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BLACK EYED SUSAN

Desperate for work, Derek accepts a job replacing his recently deceased 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 and woman, pleasure and pain, and life and death in a morally uncertain future world.

  • Scooter McCrae
    Director
    SHATTER DEAD, SIXTEEN TONGUES
  • Scooter McCrae
    Writer
    SHATTER DEAD, SIXTEEN TONGUES
  • Justin Martell
    Producer
    EIGHT EYES, THE PUPPETMAN
  • Aimee Kuge
    Producer
    CANNIBAL MUKBANG
  • Seager Dixon
    Producer
    The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs
  • Damian Maffei
    Key Cast
    "Derek"
  • Yvonne Emilie Thälker
    Key Cast
    "Susan"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 25 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 31, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    125,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm film
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Fantasia Film Festival
    Montreal
    Canada
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Vinegar Syndrome
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Scooter McCrae

BLACK EYED SUSAN is the third feature from writer/director Scooter McCrae. His previous feature-length movies are SHATTER DEAD, which is a radical rethink of the zombie genre, and SIXTEEN TONGUES, which examined and tore apart Cyberpunk concepts from within. He also recently created the short film SAINT FRANKENSTEIN, which reimagined and reconfigured the legendary history of this famous character who was ripe for reinvention for our modern world (it's available to watch for free at www.saintfrankenstein.com), His latest film takes a hard look at how Artificial Intelligence algorithms affect the behavior of human beings instead of yet another dreary bullshit retread of how AI is taking over the world, etc.

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Director Statement

Toxic Masculinity divided by Unacknowledged Sexual Desires and multiplied by Artificial Intelligence Algorithms that are hungry for new experiences equals BLACK EYED SUSAN.