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ComedyMysteryThriller

Medusa Deluxe

- Murder. Obsession. Hairdressing.

Talented and cutthroat hairstylists at a competition find one of their own murdered before judging can begin. Winding through neon-lit halls, competitors unspool long-simmering resentments and lies as they search for the killer among them.

Release Date : 2023-06-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : EMU FilmsBBC FilmBFITime Based Arts

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : MD

Cast

Anita-Joy Uwajeh

Character Name : Timba

Original Name : Anita-Joy Uwajeh

Gender : Female

Clare Perkins

Character Name : Cleve

Original Name : Clare Perkins

Gender : Female

Darrell D'Silva

Character Name : Rene

Original Name : Darrell D'Silva

Gender : Male

Debris Stevenson

Character Name : Etsy

Original Name : Debris Stevenson

Gender : Male

Harriet Webb

Character Name : Kendra

Original Name : Harriet Webb

Gender : Female

Heider Ali

Character Name : Gac

Original Name : Heider Ali

Gender : Male

Kae Alexander

Character Name : Inez

Original Name : Kae Alexander

Gender : Female

Kayla Meikle

Character Name : Devine

Original Name : Kayla Meikle

Gender : Female

Lilit Lesser

Character Name : Angie

Original Name : Lilit Lesser

Gender : Female

Luke Pasqualino

Character Name : Angel

Original Name : Luke Pasqualino

Gender : Male

Nicholas Karimi

Character Name : Patricio

Original Name : Nicholas Karimi

Gender : Male

John Alan Roberts

Character Name : Mosca

Original Name : John Alan Roberts

Gender : Male

Michelle Parker

Character Name : Paramedic

Original Name : Michelle Parker

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-06-16

Set amongst the cut-throat world of a regional hairdressing contest, this rather thinly spread drama follows the antics of some would-be competitors who gather for their annual jamboree only to find that one of their number has been killed. Scalped, to be precise. As the story develops, we see that there are no shortage of suspects from the great and the good as the scene-stealing "Cleve" (Clare Perkins), "Divine" (Kayla Meikle) and "Kendra" (Harriet Webb) spat, squabble and spar like the best of them. They are all stuck waiting for the police to question them so tensions are only going to increase as they gossip, conspire and also demonstrate some considerably imaginative skills with their hairdos before: enter the partner of the victim. "Angel". At last some semblance of acting from the usually handsome but wooden Luke Pasqualino. Loads of stereotypes, yes, but he actually turns in quite an engaging performance as the camp-as-Christmas, distraught, mincer. Unfortunately, though, this is really just a one act play that has been overstretched into one hundred minutes of screen time, and though it most certainly has it's moments, there are too many extended tracking shots as the camera follows someone, somewhere, around their complex that seemed bigger than the Royal Albert Hall. There's simply too much padding around a story that could have done a little more to develop the personalities more. It is underpinned by some effective black humour - and some of that delivers well and caustically (especially from Perkins) but there's too much of a paucity of that to stop this from feeling rather longer than it is. It looks every a inch a television play, and as such does it's job fine - but I wouldn't say you need to buy a ticket to watch it.