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    S&Man

    S&MAN

    (Pronounced "Sandman")



    Trailer:
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    S&MAN is a movie about voyeurism and underground horror, focusing on our balance of sympathy and sadism when we watch death. JT Petty, a filmmaker responsible for his own underground horror films, tracks down and interviews psychologists, scholars, actors, and most importantly—the underground and extreme filmmakers themselves.

    Horror, S&MAN posits, is a specific pleasure: the more we suffer in watching it, the better. We want horror movies to hurt us. S&MAN explores and exercises that idea, asking why we are compelled to watch, and more than that, why we like it.

    The brains of S&MAN are structured around interviews with a horror scholar, a sexologist, and a forensic psychiatrist, who describe for us the connections between voyeurism, culture, and sadistic watching. The heart of the film, however, comes from the filmmakers who choose horror as their specialty. Through interviews, on-set filming, and home visits, JT and his crew are pulled deeper into the world of underground horror.


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    An excellent documentary about underground horror and voyeurism, while blending in its own horror story of a lunatic.

    The fictional part of the documentary is well done and entertaining but the actual documentary part is great and does what any good documentary should do, and that is remain biased about its subject matter. Never says, "this is what it is, and nothing more", rather looks at different aspects of horror culture and its relation to various psychological issues. Particularly voyeurism.

    Unlike other so called horror documentaries, this is actually a documentary and not just another showcase of familiar names and faces of horror movies. Of course directors and an actress are interviewed, including Fred Vogel and Bill Zebub, but it's more about why they make the movies they do, how it affects people, and the mindset of their fans.

    Interesting and entertaining, plus Bill Zebub's interviews are damn funny.

    Also if you haven't seen the director J.T. Petty's other movie, "Soft For Digging", then stop fucking around and go do it already.

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    Sounds real interesting...and scary. I wonder what I can discover about myself. Why am I so fascinated by these films. Maybe I don't want to know.

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    I still gotta check this out... Soon P soon... I hope.

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    I need to see this.. i'm completely fascinated.. I want to know the why.

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    I wouldn't say you are going to find a definite answer in here since most likely you've already asked yourself the same questions that are raised in S&Man.


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