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.
Plot summary
S&Man (also known 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.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
August 31, 2018 at 07:48 AM
Director
Top cast
Tech specs
720p.BLU 1080p.BLUMovie Reviews
Not Impressed
Sleeping well (not)
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
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.