Unsettling Sex Tech Horror Film ‘Black Eyed Susan’ Festival Trailer
by Alex Billington
July 12, 2024
Source: YouTube
“I want you to punch me now.” Take a peek at this eerie sci-fi horror film by director Scooter McCrae titled Black Eyed Susan. Presented by Vinegar Syndrome, Not The Funeral Home, and Moose + Squirrel – this is premiering at the 2024 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal next month. It’s almost a spin on Ex Machina, with a much darker take. Desperate for work, Derek accepts a job replacing his dead friend at a tech startup. Continuing to develop the company’s innovative project means working intimately with Susan, a bleeding-edge BDSM sex doll meant to receive and “appreciate” punishment as an integral part of her evolving AI. Derek will soon test the limits of his own desires and explore the nature of man & woman, pleasure & pain, and life and death in a morally uncertain future world. Legendary underground filmmaker Scooter McCrae returns after a 21-year absence from feature filmmaking with the bold, vulgar, deeply thought-provoking Black Eyed Susan. Starring Damian Maffei, Marc Romeo, Scott Fowler, introducing model Yvonne Emilie Thälker as Susan. With an original new score by the legendary Fabio Frizzi. This looks very dark.
Here’s the festival promo trailer (+ poster) for Scooter McCrae’s Black Eyed Susan, direct from YouTube:
In the film, down-on-his-luck Derek (Damien Maffei) is hired by a shady tech industrialist to “test” Susan (Yvonne Emilie Thälker, in a striking feature debut), a lifelike robot built for the purpose of receiving and “enjoying” sexual abuse. Initially hesitant to take part, Derek accepts, but quickly finds himself drawn to Susan’s developing personality and inquisitive nature. As the robot’s expanding humanity chips away at him and he learns more about his own secret desires, he questions if what he’s been tasked to do – even to a robot – should ever be condoned. Black Eyed Susan is both written and directed by indie genre filmmaker Scooter McCrae, director of the horror movies Shatter Dead, Sixteen Tongues, and Betamax previously. Produced by Seager Dixon, Aimee Kuge, and Justin A. Martell. This is premiering at the 2024 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal next month. No release date has been set yet – stay tuned for updates. Look any good?
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