BLACK SHAMPOO

Jonathan Knight is the owner of "Mr. Jonathan's", the most successful hair salon for women on the Sunset Strip. His reputation as a lover has become as such that he is sought after almost as much for sexual trysts as he is for his hair styling ability. He is also dating his young attractive receptionist, Brenda (Tanya Boyd), whose former boss and lover, a white mobster, has become jealous of Jonathan. The mobster has begun sending his goons to intimidate Jonathan and his employees by trashing the hair salon. As the mobsters' violence escalates to include the sexual assault of a homosexual employee and the kidnapping of Brenda, Jonathan uses a chainsaw to exact revenge on the mobsters.

Jonathan arms himself with a chainsaw and takes bloody revenge on the mob gang that destroyed his salon and kidnapped Brenda.

The ending cements Jonathan’s transformation from a smooth-talking hairdresser to an avenging force, wielding both his charm and a chainsaw to rescue Brenda and settle the score. By confronting violence with violence, the film amplifies its blaxploitation credentials, leaving no ambiguity about the fate of the antagonists or the lengths Jonathan will go to for love and respect.