Funny that was the last recommendation because after 'Making A Murderer' I had to seek out some other gritty docs to keep me in the same mind state, for some reason. I would hope you have all seen the brutal foray into depravity that is 'Dope Sick Love.' Well, HBO has recently released a documentary called 'Heroin: Cape Cod, USA' which serves as a kind of pseudo sequel in that it covers the exact same subject with much more well off and privileged kids. They're not as desperate or scummy looking as the street urchins we come across in 'Dope Sick'. They're actually super nonchalant about their heroin use because apparently all of Massachusetts has become like a haven for opiates which were responsible for over 1,000 overdose deaths in the state last year. I was turned on to this from Big Jay Oakerson mentioning it on 'The Bonfire' and the only reason he did was to bring up how obnoxiously thick their New England accents are somehow makes them talking about heroin all the time comical. He's absolutely right. There are countless moments of hilarious line deliveries, and I don't think I've ever felt less sympathy for drug addicts before. They're being interviewed talking about how it's the love of their lives and all they need, but BOY DO I WISH I COULD QUIT. It's an interesting example of a movie about users you can kind of laugh at because of how clean cut and arrogant these kids are. There are an obscene amount of close ups of injections, which I can never stomach, but if you look away it's worth it

Secondly is movie on a much more fascinating subject called 'Thought Crimes: The Case Of The Cannibal Cop.' It's about the NYPD patrolman who was thrown in jail for his extremely graphic correspondences over a fetish website. If any of you are familiar with Sword and Scale's infamous "episode 20", this is like a less explicit account of the same type of case. Except that in this story, no hard evidence ever showed up connecting the cop to actually
intending to commit these crimes. However, many questions come into play about the character of this man by the lengths he would go to obtain information about these real life 'victims' and share it with people over the internet. It's a very dark and compelling documentary about whether it's even possible to be prosecuted for our subjective fantasies, and it now needs a sequel because Gilberto Valle was acquitted of all charges 3 weeks ago.
check it out on youtube: