
This documentary follows a group of people who discover the ultra-scary, psycho-sexual horror experience Blackout, and develop an obsession that hijacks their lives and blurs the line between reality and paranoid fantasy.... (Full plot summary below)
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This documentary follows a group of people who discover the ultra-scary, psycho-sexual horror experience Blackout, and develop an obsession that hijacks their lives and blurs the line between reality and paranoid fantasy.
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| RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsI've never participated in Blackout, but based on The Blackout Experiments, I can tell you that it's an intense, aggressively confrontational and deeply disturbing recreational experience. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayThe emphasis on Blackout’s therapeutic qualities gets overly repetitive and banal — a little like listening to strangers analyze their dreams. But like Blackout itself, The Blackout Experiments is often chilling and hard to shake. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeShock doc The Blackout Experiments augurs to be an experiment in audience walk-out.... it is neither scary nor shocking. |
| The VergeBryan BishopIt's the subjects of The Blackout Experiments that make the film so compelling, as they struggle with their attraction to the experience. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyThe result is interesting enough, but feels a bit overextended at feature length considering the limited insight afforded. |
| User ReviewMichael DComplete psychological trip. Diving deep into our human suffering and desire to find healing In what we fear |
| User ReviewKenneth LI wanted to love this movie. I would have settled for liking it. Unfortunately, it never really figures out exactly what it wants to be... and as a result, fails at everything it attempts. As a documentary, it spins its wheels with endlessly repetitive clips in which the various participants talk about "the darkness" that lives within them. As a horror vehicle, it provides absolutely no thrills and/or chills. In the end, it comes off feeling like a very long, not very good promo for Blackout and the guys who run it. |
| User ReviewRiff JI wanted to love this movie. I would have settled for liking it. Unfortunately, it never really figures out exactly what it wants to be... and as a result, fails at everything it attempts. As a documentary, it spins its wheels with endlessly repetitive clips in which the various participants talk about "the darkness" that lives within them. As a horror vehicle, it provides absolutely no thrills and/or chills. In the end, it comes off feeling like a very long, not very good promo for Blackout and the guys who run it. |
| User Reviewbill s''rebirth'' is a better film |
| User ReviewMeth-dudeThis documentary failed miserably. It failed at being interesting, entertaining, scary and realistic. Shame on the director for trying to make us believe that the movie was 100% real. |