The Scissors Massacre

The Scissors Massacre

A classic horror thriller not to be missed!

2008 · 98 min · ★ 5.8 · Horror, Drama, Thriller

Three sisters grow up on a chicken farm in a small town in Gifu. The oldest sister, Yukie Sawada, is engaged to be married, the middle sister, Sachiko works at a beauty salon and the youngest, Mayu, is on the track team in high school. Their happy, carefree lives are changed forever when Yukie's ex-boyfriend Suzuki commits an atrocious crime. Half-crazed and bent on revenge against the Sawada family, Suzuki mistakes Mayu for Yukie and pours acid all over her face. Overwhelmed by physical and psychological trauma, Mayu sinks deeper into depression and isolation, unresponsive to her sisters encouragement. Meanwhile, chilling news of a serial murderer, who preys on the alumni of Mayu's high school, sends shockwaves through their small town...

Directed by Kotaro Terauchi · Written by Carolco

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Rin Asuka Mayumi Sawada
Yukie Kawamura Sachiko Sawada
Mayuko Iwasa Yukie Sawada
Akihiro Mayama Seiji Moriyama
Yousuke Saito Mitsuzo Sawada
Miki Hayashi Junko Muraoka
Erina Kaoru Yamamoto
Haruka Nishimoto Kimiko Yoshizawa
Sari Kurauchi Tanaka
Kōta Kusano Kenji Kojima
Masashi Taniguchi Masahiko Suzuki
Hideo Nakano Shohei Nemoto

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