
It’s the rare plot description that makes me laugh with simultaneous joy and disbelief, but damn if that wasn’t my response to this summary of Lifetime Movie Network”s Killer Hair, which premieres on Sunday at 8:00 PM:
When an up-and-coming stylist is found dead with a drastic haircut, a friend must search for the truth behind her mysterious passing.
You see, it’s not just that the stylist is dead. It’s that she’s dead with a drastic haircut. Murdered is one thing. Murdered and ugly is unforgivable.
I’m anxious to know what qualifies as a “drastic haircut.” Did someone give this poor corpse the Vanilla Ice dye-and-fade?

The camp potential in this movie is compounded by the fact that Killer Hair is but one part of novelist Ellen Byerrum’s Crime of Fashion series. Lifetime already has Hostile Makeover in production, and lord knows I’m interested to see Raiders of the Lost Corset. Just think: We could be receiving an entire series of deliciously disastrous classics!
Or maybe we’ll just be enjoying some legitimately entertaining movies. After all, Entertainment Weekly gave KH a good review. I can’t really fathom how that could be merited, but now I’m doubly guaranteed to tune in.
If you find me on Monday morning with a drastic haircut, please send the police.






6 responses so far ↓
1 Collin H // Jun 17, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Oh hell. You’ve just made me want to watch a Lifetime movie. Though, I’m not certain if I should expect it to be tongue-in-cheek hilarious or earnestly-awful hilarious.
2 Fraulein N // Jun 17, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Well now I simply must tune in, if only to see what “a drastic haircut” looks like.
3 Michael // Jun 17, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Checking it out on Lifetime.com–it looks pretty self-aware about the formulas it’s tweaking; the description Nancy Drew Meets Sex in the City seems to apply–it even has Mario Cantone.
4 Rey // Jun 17, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Which movie is that again, the Phil Spector or Don King biopic? I always forget…
5 ferretrick // Jun 18, 2009 at 8:27 am
It was the Mullet in the Salon with the Hot Iron.
6 Seth Christenfeld // Jun 18, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I dunno…you think it can beat One-Eyed Monster?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988043/
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