The Barber

Always liked Malcom McDowell, so he delivered as expected. A decent move for a cold winter night.

Hard to find. Want the hell scared out of you. Watch this movie.

Cool thriller for chilly evenings, fireplace good , DVD excellent condition ...No problemo

This movie was very bizarre and at first you can't help but wonder "where is this going?" -- keep watching! Very well done. Crazies at their best!

Nothing disliked. Great horror film

This is hands down one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I bought it as a gag gift. Please don't purchase it for yourself or anyone you want to keep as a friend.

Malcolm McDowell does a great job playing the bad guy. always enjoy his movie's never disappoints. good horror movie. Green River killer

Can't miss any of the movie McDowell is great dropping hints etc. Would buy again.

Ive lived in Revelstoke bc where this was filmed on and off for 21 yrs before moving away. I know all the places where this was filmed so I had to buy. The copy was in great shape despite getting it 2nd hand

Excellent--and I am not just saying that because I am in it. Really. LOL!!

"The Barber" is a tale of a small Alaskan town that discovers a serial killer on the loose as they are stocking up and settling themselves in for a hard winter.The story is told through the eyes of the local barber - who knows everyone, and hears each of their stories and opinions as he cuts their hair. As suspicion falls from one person to the next in the close-knit community, the FBI arrives. The film becomes a tale about the individuals in the community; gradually revealing their stories and their secrets, from the inexperienced and often incompetent local Sheriff's Department to lonely members of the community indulging in unexpected relationships with their trusted neighbours. And it's because of that community trust that innocent girls are beginning to fall prey to a bigger threat than winter, or the S.A.D disorder that afflicts the towns inhabitants because of it.There are a couple of nice edges to this film, one being the genuine sense of claustrophobia, as if the viewers too are hemmed into a town in the far north, surrounded by a 24 hour darkness and cut off by heavy snows. Another is McDowell's portrayal as the local barber, the town's agony-uncle and diplomat, though one who occasionally slips up and shows his off-kilter side.I got this film very cheaply on Amazon and because of that, didn't expect too much from it; but it was a nice surprise and a worthwhile purchase. Seasonal, too ...

Malcolm McDowell was my main reason for buying The Barber; a tremendous actor, he can transform even the dullest of scripts. It's no surprise that with his back catalogue of films he tends to get typecast as the baddie but The Barber allows McDowell to demonstrate his great timing and talent for comedy too - and his baddies are never one dimensional. The premise of the film is deceptively simple but McDowell takes the viewer through a range of emotions as Dexter - serial killer and mainstay of a remote and claustrophobic community. McDowell's portrayals of men like this are masterly; he is adept at bringing out the sheer normality of your average everyday psychopath, a normality which is further enhanced by his measured tones and Zen-like calmness. Not his best film - which in my opinion is O Lucky Man! - but any offering from Malcolm McDowell is a delight and The Barber is well worth watching. Just don't expect the kind of bloodbath the title might suggest!

Set in the Far North of Alaska in the 24 hour darkness of the winter which is an all-important thread to this story in a small town of some 250 or so inhabitants which are reducing in number all the time as the serial killer is on the prowl.Malcolm McDowell plays Dexter Mills the towns barber to whom all the menfolk tell their problems and all the latest gossip.The sheriff and his deputies are basically incompetent with this type of crime and the volume and it's not too long before the FBI come on the scene.But the murders continue and so do the ironies but to say more would spoil the story. Well worth a look.