Never have the phrases “in collaboration with” carried such a potent cost as they do in Scott Cummings’s Sundance-bound documentary, Realm of Satan. Working with members of the Church of Satan, Cummings hypnotizes viewers into the landscapes, bodily areas and in the end mindsets of this misunderstood group as they, within the phrases of the Sundance programmers, “fight to preserve their lifestyle: magic, mystery, and misanthropy.”
Writing about his earlier movie, Buffalo Juggalos, Cummings, a Filmmaker 25 New Face, mentioned, “The Juggalos were not my subjects, they were participants, and every choice I made honored that participation.” There’s an analogous ethos at work right here in addition to, because the above clip reveals, astonishing formal precision and an intoxicating, transportive use of VFX. As the Sundance write-up concludes, “Realm of Satan’s acceptance in an unreality sets itself on an anarchistic path through expressions of identity and image-making that nobly fights all forms of tradition.” Filmmaker is proud to premiere this unique clip.
Realm of Satan was just lately boarded by Visit Films for gross sales and can premiere January 21 in Sundance’s NEXT part.
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