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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 18 m

Summary The most extreme immersive horror experience in America is called Blackout. Not for the faint of heart, it is a terrifying, psycho-sexual thrill-ride designed to play on our deepest psychological fears. Rich Fox's innovative horror documentary follows a group of friends whose experience with Blackout becomes deeply personal, developing ...

Directed By: Rich Fox

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 18 m

The Blackout Experiments

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Summary The most extreme immersive horror experience in America is called Blackout. Not for the faint of heart, it is a terrifying, psycho-sexual thrill-ride designed to play on our deepest psychological fears. Rich Fox's innovative horror documentary follows a group of friends whose experience with Blackout becomes deeply personal, developing ...

Directed By: Rich Fox

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63
Jul 22, 2016
I'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.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 21, 2016
The result is interesting enough, but feels a bit overextended at feature length considering the limited insight afforded.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
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Jul 21, 2016
The 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.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
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Jul 21, 2016
Shock doc The Blackout Experiments augurs to be an experiment in audience walk-out.... it is neither scary nor shocking.
By Duane Byrge FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Jul 22, 2016
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating Not Rated
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