A24 has done it again. The boutique distributor that has made a knack of releasing hit films that fly against the mainstream, has found another with Medusa Deluxe, a murder mysfilm set in the world of competitive hairdressing. And somehow it’s not titled Bad Hair! That tile has been taken many times over.
Thomas Hardiman makes his feature-length directorial debut after making a name with shorts such as Time On My Hands and Pitch Black Panacea. Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Clare Perksins, Darrell D’Silva, Debris Stevenson, Harriet Webb, Heider Ali, Kae Alexander, Kayla Meikle, Lilit Lesser, Luke Pasqualino, and Nicholas Karimi lead the cast.
A real feather in the film’s cap and the reason it looks so good is cinematographer Robbie Ryan, who worked with Andrea Arnold on Fish Tank, Yorgos Lanthimos on The Favourite, and others.
Here’s the synopsis: Talented, ambitious, and backstabbing hairstylists gather for a competition in England, only to find one of their own murdered before judging can begin. Winding through neon-lit halls and backstage dressing rooms, competitors unspool long-simmering resentments and secrets as they search for the killer among them in this devilishly funny whodunit from debut filmmaker Thomas Hardiman.
Medusa Deluxe hits select theaters and VOD on August 11th, so the wait isn’t long at all.
