ARROW
is proud to premiere writer/director Jill Gevargizian assured debut feature
THE STYLIST
, a sleek and inventive psychological thriller starring
the fabulous Najarra
Townsend (Contracted) as a brilliant but shy hairdresser with an
extremely dark secret.
Before being released on premium Blu-ray and Digital HD in June 2021, you
can see it first
on ARROW from March 1st 2021.
A hit on the festival circuit in 2020 (including Sitges and Arrow Video
FrightFest), Screen Anarchy describes the film as “a stellar debut
from and director Gevargizian”. Developed from her popular 2016 short,
Gevargizian’s film, along with the likes of Prevenge, The Columnist and Promising Young Woman, herald
a new era of startlingly original and socially relevant thrillers with
women front and centre.
Featuring a truly memorable and unexpectedly moving central performance
from Townsend (who won the Best Actress award from Total Film magazine at
this year's Arrow Video FrightFest), with support from the excellent Brea
Grant (After Midnight) The Stylist is sharply
observed and erm, stylishly made. An astute study of loneliness
and obsession, Gevargizian takes everyday situations - grabbing a coffee,
sending a text, having a haircut, and a girls night out - and imbues them
with a deliciously macabre flavour. Be warned though - there’s quite a lot
of red stuff flying around and it’s not hair dye!
"I guess we all want what we don't have"
Synopsis:
Claire works in a small salon obsessing over the lives of her glamorous
customers to the point of wanting to be them – by removing their scalps and
wearing them like wigs. But when one of her regular customers, Olivia (Brea
Grant), asks Claire to look after her hair for her upcoming wedding, she
soon finds herself being drawn deeper into Olivia’s circle of friends,
risking exposing her murderous secrets.
See THE STYLIST first, on March 1st 2021, exclusively on ARROW, the passion-driven film platform giving film fans
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The Stylist
1h 45m
Director: Jill Gevargizian
UK Release: on Arrow from 1st March 2021, Digital HD & Blu-ray June 2021