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“Thoughtfully developed, finely crafted”
– Jennie Kermode / Eye For Film
“Scooter McCrae makes a triumphant return”
– Andrew Mack / Screen Anarchy
“Provocative, subversive sci-fi thriller — Certainly won’t be for everyone”
– Anthony O’Connor / FilmInk
“McCrae is pushing boundaries with Black Eyed Susan”
– Jared Mobarak / The Film Stage
“Black Eyed Susan will rattle even the most committed purveyors of transgressive cinema. It’s a provocation and doesn’t lack philosophical merit —
The figure of a cyborg or hybrid creature made for pleasure is not an uncommon trope. — What [director-screenwriter] Scooter McCrae does is to take the concept to a depraved conclusion.
Anyone aware of McCrae’s no budget oeuvre which includes Sixteen Tongues, described as “Salò meets Blade Runner” will know what they are signing up for with Black Eyed Susan. If the idea of watching a film which is potentially Salò adjacent is a warning to stay away, take the warning. Audiences open to exploring the dynamics of control, capitalism, and particular psychosexual masculine urges being equated with rage and domination will find grist to chew on in Black Eyed Susan.” – Nadine Whitney / Alliance of Women Film Journalists