The Scissors Massacre

Mar 22, 2008

1h 38m

★ 5.5

A classic horror thriller not to be missed!

Overview

Three sisters grow up on a chicken farm in a small town in Gifu. The oldest sister, Yukie Sawada, is engaged to be married, the middle sister, Sachiko works at a beauty salon and the youngest, Mayu, is on the track team in high school. Their happy, carefree lives are changed forever when Yukie's ex-boyfriend Suzuki commits an atrocious crime. Half-crazed and bent on revenge against the Sawada family, Suzuki mistakes Mayu for Yukie and pours acid all over her face. Overwhelmed by physical and psychological trauma, Mayu sinks deeper into depression and isolation, unresponsive to her sisters encouragement. Meanwhile, chilling news of a serial murderer, who preys on the alumni of Mayu's high school, sends shockwaves through their small town...

Genres

Horror

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Earl Grey Film

KADOKAWA

Jolly Roger

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Cast

Mayumi Sawada

Rin Asuka

Sachiko Sawada

Yukie Kawamura

Yukie Sawada

Mayuko Iwasa

Seiji Moriyama

Akihiro Mayama

Mitsuzo Sawada

Yousuke Saito

Junko Muraoka

Miki Hayashi

Kaoru Yamamoto

Erina

Kimiko Yoshizawa

Haruka Nishimoto

Tanaka

Sari Kurauchi

Kenji Kojima

Kōta Kusano

Masahiko Suzuki

Masashi Taniguchi

Shohei Nemoto

Hideo Nakano

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