Exte: Hair Extensions.

"As any J-horror aficionado will tell you, the long-haired, vengeful female ghost is one of the staples of the genre," writes Martin Tsai in the New York Sun. "But there's so much more to the not-so-aptly named Hair Extensions, which opens Friday at the ImaginAsian theater. It's actually a pastiche of serial-killer thriller, torture porn, domestic nightmare, and good old atmospheric J-horror."

"Director Sion Sono clicks channels between self-reflexive larks (Yuko and her roommate introduce each other with an absurdly on-the-nose mockery of expository dialogue), installation-piece imagery (a 'hair-clogged rooms' series), and sincere drama," writes Nick Pinkerton in the Voice. "Also: I would love to clean my apartment to that anonymous Nutrasweet pop song over the closing credits."

Posted by dwhudson at June 20, 2008 6:00 AM