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Release Date: 2006 Cast: Carol J. Clover, Carlina Salemi, Freddie Dingo, Debbie D, Julie Katz, Bill Zebub, Erik Marcisak, Michelle Glick, Elizabeth Cartier
Categories: Movies, Culture & Society, Horror, Film, Documentary, Media Studies, Slasher S&Man (pronounced as Sandman) is a 2006 pseudo-documentary film that examines the underground subculture of horror films. It combines real interviews with indie horror film makers and a scripted plot that does not immediately come into focus until the second half of the film. The film compares the aspects of filmmaking and voyeurism.
The film starts with a murder scene from the once notorious film Peeping Tom with the director's voiceover explaining what the film was originally conceived to be. S&Man exposes the voyeuristic nature of faux snuff films and the desensitizing of modern... MORE
S&Man (pronounced as Sandman) is a 2006 pseudo-documentary film that examines the underground subculture of horror films. It combines real interviews with indie horror film makers and a scripted plot that does not immediately come into focus until the second half of the film. The film compares the aspects of filmmaking and voyeurism.
The film starts with a murder scene from the once notorious film Peeping Tom with the director's voiceover explaining what the film was originally conceived to be. S&Man exposes the voyeuristic nature of faux snuff films and the desensitizing of modern society. Some context is added about sexual deviancy and about the role of gender in horror films. S&Man is mainly focused around Eric Rost who literally stalks women for weeks for his films. If the women accept his invitation to be a part of his films, they are "bound, gagged, tortured, and eventually butchered." In order to show the motivations of people involved with these types of films, he shows gory clips that Nick Schager of The Village Voice described as "repulsive" and "absorbing". The film has a fictional subplot where Erik Marcisak acts as if he is Eric Rost in a role that tries to raise the LESS
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