A barber fantasizes about killing his customers after hearing them complain about the world.
Direction
Liboiron squeezes unbearable tension into 12 minutes.
Acting
Gross's simmering rage behind forced smiles is *chef's kiss*.
Writing
Dialogue that makes you want to scream at strangers.
Director
Landon Liboiron
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Landon Liboiron directed this between acting gigs on Hemlock Grove and Frontier; it's his only directing credit.
The barbershop-as-confessional setup inverts Sweeney Todd: instead of killing customers, Victor only dreams it—making the restraint more disturbing than the act.
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