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Extremely Crazy Wrestling Fans: The Documentary

USA 2005
directed by John Bennett
starring New Jack, Sandman, Terry Funk, Bill Alphonso, Chris Candido, Sabu (III), Balls Mahoney, Maven and a score of unidentified wrestling fans

review by
Dale Pierce

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Much has been done documenting professional wrestling and the participants in the ring over the past decade, but little, if anything, has been done to cover the people who go watch these things. This documentary does so and letting the fans speak for themselves offers some hilariously funny, but also frightening footage. 

You think a made up villain like Freddy Krueger or Jason might be scary ?

You think an actor's portrayal of Hannibal Lecter might give you chills ? 

Well, listening to some of these people will really terrify you, as people like this are actually out there, loose on society. They actually drive, eat and walk among the rest of us.  

"God, you people are a bunch of fuckheads," (can I get by with saying that on this page? [Yes - The Editor]) That is what went through my mind as I watched some of this, and I, myself, have done a good deal of writing in the wrestling realm.

My only complaint about this documentary is it did not explore further into the history of fandom in general, as there were some crazies decades ago, especially when this got big on the new medium of television in the 1950s. Instead, the aim is on the supporters of ECW (an ultraviolent promotion that started in Pennsylvania in the 1990s, spreading as its reputation for mayhem, wild bouts and crazed fans expanded). The fans here are really into the shows. You have to give that to them. Are they normal? Well, that's hard to say. When you see people paying $150 to attend a show, get to take home the chair they sat on as a keepsake (shrewd) and then see them denting the things, hitting each other in the head as they imitate the wrestlers they have just watched, you really have to wonder.

For those not just interested in weird behavior (and this would make a great discussion DVD for a college psychology class),  there are some wild wretslign bouts shown too, with blood that is real and not special effects. No matter how fake or preplanned any endings might be, these guys are doing loads of high risk moves and you see where what they are doing for the benefit of the crazies in the stands is, indeed, painful beyond the scope of acting.

You will laugh at this, you will shake your head at this, you will love the bouts if you are a wretsling fan, and you will either laugh or be dumbfounded when some of the spectators have a mike stuck inf ront of them.

Now a couple of these people do make sense, believe it or not, but others, well, it is best to see on your own and draw your own conclusion.

This is an indy production, just now fighting its way into the mainstream and picking up steam. Information and orders may be found at http://www.extremefanz.com.

It is a little spooky to see Chris Candido on this DVD as well, for he died in 2005 due partially to wrestling related injuries. Sabu, Sandman, Balls Mahoney,  New Jack, Maven, Terry Funk, Bill Alphonso and others are also seen.

Not a horror movie, but some elements are more terrifying than anything I ever saw in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silence Of the Lambs or Hostel.

 

 

review © by Dale Pierce

 

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