Synapse Films unleashes the Slamdance Film Festival knockout Graphic Sexual Horror, a documentary on one of the most depraved and revolutionary websites in history, www.INSEX.com
FILM-
Insex.com, one of the first BDSM sites on the web. Founded in 1997 by
Brent Scott (known as PD on the site), it revolutionized "violent porn"
as we know it. Disturbing, graphic, and groundbreaking, INSEX managed
to accumulate over 35,000 members, all paying $60 a month to enjoy it's
sadistic content. After severe bullying by the Federal Government,
INSEX was forced to shut down in 2005.
"Warning!
Graphic Sexual Horror"- before entering INSEX, you had to pass this
warning screen. Inside, PD had created a a beautiful horror show. Women
with needles stabbed through their nipples, held underwater in dunk
tanks, rigged to orgasm machines, crying, bleeding, and loving it. It
all began when Brent PD Scott (who describes his early experiences with
bondage in the film) created his own Sado-Masochistic website, hoping
to bring the subject into American culture. A former teacher at
Carnegie Mellon, Scott left with this message- "if you won't allow me
to teach your children, I will corrupt them".
You
see, documentaries are always a tricky thing to review, and Graphic
Sexual Horror is no exception. In a nutshell, it's a reminiscent on
INSEX before it was hijacked by "Big Brother". Interviews include PD,
other site workers (many of whom have started their own sites like
Hogtied.com and Kink.com), the builder who made Scott's visions
reality, and the models. Tons of site footage (much of it never before
seen) is shown, and the interviewees talk about the decline of INSEX,
and how their experiences there affected them. As far as "plot" goes,
that's essentially this movie, but it's much deeper than that.
Like
I said, documentaries are tricky, because nothing is face value. I
can't describe how profound this movie is. From the naked body, bruised
and crunched into a rusty cage, to the reason why she is there. It's
not just an interview, it's an eye opening moment. The top reasons for
being an INSEX model were sexual fulfillment, genuine sexual pleasure,
or money, a gluttonous greed. It's amazing to see one women remember
the orgasms she received through the abuse, and another remember that
she went on a shopping spree after her shoot.
Graphic
Sexual Horror is not a movie about bondage, but a document on INSEX.
It's nothing like an exploitation film, so don't go into this expecting
a Jess Franco flick. It's mature, respectful, and open minded. Aside
from showing how INSEX revolutionized the internet porn business, it
also shows that humans are going to do what they want, for the reasons
they want, and no force on earth can stop them (aside from their own
laziness).
Documentaries
are designed to be eye opening, and when the credits roll, you should
have taken something with you. Graphic Sexual Horror is one hell of a
successful film. It's enlightening, beautiful (one scene involving
snow, and another involving singing were almost uplifting to me),
shocking, and eye opening. This film really shows human nature, and how
pleasure is not the same to everyone. It's sad, to see the old set,
it's cages covered in cobwebs, and the shackles strewn across the
floor. The death of INSEX was not the end of bondage or violent porn,
just the end of a man's vision and hard work. That's more disturbing
than anything consenting people do for enjoyment. 10/10.
PICTURE/ AUDIO-
The reason INSEX was so popular was the raw, rough look of their videos
and live feeds. All the archived footage is presented un-altered, and
the interviews are shot on a high quality camera. In short, every frame
of this movie is fitting to it's mood. 9/10.
Audio
is just like the picture. On the interviews, everything is clear and
polished, but the website footage is rough and raw sounding. Screaming,
crying, moaning, it's all there- and it's all super loud. Volume is not
an issue here, and everything fits it's on screen counterpart. 9/10.
EXTRAS- Synapse
has included multiple deleted scenes including an alternate ending and
alternate montage that are as chilling as they are amazing, additional
interview scenes with the models, a featurette with co director Barbara
Bell, and the trailer. The movie it's self is a must own, and with
these extras you'll have no problem adding Graphic Sexual Horror to
your collection. 8/10.
This film will be released August 10th from Synapse Films!
http://www.sinsofcinema.com/2010/07/graphic-sexual-horror.html
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