Horror Queen

Apparently CPS doesn’t exist in Japan.

PLOT

A group of cops find the body of a woman trapped in a shipping container of hair extensions. At the morgue, another man cuts off the hair and sells it, not realizing that the hair is cursed. When the woman’s body is cut open, they discover hair everywhere, covering her internal organs and even over her tongue. Another chipper young lady is working at a salon and planning to become a great hair stylist one day. Her good for nothing sister drops off her daughter who she beats frequently and after a fight, she decides to keep her niece with her permanently. The man ends up taking the body home where it keeps growing hair and cuts it off to use as extensions. He takes them to the salon and the first woman who gets the hair extensions finds just how serious the curse is…

TRIVIA

Director Sion Sono also directed Suicide Circle, which was regarded as one of the most controversial movies in Japan at the time.

THOUGHTS

The problem with Exte as a horror movie is that it takes way too long to get going. The first half of the movie is basically pointless. Yes it sets up the rest of the movie, but it takes too long and it almost feels like a different film. Once it gets going, the action pretty much maintains, which is a good thing.

After we find out why the hair is cursed, this becomes a better movie. There are some truly squirm inducing scenes such as the woman pulling hair out of her eyeball. If you look too closely or pay too much attention, you’ll start to notice the special effects, which makes it hard to stay in the moment. Exte wasn’t as good as I was expecting, but it wasn’t that bad.

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