S&man (2006)

S&MAN begins with footage from Michael Powell's exploration of voyeurism, "Peeping Tom." Director JT Petty uses this footage as a starting point to examine the classic comparison between ... See full summary »

Director:

J.T. Petty

Writer:

J.T. Petty (screenplay)

Stars:

Elizabeth Cartier, Carol J. Clover, Debbie D

Cast

Credited cast:
Elizabeth Cartier
Carol J. Clover	...	Herself
Debbie D	...	Herself
Freddie Dingo	...	Himself - Owner of Dingo's Den & Dingbatz
Michelle Glick	...	Jasmine
Julie Katz
Erik Marcisak	...	Eric Rost
Carlina Salemi
Fred Vogel	...	Himself
Bill Zebub	...	Himself

Storyline

S&MAN begins with footage from Michael Powell's exploration of voyeurism, "Peeping Tom." Director JT Petty uses this footage as a starting point to examine the classic comparison between filmmaking and voyeurism, particularly within the horror genre. He goes on to investigate this connection further, but rather than looking to classic horror films, Petty explores the seedy underground genre of fetish films. These movies are basically simulated snuff films where victims are raped and murdered in a variety of fantasy scenarios. The most notorious of these is a series called "S&Man," where voyeurism takes center stage as people are unknowingly followed with a camera. Petty plunges headfirst into this world of bizarre fetish films, and comes up with mesmerizing interviews with the producers and actors of these movies. Much of the footage from these videos will shock and disturb even the most seasoned horror veteran. However, the connection that Petty draws between these films and ...

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Plot Keywords:

watching television | fetish | voyeurism | interview | director | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sequences of strong disturbing horror violence and aberrant behavior including graphic dialogue, sexual content, nudity and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 March 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sandman

Company Credits

Production Co:

Circle of Confusion,HDNet Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A 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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Connections

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User Reviews

Good movie

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.