But Unearthed Films went to the extreme dark and demented, with a trilogy of releases from the mind of Fred Vogel. With not one, not two but three Blu-ray releases, complete with tons of bonus features.
August Underground was the first in the gruesome trilogy. The film follows two men playing around with a video camera, but things quickly go off the rails and into an ultra-realistic torture sequence where the unidentified psychopaths tape their exploits as they torment and violate a woman tied to a chair.
* NEW! Audio commentary by Actor/Director Fred Vogel and Ulta Violent Magazine's Art Ettinger
* NEW! 10 Questions with Fred Vogel
* NEW! TOETAG Masterclass: From Storyboard To Screen
* NEW! Dave Parker Interviews Fred Vogel
* NEW! Revisiting Infamy! Severed Cinema interviews Fred Vogel
* Audio Commentary By 'The Killer'
* Audio Commentary By Actor/Director Fred Vogel
* HAMMER TO THE HEAD: A Closer Look At August Underground
* August Underground On Location
* August Underground Behind The Brutality
* August Underground 'Too Real For Comfort' An Outsiders Perspective
* Photo Gallery
* Trailers
* An Introduction By Director Fred Vogel
* Audio Commentary By Fred Vogel With Actors Aaron LaBonte & Ben LaBonte
Mordum is the horrific sequel to August Underground and documents extreme deviant sexuality, torture and murder, while unfolding a classic tale of a man and woman in love. However, the woman cannot give up her other lover, who also happens to be her younger brother.
* NEW! Audio commentary with Jerami Cruise and Ultra Violent Magazine's Art Ettinger
* New! Interview with Fred Vogel
* New! Interview with Jerami Cruise
* NEW A Family Affair Of Love And Hate: An Interview With Michael Maggot
* NEW Mordum Lives
* NEW Zoë Rose Smith Interviews Fred Vogel (BLU-RAY ONLY)
* New! Snuff Purgatory: Severed Cinema interviews Fred Vogel (BLU-RAY ONLY)
* NEW The Most Disturbing Scene
* NEW Remembering Killjoy
* NEW Mordum Screening (Flashback Weekend 2004) (BLU-RAY ONLY)
*NEW Stephen Biro Interviews Jerami Cruise
* NEW Art Ettinger And Allana Sleeth Interview (BLU-RAY ONLY)
* NEW Dave Parker Interviews Fred Vogel (BLU-RAY ONLY)
* NEW Rue Morgue Disciple Bts Gallery
* NEW Sickcess: A Necrophagia Mockumentary (BLU-RAY ONLY)
*NEW Sickcess Trailer (BLU-RAY ONLY)
* NEW Slit Throat Demo (Flashback Weekend 2004) (BLU-RAY ONLY)
NEW Zombie Demo (Flashback Weekend 2004) (BLU-RAY ONLY)
* NEW Extensive Photo Gallery
* Original Audio commentary by Toetag
* Rue Morgue Disciple' Necrophagia Music Video
* Deleted and extended scenes
* U.S. Premiere 2003
* Original Animation Trailer
* Photo Gallery
* Trailers
* Reversible Cover & Slip Cover
The third and final film in the AU franchise Directed By Fred Vogel and Starring Cristie 'Crusty' Whiles. PENANCE shows the dark decline of the two nameless killers from the previous films as they continue to videotape their madness on their path to destruction.
* NEW Audio Commentary with Jerami Cruise, Shelby Vogel, Fred Vogel, and Ultra Violent Magazine's Art Ettinger
* NEW Interview with Fred Vogel and Zoë Rose Smith
* NEW Voyage to Perdition: An Interview with Fred Vogel
* NEW Interview with Fred Vogel and Dave Parker
* NEW Interview with Jerami Cruise
* Audio Commentary by Toetag
* Audio Commentary by director Fred Vogel
* Disemboweled: Behind the Bile Documentary
* Audio Commentary on Disemboweled: Behind the Bile Documentary
* Extended & Deleted Scenes
* 'Poppa Pill - The Murderer Is Back' Music Video
* 'Rue - The Locust' Music Video
* Still Gallery
* Trailers
Now Fred Vogel wanted to make these films like found footage films, so the films feature shaky camera, unfocused picture and the video quality is suspect to say the least. I must say for me, the subject matter of these films was extremely hard to sit through. Violence, nudity and torture. The whole experience was a bit much for me.
Now even though I could not find a lot of joy in these films, I know there are people that will enjoy them. So that is why Unearthed Films did the best to make these films look as good as they do. But in all honesty, they still look a bit rough, but that is because it was made rough to begin with so there is only so much you can do, when the source material is what it is!
For fans of the August Underground films these Blu-rays are filled with bonus features, as you can see above. So, if you would like to see this gruesome and horrific trilogy you can order these Blu-rays today. Head over to Amazon and order, August Underground, Mordum and Penance.
Now if you are a of Fred Vogel's trilogy. You may want to hold off on purchasing these Blu-rays as Unearthed Films have announced a special August Underground Trilogy Box Set. And what makes this so much better is there will be included in this box set an extra disc or 2 of Toe Tag archive material and alternate cuts.
This Box set release date is to be announced so keep your eyes open to Unearthed Films.
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