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S&Man

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From the liner notes

When cult, horror–favorite filmmaker J.T. Petty (Soft for Digging) ventures into the dark world of the underground horror fetish film industry, things don't exactly go as planned. As he begins to examine the classic comparison between filmmaking and voyeurism within the horror genre, Petty is introduced to a collective of what he believes to be either creative filmmakers just meeting the demand of their disturbed audiences or actual deviants and possibly murderers themselves. The most notorious of these film series he comes across is called "S&Man", created by an unassuming man named Eric Rost. As Petty prods Eric to reveal the names of the actors in his films, he quickly realizes that these actors may actually be victims.

Review

While most genre fans perception of the cutting edge of "underground" horror begins and ends with the likes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Petty's film takes the viewer far below the surface, into a hell of torture and fetish films that seem to cater to sociopaths and fuel their potentially dangerous desires. Or do they? Thats the question the movie poses as Petty talks to subjects that range from articulate academics (Carol J. Clover, author of "Men, Women, and Chainsaws") to simple and delusional actresses ("scream queen" Debbie D) to the seemingly demented outsiders who create the gruesome films that depict the rape, torture and humiliation of (almost exclusively) female victims. There are no easy answers when filmmakers Bill Zebub, Fred Vogel and the creator of S&Man himself, Eric Rost, discuss their work (along with extremely graphic clips) and explain what motivates them to put their fans—and, indeed, their own—most revolting fantasies onto film. But beware: just as youre getting your head around what these men are saying, Petty's got a stunning surprise in store...