The Wig is about this girl who has a fatal disease and has lost all her hair, so her sister buys her a wig which makes her really happy, actually so happy that she even sleeps with it on. Then the wig starts to "take over" and somewhat control the sick sister who also, after wearing the wig for just a short period of time, suddenly gets better and better and loses the disease.
Are you tired of the fact that almost all new Asian horror movies have black scary hair involved in the movies one way or the other? Well, then don't see this one, because it's all about hair.
It's actually not as bad as it may sound, I'm also kind of tired of the fact that most of the new Asian horror movies are somewhat repeating themselves, and even though this movie ain't totally original or anything like that, it was still good and worth to check out.
 
First off, this is like with the also new Korean horror movie entitled Red Shoes that the story sounds stupid but that both movies aren't as stupid as they sound, at least they shouldn't be dissed because of how they sound, as both of them are worth a look.
Secondly the English title is very dumb, "The Wig" sounds ok but a title like "Scary Hair" just blows, what moron came up with that?
Anyway, despite the title it's beautifully shot like most other Korean movies, has good belivable actors and is not especially slow paced either. Could have been more scares though and perhaps a better ending.
If you're a fan of Asian horror movies then check it out, and if you're not then there are of course better Asian titles to start with.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Scary Hair, Ga-Bal
MOVIE YEAR: 2005
DIRECTOR: Won Sin-Yeon
WRITING CREDITS: Won Sin-Yeon
GENRE: Horror
CAST: Chae Min-Seo, Yoo Seon, Sa Hyeon-Jin
COUNTRY: South Korea
RUNTIME: 106 min
RATING: 7/10
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