A hilariously gruesome British comedy thriller directed by and starring Robert Carlyle as Barney Thomson, a downtrodden barber who unexpectedly enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer. As he sweats out his predicament and attempts to cover his tracks, a police detective (Ray Winstone) investigating a series of murders in the area begins to suspect Barney may not be all he appears to be. All the while Barney's mother Cemolina (Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson) cheerfully emasculates her son, setting off a bloody chain of events.