TICKLED
Directed by David Farrier and Dylan Reeve
Produced by Carthew Neal
Magnolia Pictures will release TICKLED in theaters June 17th
One of the most talked-about films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival,
TICKLED begins with reporter David Farrier stumbling upon a
bizarre “competitive endurance tickling” video online, wherein young men
are paid to be tied up and tickled, and reaching out to request a story
from the company. But the reply he receives is
shocking—the sender mocks Farrier's sexual orientation and threatens
extreme legal action should he dig any deeper. So, like any good
journalist confronted by a bully, he does just the opposite: he travels
to the hidden tickling facilities in Los Angeles and
uncovers a vast empire, known for harassing and harming the lives of
those who protest their involvement in these films. The more he
investigates, the stranger it gets, discovering secret identities and
criminal activity.
Discovering
the truth becomes Farrier’s obsession, despite increasingly sinister
threats and warnings. With humor and determination, Farrier and
co-director
Dylan Reeve summon up every resource available to get to the bottom of
this tickling wormhole.
Rated R
“You’re
going to love it. What begins as a profile of a quirky subculture
becomes an online mystery-horror thriller, in which the bogeyman is
everywhere.”
– Logan Hill, Esquire
“CAPTIVATING AND JAW-DROPPING. A fascinating, stranger-than-fiction exposé.”
– Sheri Linden. The Hollywood Reporter
“A surprisingly tense and increasingly weird detective story. Compelling, alternately painful and funny and deeply sad.”
– Lee Marshall, Screen Daily
“A
must-see documentary. Tickled is not at all what it seems. A secret
world full of villains and victims, power and deceit, and shocks and
surprises—you
just can’t make this stuff up.”
– Kevin Polowy, Yahoo Movies
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