Socket (2007)
Released: March 25, 2008 (DVD)
Director: Sean Abley
*****
The first thing we need to look at is the basic premise. I´ve heard of sounding, a form of sexual pleasure where a rod is inserted into the male genitalia and stimulated to the point of orgasm. I´ve never heard of mild forms of electrocution for the same purpose. (To be fair, the characters here don´t necessarily "plug in" in a sexual capacity. Their reasoning is more akin to charging a battery.) But one has to wonder about the logic of this practice within the film´s reality. Matthews is a doctor; his new boyfriend Craig Murphy (Matthew Montgomery) is an intern at the same hospital. And everyone else involved with their little group seems to be of sound mind and body. Doesn´t it ever strike these intelligent people as dangerous to be sending electricity through their bodies, no matter how small of the voltage might be?
*****
Socket DVD Review
Director: Sean Abley
*****
The first thing we need to look at is the basic premise. I´ve heard of sounding, a form of sexual pleasure where a rod is inserted into the male genitalia and stimulated to the point of orgasm. I´ve never heard of mild forms of electrocution for the same purpose. (To be fair, the characters here don´t necessarily "plug in" in a sexual capacity. Their reasoning is more akin to charging a battery.) But one has to wonder about the logic of this practice within the film´s reality. Matthews is a doctor; his new boyfriend Craig Murphy (Matthew Montgomery) is an intern at the same hospital. And everyone else involved with their little group seems to be of sound mind and body. Doesn´t it ever strike these intelligent people as dangerous to be sending electricity through their bodies, no matter how small of the voltage might be?
*****
Socket DVD Review
