Graphic Sexual Horror (Special Edition)

Spelling first, then sanctimony It is pointless to present an argument explaining or at least mitigating the so-called evils of Insex, when the very title of GRAPHIC SEXUAL HORROR seems ludicrous to anyone who has seen a number of complete Insex episodes. (And you have not seen one at all unless you have seen it all). (I never joined the site, but Insex episodes were once viral in the newsgroups and elsewhere, and I discovered the site by accident through browsing.) I personally found the site rather boring, since bondage is of no real interest to me. But now and then a girl without experience in making bondage videos would liven things up, as opposed to the veteran practitioners of bdsm who almost always were the "tortured" women on the site. No, what I consider a true horror in the listing for this video is the use of the word PHENOMENA in the singular. Shall we return to the "torture" of ninth grade spelling? Nouns of Greek neuter origin which end in -ON in the SINGULAR, like CRITERION, become CRITERIA in the plural. It is inexcusable for anyone entrusted with the writing of Amazon product descriptions to use an expression like A PHENOMENA. It is precisely the same as writing A MEN. "I saw a men at the scene. There were twelve of him." One rare PHENOMENON. Twelve rare PHENOMENA. Compared to this atrocity, the worst lashing or prodding on Insex was an actual contribution to civilization. If I remember correctly, the chief "torturer" was a fairly articulate man. Rating: 1 (Graphic Sexual Horror (Special Edition) customer review by Nightmare Man, 2010-08-07)

Documenting a Phenomena Pornography on the Internet has arguably changed the sexual and moral landscape of people world-wide, perhaps more than the sexual revolution of the 1960s. It was also the first category of Internet business to make a profit. Insex was fabulously successful financially, and has spawned dozens of imitators. This film employs interviews and behind-the-scenes shots to document the pioneering, and perhaps the most misogynistic of the hard-core sado-masochism web sites. The film was made by people who have a long-standing relationship with the site and with those who ran it. It offers unique insights into one of the driving forces behind the beginning of a social-sexual change that continues today. This is invaluable for anyone who wants to understand the current evolution of sexual morals. This film is already controversial and difficult to acquire. See it while you can. Rating: 4 (Graphic Sexual Horror (Special Edition) customer review by Ambrose McNibble, 2010-07-16)

Do Not Let the Title Influence You "Graphic Sexual Horror" Do Not Let the Title Influence You Amos Lassen Graphic Sexual Horror takes a look behind the terrifying facade of the most notorious of bondage websites. It explores the dark mind of its artistic creator and asking hard questions about personal responsibility. With interviews we get revelations of deep fascinations with bondage and sadomasochism that run parallel, and in fact become irreversibly entwined with the lure of money. The film is graphic but do not let that put you off. The film is enlightening, educative and somewhat inspiring and it is an excellent documentary. Some people are just into this kind of sex and I certainly do not want to make a judgment call just as I do not want to be judged. This film was screened at Sundance in 2009 so that says something. Even though it explores sexual freedom, it does so in an open-minded manner and it shows that extreme cases of this type of sexual activity helps to establish a precedent for freedom. We all favor personal preference and that is clearly shown here. The horror here is real and there are no villains except perhaps for greed and the desire to control other people. Graphic Sexual Horror tells the story of Brent Scott, aka PD, and the rise and fall of his pioneering BDSM porn site, [...]. The film presents Scott as someone with a deep, lifelong interest in BDSM, who is also a supremely talented artist with a gift for visualizing sadomasochistic fantasy. He is also clearly of the school of thought that BDSM imagery need not be restricted to depicting what's usually referred to as "safe, sane, and consensual." After many years of making BDSM films and artworks in the context of academic visual arts, Scott started [...] in 1997, a foray into the newly-emerging world of online BDSM porn. This was a time when big profits in web porn were still relatively easy to realize, and Scott quickly found that he was earning far more money and getting much more recognition than he ever got from his day job in the Carnegie-Mellon art faculty. The film follows Insex through its increasingly-ambitious projects and ultimate collapse, brought on by a mixture of ego and law-enforcement puritanical behavior. On what seems to have been a lark, he decides to pack up his entire operation, moving it out of New York City, and rebuilding it on an isolated farm upstate. Scott/PD becomes center of an operation/artistic cult that included live-in creative staff and performers (aka "interns") that stay at the farm for weeks at a time. The degree of ambition is exemplified by the attempt to create a 1000-gallon aquarium for use in "water torture videos." Built on-site by "KGB," the full-time engineer/machinist/prop-master that Scott kept on staff to make his sinister visions concrete, the tank exploded in its testing stages, nearly killing its creators. In one of the more outrageous chapters of Bush-era censorship, federal prosecutors were able to use anti-terrorist laws to enforce their version of sexual morality. A creative strategy was used against Insex--rather than go after them for obscenity, it came up with a story that extreme porn funded terrorist networks. Lacking a case that would hold up in court, the government confronted Insex's credit card company with the allegations, and promptly got them to stop processing payments. Suddenly lacking an income stream, Insex folded very quickly. Insex still exists today, but only as an archive site. Rating: 5 (Graphic Sexual Horror (Special Edition) customer review by Amos Lassen, 2010-06-21)

Great documentary on shocking subject This is an unblinking journey into a taboo world. I found it fascinating and stereotype-shattering to hear the models speak for themselves about their motivations and experiences, and to see the artistic vision of the founder of insex.com. The dynamics of power and money at this porn site seem little different than any other workplace. Barbara and Anna have shone a bright light into a dark corner of our society without judgement. Congratulations to them and thanks for offering this to us. See it! I laughed and cringed, but come away with my preconceptions turned upside down. Rating: 5 (Graphic Sexual Horror (Special Edition) customer review by Linda, 2010-03-12)