Exte: Hair Extensions

Exte: Hair Extensions

Wear them, and they will come after you…

Directed by Sion Sono

Produced by Toei Company

2007108 min5.9 / 10

A darkly comedic Japanese body-horror thriller that mines grotesque absurdity from a premise of sentient, murderous hair extensions.

An aspiring hairdresser becomes the infatuation of a tricophilic man who sells hair extensions to nearby salons. The source is the corpse of a girl whose corpse continues to grow beautiful, voluminous, black hair that comes alive, either driving the extension user insane or killing them.

Questions people ask

  • Does Exte: Hair Extensions end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Exte: Hair Extensions easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is Exte: Hair Extensions violent? Yes. More violent than 83% of films.

  • Is Exte: Hair Extensions scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Exte: Hair Extensions sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

45/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity83

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise43

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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