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An exploration of voyeurism in cinema, from Psycho and Peeping Tom in 1960 to the low-budget underground genre films of recent years.An exploration of voyeurism in cinema, from Psycho and Peeping Tom in 1960 to the low-budget underground genre films of recent years.An exploration of voyeurism in cinema, from Psycho and Peeping Tom in 1960 to the low-budget underground genre films of recent years.
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What have I just been watching? Good movies are supposed to make you think and that's what this one does. If you have the opportunity to see this movie do. Anything else I write would spoil the fun, but when you've watched it, I'm sure you'll be asking yourself the same question. So look for answers afterwards. You'll want to. The human soul is complex. We are horrified by tragic accidents, but we want to watch too. Every killing is a waste of human life, but the dangling and twitching of Saddam Hussein is one of the most viewed clips in history that's forever imprinted in our collective memory. It didn't make me feel any remorse and I certainly wasn't horrified. There are worse ways to die and he deserved it, I guess... But I digress, go see the movie, rent it, buy it and you'll find yourself surfing the net for answers, movies and clips!!!
I watched this movie because it sounded like a cool idea for a film playing up the documentary but subtly including a fictional element. Unfortunately, it's pretty boring despite all the horrifying content. Skip this one. There are better ways to spend two hours of your life.
This movie tries to show us humand depths. It also was something I would call mockumentary, but I saw that this particulary was called hoaxumentary. Because it pretends to be a documentary when it isn't. I thought mockumentary covered that, but I won't get into sementics over that.
It's a nice try but this never reaches "Funny games" levels of quality. It's intentions are the same, even if in another category. Not found footage, not real, but an interesting experiment overall I'd say. It's the one idea that tries to carry a whole movie and the atention of the viewer. Doesn't quite work in the long run, but could make for an interesting watch for some
It's a nice try but this never reaches "Funny games" levels of quality. It's intentions are the same, even if in another category. Not found footage, not real, but an interesting experiment overall I'd say. It's the one idea that tries to carry a whole movie and the atention of the viewer. Doesn't quite work in the long run, but could make for an interesting watch for some
Well i was bored during the most of the movie. The idea of getting into the depth of extreme cinema producers is a good idea. However the "sub plot" of following the real or fake movie recorder really killed the mood for me. Because it was not fun at all it's adding a plot into a documentary movie.
Fred Vogel the guy that made August Underground films, actually seems like a nice guy when lisening to him. If he was acting like he was in this "documentary" the August Underground films would of been MUCH Better, instead in A. U. Fred is acting totally unrealistic, screaming, yelling constantly.
Another positive for this movie is for bringing movies like Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween into the mix, and amazing movies like Henry and Peeping Tom! However, i think The Poughkeepsie Tapes did a much better job then this movie.
Is this the worst movie ive seen in 2023? Hell no. This is no where near as bad as American Antichrist, Daisies and Pussy Kills.
Fred Vogel the guy that made August Underground films, actually seems like a nice guy when lisening to him. If he was acting like he was in this "documentary" the August Underground films would of been MUCH Better, instead in A. U. Fred is acting totally unrealistic, screaming, yelling constantly.
Another positive for this movie is for bringing movies like Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween into the mix, and amazing movies like Henry and Peeping Tom! However, i think The Poughkeepsie Tapes did a much better job then this movie.
Is this the worst movie ive seen in 2023? Hell no. This is no where near as bad as American Antichrist, Daisies and Pussy Kills.
I'm surprised there are not more reviews also. Movie kept my attention and was informative; creepy at times and funny. It's not a masterpiece but I liked it better than "Perfect Host" which bored me at times.
If you paid attention, you can see where the ending is going but it is done well and actually scarier than some the the high budget movies being produced.
I never knew about the "Chiller" Festival - certainly opens your eyes to different strokes for different folks...
Horror movies are such large part of society. There are so many TV shows and police dramas focusing on killing and we are obsessed with it. S&Man delves into the psychology of this, but I do think there was much more they could have discovered or analyzed.
If you paid attention, you can see where the ending is going but it is done well and actually scarier than some the the high budget movies being produced.
I never knew about the "Chiller" Festival - certainly opens your eyes to different strokes for different folks...
Horror movies are such large part of society. There are so many TV shows and police dramas focusing on killing and we are obsessed with it. S&Man delves into the psychology of this, but I do think there was much more they could have discovered or analyzed.
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- TriviaA week before S&man was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September of 2006, then-independent movie news website Twitch published an investigative report that publicly exposed it as a hoaxumentary rather than a documentary, which it was being promoted as.
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