10 Best Horror Movies Of 2020
6. The Stylist
Having made quite the reputation for herself with several stellar short films over the past few years, Jill Gevargizian has this year made her feature film directing debut with The Stylist - itself a story expanded from Gevargizian's 2016 short of the same name.
The Stylist centres on Najarra Towsend's Claire. A troubled hair stylist who is forever making envious glances towards the lives of others, Claire has a penchant for taking her envy to a dangerous level - that level being to scalp people and don their hair as a way to, even briefly, inhabit that person's life.
What makes The Stylist stand out from the pack, is in how Claire is such a multi-layered character, how the film is beautifully coloured and shot, and how the musical notes of the picture's soundtrack measure and match every beat perfectly.
Townsend puts in one of the great genre performances of the year as The Stylist's main act, with her bringing a level of sympathy and delicateness to a character who is capable of such heinous actions. To think, if this is the feature film directing debut of Jill Gevargizian, one can only imagine what the future holds for this hugely talented filmmaker over the next few years.