscape or the prominently bassy soundtrack. Townsend, in the titular role, does most of the heavy lifting with a chillingly effective performance. The film gets a bit drab and overlong in its middle portions (especially that nightclub scene) but picks up again towards the end, even if the climax is something that you can foresee from a mile away. It may be an easy film to write off given the predictability aspect alone, however, the aesthetics deserve a double thumbs-up. The script deliberately doesnu0026#39;t focus on how well the hairstylist covers up her grisly murders; it delves more into her inner conflicts instead. All said and done, The Stylist is a film that offers different levels of satisfaction for different viewers.”