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The Big Shave (1967) | Ranked Top 10% · CriticCrunch

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The Big Shave

Movie1967·6 min

The Big Shave

Directed by Martin Scorsese

A horror drama film directed by Martin Scorsese.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 10%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.9/10

358 ratings

About The Big Shave

A young man walks into a meticulously clean and sterile bathroom and proceeds to shave away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and graphic bathroom scene.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Stylized
Story Tags: trauma recovery, obsession, late 20th century, action combat, domestic home, isolated dwelling, strangers forced together, everyman, slow burn reveal, tragedy arc, body horror

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Details

Director: Martin Scorsese
Language: English

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How The Big Shave Ranks

All movies

Top 10%

1960s movies

Top 18%

Horror movies

Top 10%

1960s Horror movies

Top 28%

Martin Scorsese filmsTop 37%

Top 10% All movies.

the vibe

The Big Shave Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkharrowinglayeredseriousintimatehaunting

unsettling

stylized

What it's about

slow-burn revealtragedy arctrauma recoveryobsessioneverymanstrangers forced togetheraction combatbody horrordomestic homeisolated dwellinglate 20th century

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

unsettlinguneasy