This movie is boring as hell. There is nothing interesting about it at all. The "torture" scenes are like tickle fights compared to most movies in the genre. I get the premise of the movie, it's just not good. The attempt at realism is somewhat believable, but it's just not entertaining. Not scary, not horrifying, not interesting. This film could have been great if they had taken it more in the horror direction. It felt like they wanted it to be a horror movie, but were too afraid to go there. It was one of those flicks that seems like it will get good at any moment, but never makes it. It's worse than a bad B movie because I couldn't turn it off within the first five minutes. As a matter of fact, I'm not wasting any more of my life on this abortion. You have been warned.
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This is real
milo_is_here31 March 2018
Just a note to anyone interested in this movie and the previous reviewer....this IS a REAL documentary. This stuff really did happen and is happening. These are real people who were part of some of the experiments.
It is not a 'so called documentary'....it IS a documentary. After all that though, I didn't like it. People who like this sort of thing may find comfort knowing they are not alone and there is something out there that can cater for them.
It is not a 'so called documentary'....it IS a documentary. After all that though, I didn't like it. People who like this sort of thing may find comfort knowing they are not alone and there is something out there that can cater for them.
Sociopaths w/ Too Much Time On Hands...
aubie843 June 2018
You have a choice in life- Get attention by hard work, seek positivity, overcome challenge, achieve life satisfaction... Or- This, needing attention by shock, negative posturing, and wallering in weird, base-need mindlessness- This film is an attempt at the latter and, like cult member insecurity behavior, they take peoples money to scare them as if they are now important, accepted and part of this club, new fetish, or documentary... Waste of time- Transparent in the intent, and insults the minds of productive, thinking humans. Here, sign my paper. Pay me your money... Boo- thanks. The 'scary' part only -is that people actually buy into it and can't think two steps ahead. Go to a haunted house?... Watch a horror flick?... See a Dominatrix?... but This is pathetic- I really tried, I strained even to get any smidge of value or understanding- but No- sad to watch distorted people with weak minds pretending to want to belong- Not sure which is more sad to watch- the dweebs (actors) paying to have weirdos scare them... Or the BOut guys taking these peoples money, filming a shake cam videos, and exploiting these troubled, psyche-dim participants- to make more money selling the silly process as a documentary? Too close to call-
I'm not scared. I'm nervous.
nogodnomasters2 September 2017
Warning: Spoilers
This is one of those films that you either hate or took part in making it. The film was neither scary nor shocking but most of it was black and white. People pay to submerge themselves in a tailored made frightening experience and become addicted to it. They make people get naked, watch films, be in the dark, a box, and put their hand over their face. Half the film is people talking in the abstract about their experience. Real torture is sitting through it.
Guide: F-word, nudity.
Guide: F-word, nudity.
Ridiculously poor
Leofwine_draca15 September 2017
Warning: Spoilers
THE BLACKOUT EXPERIMENTS is a ridiculously poor attempt at an indie horror film, with a twist that it's done for real as a faux documentary. The format follows a bunch of people as they endure some of the lamest and silliest 'torture' ever put on film, while the viewer looks on. There's no horror content here, just endless talking head footage and a very slow pace. Why waste your time? You'd be better off watching a 'normal' horror film instead.
One of the best documentary's that I have ever seen
ryanmanley-5085429 July 2016
The film is very well made. This director knows how to keep you on the edge of your seat and take you deep into the minds of the people involved in the documentary. I happen to know about the haunt, so the film didn't really scare me, but if you haven't heard of Blackout, just watch the movie and you will be shocked. It is 100% real, and the documentary is very well made. The surprising thing about the documentary, isn't even necessarily the few glimpses that you see of the haunt. It is the people who go through it and let it become and addiction... basically an obsession. Blackout really knows how to get into people's heads. They are very good at it! I loved it!
This is what you get when you let /r/creepy write a movie
social-2694228 May 2017
The so called documentary feels fake and is boring. When something does happen it's way too dark and shaky to see anything interesting. None of the subjects felt compelling or real and lack motivation. This movie takes itself way too serious.
The only redeeming factor is that is shot somewhat nicely.
Oh and that 'secret' survivor group that's willing to be on camera, come on...
The only redeeming factor is that is shot somewhat nicely.
Oh and that 'secret' survivor group that's willing to be on camera, come on...
Blacking out
TheLittleSongbird22 July 2019
Part of me was actually looking forward to 'The Blackout Experiments'. The premise was really interesting and quite ambitious and there were some great ideas here. It was hardly a film that was dead in the water from the start, don't know that many films out there like that. This is coming from somebody who genuinely wanted 'The Blackout Experiments' to work, not a malicious person who doesn't like anything (actually try to be perceptive and am usually generous).
Just didn't care for 'The Blackout Experiments' at all unfortunately, though am going to be a little more forgiving than others in summing up my disappointed thoughts. Interesting concept wasted (grrr!) and great ideas not followed through, that was one of the biggest things that annoyed me. There's definitely far worse around, but am going to have to be on the negative side of the mixed, well negative, critical reception.
If there was one redeeming value with 'The Blackout Experiments', it was the score which was quite ominous. One just wishes that carried over in everything else.
Everything in 'The Blackout Experiments' felt bland and too safe, with not enough to sustain much interest. Have seen far worse looking films, but more atmosphere and smoothness was sorely needed.
'The Blackout Experiments' lacked surprises to be shocking or with enough to make one illuminated or amazed at what they are hearing. Learned nothing from this. It lacked suspense or any kind of atmosphere to be scary, the very few attempts at this aspect were predictable and easily foreseeable too early. Things like torture was gratuitous and unintentionally silly. One doesn't learn enough to be properly intrigued or care about what is being said or shown to them. The very dull pace, deadeningly so in spots, and over-extended length kills any intensity, of which there is pretty much none.
Some of the therapeutic aspects, which in my mind the film spends rather too much emphasis on, lack depth and get repetitive, the film is rather too heavy on the talk and too much of it is rambling and self indulgent and the characters didn't engage or even connect with me. Even those in front of the camera don't look that interested.
All in all, didn't care for it. 2/10
Just didn't care for 'The Blackout Experiments' at all unfortunately, though am going to be a little more forgiving than others in summing up my disappointed thoughts. Interesting concept wasted (grrr!) and great ideas not followed through, that was one of the biggest things that annoyed me. There's definitely far worse around, but am going to have to be on the negative side of the mixed, well negative, critical reception.
If there was one redeeming value with 'The Blackout Experiments', it was the score which was quite ominous. One just wishes that carried over in everything else.
Everything in 'The Blackout Experiments' felt bland and too safe, with not enough to sustain much interest. Have seen far worse looking films, but more atmosphere and smoothness was sorely needed.
'The Blackout Experiments' lacked surprises to be shocking or with enough to make one illuminated or amazed at what they are hearing. Learned nothing from this. It lacked suspense or any kind of atmosphere to be scary, the very few attempts at this aspect were predictable and easily foreseeable too early. Things like torture was gratuitous and unintentionally silly. One doesn't learn enough to be properly intrigued or care about what is being said or shown to them. The very dull pace, deadeningly so in spots, and over-extended length kills any intensity, of which there is pretty much none.
Some of the therapeutic aspects, which in my mind the film spends rather too much emphasis on, lack depth and get repetitive, the film is rather too heavy on the talk and too much of it is rambling and self indulgent and the characters didn't engage or even connect with me. Even those in front of the camera don't look that interested.
All in all, didn't care for it. 2/10
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