Thursday, March 28, 2024

Woman’s Hair Weave Turns Violent in First Trailer for Hulu’s Horror Satire ‘Bad Hair’ [WATCH]

*Hulu‘s has dropped the trailer for its new original film “Bad Hair,” a horror satire starring Elle Lorraine as a woman who gets a weave in order to fit in at her image-obsessed job. 

Here’s a synopsis from Hello Beautiful:

Set in 1989, BAD HAIR follows an ambitious young woman who gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career comes at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own. This powerful thriller was written and directed by Justin Simien. The star-studded cast will include Vanessa Williams, Lena Waithe, Laverne Cox, Jay Pharoa, Kelly Rowland, Blair Underwood and Usher Raymond.

READ MORE: ‘Dear White People’ Creator Justin Simien: ‘I Want No Edges Left’ After Fans Watch Season 2 [EUR Exclusive]


The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and hails from the creator of “Dear White People.”

“You’re not tender-headed are you?” asks Laverne Cox’s hairstylist character at the beginning of the trailer. 

“Clients swear this stuff is magic,” Cox continues. “You know in some parts of India, a woman’s hair is her most prized possession.”

But the father of Lorraine’s character ain’t feeling her faux mane, and calls her out for hiding her natural hair.

“You can’t bear to see yourself the way nature would have you,” says the dad, played by Underwood. “And you scoff at us and our superstitions. Well, those superstitions are in fact tributaries leading to rivers of truth about what you really are, and who you might have been.”

Simien tells PEOPLE, “In Bad Hair I wanted to use the language of psychological thrillers and classics in the horror genre to interrogate how systems of white supremacy are often disguised as opportunities for Black people. I also wanted to showcase Black women in a genre that typically excludes them as well as celebrate the last black renaissance of the late 80’s and 90’s.”

“Bad Hair” debuts on Hulu October 23.

Scroll up and watch the trailer via the YouTube clip above. 

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