Black Shampoo

• 1976
• 82 min
• Action
• Comedy
• Crime
• Thriller
• US

Directed by Greydon Clark

Mr. Jonathan rules his Sunset Boulevard salon, a celebrity stylist whose wealthy white clientele books appointments for far more than a trim. Then he falls for Brenda, his new secretary, and the sanctuary of mirrors and hairspray starts to crack: her ex, a white mobster with hired muscle, wants her back and won't ask politely. A lean blaxploitation picture from Greydon Clark that slides from lounge-lizard eroticism into blunt-force revenge, savoring every ounce of its low-budget swagger.