A middle-aged man in a loveless marriage meets a lonely teenager on the internet. Yes, it’s potential cliché material, but this film transforms the subject matter into the extraordinary. This is a tale of love, lust and violence, while turning on its head the notion of who the online predators are. talhotblond
is the true story (and screen name) of a beautiful teenage vixen who uses Internet game rooms to lure men into her cyberspace web. They’re imagining an innocent young girl. What they get is far more than they ever bargained for. Drawing from exclusive access to Internet messages, secret notes and letters, as well as police evidence files and prison interviews, talhotblond details the horrific results of what can happen when people weave an online web of lies.
Director Schroder has crafted a film that hooks you and then ricochets in unexpected directions. Don’t be surprised if the Hollywood fictional version gets churned out next blockbuster season – go see the real life story now.