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A bookshop clerk starts seeing the disfigured killer from her favorite 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her.


Eugene is a small town barber, beloved by the local community, but hiding a deadly secret. John is hunting for a serial killer not to expose him but to learn the business! They form a twisted bond and turn the town upside down as Eugene teaches John to kill.

Scott Glenn
Eugene Van Wingerdt

Stephen Tobolowsky
Chief Hardaway

Kristen Hager
Audrey

Chris Coy
John McCormack

Max Arciniega
Luis

Olivia Taylor Dudley
Kelli
The Barber is a thriller film released in 2015 exploring themes of obsession, barber. Directed by Basel Owies, it stars Scott Glenn, Stephen Tobolowsky, Kristen Hager. Eugene is a small town barber, beloved by the local community, but hiding a deadly secret. John is hunting for a serial killer not to expose him but to learn the business! They form a twisted bond and turn the town upside down as Eugene teaches John to kill.
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